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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
HOW WAR HAS CHANGED SENTi-
MENT.

"Men are still feeling the need of an
atonement Of sin. / sat for three
weeks with men in training in a great
American concentration camp, men
who had been in France in the thick
of it, and they told me of two things
the boys in the trenches wanted before
they went over the top The one
was to make a confession and the
other vas the Eucharist. Why are
Protestant soldiers, thousands of
them, along with the Catholics, crowd
ing the Mass? 1t is because they feel
ment of their sins. 1t furnishes them
with the desired confessional that
they cannot find in their own religion.
l was brought up a Scotch Covenant
err My very soul is crying out against
this thing, and yet l find that it is the
one exigent way of getting rid of that
awful thought of dying with sin. The
soldier must. have it. He wants to
purge away the guilt of his soul. He
must tell his sins to someone else.
Yes, it is coming fast into evidence
that it is essential that we must have
a good, open confession. 1t has been
our habit for the last century to deny
sin. Since this war, however, there
has been a wholesale demand for the
atonement of Jesus Christ. We have
| got to come back. Let us entreat and
help u boys in khaki so that they
may die with Jesus on their lips
rather than curses"
PROF Cb0up j
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country in his untiring zeal and actlV-
ity. We have now truly become not
merely the United States of America,
but the united people of America. All
classes, all groups, all parties are raj
lying to mobilize every available force
in furtherance of victory. With the
eradication of religious prejudice, ma
tional, social and racial prejudices
will also be eliminated and the way
prepared for the permanent alliance
of the minds and hearts of all the
people. What we shall do here to-
night and throughout the week will
contribute to the further unification OF
the nation. To that end let our relig-
ious fervor and patriotism combine to
inspire us with extraordinary enthu-
siasm in behalf of the great cause that
has summoned US.
Looking beyond our country, the
harmony of the various faiths assem-
bled here calls up a vision of the
unity of mankind. Our goal in this
war is not our own national ag-
grandizement, but the welfare of the
worlds democracy. Out there human
ity lies bleeding and shattered. 1t
is the duty of religions that preach
the brotherhood of mar to bind
up the torn hearts of the world. 1t is
the duty of the great and free nations
to succor the weaker and to liberate
humanity from impending thralldom.
Go forth, then, men and women,
Catholics, Protestants and Jews,
buckle on your armor and gather in
the sinews of war. Place them as a
free-will offering on the altar Of God.
Use them to nourish and stimulate the
souls of u nations defenders. And
when the final victory and peace are
your reward will be what is your
inspiration tonight-One God, one
country and one humanity.
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A BISHOP PLEADS FOR HIS POOR.

Central TonKin contains a crowded
populations; in fact some of it's prov
inces are the most thickly settled of
all Tonkin, or perhaps of all China.
The estimate is about $50 persons to
a square mile. In general, the ma
tives have no means of support ex-
cept to plant their tiny rice fields,
so that a bad harvest means immedi-
ate suffering.
Bishop P. Munagorri, o. P, says:
Among our 270,020 Christians those
who have a moderate-sized piece OF
land are considered rich. Perhaps not
more than two hundred come under
this head, and the rest do not even
own their rice fields, but must pay
rent for them, or S them in com
mon with many others. An American
or a European would find it a mystery
how the Tonkinese manage to live.
Those who work for others must labor
all day to earn a few cents.
"Now that famine desolates the
land, there is great misery every
where. The next rice crop is still {
long way Off it, too, fails, the pros
pect will be terrible.
1T is hard for a Bishop to see hi:
flock in distress. He longs to helI
them and, therefore, does not hesitate
to beg"
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FROM A PAGAN OF YESTERDAY.

