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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-17

There was no regularity In shape,
weight or stamping, nor was the metal
uniform in quality.
The mint could not furnish supplies
fast enough, and licenses were issued
to coppersmiths to assist In production.
Naturally, the Scientific American
states, nonlicensed persons began to
manufacture, and adulteration with
lead was so fragrant that when several
tons Of these coins were sent to Eng
land as old metal they were returned
on account of their impurity and were
finally worked up into brass for local
consumption. A "dub," If held in the
flame of a spirit lamp, would before 1t
reached red heat begin to discharge
very fine jets resembling mercury; the
lead, having reached its fusing point,
burst from the copper with force In
dicating a very high internal pressure.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-17
C, PID NOT IN THIS DEAL
One Case Of courtship That Was Con.
Quoted Along the strietest of
Business Lines

Everything was strictly business
with August Rinnick. A sign on his
desk said: "Ths is my busy day." and
a sign above his desk said: ''There are
q quarter of q million words In the
English language. Be brief"
He regarded his Office force merely
as machines of varying degrees of eff.
ficiency, and 1t was therefore several
months before he realized the luscious
physiognomy and many virtues of Miss
Perch, his stenographer.
But, with August Rinnick, to think
was to act, and, the very afternoon on
which he finally realized, he summoned
Miss Perch into his office.
Miss Perch" he said, take a let
ter"
And he dictated as follows:
"My dear Miss Perch: 1t has lately
come to my attention that you are a
young woman of exceptional facial en-
bellishments, mental endowment and
moral efficiency. The limited time at
my command will not permit me many
details, but I may mention that since
you have been in my employ have
never yet seen you masticating chicle
commonly known as gum-or apply
ing powder to your nose Gan organ
whose extreme delicacy Of contour and
pleasing abbreviation much impressed
me). In short, my dear Miss Perch, the
idea has come to me to endeavor to in
duce you to have your surname legally
changed to Rinnick-in brief, to be-
come my wife. I will cheerfully give
you a day to think this matter over,
and shall be pleased to hear from you
at your leisure. Very truly, A. Rinnick."
In the next days mail he received
the following reply: "Mr. August Rim
nick: Dear Sir: In reply to yours of
I the Both inst, would say that l am 9TH
erwise engaged. Very truly, Theriy
Perch. Exchange.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-17
Suffice.

The English government, after long
discouraging suttees, by the agency OF
Lord William Bentinck formally abol-
ished them in December, 1929, but
they have since occasionally taken
place. The wife of the son Of the
Rajah Of Beygoon thus persisted in
June, 1854, and several wives of Sir
Tung Bahadoor, minister of Nepaul.
on March 1. 1877 One voluntary suit
tee occurred at Poona, in November,
1890, and it has continued to the pres
ent time in isolated parts of India,
for even as late as 1905 several per-
sons who took part in suffice in Be-
har were condemned to penal servt-
tude.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-17
QUAINT OLD INDIAN COINS
So AduIterated That They Were Not
Even Accepted In England as
Value In Metal.

q In 1908 the Independent state Of Hy-
derabad, India, obtained a modern mint
and called in the coins that had been
current up till that time. The old mint
of Hyderabad was little more than a
coppersmith's shop in which scrap cop
per of all sorts was melted up, ham,
mered into plates, cut up into very
rough approximations Of one tola in
weight, and stamped between dies, one
Of which was in the anvil and the 9TH
er in toll held in tongs. A blow from
a sledge hammer made the impression.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-17

