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MP! $hecmomtt-fxr oriciAi jocmi or jacksos i tma comas P. K. MAYERS, - - Scranton, Miss: FBiDAY September 23, 1887. TO ADVERTISERS. The DEMOCRAT-STAR is the oldest newspaper on the Mississppi Golf Coast ; has a larger bona fide circulation than any other newspaper in this section; therefore.it is the BEST advertising med ium. Advertisers, bear this in mind. t 'JLJ.JI THE A8PCT W THE 8ITCJATI0H. OURAQENTS. Th following gentlemen are autheriied to eollect all das to the Democrat-Star oflBoe ana receipt for the sani : Mr. H. F. Russell, Ocean Springs, Mis. Mr. Joseph C. Airey, Haudsboro, Mr. Marion F. Baxter, Partington, Mr. N. Bntchert, Paaa Chriitian, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. For Diitrict Attorney 7th Dit't, J A Ifi:3 8. 2TS7ZLZJS,t Or Kempkr. JACKSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET For Representative, JOHN M. PELHAM. For Clerka of the Courts, W. M. DENNY. For Sheriff, FRANK H. LEWIS. For Treasurer, J. W. STEWART. For Assessor, ENOCH N. RAMSAY For Surveyor, . E. W. MORRILL. ' For Coroner and Ranger, OSCAR C. FAIRLEY. BEAT OEFICEKS NOMINATED. FOR BOARD OF 8LTERVISOR8. Beat Ko. 1 John T. Gibson. " 2-W. Frank Goff. 3..M. C. Allmun. " 4. .Johnson Ware. ' 6.. Hubbard Parker. FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Beat No. 1. .James Hnlvestion. " 2..A.C. Stcode. " 3.. Moss Point Precinct.. Oliver i In the moiitli ot May Inst a and tragedy whs enacted on the streets ol Jackson in whicL R. D. Gam- EDITOR brell was killed bv Jones 8. Hamil v ton. Hamilton was promptly taken iu hand by the offiqera ot the law and will be tried by the courts. He standa aa good a chance on any American citizen of having Justicu meted out to him equal and even haudcd, witli political influence in bin favor, to aay nothing ot able counsel. He is generally believed to be gnilry, but the matter ot his trial need not yet distnrb la abiding citizens, auy further than to see that be is properly prose cuted and punished it guilty. The matter ot concern just now is the circumstances connected with and growing out ot that trag edy, in which there is considerable significance. There are two fac tions arrayed agaiusteacb other, betweeu which the liuea are be coming every day more and more distinct and discernable. We be lieve now that we have every proof necessary to sustain as in pointing oat those lines, as every shot that is fired across the chasm may be followed into the ranks of the class aimed at. On the one ham) we have the church, the ministers of the gospel, our chrishtiau mothers and daughters, prohibitionists, our young men and reform Democracy aud eutirely an element of charac teristic piety, sobriety, law-abiding and intelligence. Against all these classes the barbed and winged shafts are being burled by the op position through a few of their rep resentative journals. Is it necessa ry now to describe the opposing lenient T We think not. The work in which they are engaged is enough to know. When we want to kBow what a man is we always ask what he does. This crowd is becoming bolder and more audac ions every day. The Jackson Daily Advertiser has a regular correspondent making wholesale attack on the church the temperance workers and tb christian religion that is about in keeping with the occasional slugs that are coming from the different quarters of that side or division and they are comiug thicker aud bolder every day. In fact we be lieve the time has come for our moral and religious press, our poli ticiaus and our pulpits to take the matter iu band and avert thede A FAB-FETCHED IUZA.. The idea Wood, J. V. Tbomnsnn. Scrantou Precinct.. Vinceat I moralizing influences of this 80 " 4.. J. B. Wigcinton, W. W. Graves. FOR CONSTABLES. Bsat No. 1..H. Goff. ' 3. .Moss Point Precinct.. A. w ilkerson Scranton Pre cinct.. Kd. D. Mansfield. dacious and corrupt element, and sach moral men as find themselves standing in such a congregatiou of evil should come out from amoiu them and wash their bauds of their work, or expect to fall with Thb cotton crop is lamely cut their associates. It is from this oft by drouth, worms, etc., in this 8anie