The blacks of Africa are considered
beings of an inferior race. Who
among us of the superior race could
rise to nobler thoughts than this
meditation of a negro of Nyanza?
The selection is clipped from The
African Missions:
"One evening after supper i was
walking up and down in my banana
plantation, saying my rosary and
looking up at the heavens with their
thousands of stars, that Adam himself
could not count. ! said to myself:
1T is far away, that Heaven /. !.
and in that Heaven, farther away still,
is the great good God, greater than
King Muntu, greater ever than the
king of the Germans; greater even
than the Pope. This great good
God, He thinks of meme, Hermann,
mushomeza (~catechist) of Nyanza!
And / am no prince-nothing but a
plain, simple. man.
How wonderful! The king go
to see him; he looks at me one day;
the next day he doesn't see me at
all. But this great God, He looks at
me all through the day while I am
working, and in the night when am
asleep; when / talk to Him, he listens
to me-! / talk like a child, He listens;
if / say anything foolish, still He lis.
tens to me!
How wonderful! And He takes
care of me. For me He makes the
bananas grow, He sends rain, and
makes the sun shine. And He takes
care of my soul. Formerly He died
upon the Cross for me, and He sem
Father NJ to me that I might
hear about Him-and me, at first
did not want to believe in Him! What
stupidity! But the Father opened thu
eyes of my soul. I believed and I an
baptized. And the king himself, he il
not baptized!
M 49,
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FROM A LETTER OF BISHOP
MARTRoU.

.......... l shall never forget my
passage through the villages of the
Noumous with Father Hee who came
to meet me several days journey from
Franceville. The 'tippoys" on which
we were seated, were wreathed spon-
taneously with branches and along the
way the people, perspiration rolling off
them in great drops, shouted and
chanted to their utmost. A solid pro-
cession was organized in the centre
of the village we traversed, and then
became still more compact and more
noisy as we approached st. Hilary.
: The ceremonial of bishops has not
provided for such receptions and this
is certainly a mistake. But when u
cortege reached the slope that leads
to the chapel it transferred itself into
a liturgical procession with the solemn
"Benedictus' and the measured pace
and dignified silence of our religious
ceremonies.
The mission of st. Hilary is poor,
all that reaches it is dear, very dear.
1t is necessary, however, to clothe and
feed the missionaries, to procure the
wine for Mass. and ordinary medicines.
1t is necessary to feed and clothe with
at least a simple piece of cloth the
hundreds of children who pass
through the catechumenate, and the
school. And we must also betimes
give a mat, a little salt and a morsel
of bread to an old slave who seeks
refuge at the mission.
Sometimes the good Father Hee,
who has labored in these regions for
more than twenty years, writes that
the salt has greatly dimished in his
sack, that the piece of cloth has come
to an end, and that he has on that
account been obliged, with tears in his
eyes, to refuse children and young PEG
pie who came to receive instruction
hut whom he cannot either feed Oh
clothe.
Will not the benefactors of the st
Peter Clayer Sodality be happy tx
open by their aims ever wider ant
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THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MAY II, 1918

And Jesus Christ feeds me with
His Body and Blood-He makes my
soul strong. He prays for me up there
in Heaven, for me, who am no king,
no prince, only a plain, simple
man. .
so I said to myself: 4 must love
this great God, because He has so
loved me. Then my heart took fire
it burnt me in my breast: / was as
If carried away at the thought that
this great God loved meme, so little
and worthless! / cried out in my joy
and ran to the house, and | took my
wife by the arm and said to her:
agnes, Agnes, how we ought to love
the good God Who loves us sc much!".
But Agnes did not understand me at
all. She looked at me and said:
Thou art crazy" And / was, in
truth-crazy with the love of the good
Cod"
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+HG &F ty ~ F-1 B
Even today, certain Blacks, either
as a show of wit or to crafty their
spite, taunt these unfortunate beings
with such words as these: You are
beginning to change into a crocodile,
"a hi~ppopotamus, a hyena, a bird of
prey an allusion to the fate which
formerly awaited them.
Needless to say that the lepers who
have received baptism are assured of
honorable burial. This is n reason,
1 believe, which prompts them, almost
everywhere, to show a great desire
to be instructed and receive the sacra,
ment of regeneration. They are not
ignorant of the fact that the Chris
tian religion will protect them ever
in the grave"
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WHAT THE PRIESTS ARE DOING
IN THE SUNDA ISLANDS.

