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Illustrated Lecture
TO Be Given E0nigh!

With the ail VI d powerful stare
optican machine, an Illustrated I-ctare
entitled Worlds il The MeLine. Mil;
be given tonight al 1870 by iI. II. Sauad-
ers- in the Christian church " when he
is pastor.
This lecture will show the photo
graphic productions of yha great te.e
scope Photographic revelations .of the
heavens as revealed bys the Lick ob.
servatory, California. and other large
telescopeyof the country.
ITO all who are Interested il know
ing that the wo7lds are still in tho
making, while we grow canbage, aa
earnest invitation Is hereby ven to ~
present. Rev. Saunders sti4. The
sc%riptural basis viii De found in the
first chapter Of Genesis
About fifty Photographic illu tratio IA
of the heavens will be shown.
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MURDER

Continued From Page -
said had previously slam his wife as
she slept. He did not doviate from his
original statement. When n guard was
placed about his bed ana he was told
that he was formally under detention
he exclaimed;
This is adding insult to injury"
He labored under deep emotion and
frequently called his wife's name.
Authorities were centerinE their in
quiry in cooperation with DR.. Edwards
medical associates. in an effort to de-
termine whether the physician was la
boring under sCrc physical disability
which had not been clearly understood
previous to the tragedy.
Mrs. Edward Dudley, mother Of Mrs
Edwards, told. authorities that the
greatest happiness existed in the Ed
wards HON. and that she was salts
fled there had never been a rift be-
tween husband and wife.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-03
NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 3-The
cotton market opened easier with lib
cral selling on the call. First trades
showed losses Of six TO ten points.
Prices then rallied moderately, January
tracing up to 23.21 and March to 1926.
or unchanged to four points down rom
pared with the close Of yesterday. Sen
timent tried 10 b. reactionary On fears
Of large crop estimates and prices were
soon again on the downgrade. January
dropping to 23.07 and March 23.l5.
A New York firm issued an estimate
OF 1865. 600 bales.
ADD NEW ORLEANS COTTON y
The market had a fair rally at the
end Of the first hour on moderate trade
buying and short covering which car
ried it Is to 10 points up from the early
lows. Near noon prices showed a dis
position to rally moderately, recovering
about 10 points.
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LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Dec. 3.-Cotton spot
fair demand; prices steady. Strictly
good middling Is 60; good middling
1896; good midd.ling 1851; strictly
middling l3.4l; m.idling 1916; strictly
low Kidding 1886; low %middling i2.4G;
strictly good ordinary l2.06; good or
binary 11.4G.
Sales 5000 BALES including 1000 Amer
lean; receipts $4,000 bales including
$500 American.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-03
Oak Cliff Holds Its
Interscholastic Place
BY The Assoc.ated Press.

AUSTIN. Tex. Dec. S.-Defeat Of
Oak Cliff high by Forest high Monday
VIII not affect the f rer.s standing in
the Interscholastic League champion
ship race. according to Director r Y
Bcdichek. Untor the r1Iss the dis
tritt champion N Nov. ii is the team
to repicsen' the district ia the state
cham icnahp and OAK Clifs held that
position on Noy. II. Dcdichei. added.
schetpltd liz the league. h. said. The
state Championship VIII be decided
December %.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-03
Illinois Couple to Be
Given Joint Trial

MOUNT VERNON. Ill.,, Dec. 3.-Ths
joint trial Of Lawrence NJ. Hight. de-
pescd pastor Of Ina. H.. and Mrs. Will
fond Sweetin. member Of his former
congregation. for the alleged poisoning
Of Mrs. Anna Hight and MILFORD Sweet
in, was scheduled 70 bsgin here today
in the jefferson county circuit court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-03
Mrs. w. D. Bennett
And Others Thanked
To The Herald:

To The HeraId:
The Sisters Of Mercy wish to extend
the r thanks through the, kindness Of
The Herald, to Mrs. w. d.. Bennett for
her untiring efforts in obtaining m
auto for the hospital; also Mrs. W.
Kratz, Los Fresaos: MIS-. Shelton and
Mrs. Kattasman, who SO kindly assisted.
They also use this means to express
their ppreciation to each and every
kind friend who aided these ladies BY
contributing to the good cause, may Go
bless them generously.
December 3.
Sisters of Mercy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-03
Ramsay MacD Donald Is
Reelected Chairman

aid, former labor PREMIER was re-elect-
Cd chairman and leader Of the par
liamentaly labor party today. j. R.
Clynes. was chosen deputy leader and
deputy chairman, and Ben Spoor was
elected Chief Nhip.
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DENTON PHYSICIAN DIES

