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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28

The Eighth Regiment Band partici-
pated in a military funeral on Thursday
afternoon. when it escorted the body of
the late Earl Harmon, Company X, boy
from York, Pa, who was fatally wounded
on November 18th. Harmon'S father ar
rived in Augusta just two and a half
hours after the 2S-year-old soldier boy
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28

has two brothers among its five or six
officers. Such is the case with Company
G. Lieuts. Charles NJ. Robson and Har-
old R., Jr., are both on the commissioned
staff of that organization.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12
FARMERS INSTITUTE.

A meeting of the Benton County
Farmers Institute will be held in
Camden on Saturday, January 20,
1917, at the court house.
DR.. f. nj. McRee of Union City,
president of the West Tennessee
division, and other good speakers
will be present and take part in the
discussions. The program will be
published later.
Subjects of great Importance to
the people will be discussed at this
meeting, including a county fair,
good roads, rural credits law, soil
fertilization, crop diversifcation
and numerous other topics of in
terest to farmers. Come, and help
make the institute success.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12
AGED CITIZEN
PASSED AWAY

Bethel Holland, a well known
and highly esteemed citizen of the
tenth district, died very suddenly
last Friday from an attack of pa
ralysis. The interment was at
Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Holland was 85 years of age,
and was splendid type of ante
bellum Southern gentlemen, kind,
jovial, patriotic, energetic and was
considered one of the wealthiest
farmers in that part of the county.
The deceased was esteemed for
his piety and devotion to church
work in his community, and will
be sadly missed by those with
whUm he was intimately associated.
He is survived by several children,
to whom we extend coincidence.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12
FOR
PRAYER SERVICE

The following is program OF
the prayer service for National
Constitutional Prohibition to be held
at the Baptist Church Thursday,
January Is, at 2 p. m.:
Song, "All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name"
Psalms 81 and So, by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Minnie Corbitt,
Invocation, Mrs. Grace Hicks.
Song, "The Fight is On
Reading section from address by
president of national union, pages
/ to 3, Mrs. Mollie Holiday.
Prayer for Divine guidance of
leaders in State and national cam
paigns, Rev. Charles G. Newbill.
Some essentials for insuringper-
manent victory, five minutes each.
Personal abstinence, U. A. Potts.
Law enforcement, S. A. Clement.
Appreciation of personal respon-
sibility, @. N. Frazier.
Prayer for Divine guidance for
president and all leagers in the
movement for national prohibition,
w. s. Corbitt.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12

"Bring pencil, tablet, genuine
Sunday school spirit-and your
self" Come to the first session,
which will be held at the Methodist
Church this evening at 7 clock.
Everybody is expected to take
part. "Come with your questions
and problems" says the brother,
"and let us reason together and
try and help YOU"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12
SUNDAY SCHOOL
INSTITUTE HERE

Rev. W. j. Moore of Memphis,
conference field secretary of the
M. E. Church, South, has advised
Pastor Charles G. Newbill that he
will hold a district Sunday school
institute in Camden this evening
and tomorrow.
These Institutes are being held
under the auspices of the Memphis
Conference Sunday School Board,
j. r. Pepper, chairman; Rev. W. l..
Duckworth, secretary; A. j. Bar
bee, treasurer; Rev. w. j.. Moore,
conference field secretary, assisted
by Mrs. w. w. Adams, conference
elementary superintendent and
perhaps others. The program will
be made up from topics that cover
every phase of Sunday school work.
The pastor, superintendent, the
teachers and all other Sunday
school workers are expected to at
tend this institute-not only those
residing in Camden, but all who
can conveniently do so.
Brother Moore requests that you
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12

Ii you are due The Chronicle on
subscription and want to pay it in
16-inch heater wood or. 20-inch
cook wood, we will greatly appre-
ciate it if you will bring itnow, for
we need it.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12