The Sunda Islands are in the East
Indies. There is a large pagan popu.
lation, but the priests are hard al
work, and the Christian population is
increasing every day.
Rev. F. De LANCE, S. V. D., sends a
report from this little-known mission
which he hopes may awaken interest
in it. From it we learn it had, last
year, 1000 Catholics. There were
1000 baptisms and 307 marriages
Twelve missionaries take charge OF
the various good works, which include
schools for boys and girls and care, OF
the sick. Twenty-four Sisters and
twelve lay Brothers give valuable hell
to the priests.
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RABBI sILVERMAN ON OUR
IDEALS.

The address at the New York Hip
podrome meeting for the Catholic War
Fund by the Rev. DR.. Joseph Silver
man, Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, was
as follows:
We meet tonight on a common plat
form, consisting of three great ideals
One God, one country and one hui
mainly. We meet under the auspices
of religion, in the name of patriotism,
for the sake of mankind. This gath
ering of Catholics, Protestants and
Jews, rather let me say, of Americans
of all shades of belief, and similar
gatherings represent one of h great
est b%y-products of the war. Let the
skeptics cry out that religion has fail
ed, because forsooth it did not prevent
and cannot stop the war;; we know
better. Not religion has failed, but
these war lords of the Central Pow
ers have failed, because though pro
Tossing religion they have not prac-
ticed it. Trie religion is doing all ii
can to counteract the horrors n
brutalities of the conflict, to overcome
some of the barbarism of frightfulness.
True religion as far as this war is
concerned is crystaliZed in the Red
Cross Association, the Y. M. c. A..
the knights of Columbus and the Jew.
ish Welfare Board, and in all other
efforts that are sincerely conceived
and Justly executed for the ameliora-
ton of suffering and the providing OF
comfort and cheer. True religion is
present tonight; it will support the
drive, for the Catholic War Fund and
it cannot fail.
Back of these truly religious efforts
is that one God in whom we all be-
lieve. He is not the power that i'm
pels men to offensive war, to acts of
selfishness and conquest, but that
power that makes for righteousness,
justice, love and peace. That God
has never and can fail.
Tyranny may gain temporary vic
tories, but the history OF the world
reveals the final triumph of truth and
justice. Gods power works miracles
and through it the allies will come to
their own.
mot by power nor by rights, but by
My Spirit" saith the Lord. That Spirit
has brought us together, a spirit that
makes for strength, courage and VIC
tory. And we shall combine tonight
to bring that Spirit to our soldiers
and sailors. The war will be won, not
by guns, but by the men behind the
guns; not by men merely, but by the
mighty irresistible spirit of God be-
hind the men. We must care for the
soul of the soldier, for it is the soul
that makes a~hero.g 1t is the. soul that
bears the sword of command, that
suits the action to the word, that quiv-
ers not, nor falters in time of danger,
but FORCES straight ahead to victory.
We must fortify that soul, keep it
pure, brave, noble, cheerful, hopeful,
resolute, patriotic-inVincible. And
we shall do this by showing our boys
that we are with them in the training
camp, the trench, on the battlefield
or in the hospital; that the same Lord
Who watches over us all knits our
hearts to theirs.
This amity of the three great faiths
cooperating to give spiritual strength
to the army and navy, is indicative
of a united American nation that is
supporting the great President of oul
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOUTH
sHANTUNG MISSION.

