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AUGUSTA, GA., JUNE 15, 1922.
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President of Georgia
Bar Association Scores
Religious Intolerance
State Lawyer,” Hear Spirited
Denunciation of Prejudice
Speech By Judge Powell of
Atlanta.
DELIVERS IT IN HIS
CONVENTION MESSAGE
Former Member of Georgia
Court of Appeals Says Bi
gotry Fills Him With Ab
horrence.
Savannah, Gn.—The members of
the Georgia Bar Association heard
their president, Hon. Arthur G
Powell former judge of the Geor
gia Court of Appeals, deliver a
scathing denunciation of religious
inlolcrancc in his official address
to the annual convention, held at Ty-
bce June 1. Judge Powell is one of
Georgia’s leading citizens, and a
leader in the legal profession.
“I am no lloman Catholic” Judge
Powell said.” 1 am a Baptist and my
forefathers as far back as I can
count them were Baptists. Some of
the family are hold enough to claim
that John the Baptist was named
John Powell. I do not know about
that, hut I do know that no reason
exists for any bias in my mind in
favor of the Catholic religion. But
I am an American citizen and know
something of the meaning of the
word ‘Liberty’ and when I see stat
ues passed in the use of law for
the purpose of giving to some hoard
or officer a discretion by which the
members of the Homan Catholic
Chur'ch may be persecuted I am fill
ed with nbhorcncc.
“This is supposed to be a land of
religious freedom and of liberty of
the conscience; yet can you sum the
wrongs that would be done to Jews
and to Catholics, even in this very
state of Georgia, if most of their
rights were not protected by fixed
laws instead of being left to discre
tion? And this is true notwithstand
ing the large number of useful, up
right, honorable, high-minded citi
zens found in the membership of
those two sects. However, this spirit
of religious persecution is so foreign
to the inherited instincts ofour peo
ple that the liope is strong within
me that it will soon pass away; and
I am bold enough to prophecy that
the day will come when the descend
ants of Mr. Justice James K. Hines
will point with pride to the dissent
ing opinion in that case in our Su
preme Court wherein the majority
upheld the enforced reading of the
King James version of the Bible in
our public schools, as having been
written by their ancestor—an ances
tor of whom they may well be proud
“Discretion is the weapon of ty
rants; and there is no tyrany like
the tyranny of an unrestratined de
mocracy. We arc the people; but,
thank God, we are not free I Give
praise to the wisdom of our fore
fathers that this is a government of
liberty and not of unrestrained free
dom—that we arc a people held in
restraint by the limitations of a con
stitution and by a system of laws
inherited from that noble race across
the. sea that prized liberty because
they had won it by long struggle and
had kept it through the guardianship
of an eternal vigilance.”
HOME FOR KNIGHTS OF ST.
* GEORGE.
Pittsburgh.—The acquisition of a
six-hundrcd-acrc farm in Wellsburg,
W. Va., to cost £90,000 and to be used
as a home for aged members of the
organization, was authorized at the
final session of the national biennial
convention of the Knights of St.
George, held in this city. The con
vention was . ttended by more than
one thousand delegates and mem
bers, representing more than three
hundred branches.
ONLY CATHOLIC CHURCH
CAN RESIST UNBELIEF
FREE THINKERS ASSERT
London—That the Catholic
Church is the only organized
body capable of putting up an ef
fective resistance to unbelief, is
the opinion of the organ of the
English Frocthinks. The Protes
tants churches, says this journal,
are eaten away by the incurably
religious on the the other hand.
“The Cathoic Church,” contin
ues the “Freethinker,” ”is the one
wc shall have to deal with ulti
mately, It is the best organized
of them all, and the most logical
of them all—that is why it is
the worst of them all.”
On these grounds the Freethink
ers consider that the Catholic
Church alone is the one Church
that can oppose them effectually
and against which they will have
to rally their forces.
I
Gov. Olcott Defeats Hall.
Catholic Congressman Re
nominated in Non-Catholic
District.
Portland, Ore.—By a margin of
only 097 votes, Governor Ben W. Ol
cott has been renominated on the He
publican ticket, defeating five other
candidates opposing him in the pri
mary election, including Charles E.
Hall, a former State Senator, -who
had the indorsement and active sup
port of the Ku KIux Klan and the
Federated Patriotic Societies, on ag
gregation of anti-Catholie cliques.
Governor Olcott a few days before
the primaries scorchingly denounced
the Ku Klux Kan and called upon
the law enforcement agencies of tlic
state to enforce the statute prohi
biting parades by persons wearing
disguises.
The aggregate vote of the several
candidates who were running with
out the support of the Ku Kux Klan
represented a large majority of the
men and women taking part in the
primary. Hall obtained only a mi
nority of the ballots.
'Sinnott’s Triumph.
Nicholas .1. Sinnott, a Catholic,
who was a candidate for renomina
tion as Representative in Congress
from the Second (Eastern Oregon
District, defeated his opponent who
carried hut one of the eighteen coun
ties in the district. The Ku Ku Klan
fought Mr. Sinnot vigorously in all
parts of his district. Rev. R. H.
