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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-04

Monte Cllman, who gained much practical experience as judge advo- cate general in dealing with those whose views of Americanism were warped. and whose service as city at torney brought him into close contact with the educational department of Birmingham. made some practical sug- gestions in regard to the need of it being stressed that the two mill tax was really in the interest of the work ing man; that as matter of fact the big corporations would have to pay the greater part of it,
 Lieut.. Gov. Nathan L. Miller spoke cut of years of knowledge of the educa- tional needs in the city, county and the state. In his public sdfviee he has al ways kept in closest touch with school methods, and while on the county board learned the inside workings of the sys- tenn. He spoke of some sidelights which came out in the legislature when il was found necessary to lower the standards in order to be able to find teachers during the war. He expressed the keenest interest in the bettering of the pay of the teachers. Being pres ent I also was called upon.
 While the above were asked to give their views there were others around the table deeply Interested and cogni- zant of the necessity of urging upon tEe people the needs of voting the two mill tax, not merely to preserve the status quo. but to keep from having to take a backward step, for MT. Hornady sounded the alarm that if it failed to carry the board would have to make retrenchments. IS things could not go a;ong as at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-04

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald Will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
POROUS TRANsFIxUs.

: There is an old aproverb about
the squeal Of the stuck pig. Like
all proverbs, it contains the germ
Of a great truth. It shows the in
nate. qualities Of an individual un-:
der the fire Of test. The ordinary
red blooded animal when struck
or attacked, will fight: the por-
cine specimen squeals.
For several years the public
has been ground down under the
weight Of exorbitant prices for
commodities. The ordinary COM
mission Of investigation has
proved, as usual, a huge farce
tinged with tragedy. The state
ment that the government was
powerless was tantamount to a
confession that a republican form
Of government is a failure. For
it is the duty and the office of gov
eminent to protect the people
when that fails government has
ceased to function properly, and
lit is time a. change. Every.
Zone, however, knew All along thai
our form Of government is the bes1
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
A SOCIAL LEADER
MRS. CORVALLIS WEST RE-
CEiVED INTO CHURCH-WAS
ENGLISH SOCIETY LEADER.

The funeral of Mrs. CORVALLIS
West, at Milford on Sea, Hants, was
duly attended by her daughters, Prin-
cess Pless and the Duchess of West
minister, and by her son, Major Corn
wallis West. But there was surprise
for all her intimates in the fact that
her funeral was a Catholic one, con-
Quoted by Father Murphy, from the
neighboring mission of Lymington.
That her own reticence about her
reception into the Church had been
respected might seem special grace
for one whose name had been so often
made the sport Of humor and the tar
get of gossip. Her public life, SO to
call it, dated from the not particular
ly edifying days of the professional
beauties" when Ito quote Mrs. AS
quith) London worshipped beauty
like the Greeks. Photographs (she
adds) of Mrs. Langtry, Mrs. Corn
wallis West, Mrs. Wheeler and Lady
Dudley collected crowds in front of
the shop windows"
One other on this list, Mrs. Wheel.
err, had a Catholics obsequies; and at
the Requiem Mass said at St. Mary's
Cadogan Place, one mourner, who ar.
| rived late, crept into back seat, and
thereby escape recognition. 1t was
| the Prince of Wales, afterwards Ed
| ward VII.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
KNIGHTS IN FRANCE
DELEGATES RECEIVED ON SUN.
DAY BY CARDINAL Annette
WILL VISIT BATTEEFIELDS.

The Knights of Columbus delegates
who represented the organization at
the dedication of the Lafayette statue
at Metz on August 21, arrived in
Paris on Sunday afternoon, August Is.
The delegates, who sailed for
France from the United States on the
French liner Leopoldina, were well
coined at the railroad station by gov
eminent officials and were received
by Cardinal Annette, Archbishop of
Paris, at his residence on Sunday
night.
Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty
of Philadelphia presented letter to
Cardinal Annette from Cardinal Glib
bons. Cardinal Annette said he took
the visit of the Knights of Columbus
to mean that america stands with
France on all international questions,
including the Polish question:"
Besides the formal welcome, the
French Government has undertaken
to make the Knights visit as pleas
ant as possible. All "red tape con
nected with their landing and all Gus
toms regulations were waived.
Marshal Foch has detailed an aide
de camp to act as guide during the
tour of the battlefelds, on which the
Knights started Thursday, August 10
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
THE LAST CALL.