quarter that most of the sup State. port of the Lowry administration comes and the people would like to know how far our State officials endorse the course now being pur sued in their behalf, tor it goes into politics as well as every issue now before the people. If ihey do, and they should be forced to an swer, then the sooner we are rid ol them the better, for they cannot staud iu favor with the good aud law-abiding people of Mississippi It is uow reported that Governor Hill, ot New York, will not be a candidate for President, but will support Mr. Cleveland for re-election. The 8eveu Ha.vmarket murderers of Illinois are to haug on the 11th of November, upon the strength of whieb Herr Most demands a social revolution. veins to obtain that there comes from some source au opposition to the Quif and Ship Island Railroad. We have beard the iilea expressed aud have seen it iu print in some ot our State pa pers, but still we have never rtad a line or heard an expression in oppo sitiou to the building ot that road aud we don't believe anybody else has. Hence, w e say the idea is far fetched aud a wilful misconstruction of what has beeu said about the maimer and means of accomplish ingtlie result instead of the result itself. It might, with as much rea sou be said (hat the opposition to Lowry and the ring is au opposition to a republican form ot government and Democratic supremacy. So far as we are concerned we have simply to say that if a want of faith in, and a large sized suspicion of the pertonnel of the management of that road is opposition to tbe enter prise, then we certainly oppose it. Referring to us, we presume, in sinuatious of jealousy have been occasionally indulged j'n, meaning that we are incensed because the road is not to termiuate iu this county aud, therefore, want to kill it. Considering the lirge circula tion the Democrat Stab has all along the Coast, and tbe interest we have always manifested iu the wel fare of all our Coast couutiea, that proposition is most absurd. Neither the Democuat Star nor Jackson county ever offered or proposed to offer that road any inducements to terminate here. Capt. Hardy was invited to pay us a visit aud he agreed to do so, but never met bis appointment, never explained, that we are informed of, why he so failed, and we don't believe that he ever intended to come. We have reason to believe, also, and shall continue to so believe, till the contrary is shown, that tbe best civil engin eers, who bad anything to do or say in i lie mutter, favored this point as the term inns ot that road, and that it was terminated at Mississippi City for other and private reasons. We hope tbe road will be built and shall welcome it to Mississippi City. We have always claimed mat such a road was much needed and desired, and we were only sorry that such a commendable scheme got into such bad bauds. Editorial Correspondence. Montr Sano Hotel, IICNTSVILLK, ALA., Sept. 17, 1887. Dear Democrat-Star I I boarded tho north bound mid day train t Scrantou last Tuesday accompanied by my rruyjbetter halt, and Wednesday morning fouudonr selves iu this" ancient little city feeling rather "worse for weu after spending a sleepless night i a crowded sleeper with the temper ature at ajbout 90 degrees, but re freshed - ourselves sufficiently by Thrusday evening to attend the marriage of onr-nephew, Mr. Bently H. Brooks, ot Paris, Texas, and Miss Viola Baldiidge, of this place Tbe nuptials were celebrated at the Methodist Church, by Rev. Geo. W, F. Price, of Nashville, Tenn. Lonir before the appointed hour the large church was. packed, a ml the aisles and door wavs were tilled with the many fnenuof the bride and groom all intent oo leiu'ing their presence aud their bet, wishes to the happy nnioH. After the ceremony a re ceptlon was tendered tbe happy pair at the residence ut tbe bride's parents, and elegant refreshment were sumptuously served. Unntsville is one of tbe oldest towns iu the State, aud ras always been noted for its cultivated society and good schools. , It is an adinira bly ordered town, of about 7,000 inhabitants, w it'll well macadamized streets lined with beautiful shade trees, with