The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

ad f r. suppose that every townsl
az IN IN georgia had cotton mill and Il
e. al Its earnings were spent and a. =,
" tered in the community, then w ,
! Mo u feel so bad over the low pri
~ OF the great staple. We would in
W w rectly share in the profits of mannfe
70 turing. - "auula
IL Once again I visited the old tim
nonored cemetery-the first gravava,
u sorry to see that it has of late be ~,
neglected and has grown up in bria,
: ina weeds. I took note Of soma -" =
me old inscriptions, and this one re esnt
c'ally at, attracted my attention:
.c IN, Crux-ave spes unica.
oaereo 10 the memory of Patric'
Harty' who was born in Tin. ~
<n perrary, Ireland.
1T is holy and q who1aaon,
thought to pray for the dead that tho,
may DO loosed from their sins-T1
Maccabees -, 49,"
There lies a good Roman Catholic
thought |: He went to purgatorv and
Inc priest prayed for him. Then !
r.; nj about Maccabees not beino
IN the sacred canon, but was in th s
a. and the Apocrypha was vas
1eiea out Ut, OF the King James version in
1870 Then I turned to an old R;hla
VI tha al -; had IT., the Apocrypha and found
that the 10Th chapter Of IT Maccah ama
uaa only forty-fve verses, but thu last Last
f trree g. nad the same injunction to prav
~ 'nem who are dead, and further.
more more that Judas Maccabees ra sa
among 81 his soldiers 1900 drachma
a1 SIN offering for those who wara
s s4 l make no comment on this
MARTIN Luther translated the R;hlo
ana lett in it these two books. a. he
Sat "a; 1or human consideration.
Ihere is another tombstone at Cbo
10 ID" 1nat interested me, for it marks
inc grave of no man or woman now
known. 1t reads as follows:
NY .t name-my country-what are they to
W. high or low my pedieree:
~ n"ps lar surpassed all other men.
ea FL fell below them all-what then2
, -, IT, stranger, that thou seest q tomb
nou knowest it's use-it hides M matte,
whom" 4. " A4"''o1
Inc a other morning about davbrool
y !11e :; Charlotte for Lumberton, on the
wilmington ang road. The breakfast honse e
as 70 miles away at Hamlet. 1 and
.nen l got there I heard the condnct. !
say: Twenty minutes forsbreak- !
w. 'or But l dident hear him saw >
iange cars tor Wilmington and points .
III. s i: You see. I am getting quite =
"a IN one ear and can't hear At All r,
!. oi me other, but my wife says it is II
TOM howaquickly I hear the ne .
: t bell. We had a sple en- 8;
! az meal' and I regained nv seat nj
u 'ne same car. When about a b,
1e from town the conduc+or ~ -,
ne. lea for my ticket, and recoo. j.; j.,
,eu me- as bound for Lumbertownn Ia
frantlcally pulled the bell cord and Oh aI
d me to get off and hurry back. for H,
ybe l could catch the Wilminoton IN Re
l II; Right then I was distressed ed tn,
l ! Knew I there was no other train no
: taay, and | was billed to lecture fro
night: The sand was shoemonth los
?, out I gripp led. my baggage and gge,
iros1ed about 2Q0syards and. SUD dol
iysalscovered that Iswould have e fo,
On brakes for ny wind was 81 giving
). Another hundred yards md I sni
to stop and blow,for my heart was in !.
nping Ikea bass drum. and tber 80
much heart failure NOWADAYS ,
i g t alarmed 4 and put down nv !, !
20 and say on it. Just then I saw q {
'faln steaming away like a snake n
le grass, and involuntalilv az 9 era
Sc, Farewell, vain world, Tn eat'
: ApvMe. 30 took my time and .1oA
=, haste "a slowly, and ' when aAd 7 Mas
'ea me station was the picture Of WOO
polntment and dispair. "Wbot. the
an Old man do but d;oon =. % c
lured. Wish now I had NV belo
pm as was fo1trotting thro H over
ana' and then another a. ssv pent
II, rain steaming away without mo. u.s.
IL l., we'll that ends we'll. I found 10y 10y,
sht train that was going to leave ~ sn4 =
at II o'clock, but the T II ::
ctor couldent say when it wonld 80 ~
#, but to hold ths g.. aeuu taat etary
p-ond /. u.s. iui'' 1or was it vii
our miles, but it took us over
ong hours to get there, Ihad Tn,
me to wash up and brush up and Bear
'per, but I found good house to rel
waiting me. nv subject was tho A,