WICHITA FALLS. Tex. Dee. 3.-Dr.
g.. O. Hayes. age G5. physician Of DEN
ton d.ed here late Tuesdway. H was
stricken while in trial Of a case in
court here and lived but 4 few hours.
dsath being due to an acute attack Of
Indigestion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-03
Two Postal Services
Only Show Annual Gain

WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 3.-With
the exception of first class mail and
postal savings every service conducted
BY the postoffice department shows a
substantial annual loss. Postmaster
General New informed the senate today
as a result of a far reaching investiga-
i'm
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-03

THE DOOR Of opportunity filings
d wide its portals only to the man
who is up and doing-who is filled
with pep and punch-with rich, red
blood tingling through his system.
Mountain size obstacles dwindle to
ant hills and ambitions become ac-
complishments to these sort of men.
Where is the employer who seeks
the man who is physically rundown?
The man without stamina to with
stand the knocks and gaff of the hur-
rying, scurrying world of business?
S.S.S. is the long established and
time honored creator Of red-blood-
cells. You cannot expect to get very
far up the ladder unless you are
equipped with a body that is strong
and vigorous. S.S.S. wilt start YOU
on your way. Don't allow the Door
of Opportunity" to be closed to YOU
because you have not the stamina to
Withstand the gaff 49, because vorr
nerve power is lacking. Build IN
your system!
SIS. made of carefully selected
and scientifically prepared and pro-
portioned herbs and hanks makes
you fit! Get back that old time punch
When opportunity knocks be ready
to answer the CALL
s. S: S. II sold at an good drug
stores IN two sizes. The larger size
Is more economical.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-09-04
ofMaine Politics
Boston Transcript

President Coolidge is not responsible for the condition Of the Republican
party in the State Of Maine today. Neither is General Dawes The record
OF the Republican Congress is not responsible. Neither are the Republican
governors of the other New England States. The blame for the plight Of
the party II Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt in the State indis-
solub1y linked with the names and fame Of James G. Blaine and Thomas b
Reed and William p Frye and a long list OF Distinguished Republican leaders
contributed by the Republicans of Maine to the Republicans Of the Nation.
is a divided responsibility divided between Governor Baxter and the Re-
publican nominee to succeed him, Mr. Brewster. Under the administration
of the one. the Republican party n Maine through its utular leader has
lodged the challenge Of the Ku Kn1 Khan and hfrted with pacid.m Of the
nor Mr.. Brewster couted the support of the Khan by his silence. and since
his nomination he has been afraid to risk the opposition Of the Khan by re
pudiatng its support or condemnng the organization Ay name.
It was in this desperate situation that the Republican organization raised
Ia Macedonian cry or the assistance Of General Dawes. Those who sen this
appeal to national headquarters knew that President Coohdges running mate
had denounced the Khan and was an opponent o its methods and its anti
American principles. Nor were the Republican politicians Of Maine ignorant
of the fact that what General Dawes believes, that he has the courage to
declare. Entering the State last Saturday, he a met with a challenge
from the Democratic nominee for governor to speak his mind on the Khan
and with rather more explanation. We think, than "a either necessary or
desirable. But he did denounce the Khan; he did repudiate its doctrine and
its methods And his party in the Nation today. Maine included, stands
stronger and cleaner for his speech in Augusta.
We wish the general had gone further and declared his belief IN the ID
seryance Of Defence Day; he might we'll have regretted that a Republican
governor of a New England State and the La Toilette governor o. a La
Toilette State had refused to support the plan of the Government a Wash
for a popular observance of the anniversary of St Mhel Day. But
his silence on this score will not b. lSunoers"od his 4erWe reooiu
speaks for itself
For the rank and file of the Republicans of Maine there remains only
to offer tbem an expression Of the sympathy of Republicans throughout the
ountrv that the leadership of the Republican party in Maine has been OF
right t, he regarded any longer as "a leader or a spokesman of tn militant
Republican principles of which President Coolidge and General Dawes are
tho eloonent spokesnen today-the principles of a party tn abhorS race
rreiuatce religious bigotry and class envy, that spurns the company aud the
ortanipati snpport of masked Kansmen Or unmasked pacthsts.
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
By Clayton +. Eames, Secretary
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New York HIkerS Write Back OF
Their Experiences

