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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-06-29
THE HOME CIRCLE
Pleasing Evening Reveries-A Column Dedicated to
Tired Mothers as They Join the Home
Circle at Evening Tide
Circle at Evening ide.

ers | am gathering; amt they beauti-
ful?" All about f.ere were noXious
weeds, sticks and stubble, but she
was cleaning out from among them
the early wild violet, to her so beau
tiful, and noxious things were left
unnoticed. I thought how much bet
ter and different life would seem if
we, like the little girl, would just
gather the beautiful things, things
pure and lovely, and not dwell or
think on the dark and impure and
distorted blotcl2es of life; for as a
man thinkest, so is ne.
The Kettle Always Hot.
There's many a house of grandeur,
With turret, tower and dome,
That knows not peace nor comfort,
And does not prove home,
do not ask for splendor
To crown my daily lot;
But this l ask-a kitchen,
Where the kettles always hot.
If things are not at all shipshape,
I do not fume nor fret;
A little clean disorder
Does one thing is essential.
Or seems so to my thought,
And that's a tidy kitchen
Where the kettles always hot
In my Aunt Hattie's household,
Though skies outside are dear,
Though times are dark and troubled,
You'll always find good cheer;
And in her quaint old kitchen,
TIE very homeliest spot,
The kettles always singing,
The waters always hot.
And if you have a headache,
Whate'er the hour may be,
There's no tedious waiting
To get your cup Of tea.
l don't know how she does it,
Some magic she has caught,
For the kito1e ems cool in summer,
Yet the kettles alway hot.
Oh, there's naught else so deary
In any household found
AS cold and sullen kettle
That does not make a sound.
And l think that love is lacking
In the hearts in such a spot.
Or the kettle would be singing,
And the water would be hot.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
K
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-06-29
Opinion by Peoples.

Thomas H. Peoples, attorney gen.
eral, in recent opinion given to the
State board of charities and correc-
lions, held, that in the absence of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-06-29

law from compelling payment for tae
treatment of an inmate at TIE hospi-
tai prior to May ,, 1915.
Upon the death of person who has
been patient of the Hospital for
the Insane since the passage Of the
act creating the State board of chari-
ties and corrections, it is provided
in the act that it shall be the duty of
the executor or administrator of the
estate Of such person to ascertain
whether the deceased was supported
while an inmate Of the State hospital
If the deceased were not supported
the State board Of charities and cor
rections may send in claim for his
support or for the balance due for
support. Such claim is to be paid as
other lawful claims against the es-
tate.
"The Quarterly Bulletin"
The first issue of "Tre Quarterly
Bulletin" of the State board of char
tiles and corrections came from the
press today. The Bulletin contains a
concise statement of the functions and
relationships of the board and re-
print of the act of the general assem-
The Bulletin says that the State
board of charities and corrections is
''tthe agency through which South
Carolina seeks to inform itself ac-
curately as to what charitable, penal
and correctional work is going on
within it's borders; what the actual
conditions are; what remedies are
needed, and how they should be ap-
Piled"
"The law defines the duties of the
State board of charities and correc-
tions as strictly visitorial and advis-
ory without administrative or execu-
tive powers, the Bulletin continues.
"n-is phrase states the spirit and
attitude of the board in its relations
to the many institutions and societies
with which it will have to do. The
South Carolina board, as distinguish
ed from similar boards in several Of
the other States, is not board of
control. 1t has very little authority
beyond that necessary to ascertain
facts. To cooperate heartily in behalf
of constructive work is it's constant
aim. While recognizing that there
are vast needs to be met, it sees just
as clearly that progress, to be sane
and reasonable, must be gradual and
that the causes for which it and the
institutions concerned are all working
can best be furthered by bringing to
bear the mature experience Of the
best institutions and workers the
country affords
A copy of the drBE quarterly bulle-
tin will be sent free ) any address.
Requests for tie bulletin should be
addressed to the State board Of char
tiles and corrections at its Office, 1908
Palmetto building.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26

tervention Of the Papacy in any form
judged opportune for restoration of the
university. The reply received from
His Eminence says that the Pope de-
sires that the belligerents in the ar
dor of the fight should safeguard the
scientific and literary riches of every
people, and in order to encourage and
favor the enterprise of reconstruction.
His Holiness has ordered that not
only the publications of the Vatican
library but also all works which can
be dispensed with. shall be sent, with
out prejudice to other ways in which
the Holy Father may be able after
wards to come to the aid of so excel
lent work, and thus show his zeal for
the increase of science and the pres
ervation of the literary patrimony Of
humanity. The catalog of the Vatican
publications and duplicates is being
sent and the actual works will be sent
as soon as circumstances permit.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
LOUVAIN UNIVERSITY TO OPEN

