The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1920-03-27
IMPRESSIONS BAY ST. LOUIS AND ITS
PEOPLE BY CLIFF WHEAJLEY, OF ATLANTA
METROPOLITAN WHILE VISITING BAY LOUIS
WRITES HIS IMPRESSIONS
LOUIS SPIRIT COMPARES WITH ATLANTAS HE SAYS
WHO'S WHO IN CHARLIE Y FRANKS ATLANTA
cLUB-THE VISITING NEW5PAPERNEN, WHO
THEY

population of tbs city, and he Graves
forgiveness of the reader if his es-
innate of three thousand does Bay
st. Louis an injustice. But he be-
Heves that three thousand of the
livest wires ever assembled in one
community will be found within the
environs of Bay St. Louis. Every
citizen Of the city appears to devote
himself to ideas that work for the
betterment of the town. Personal
covetousness, petty jealousy of his
neighbor's possessions and the prac-
tice of improving his own fortune,
without first thinking of what good
effect will come to Bay st. Louis, arc
bad features of the average town the
visitor to Hancock county's capital
city never sees.
They might exist, but we are not
engaged at present in believing they
do. This story revolves around i'm
pressions, and the only ones we have
formed fall under the "good" class
ification.
Many of the men connected with
the Cracker" crew are residents of
Atlanta, staunch supporters of that
ATLANTA Spirit that brough our city
from the despairing ruins of the Civil
war to her present position, the Gate
City of the South. That miracle was
not brought about through the idle
dreams of the star-gazers that might
have seen visions of a great city on
the site of the little hamlet of Mar
thasville. A few ,unselfish workers,
confident that great future lay be-
fore the village, prostrated and help
less from the ravages of the invading
hordes, began their labors, and cat
lanta Spirit" was the chief tool they
used. The towering skyline of Geor-
gia's capital city, the throngs that
seethe through her business streets,
and the great prosperity of her banks,
commercial establishments, factories
and other industries, are the harvest
of the seed planted years ago by the
founders of her biggest asset, cat
lanta Spirit
This is written with pardonable
pride, for we are proud OF cur city,
just as you are proud of the splendid
achievements of Bay st. Louis. The
writer speaks of atlanta Spirit" be-
cause he believes there is the same
kind of municipal feeling in Bay st.
Louis. And further, that results
along the same lines will be accom-
plished by the citizens of this city,
who are certain that in the years
to come The Bay will come into the
heritage that is rightfully hers. Mu-
nicipal development in the early
stages is slow process, but when the
golden tide begins to come in, there
is no calamity that can halt the tri-
umphal march fprogress.
The Banks of Bay St. Louis Are An
Indication of Prosperity.
On all sides in Bay St. Louis the
observant visitor sees signs of pros
perity. For instance, he sees two
banks, one with resources nearly a
million dollars and the other, a COM
paratively new establishment, show
ing assets that exceed a half million
dollars.
Both banks paying large dividends,
one, the writer is informed, declaring
80 per cent net gain during last year.
There can be but one explanation:
Bay St. Louis is prosperous; the citi-
zens thrifty. The two qualities run
hand in hand, for where there is
thrift prosperity will abound. In
our own section of the Southland, it