Shortly before the passing of Miss
Olive Hayden. she and her nephew.
Fred Hayden. entertained two boys,
Maurice Sheppard and Jack Ger
stone, who were hiking on their way
to New York. They have written
back this letter to the Hayden's, re-
lating some Of their experiences on
the return trip.
We arrived in New York City safe
and sound last Tuesday and at once
slipped into the whirl OF city life. We
had pretty good luck after leaving
Madison. That night We got as far
south as York Beach. We put up for
the night at one of the %seashore
hotels. The next morning. Monday.
We left with $40 as our total funds.
and light hearts. The fresh ocean
breezes along the shore gave US re-
newed yigor and we walked along the
road, skirting the shore at a brisk
pace. Then came a lift that took US
clean to Lynn. Mass
Here We stayed and did justice TO
our stomachs. though. incidentally
Il pockets suffered for our magna-
nimity. Then off TO Boston and view
ed the familiar hub. OF again
and much hiking and short lifts.
Then one Thai took US past Worcester
to Spencer, Mass. Some hiking and
small lifts, then a pleasant bit of
omanc came along. A car with
two girls came by. Want a ride
they shouted. Sure" We responded
readily and off We went. Ten min
utes later We had taken group pictures
of one another and were driving over
smooth road. They turned out TO be
very charming and refined, and it be-
came a real sociable. And so we went
until a point about ten miles south of
Springfield. Here We parted after a
mutual exchange of good wishes
1T was already night and we were
alone on the highway with little hope
of obtaining a lift because OF the
difficulty of being recognized at night.
But, undaunted. We walked along and
our spirits We're never low at any
time. We We're passed by many
automobiles. none of which We hailed
for We understood the caution and
fear OF their drivers. But. at last.
a car did stop and took us TO Hart
ford. Conn. It was two in the morn
ing. and we had but seventy cents
between lis. The time OF the nigh
and the low state of our money did
not prevent lis from having a hearty
laugh at the night clerk OF the Y. VI.
c. 4. who wore a mustache, OF rather
walrus tendencies. We slept in a
corner Of the lobby. and next morning
We were of. We had good luck on
this our last day. for at five o'clock
Of that evening we reached New York
none the worse for our experiences.
we wish 10 thank you again for
your very kind hospitality. and hope
that this letter will find you both well
and happy"
Sincerely.
NORRIS SHEPPARD
JACK GERSTONE
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Hints of The Big Woods