Not only is the library of Louvain
being reconstructed, but the president
of the famous university has arranged
to open the courses of studies in a
week or two and has offered to find
lodgings for any students who will
resume their courses or enter the uni.
versity for the first time. Meanwhile,
the reconstruction of the library has
been actually put in hand owing to the
energetic assistance offered by the
Holy Father from the Vatican library.
1t was Mgr. Ploige who, during an au.
dience with the Holy Father first re-
ceived information of His Holiness
generosity in this matter. He is rec.
tor of the superior institute of phi
losophy at Louvain. The project is
now virtually in execution. Hon. M.
Schollaert, the Belgian minister of
state, has written to Cardinal Gas.
parri soliciting the moral aid and in.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26

GEORGETOWN COMMENCEMENT.
At the commencement exercises of
Georgetown University last week, de.
grees were conferred on 400 graduates
from the four schools of the Uni
versity.
Rev. A. j. Donlon, B. j., president
of the University. announced that 80
acres of land opposite the famous
Colby estate in Maryland and about
nine miles from Washington, have
been purchased by the Board of Re.
gents of Georgetown University as the
site for the new preparatory school
for the college. The prep" students
are now housed on the college site,
and their removal to a new home will
give the college much needed space
Father Donlon also announced that
a scientific department will be added
to the University next year. This, he
said, will be done in line with the
policy of development being pursued
by the board.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
MURDER CHARGE DISMISSED.

MURDER CHARGE DISMISSED.
The case against Frank O'Leary,
one of the five men indicted In con.
nection with the death of William
Black, the anti-C Catholic lecturer who
was killed in Marshall, Texas, on
February 3rd, was dismissed in the
district court In Marshall, Texas, on
June 21st.
It will be recalled that Black was
at one time engaged in delivering anti
Catholic lectures in this city. His
vile statements against Catholic wo.
men and sisterhoods and Catholic
priests started riot in Marshall,
Texas. Black was killed and it was
charged that certain Catholics we're
responsible for his death. Frank
O'Leary was indicted in connection
with the affair. The fact that the
case against him was dismissed,
makes it clear that the charges of the
bigots in Texas were unfounded.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
Irish Prisoners Of
Var m Germany

Some interesting details are at hand
regarding the Irish prisoners in Ger
many. Father Crotty, the Irish Domin.
ican from Rome, commissioned special
ly by the Holy Father to go and watch
over the welfare Of Irish Catholic pris.
oners, has written some friends in
Ireland. He gives touching picture
of the piety and devotion of the $500
Irish soldiers in that camp, which is
confirmed from other sources. He says
that the usual number of confessions
is 100 a week, that the whole camp
fulfilled the Easter duties, and that
every night the Rosary is recited.
The Irish soldiers are all example to
all. They carried out the May devo-
tions with great fervor. For Easter,
Father Crotty had eight other priests
speaking Gaelic Or English to assist
him. On St. Patricks day the men
searched the fields which form part
of the internment camp for clover. and
got up a play in the afternoon, after
hearing the Holy Mass and singing
the hymns of st. Patrick at the High
Mass in the morning. 1t was a touch.
ing and impressive sight. The Irish
are the admiration even of their
guards and have q name for good be-
havior and piety. They are no less
brave than they are patient, for while
this story comes from across the
Rhine, we know in more than one
London hospital Irish Guards and men
of other Irish regiments fill the wards
with the most severe cases, and at
one London hospital alone there are
three wards filed solely with Irish
Guards, some of them magnificent fel-
lows manned or blinded for life,. yet
all full of cheerfulness and charity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
The Irish Won't
Fight The Germans