railroad, telegraph and telephone facilities, cleotric aud gas iglits, a fine supply of spring w ater and some red licker. The climate is salubrious and unsurpassed by any iu the country. In the heart ol Uuntsville - there Is a very large spring, which is said to disgorge 50 BAIL TOa HAMILTON. day Thb Secretary ot the Iuterior, Mr. Lamar, is still in tbe mountains of New Hampshire, aud will proba bly prolong his vacation until the latter part of the month. Ret. J. L. Forsyth, au eminent Methodist divine of this State, died at Madison Station last Saturday and bis remains were iuterred at Crystal Springs Sunday. From private telegrams the Mo bile Begitter learns thatou Satur day night lasts cold blooded mur der was committed at State Line, Miss. A negro named Henry Tay lor shot and killed a fiaeeu year old white boy named William Rey oolda, Taylor was at once arrest ed and lyucbing is tbreateued. Thk Chicago & Ohio Tiaffio As sociation, including a large u amber of lines connecting with tbe oortb west and running iuto Alabama and Florida will give a bait tare rate to oortbero people seeking lauds in tbe Sontb, beginning September 30th. A large crowd is expected, and w will doubtless have some over this way. We learu with pleasure that Gov, Lowry changed the tone of his bil liugsgate 8Heches before the cur tain fell, aud now the Coriuth Her ald says he partly corrected bis figures when there, and admitted adding the "Legislative item." Ac cording to the Herald be has decid ea to leave out of tbe charges against tbe pauper counties tbe items of tbe Chickasaw school fuud aud the Railroad tax. It was about time theu for the eloquent soldier- statesman to quit when he found there was no more wind iu bis sails. Ibe ignorant whipper snappers are most too knowing after all. AM easterly gale Sunday night occasioned several washouts on the Loaisville and Nashville Railroad beiweeo Lookout Station aud Micb esnd, delating traffle for sever! dajs. Daring Monday and Tues lay mails and paseeogers were trtBatexrrd by a steamer from Reg olets t Milneborg. Wiod and rain wntinaed for M,trm Br aj00 UGoM CoatL Wk would like to know if there is auy difference in the pertonnel ot tbe New Orleaua soothsayer, W. H. Chanty aud tbe correspondent of the Jackson Daily Adrortwer ot tbe same name I It it is the same man wo have a little bit of his biography in tbe New Orleana Ctrjr Item ot tbe 18th inst., that would be interesting to read io connection with his wis dom on tbe subject ot "Cbarcb and State." Those who advocate tbe restora tion of the land grant to tbe Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Com tuny, will not fiud much "aid and com fort (u tbe following resolution adopted by tbe Pennsylvania Dein ocraUccouventiou : "We point with pride to tbe fact that since tbe Democratic party ba been in power io any branch of the Federal Government, Dot au acre of luopouiio lauus bas been granted Last Tuesday, the 18th da v of the trial, the case erparte Jones S. Hamilton aud L. M. Enbanks before Hou.T, E. Cooper, C. J., at Jackson ended in failure. Chief-Justice Cooper decided that the charge ot fraud in the suppression of testi mony ou the hearing before Judge Peyton was not sustained, and ex- honorated the State's counsel from he charges of unfair dealing. He held also that the testimony of tbe witnesses who were to make such startling revelations was larirelv umulative,or,being interpreted, the same old story. He did not consid. er that Hamilton's physical ooudi ion with reference to his arm would U6tify bim iu re-opening the case a pou new developments, but offered to send him to tbe Yazoo county jail, which he declined. Prepara tions were at once begun for takiug an appeal to the Supreme Court. It will be remembered that at the outset Judge Cooper intimated that he would have sustained a demurer to these charges, but the States' attorneys assisted ou an investiga tion aud in it they have succeeded in overthrowing tbe much flaunted charges of tbe defense. 