The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-12
CHAIN OF PRAYERS
SENT TO COURTLANO
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SuperStitiouS of the Town Are
Needing Warning
MUST SAY THEM 9 TIMES
Recipients of the Letter Are Threat
ened With Misfortune If They
Fail to Obey the lnjunc-
tions in It,
MUST SAY THEM 9 TIMES

Courtland, April 11.=-(Special An end
less chain of prayer seems about to be
started in this section, caused by the re-
ceipt of an anonymous letter BY some
of our people a few days since Both the
address and the handwriting of the letter
are unknown. and each recipient Is guess
ing as TO who has so much interest In the
welfare of the citizens of Courtland and
the surrounding country.
Many who have received this letter have
paid no attention to II, while the greater
majority, though claiming not to be super
stitious, have followed the request of the
letter, giving heed to the presumption
that while no good may be accomplished,
still no harm can be done. The letter
and prayer are as follows:
This prayer has been sent from the
bishop of Illinois. recommending that it
be sent to nine persons. He who will
not say this prayer will be afflicted with
a great misfortune. Any person who pays
not attention TO it. after receiving 1t, will
meet with bad accident. He who says
this prayer for nine days and will dis
tribute it to nine persons, starting the
day received and sending only one each
day will receive great joy, after nine
days. At Jerusalem a voice heard
to say He who says this prayer will be
delivered from all calamity"
The Prayer.
"Oh, Lord Jesus Christ, we implore you,
Eternal God, have mercy on us and all
mankind
Purify us from all sins by Your pre-
cious blood, and take us to be with You
eternally. Amen.
"oh, Eternal Holiness. have mercy on
all men. Pardon our offenses and de-
liver us from all trials, through Your
precious blood Amenl"
however. having been made at conees-
sions.
The cast iron pipe interests which had
the best month In their history during
March have been large purchasers They
have taken from G0.d00 tons to 1900 tons
of pig iron. the greater part in the
south. although the furnaces In the east
and in the central west have come In for
share.
The Lake Superior corporation has Sc
cured the second 10000 tons OF steel rails
for the Grand Trunk Pacific. the Ameri-
can mills having been unable to touch
the business.
Structural Material Active.
In structural material. among the con-
tracts placed We're orders Of G30 tons for
St. Louis, 1902 tons for Los Angeles. 30 90
tons for Chicago. 1900 tons for New Or
leans and COCO tons for the power house
of the Hudson COMPANY Among the
bridge orders are 1000 tons for the Le-
high Valley and $500 tons for the Cincn-
natl. New Orleans and Texas Pacific. The
Manhattan bridge for which bids are to go
in calls for 1900 net tons of material
Good orders have been placed for mer-
chant pipe. among them one for 232 miles
OF oil line pipe for new Kansas enter
prise on account Of the phenomenal
rise IN the price of lin the makers Of tin
plate have advanced their prices from the
81. 50 base. Pittsburg. per box. to $3.50.
March was a record breaking month in
shipments by the United States Steel
corporation TO customers, the total being
99S tons.