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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

"RoMANcE AND TRAGEDY OF PIONEER
LIFE" is a series of dramas in prose.
1t gathers and relates the exploits of
our national heroes The characters
live and act. The material is gathered
from the wild, but not extravagant, an
nails of frontier life. Every scene in
the book is true photograph fromMan
and Nature. The incidents are real.
They are sketched with a dramatic
power which can be paralleled in no
other book devoted to the romance and
tragedy of American adventure. The
author has precisely that kind of fcrvor
which is requisite to make alive the
very pages whereon his characters are
marshaled for our interest. The book
conforms emphatically to the prime
conditions of narrative: it is interesting
aud true. The interest is maintained
by the vigor aud enthusiasm of the
treatment; the truth has been elected
by careful culling and comparison OF
the various traditions, which are thus
given a new lease of life. Royal DC
tavo, 1000 PIP, 100 Illustrations, 10y
A. L. Mason, AN, with an introduce
ton by John Clark Ridpath, LII. D.
Jones Bros. & Co., Publishers, Cincin
natl, Chicago, ST. Louis, and Dallas
Texas. Sold by subscription only.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
THE MARKETS.

Cincinnati, Aug. Is, 1888
Four--Fancy 1925 to 5 IS. Family Sl.GO
to 800. Spring family S5.25 to 800.
Wheat-No. hard Red at SLIP; No. 2
Red at S!.08
Corn-No Mixed shelled at SIZE. No.
3 at Sic
Oats-No. 2 White Bic No. Mixed at
20ac
Rye No. 2 sold at GOAc.
Hoy-No. Timothy at Sll.OO to 50 ;
No :, $1,000 to 1880. traire Hay, $500
to 100, Mixed Hay at $500 to 900.
.NiH Fced Bran at $1,000; Shipstuffs at
$1,000 and Middlings at $l4,O0 to $500 per
ton in bulk.
Potatoes- Early Rose at soc to per Dbl.
and at 3Oc to 35c per BUSH
CaJJage-l.5O per Dbl.
Onions so per Dbl
Tomatoes : 81 at 81 so per stand.
Butter-Creamery at 22c. to 23c.; fancy
dairy at l5c. to les prime at lSc to zoe;
common 7c. to 81 per ID,
Sorghum-25c. to 35c per gal.
Eggs-lilc. to l5c. per doz.
Poultig-Live turkeys at Sa;. to &C. aud
dressed at &C. to &C. per ib. Chickens are
at g 80 to 2.75 per doz. bucks $3.50 to 80
/ per doz,
App1cs-Good to prime at $l.OO to 200
per bbl
HideS-Green at &c. to Tic No. at &c.
to C.; No. green saltrd at Sc. at she;
dry sailed at lie. to l2c, Sleeps pelts at
25c. TO &C. for wooded and &C. to &C. ior
/ shcared.
Bacon-Short clear sides at 7sc. to 74c
shoulders at &C. to 6sc.; breakfast at l2c
to l22c.; hams at ic.
Lard-Ssc. for prime steam.
Cattte-Comrnon at $500 to 300 good tt
choice at 81. - 10 4 Is; cows at 500 to 4 80
heirs at Sl.25 to 40; oxen at Sl.OO to 4 Is
calves at 1925 to 3.25.
Hogs Selected at 1925 ~ $50; common
at $i25 to 4 80; stock hogs $40 to 52j.
Shecp-Common to fair at $3.50 to 3 81
good to choice at g IS to i50; stock sh, el
at S?.7j to 50; lambs, common to good, "A
$i.0O to 100.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
PERSONALS.

Miss Ina and Eta Giles are visiting here
The following arrivals, for the past week,
are registered at the rabard:
+. W. Mitchell, Chattanooga Robt. f..
GANG, Cincinnati; Thos. N. Hughes r. C.
Hughes, Glen Mary; S. n. Vance, Wartburg:
+. G. Fisher, City; Mrs. Stephen Gibson,
Mrs L.. c. Rose, Miss Shadban, Cincinnati;
r. II. Jones, Allaldt II. B. Shidakcr, Glen
Mary; Herr. rredliche, Germany II. II.
Taylor, Glen Mary; W, c. Robinson, Cinciu-
matt; John Z. Strange, Nashville; A. l.. Dim
vciues, Cincnuati A. NJ. Brown, A. M. CO.
hen, Cincinnati; B. S. Davidson Rufus Jones.
W. lhorogood, W. r. Stopey, Thid. Mitchell,
W. d. Const, Il. H. McKeethen, J. H. Gro
mal, Sunbright; W. Fowler and wife, New
York; 0. S. Bancroft, Ohio; J. W. CASH
Kentucky Mary j. Frederick, Chattanooga
p. r. Smith, Wartburg; 6. Darleshire New
York.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
An Atrocious Crime.