1 HE liarrisou county primary election held on tbe 10th inst , re snlted as follows : Representative Calvit Roberts, Olerk-F. 8. Hewes. Sheriff Florian Seal. Treasurer Geo. P. Brandt. Assessor J. J. Cowart. Surveyor Geo. McCaogban. Executive Coaimittee A. J. Ramsay, W. G. Evans, Jr., E. L. James, Win. Morris, J. O. Nixou, Theo: Dedeaux. E. Laduier. W. S. CuIjm pper, E. B. Cox aud W. G. Evans, Sr. Tbe ticket makes a pretty good average. This world would be a better one if every vouth could be as good ai 11 o'clock at nit hi, as at noon in dv time: but it is so much easier to be a good tern iterance man at a Sunday-school pic-uio than on a fishing excuraiou among tbesuakes. It is well for us to ask ourselvcx qeeslious about ourselves, aud find out our weak point for safety's sake. Fulton Reporter. To WHAT gulfs a single deviation from tbe track of human duties leads, Oktibbeha Citizen. To wbat Gult will a single move Jin grant been renewed or extended." f Answer : To tbe Mexfc Golf. forty-one million gallons of water per minute. If this is a snake story we are not responsible for it. Thete are two daily papers and several weeklies published here. The Independent and Mercury, daily, aud the Democrat, weekly. e make special mention of the Democrat which is edited and published by two young ladies, Misses Virginia aud Sue Clay, (laughters ot the proprie tor, who is an invalid. Such young ladies should be appreciated and encouraged, for they are not often found. Unntsville as a business point is considered very good, having ship ped 20,000 bales of cotton last sen Ron. Four miles horn the city, and reached by nil' excellent pike on the southern terminal of the Cumber laud range of mountains is ilott Monte-Sano. It is 1.700 leet above the level of the sea. The iitmos phere is noted for its purity, and its exhileratiuganil bracing effect upon the constitution. The most beaut i ful scenery charms the eye, and p.iuorauHi of landscape, iuterspera ed with bill mid vale, is presented that is unsurpassed in the South Various mineral and ftee stone wit tersare here in abundance. The hotel isot the Queen Anne style of archi tecture, broad galleries surround iug it, with one hundred and thirty- six room A, heated by steaffi and lighted by gas. It was onel the first ot June, and its success has been unparalleled. Most ot the guests have returned to their homes, and there urn comparatively few visitors at tbe hotel now. We met Mrs. V. V. Clay here auu was charmed with her brilliant comer satiou. Sue. is the widow of the late Senator Clement C. Clay, of this State. We also met Mr. E. J Hart, of New Orleans, whom we had not seen siuce we met in Wis consin five years ago. He ef press ed himself 'more pleased with this climate than he was with tbe North west as a health resort. There are mau.v beautiful walks and -drives on tbe tuoonlaiu one we ese,-iallv noticed waa "Flirtation Walk," wblcb was made eoopicuous by the absence of lovers. We saw only one fliiUtioii, and that was being carried on. Uy an old widow and widower. We bad a fellow teeliug for bim. We know bow it is our. self. The Ella Rock is visited with interest by all who go tb the monn tailt, und has a history which would have beeu lost, but for tradition, as tbe oldest inhabitants have no re collection ot tbe time when thst rock, wiib tbat name earved Uon it was not there, lne story runs thus: Many years ago there livd in a Northern city a man of wealth, with an only child, a daughter, and npnn his Ella, his idol, be lavished 4lir wealth of his heart and purse. Just as she was budding into wo manhood some nulncky turn in the wheel ot fortune (the uarrator does not say it was all street stocks) swept sway her father's weal b, and a few months later death claimed bim, leaving Ell a penniless or phan. But God bad given her a titul sonny land, making sketches of the lovely scenery. Atterawhile, In her wanderings, she met a young mail, who won tbe warmest aflec lion of her heart, but alas I lor the infidelity of man: be soon be came med ot her love us a child would of a toy aud cast it from bim, and sought tne love ot another When her false lover eame borne tbe morning-after tbe marriage to receive her congratulations, he found her sitting on the rock dead, and be had simply ELLA carved upon that rock to perpetuate the memory of one who had loved bim so