The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-12-01
Some Passing Thoughts.

Pascagoua, like every other com
munity on earth, Is 10 need OF and
desires new money with which TO
bring forth her latent possibilities.
Every man who comes into the port
bringing new money with him, be
that amount large or small, ls by far
greater benefactor aud more desir.
able citizen than the man who comes
within the confines OF the city with
out dollar and seeks TO wiring from
the patriotism or prejudice OF the
citizenship living for himself and a
permanent Investment. This com
ment applies to no one In particular
but TO every one In general sho may
try on the shoe and finds that IL fts.
The great truth Is merely cited for
the purpose OF pointing II moral, the
moral, that bellies the oft repeated
maxim. that republics are ungrate-
ful." Every dollar that is wrung from
tue home people by a man, or by men,
Spuihk INV uib tbthithlNJ Wtbb'bo
new money for an Investment, merely
calls for q rotation Of dollars within
that community. The business man,
professional man or merchant who
comes to the community with abso.
lutely new money, be that amount
large or small, shows his faith In such
community by Investing his indvid-
ual Tor borrowed) funds, and says In
effect TO the people OF the community:
"You have great community here
that is pregnant with wonderful pos
slhilities. come among you with my
small amount OF new money and what
ever talents God Almighty has blessed
me with to assist In the development
OF these great resources and to earn a
competence. / give you my money
aud my best abilities and endeavors
to make OF the community that which
IL should be. | Qsk nothing OF you
bat cordial welcome and recipro-
cation OF courtesy aud encourage
iftuh. N uhu WlN'f ih'Nu ~ tHN
community, albeit that community Is
q stranger to him, must needs display
tnat faith by an investment OF real
money, new money, before IL Is In
cnmbent upon him to ask OF the patri-
otic and unprecedented people OF that
community encouragement In the
form OF patronage, trade or business.
Fourteen months ago came to this
communityan absolute stranger. The
God given favors OF this port appealed
TO me. That these wonderful posi-.
bilities musb, even without the aid OF
man, result In an ultimate greatness
OF the port appealed irresistibly to
me, even Ia face OF allurlng opportu-
mites elsewhere, and l settled In this
one small portion OF the Garden OF
Eden, investing real money land new
money that had never been spent in
this vicinity betore) and contributed
my feeble efforts to making the Port
OF Pascagoula that great and wonder.
Iul pUTu SIG lS uteUiucu w bC. 4 Hstu
been trained 10 the newspaper bust.
ness. While / did not then, and do
nut now, by great deal, know all
about the newspaper business, and
have learned volumes since l have
been In Pascagoula about the busl-
ness la general, have endeavored to
be sincere, straightforward and abso-
lutely unpurchasable or unblufYable,
working with the one idea 10 view:
"rhe greatest good for the greatest
number"
When / came to Pascagoula l
bought and paid for the editorial con-
troll and business management OF
TUE DEMoCRAT-ST IL has been
independent under my control. 1t
has been democratic. 1t has opposed
bossism, corruption, ring rule and the
coercion Of the poor and unprotected.
AS long as l conduct the paper II
shall continue to stand for the same
hivh-ininded principles. / am indi-
vidually and alone responsible for
whatever Of good or evil the paper has