CHATTANOOGA, Aug. IA most
horrible and atrocious tri pie murder was
committed yesterday near Point Burn
side, KY, on the Cincinnati Southern
railway. Three men named James
Claiborne and James and Joseph Ran
dali, drew their months pay the day
before, aud it was reported that the
Randalls had Il large sum from bank,
They worked on the road and camped
in the woods.
Last night Frank Sta9le and an ac-
complete crept into camp and cut oil
the heads of two Of the sleeping men
and riddled their bodies with bullets,
and partially cut off che head of Clai-
borne. They then robbed them and
threw the Randall brothers over cliff
one hundred feet high, and, while about
to throw Claiborne over, were frightened
off. He lived long enough to give Sta
giles name.
The murderers fed and separated
Stagle was captured to-day at Month
cello, KY, aud returned to Point
Burnside. 1t is reported that a banc
is organized to mob him. A large re
ward will be paid for his accomplice''
capture. The murdered men were
well-to-do and quite popular.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

A cyclone swept throughChattanooga
on August Is, doing much mischief.
The Ease Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia, and Alabama and Great
Southern Depots were unroofed. A
large number Of other buildings were
also unroofed, and several were blown
down. Flying timber seriously in
jured J. IL. Jennings, going through a
box-car before it struck him. There
were several other casualties. There
was a heavy hail-stornl at the time and
horses ran away. One was killed and
many injured Only one telegraph
wire out of the city remains intact
Telegraph business for the entire Soutl
is delayed here, and business seriously
interrupted.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

Captain Rhodes,i in recent interview
stated that he would surely swim the
rapids, but would not give the date, and
stated that no one except his wife and
brother should know the date when the
attempt would be made. He stated
that his main object was to obtain the
Government prize of $4,000, and il
he were successful i'll the attempt he
would built Il monument to Captain
Webbyto cost $4,000, and that Tie
widow of Captain Webb should have
an equal amount.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
SCOTT COUNTY.

The county town of Scott County is Huntsville,
and the various Courts are held as follows -
CHANcERY CouRr-EIon. D. X, Young,
Chancellor. Meets fourth Monday in March,
July and November. j. j Duncan, Clerk and
Master.
CIRCUIT CoURr-Hon, D. X. Young, Judge
j. NJ. D. Mitchell, Attorney General. Meets
fourth Monday in March, July and November
r. HURT, Clerk; j. j. Duncan, Deputy Clerk.
COUNTY CouRr--IIon. j. G. Parker, Judge
Quarterly Court meets first Monday in January
April, July and October. Quorum Court meets
first Monday in every month. Jno. Pemberton
Clerk J. j. Duncan Deputy Clerk,
COUNTY OFFIcIMs.-Beaty Cecil, Sheriff
h. NJ. Sexton, Trustee; William Sharp, Regis
ter; Alvin Parker, County Surveyor; James II
letters, Superintendent Public Schools.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

In Chancery Court, Scott County, Tenness &c
ORIGINAL AMENDED AND SuPpLEMENrAL
DIVORCE BILL, No. 305.
Aaron Sexton Us. Nancy Sexton.

In this cause it appearing from the allega-
tons III the compliments amended and sup
Elemental bill. which is sworn to, that the
respondent, Nancy Sexton, is non resident
Of the State Of Tennessee and resides in the
County of Wayne. in the State of Kentucky.
1t is therefore ordered that publication be
made for tolr successive weeks in the Plateau
Gazette, weekly newspaper published in the
town of Rugby, Morgan County, Tennessee,
commanding the said respondent, Nancy Sex
ton to appear before the Chancery Court for
Scott County, at a Court to be held at the
Courthouse in Huntsville, on the
Fourth Monday in November next 1889,
and make defense to said original, amended
and supplemental bills filed against her. or the
same will be taken for confessed, and the said
cause set for hearing ca parte,
Witness J. J. Duncan, Clerk and Master Of
our said Court, at office in Huntsville this
BIRD day Of August, 1883.
J. j. Duncan, CLERK and Master.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
MORGAN COUNTY.

