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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

200 bushels Of Irish potatoes from the
same land in the same year.
1t is not an unusual thing for man
who buys a Mississippi farm to realize
the price of his farm and all his i'm
provements, together with the eX-
pense of his first planting, from the
crops gathered during the first season.
In fact, the man who comes to this
part of Mississippi and does not do
this has either put on very expensive
improvements or there is something
wrong with his work.
The soil ranges from gray to red
chocolate and black sandy loan, I'M
derlaid with a clay subsoil. 1t is just
sufficiently rolling to properly drain
and never allow the fertility to be
washed away. 1t builds rapidly and
the clay subsoil is just of sufficient
depth to hold the moisture and keep
the crops in good growing condition.
1t is especially suited to sweet pota-
toes and Irish potatoes, and 400 bush
els of sweet potatoes to the acre is
considered only an ordinary crop.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
A ROMANCE UF
BUSINESS BUILDING
(By A. J. GROVE, of Hattiesburg, in
The Liquid Bottler)

In compliance with your request
will give you few lines, telling some
thing of the history of our company
and our way of handling the bottling
business.
This company was incorporated in
May, 1906, and had been doing bust
ness up to the next January when
took charge of it. For several years,
while in the retail drug business in
Chattanooga, had been watching the
Coca-Cola bottling business with in
terest. Then l decided to sell the
drug business, which | did, and sue
ceeded in buying an interest in this
business and was elected secretary
and treasurer, with instructions to
take charge of the business as soon
as possible. l got my old school
geography and located Hattiesburg
on the map after considerable
search. ut is much easier to find
now, l am glad to report, if any of
our readers have occasion to look il
up) Upon my arrival here l was
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
Rival The Bermuda Onion.

1t is only within the last two years
that the farmers about Hattiesburg
have discovered by planting large
acreage that they can compete with
the Bermuda onions in quantity and
quality of crop with those grown any
where one earth. The result is that
farmers in 1912 are going to be large
shippers of this crop.
It is in corn and potatoes that the
farmers of this particular territory
have been surprising the country.
One variety of corn, for instance, has
been developed that produces enor-
mously. 1t is also one of the best
varieties in consideration of all points
that a farmer ever grew. The prize
acre of corn on the line of the Missis-
sippi Central Railroad, west of Hat
tiesburg, was 227 1-2 bushels in 1911.
In 1910 the prize crop in the same
district was 226 bushels to the acre.
The best crop on large farm plant
ed in corn was an average Of 151 bush
els to the acre, and the prize stalk of
corn on this farm produced fifteen
ears. One of the best things about 1t
is that after this man grew 151 bush
els of corn to the acre he harvested
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

seriously throwing the old "tric,-~"
Magic carbonator aside; but instead
we decided to send it back to the fac
tory have it refined and overhauled
which we did; and since that time we
have had comparatively no trouble at
all with the carbonator. l do not know
how old this carbonator was when It
was installed here, but this is the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

fifth year we have used 1t and il
seems to be good for a lifetime vet
since this working-over.
We now have a capacity of 1000
bottles per day of ten hours and sew
eral times this summer we had to
work at night, and a few times all
night, changing crews, in order to
keep our trade supplied.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
Decorated Humility,

If ever you see in Paris a person
with a red ribbon in his buttonhole.
accompanied by friend. about to en-
ter a house, carriage, shop. you
may be sure that the monsieur decore
will insist on his companion passing
first. He does not diminish himself
thereby-it is not as If he gave away
his ribbon-and he has the satisfaction
Of feeling that he is not proud.-Lon-
don Truth
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

somewhat disappointed, both in the
town and in the business, but | soon
saw that the streets being torn up
and paved and new buildings going
up, after all, really meant prosperity,
and so ! stuck"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
A Disappointing inventory.

Upon taking inventory of the bust
ness found one old crooked tail mule
and wagon, one Crown machine, one
old Magic carbOnator, which the boys
said was tricky and had to be hui
mored. Il discovered afterward that
its thickness, like a horses was due
to abuse and nobody's fault but their
own. The washing apparatus con
sisted of a wooden tank and a small
bristle brush run by pulley, and the
bottles were rinsed through another
water in another division of the tank.
The company had not been bottling
soda water, so | stuck to Coca-Cola
too, and did not add soda water until
the beginning of the next season,
when experience had taught me that
it would pay to put on soda water
also.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18
The Carbonator Cured.

