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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-29
THE DISTILLER'S OPINION OF HIS OWN

BUSINESS.

BUSINESS
Says the Christian Advocate:
''The Rev. Dr. McAfee, to DR.. Gregg and
Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler in the pastorate of the La
fayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. Borough of
Brooklyn, New York, recently received a circular
from distier, offering liquors and propos
ing to send him any shipment ordered Gin
plain case, that should know what he had
received" Surprised that such circular should be
sent to ministers, this plainly addressed to
him in that capacity, DR.. McAfee wrote the dealer
asking if he found it worth while to send such ad
vertisements to ministers, and also sent him a copy
OF sermon on the evils of intemperance BY return
mail there came the following very striking answer
Dear Sr,-I wish to acknowledge your letter OF
April 10th, and in direct reply to your inquiry beg
to state that it not with any knowledge or con
sent of mine that my circular reached you My ex-
perence would not at all justify me, l am pleased
to say In wasting any postage stamps ministers OF
the gospel. The circulars are sent out by an ad-
dressing company, and possibly the animal who adj
dressed yours had idea in common with many
others that ministers consumers of whiskey.
For myself am glad that L know to the contrary
L could certainly have quarrel with either your
letter or your sermon, which L read with much in
terest If were the one to give the decision and
1T rested entirely with me- would wipe out the whole
traffic in Intoxicating liquors without a moments
hesitancy. L quite agree that it is opposed to the
Church principles, and the betterment of humanity
and only regret that circumstances such that
am compelled to remain in it, | do not care to enter
into any discussions arguments the temperance
question, because there would be really no chance
whatever for an argument against yours apologize
for having been the innocent means of your being
troubled with my circular. The is given above
This does not surprise The number of men
engaged in the dstillng of liquors, who themselves do
not drink and are fully of the consequences OF
the traffic, is not small Within two weeks we have
had long conversation with a dister from whom
we learned more about the processes of dstilIation
and particularly the relation of the Government to
the enforcement of the liquor tax law than could
have obtained in much searching. A of high in
telligence who did not know that he was conversing
with minister and total abstainer he stated to IL
incidentally that he never drank.
Some of these inherited the business from
their fathers others learned the business before their
attention directed to the question of its evils ana
are now not qualified to carry any other busness
Some of them lay the naterng junction. to their con-
sciences that men will drink, and that the kind OF
liquor that they dist is the least harmful; Others
were born and brought up in Ireland, Scotland on
England, where very large proportion of the clergy
both Protestant and Catholic, still drink, which j.
not the case in this country "-EDchange
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-29
Selected.
A UNIQUE SOCIETY


The present generation is supposed to he lament
ably ignorant of the Bible, and probably is so; but
nevertheless there more than $4,000 persons in
these United States who are known to read the Bible
every day. They belong to the American branch of
the Bible and Prayer Unoin and all pledged to
read one and the chapter every dav reading
consecutivey from Genesis to Revelation The head.
quarters of the union is in Washington and the mem
bers pay 4cents year in postage stamps, l cent
stamps preferred for the privilege of belonging to it,
Miss A. E. Cathcart, the secretary, conducts the
American branch, and her labor is one purely of love-
for the unions income barely meets its only two ex
penses-printing and postage-and printing is done
by the blind people who have the famous shop in
Washington
The cards of membership are little calenders Civ
ing on one side the readings for year. and on NE
other some helpful hints. They may be had at any
time on application to the Bible and prayer ~nion,
Washington
TIE Bible and prayer Union founded on Jan
nary 10, 1876 in London, England, by a band of so
workers connected with st. Benet's Church Within
IA year the membership had grown to 800. 1t now
has $4,000 members and has extended not only be-
yond Great Britain, but beyond the Embellishments
ing countries.
There branches in Argentine Republic Australia.
Bulgaria, Canada, Ceylon Denmark Finland Ger
many India, New Zealand Persia South Sea Island
sweden, Syria, Tasmania, Turkey and the United
States. The organization is entirely undenomina-
tional, and besides every section of the Protestant
Church includes members of the Armenian Greek
. Moravlan, HISTORIAN, and even Roman Catholic
churches, with few Jews
Speaking of the unions plan of reading the Bible
consc1en1ousy from cover to cover of the Amer
lean members says How many of those who admit
that the Bible is the Book of Books have really read
1t through? 1t is, in fact not much a book as a
library of library of &C volumes
Genesis, the first volume, contains history vastly
more ancient, as well Trustworthy than that
OF Herodotus. In Levitcus we have laws on which
the Jurisprudence of all civilized nations has been
founded. Ruth is an idy lovelier even than Tennv-
sons own job is drama thrilling than writ
ten by Aeschylus Sophocles. In the Psalms we
have poetry sublimer and sweeter even than Mitons
Proverbs contains nuggets of wisdom richer than
Franklins. In the writings of st. John is philosophy
profounder than Platos In the four Gospels we have
the very pearl of biography. Time fails to charac-
terize the other volumes in this matchess library
but who of us turns away from newspaper and
novel to read this wonderful Book of Books? Well
let us be thankful that at least 900 persons in the
United States do that very thing, and do it every
day"
The organ of the society, Monthly Notes. is pub
lished in London at subscription price of 30 cents
year, postage included 1t contains chiefly sugges-
tions as to the daily reading.-Neo YORK. Tribune
Not ttV.t1 Al
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-29