In sending his latest report. Bishop
H~enninghaus, of South Shantung,
speaks feelingly of the founding of
the mission. He says:
In writing my annual report I IAN
not help mentioning the anniversary
of a day that for us is wrapped in
holy memories. Last Pentecost day
it was twenty-five years since our mis-.
sion of South Shantung was dedicated
to the Holy Ghost. Deepest gratitude
fills my soul when | think of the
event. 1t is SO vivid in my mind as
though it had happened only yester.
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A FEW BOUQUETS FOR AMERI
CANS.

Why not realize just what we are
doing for the missionaries? 1t will
spur us on to greater achievement.
Here are quotations from letters sent
to the United States from poverty
stricken India, always much in need
of aims and prayers:
America has certainly made a name
for herself among the missionaries"
says Father Daalhoff. "How often you
will hear a priest say: of course, if
it were not for the help l receive from
America, l could not run my mission
at ALL And another will say: Help
from America enabled me to build
this chapel and to support my cate
chists.'"
"How fully your letter makes me
realize that looking A~mericawards
brings much relief" writes Father
]. j. Hennessy. "At the amount and
spontaneity of the offerings sent | am
indeed most pleased, but / cannot say
l am surprised, for I have always been
of the opinion that if America really
knew our needs, if they were brought
home to her, they would vanish as if
by magic"
"Our missions keep alive solely
through the aims sent us by benefac-
tors of the Propagation of the Faith
Society,"" states Bishop Robichez, S. J.,
of Ceylon. "Our other friends have
ceased their aid since the beginning
of the war"
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5krH%ez4{fSAA 4Ah&
N@1SS4SMM MISSION FIELD5A

wider the gates of salvation to these
primitive people of the interior?
Sodality of st. Peter Claver for the
African Missions, Fullerton Building,
It'll & Pine Streets, st. Louis, Mo.
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Modern Laxity.

You can see that from the present
state of religion. Time WAS when the
people used to read the Bible and have
family prayers and keep the fast days.
They never missed the Kirk Of the
Sawbath,' and got their children
christened, and 80 On. Gone are those
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-22
The Dental Clinic.

For several days past Miss Ian.
ham, oral-hygienist, has been givin,
toothbrush drills in the differen
grades of the schools and has bee,
instructing the children in the prope.
care Of their teeth. A chair and rec
ord charts have been ordered ant
examinations will be made as soon "A.
these arrive. Literature bearing m
on the general question of the car
OF the teeth has been distributed
among the pupils of the differen
grades.
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ss~sa ~ ~ fosa'nos - Sainsse, q.
o.. - Decoad Csaas matter.


MIR. and Mrs. Vivian M. Moses. of
new YORK are In the city for a
weeks stay with Mrs. Altamont Mo-
sea.
Messrs Ray Blanding and Leslie
Brewer left on Thursday afternoon
Tor Chester. Pa. where they have Sc
cured positions with shipbuilding
establishment.
Miss Katherine Bingham, of Co.
lumbia. is spending few days with
her mother. Mrs. s. e. Bingham.
Mr.. Bright w. Middleton. son of
Mrs. J. A. Middleton. of this city
has arrived safely in France with a
defachment OF the American army.
Lieut. and Mrs. James Mob. Dabbs
after a stay of several days with Mr..
and Mrs. f. w. Dabbs. In Salem, left
this morning FOR Barnwell. Lieut..
Dabbs will leave within q week for
Fort Sill. Oklahoma, to attend the
officers artillery school.
Mr.. and Mrs. hoy NJ. Couser spent
the week In Columbia with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. f. X. Goodman and Lieut.
Earl s. Stanton. OF Worcester. Mass.
who Is now stationed at Camp Jack
son.
Sergt. John ID. Parnel. Segt. Her.
bert Ethridge and Corporal Joe Wat
kins. OF Camp jackson. spent the
weekend in the city with friends.
Mrs. jas. ID. Elliott, of Marion. who
." the guest of Mrs. Il. w. McCallum,
received cablegram this morning
announcing the safe arrival of Lieut.
Elliott. her husband. in England.
Mr.. l. w. Perrin. who has been
with Hearon's Pharmacy for the past
two months left Saturday for a few
days stay at his home I'm Union before
going to Camp wadsworth to report
for duty.
Mr.. $. X. Nash. who enlisted for
military service several days ago is
stationed at Camp SEWER.
Misses LurIine and Olive Izlar. two
OF 81. Charles attractive young ladies.
are the guests this week Of friends on
Purdy and Hazel streets
Mr. and Mrs. T.. I. Goodner, OF
GAINESVILLE. Texas. are the guests of
Mrs. W. III. Scott on Church Street.
Mr.. Sam Myerson. formerly one OF
the proprietors of the Wreck Store, |
but now in business In Atlanta, is q |
visitor I'm the city today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-22
Pinewood High School Commence
Inent.

