The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-01
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, Dec. 31. Rev. James P. McCafferty, pastor of St. 1[ichaefs Church, Pensacola, Fla, is slowly sinking and the end cannot be far He received the last sacraments from Father D. Brady of Warrington, the day after Christmas. His death will be deep ly n1ourned by the people of St. Michaers parish as well as in Mobile and other places where he labored.
 Father McCaferty was oorn in the Ca- &z4Adrai parish, Mobile about fifty years nxo. He made his classical studies under Dr. John McCafferty, President of Nit. St. 1fary's College, Emmetsburg, Md, grad unting from the college in June, 1873. The following September he began ..is theoiog- teal studies in the seminary attached to the same institution. These studies were eomplefedi in, June. 1877. and on the 12th Of July, 1S77 he was raised to the sacred priesthood in the Cathedral of Mobile to z the great delight of those who had known him from boyhood and followed his suc- eessfrll career in college and seminary.
 His first appointment was to assist the vicar-G General Very Rev. Father O'Cal- lakiians He remained at St. Vincent's 8 Church, Mobile, about nine years and then went to St. Pauls Church. Birming- ham. In 1888. Rt. Rev Bishop OSullivan appointed him pastor of the Catholic Church in Tuscaloosa with Blocton as q N ssion. There he remained and labored
 alousiy and faithfully until Very Rev
 yr. John B. Baasen asked to be relieved
 the charge of St. Michaefs Church, hnsacola. in January. 1900. Father Mo zfferty was appointed to succeed the onsignor in St. Michaeps and he enter <R upon the duties of his office with char rferistic energy, paying of in short ;Ene a good portion of the debt and reatly beAutifyipg and adorning the hurch.
 Eather Mccaffertys death will be deep- 4 fy regretted by those who have known him M Florida and Alabama. The stricken 4 priest has a brother and other relatives h Mobile
 4 tonight the following resolution was adopted:
 whereas, by the building of an isth- naian canal the Southern States will profit In a larger degree than any other section of the country and the State of Alabama and the other States will profit thereby more than any other section of the South, and whereas in the opinion of this club the Republic of Panama is established be- yond any question and the canal treaty vrith said republic now pending in the &Genate of United States should be regard ~ in it's business aspect alone, therefore, hs 1t
 Resolved. by the Commercial Club of Mobile, that the Hon. John T. Morgan and the Hon. Edmund W. Pettus, Sena- tors from Alabama be, and they thereby are. earnestly requested and urged to withdraw their objections to said treaty Gnd vote for it's ratification in consider aklon of great benefits that will accrue to the entire State of Alabama, and espe- claliy to the city of Mobile.
 '.Resolved. that the Commercial Club embraces this opportunity to express its high appreciation of the effective and un- fiflnE work personally done by the Hon John 1T. Morgan during many years past in advocating the building of canal by the United States. believing as this clut does. that to him more than to any other given the credit of creating and fostering m overwhelming sentiment among the American people in favor of this great and important undertaking.
 .sResolved that the Secretary of thi: Club be and hereby is instructed to send a copy of these resolutions to Senators ohfrgan and Pettus and to the leading commercial organizations of Alabama with the request to the latter that thu x resolutions favoring ratification of said treaty be promptly adopted by them ant Forwarded to said Senator's
 copy will be forwarded to the Sena tors and Representatives in Congress oi United States.
 On motion a committee of three. JohT Craft, w. F. Tebbetts and George Fearn was named by President Hamburger tC take up the matter of a business mems excursion to Havana.
 Mrs. Kate Jordan died this morning al her home in this city after long illness She leave a daughter and two brothers Kessrs. Jake and Gus Rehm, both of thii city. Mrs. Jordan was a native of Mobile and A years of age The remains will be fnterred in Magnolia Cemetery tomor row afternoon.
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