The highest of characters is his who is ready to
pardon the moral errors of mankind as if ne were
every day guilty of the himself and at the same
time cautious of committing a fault as if he never
forgave one.-Pliny the Younger
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-29

As the sunlight exceeds the starlight does wis
dom exceed folly. But when the wise spends his
knowledge fool his folly it better not to be
wise.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-29

Work every day though you expected to live for
ever Live every day though you expected to die
tomorrow Make all you can honestly. Save all you
can prudentiy. Give all you justly.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-29

Not until we know all that God knows can we es
innate to the full the power and the sacredness of
some one life which may the humblest in the
world.-,John Ruskin.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-08-29
Sunday-schoo1.

JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM IN TpIIrAJpu
Sept o, 1906. Matt xxi LIZ
GOLDEN TEXT
BLESSED is he that cometh in the of the Lord"
Matt xxi o.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13
TO THE PUBLIC.


On Sept. 2, 1906, | will
open my oyster restau.
rant. I will handle the fin
est select Houma oysters. l
will serve oysters in any style
at any and all times.
[ will also on the above
date start to receive the cele-
brated French Market Sausa-
ges. l will receive three
consignments each week, and
will after that date be pleas
ed to serve the public.
JOS. BENINATO.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Court-Par-
ish of St. Mary.
Henry Freiberg VS. David r.
Thompson, No. 1871.

BY virtue of an order and writ of
seizure and sale issued out of the above
named court in the above entitled and
numbered suit, | have this day seized
and will offer for sale at public auction
to the last and highest bidder. at the
principal front door of the Court
| House, in the Town of Franklin, Lou
iSiana. on
SATURDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF
| NOVEMBER, 1905,
the following described property, to-
wit:
That certain lot of ground situated
in the village of Berwick, Parish of
st. Mary, Louisiana, having a front
OF Fifty (50) feet on Belleview Avenue
by the uniform depth of Eighty-two
lo2) feet between parallel lines, being
the eastern portion of Lot No. l Of
square No. 2. on A. l.. Fields Map
and Plan Of said Town of Berwick,
and being bounded on the North bv
Canton Street, South by Lot No. 2 of
Mrs. Nj. Hebert, East by Belleyiew
Avenue and West by the remaining
portion OF said Lot No l of Square
No. 2, together with all of the build
lngs and improvements thereon situ-
ated and all of the rights, ways, priyi-
leges, servitudes and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or appertaining
thereto.
The said sale is to be made on the
following terms, viz: From the pro-
ceeds OF the sale are to be paid in
cash the costs hereof and the follow
ing mortgage notes, in their follow
ing proper order and rank of registry
OF the mortgages with which they are
respectively secured and identified.
viz: FIRST, note of five hundred
dollars with interest thereon at six
per cent. per annum from January /.
1900, and ten per cent. attorneys fees
on the aggregates: SECOND, a mort
gage note for twelve hundred dollars
with interest thereon at six per cent.
per annum from January l, 1905. and
ten per cent. attorneys fees on the
and THIRD a mortgage
note for six hundred dollars with in
terest thereon at six per cent. per an
mum from February }, 1904, and ten
per cent. attorneys fees on the aggre-
gate; and, If the proceeds of said sale
exceed the total amount of the costs
and all the foregoing sums, then the
purchaser shall retain the excess-(or,
f said excess be more than sufficient.
hen only sufficient amount of said
ess)-to satisfy-as far as it will
IN unmatured note for fifteen hundred
dollars due January "a, 1908, with six
Der cent. interest from January "a.
9O6, to the date of sale, secured by
he FOURTH rank mortgage on said
recorded in Mortgage Record
No. 48, p. 355. Entry No. 3l,968, of
he Recorders Office of this Parish.
JOHN Il. SANDERS, Sheriff.
sheriff's Office, Franklin, La, Sep
tember 29th, 1906
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13
NOTICE..