Year after year the reverend
clergy exert their ingenuity and
put forth their utmost zeal in Or
der to bring the cause of Catholic
education before their people. Ar
gument after argument is launch
ed at the granite heads and cold
hearts Of certain people who still
maintain their inviolate right to
send their children to hell in their
own way. The past few years,
however, have witnessed a revival
of interest, a pleasing awakening
on the part Of our Catholic par
ents to not only the need but the
benefits Of Catholic education.
Week after week, almost, brings
the news of new triumphs gar
nered by the students in our Cath
Ollie schools in competition with
pupils Of other institutions.
Often is it asked: What have
Catholics against the public
schools, and the answer is, Abso-
lutely nothing so far as actual
school matters are in question.
Catholics pay taxes for those
schools, they act on the boards of
education, they teach in them.
In all these positions Catholics
do their full duty.
But the sincere Catholic looks
at the matter in this light. God
has given him children, immortal
souls, for whom a strict account
ing will be asked. The duty of a
Catholic parent is to provide for
the physical, mental and moral
welfare of the child. Hence he is
not doing his duty, in spite Of his
protests to the contrary, unless
he fulfills that obligation in its
threefold aspect. One or two as
poets will not suffice: it must, be
complete. Non-Catholics may not
look upon the spiritual side Of
their offspring in the proper
light: their negligence or indiffer
ence or false views in the matter
are no excuse for a Catholic who
is properly warned and instructed
in his duty. A socialist does mo-
believe in our form Of govern
ment does that excuse a good cit
izen from performing his duty I'm
der the Constitution?
It may be said, without fear O:
successful denial, that Catholic
who, without solid reasons, per
sists in sending his children tt
schools where their spiritual wei
fare is neglected, is in state o
continual sin. For just as it i
wrong to expose a child unneces
sarily to the danger Of death 0.
of physical harm, so is it equally
and more, reprehensible to plac'
that child in a mephitic atmos
phere where his religious devel
opment is retarded and dwarfed
This is Catholic teaching, and NJ
amount of biased reasoning on tn
part of recalcitrant parents viii
avail them before the bar Of di
| vine Justice.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
FAMOUS ABBEY'S DECAY RE-
CALLS ITS CATHOLIC HISTORY
-CATHOLICS AND PROTES-
TANTS PROUD OF THE OLD
STRUCTURE.
(By N. G.. w. G. News Service.)