The county town of Morgan County is
Wsrtburg, and the various Courts are held as
follows -
CHANcEHY CoURr.-Hon D. K Young,
Chancellor -otfcio. Meets first Monday in
March July and November. Samuel H. Staples
Clerk and Master
CIRCUIT CouRr-Ifon. D. K, Young, Judge
J. NJ, D. Mitchell, Attorney General Meets
first Monday in March, July and November. j
W. Scott. Clerk,
County CoURr.-.M Stevens, Chairman
Quarterly Court meets first Monday in January
April, July and October. Quorum Court meets
first Monday in every month. NJ. L Rodman
Clerk.
COUNTY OFrIcIALs-G. W. Green, Sheriff
John d. Kreise, Trustee John l.. Scott, Regis
ter; Thomas Roberts, County Surveyors J
Staples, Superintendent Public Schools.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
To Young Men Desiring to Attend College.

The Commercial College of Kentucky Uni
versity will begin its New Session September
10th, 1883, Our Young men should make
their arrangements to enter this popular Col
lege, at the above time or as soon after as
possible. he speciality of this College is a
Business Educatlon, yet students have the adj
vantages of Literary Course free. See ad-
vertisemcnt in another Column and write to
its President, W. R. Smith, Lexington, KY.
for circulars.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
SEDGEMOOR.

SEDGENooR is ticket station on C.S.R.R.,
but the nearest Telegraph Office, is at Glen
Mary, the next station lower down the line
Station Master at Sedgemoor-Mr Lancaster.
ADAMs's PARCEL EXPRESS COMPANY has an
Agency at Sedgemoor Station.
SEDGEMooR has been surveyed by the Board of
Aid to Land Ownership, and the town lots are
laid out. Several residences have been erected
At the station is very long side track for the
convenience of unloading and shipping ,nerchan-
disc. The road from Sedgemoor to Rugby is an
excellent one. A little to the east of the road
are the two saw and stave mills run by Messrs
Shaver, Hall & Frisbee.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
FENTRESS COUNTY.

The county town of Fentress County is
jamestown, and the various Courts are held as
follows -
CHANcERY CouRr.-Hon. D. X. Young,
Chancellor. Meets first Monday after the fourth
Mondoy in March, July and November. S.
V. Bowdon, Clerk and Master
CIRCUIT CouRT.-Hon. D. X Young, Judge
j. NJ. D. Mitchell, Attorney General. Meets
first Monday after the fourth Monday in March,
July and November, A. A. Gooding Clerk.
COUNTY CouRr-IIon. James George, Judge.
Meets the first Monday in each month A. j.
Mace, Clerk.
COUNTY 0FFIcIALs-G. w. Conatser, Sheriff !;
o. ?. Cooper, Trustee G. S. Kington, Regis
ter; j. G. Phillips, County Surveyor; B. l..
Stephens, Superintendent of Public Schools
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

Our paper comes ont behind its reg
ular publication day, caused by not re-
ceiving oar paper from Sedgemoor on
time, which was the fault of others.
You may believe it was ell.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

The Go-ette is fast coming to the front
as the newspaper, and representative, of the
important section Of country comprising Nor
gan, Scott and Fentress counties. Agents and
correspondents wanted at every post-ofiice in
the three counties.
The price of the Gazette is $3.50 year
or five subscriptions for So 30.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

This column will be devoted each week to
information about Rugby as regards its local and
permanent institutions and is intended as n
GUIDE Tor the Rugbeians, and others interested
IN the town and neighbourhood.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

Men. women, boys and girs wanted everywhere
to work for US, Now is the time. You can
work III spare time. or give your whole time to
the business. No other business will pay you
nearly as we'll No one eau fail TO make
enormous pay. By engaging at ence. Costly
outfit aud terms free. Money made fast,
easily and honorablss, Address True & Co.,
Augusta, Maine.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
Non Resident Notice.
In Chancery Court at Jamestown, Tenn.
S. B. Northup rs. Edward Bishop ct ais