Sawyer, former pastor of a Protes
tant church in Portland, delivered
virulent lectures against Mr. Sinnott
This method of attack was supple
mented by advertising in the news
papers of the district and by cir
culation of the customary anti-Gath 1
olic literature.
Although there a re only 2,000 Gath
olic voters in the district.' Mr. Son-
nott was at no time in imminent
danger of losing the nomination.
The Protestant people who have
known him for many years were not
influenced in large numbers by the
anti-Catholie propaganda against
him. Mr. Sinnott has served as a
member of the Oregon State Senate
and has been in Congress from the
Second District for the last ten years
Masons Against Bigotry
On the eve of the primaries, Frank
S. Baillic, Grand Master of the Ma
sonic Lodges of Oregon, addressed
(Continued ou page three.)
IASS FOR PATRIOTS IN
JAIL WHERE THEY HUNG
Dublin.—A unique ceremony
took place in Kilmainham jail
Dublin, formerly a stronghold of
the British. Hequiem mass Was
celebrated in the prison chapel
for the patriots of 191fi execut
ed within its walls. The Con
gregation included representa
tives of the Irish Army and a
number of relatives of the ex
ecuted men. After Mass a pil
grimage was made to the spot
where the executions took place.
Mr. de Valera addressing the as
semblage said:
“This place is holy ground and
as long as God gives us life we
will work for the freedom which
they died to- gain for Ireland.”
Ilev. Father Sebastian. O. S.
F. G., who attended a number of
the dead during their last hours,
recited the Rosary in Irish.
Savannah Hears
General Malone
Distinguished Military Lead
er Addresses Annual Meet
ing of Local Laymen’s
Association.
Savannah, Ga.—“The time has.
come when the broadminded citi
zens of America must forget the dif
ferences of faith and the petty jeal
ousies that have arisen from (lie in
terpretations of individuals who are
seeking to create strife and ill feel
ing among the people of this coun
try. It is now time that America
ns great as she is today—take note
of these happenings and in doing so
make the necessary movement to see
that the grand and noble cause
which resulted in the signing of the
Declaration of Independence is pre
served as a cherished heritage for
the posterity of the nation.”
These were the striking thought
brought out by Brig. Gen. Paul B.
Malone, commander of Camp Benn-
ing,Columbus, in an address before
the members of the Savannah
Branch of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia at an annual
meeting held in the auditorium of
the Benedictine School Sunday after
noon, June 1.
Gen. Malone continued: “It will not
he very long before it will he unpro
fitable for any individual or group
of people to make such charges and
accusations about the Catholic peo
ple and their religious beliefs and
practices as have been made in the
past. The utterances that have been
given so much space in the public
press have attracted undue attention
They were base charges against the
loyal and patroitic Catholic Ameri
cans who fought so fearlessly in the
triumphant struggle for democracy
that has just closed.”
“There is no antagonism in the
true American heart to-day,” said
Gen. Malone. “The statements that
you have read so frequently against
the belief of the Roman Catholics
have come from a class of people
that representent a very small min
ority of the millions of the folk who
make the great nation. "I plead with
the Catholics and the non-Catholics
who arc in this audience this after
noon to keep a cool mind and steady
nerves. The opinions that you have
read are not the genuine thoughts
of the public. There are many sec
tarian organs that have stagged
propaganda campaigns against the
principles of your beliefs, but none
of them has ever done so success
fully. And may God forbid that such
a day will ever come to pass.
Have in Army.
“In the United States army, the
man is taught to stand squarely on
his two feet and face the situation—
whatever it may be—irrespective of
faith. Let me go back with you for
a moment and review the scene of
Chateau-Thierry and Soissons and
other important engagements that
stemmed the tide of German auto
cracy. There, in the greatest moments
of our lives we fought side by side
—Catholic Protestant, Jew—that de
mocracy might live and that the
dear ones at home would never be
subjected to the cruelties inflicted by
Catholic Teachers In
Atlanta Public Schools
Retained By Commission
IRISH-AMERICAN WAR
HEROES’ BODIES ARE
REBURIED IN IRELAND
Board of Education Vote3
Five to Two to Re-Elect
Them and All Others Re
commended.
Dublin.—The sixty-four Irish-
American soldiers whose bodies
were exhumed from graves on
French battlefields and brought
to Ireland for re-interment Were
all Catholics. The bodies includ
ed that of Rev. Patrick .1. Gall
agher, Knights of Columbus
Chaplin. His body is consigned
to Mr. James Gallagher, Castle
bar, County Mayo.
Captain W. R. Buckley, United
States Army, arrived in Dublin
in connection with the ship
ment of hodids. In conjunction
with the U. S. vice-consul
at Dublin, he superintended ar
rangements, seeing that each
body was handed" over to the
relatives by whom it was claimed.