(By N. G. w. c. News Service)
Westminster Abbey, within which
the body of Saint Edward the Confess
sor, the Last of the SaXons, rests in
it's ancient shrine in London, is show
ing serious signs of decay, and the
Dean of Westminster has issued an
appeal for large sum of money to
arrest the decay.
Christianity has existed 1900 years,
the Cardinal Archbishop of West
minister said, at the 500th centenary
celebrations of the Bridgettine nuns,
a few weeks ago. Professionalism has
existed in England something less
than 400 years, and during 1900 of the
1900 years the only Christianity known
in England was the Christianity
brought by Rome.
Westminster Abbey was built Prob
ably some 954 years ago, though the
present buildings date from 1915. AS
years go, it has had quite a respect
able Catholic career, yet it is inter-
esting to find that side-appeal has
been made for the restoration funds
on the ground of the Abbeys appeal
to Professionalism.
This appeal appears in the current
issue of the British Weekly, a literary
organ of the non-episcOpal churches.
Writing under the name of "Claudius
Clear" the editor of this extreme
Protestant journal says: He is no
true Protestant who forgets our debt
to the Ancient Mother Church, whose
faith and hope gave Westminster Alb
hey to the nation
This Protestant writer begins well,
for he recalls how King Henry ILL.,
a Catholic king, signed Magma Charta
| within the precincts of the Abbey
But he goes on to remind his read
ers how on Sunday, May 20, 1888, DR.
Sprat, the Protestant Bishop of Roch.
ester, who was also Dean of West
| minister, read at the command of King
| James II (the last Catholic King OF
Ireland), the Declaration of Indul
gence. The congregation, which
looked on the Declaration as viola
| ton of the laws of the realm, got uL
and left the Abbey, and the Protestant
Dissenters sided with the members OF
| the Established Church in resentins
| the Kings action.
AS the Declaration of Indulgence
was mainly intended to relieve Eng
| lish Catholics from some of the pena
disabilities under which they suffered
the incident recalled by the writer i:
a peculiar way of showing "our deb
to the Ancient Mother Church"
There are, indeed, other memories
that should make Westminster dea
to Professionalism. "Presbyterial
Scotland owes her Confession o
Faith, her Larger and Shorter Cate
chisms, to the Assembly of Divine
which met in King Henry Wis chape
in 1913; and in the Jerusalem Cham
Der the revisers of King James ver
sion of the Bible carried on thei
learned labors."
! But the Protestant memories ar
i meagre, to say, the least. For Cath
olics the Abbey is a witness to tn
| agelong tradition of their Faith; tn
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
REQUESTS FOR MASSES.

The Church teaches us that the
value of the Mass is infinite, for
it is the immolation Of a God.
Around this central doctrine are
grouped all the beliefs Of Chris
tianity. Love, hope, loyalty,
courage, all the natural and super
natural virtues meet at the foot
of the Tabernacle and are puri-
fed by dedication to a higher
service. Attendance at the weekly
Mass is made the badge Of public
profession in the society Of Christ.
Catholic custom is ever marked
by a deep devotion towards the
Mass and it's ineffable mysteries.
Before all great enterprises, at the
conclusion of successful undertak-
ings, when in need and when re.
turning thanks, the Holy Mass i
offered as the most acceptable
oblations before the Most High
Nothing else is considered of such
value and power Of importation
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
ST. FRANCIS SEMINARY
ALUMNI REUNION DECIDES ON
PRACTICAL PLANS.

On Wednesday, August 1S, there
was a reunion of the Alumni of St.
Francis Seminary, st. Francis, Wis.
Two hundred priests were present.
The Pontifical High Mass was sung
by Monsignor Rainier, Rector of the
Seminary. A quartet of priests sang
the Mass. Archbishop Messmer of
Milwaukee and Bishop Rhode of
Green Bay attended.
Several Alumni meetings were held.
The principal topic discussed was a
plan to gather historical work on
Church History, especially in the Mil
waukee Province. The Milwaukee
province is outlining campaign for
six million dollars, the biggest part to
go to the Seminary and the rest for
charitable work in the several dio,
ceSeS
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

for the departed as the Sacrifice Of
the Altar. The faithful Christian
is borne before the altar Of God
and Mass solemnly offered to the
Most High for the repose Of the
immortal soul. Surviving relatives
and friends show the bond of love
that unites them to the dead by
having Mass said for the departed
refrigerium, or refreshment, the
early Christians called it.
Hence it is quite reasonable and
in keeping with faith and Chris
tan usage to make provision for
Masses after ones death. When
a Pope dies the priests Of the
world offer Masses for his soul !;
the same in a diocese at the death
Of a Bishop, his clergy offer GER
tain number Of Masses for him ;
when a priest is called away from
earth his brethren in the sacred
ministry, who belong to the same
diocese, also offer fixed number
of Masses for his eternal rest.
1t seems perfectly proper, there
fore, that no Catholic should make
a will without inserting provisions
for Masses after his death. Popes,
Bishops and priests almost invar-
iably make such requests, and it
is fitting that every layman follow
their example. True, friends may
attend to this on their own ac-
count; but they may forget it, and
in the meantime one s soul is in the
pains of purgatory. Safety first,
applies here in a peculiar way
better be sure that Masses will be
said for you than to rely upon the
feeting memory of friends or rela-
tives.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
Austria Grateful to America