In this cause it appearing from COMPLIMENTS
bill, that Edward Bishop, Jane C, Anderson.
Robert Robert Anderson and Henri W. Ale
nus, the respondents, are non residents of the
State Of Tennessee.
1t is therefore orded that the said Edward
Bishop, Jane c. Anderson, Robert An lerson
and Henry W. Alenus, be required 10 appear
before the Chancery Court at jamestown,
Tenn, on or before the
First Monday after the Fourth Monday in
November, 1859,
and make defense to said bill. or the same will
be taken for confessed. and the cause set Tor
hearing or pd'te as to them.
Ii is further Ordered that this motto. be
published for four consecutive weeks IN tie
Plateau Gazette, newspaper, pu, lished at
Rugby, Tenn.
This llth August, 1888.
5 " BowpES. C. * NJ.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

come wealthy; those who do not improve their
opportunities remain in poverty. We offer a
great chance to make money. Wewant men,
women, boys and girls TO work fer us right in
their own localities. Any one can do the
work properly from the first start. The bust
ness will pay more than ten times ordinary
wages Expensive outfit furnished free. No
one who engages fails to make money rapidly
You can devote your whole time to the work,
or only your spare moments. Full intorma-
ton and all that is needed sent free. Address
STINscS & Co., Portland, Maine.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

THE "RUeBY" MASONIC LODGE meets on the
Wednesday evening of each month nearest the
full moon, in Conmissary Hail. h. Walton,
WIN. c. Onderdonk, Secretary.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

THE LAWN TENNIS CLUB.-C. H. Wilson
President. S. r. Brown, Treasurer. f, c..
Fisher, Secretary Committee-Ihe Officers
and G. Moore and G. w. Jefferson.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
RUGBY DIRECTORY.

: When focaa mohe a note of."-Captain Cutie
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

RcGm CoRNEr BAND-President- H.
Blackjack Secretary-A, II. Brown, Treasurer
C S. Moore Names of Members, with their
respective instrumental. S. Moore and j
McKinlay, 4 flat Comets; f. Taylor. G,
Fisher, A. II. Brown and G. Rogers, B fat
Comets; S. r. Brown and G. II. Blackjack, L
fiat Altos; G. H. Wilson, B fiat Tenor; n. II
Tucker, Baritone; J. A. Dimling, E fat Bass
J. Shelby, Drum,
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
(H|E'R|V'EI C'o|N|Q|U'E|R|0R1

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Eliminates Boils, Carbunces and Scalds IA
n1-Pcrmancntly and promptly cures paralysis,
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Kills Scro'r,a end Kings Evil, twin brothers.
Changes bad breath to good, removing cause.
= cutS biliousncss and clears complexion
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it drives Sick Headache like the wind Ca
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Refreshes the mind and inrigoratcs the body.
Cures dyspepsia or money rcfundcd.~Ta
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Leading ccrgymen in U s. and Europe "a
Diseases of the blood own it q conQucror. 90
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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

p, RUGBY is situated in Morgan County, in East
tennessee. 1t is seven miles from Sedgemoor
Station on the Cincinnati Southern Railway,
canning between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chat.
tanooga, Tennessee. From the former city
Seeddgemoor is 22l miles, and from the latter ia
milps
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

IN Ez4 - week made at home by the
. ~ industrious. Best business now
W ~ % before the public Capital not
- 49, napdpd We rilI etart uop
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

The Posi- OFFICE is on Central Avenue, Rugby,
and is open every day, Sundays excepted. Post
master-Mr n. II. Tucker Letters for Gin
oi.....t; "nd the North should be mailed by 80
am. Letters for the South by three pm. Owing
to recent arrangement letters for Cincinnati may
also be posted at three pm. These letters will
be delivered few hours after those posted in the
morning, a letter carrier daily leaves the Post
Office at 1880 pm, for jamestown, Alardt,
and places en- route.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18
MAKE HENS LAY

shelians Condition
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

THE RUGBY School BOARD is composed of the
following members Il. Walton, President w.
II. Hughes, Secretary Mrs. Hughes, Treasurer.
G. A. Clark, c. Onderdonk, &. BerH, +,
Taylor. The Board meets every third Monday
in each month
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

FIRE BRIGADE CoMmrrEE.-F. Taylor, Chair
man; Mr.. Potbury, Secretary Messrs. Davie
Mihow and G. II, Blackjack.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

RUGBY PUBLIC PURPOSES ASSOCIATION
H. Blackjack, President; Otis Brown, Senior
Vice President; i. Taylor, Junior Vice Presi-
dent; Robert Walton, Treasurer; DR.. g. p.
Kemp, Secretary.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-18

TRUSTEES OF THE CEMETERY w. Hastings
Hughes and r. Walton The Cemetery Com
mttee consist of the above two gentlemen, and
Il IN rln,, u Enrdnn mud Il q Il.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-05-31
The Soldiers, Reunion.