The following article taken from the
editorial columns of the Waseca Her
aid of Waseca, Minn., is of interest
to the many readers of the Irish Stan
dard, and throws additional light upon
the situation in Ireland. The editorial
follows:
THE editor of the Herald recently
saw letter written by an Irish busi-
ness man to a friend in this country,
which throws an interesting light on
the attitude Of the Irish people in the
present war. The writer states that
the Irish men refuse to enlist to fight
the Germans. whom they regard as
their friends. No inducement that
England can offer will at present en-
tice the young Irishmen to join the
army. They feel that this is not their
fight and that IL England needs assist
ance she should send to the front the
hundreds of thousands of English SOL
diers who are stationed in Ireland, be.
fore she should ask the Irish to en-
list. Here is paragraph from the
letter.
"'If it comes to forcing the young
men to join the army, there will be
troublesome times, as great many
would prefer to die on the hillsides
here than enlist and fight for England.
And although there is no desire to
live in preference under the rule of
the kaiser, yet all feel that it is not
directly our war. We have not free
country, then what are we to defend?
We haven't even promise of free
dom, then why 60 fight the Germans
who have done nothing to US and who
from all accounts want nothing from
US? 1t is strange why the officers of
the crown are SO busy trying (without
result) to get men and boys to enlist,
while in three or four stations in this
country they have over 10000 trained
men. l cannot understand why they
don't send them to the 'front.'"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
THE FLAG.

q. esident Wilson brought forth a
>e applause while speaking at
= f Day exercises held at the
Tre> fly Department, when he said:
''The flag of the United States has not
been created by rhetorical sentences
in declarations of independence and
in bills of rights; it has been created
by the experience of a great people,
and nothing is written upon it that
has not been written upon it by their
life. 1t is the embodiment not of a
sentiment, but of a history, and no
man can rightly serve under that flag
who has not caught some of the mean
ing of that history. I am sorry that
you do not wear a little flag of the
Union every day instead of some days,
and I can only ask you If you lose
the physical emblem, to be sure that
you wear it in your heart, and the
heart of America shall interpret the
heart of the world"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26

they may receive message which
will throw a shadow over the rest of
their lives. For these. too, we shall
pray, that God may comfort, and sus-
tain them, and, if it is His Holy Will,
may bring their dear friends home to
them again. And they, too, am sure,
will know as they kneel before Our Di-
vine Lord how to m AXE to Him, in
union with His Blessed Mother, who
stood beside His Cros 3, the offering of
their, anxieties, and their fears, and
will ask Him to give them strength
and courage to accept whatever trial
it may please Him to send them.
These thoughts suggest to US some.
thing Of the realitIes . Of war. The
shock Of battle, military glory, the ex-
uItation Of victory are all very we'll
to read about. They are the mere
trappings and pomp that dazzle the
thoushtIess, but the reality is death,
the wholesale slaughter Of man, by
his feIlowman, the hacking and the
manning Of human bodies, the untold
sufferings of the wounded, the agonies
of those who by tens of thousands lies
in their blood on the field of battle;
the ruin and desolation of whole
countries; the destruction of the
peaceful homes Of countless multi.
tudes of non-combatants; all these,
and a thousand other forms of woe
and misery make up the reality of
war, which, in its naked brutality, is
one of the most revolving evils that
aflict the world.
1t is worse than any of the great
material calamities that from time
to time fall upon the human race;
earthquakes, pestilence. famine, these
are physical evils, that follow from the
inevitable workings Of the laws of ma
ture. But war is moral evil. 1t is
the doing of man himself; it comes
from human sin and corruption, and
has in it, in almost every phase, the
taint of it's own wickedness.
And In this, as In every other re-.
speet, the present war 10, perhaps,
one Of the worst that was ever waaed
Il has no Justification. II ought new
Or to have been.
The horrible crime, waich was the
immediate occasion Of its outbreak
was merely the spark which fired the
magazine, but the explosives had been
accumulating for years, and were
ready for the catastrophe.
When one studies the diplomatic
papers In which the governments con
cerned give their different versioni
Of the origin Of tho war, the first i'm
preston that is made upon our mindl
10 . feeling Of its utter wantonness
i There was nethiaU, formally, In die
puts that any thaee reasonable mss
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26