whether it was not already too late.
1t could not, of course, have come
sooner. The war had to end first.
But to watch these starved little
creatures almost broke my heart.
There are several prominent relief
societies at work-the American Mis-
sion, with Mr.. Halstead at it's head,
is doing the bulk of it. Write that
name Halstead high in the annals of
American life-Halstead, the noble,
high-spirited American whose every
hour is filled with anxiety for these
stricken children of the Catholic
Church.
The British Relief Work is doing
magnificently, especially with the
poorest classes. The Friends, or
Quakers, have taken over a goOdly
part of the labor. The Y. NJ. G. A. is
preparing to do it's part and to do it,
not with prOselytism as it's motive,
but in a disinterested Christian spirit.
But among all the relief workers,
the high place must be given to the
| Caritas Band of Austria This Cath
Ollie relief society existed long before
the war. Since the war it has CEN
| tralized at Vienna all the charitable
works of the nation. The ramifica-
tons of it's works are beyond count
ing-every possible. aspect of Chris
tian life is given it's place in the cr-
ganization.
Row on Row of Dying Children.
| was shown all these different
works, and when it is agreed that the
relief must continue for two more
years, if Austria is not to perish it is
a great satisfaction to see how splen-
didly and efficiently all Catholic char
liable work is organized here. Money
is needed, and needed badly. The
| SuperiOress of a little band of Sisters
of Charity Wept this morning as she
| told me their work was threatened for
lack of funds. That work | saw till
my heart was sick. Row after row
of little beds on which were dying
children, slowly wasting away because
Of the horrors of the past five years.
If only an appeal could be made to
American Catholics to awaken to the
need of these children of the faith!
And all this | write from a city
which from 1929 to 1865 gathered
general collection for the Church in
the United States! Think of it! Mil
lions of dollars sent by the Leopold;ne
Association in those years to build
our churches our orphan aSVlumS and
our schools.
praised be Jesus Christ" they say
; to you everywhere in the century old
custom of Austria. And it is said
with cheerfulness-there is no COM
J plant, no fault-fnding. praised be
: Jesus Christ" they say, with death
. staring them in the face!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

on earth, at least for the Amer
lean people. The conclusion, then,
was that officials were not apply
ing themselves to the task OF rem
edying adverse conditions; they
were not using the means that the
Constitution and the laws place
in their hands.
The price Of sugar, to adduce
but one example, had. become alb
solutely prohibitive for the aver
age person. 1t was well known
that vast stores of this commodity
had been accumulated, just as vast
quantities Of coal and provisions
and canned goods and many other
things had been stored away for
the purpose of profitecring. And
nothing was done. When the
pressure Of public feeling became
too strong and the shadows of a
presidential campaign threw their
benefcent outlines before certain
officials, suddenly the price OF
sugar tumbled where it should
have tumbled two years ago, and
the spectators sent up shrill cries
to heaven for mercy.
Here is a sight to make the very
angels weep. A poor, downtrod-
den Spectator who has ignored
the pleadings Of his fellow men
and laughed at the laws of the
land, all at once finds the mask
torn from his beetling brow; the
sufferings of others have been a
source of inner glee to his gloat-
ing soul; he has played the part
of the bully with tremendous sue,
cess. Now a turn in the wheel
finds him pinched for credit, and
he is forced to disgorge what he
unlawfully withheld. In truth
does he deserve the same sym.
pathy as the midnight maraude1
who, after bagging rich loot, is
caught in the act of his getaway
and is hauled off to the municipal
cooler. Verify the way of some
patriots is hard, and none so low
as to shed a tear
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
THE White FATHERS
NOTABLE WORK IN AFRICA BY
DEVOTED MISSIONARIES.