well. There are many interesting sto ries told about this mountain, aud the legend of the origin ot the name is not without interest. We give it us follows : Lone, luns ago ere the ehanitoful hand of civilized man had wrought the wonder ful revelations that so dcliiilit and en trance visitinjf strangers, a dusky tribe of warlike I uUiaes took tin tuir stronghold on tbe top of the peak now known as Mout-e eano. lneclnet was a noted war rior aud was known and feared throuirh oat the whole country for his daring conr age and dustarnly crucirv. His worj was law and woe be he who challenged it he asked aud gave no quarter. Sour mid cross, be was easily offended and to offeud Di in meautdeutn. For the slightest offeuse his wives were murdered, aud for trivul disobetlieuce b a children were shot. But one soft snot re gained in his a ouy heart and this oasis was tilled with love for his lovelv dauirh tcr Monte, who was the pride ot the tribe aud the beauty ot the laud. Mie t yi ii n i zed only ber Ml tier and was adored and loved by all of his warlike followers. He had killed her mother when she. was an infant and she was reared by ma own band sue accompanied linn iu his travels aud rode by him iu buttle. Once she was wounded wit h a lance iu the hands of a warrior of a hostile tribe, and her futher c. 'iio,n red, chained and buried every man, womuu aud child ot tbe tribe to wbich the otteuder belonged, she was a luct a purt ot mm Dm better part. Her suitors were numerous, lor her beantr was sublime, but her dui-k even spurkled only for one und her envied caress only one could cluiui. This favorite was a uohle fellow. His frame was large aud gracefully proportioned, his step was firm, bis shoulders square mid his general ao- praiauce wasau iusigr.iaof muuliood aud ndepeiKl.'iiee. He bad always been her ero. V ben children, be hud tomiht her buttles and gu ued her conn nests : be hud brought her (lowers that other lovers could ol bud ; he bud scaled clitts thut others a red not cliinii, to bring her tome nhiv- hing tliut should please her wish. With manhood his love ineiensed. and he wus er ucknwiedged lover, her hero and her slave. Thus lime wore on. und one dnv u nartv f the Chiefs followers brought vuntivu to the cmnp a .young white hunter. They id lound linn with two companions and Iter a brave defense, bud succeeded in captnring him after having killed tho other two. He was a fair haired white faced boy with bright und shapely limbs. Mis advent occasioned much cxckunieiit. They said that ho hud come from the liorih where the snow hud changed the color from red to white. Thev sti inned ru of his trinkets and held a council as to w but, should be done with III in. She admired his independence and loved his oddity. She tolu her lover of her wish to save the white stranger aud he prom ised its fulrt lment. Iu the council he as the white muu's udvocate but few ere his tupporiers. Finally he smrirest- ed that the matter be left to thelireat lirit. That he aud an advocate of the other side tight and let the issus decide who was nglit. His wishes were conced ed by the great chief nud a massive war rior wus chosen aa his antagonist. Willi u fitting farewell to his Monte he took his stand to light her cause. Tho buttle was a furious one. No weapons were iiKed but death must deride the issue . The con batuurs fought lonj; and nobly and it Mtemed ihat the young chief must at luKt give way Just theu however be met tbe eye of his sweetheart Monte which decided the vietoiv. Quick Asa flush be sprang into the air and grasping nis uaters u-ys neck in ms stroug einurac crackod the bono like a stick and hurled tbe body far into the air. An embraceirom Monte was his reward aud the tribe declared that the Great Spirit had decreed that the white mu slimild be one of them. Aud so it was that he remained. As the mouths wore on be in turn learned to love tbe nut brown beauty who by this this time hud become so euarinored ot the stranger that the attentions of her old sweetheart in tercsted ber no longer. One quiet summer evening Monte an her dusky lover sat together ou top of th blurt, (in front of the present inuguitt cienl hotel ) looking dowu