Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-31
J. A. PARKER.

Respectfully,
J. A. Parker.
Since my last, the Legislature has
passed the funding bill, known a. the
"CU-3-i-5 Bill" which, l suppose, means
that the State gives new bonds, at the rate
of ~ per cent. (or ca cents III the d"lIar)
drawing 3 per cent. interest for number
Of wears. 1 per cent. for number OF years,
and : per cent for "a number of years. ne
p.r cent. run is much the largest, 80 that
IN. aggregate rate Of interest il something
over per cent. This settlement Is m"en
more Satisfactory than the "loo-3 bill
of last fall. but does not. by any means
quiet the wrangling Of the factions. In
stead of Surying the hatchet and shaking
hands over the empty Golfers, they are as
suming an "I.told. you-so' attitude to each
other-each the Interpreter of his own pro
phrcies.
The General Conference il moving on
slowly, but surely, to the end of Its work
b fore You get this We may be- on orr way
home There ale about thirty Committee
Reports on the secretaries tables stu de-
mandiug attention. Up TO date, they have
come IN about Is fast ~ they have been
disposed OF, but ~ one Vt the largest
eommittecs-o Itneraney -(of which
ynlr correspondent is - member has pre-
pared its hnsl report, il is fair to assume
that by noon Of the I'D the rel orts will all
b~ in. There are several general officers
to elect aud ~ all mn-t L. by ballot u
will take good long time for this work.
| A Missionary Secretary, a Secretary of the
Church Extension Society, an Editor Of
the Advocate Published here, au Editor of
the sunday school Literature, an Editor OF
Books issued from the Publishing hou>- At
this place. For the first place Dr.. Mark s.
Audrew. Of Ala, DR.. Wayman h. Potter
of Georgia. and DR.. u. {. Kelly of Tcun..
are spoken of. F"- the SECOND place, |
have heard the names of Dr. Morton Of Ky.
and pr. Anderson Of Cal. For the AdNo-
cate rhiior>hip, doubtless DR.. Fitzgerald
Of Cal. will Ice re-rlrctrd; also DR. Gnu
niushLm To The r,iiiorship Of the ;. ;. Lit
rrature. For the Box edtorship, DR..
Wright Of Tenn, seems most prominent.
The Conference has spoken out very
plainly on the question of worldly amuse-
nrnt, among church members, aud has
quite severely criticised some Of the high
officials Of the church for departing from
our rules IN hi, and sorue other RESPECTS.
he nlrubrrN ot the present. General Con
ference are remarkable for their adherance
to the old Apo,tolicll principles, without
nIauii'.sting the extreme of toJyism. For
the Louisiana rrprcScntativc~--eNcrP
the writer of conrsr- (uo State has bet
ter uIder of talcutl-l can point ont the
delegates from that State with some de-
grrc If pride. No State has q better rep.
Presentations TIN, say of both the Lay
and Clerical members
After all, preachers must be- monird
sci of nrn-dt least. dealers seem To- think
80. Thor. J., daily distribution. through
the pages "f thu house. If. would say,
fifty dollars worth of ADVERTISING have
II" rdrA HAT The trade pick.d mp through
thar chlru"l amount 10 ~ much in \ " hole
week. have NOT seen a on, do'ldr bin in
months till | got mp here among these
rr"dchrr-,' On expressing -urptis. at
>rriug ~ many snail bill. "A m.mh,r frnu
t"'"rhd" remarked that they "hld no other
sort mt there and that soit was ,catcs.
liui afi'r al | hN, become couN iucrd
that the party. nr the church, who can aud
Vii uIh" sacrifices To- possess the Great
NvSr. viii hr able To- control thu Political
"r Ecclesiastical interests Of this continent.
II II biz idea. and We leave 1t to be- real.
iIrd in the future. Wall and sce. Draw
On your blackboard a twelve, inch circle.
divide 1t into eight srgmrnt,. number
them from To :; now let to 3 represent
the United States AZ the end of l776 Now
Tor II: II population of 300 900 nils IN
N"EmrntN |, and , with an incidental
loss OF our.f"nrih), in loo years, how long
VIII It rcqnir" 10000 600 to ill up srgmcnts
:, !, :, and ~ Within the next ~ years
the West VIII he as drnsely populated ~
the ELsi i TODAY.
We are having great de al of cold. wet
weather. Very truly,
J. A. PARKER.
After all cotton il King and lis pover