The Archbishop of Algiers availed
of the recent occasion of the golden
jubilee of the religious Congregations
of the White Fathers and the Mission
airy Sisters of Our Lady of Africa to
send circular letter to his clergy, in
which he recalls the good work per-
formed by these jealous men and
women. In his letter his Grace says
that in the far-off regions of Central
Africa the goodness of God has
worked miracles by means of the
White Fathers.
At the end of 1918 the total num-
Der of the faithful in the district of
the Great Lakes was 73,206, and that
of the Catechumens, 139,281. The
Archbishop also states that the re-
ports of the different missions prove
that the practices of religion are
everywhere held in honor. The num-
Der of Communions rose between
June, 1917, and June, 1918, to 4,450,-
61S.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
A GOLDEN JUBILEE
MOTHER LEONARDO DRIVEN
HERE BY kULTURKAMPF-
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF SISTER.

Mother Leonardo, of the Sisters OF
st. Francis, celebrated the golden jub-
lice of her profession at the Sem
mary of Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart at Stella Niagara, Buffalo, N.
Y, last week. The Right Rev.
Bishop William Turner celebrated the
Pontifcal High Mass.
A native of Germany, Mother Leon
arda made her profession at the
motherhouse at Nonnenwerth. When
the "kulturkampf" began, she,
with three other Sisters, went to Buff
falo. Here they founded the Acad-
envy of the Sacred Heart and assumed
charge of st. Michael's and ST. AIMS
schools. The order now conducts es-
Establishments in all parts of the coun-
try. The Sisters have charge of TWEEN
| ty-two parochial schools and six acade-
mics with $500 pupils, conduct three
hospitals, one orphan asylum and two
homes for working girls. and maintain
two Indian schools with SIT children.
The community numbers four hun.
dred Sisters.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
ARCHBISHOP NOERBER
AGED GERMAN PRELATE DIES
AFTER GOLDEN JUBILEE.

Three days after the observance OF
his golden sacerdotal jubilee, death
came peacefully to the aged and in
firm Monsignor Dr. Thomas Noerber.
of Freiburg in Breisgau.
At the golden jubilee celebration
the prelate had received the congratu
lations of the Holy Father, of the
German hierarchy and tokens of af-
lection from priests and the laity of
his archdiocese. The money given
him on his jubilee day he Immediately
put at the disposal of the archiepis-
copal mission institute founded by
him. Among the messages he re-
ceived were two from the deposed
Grand Duke Friedrich II and Grand
Duchess Luise, and from Chancellor
Fehrenbach and Financial Minister
Wirth of the German government,
both of whom are from the archdio-
cese
DR.. Noerber was born December
10, 1916, at Waldstetten bel Buchen.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1870, he
was parish priest and chaplain until
1898, when he was consecrated arch
bishop of Freiburg, the SEVENTEEN
metropolitan of the. See. His admin
istration was an energetic and sue
cessful one, spiritually and materially.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
CATHOLIC MISSIONS
CATHOLIC "HERALD" ISSUES
AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT
CONCERNING MISSIONS IN IN.
Ola.

The Catholic Herald of India, in
view of the conflicting reports con-
corning the Catholic missions in In
dia, states that the British Govern
ment has restored all mission prop
erty in that country to the Church
Long before any decision was arrived
at in Paris" our contemporary says,
lin fact as soon as the German and
Austrian missionaries were interned,
their Indian missions were faithfully
handed over to the Administrators ap-
pointed by the Holy See. The Bettiah
Mission is administered by the Rev.
Father Felix, o. M. c.; the Assam
Mission was transferred to the admin
istration of His Grace the Archbishop
of Calcutta, and the Bombay Mission
remained under the administration of
the Society of Jesus.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

Speaking of American foreign
meddling, the Chicago Tribune
says: Savannah used to know a
connection called artillery punch,
which tasted like pink tea and be-
haved like forty rod ikker. The
United States has had pressing
invitations to step up to the inter-
national punch bowl, just one
drink to see how good it was
Armenia, for instance. If the
United States ever does, it will be
the looniest inebriate Europe ever
saw.