The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-06-08

THE TRAIN TO NEW OR.
LEANS stopped for a long time
en- the Back Bay bridge at BIZ
loxi while the span was opened
. let a slow trawler chug
through. One OF the coaches
sopped near a platform from
vhich three soldiers yer fish
ing. Bait-stealing catfish kept
their corks bobbling UP and down
md occasionally tie fishermen
won a loud laugh and bronx
cheer from the soldiers and sail
ors in the coach as they ierked
he little cats out Of the water
and cautiously worked them off
the hooks. But one of the sol
Tiers had the sweet revenge of
hooking into a huge drum. 1t
weighed twelve or fourteen
pounds and bent his slaughter
pole almost double. He PLAYED
him skillfuIIy and a companion
climbed down to a lower level
and brought the fish in. Watch
ing a ma catch a fish is almost
as good as catching one. and the
boys in the coach cheered and
clapped wildly. The soldier on
the bridge made a superior sort
% bow as though to say he could
catch a fish like this any time
he wanted to and he never even
turned around as the train start
ed and his audience. pulled off.
II was a fisherman's dream, not
only landing a big one but hav-
ing the L. and N, obligingly de-
liver a good bleacher's audience
at the right time. For a fisher
man. an incident like this is
something like the experience
OF Babe Ruth the day he calmly
pointed to the fence when he
was getting booed and then slam
med one over It.
WE ARE INTERESTED to see
the order of DIR. Ship tempo
rary head of the county health
department, prohibiting the sale
o. snowballs BY the boys who
push their little carts through
the streets on these hot summer
days. We commend the depart
ment for its diligence in seek
ing to protect public health and
can well agree that a boy with
unclean personal habits and no
idea of how to keep a stand
clean Can-ereate a health menace
by dispensing syrups nom bottles
that are the feeding and nest
ing place for flies. etc.
But the order as 1t stands is
too flat and final, and is in need
OF an addition providing that
these boys may continue this
small but thriving and comments
able enterprise BY conforming to
state public health regulations
by submitting to inspection by
the county health department
and securing a reQ4laf pfsmit u
carry on the SNOWFALL business.
Each Of these carts represents
an investment of some twenty &c
thirty dollars TO these boys n
time and materials. But this loss
is small compared with the flat
denial OF their right to go on
with their businesses. The out
and-out denial Of the right to do
business to any whole group OF
merchants, even though they are
only boys, somehow doesn't
square up with our ideals of free
enterprise. And At least a few OF
these boys are probably saving
money to 60 on with their edu-
cation which will enable them to
become more useful citizens.
Many Of Us can remember the
days when we too cut grass and
gcid lemonade.
Certainly there are other stores
in town that are no paragons OF
cleanliness. L these stores are
somehow able to meet with
health department regulations
there ought to be some way foi
the boys to get a license as well.
in this case by actually con
forming 10 the requirements Of