Reading, campaign plans, Mrs
Genie Florence.
Our past, discussion by the local
president, Mrs. Corbitt.
What can our union do? Mrs
Natalie Travis, Mrs. Cord Hudson,
Mrs. Hattie Kincannon, Mrs. Lee
Bowles, Mrs. Lou M. Bryant, Mrs.
Zana Bradley, Mrs. Eva Peeler,
Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Della Presson.
Song, Coward Christian Sol
diers."
Definite action, five minutes.
Definite cooperation, Brother
Newbill.
Definite prayer, Rev. Ell. l..
Lafferty.
Definite giving. Mrs. Van WHY.
Reading, Lillian Stephens pro-
hibition campaign fund.
Offering.
Reading and adoption of resolu-
tions.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12

Now is the time to settle your
note or account with the firm of
Stigall & Potts.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-01-12

For Sale-A small second hand
coal stove; suitable for bed room.
Apply at The Chronicle office.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18

Next week the priests of the
Diocese Of St. Paul will devote
four days to the spiritual exercises
of their annual retreat. All paro-
chial duties will be laid aside for
the time being and the work Of
their personal sanctification will
receive special attention. The great
truths which they have preached
to others during the year will be
placed before them by the Retreat
Master with special application to
their spiritual needs; and by medi-
tation and prayer they will seek
a clearer insight into the "things
that appertain to God" These
are the only days the priest can
really call his own. At all other
times he is at the service of the
people, ministering to their needs
as the dispenser of the mysteries
Of God. During the, annual re-
treat he seeks the source Of super
nal grace and endeavors to replen-
ish the spiritual reservoir from
which he draws the vigor that is
to sustain him through the coming
year and thus gets a renewed
grasp of the eternal truths which
are to strengthen and energize
him in his allotted field Of labor.
The people whom the clergy
serve should be mindful Of them
during this week of retreat and
beg Almighty God to pour forth
His graces upon them more
abundantly than in the past and
make them worthy exemplars of
the flock of Christ.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18

clusively religious character, and
ministers of all religious denomi-
nations III Canada at the date OF
passing the Act; certain persons
who are now exempt from mill
tary service such as Quakers and
Mennonites.
The act goes into operation
as soon as assented to by the
Governor General and all at
fected by it will be called by
proclamation and must report to
the military authorities on the
day fixed by law. Until they are
placed on active service they are
considered to be on leave Of alb
sence without pay. Certain
grounds are set forth for exemp-
ton from service and each case is
passed upon separately by the
local tribunals established for
that purpose.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
WORK FOR CATHOLIC
WOMEN.

Elsewhere in this issue we pub
lish call to the Catholic women
Of this city to meet next Monday
afternoon in the st. Paul Hotel
for the purpose of organizing a
branch Of the American Red Cross
Society. The work of this or
ganization is one which should APP
peal to every woman Of America
for it's ministrations go out to the
men in the camps and on the fir
ing line.
The women of st. Paul are to
be organized into several bands of
active workers who will give as
much of their time as they can
spare from their home duties to
prepare materials for use in hos
pitfalls and camps where the sick
and the wounded Of the American
army will be gathered to find
comfort and regain their strength.
1t is a work of patriotism: it is a
work of religion.
Catholic women should not be
slow to take advantage of the OPP
portunities for charitable endeav-
or which the work Of the Red
Cross affords; and, consequently
there should be large attendance
at the coming meeting when an
organization will be effected and
plans for future work outlined and
put into execution. Our Catholic
women, and especially those who
have more leisure to devote to
work Of this kind, should take adj
vantage, of the opportunity to
serve their country in its hour of
need. They can do this most ef-
fectively by cooperating with the
Red Cross Society in furnishing
the wounded and disabled sol
diers with the comforts which
they need to alleviate their suffer
ings and hasten their recovery.
We bespeak for this work the
cordial support and active coop
Grafton Of the Catholic women of
this city and we feel that there
will be no need of a. draft law"
to fill the ranks with active pro-
moters of this cause of patriotism
and religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
Allen Stock in United States
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGA-
ZINE SHOWS WHERE EURO
PEANs HAVE SETTLED IN
AMERICA.