Preceding the annual commence.
ment exercises OF the Pinewood High
School. which will he held FRIDAY
evening. May 2ith. the Calhoun Lit
erary Society gave an interesting en-.
tertainment and debate OH Thursday
evening. May 17th.
The program Is as follows:
Patriotic Song-Ammie Fielder, Ell
len Griffin. Tootsie Broughton.
Invocation-Rev. A. s. Lesley.
Address-President.
Muslc-Letitia Stack.
Recitation-Mattie Fielder
Jokes-John NJ. Fielder.
Music--Edith Griffin.
Current Events-Pauline Harvin.
Music--Minnie Harvin.
Local Happening,s-Clye Black.
Recitation-Iva BesChamps.
Patriotic Song-Annie Laurie Kolb
Iva DesCharnps, Matte Fielder and
susan Hodge. -,
Query: Resolved, that every male
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-22

The following program will be Civ
en- on Friday evening. May cath, and
on Sunday afternoon, May 26th, DR..
w. r.. Thayer of Sumter will preach
the baccalaureate sermon:
Trio-Mamic Harvin, Edith Griffin
Ida Davis.
Invocation-Rev. A. S. Lesley.
Salutory-Leon Harvin.
Class History-Ida Davis
Class Will-Edith Griffin.
Duet-Thena Minis. Letita Stack.
Class Prophecy Minnie Harvin.
Valedictory--Mamie Harvin.
Annual Address-Dr w. s. Currcll
SOlo-Minnle Harvin.
Presentation of Diplomas. IL
Leopard.
Benediction-Rev. j. ID. Bowen.
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No order has been issued by the
Food Administrator forbidding the sa le
of flour by wholesale or retail dealers
The same regulations i'm force 70.
the past few months continue il
force. There has been, however, an
embargo placed on the shipment int,
the state of flour, except by specia
permission of the Food Administrator
This order does not concern or ar.
rect the public-Only the wholesaler,
and such retail dealers as have beer
in the habit OF buying flour direc
from mills or wholesale dealers IL
other States.
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Baptist Ladies Workers Conference.

The ladies of the Santee Associa-
ton will have Workers Conference
at Salem Baptist church Friday, May
24th, beginning at 1890 A. M. A full
delegation is desired from all the
churches. Visitors will be welcomed.
The following program has been ar
ranged:
1O.30-Prayer and Praise Service
Mrs. G.. J. Myers.
10.45-The Purpose of this Con-
ference-Mrs. E. w. Reynolds.
1O.55-Benefits derived from this
CONFERENCE.-The. NJ. w. Gordon.
1l'O5-Mission Study Experience
Meeting-Mrs. c. L. Cuttino.
11.2O--The Responsibility Of Of
fetal Postions-Mrs. Edwin Carpen-
ter
Special Music.
11.45-Dynamic Forces-(1) Bible
Study; CD Prayer-Mrs. L. X. Stur-
kic.
God Save, Hold. Keep our Men,"
Prayer for our Soldier Boys.
12.10-W. NJ. S. Method Glass
CD Business and Missions, (a)
Reporting, How, Why and When, b
Keeping Books for the Lord.
CD Standard of Excellence
Giving it Hands and Feet
CD Program Making--Conducted
by Mrs. j. r. Fizer.
12.50-Giving: 1. Apportionment
First; 2. Above apportioned OBJ
jects-Mrs. w. E. Thayer.
Noon Hour.
2.30-Devotional-M j. A. Her
on.
Royal Ambassador Method Class
Mrs. Edwin Carpenter.
Sunbeam Method Class--Mrs. H. J.
Matthews.
Demonstration by Salem Sunbeams.
Y. w. A. and G.. A. Method Glass
Miss Martha Alderman.
Demonstration by Sumter G.. AS
Closing Bible Message-Mrs. soel
F.. Brunson.
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Red Cross Notcs-Surgical Dressings
Department.

