The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-16
= THE MURMUR
: OF THE WORLD

Sunday was great day for thu
Knights OF Columbus 10 Pascagoula
The parade was an inspiration. j
was also a revelation. The two I'm
mense American flags carried at thu
head OF the procession bespeak th'
intense patriotism Of the organiza-
tion, and intensely patriotic are IT.
members. The parade was over two
blocks In length, and the men 10 lint
came from every walk 10 life 10 thei
respective communities. Young men
old men and middle aged men were
there, and Sunday night the class o.
candidates, numbering about forty
contained forty much wiser anc
better men than they were on Sun
day morning. The idea OF the
Knights OF Columbus Is sublime
The Initiation is veritable inspira.
ton. The organization itself, a
miracle! Its influence upon its mem
bers is to make them better and
stronger citizens, better and stronger
men, and the records of every city
wherein a council exists show better
and closer knit citizenship than be.
fore the organization made its advent
My friend, II you are eligible and are
not OF the Knights OF Columbus, join
them, that is put 10 your application,
and you will find the very first lesson
they teach the great lesson OF Chris.
tianity, the Fatherhood OF God and
the Brotherhood OF Man, and they
teach it, and practice it, too, as you
have never seen it taught before.
~
My beloved, and all mankind is my
beloved, little mother passed to the
bosom OF her Maker within the past
two weeks, and were the name OF that
little woman given you would prompt
ly recognize her worldly identity. On
earth she was gentle, loving, loyal and
Christian-like, and her passing came
as a severe affection not only to her
own family but to very wide COM
munity. That little mothers life is
an inspiration to all mankind because
OF the patient resignation with which
she continually faced the world, with
all OF its sorrow and disappointment,
with smile and encouragement and
sublime faith that all things happen
for the best. 1t is hard, at times,
perhaps, to see where good can come
from some things that happen to US,
but 10 after years, as each OF US look
backward, we must acknowledge to
ourselves that the good has far ex-
ceeded the evil effects to ourselves,
and had we the faith OF this kindly
little woman we would bow 10 honest
and humble recognition Of '"Thy will
be done" and peans OF gladness would
come from that Invisible Choir upon
to the Pearly Gates that
another earnest worker is about to
receive the reward OF Happiness
~
A peculiar yarn came to mine ears a
few days ago, and this yarn deals with
a very Insignificant species OF man
kind, as viewed by mankind. How
ever, the particular story has charm
for every free and open mind, hence l
am going to tell it, with the names
left out. | am not authority for the
story, but it indicates that as-is-the.
boy-so is. the man. A white bootblack
Invaded a certain territory, heretofore
given over entirely to the sons Of
Ham. The white boy appeared to
prosper, and in the limited field the
negro boys suffered in inverse ratio.
building was robbed, it doesn't |
make much difference what kind OF a
A negro bootblack had the
white bootblack arrested. The white |
BOY went TO jail, pending an inquiry,
Ind Joy is said to have reigned in the
)ther camp. Inquiry developed the
act that the white boy could, per-
laps strange to relate, account for
Ilmost every hour Of his time on the
light OF the alleged robbery. He did
recount for it and was discharged
rom custody. A certain negro, so it
$ stated, was advised to leave the
So far so good, but The
act that the white boy went to Jail
nd remained there for some hours
till remains. AS long as he lives
hat fact will remain with him. And
Or why? 1t appears that the age Of
oycott has obsessed even the boot
lacks, and the wreck OF another
uman being counts but little in the
Gale. Certain it is, the millennium
; far way off when mans inbu
lanity to man leads thus far. 1t is
q interesting story, isn't it?
THE MURMURER.
MARINE.