The National Geographic Society
published in a recent issue of the
National Geographic Magazine SER
les of charts which, based on official
figures supplied by the United States
census bureau, show where the mil
lions of Europeans and Canadians
have settled in the United States.
"Thirty-three million persons have
made the long voyage from alien
shores to our own says the Geog-
raphic Magazine, since it was pro-
claimed that all men are born free
and equal. 1t is as if half the Ger
man empire should embark for Amer
lea or all of England, except the coun-
ty of Kent. 1t is as if all of the pop
ulation of all the states of the United
States west of the Mississippi, plus
that of Alabama, should have come
bodily to America.
History records no similar move
meTlt Of population which in rapidity
or volume can equal this. Compared
IA ii the hordes that have invaded
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18

school with the stress laid on
summer and not on school" =:
In our opinion, that is exactly
where the stress should be laid.
With all due respect for the edu-
cational authorities who strenu-
ously advocate the system of
vacation studies for Catholic
teachers, and notably for. our
school Sisters, we make bold to
affirm that the system is suscepti-
BILE of not a little abuse. Vaca-
ton is primarily and principally a
time for rest, for intellectual re-
pose. Sisters who have taught
for five or six hours day
throughout the school year, and
employed another hour or two
daily in the correction Of Ecker
cises' and the preparation Of
their classes, emphatically need
mental relaxation. not additional
exertion, during the summer holi-
days. The Sister who attends
during these holidays a course of
University lectures, or, as often
enough happens, several such
courses, with the strain Of pro-
longed attention and the subse-
quent work Of editing her notes,
may have notable zeal, but it is
not zeal according to knowl-
edge" st. Teresa told her re-
ligious to "take care of the body
for the love Of God;'' and her adj
vice may well be pressed on our
school Sisters. They all affirm
that during the year they have no
time to take outdoor exercise: all
the more reason, then, why they
should take abundant exercise
and rest during the vacation sea-
son.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
Converted by Genuflection
NoN-cATHoLIc WATCHED PRIEST
AT PRIVATE DEvoTIoNS.

When the sanity Tertiary Bishop
Mermillod, of Geneva, was a curate
in that city, he delivered a series of
sermons on the real presence of Jesus
Christ in the Holy Eucharist. One
evening, after all the faithful had left
the church and the doors had been
locked. the pious priest trimmed the
sanctuary lamps, as was his daily
custom, and then knelt for some mo-
ments in prayer before the Blessed
sacrament. He then rose and made
a devout genuflection. Just then he
heard a slight noise in the church
and turning about he saw a well
dressed lady emerging from the con-
fessional. What do you wish here,
madam, at this time of the night?'
asked Mermillod, much surprised.
Your Reverence will please excuse
me-, replied the lady, for, although
am a Protestant, have regularly
attended your Lenten sermons on the
Eucharist, and I must confess that
your words have convinced me OF
the truth of this great mystery.
had but one doubt-for which humbly
crave your pardon namely, whether
you yourself really believe what you
preach. Hence. sought an oppor-
tunity for observing your actions
in secret before the Blessed Sacra-
ment whether they are in accord
with your DrofAssed belief. am
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
RELIGION THE REMEDY.