1T would pay the nation to get up annual
excursions between the two sections of the
Union, and charge the cost to the public
fund. This mingling Of the people does
more to re-eStablish fraternal relations
and obliterate sectionalism than all the
books ever written OF sermons preached.
1t proves how easily arrangements are
healed it breeds liberalism of thought
and demonstrates that virtue is the
product of no special locality, and that
men take delight in affording their fellows
pleasure. Last week, we sent about fifty
old soldiers to Niagara, and about twice
as many civilians and ladies to take care of
them. The whole party was met with an
enthusiasm of welcome that completely
captured them at the outset, and made
their return to the Old Dominion very
problematical. 1t was hard to get away,
and when you speak to one of them now
OF the trip he had, his eye lights up and
he will talk an hour of the hospitality and
Kindness OF his northern hosts. And the
visited were apparently asmuch delighted
as the visitors. In short the people came
together and knew each other. Friend
ships were formed that will last through
life. and create in each of the parties there
to al attachment that years will only serve
to strengthen. 1t will be a glorious day
when men shall recognize the brotherhood
OF nationality, and these interminglings
of the two sections are the most effective
agencies to that end. Let them be repeated
year after year, and let the people of the
North and South be rivals only in the cor
diality of welcome which each shall extend
to the other.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-05-31
Manufacture of Basic Steel.
I,U

For the past three months the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company have been making az
rangements with its old twO-cOnverterp plant
at the works near Harrisburg, Pa, to
thoroughly test the value of the Thomas
Gllchrist process for the manufacture of
steel, otherwise known as the basic process.
The preparations were completed early in
this month, and on the It'll inst. molten pig
iron was run into the converter, and the
first heat OF basic steel ever made in the
United States was a great success. The
pig, which was made from equal proper
lions OF mill cinder and Cumberland county,
Pa., iron ore, contained p per cent of
PHOSPHORUS, y per cent OF Manganese, and
per cent of silicon and the. basic steel
contained only O.04 per cent of phosphorus,
O,275 per cent of Manganese, and 029 per
cent OF carbon. The pig-iron cupolas and
the BeSSemer converterS were lined with a
preparation Of dolomite, a magnetism lime
stone, and with this exception, and with
the necessity of adding lime to the charge
IN the converter, the process does not ma
terially differ fromthe Bessemer process.
The samples of the basic steel that were
tested gave results that were exceedingly
satisfactory, and the steel from the heats
that have subsequently been made showed
that the quality of the steel was equal
and, in a number of respects, superior
to the steel previously made at the works
10y the BeSSemer process.
The experiment OF the Pennsylvania Steel
Company will form an important event in
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-05-31
Ministerial Alliance of the Staunton
Clergy.

10 what extent the moral tone of our
society here in Staunton. as well as else
where, is due to our Holy Religion is clear
ly subject neither for legitimate inquiry
nor discussion. But how far the morality
OF StauntOn is affected by the influence
of her clergy is quite another and different
thing.
The alarming inroads which are now
being made in our midst by various and
powerful instrumentalities for evil must
be apparent to even the most casual obser-
yer OF passing events. LOCALIZED desecra-
ton OF the Sabbath, grossly insulting In
temperance and appalling midnight de-
baucheries are not more common in this
than in other cities of the Commonwealth.
nor may these be the worst of crimes, but
surely they are sufficient to call for every
effort for their suppression. To meet this
flood-tide of evil which threatens so seri-
ouSly to OverWhelm the very fabric of the
church, it seems to us eminently wise and
proper that there should be- concentrated
forward movement of the whole religious
body OF the town put forth at one and the
same time.
There is not only strength in union. but
there is something in attacking singly
each OF the enemy's strongholds, with the
whole combined power of the Church.
The leaders in this aggressive attempt
must be the clergy themselves.
We respectfully suggest that Il council
OF war be convoked, definite plans of ac-
ton be agreed upon and that the campaign
be opened and pressed with all the rigor
and energy that the Church can COM
mand.
We call upon I'LL wear the sacerdotal
garb, all who minister in holy rites to lead
forth the il respective charges to Il grand
Assembl of the Church Militant below
The God of Heaven will fight your battles
and give you the victory.