Tennessee today enters upon the
last half of the campaign of the Amer
lean Committee for Relief in the Near
East for 100000 from this state and
$3O,O00,000 from all the states in the
Union.
This drive 10 conducted for the pur-
pose Of obtaining funds for the saving
Of the lives of millions of such pitiful
individuals as this picture shows. Hun
dreds of thousands OF tottering men,
old before their time because Of the
suffering they have undergone at the
hands of the Turks during the war,
are dying daily.
Men young in years, but old in abil-
ity, women and the little children, OF
the Western Asiatic countries are
pleading, begging, praying that Ten
nessee and America would not let
them starve. They have nothing. They
know America has much. Tennessee
must not fail The Volunteer State is
recognized as one that never has fall
en- down when duty called
Imagine this man was your father or
your grandfather. Think of the thous-l
ands of tottering, feeble steps he took
on the journey Of deportation from his
village where he always had lived. !
Driven and goaded by Turkish fiends,
worse than Huns in action, less merci-
full than Teutons in thought. What
would you think if anyone would turn
away a solicitor of aid for your father
or grandfather II you were unable to
help him?
He has no one to help him. No one
to bring him that drink of water. The
buzzards hate him. They flap their
wings angrily and rush at him with
fury as he reaches out to grasp al
handful of decaying animal flesh that
he may have moisture in his mouth, no
matter how foul, just so he can reach
yonder relief station.
When he reaches that little tent or
hut erected by the American Commit
tee for Relief in the Near East is hal
to be disappointed that he finds MOTH
ing to reward him for his super-human
efforts? Will he wish that he might
have died farther back on the path
that some younger and more able man
might eat of his flesh and retain
strength until relief came?
Yes, It is horrible. 1t is more terri.
flying than the widest dreams of now
elists. Conditions in the Near East,
in the countries of Persia, Armenia,
Mesopotamia and Syria and dozen
other small nationalities are more re-.
voting than can be decently described
And think!
Human beings, such as yourself and
your friends and l are suffering ago.
MES of hunger and thirst that beggarI
description. This man is walking to.
day towards that relief station. Will
Tennessee's relief fund be delayed byl
persons asking questions to which
they know the answer already? WIN
they unnecessarily take up the time of
the hard working men and women Of
their towns and country sides, who ara
giving their time and money to make
the campaign success, and thus de
feat the cause of the most needed
charity of all time?
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-17
w. q. CUNNINGHAM COUNTY CHAIRMAN
LEA GARTH TREASURER
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

An awful condition.
More than one million
have already perishedI
100000 are now
destitute.
100000 orphans are
starving.
A campaign is pro-
posed to raise $4,000
600 in the United States
to save them.
Obion County is urg-
ed to help in this most
urgent work.
We are asked to raise
$4,000. This will win
ter Zoo now destitute.
Our government is
prevented from giving
aid.
The Red Cross is not
organized for work in
this territory.
The destitute area
embraces Greece. Ar
menia, Syria and Per-
STA.
Every cent given goes
to this relief work; ex-
penses are privately
taken care of.
President Wilson said
in h is proclamation
commencing this work,
81, therefore, again call
upon the people Of the
United States to make
even mo ore generous
contributions than they
have made heretofore
to sustain through the
winter months those
who. through no fault
of their own. have been
left il a starving. shell
terless condition"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-17
SHEEP FOR SALE.

Ninety-six head of ewes about
ready to lamb and three good bucks.
See Marvin Chapel at. courthouse
Union City.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
THE GOOD PRESS
FOR THOSE WHO
PRAY ON JUNE 20 FOR ITS
DIFFUSION.

Cardinal Almarz y Santos, Arch
bishop of Seville, is d prelate, who
has the propagation of the Good Press
very much at heart, and believes in
praying and working for this worthy
cause.
At his request, Pope Benedict has
accorded a plenary indulgence to all
the faithful of both sexes, who, on
June 20, the Feast of SIS. Peter and
Paul, confess and communicate, tax
ing part, both by prayer and the pres
entation of an Offering. in the obserV-
ance of Catholic Press Day. which has
been organized by the ecclesiastical
authorities for this occasion.
The indulgence is applicable to the
souls in purgatory, and is available
not for the Spanish nation only, but
for all Catholics of the entire world;
so it is hoped that the faithful every
where will participate in this day of
the Good Press. The Holy Father s
mark of appreciation should inspire
all with an active interest in the i'm
portant work Of the Apostolate of the
Press.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31