Every province and practically
all the counties in Ireland were
represented among the dead.
IT
BELFAST OUTRAGES
George Russell Says Orange
men Guilty of Murders of
Catholics Are Not Chris
tians.
(Continued ou Page 10)
Dublin.—Outrages perpetrated by
Protestants on Catholics in the
north of Ireland were severly con
demned at a convention of Dublin
Protestants held here recently, at
which several of the speakers bore
testimony to the absence of any
bigoted feeling amongst the Catho
lic population.
George Russell, who is one of the
leaders of the cooperative movement
and one of Ireland’s foremost writ
ers on economic affairs, refused to
attend the convention, and wrote to
the committee saying thAt he could
not take part in the proceedings be
cause he would he expected io re
pudiate fears he did not feel and
deny persecution lie had not experi
enced, inasmuch as the Protestants
in the south of Ireland had never
been menaced.
Orangemen Not Christians
He denied the right of the fanatics
in Balfast to call themselves Pro
testants, declaring that unless men
were first of all Christians, they
could not be Protestants. If there
were any genuine Christianity iii
the Protestant churches in Belfast,
he wrote, the Protestant ministers
at the very first attack on the Cath
olic population, would have patroll
ed the Catholic districts day and
night to protest against the mur
ders, the wrecking of homes and
the outlawing from industry of the
unfortunate people.
To him, through the action of
the fanatics:
“Belfast appeared as a pagan city,
which, in the name of Christ, spits
on His precepts. Religion as it is
proclaimed is simply a form of
devil worship, where hate, fear, and
pride are fostered in childhood until
they become madness in old age.'
Miss Cunningham of Trinity Col
lege said that the Protestants did
not act when they should have, and
that they had now to bear the
shame and humiliation. , Mr. .1. .1.
Douglas, the treasurer of the Irish
White Cross, said that when the
White Cross was established the
Lord Mayor of Dublin was invited
as many Protestants as Catholics to
serve on the committee but only
PRES. GAINES CONDEMNS
ANTI-CATHOLIC TACTICS
Commissioner McCally Tells
of Bombing Threat Because
He Intended to Vote for
Catholics.
(Continued on page 11)
Atlanta, Ga.—The entire list of
public school tcafhers submitted by
Supt. Willis A. Sutton, of the At
lanta Schools, including sixteen who
are Catholics, and against whom the
anti-Catholie faction of the city has
been conducting a spirited and ma
licious fight, was approved by the
Board of Education June 8 by a vote
of 5 to 2.
Commissioners, Carl Hutcheson
and Mrs. Julia O’Keefe Nelson voted
against the list of nominees. The
members voting for the entire list
were Mayor Key, W. W. Gaines, W.
L. McCalley, Jr., A. C. Meixell and
,1. C. Murphy.
Delegations were present to pro
test against the re-election of the
Catholic teachers. The leader of
one such delegation shortly before
the vote was taken, addressing Com
missioner Meixell, said: “We put'
you on notice in particular, Mr.';
Meixell, that if you vote for these
Catholic teachers you will not ho
sent hack to represent the Ninth
Ward another term.”
“You may not send me hack,”
Commissioner Meixell flashed, ris
ing to his feet, “but you cannot
come here and stampede me. I am
going to do justice as I sec it.”
President Gaines warned the man
who made the statement to Mr.
Meixell that his remarks were out
of order.
McCalley Threatened.
Commissioner McCalley then took
the floor and said that anonymous"
telephone callers had threatened t(^‘
bomb his home if he voted to re
tain the teachers who are Catholics.
He has also been warned to keep offt'
certain streets, he said. Facing a.
protesting delegation, lie continued;--.J
“I want to look you straight in tlujlj
eye and tell you that you can’t .j
bulldoze me. I defy anyone to in- j
timidatc me. I will vote for these j
teachers exactly as nominated.”
Commissioners Hutcheson and
Mrs. O’Keefe made statements on
the supposed position of the Catho
lic Church toward the public schools,
rehearsing many of the baseless
charges that have been their stock
in trade since they came into the
limelight. Commissioner Hutche
son referred to himself as “the
stormy petrel of the masses in many
battles since I came into this au
gust body.” He charged that “the
Catholics now are making ready to
defeat me in my race for judge of
the superior court. I accept their
challenge,” he shouted, waving his
manuscript.
At this point Commissioner Mc
Calley declared that a Board of Ed
ucation meeting was no place for
a political speech. —
Toward the end of the dg?j,atc
President Gaines of the Boiyrd 0 f
Education took the floor a/nd ex
plained his position. He /took oc
casion to score religious in/olerancc,
labeling it un-American.
Pres. Gaines Speafks.
“We have the finest/system of
government in all the/ world,” he
said. “Our political Constitution is
the greatest political/document ever
drafted by mortal n<an. I have been
taught all my life/to honor it and
revere it.
“To my mind/the greatest provi
sion in our na/jonal constitution is
its_guarantcc (if religious liberty lu
' Continued on Page Three,