Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1899 — Limited Authority. [ARTICLE]

Limited Authority.

“And you have made Jim Jackson * deacon in your church?’ “Yes, sah. Dat It, he's a brevet dencon, sab." “And what’s e brevet deacon, George?" “He’s a deacon dat don’t handle no money, sah.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.