Those registering at the Surgical
Dressings work room on May 18th
were: Mrs. w. ID. Boykin. supervis-
or: Mrs. Sidney Stubs. officer of the
day: Mesdames Horace Hardy, w. Y.
Yeadon III. Lee Scarborough, ID. A. r.;
Ferd Levi. r. ID. Epps. ID. A. r.; Da-
Wis Noise. Sam Edmunds. Marion
Noise. Ansley Hardy, c. II. Barnum,
r.. X. Taylor. j. w. Brunson, II. c.
Williams. j. j. Williams, John Sumter.
G. w. Kingman. Il. IL Siddall. Agnes
Begin. l.. w. Jenkins. Misses NJ. Ed
munds. c. McLaurin. j. Mcleod. On
Saturday. May 18th. the following la
dies registered: Mrs. w. ID. Boykin,
supervisor: Mesdames c. l.. Stubbs
and Nina Solomons. officers OF the
day; Mesdames j. T.. King. A. Ryt-
tenberg. w. w. Rees l.. Ii. Phillips, L.
w. Jenkins. ID. ID. Noise. s. III. Ed
munds; Misses Jennie Mcleod, Lily
Gregg. A. Burgess. Dorita Noise. Ju-
liza Reynolds.
Besides these ladies. there were
several workers stationed at the work
room that Cherry a. Co. Is donating
for this week OF the Red Cross drive.
Mrs. Aston Stubbs was officer of the
day. Those making bandages were
Mesdames X. c. Williams, Ed. Mccall
lum. James Graham, J. J. Williams. j..
Is. Elliott of Marion. The knitters
were Mrs. J. ]. Brunson. Isabel Jen-
nings and Francis McIaurin. In the
afternoon the following ladies made
surgical dressings: Misses Bessie Nc
Lean. Micheaux. Miller and the
Misses Robinson. Those knitting were
Mrs. j. A. Mood. Miss Jennie FISH
burne. and Augusta Jennings.
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CALL TO THE COEORs.
All White Men In Class 4 Who Have
Married Since Registration Will be
Taken i'm Next Draft.

The government has advised the
Local Board to make the following
announcement:
"All white men in Class one. includ- :
ing farmers. farm laborers and men
who have married since registration.
are advised to make their plans to be
ready for the next call for whites. as
we have reached the point where
there are no others available from
Sumter county,"
The following white men come un-
der call 374, and will be at the Office
of the local board for entrainment to
Camp Jackson, at 8 a. m., on the 26th
of May, 1918:
Colin Nj. Weatherslee,
s. S. Brunson,
Weston l.. Kolb,
John r. Lackey,
Fritz M. Behre,
Rowland Bradwell
Edward Joseph,
Willie Ray,
Jessie L. Brown,
Willie P. Smith,
]. B. Dunno,
James L. Cooper,
Edward e. Jones,
ID. d. Scott,
Esaw Benenhaley,
Thomas f. Brown,
Clye Spann,
Plum d. Warner,
Vernon r. Dinkins,
Joe IT, Hogan,
Wilbur A. Walling,
Robert ID. Cole,
M. B. Cox.