The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-11-24
MAJOR HESS LEAVES
FOR Los ANGELES
longtime Resident OF Psscs-
goula Goes To joln Ms
Own Family.
STUDENT or ASTRONOMY
COnnECTS IMPRESSIONS
Sets At Rest suppositIon That
He Endeavored To Found
A New ReIlgion---Hls
New Calendar.

Everybody knows Mai + IIeas, Tor
years resident ~ the beach at Pas
cagoula. The major leaves Saturday
for Los Angeles, Cal, 10 reside per.
in the future, With the
members OF his own family around
him.
Major Hess Is a critical student ~
astronomy, and has added much to
the information of mankind in this
interesting branch. He was the frst
TO PROFOUND the suggestion that Hal.
ley's comet Is but the returning Star |
OF Bethlehem, and that It's recent |
visit to the zone of the earth was the
twenty ffth return OF the announce.
ment OF the birth Of Christianity.
Just before bidding his numerous
friends farewell, and every person
who knows him Is his friend, Major
Hess consented to write what he
termed his valedictory, which is as
follows:
Editor Pascagoula DEMOCRAT-STAR:
After a residence OF some fourteen
years 10 the genial climate Of this
favored gulf coast, among very
pleasant and friendly people on the
charming bay OF Pascagoula, am
real sorry to leave here 10 answer to a
call from my own family out on the
Pacific coast had hoped to have
them all with me here, but the sense
less yellow fever scares and strict shot
gun quarantInes Of some years ago.
prevented their coming, and now,
after many days OF waiting and
long series OF mishaps, "the noun
tain not coming to the prophet, the
prophet has to 60 TO thek mountain, "
nilli.willI, and l must bid my good
friends here an affectIonate farewell.
But before. l 20 beg leave to cor
rect some possibly wrong Impressions
about some OF my endeavors and
work In this community, caused by
newspaper reports for which was
not responsible
NO NEW RELIGION.
!. never dreamed OF founding
new religion, as once was reported
Of attempting. While not now a
member of any denomination, sim
cerely respect all churches, as the
proper conservaturs Of religion and
the salt OF the earth, though some
OF them may have lost their SAVIOR.
2. All ever seriously proposed In
that line was new fraternal order TO
be known as the FISHERMEN OF Gall.
lee, for the purpose OF looking after
the welfare OF sailors OF all nations
and all religious creeds, coming to
this seaport; their burial 10 case of
deaths among them according to the
customs Of their respective native
places, and TO the disposal Of the
dead generally according to individ.
ual preferences, either by burial 10
the earth or at sea, by cremation or
exposure to the sun, moon and stars,
as the Hindoos- do On their towers 0l
silence and haunts OF vultures.
| 3. Ny much misunderstood and mis-.
represented new calendar k,nothinR
new at all but dates back to the sew.
enth decade OF last century, and pos
slbly further back to one or the other
OF my greatgrand-father or mothers
and Is now embodied in house bill
No. $3.50 Of the forty.eighth congress
having been introduced at my reques
BY Hon. Addison Oliver Of Iowa, on
January 0, 1879
| 1t vas primarily Intended merely Al
| q warning against the "credi
strengthening act," demonetizing tb'
silver dollar and national greenback
providing for the resumption Of spcci
payments on the sole gold basis, an,
Attempting also to force the Frenc
metric system OF weights and meas
lures upon this country, but whIc
surreptitious attempt was defeate
; by James A. Garfield, then rcpresei
|, tative from Ohio.
ii THE NEW CALENDAR.
Some Of my radical friends 10 low
then said: III We must have Frenc
{ weights and measures, let Us have II
republican calendar also, with I
I decades 10 place of the week uf sevt
: days; it, six additional 'sanculott
I. days and the guillotIne." !" While II
: benevolent Tzar OF Russia, AIexand
II, proposed TO adopss the Gregorii
/. reform, .and no less 40 authority Gh'
Prof. Simon Newcomb 10 bis adm