\ letter from ]. G. Harlow of Wind
sor, will be read with interest by
Northern Somerset County people.
Mr.. Harlow saws.
II surely seems good - get the
grand old home newsnaper every
week and read of all that is going on
up in Northern Maine. SO / decided /
would write a few lines myself. Was
very much erieyed to learn of the
death of our dear old friend and camp
companion. Sam Nutting Of Highland
IN last weeks paper. Sam was one
of the best and NOS faithful guides
and camp companions in the Dead
River region. He will he remembered
and sadly missed Ivy many sports.
both young and old. whom he has
guided the past twenty-five wears at
the Ledge House and Cabins and sur
rounding camps r 4. Sampson of
Dead River visited us several days
last week on his way home from Wal
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Christian Indian from old Sillery,
came to visit his countrymen on the
Kennebec. Charles, whose faith was
of the living kind, a faith which
iabounded in words and deeds, passed
the winter abft 1913 and 1914 doing
genuine missionary work, not only
among the Indians at Narantsouac,
but even to the walls OF the Ply
mouth trading post at Gnshnoc, now
Augusta. In the spring he returned
to Sillery, not alone, but in company
with one of the chiefs of the Abena-
quis tribe. who now came to crave the
grace of baptism. His prayer was
granted, and whatever may have been
his Indian name we know not, but
the records show that he was baptised
under the Christian appellatiOn Of
John Baptist and that Governor Mont
magny was his sponsor. John Bap-
fist was not. however, destined to be
the only fruit of Charles Mejachka-
watts stay among the Indians Of the
K%ennebec.
The seed of faith had been sown in
good soil. for it was only a year later.
in the summer of 1S4S. that we behold
ii at 2llltlg dnhlI6 NhH g
Father be sen to live among them.
It was on the eve of the Assumption
that the Indian embassy reached the
Jesuit house at Sillery. The follow
ing day. August Is, in all the royalty
of their savage state, the Indian
chiefs pleaded their cause before the
assembled Fathers of the society. The
occasion was certainly an unusual
one, for heretofore it had been neces-
sary to go and impose oneself on the
Indians, but now here were represen-
tatives of a great tribe making an
appeal for a priest to come and la
Dor among their people.
THE FIRST MISSIONARY
Thus, Father Druillette came to
"Old Narantsouac"; thus he was in
turn followed by many illustrious mis-
sionaries including the noted Bigot
brothers. James and Vincent, who
were the immediate predecessors of
Sebastian Rale. 1t was probably in
1895 that Father Rale came to take
up his residence at Narantsouac.
This noted man was born at Pont-
arlier. diocese Of Besaneon, France.
January 4, 1851. After the compile
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today: the sacred acre which loving
" treasures all that was mortal of a
great missionary has become a place
of pilgrimage. The few surviving
members OF the Kennebec Indians
| came now and then, for many a year.
10 keep their lonely watch over the
dead; here the New England soldiers
pitched their tents, to tarry for a few
days, while their commander, Arnold,
made his final preparations for the
invasion of Canada; here they noted
amid the vestiges OF former habita-
ton, a priests grave-the not uncared
for grave of Rale.
On another August day. the one
hundred and ninth anniversary OF the
"0ld Point" massacre. n great Catho-
lie bishop assembled n few Of the
faithful to do honor to the memory OF
the departed. and to ittingly mark his
last resting place. When the second
bishop OF Boston arose to recall the
giories OF the historic day. he faced
an audience OF upwards OF ten thou
sand people, drawn from far and dis
tant parts Of Maine. many through
curiosity. others through reverence,
TO assist at the renewal OF the glorles
OF "Old Narantsouac.'
The monument erected to the mem
DRY of Rale on this day was after
wards thrown down by s~acrilegious
hands. but, thank God, there were
enough right-thinking people in the
surrounding country who. while not
of Rale's faith. reverently raised again
Fenwick's humble shaft which has
since stood as a sentinel over the
Jesuit's grave. proclaiming to the
many pilgrims that:
REV. Sebastian Rale. a native OF
France. member of the Society OF
Jesus, performed his first missionary
labors among the Illinois and Huron
tribes. After a few years he came
to the A|benaquis. where during a per
iod of t%hirty-four years he proved
himself a true apostle.
I'm faith and charity. he was fear
less in the presence OF his armed
foe, constantly proclaiming his readi-
ness to lay down his life for his
flock.
ION the twenty-third OF August,
1924, while the village of Narantsouac
was being sacked. his people slaugh-
tered, his church burned. this most
devoted pastor was slain on this very
spot.
"To him and his departed children
in Christ. this monument was erected
and dedicated by Benedict Fenwick.
Bishop of Boston. August %, A. d.
1888.
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Sunset camps at Smithfeld

Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves and son Lew
OF Portland are guests at Sunset
Camps.
Mrs. Marsuis and daughters Jean
cite. Tony and Evanglaine, with their
friends were guests at the Carpenter
cottage over Labor Day.
The Labor Day program "a car
ried out very successfully at North
Pond. The motOrboat race vas won
by Fred Knights of Lewiston. The
diving contest by r. D. Groves canoe
race by Chester Berry and fat mans
race by, Clarence Moore of Massa-
chusetts. r. d. Groves made several
trips in his seaplane.
Carl Greene of N~orridgewock and
Clarence Carpenter of Smithield
were over night guests Of Fay Burk-
hardt and Bernice kenney In Skowhe-
gan Sunday night.
Miss Laura Carpenter has purchas-
ed a new Ford coupe.
MIR. and Mrs. David Groves. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Paine attended the
show at Lakewood Monday evening.
Dances at the New North Pond
Casino every Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday night.
Miles Carpenter leaves Smithield
September 2S for Maryland Universi-
ty where he will take his doctors de
gree.
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|lRC OLD POINT AND SECOND CEN
1ENARY OF DEATH OF FIR. RALE
v {. Jesuite Priest for More Than Thirty
Years an Apostolate Among Indians