We had nice little business from
the beginning, but since that time we
have enlarged our building, put down
some concrete floor, installed a bottle
soaker, Tunelius Bottle Rinser, a
Goro Filter and ice box with cooling
coils to reduce the temperature of the
water to about 40 degrees before be-
ing carbonated, and considered very
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
SCOTTISH CARDINALS
No Direct Representative in the
Sacred College Since the
Reformation.

Scotland, says the London Record,
has had no direct representative in
the Sacred College since Cardinal
Beaton, who was murdered by the Re
formers in 1916, but of her sons two
others have since worn the Red Hat,
viz, His Royal Highness Henry Bene-
dict Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York,
sometimes, though enormously called
s'the last of the Stuarts,'' who died in
1907; and Mgr. Charles Erskine, of an
exiled Jacobite family, who was born
in Rome, and after a long career as
advocate and prelate, died again an
exile, in Paris, in 1911. Though in
deacon's orders only, he was created
Cardinal by Pope Plus VII in 1903.
He is best known in English annals
as Envoy of the Holy See to the
court of George III. With the great
increase in the Catholic population of
Scotland in the past forty years it is
not improbable that she too may again
have representative in the College
of Cardinals in the not distant future.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
The CHURCH IN EhGLAMD
Statistics Regarding the Three Eng.
lfsh Provinces.

The Province of Westminster, as
now delimited, comprises something
like 925 churches and chapels exclu-
sive of numerous private chapels in
the Westminster Diocese which are
served, according to the latest avail
able figures, by S68 secular and 739
regular priests. The Birmingham Pro
vince contains approximately 403 pub
lie and private churches and ora
tories in care of 27O secular and 257
regular priests. The Province of Liv-
erpool, embracing the populous coun-
ty of Lancashire, and stretching across
England to the eastern seaboard SO
as to take in the Industrial north. -is
stated by some 1896 clergy, of whom
AS are regulars These together
serve about S23 public churches and
chapels, and also private chapels,
community and otherwise.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
JEWISH CONVERTS
Many Have Been Ordained Priests
Some Prominent Laymen.

Many Jews in the United States
have entered the Catholic Church, and
a number of these have become priests
and nuns.
Among the priests are the follow
ing: The Revs. James Veit, of New
York; Hilary Rosenfeld, o. S. B., of
Davenport, Iowa, and Paul Schaffel,
D. D., Che changed his first name from
Saul to PAUL., assistant pastor of st.
Roses Church, Racine, Wis. Then
there are Brother Anthony of the So
ciety of the Atonement, and Brother
Walter of the Alexian Brothers, and
Miss Blanche Elkan of the Sisters of
the Good Shepherd, Boston.
The laity includes the following Jews:
David Goldstein of Boston, formerly a
leading Socialist; Henry Rasgorchek,
of the Union Pacific Railway. Omaha;
Emmanuel Moses Casanowise, Phi. D.,
Johns Hopkins University, assistant
curator in the division of historic
archaeology in the National Museum,
Washington, and formerly professor
of Hebrew in the Presbyterian Sem
mary, Bloomfield, N. j.; Madame Sci.
ma Kronold, operate star: the Bar
oness Graffenrell, of Paris, formerly a
member Of the Temple Emmanuel
New York; Nathali A. Harper, of Gal
weston, son of Rabbi Joachim Harper
of Prague, Bohemia; Miss Segel
daughter of Rabbi Joseph Segel, oil
Newark; Miss Bertha Hoilender, oi
Syracuse. N. Y; Miss Mary Wladis
lawn, of Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Goldstein. OF Baltimore, and Solomon
Gottlieb. OF North Adams. Mass.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
FIRST CATHOLIC PAPER
Published In America Was Edited by
q French Priest.

The convention of Catholic jour
nalists held in Columbus took place on
the eve OF the one hundred and second
anniversary of the beginning of the
Catholic American press, says the
Boston Pilot. The pioneer organ OF
the Church was the Essai du Michigan,
Essay and Impartial Observer of De
troit. It was established on August
81, 1909, and was published for about
two years. It's editor and founder was
Rev. Gabriel Richard, missionary,
scholar, author, statesman, printer,
one or the founders OF the first Uni
yersity established in the Northwest
Territories and the only priest who
ever served as q member or Congress.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
SPANISH SETTLEMENT I
Which Is Doing Meritorious Work
in New York City.