grand act of faith that shall
bring down upon the Church of
st. Paul the benedictions of Christ
and Of Peter.
Away back in the fourth cen
tury three claimants arose in Pal
estine, each demanding recogni-
ton as the lawful Bishop. An
appeal was made to the great St.
Jerome i'll his remote hermitage.
The valiant defender Of the faith
wrote to Pope st. Damascus those
memorable words: Each of
these three claims to be the law
full Bishop; | cry out, He who adj
heres to the See Of Peter is the
rightful claimant. ~ This test Of
the fourth century has ever re-
NAMED the criterion of Christian
standing.
1t will be noticed that in the
course Of the ages countless as
pirants to episcopal authority
have urged their claims to lawful
recognition. The Church Of Eng
land and other sects have elevated
worthy members to this apparent
dignity. Even but a few weeks
ago there stood before Benedict
XIV i'll the Vatican three so-caIIed
bishops from this country. They
pleaded with the Holy Father to
work for the unity of the Chris
tan world, to submcrge dogmatic
differences, and to achieve that
unity for which Christ prayed.
The venerable PontiIf encouraged
them to seek the light, to retrace
their steps four hundred years,
and once more to enter the
Church Of their fathers. "IIe
who adheres to the See of Peter
is alone a follower of Peter, a dis
ciple Of Christ.
Hence it is that today st. Paul
rejoices. We rejoice that Rome
has chosen so distinguished a rep,
resentative OF the Pontifical power
to rule this portion of the flock
confided to Peter. We exult that
the bonds of unity with the firm
rock of Peter have been drawn
tight and strong. We take pride
in the common ties that bind us
to the Church Of Christ in al
ages. And, while this feeling OF
joyousness is surging within oul
souls, we pray God that the pro
lection Of Christ, the blessing OF
Peter, the favor of Mary Immac
ulate may for many long anc
fruitful years, rest in loving co
piousness upon the heart and the
soul, the life and the work, the
plans, words and deeds Of our re
vered prelate, Most Reverend Aus
tin Bowling.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31

tered into friendly rivalry with
them on the merits of foreign edu-
cation, and the like.
Now, however, our returned
fighters regale us continually with
stories, incidents and experiences
CLEANED on foreign strands. The
nonchalance and SAVIOR faire-or
is it sang froid with which they
frequently embellish their tales,
making shipwreck of several Ian
guages all at once, prove delight
fully delicious to their enchanted
listeners. The poor little fortu-
nate ones who had travelled
abroad, and were afraid to speak
OF their adventures for fear of be-
ing stamped and branded as
naughty or supercilious, can now
look up with perfect fearlessness ::
the "boys" have wrought the
change, and the whole world is
now an open book wherein anyone
can read without the aid of men
tai Spcctacles or of artificial light
Verify, the old order changcth,
and it is as true as in the days Of
Cicero that we also change with it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
THE CHANGING ORDER.

1t often has been said that the
period following a great war wit
nesses changed conditions on a
large scale. After a series of ma
tional commissions the country
seems to rest more easily, to re-
cuperate speedily, and then to en-
ter upon an entirely new phase Of
existence. Postwar periods usu-
ally are times Of reconstruction
and of readjustment. A rapid
survey of our own country over
the past four or five years reveals
an altered order and new view
point III many respects.
One of the first changes appar-
ent from our partici patton in the
world war is the familiarity with
which foreigners and their coun-
tries enter into our conversation.
Formerly the privileged few, who
had enjoyed the advantages Of
travel or education abroad, were
looked upon with mingled feelings
OF envy or contempt, according as
the unfortunate one was of a jeal-
Gus nature or just plain ignorant.
In the case of the judicious, usu-
ally they took an interest in
those who had "seen the world, =
and looked up to them with a GER
tain well defined aspect, or en-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
FAMOUS DETECTIVE DEAD
JAMES MCFARLAND BROKE UP
VICIOUS GANG-WAS A
x. OF c.

James Mcfarland, famous detective.
died at Mercy hospital, in Denver, Sun
day, May IS. He was buried in Mount
Olivet cemetery on Tuesday morning
with Solemn Requiem Mass at the
Cathedral. He was a fourth degree
K. of G. Mr.. MCFARLAND, who was a
brother-in-law of Rev. Mother Regis,
superior of the Sisters of Mercy in
Colorado, performed one of the great
est services that has ever been rem
dered to the Catholic Church in Amer
lea, when he broke up the notorious
Molly Mcguire movement in Pennsyl-
vania in the seventies.
This movement was a labor agita-
ton that originated among degenerate
Irish immigrants and which engi-
neered a reign of terror such as few
people thought Irishmen could ever be
capable of 1t meant much to the
Church in general that Catholic
should be instrumental in disrupting
this society, for the order was active
at a time when men were only too
eager to attribute to the Church itself
such motives as urged the Molly Ma
CURES,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
JEWISH WHITE BOOK
CONVERT JEWS WILL VISIT POPE
BENEDiCT-WILL BE ON Pill
GRIMAGE OF LOVE AND REPA.
RATION TO JERUSALEM.