For the holy sign of the Cross is
And should he chance at that place
to be,
OF a Sabbath morn. or some hal
lowed day,
When prayers are made and masses
said,
Some for the living and some for
the dead
Well might the traveller start to
see,
The tall dark forms that take their
way
From the birch canoe on the river
shore,
And the forest paths to that chapel
door;
And marvel to mark the naked knees
And the dusky foreheads bending
And stretching his long thin arms
over these
In blessing and in prayer,
Like a shrouded spectre, pale and
tall,
In his coarse white yesture, Father
Rale.
Inc Oid OlIt 10 Il dNtlCdllS iIiC
same today, save that the virgin for
have disappeared: saye that the
Indian canoes are no longer tethered
along the river banks; save that the
rustic wigwams, save that the Indian
braves and lowly. shying maids have
all passed and gone
THE INTREPID JESUIT
Father Rale was not the first son
If LOyola to walk amid these lovely
glades. The very first to feast
lis eyes on the beauties of Narant-
3ouac was the intrepid Jesuit Father,
Gabriel Druillette, who came here in
he early fall of 1916. and continued
lis kindly ministrations until the
of 1861.
Circumstances leading up to Father
Druillette's coming to the Kennebec
ire truly interesting. Some years
previous, Charles Mejachkawat, a
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Chung to the happy shores that gave
me birth. .
My aim, | trust. was higher, anu
for this
| dared the dangers OF the sea, nay
dared
Pursue my lonely route through
painless woods,
Teenling with savage beasts, II
man more savage,
So | might draw one wandering
soul to heaven.
Hearing Ravillac's rejoinder taunt-
ing him with lack of spirit, in the
face of having his heroic efforts frus-
trated and countless wrongs heaped
on his devoted people, the noble Raie
replies:
will confess
have not realized what fancy
painted,
And yet have gained enough to
check despair.
How did | find them? Desperate
and wild,
Goaded by frequent wrongs almost
to madness,
And painting for revenge, Their
crops consumed,
Robbed of their heritage, and worse
than all,
The robbers footsteps on their
fathers graves,
And yet they can show mercy TO
the captive
Thus wrong'd, yet manifest redeem
ing virtues,
That man more civilized but slight
ly values.
"CARABASSET"
With the history of these trying
years before him. the sympathetic,
kindly disposed NorridgewOck drama
fist could put no other words in the
mouth of the sorely tried Rale. In
truth. Deering goes farther and places
additional emphasis on Rale's plea,
when he makes his hero "Carabasset,
the best and brayest of the Norridge-
wOcks. eXClaim.
Who can say
That Carabasset slew except IN
battle2
Oft through the SHOWS for many a
weary day,
The trembling. helpless captive
have | borne
Back to its mothers arms, nor asked
for ransom.
Oft struck aside the ~tOmahawks
keen edge,
That the red warrior brandished
DER their young.
Ay. plunged into their dwellings,
wrapped in flames
And drawn them forth to life and
liberty.
CarabaSset was Rale's bosom friend.
his trusted representative in the
councils of the tribe when they gath
cred at Narantsouac to discuss the
issue of peace or War. Brave, fear
less. he was accustomed to treat his
captives with mercy. and once the
heat OF combat had passed, the I'M
fortunate found no friend truer or
more humane than the Indian chief
immortalized by Deering in his Car
lbasset. When the smoke of conflict
had cleared away ON that doletul aft
of August y. 1924, and the
OF death had settled over the
ruins OF Narantsouac. the Indian chief
C~arabasset was found, as had ever
been the wont. close beside the heroic
Rale. and both cold in death.
Old Narantsouac came forth from
her ruins. hut not again as the site of
a Christian mission. The sound OF
the vesper bell calling the dnsky
.,hildren of the forest 10 worship Di-
vine. was no longer heard; the sur
of the great AbenaQuis race
not here again; in reverence
and silence they passed amid the
crumbling ruins of their departed
greatness. That they did so was per
fitting; for why defle with the
1ross of life a spot sanctihed by the
blood of a martyred race! A spot
which had drunk the life blood of a
priest. and was now doubly
,-onseerated as the last resting place
" Sebastian Rale'
IN FAITH AND CHARITY
As such "Old Narantsouac" remains
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DESIRE FOR PEACE


Rale's hatred of war and his de-
sire for peace have been admirably
set forth in behring's "Carabasset,'
when the author represents Rale as
addressing Ravillae. the French ennis
,ary:
No more! No more, the thought is
horrible
If France in order to regain her
rights.
Must have recourse to arms, let her
Engage
In honorable war. Alas. cen then
Its pathway ever is incarnadin'd.
Oh, why increase its horrors, Why
let loose
A wild. reyengeful race, to fire at
night
The widows humble cot, and steep
their hands
In the life-biood of helpless in
nocence2
RaVillac's pointed retort:
And canst thou then
Thus hunted and traduced. look
clamly on,
Nor think of retribution?
Called forth from the peace-loving
the deeply Christian reply:
Yes! and can
Forgive them. too. They little know
my heart.
| am a pilgrim Of the holy cross.
And that enjoins good will on all
mankind.
No worldly views induced me, else
had I