into tbe quiet valley below. He swore his love by tbe bright stars, the solemn moon aud the mighty tribe of which her father waa the chief. He plead his cause eloquently aud earnestly. Bat tbo white lover was a si lent auditor to the passionate prayer snd lorgetiul ol the gratitude due bis ri val, under cover of darkness and with silent steps approached and whispered iu rue mameu eara, "Monte, suv no The maiden heard and yielded, bhe told ber faithful lore-fcthut his cause was a lost one. With the impulse of a startled Duck He sprang to bis feet, gave her one last passionate klSM, throw bims If head long over tbe side of the elitf and fell a mangled corpse on tbe cruel rocks below VV ben sbe realised wbat her lover had done Moote'a old love fire returned and burned strong in her bosom. Tbe bannv days of her childhood returned, when her lover was ber all. bhe remembered bow. with pride she had witnessed bis acta of bravery and devotion, and how she hsd gloried in biaatrengl h and beauty. With a Eangbty majesty she bad her white lover approaen aud gaze ou the trouble he had wronght. tben contemptuously bade him leave. Me stood aghast at tba trausfor- nation aba bad undergone, aud turned to leave tne spot. Id bo luslant he beard a cry and saw bar spring lar into apace and fall a lifeless naea beside h r unfortu nate lorer. He descended tbe bluff and carried the prostrate forms into the mA. jace it cave, where be left them and fled, It ia said tbat on elear summer nisM. when a loving maple are seated on the' memorable roc tbat the crafty, canning breeMM, wishing to witness another trir- edy, sylHspera iu the ears of the maiden, .'MiintM .a r tn n hnt -1 ,1 . : i ALONG THE COAST. When I visited the coast eight years ago, almost every place bad a dilapidated appearance, from tbe mouth of Pearl to Pascauoula. A certain editor attributed this condi tion of things to sumptuary laws. At least be intimated that tbe pros perity of this section was biudered by tbe pressure ot the Sunday and leiiipereoce laws. Ot course he lived far away. If be bad been along here at tbat time be would have bad to look to something else as the cause, .bight years have made great improvements ; cauuing factories, artesian wells, an ice fac tory are among the new things, old buildings have been repaired aud a great many new buildings reared. 1 stopped at Pearlingtou a few days recently. That towu claims about one thousand iubittiituats, aud all of these people are in some way or other, directly or indirectly, me connected with and dependent upon thut big mill. I learned tbat the daily cut ot ibis mill is fioni 90 to 100 thousand feet of lumber. Seven or eight years ago I was told the, average daily cut was from 50 to 60 thousand feet. The laborer is well paid here, Wages run from 920 to $25 per mouth given the newly employed roustabout, to $150 per month given experienced parties tilling import ant positions; the mill luus 11 J hours a day. It would be hard to find anywhere, u more quiet, orderly, contented aud happy community. Amonir these thousand people there ia scarcely anybody connected with any church but tbe Methodist. Not a single Baptist, not au Episcopa liau, but one Presbyterian, and on ly u few Roman Catholics; sol am informed. The proprietors ot the mill are stewards iu the Methodist Church. The book keepers in the mill aud the store are also stewards. so is the toieuiau ot the mill. Fi nancially this in by f, r tbe stroua- est Methodist Church in the Sea shore District and but lew in tbe conference are stronger ; but iu fi nancial system Moss Point far out--.trips them. Buy St. Louis is also improving especially our little chinch here. They aie asking to be set apart us a station. They wani a preacher till to themselves. U.i.v St. Louis by its high beach and splendid shell road bordeuntr im boat is MuMnHui . . . ., iV ICUUQr B . ,w 4"ze ror that beat . it is not the business of th. 7? 1 izertovaluebuttoeqosH:;' where neighbors difler.