The beautiful and consoling move
ment which has commenced at Lyons
and at Paray-le- Monial, France, in ia
vor of Israel, comes as a reply to the
NOvena of Masses celebrated in Ire
land and England last year from June
20 to 20 for the conversion of the
Jews, says a writer in the Irish Cath
Ollie of Dublin. Many Israelites con-
Verted at Lyons wish to form an asso-
citation united with the Archconfra-
ternity of Prayers for the Conversion
of Israel founded in Paris, January
%, 1904, with the appreciation of Car
dinal Richard), and with the Catholic
Guild of Israel founded in London,
December Is, 1917, with the approba-
ton of Cardinal Bournc).
The object of this association is to
group together converted Jews who,
perhaps, isolated and consequently
fant-hcartCd in their new spiritual
walk Of life, will feel stronger and
more at home by this very desirable
union, and thus feel capable also of
sustaining all the holy causes Of re-
ligion
The first movement Of this pious
Union will be u pilgrimage of rcpara-
ton and love TO Jerusalem, including
in the itinerary paray -lc-MOnial, Lour.
dc$ and Rome. At Rome The pilgrims
will have the incStmabIe privilege Of
Offering to the Holy Father a white
book containing the names of large
number Of Jews who have been con
Verted all over the world
At Jerusalem they will make an act
of reparation, in the Basilica of ECcc
Homo on The very spot where their
forcfatherS blasphcmed the Messiah
and cried aloud for His death
The organization of the work is
vested in the several committees, OF
which that established at the Convent
of Notre Dame, BaysWater England
will be the pivot or center around
which the others will work.
| Those interested in the work arc
earnestly desired to assist in the col
lection of names of Jewish converts
| by sending them to the Central Com
mittee, Convent of Our Lady of Sion
! Chepstow Villas, Bayswater, w. Eng
| land
The desire of these converted Is
raeliteS to erect a chapel in the pro
| iected Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Jerusalem, is one of the most consol
ing features in the history of thei
conversion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
RESOLUTIONS OF NATIONAL TEN
PERANCE COUNCIL.

The National Temperance Council,
having in it's membership the eXecu-
tive leaders of practically all of the
national temperance and general re-
form agencies of the country, Catholic
and Protestant, educational and po-
litical expresses it's profound appre-
citation to the government of the
United States for the comprehensive
program in morale and morals that
has kept the American army and navy
physically fit and morally sound.
Responsible representatives of this
council have brought reports from
overseas that called up in us emotions
OF gratitude and pride. Not by chance
| is it that those who on land and sea
and in the air offered themselves in
| payment of the sterner price of this
great redemption, are worthy of the
finest traditions of American arms
and true to the highest ideals of
American citizenship. To their own
essential fneneSs were added the
safeguards of a government whose
President, whose War and Navy De
partmcntS, whose Congress, and
whose commanding general in the
field, accepted no evil as necessary
and no military tradition of drink or
vice binding. We thank the War De
partment and Navy Department and
the War Camp Community Service
Commission for the opportunity pre-
scented TO the temperance forces of
the nation to function through the
United Committee on War Temper
anCe Activities in program of pa
triOtic temperance education in the
army and navy.
Grateful as we are for the OppOr-
tunity accorded us, we are even more
grateful for the support of the plans
and policies of the United Commit
tee which these departments have at
all times given.
| This resolution would be incomplete
without special reference to the moral
leadership of General John j. Perish
ing and his staff. Charged with the
mightiest military responsibility ever
thrust upon one man by this republic,
General Pershing, under the extreme
circumstances of the worlds most dis
turbed time, has retained a vision
clear to relative values, and has
placed emphasis first upon first things
He has practiced the principle that
men, to fight well, must live clean
lives, and that morale is more vital
than munitions. While building the
most efficient military machine that
ever marched into war beneath the
flag of his country, he did not forget
to mobilize the soul of the soldier.
The National Temperance Council
does not confine itself to a resolution
of gratitude. To the end that the
period of rehabilitation shall not be.
come a time of decentralization, it
pledges it's continued support to the
government and promises it's hearty
support to those in authority for the
enforcement of all anti-vice and anti
liquor laws, and it's full strength to
the educational activities that must
not be neglected if the laws them.
selves are to be understood
(Signed)
ERNEST II. CHERRINGTON,
e. J. MOORE,
DANIEL A. POLLING,
Chairmen.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
ST. PAUL AND ROME.