Pursuant to a resolution of
the Board Of Directors Of the
COMMERCIAL BANK d Trust
COMPANY, adopted at its meet.
ing on Sept. 25th, 1906, a
meeting of the stockholders
of said Bank & Trust Com
pany will be convened ac-
cording to law at the Office OF
Chas. +. Borah in the Town
of Franklin at IL o'clock A.
NJ, OH Wednesday, the eth
day Of November, 1906, for
the purpose Of determining
and deciding upon the pro-
posed increase Of the capital
stock of said Bank q Trust
Co., from One Hundred
Thousand (s10O, 600. .OO> Dol
lars to Two Hundred Thous-
and $500, 600. o0) Dollars.
The stockholders of said
Commercial Bank & Trust
Co., are hereby notified to
attend said meeting either III
person or by proxy. |
COMMERCIAL BANK d TRUST CO.
By James A. Peterman
President.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Cour,-Par-
ish of St. Mary.
Succ ssion OF Mike Orgil, De-


Succ' ssion OF Mike Orgill, De-
ceased. No. 1896.
By virtue of an order issued out of
the Hon. 23rd Judicial District Court,
st. Mary Parish. Louisiana, in the
above numbered and entitled success
sion, dated September 28th, 1906,
will offer for sale at public auction
for cash, to the last and highest bid
der at the Factory Yard of the Riggs
Cypress Co, Limited, at Patterson,
Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D. 1906.
between the hours l. f IL o'clock a. m.,
and 4 O'Clock p. IN, the following de-
scribed property, to wit:
One Chest of Carpenters Tools and
the contents thereof.
WILLIAM DAVIS, Administrator.
Paul Kramer, Attorney.
Patterson, La. Sept 2Sth, 1906.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13

officlo Recorder thereof, do hereby certify that
tne above and foregoing is IA true and correct copy
OF the act OF incorporation of the st. Mary Bank
and Trust Co.. as on file and of record in Book 81
OF Mortgages, No 32, :Sl inscribed therein of date
September :}Td. 1906
In evidence whereof, witness my official sigua
ture and seal this 3rd day of September 1906
WILBUR II KRAMER Clerk of Court
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13
CHARTER
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-10-13
the second Tuesday of January, 1907.

The President of this Bank shall be
Wilson Mckerall, and the Cashier shal,
o. X. Emmef ONicIj, and they shall
hold office until their successors are
elected. Donelson cafre1y Jr., shall be
fhc Trust. Officer Of this Corporation.
and bis tenn OF office shall expire when
!, new Board of Directors is elected, and
bis success or sha! be elected from among
the Board of Directors on the new
Board. J. w. Foster shall be First
Vice President. and Donelson Caffery
shaIi be Second Vice President.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06
Lack Of Coal Affects Mills.

Spartanburg, S. c., Nov. A
serious coal famine, due to car short
age on the Southern road, is spread
ing over the entire Piedmont section,
and unless immidiate relief can be
gotten there is danger of cotton mills
and other power-using concerns Of
that section being compelled to close
down, throwing thousands Of peo-
pie out of employment. President
Calvert, of the Drayton Mills, says
coal is needed by his plant now, and
unless the orders outstanding can be
filled in q week the mill will hardly
be able to run. The reason assigned
for the existing condition Is that the
Southern road is declining to receive
further shipments from the mines in
Tennessee, for the reason that ade-
quate facilities for handling the coal
are not available. Thousands of
cars are now tied up along their lines.
President McEowen, of the Spartan
burg Railway and Light company, Is
reported to be in dire straits, and may
be forced to cut off part Of the cur
rent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06
LOCATION OF COLLEGE IN
SUMTER Is NOW URGED
hrd District College Must be Located Here and
Success Is Assured If Support is Given

If Americus is to secure the location
OF the Third District Agricultural Col
lege it behOOves Sumter county to get
to work in earnest. Other counties of
the Third district are actively at work
to win this educational prize, and while
Sumter wants it we are doing nothing.
Committees have been appointed-it
is so easy to appoint committeeman
these have since been busy, attending
to their own business.
However, Mr.. j. H. Daniel. trustee
Tor Sumter county. has been at work.
Mr., Daniel, as are many others here,
is enthusiastically in favor of locating
the agricultural college in Sumter coun-
ty. He came to the city yesterday to
confer with the numerously appointed
committees, but failed to locate any of
these important bodies.
They were appointed all right, and
will probably get busy some time.
But it is going to require money to
secure the location of the college here,
and this great essential is now needed
On Monday Mr.. Daniel, of the dis
trict board of trustees, appeared before
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06
NEGRO Soldiers Einht.