-0( ' THE Gambrells7 'MarTinT . got to the end of K In six mouths from this timi Hamilton wi., 8taud world an iuuocent, honorad highly resnected crowd tbat has been mJJ, " bim tor the money that ml. will go down t0 fheir shame Photographs re w saleable, and the prom-uutjor monument fund has ceased to Ud In in heavy streams. publican. " W hat a blight visiou I Wh perfect oasis looms up to tba amid the burning sands of the ua. lit ioal desert by which the JL can is (surrounded. Butth. p lioan is wise iu deferring th. ' at which Joint Hamilton is t0 jj. "an innocent, honored aud hig,(, respected citizens." . w its prediction on file and set time is not fixed too short. There is one cood Thi Frank Burkitt, of the Chickasaw Mcenger bas said, if be never at lers again and tbat is tbat nativa Mississ ppiaus should be elected in the professorships iu our Stats in stitutions. Mississippi has the mt terial and it should be used. -Jri. nana Advance, A large peanut crop is looked for this season. WEDDINtf j.ELLS. Monte aay Bo," bnt tbe maiden, antioi- frijliknt m A .. V. ., n w ui rr .t n t r. c. a I , (Ul . .rikn. . t . i I lint ha tflkjh r I li n m u n Hnli.. 1 .... 4 I . - - . .iwui, uur ubsiiii laou - -- . .u 1 1 one was aa artist and Dating tbe wish of the breeze, lava "vea- Tuia ia tba legend ot bow Monte Kino received its pau.e. Perhap-i is is true. perhaps not. Moon can Drove "beyond any reasonable doubt" that it ia Dot true and no one I suppose wants to. An anaeotimeutal scholar whom we know ineists that tbe word is of Spanish oiigin and is comptMml of the words "Mona," mountain, and "Sano," health. But wa will not have it this way; we adopt th legend theory despite the ap plicability of tbe latter. We tear this letter has grown too long, but we will promise not to do aoany more ibis time. It raiued here last night, the first for months. We leave here to-day for Nash villr, tbence to BJoont Springs, resting a few days at tbe a lover of piace win return Dome, mediately thereon, is considered one 01 ine nnesi summer resorts on this coast. Pass Christian has a Hue beach drive. The Methodists have a lot t here and nolhint' else. except a lew scattering adherents that hold their membership el.-a where. It is a delightful place for pleasure seekers to summer, liiloxi, thai was a good sized baby before New Orleans was born, seems to be taking ou a new growth. But she lucks a bench drive ; (hut shell road along l he beach might to lie finished by all means. Ocean Springs is not behind her sisicr towns i i nnpiovc uient. I don't know but w hat 1 ought to have said daughter towns, for she was a maiden of fourteen summers, when new Biloxi was born. Wiihin her bo: dels is the spot upon which old Fori Mauripas was built in 1699. Speaking ot ancient things and places brings to mind East Pascngoula, wheu Mr. Kiebs raised cotton iu 1722 and separated the seed from the lint with a rolle.' gin of his own construction; this was years before Mr. Whitney was born, the man who iu veined tne cot ten giu I believe iu 1810. Then conn s Scrantou tbe home ot the DliM -CBAT-SlAU that is as watchful us au eagle, 1 believe that it has talons also. Yours, T. S. West. EQUALIZATION. HAKItlSON Co., Miss., Sept. 20, 1&!7. Editor Ueiuocrut-Stur : Referring to an editorial iu your issue of the lGili inst., headed "Equalization," it does appear to me that you tail to Mi ike at I lie root of iheeiil. Our mode ot assessing realty all wrong ; lauds should be usaessei oy the assessor aud not bv the owner, and the assessment shouli be based on the latest actual bona Uda sales. It mutters not if the assewmitnt be one half, three lourthsor tbe lull amount ot wbat the Ian. Is ttell lor: uniformity in valuation is all that the tax-naver una auy interest in. There should be an assessor for each beat. A citizen of Biloxi j nature and wandered ioto our beau- j f oart as ever, P. EL M is not cotniietent to assess land at the edge of Perry county, and vice versa. Tbe equalization should be made by a given number of citizens of each beat with their member of tbe board of supervisors as ex-ofli cio chairman or such committer. As bas beeu said by a correspond- eui iu eue or our Uoast paiers, our present assessment law actually places a premium on periurv. and s demoralizing iu its effects, iu tbat uas a tendency to beeet a con tempt for tbe sactity of aa oath. oum ua to uear trom von on hee suggestions, as it anoeara. nw-a days, next to impossible to get an office seeker to express bis opinion on any snbject. HARRIsOlf . "Harrison's" plan of beat equal izers or assessors is something like pMa!ing from Philip drunk to Philip sober, hut it is Philip all tbe time. Besides it is getting still further off from the imKttant mat ter ot equalizing as between tbe After difierent beats, to say nothing of latter , tbe difference in conn ties of nnrrea. ponding valneg. We cant, agree with "Qarrisou" tbatresidiog iqaj Brooks BALDKiDos.ThnmH.r a.... Pith. 1887. at o'clock n. m.. at th.'u.h.