The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-03-12
LETTER FROM REV. W. :. SLACK.

1t is with great pleasure that We
publish the following letter from
Rev. W. 5. Slack. That it will prove
interesting reading matter to our
subscribers is assured, for We are
all very much interested in Mr. Slack
and are always glad to hear of and
from him:
Columbus, Miss. March 3, 1914.
Dear Mr.. Editor
1t was very kind OF you to offer
me the use of your columns TO COM
municate with the many friends feel
we have left behind us after our stay
of twelve years in your midst. Years
that will ever be looked back upon
by us with feelings of joy and CRATE
fulness that we were privileged to
have been in your midst, good people
of Algiers-for such a length of time.
Not a day passes but something
reminds us of the friends with whom
we had such pleasant associations for
so long a time, and while would like
to write to each one of our friends,
we find that neither the time nor
the strength is sufficient for the I'M
dertaking.
We arrived on a miserable, damp,
dark and disagreeable evening, but
the warmth of the welcome accorded
us indoors and the CHEEKY hospital
ity made us soon forget the incle-
menCy of the weather out of doors.
The next morning dawned bright and
clear, and the weather, for the most
part, has been all that could be de-
sired, except that for us from the
far south, it has been rather cold.
Several times the temperature has
fallen below - degrees, and We have
had to turn off the water at night
to keep it from freezing in the pipes
and bursting them.
Columbus is one of the oldest
towns in Mississippi and through it
ran the Military Road" that Gen.
Andrew Jackson cut when fastening
with his TennesSeeans and Kentuck-
ians to the relief of New Orleans
from the threatened attack of the
British. 1t is a city of culture and
high ideals, as we'll as an important
business point. It's schools are of
the best, and it is the seat of the In
dustrial Institute and College for
girls, where over eight hundred girls
from all over the State obtain a
splendid education at the lowest cost
The Palmer Orphanage of the Pres
byterian Church is also situated here.
There are churches of many kinds
here, such as Baptist. Methodist,
Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyte-
rian, Disciples, Roman Catholic, Jew
ish and our own, and the kindliest
accord exists between them all.
st. Paurs Church is situated on
the corner of Second avenue, South
and Fourth streets, and the property
consists of brick church, a small
brick parish house, and a ten-roomed
rectory adjoining the church about
forty feet away from 1t, with out
houses in the rear. The church lot
measures 225 feet front with a depth
OF us feet. This allows for a fine
garden, and l am glad to say that
already quite portion of it is plant
ed, and We hope in that way to par
tally solve the vegetable problem.
The children are also counting on
having tennis court in the front.
The services are we'll attended and
we have very interesting feature
OF the evening service-a choir,
vested, of small boys and girls. Last
Sunday afternoon it numbered twen-
ty-one But letter is getting too long,
so l will close for the present, lest
l may trespass too much upon your
space.
Very truly yours for old times
sake, w. S, SLACK