A comparatively new Catholic insti-
tuition in New York, but one which is
doing much for the protection of
working girls is the Casa Maria, a
Spanish Settlement House, conducted
under the auspices of the Augustinian
Assumption Fathers of the Spanish
Church of Our Lady of Guadaloupe
It was organized and is directed by
Mrs. Maria Lopez, lady who has
long been connected with Catholic
charitable institutions in New York
and was the founder of the Presenta-
tion Day Nursery on the East Side.
The work of the Casa Maria was
established four years ago in one
room at 225 West Fourteenth street
Shortly afterwards they moved to ESQ
West Fourteenth street, where two
rooms were hired. Last May the work
had so increased that it was found
necessary to secure larger quarters,
and the large brown-stone four story
dwelling at 251 West Fourteenth
street was purchased at a cost of
$4,000 the greater part of which is
covered by mortgage.
The new house has excellent facili-
ties for the purpose of the institution.
The two upper floors are used for
dormitories, and the parlor floor is
used for music rooms and class rooms,
and on the second floor are accomo-
dations for visitors to New York who
wish to board during their stay in that
city. Besides the renting OF rooms at
very moderate rates to working girls,
much of the work of the Casa Maria
is devoted to teaching, music, voice
culture, piano, stenography, typewrit-
ing, dressmaking, hand sewing; en-
broidery, etc. The instructors are pub
lie schools teachers and professionals.
The professor of voice culture has
prepared a number of pupils for the
Metropolitan Opera Company.
At present there are about twenty
five girls boarding, each Of whom pays
four dollars a week for room and
board. There are about twenty pu-
pills attending the various classes.
One small source Of revenue il an
exchange for women's work, where
dresses and garments Of all kinds are
for sale. Orders are taken, too, for
embroidery, fancy sewing, etc. Busi-
ness men looking for Office help can
secure at the Casa Maria stenegraph-
ers, typewriters and bookkeepers.
In order to help the institution by
reducing the very heavy mortgage an
association has been formed the dues
for membership In which are five dol
lars per year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
KNIGHTS OF De L'EPEE
First Convention of Catholic Deaf Held
In Chicago.

The Knights of De PEpee, an or
ganization of Catholic deaf formed
not quite year ago, held its first con-
ventfon December and 2, in Chicago.
Delegates from several States were
present. The organization numbers
about two hundred members and is
modelled after the Knights of Colum-
bus. The supreme chaplain, Rev. r.
"a. Moeller, s. j., congratulated the
delegates on the rapid growth of their
organization and assured them that
as long as they remained good, prac-
tical Catholics, loyal to the Church,
its Bishops and clergy, they would
enjoy the blessing of God, and that
together with the Bishops, priests and
religious interested in the deaf, they
would constitute powerful army
against the forces which in the past
have destroyed the faith and ruined
the souls of countless Catholic deaf.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
REFORM OF The BREV|ARY
All the Psalms to BE Included in a
Shortened office-To Take Effect
January, 1918.

e I y
Another. very important reform, one
directly affecting all priests in their
daily lives, is about to be introduced
by the Holy Father, says Rome. =
His Holiness has long felt the neces-
sity of using the breviary as means
of bringing the clergy into closer con-
tact with the Sacred Scriptures, and
especially with the psaltery, which is
the most ancient and venerable part
of the breviary and has formed the
ground work of liturgical prayer for
thirty centuries In the daily Office
as at present recited throughout the
Latin Church many of the psalms are
repeated again and again during the
course of week, while many others
are recited only a few times during
the entire year. 1t was at first said,
and perhaps with some foundation,
that the Holy Father intended to rem
edy this by restoring to daily use the
feria1 offices and leaving only Com
memoration'' and &'lesson" to the
saint of the day That plan, however,
would have meant an additional
burden to the clergy, for the ferial are
much longer than the festive Offices,
and the added obligation would have
been especially felt on Saturdays and
Sundays when the priest on the mis-
sion is already SO hard worked. An
other solution has been found. From
what we have been able to ascertain,
only the psalms of the present Office
will be changed daily in such way
as to ensure that the entire psa1tery
Will be recited every week with fixed
psalms for each day of the week. The
office viii also be shortened by about
one-fourth of its present length. And
finally it will not be necessary for
the clergy to buy new breviaries at
once for supplement containing the
psalms divided according to the new
arrangement viii suffice-or even a
page of index showing where the
psalms are to be found in the present
editions. 1t is said that the reform
of the breviary is now being COM
pleted by Mgr. Piacenza, of the Con
gregation of Rites, and Mgr. Bressan,
private secretary to the Holy Father,
that the document announcing it will
be published very soon, and that the
reform will come into force at the be-
ginning of 1913.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
CATHOLICS ELECTED
TO PUBLIC OFFICE
PITTSBURGH KNIGHTS OF coLuM-
BUS CHOSEN TO FILL IMPORT
ANT OFFICES IN THE RECENT
ELECTIONS.

