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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Catholic Women of the United States and the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women—that wonderful
society organized by the Hierarchy of this country
and which has accomplished so much in a little more
than a year’s growth, especially toward explaining
our Church’s position in regard, to many important
questions of the day, in the minds of just and kind,
yet uninformed people. Let the Catholic Women’s
Clubs in Georgia consider this question while in
meeting assembled and be prepared to take active
steps toward organizing a State Society of Catholic
Women who will uphold with dignity the sublime
faith that is our blessed heritage, at the annual
meeting of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia in September. For God, for Country, for
Home,—may these three objects guide a Georgia
Catholic Woman’s Organization.
THE CATHOLIC WOMAN’S CLUB OF
MACON
The Catholic Woman’s Club was organized in
October, 1920.
Not more than fifteen women attended the organi
zation meeting. Not in the least discouraged, another
meeting was called for the following week for the
election of permanent oflicers for the year. These
officials were selected: Chaplain, Rev. W. A. Wil
kinson, S. J.; President, Mrs. H. M. Sours; Vice-
President, Miss Annie McKervey; Secretary, Miss
Mary Agnes Cassidy; Treasurer, Miss Julia Mc
Creary.
Early this year the Catholic Woman’s Club fed
erated with the Georgia Federation of Women’s
Clubs. They have been active in many charitable
and social movements. One of their chief activities
is to asist the Catholic societies of Macon in build
ing a club house to be known as the Catholic Colum
bian Building.
The Catholic Woman’s Club is steadily growing in
membership. The last roll call disclosed a member
ship of something like two hundred. A friendly and
very active contest for new members has just closed.
Mrs. Dorr was captain of one side and Miss Agnes
McKervey captain of the other. The contest was very
close, Miss McKervey’s side winning by a majority
of twelve. Seventy-two new members came in as a
result of this very active drive.
The Catholic Woman’s Club feels very proud of
the work it has accomplished this year. Contribu
tions have been made to the Near East Fund, The
Salvation Army Drive, and a check has been sent
for the Tallulah Falls School for Mountain Girls.
Last, but not least, they have purchased several
shares of stock in the Catholic Columbian Building.
SENATOR WILLIAMS INTERESTED
IN COLLEAGUE’S CHARGES
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“ ‘We desire to make a special report regarding
visits by the grand jury committees to St. Vincent’s
Convent of Mercy.
“ ‘We found this institution to he the exclusive
and private home of the Sisters of Mercy, there be
ing no other inmates. While we were accorded every
courtesy by the Sisters we felt that we were impos
ing ourselves, and, therefore, recommend that future
grand juries strike this institution from the list of
places to be visited under the Veasey Act.
“ ‘Respectfully submitted,
“ ‘J. C. Schwarts,
Chairman;
“ ‘H. C. Strachan,
“ ‘Sam Ross,
“ ‘E. W. Rosenthal,
“ ‘Carl J. Herman.
“This will, I believe, remove any suspicion created
in your mind that the courts, grand juries, and pros
ecuting attorney of Chatham County are so shame
lessly delinquent as to suffer a white girl slave pen
to exist in Savannah, as the article in the paper of
the Junior Senator from Georgia alleges. The Treas
on you sense does not emanate from Savannah.
‘‘Thanking you for your interest and assuring you
of our readiness to give you any other information
desired,
“Sincerely yours,
RICHARD REID,
“Publicity Director.
In his reply to this letter, Senator Williams, be
fore reading the enclosed clippings, wrote to the pub
licity director asking where he got the idea “that
there was a ‘suspicion’ in my mind that there was a
‘white girl slave pen’ in Savannah.” He asserted
that this was not in his thought, and that the state
ment of the publicity bureau that there is no defiance
of law in Savannah is sufficient for him. He asked
that he be allowed to show the whole correspondence
between the publicity bureau and himself to the
Junior Senator from Georgia, “because it involves,
to some extent, possibly, an attack on his veracity.”
A Second Answer.
The answer to this letter of Senator Williams ex
pressed gratification that he did not suspect that the
statements of the Junior Senator from Georgia were
true, and also pointed out that there was nothing
secret about the correspondence since the Junior
Senator from Georgia had been furnished with a copy
of the original letter to each Senator, to Vice-Presi
dent Coolidge and to President Harding.
A third letter from Senator Williams stated that
what he wanted to know in the first place was
whether “ ‘Pope, prince or potentate,’ or any of its
agencies, male or female, was engaged in defying
the laws of the States of the Union, and your last
letter to me on the subject said there had been no
defiance at Augusta, or Savannah, or whatever the
town was—I have forgotten now, I think Savannah.
“I have no idea that any church in the world wants
to establish any ‘white girl slave pens’—either your
church, or my church, or any other.” That is not
the question, Senator Williams asserts; the question
is the alleged defiance of law by the ecclesiastical
authorities. The Laymen’s Association does not be
lieve this is any longer a question since Senator Wil
liams admits the defiance does not exist.
Last Letter to Senator Williams.
Extracts from the last letter of the publicity bu
reau to Senator Williams follow:
“ ‘In your letter of June 16 in answer to mine, you
asked me the following question: ‘Is it true that
Bishop Keiley, the Bishop of Savannah, refuses to
permit the Keiley establishment at Savannah to be
inspected by officers of the courts of Chatham Coun
ty? I would like an answer yes or no to that ques
tion.’ My answer was TSTo
“Your ietter of July 5 induces me now, in my turn,
with your permission, to ask you a question. I shall
not ask you what you intended to do if my answer
had been Yes to your question, but what you in
tended to do should my answer be No, as it
was?. . . .
“It never occurred to me that although you per
haps intended, had you learned his charges were
true, to help the Junior Senator from Georgia arouse
the moral sense of the people of Savannah, that
when you learned it was untrue you would do noth
ing.”
James A. Farrell, president of the United States
Steel corporation, has been elected to the Board of
Regents of Georgetown University.