The following summary of the
evils that follow from an educa-
tional training from which relig-
ious instruction is divorced is tax
en- from an address delivered by
the Rev. Joseph j. Hannigan at
the dedication of Catholic
school in Philadelphia. 1t is of
value at the present time when
the vacation days are drawing to
a close and parents are getting
their children ready for the work
of another school year. Catholic
parents will find in it an addition
al reason for patronizing Catholic
schools wherein the value of re-
ligious training is emphasized.
Father Hannigan said in part:
More than a generation of our
people has been educated without
religion. 1t could not be taught
in the public schools and was
shamefully neglected in the home
and churches. Amid all the splen-
dor which prosperity and wealth
are showing forth, there is a pa
thetic hollowness and shallow
ness which foretell grave moral
dangers. The children are stretch
ing forth their hands for bread,
and many a heartless scheme
called education is offering them
a stone.
mo wonder there are over six
ty million infidels in our country
who possess no religion whatever.
No wonder there are anarchists
and socialists and materialists,
who are undermining lawful au-
thority. No wonder. there are
shocking crimes: murders, sui
cides, robberies, clever swindles,
unjust and cruel speculations even
in the very necessaries of life.
No wonder women walk the
streets robed in meretricious
costume. No wonder there are
advocates of eugenics in the
schoolroom to corrupt the morals
Of youth. No wonder there are
brazen, voluptuous persons en-
gagged in a malicious propaganda
for birth control. No wonder
there are childless wives, who
fondle in their arms dumb brutes
rather than a wingless cherub
fashioned after the image Of God.
No wonder there are more
divorces granted in the United
States than in any other country
in the world divorces that in
wade the sanctity Of the home and
sap the very foundations of
family life. These astonishing
and deplorable evils are causing
thoughtful men no little concern
for the welfare of society and the
stability of the Republic.
Religion is the only powerful
remedy for these evils; and the
Church, endowed with the wisdom
of Christ, mingles religion with
education
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
1.-THE PROHIBITED BOOK.

"The Christian Herald, " whose
Christianity is as superficial as it's
ignorance of Catholicity is pro-
found and all-embracing, needs
the services of a ten year old
Catholic boy to enlighten it's edi-
torial staff ON the rudiments Of
Catholic doctrine. IF it cannot Sc
cure the services of such a theolo-
gian, we suggest that it procure a
copy of a Catechism of Christian
Doctrine for beginners and devote
twenty-five hours a day to the
study Of it. AT the end Of a year
or two those in charge Of the pub
LEGATION would, perhaps, be in a
position to speak with some de-
gree of intelligence about the fun
damental teaching of the Catholic
Church.
The current issue of this
Christian publication regales
it's readers with an account of the
intellectual darkness which pre-
walls in Central America because
the Bible is a prohibited book
in that region. Were it not for
the efforts of the Bible societies
there would be no Christianity in
Central America. All Of this mis-
information is, Of course, for the
benefit of the dupes who supply
the money to promote the work of
the sectarian evangelists who are
striving to undo the splendid re-
suits of Catholic missionary effort
in that country. The native Cath
olics are too intelligent to accept
the emasculated Bible Of Protes-
tantism as the sole rule Of faith.
They prefer to! rely upon. the
teaching of the living Church of
Christ and not upon the dead let
ter of a book which each one is ex-
pected to interpret for himself.
The Bible is not a prohibited
book" in Central America any
more than it is in any Catholic
country Catholics are and al
ways have been prohibited from
reading Protestant versions which
stultify the teaching Of Christ
and accommodate the Gospel to
the whims of self-styled religious
leaders who can show no creden-
tials for the authority they claim.
It is time for the christian Her
ald' to consign the myth of 1.-THE
prohibited book" to the museum
of long-exploded fallacies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
THE INToxicATIoN OF LIFE.

