The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-20
THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
ltE BEAUTIES OF THE BEACH. THE LUMBER AND
TURPENTINE INDUSTRIES.

The writer, in company with his wife,
made trip to the Mississippi coast |
last week, touching it first at Gulfport. |
1t is like going into strange land, but |
not among strange people, to those who
are accustomed to the topography of
this section. The soil is different. There
is the absence of the great fields, the
growing crops, the great diversity of
forest growth and hundreds of other
things that cause one to feel that he has
peen transported to another cline. The
majesty of creation, the grandeur of
omnipotence, the bounties of Provi-
dence, the poetry of nature, the logic
OF divinity and the beauties of life mir
ror themselves on the mind as one
stands upon the beach and casts his
eye out over the briny waters which
surge upon the sands and bear upon
their bosom mighty vessels and other
works of men. Z The waters of the
oceans may be called natures tears
nueS through which the best in life has
been reached. They temper the lands
to make them habitable for man. The
long-leaf pine trees preach to you from
the land there, and they are the most
important native forest growth. There
are many other smaller trees which are
yet in their maidenhood and seem to
act as sentinels to acquaint the stran-
ger with what is. to be had and what is
yet to be done in that section. One
can not comprehend the magnifcence
of earth, sea and sky there without
viewing it; especially is this true at
this season of the year when the storm
signals are out and the waves are roll
ing high and the breeze comes over the
water, bringing with it the tang of the
salt.
The inter-urban line of trolley cars
.. has made the beach from Pass Chris
! tian to Biloxi one continuous town-a
distance of % miles. From Pass Chris
tain, going east, is Gulfport, then Mis-
sissippi City and then historic and
, quaint Biloxi. These places are only
! separated by imaginary lines.
In Pass Christian there are some OF
the handsomest homes on the beach.
Here the palm grows luxuriantly anc
! the lovely Oleanders are even the size
/ hotel was considered until few year!
beautifully located and nature seems t,
| DIV 0lOuiid CiJOyuiS ehC VI Cil'
e waves only few yards away.
: Gulfport is the most alive, wide
L awake town of all. 1t is here that tn,
e Great Southern Hotel is found, resor
J. that is the pride of the whole beacl
a and one that enjoys almost a nation
n wide reputation. Its. grounds are beau
tifully laid out and its buildings trul
imposing. Gulfport's government build
70 C:,;ta a cradito hlo @
also is the city hall, while the Gulf 4
Ship Island freight depot might excit
ID the envy of even a great city. At Gulf
IN port is the power house of the Who'll
< trolley car line, which is of necessity
g huge affair. The Gulfport Record
is the only newspaper, but it is yer
is creditable one and is doing its part tt
:. wards advertising and bringing thu
e section before the world.
a Leaving Gulfport, still going cas-
N one sees so many stately and magnif
q cent homes that it would be well mig
&c impossible in this article to undertak
m to mention even the smallest part {
\. them. Perhaps about six miles fro
* Gulfport is Fair Haven, the home {
as Mlssissippi's retired United States Sc
III ator, H. D. Money. Just short di
K tance east of Biloxi the Senator has
n fine farm containing about 1000 acre
Us upon which he raises sat sumas, vel
III delicious orange.
'ic A little further on toward Biloxi
OF Beauvoir, the once home of one of Il
e. South's most revered and honored son
re- jefferson Davis. And it is indeed f
ting that the state of Mississippi shou
have purchased this spot as hav
and refuge for those gallant sons of t
Confederacy who have lived beyo
their kindred and who have made t
on on accumulation of money subordinate
ne good citizenship and the love of cou
az az try. There are eighty acres in t
aI place. The former residence of M
Sc Davis sits almost in the center of Il
e, beach line. This house contains mu
y of the furniture placed there by M
'l- Davis and his wife. There is to
<; s seen his desk, his travelling trunk, maj
- of his books. his sword which he ca
r ru ried during the Mexican war, a
~ many other things. A few yards ga
n, of the residence is the study of t
rs Ex-President and the little room
'lu which Miss Winnie Davis received t
VI only instruction in the school roo
- which she obtained in America. The
. are about 200 Confederate heroes the
and perhaps forty widows of those W
wore the gray and have already pass
over the river. They seem to be in Fl
spirits and there is every evidence
lds these honored sons receiving every CT
Ell and attention which it is possible
10 them to have. Grenada friends will
IS interested to know that "Uncle Bill
at Hall is looking we'll and expresses hi
m self as being pleased with Beauvo
en- He made inquiry about many Grens
me people and is delighted to see anybt
&C, from this section. DR.. j. w. Sharp
mo this city, who is one of the homo
OF trustees of Beauvoir, had charge OF
cir party of visitors, of which the wri
md was one, and it is needless to state t
he is much beloved by the veterans
that he takes great interest in car
for them. Superintendent j. X. Mo-
was away on business. Mrs. M;
! Wallace, the matron, is cultured Il
,Iu n,a and seems admirably adapted for
PIE PIE very important duties she is discha
yee ing. Major Kemp. who visited Gren
" ~ during the residence here of his son
us' law. Dr. ]. w. Malone, is secretary