- odist Episcopal Church, by the Rey Geo W. F. Price, of Nashville, Mr.BkmT H BkouKS, of Puns. Texas, lo Mi, v,.,, . a .i.i... j i. - . """ ouo-ei, uuuuier 01 ur. ana Mia. U c Buldridge, of lliis city, A largo crowd assembled at th church to witness the ceremony which unites for life two loving hearts in Hymeu's bonds. The altar waa tastefully and artistically decorated with vines and flowers, Mrs. John rl. Reed presided at the craud organ, aud on thu cutrauce ot the con tracting parties the church aisles ecbucd to the swelling niusio of Mendelsohn1! wedding march. Messrs. Frank Mutlu aud Cranston Nash acted as usher, sod the following ladies and gentlemen wen i ne ATTENDANTS. Miss Ida Cnlp, Louisville, Mr. Jimct Boyd, Huntsville. Miss Mollie Wyun, Huntsvillo, Mr. P, A. Patrick. Florence. Miss Clara Whitehnrst, Nashvillo, Mr, C. O. (Stevens, Nushv.lle. Miss Nellie bautcr, Huntsville, lit, Frank A. Ada:ns. Miss Jirnmie Pulley, HuuttviUs, lit. Geo. H. Price, Nashville. Miss Stella Baldridge, Mr. Felix Bald ridge. THK COSTUMES. The bride was elegantly costumed iu white jersey-silk ra train, dowers jw miuu, oiuumento. diamonds. Miss Culp. Moire Autiuue silk, luce and diamonds. Miss Wynu, white Surah silk, dia monds. Miss Whitehnrst. white Surah silk, lace and nutural flowers. SI is ."uuior, white Surah silk, pearl nat- samenterie and lace. Miss Pulley, white Snruh silk, priiicmt lace, ostrich tip trimming, ornaments, dia-Blonds. Miss Baldridge, white Surah silk, nrin- cess lace. After the ceremony, a receution ia tuudered the hatinv nuir at the nuiilunct of the bride's pareuts ou Cliutou Street, to which a number of frieuds were invit ed. The home which the blushimr bride was soon to leave, was beautifully deco rated with flowers tittinir emblems ut life's fleeting fragance aud frenlmeee. Llegaul rutr. abluents were served sumpt uously, aud congratulations were shower- eu ireel.v on tbe happy couple. The presents were numerous and hand some, inuuy of them being sent from friends afar. The groom, Mr. Bently H. Brooks, la a protuiueut business man ot Paris, Tsxae, of hue physique, honorable in every way, a tair type ot old- Southern chivalry, aud the noblest wotfk of the Creator aa boa ret mau. The bride be bas s i nobly wooed slid won, is one of the fairest ot onr HanU ville guls, posseesiug those sweet fails of character that have so endeared her toad ber Schoolmates, companion and tin Je giou of tVieuds, which ker beauty sod sweetness so natur. lly attracted and niafl Ou thia bright morning of their Burnsd life, tbe Aercarjr joins with their hosts ef frieuds in wishi-ig them a safe and plest aut voyage adowu tbe river of Time. May every atar tbat beams in their matrimo nial sky, shine with beaming luster which reflects tbe leva tbat each to tba other with taith hath pledged. ' And in after years when weary of lu burdeu, and the final parting come "J it nhd them atill bound to each other wiu I bat trusting affection so freely giv1" tbe altar. MuHtmll (Aim.) Mermr MARINE. Office ov mi Democsat-Sta) J Pascaoocla, Sept. 3, 13rf7' ' Report for tbo week ODdiDg Sept a sairal). Br bk Wa. Wright. Cook. 748 to Eio Janeiro to , lflh '. f Br bk Onward, Bivewright, 660 toaS " UOIOQ tO , aiSt IDS. CLEAkASCES. Am schViIlie Williams. Brnc,' Key West bv Dantxler With Inmhar anrf n 000 shinirlas. 80IB Am sob L. B. Gilchrist, Wood, for Baenoa Avrea by r-aseagw- - . ber Co., with 7 J6.376 feat lasuber va at 7.716 loth lost. , Met sch Has Qoiotin. Maory, " Vera Cms by Dcaov V - 199 feet lumbar vataed at Job Printing at thia 05