In the dim past, on certain
occasion, Christ said: "Thou art
Peter, and upon this rock | will
build my church. - There were
eleven other Apostles, all destined
to be supporters of the main
structure; but the whole building
was to rest upon the rock, which
was Peter. Adherence to this
rock was equivalent to becoming
a part OF the vast structure itself {:
distinction meant a rival edifice,
but disassociation from the one
founded upon the rock. Many
builders soon were discovered,
each plying his trade in his own
way, and each endeavoring to
erect separate and independent
refuge whittier he might flee from
storm and tempest, from the in
clemency Of the weather, and the
attacks of enemies. During the
course of time the various tenn
pies, raised by the hand of man
alone, crumbled, and their re-
mains lie upon the earth even as
the desert is strewn with the
bones of man and beast that per-
ished from sandstone and thirst.
They who chung to the rock
throughout the years have re-
tanned their vitality and comeli-
ness. The source Of energy and
life, centered upon that solid
foundation, never has ceased to
send it's salutary streams cours-
ing adown the ages, refreshing
and fructifying all with which il
came into contact.
Today st. Paul has reaffirmed
it's allegiance and it's adherence tc
the rock. The direct successor OF
Peter, the Custodian, has placed
upon the shoulders Of our beloved
Archbishop the symbol Of Apos
tolic unity, the mark that indi
Gates complete submission to the
power that is Rome s, and the
fullness of episcopal prerogatives
that belongs to the Most Reverend
Austin Bowling.
The Pallium is the bond that
re- engrafts the Archdiocese of st
Paul upon the old rock of Peter
it afirms anew the loyalty of pre-
late and people to the Great Gus
todian, and the very affirmation j
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
HEADS ''DOUGHNUT FACTORY
FRED MILAN, MILL CITY K. c
SECRETARY, MANAGES COB
LEM SERVICE.

One of the largest "doughnut fac
tories in Europe is being conducted
by Fred Milan of Minneapolis, now in
Coblenz, as a Knights of Columbus
secretary. The factory is being oper
ated for the sole benefit of American
soldiers in the Army of Occupation.
Each division on departure gets a
consignment of some 100000 dough
nuts, according to Mr.. Milan.
Mr.. Milan is in charge of $50 secre
taries in his district, and the dough
nut factory is merely one of his en-
terprises.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-31
GOODS OWN COUNTRY
DEP ARTME OF INTERIOR
FILMS TURNING SOLDIERS
MINDS TO AGRICULTURE WILL.
BE SHOWN IN X. OF c. HUTS
ABROAD.

Films made under the supervision
Of the Department of the Interior will
be taken to France by Miss Elizabeth
Marbury for exhibition in K of c..
huts there and in the territory of the
Army of Occupation. The films,
which were taken in all parts of the
United States, depict the attractions,
financial and social of American land
life, and have been entitled God S
Own Country" on this account.
The object in taking these films
abroad for display is not only to show
the soldiers the advantage of remu-
nerative work on the land, but also to
provide additional educational enter
tainment in showing the boys init
mate scenes of rural life in their
homeland
The K. of C. have now some $50
places abroad where American serv-
ice men are being constantly enter
tanned, and Miss Marbury will plan a
tour of the film which will insure
every man overseas an opportunity of
seeing it. In conjunction with the ex-
hibition of the films the knights are
preparing to aid men who may be at
tracted to livelihood on the land by
accepting their applications for this
sort of work. and putting these ap-
plications through the extensive ma
chinery of K. of G. job-finding in this
country,