For the first time since the creation
of the Allegheny County Courts more
than century ago a Catholic win sit
on the bench of the Common Pleas
Court, No. 3. At the recent general
elections held in Pittsburgh the Hon
orable A. B. Reid, a charter member
of Duquesne Council No. 264, was
elected to this high office for the
term Of ten years at salary of eleven
thousand dollars a year. The popu-
larity of Mr.. Reid and the respect
in which he is held by all classes and
creeds were shown by the fact that
he entered the contest with the
chances eight to one against him-
based on partisan IiRes-and won out
with a handsome majority. He is
one of the best known lawyers Of
western Pennsylvania. For years he
has been President Of the Conference
of ST. Vincent de Paul and the Con-
fraternity of Christian Doctrine. He
is member of the G. M. B. A., chair
man OF the Knights of Columbus
Juvenile Court Committee, a member
and incorporator of the Allegheny
County Juvenile Court Committee. and
Treasures of the Diocesan Conference
of Catholic Charities of which he was
one of the organizers.
Colonel Charles F. McKenna, q
Civil War veteran and member OF
CHARTERS Council, No. 875, was elected
one of the judges Of the new County.
or intermediate, Court. Frank j.
Harris. also of CHARTERS Council, was
elected Treasurer of Allegheny
County, being the youngest man who
ever held that important position
His candidacy was opposed by politi-
cal leaders ON the ground of his youth; !;
but his personal popularity and his
splendid record as Treasurer of Char
tiers YoWnship secured his election
as Treasurer of county that has q
larger population than many a state.
Another member of Duuuesne Coun-
Gil, s. J. Toole. was elected to the
Board of Commissioners of Allegheny
County. William A. Hoeyeler of the
same Council, and P. J. McArdle of
Monongahela Council, No. AL, were
elected members of the Council under
the new Pittsburgh charter which
limits the city councillors to nine,
each Of whom receives a salary OF
six thousand five hundred dollars a
year. William Loeffler of Duquesne
Council was appointed one Of the new
Board of School Controllers composed
of fifteen prominent men and women
who have charge of all the Pittsburgh
public schools. Grand knight A. N.
Balkey of Sharpsburg Council, No.
972, was elected member of the
Council of his Borough. John L.
Gribben is the Burgess, or chief ad-
ministrative officer, and P. G.. Hagerty
is the Chairman of this Council.
The Honorable A. B. Reid referred
to in the foregoing is brother of
the Rev. George J. Reid, formerly
professor of Sacred Scripture in the
st. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Mimi,
and now pastor of the Church of st.
Joseph, C1arksville, Texas.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
tHuRcH's PROGRESS IN
GERMAN EMPIRE
8
Catholics Increasing Rapidly In Ger
0 nnany-They Weld Great Pollti-
cal Power.