tIon Of District inspector Hicks, r. I.
c., cahirelveen, before Mr. John Man.
nix, J. F., that the prisoner on May Is
at cahircivsen, did act In manner
prejudieial to the safety Of the Realm
by saying "Down with England, and
to- with England. The sooner Ws
are ruled by Germany the better. We
would be far bettsr OF with German
rule" He WAS rsmandsd for trial.
A man named Murtha Nolan Of
Fauna, Was recently arrested In Dun
lavln under tise Oofenee Of the Realm,
Act for pralslns the Kaiser. He sei
two months In Jaii.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
GERMAN CATHOLIC
Benevolent SOCIETY
State Convention Will Be
Held in Faribault in Sep
tember-National Con-
vention of Central We
rein in St. Paul in
August

The members of the st. Lawrence
Benevolent Society of Faribault are
making extensive preparations for a
state convention of the German Cath.
olic Benevolent Societies of Mime.
sofa, which is to be held in Faribault,
Sept. 26, ~. % and 29. At recent
meeting delegates were also elected to
attend the national convention of the
Central Vierin which is to be held in
st. Paul next August. The members
of st. Lawrence's organization will at
tend the st. Paul convention in body
and will charter q special train for
this purpose. Members of the st.
Lawrence society of Faribault have
decided to make the state convention
which is to be held in that city one
of the most notable in the history of
the society in Minnesota. 1t is ex-
pected that between 5000 and 1000
visitors will attend the state conven-
tion, among them about SO German
Catholic priests and q number of
Catholic bishops. A monster parade
will be one of the features of the con.
vention and 1t is expected that at
least twenty-five bands will partici.
pate. The German Catholic Benevo.
lent Society is one of the strongest
Catholic organization in the state and
the Faribault convention will no doubt
be memorable one in the history OF
the society.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
$25,o0o FOR MARQUETTE UNI.
vERSlTY.

James ]. Hill of st. Paul, railroad
magnate and philanthropist, has an
nounced that he will donate $25,0O0
to the Marquette University Of Mil
waukee, providing that the endow-
ment fund subscription which is now
being undertaken can be increased to
$175,OOO by January 1, 1916. The to.
tai amount now raised for the en-.
dowment fund is $123,335. Father
Gimmesmal, president of the Uni
versity, made the announcement at
the graduating exercises held re.
Gently.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26

Many papers have given extracts
from the remarkable Pastoral on the
war by the Bishop of Limerick. It
has been translated into Italian, and
Cardinal De Lai, Secretary of the Con-
sistorial Congregation and Bishop of
Sabina, has considered it so valuable
that he has had it reprinted in his
diocesan Bulletin"
The pastoral follows:
I am sure that there is little need
to urge you, at the present time, to
turn to God in the true spirit of pen
ance and expiation. For many of us,
the sorrow of this war has a personal
poignancy. Numbers of our fellow
countrymen, and of our own fellow
citizens have gone to the front; many
of them have fallen, and will never
see their homes again; great numbers
are wounded, and of those who still
survive, or who yet will be sent for
ward, it is impossible to form the
faintest estimate Of how many will
be lost. But we know that all of
them are enduring intense hardships,
and many Of them are being daily
and hourly shot down.
To these poor fellows, of every
class, our hearts go out in sympathy
and affection, and am confident that
during this holy season of Lent, they
will find large part in our thoughts
and in our prayers, and we will beg
of God to guard them to sustain them
in their sufferings, and If they fall
to be with them in their last moments
And in connection with this, it IL
impossible to withhold word Of ad
miration, and even of pride, at the
splendid devotion Of our Catholic
priests at the front. They are prov
ing themselves the worthy minister,
Of Him who gave His Life for HI,
flock. Greater still, In certain ways
10 the heroism Of the French priests
BY an iniquitous law Of an infide
government, they are compelled t.
serve in the ranks, as ordinary sol
diers. and take part in the horrit
butchery of their fellow.men. Ye
that attempt to brutalize. and degrad,
them, has been turned by their nobl,
spirit to the service Of their Master
and, on the field Of battle. In th,
trenches, in every phase Of the war
they are carrying on their Apostoli'
works, and amongst their fellow-sol
diers winning souls to God.
Hardly less deserving Of our sym
pathy, and the sunrages Of our pray
ers. in these days Of trial, are tn
friends and relatives Of the poor sol
diers. For many Of them life 10 on
prolonged agony. From one momen
to another. they do not know whe.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
cATH0u} Q)Nt TORS 70 HOLD CONVENTION