Keeping well is often presented to
us in the guise of a duty, but DIR.
Fisk of the Life Extension Institute
knows how to look at in in more at,
tractive light. Health, as he sees it,
is the way to joy, the joy of simply
being alive.
Some people talk much about the
joys of living, and try very hard to
get them, but never will succeed be-
cause they go about it in ways that
disorder the instrument through which
the joys arrive.
In recent number of the Monthly
Health Letter, issued bysthe Life Elk,
tension Institute, DR.. Fisk tells how
one cannot and how one can reach
the real life which is in itself joy
You cannot reach that state of
health by the poison route, by the aid
of alcohol, opium, nicotine, coffee, or
any other drugs. The patent medi-
cine route is also a poison route, and
is not the way to real living.
| You cannot reach real life by the
medicinal whiskey route. There is no
such thing as medicinal whiskey,"
DR.. Fisk says. "It is never tonic
and neither is such whiskey approved
by the medical profession, as the
mendacious advertisements often
state''
| The most important route to the
living that is joy, DR.. Fisk pictures
as the activity route. Proper food
/ Of OF
and control of the mental states, are
important routes, but to be really
alive the four hundred muscles of the
body must be actually hungry for &C.
tivity. This muscle hunger can be
cultivated by keeping the muscles
alert and active during the day, by
giving them all active work at some
time every day, by moving actively
and briskly when we do move.
This, in the main, is DR.. Fisk's
recipe for attaining the state of
health that makes just being alive
joy. If we look at it little more
closely we shall see why the man who
talks so much about drinking to in
crease the joys of life has to be con-
tinually coming back to that artificial
means. The alcohol in the wine, beer,
or whiskey is depressant, and as
soon as that effect is fully manifest
he has no desire to be active. The
beer drinker, particularly, is usually
the opposite of alert and active.
If the theory is true that alcohol
develops in the body poison to act
as it's antidote, and that this poison
sets up demand for more alcohol as
soon as the supply on hand is ex-
hausted, then the habitual drinker is
a habitually poisoned man and we
should expect him to act the role of
a sick man. He is not fully alive and
the drug he takes to make him so
only poisons still more those four hum
dred muscles whose activity is so es-
sential part in the joy of living.
Some one has said that youth has
no need of intoxication by wine, for
! youth itself is intoxication. The word
is taken, of course in the sense of ex
hilaration, and it is this exhilaration
that makes normal youth the most
joyous period of life. The possibility
of continuing that joyfulness through
adult years is one that we shall see
realized oftener as we see less of the
alcohol poisoning.
| Emma L. TrdHSelu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18

1t has come to the attention Of
the committee in charge of the
Knights of Columbus National
War Camp Fund that unauthoriz-
ed solicitors are reaping a rich
harvest by appealing to the gener-
osity of the public on behalf of
this worthy cause. This was to be
expected. Every worthy cause is
taken advantage of by unscrupu-
lous persons for their own selfish
purposes. The Knights of Column
bus have undertaken a noble and
patriotic work Of charity and in
order that it may meet with the
success which it deserves they
make their appeal to the members
Of the Order and to their fellow
Catholics through official chan
nels. Each subordinate Council
is authorized to inaugurate the
work Of soliciting for this fund in
its immediate vicinity and every
authorized solicitor is prepared to
show his credentials when called
upon to do so. Catholics, there
fore, should be on their guard lest
their charitable impulses be ex-
plotted by INSCRIPTIONS individ-
nails and the contribution which
they make diverted from its true
goal. Time and again we have
warned our readers to pay no at
tention to agents or solicitors of
any kind, no matter how worthy
the cause they are supposed to
represent, unless they can produce
satisfactory credentials. No re-
putable agent or solicitor will feel
offended when asked to show his
credentials; and request for such
proofs will show up the impos-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-08-18
CANADA'S CONSUMPTION
LAW.

The Selective Consumption Law
passed by the Canadian Parlia-
ment make liable for military
service any male person who has
resided in Canada since August 4,
1914, and who is between the
ages Of twenty and forty-fve. It
is expected that this draft law will
add 100000 soldiers to the 400,-
900 who have already joined the
Canadian Expeditionary Force
and who are seeing actual service
in the trenches or preparing to
bear the brunt of war on European
battlefelds.
All persons who are liable to
serve will not be called out at
once but will be summoned in the
following order:
Unmarried men and widowers
without children, under 35; mar
ried men and widowers who have
children, under 35; unmarried men
and Widowers who have no chill
dren, over IS and under AZ; mar
ried men and widowers who have
children, over IS and under 40;
married men and widoWers who
have children, over AZ and under
As.
The following persons are, not
liable to compulsory service I'M
der the Act: Men who receive a
certificate Of exemption under the
Act; members of regular or re
served forces; members of mill
tasy forces raised in other coun-
tries; men Of the Royal Navy,
Naval Service of Canada, and of
| the Canadian Expeditionary
Force; men who have served in
the Canadian Army since August,
1914, and who have been honor
ably discharged; clergy, members
Of anv ORGANIZED orf7pr ~ IN ~.