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more strictly to the teachings of Jesus Christ, who said:	What	therefore
God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Birth control, trial marriage and divorce were scathingly condemned a few days ago in an encyclical of Pope Pius XI reaffirming the Catholic doctrine of the sanctity of matrimony. This encyclical should be read by at least every Christian in America, and then compare what His Holiness has said by what Jesus Christ has taught respecting marriage and divorce.
Unless the Protestant Churches unite on the sanctity of matrimony and condemn divorce, it will only be a question of time when the Roman Catholic Church shall prevail over all of them on this great question of the day. If a part of the Church is lax on the sanctity of matrimony and indifferent in condemning divorce, how shall we expect the State to act otherwise?
E.	W. MAXSON
615 P Street, Northwest
January 14, 1931.
Share-the-Wealth Propaganda
To the Editor of the Post, Sir:
For the rich to tamely surrender their wealth over for redistribution to the poor, by per capita or otherwise, would indeed be a remarkable thing. Something unprecedented in the annals of time. Something that I doubt will ever materialize.
But for the rich to do business with their money, and give employment to the poor, together with a living wage, to do deeds of charity, and phi-lantropy for worthy causes, such as education and religion, would share the wealth of the rich in a great measure, and receive divine sanction.
If the rich should dole out their wealth to the poor, in less than a year they would have it all back again. Then why dream of such a delusive phantom or economic utopia? God is the author of riches and he gives men power to get wealth. It seems as though it was divinely intended for some to be rich and some to be poor. If all were rich there would be none to work, if all were poor there would be none to help the other. Therefore God has fixed the matter and we have no discretion in the premises. “The rich and poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all.” “For the poor shall never cease out of the land.” And words of Jesus Christ, “For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good.” And in the beginning we have the divine injunction: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.
This injunction means that all must work who are able to work, the rich as well as the poor. An honest and industrious man would not expect the rich man to dole out his money to him, but would rather work for his living. A dole would only gratify the sluggard. But the sluggard is commanded to go to the ant, and consider her ways, and be wise; and not to the rich.
The-Share-the-Wealth-Propaganda, might be a good hobby for some can-
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ilidate to ride into office, but the poor will still be on the outside waiting for the rich to share his wealth with him.
ETIENNE W. MAXSON Washington, D.C.
May 6, 1935.
Mr. Charles Russ and His Business
Mr. Russ, has established a ground saw-mill on the same ground where the Poitevent and Favre Lumber Company had their big saw-mill. He seems to be doing a good business. Employing quite a number of White and Colored hands to help him run the business. He obtains the most of his timber from the bottom of Pearl River, and its tributaries. Logs that have been on the bottom of these waters over a hundred years, are dragged for and raised to the surface of the water by expert men with flat boats, and towed to the mill for manufacture into good lumber. Notwithstanding the length of time that these logs have been on the bottom of the river, they are as sound as a silver dollar and in good shape. Mr. Russ gets logs also from the forest, hauled to his mill by trucks. Trucks both far and near come to his mill to buy lumber. For short distances he delivers with his own trucks. Heretofore, lumber on Pearl River, was shipped by schooners, steamboats, barges, and railroads. But there has been a great improvement in shipping since the motor truck has been invented. Mr. Russ has stamped improvement on the wings of time. We congratulate him for his improvement.
August, 1914 Pearlington, Miss.
Mr. Beer’s Jesting Prediction
Mr. Beer was a drummer, who lived in New Orleans, La. He came to Pearlington about twice a month to sell goods, (not to the Merchants of Venice) but to the merchants of Pearlington. After the Poitevent and Favre Lumber Co. discontinued business here in 1908, there was a depression. Mr. Beer was sitting near the front door of the Racket store (owned by Mr. McGuire) when the writer came in to buy a few groceries, he said, postmaster, I have good news for you. What is it Mr. Beer? I am always glad to hear good news. His quick reply was, I am expecting a railroad to come through here to build up this town again. My question was, when do you think that will happen? He jestingly said, in about a hundred years. If Mr. Beer is still living, and would come to Pearlington, he would see the Greyhound Bus Line, Route 90, speeding through Pearlington, and on the coast of Mississippi, doing the business of a railroad. Doubtless, he would be amazed und wonder like Simon, the sorcerer, when he saw miracles and signs wrought by Phillip, in the joyous city of Samaria. I am quite sure that it would Itratify Mr. Beer to know, that his jesting prediction, in a measure, has come true. The Greyhound Bus Line was put through from New Orleans to Mobile, passing through Pearlington, and on the coast of Mississippi in 1936.