The thirteenth annual convention
of the Catholic Educational Associa-
tion will convene in st. Paul next
Monday, June the 28th. and will con-
tinue until Thursday, July 1st. This
is the first time that the national con-
vention Of the Catholic. educators has
been held west of Chicago. 1t is ex-
pected that one thousand visitors will
be in the city to attend the conven-
tion and participate in the program.
The headquarters will be at the st..
Paul Hotel while the sessions of the
convention will be held in the Cathe-
dral school. On Wednesday evening a
mass meeting will be held in the St.
Paul Auditorium. Addresses will be
made by Archbishop Ireland, of st.
Paul; Rt. Rev. John P. Carroll, Bishop
Of Helena, Mont; DR.. Moynihan, pres
ident of st. Thomas College; Father
Cleary of the Incarnation Church,
Minneapolis; Hon. Pierce Butler, of
st. Paul, and Hon. Julius Collier, of
Shakopee. Every department of Cath.
olic education will be represented, in.
cluding parochial. collegiate. seminary.
deaf and dumb. and the general Cath.
olic curriculum. The teaching sister.
hoods have been given an important
place on the program and their de-
partments will be we'll represented
throughout the session. The ar
rangements are in charge Of Rev
Thos. Gibbons. Of st. Luke's Church
st. Paul; and Father Cullen, Of the
Pro Cathedral Of st. Mary Of Mime
apolis. Special Invitations have beer
sent to all the priests and bishops
Of the archdiocese Of st. Paul and Il
the priests and bishops throughout the
Northwest. The sessions Of the con
vention are open to laymen. both Cath
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-06-26
APPEAL FOR CA1HO6%1
INDIAN SCHOOLS
Decision of the Controller of
Treasurer of u. S. Means
Loss of $25, 900. and
Sudden Withdrawn
Makes the Situation
Very Serious

That the recent decision of the con-
troller of the treasury in withdrawing
aid from the Catholic Indian schools
will be severely felt is indicated in a
letter received by the Irish Standard
this week from Cardinal Gibbons in
which he relates the conditions which
face the Catholic Indian schools be-
cause of the sudden withdrawal of the
aid which they had been previously re-
ceiving for carrying on the work. The
letter follows:
Cardinals Residence. 408 N. Charles
St., Baltimore.
June 21, 1915.
Editor-The Irish Standard,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Editor: Four Catholic Indian
boarding schools of Oklahoma for the
children Of the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw tribes will be deprived after July
LIST Of their contracts by reason of a
recent decision of the Controller of
the Treasury. The loss per year occa-
stoned by this decision is more than
$25, 900. These schools for years have
been accorded contracts payable out
of Choctaw-C -Chickasaw tribal funds.
The change of policy came without
warning and unexpectedly, as these
funds will be disbursed the coming fis-
cal year under the identical law which
is in force this year, during which
time the schools in question have re-
ceived their contracts and payments
as usual.
While we hope to obtain relief from
the next Congress, year must inter
vene during which the schools will be
without support. ' . '---' | -''
These institutions are the fruit oi
years of sacrifice and devotedness
and they are accomplishing noble
and necessary work: it would be a
crime to discontinue them.
We therefore call upon the faithful
everywhere for special contributions
for the upkeep of the Catholic Choc'
taw-C Chickasaw schools during the com
ing fiscal year. All Catholic publica'
tions are requested to give space to
this letter and to call the attention
of their readers to 1t.
J. CARDINAL GIBBONS,
President, Bureau of Catholic Indian
Missions.
NOTE. - Contributions should be
sent to Rev. VIM. H. Ketcham, 1926
New York Avenue N. W., Washing
ton, D. G.