"Close as is the watch kept upon
German affairs by our newspapers
nowadays" says the London Daily
News. any man may satisfy him
self by inquiries among his acquaint-
ances that there is an astonishing
amount of ignorance in this country
about one glaring and very import
ant fact in Germany's life. You will
discover a general vague impression
that Germany is Protestant. 1t is al
most as true as the general vague inn
preston that Germans worship their
Emperor that is to say, it is fantas-
tically false The Berlin correspon-
dent of the Christian World has been
analyzing the religious details of the
census taken last year, the results of
which have just been published. The
fgures show that the Roman Catholic
population of the country not only
displays great absolute increase, but
that the relative increase is also
marked.
They show that not only has this
increase taken place within the last
i've years, but that it has marked the
entire forty years which have elapsed
since the proclamation Of the new
German Empire. The details are of
striking character. Forty years ago
there were $40 Protestants and 1886
Catholics in every thousand of the
population. Last years census shows
that at the present time the Protes-
tants number only 613 per thousand,
and that the Catholics have risen to
1863. That is to say, the Catholics
have risen by ~ and the Protestants
decreased by 81
1T appears that the absolute figures
at the present time are 24,830,903
Protestants, against 23,341, 500 sain
fablO5; and IA, ,581, ,6O4 Catholics, against
1852, ,444 In 1905. This leaves Pro-
testantism in respectable majority
from nose-counting point of view.
But the census does not show two
things well known in Germany. First,
that numberless persons who have
ceased to have any religious belief
at all remain on the lists of the
Lutheran Church, because the process
of getting ones name removed is a
matter of formal application to the
authorities, who have made the pro-
cess ais tedious and troublesome as
they can. The other is that, while
Professionalism has no political power,
German Catholicism is an organized
political force of enormous weight,
and that its representation in the
Reichstag is the most solid and for
midable party there"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
'PAULIsT CHORIsT TERs
UNDER DIRECTION OF FATHER
FINN OPENED CONCERT SEASON
IN CHICAGO, DECEMBER 1s-
WON NATIONAL CONTEST IN
PHILADELPHIA TWO YEARS
AGo-WILL COMPETE WITH
EUROPEAN cHolRs IN PARIS
NEXT MAY.

The famous Boys Choir of St.
Mary's Church, under the direction of
the Paulist Fathers, Chicago. opened
the regular concert season at Or
chestra Hall in that city on December
Is with an interesting program. The
Thomas orchestra. The Paulist Choir
listers, as they are usually called, were
organized by the Rev William J. Finn,
G. S. p, about eight years ago. They
include number of boys of different
nationalities and creeds who have
shown an aptitude for the study of
music. Under the splendid training
given by Father Finn many of them
have developed into skilled and ar
tistic vocalists and well-known artists
Several prima donnas thave become
interested in the boys and a leading
soprano has volunteered to send one
Of them to Europe to afford him an
opportunity OF continuing his musical
studies under the recognized masters
of the old world.
Two years ago Father Finn took
his choristers to Philadelphia where
they were awarded the first prize at
the national contest held in that CITY,
They afterwards gave concert at the
Academy of Music under the patronage
Of Mrs. Drexel.
At present they are making prepar-
atoms for a trip to Europe next May,
when they will participate in the inter-
national contest to be held in Paris.
Among their competitors will be the
most famous choirs of the old world,
including those of Germany, Russia,
Spain, England and France. The
judges will be chosen from among
the greatest European composers OF
the present day. After the contest
the Paulist choir will givesa series of
concerts on the Continent and in
England before returning to America.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-30
Diocesan Reaulations.

For the temporal interests of the
parishes the regulations laid down iii
the Articles of Incorporation and BY.
Laws of each church should be faith,
fully observed by all concerned
(Continued On page 81
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-11-28
Gang Headed by Woman Ar
rested While Bringing
Chinese Into Calf.
28 CAUGHT BY OFFICERS
Fast Power LAUGH Used i'm Bringing
Orientals From Mexico to San Di-
ego-Night Signals Lead to Dis
cOvery of Landing.

San Diego, Nov. 2s.-Twenty- eight
persons, including Mrs. Ethel Hall,
reputed members of smuggling ring,
are in the hands of federal authorities
today, pending an investigation into
what is declared to be a gigantic con-
spiracy to smuggle Chinese into the
United States over the Mexican bor-
der.
Mrs Hall, who is under arrest in
Los Angeles under $4,000 bail is the
brains of the band.
Antonio Felix of San Diego, and
Captain James Weight and Engineer
r. Scott of the power launch, Com
rade. and twenty-three Chinese are
and the shore party betrayed the pris-
also held.
Signal lights between the launch
oners and led to their capture.
Federal Inspector Chadney said
that two thousand Chinese are known
to be at Guapmas, Mexico, awaiting
their turn to be brought into the Unit
ed States in the smugglers' fast
launches.