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. "a spe-
cial to the Tmies from Ell Paso,
Tex, says that negro soldiers of the
Twenty fifth infantry at Fort Bliss, 5
miles from here, fought in a saloon
outside the reservation. Friday night
Private Matthews was killed and Pri-
vate Lewis, and Alexander Johnson,
a saloon keeper, were wounded. 1t
is said Johnson cannot live. Other
troops from the fort were dispatched
to arrest the men Advices, con-
cerning the origin of the trouble are
conflicting, but card game is said
to have prompted the affair.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06
BATTLE OF BALLOTS IS
GOING TO WAGE TODAY
Election of Congressmen in Forty Four States Conn
mands Attention

great deal for the two parties. The
democrats have a winning chance to
get a majority in the lower house.
In Georgia, of course, everything will
go democratic as usual.
Hon. E. B. Lewis will receive flat
tering vote in the Third district, if tie
voters turn out as they should
Besides the congressional election to-
day, the three nominees of the appel
late court, Judges Russell, Hill and
Powell, are to be formally elected. A
separate box at the courthouse will be
provided for the ballots thus to be cast
for the appellate judges.
Voters of Americus and Sumter
county generally should not overlook
the election today. The polling of a
full vote is most important.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06
White Man Shoots Nenro

Eufaula, Ala, Nov. 5.-J. B.
Russell, a prominent citizen of the
city OF Georgetown, became involved
in a difficulty with a negro in which
he drew a revolver and shot his an
tagonist twice. One Of the shots
took effect, entering the cheek and
coming out in the top of his head,
about one inch back Of his forehead.
The negro is still alive, but it is not
thought that he will recover. What
led to the difficulty could not be as
certained. The negro had an open
knife and IS said to have cursed Fus-
sell. 'Fussell gave himself up and
will be given a preliminary hearing
Monday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06
Autolst Is Missing.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov. 3.-An au-
tomobile driven by Frederick Williams
of Scranton, who took it out of To-
cal garage Friday night, was found
Saturday in the Susquehanna liver
Williams Is missing. The point at
which the machine went into the riv-
er is at the end of street, which
curves sharply away from the river.
The bank at this point is 40 feet in
heighth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06

Chicago, Nov. 3.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from GAINESVILLE, Wis. 3,
says that every boy and girl is a
savage at some time or other, accord
ing to President Hughes, Of Ripon
college, who made such a declaration
in an address to one thousand teach
ers attending. the meeting of the
Southern Wisconsin association. Fur
thermore, every child has the right
to be a savage as it please, he said.
Continuing, President Hughes said:
"Masterliness will not kill this in a
child, but getting in sympathy with it
will lead the child out of it. So we
must respect selfhood."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06

The congressional election today-in
Americus as in every city and town in
forty-four states, commands public at
tention, and while all is peace and quiet
here, at other places along the line the
fight will wage fercely and with the
victory much in doubt.
In our democratic bailiwick the NOM
inees have easy sailing, but in republi-
can stronghOlds it will be battle to
the death at the ballot box between the
great contending hosts.
Greatest interest, of course, centers
upon the fight in New York.
This is the titanic struggle between
the hosts of Hearst and Hughes for the
governorship, although the congress
sional contests there will determine
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06
Given Up For Lost.

Liverpool, N. s., Nov. 3.-The
barkentine Milton, which is "a days
overdue from Havana for Mobile, has
been givn up for lost in this port, at
which place she is largely owned. The
passage ordinarily takes up six days,
and the barkentine has been out forty
days. She was in ballast. Captain
James Manthorne commanded the yes
sci IN the absence Of Captain Nc
Leod, of this port, one Of the owners.
The vessel was four years old and Of
$50 tons burden. She was fully in
surcd
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-11-06

the county commissioners and request.
ed an appropriation of 5000 from the
county, and the proposition is now
under consideration. The city Of
Americus will be asked for like
amount.
Five thousand dollars additional
must then be raised by popular sub
scription-a total of S15, OOO
1t will require that amount of casn,
Mr.. Daniel thinks, to secure the loca-
ton of the college in Sumter, Can it
be raised here? Do the people feel
interested enough in educational
matters to subscribe $4,000 for secur-
ing the district agricultural college.
Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox and other
connties are hustling for it-all OF
them after the Third district college.
Iflocated elsewhere, 5000 a year will
be taken from the school funds OF
Sumter to support it. If located here.
the funds of other counties will sustain
it.
Little time is left for deliberation
If Sumter wants the college her citi-
zens must get to work at once.