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By RICHARD REID, K.S.G.
Bishop Keyes' Episcopate,
Continued; Col. Jack Spalding,
K.S.G., K.M., Continued:
Colonel Spalding was a leader
in the formation of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, being the most influ
ential layman attending the
original association meeting in
Macon in 1916. He served as
president in 1918 and 1919 and
was a member of its executive
committee until his death. No
Catholic cause appealed to him in
vairj; he was particularly gener
ous to his parish, the orphans
and the poor. He was metro
politan vice-president of the St.
Vincent de. Paul Society, estab
lishing parish councils in the
Southeast as far as Southern
Florida.' He was a close friend
and counselor of Bishops Bec
ker, Keiley, Keyes and O’Hara;
when he died in 1938 the news
paper of Atlanta editorially
asserted that although he was
one of the most distinguished
lawyers and civic and business
leaders in the state, it was as a
Catholic lay leader that he was
best known.
Laeiare Medalist
The Lae'tare Medal was con
ferred on Colonel Spalding at
a cjvie ceremony in Atlanta
June 14. 1928, by Bishop Keyes
in the name of the University
of Notre Dame. The citation was
read by Father Matthew Walsh,
C. S. C., president of the Univer
sity. Capt. P. H. Rice, president
of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation, was lay chairman of the
program, which was honored by
the presence not only of many
noted Georgians, Catholic and
non-Catholic, . but of distin
guished leaders from other
states, including Bishop Patrick
Barry of St. Augustine, George
J. Gillespie and Edmond J. But
ler, president and secretary of
the Superior Council of the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
in the United States, Col. W. E.
Kay of- Jacksonville and Bene
dict Elder, editor of The Record,
Louisville, Ky., all associates of
the Laetare Medalist through
many years. Tributes were paid
to Colonel Spalding by Bishop
Keyes, Bishop Barry, J. Carroll
Payne, who spoke on him as a
Catholic and a citizen, and Hon.
Eugene, R. Black, whose subject
was Mr. Spalding as a Georgian
and a citizen.
J. J. Haverty, K. S. G.
Closely associated with Colo
nel Spalding through the years
were his fellow Atlanta Knights
of St. Gregory, J. J. Haverty and
J. Carroll Payne. Mr. Haverty
was born in Atlanta October 30,
1858, the son of Thomas and
Margaret Kinane Haverty. His
earliest recollections were those
of the attack on the city by
Sherman’s soldiers, during which
the family home was destroyed.
His older brother Michael served
with the Army of Lee in North
ern Virginia. After leaving
school Mr. Haverty entered the
employ of the John Ryan Com
pany, a dry goods concern, later
becoming manager of the carpet
department at Rich’s.
In 1885 he organized the Hav
erty Furniture Company, which
later became the Rhodes-Hav-
erty Company. This corporation
being eventually dissolved by
mutual consent, the Haverty
Furniture Company expanded
until it included more than a
score of stores from North Caro
lina to Texas, the largest of its
kind in the South. He was active
also in a number of other busi
ness enterprises, and was one of
. the most influential of that
group of Atlantans who devel
oped the city into the great
metropolis it has become.
Mrs. Haverty was the former
Miss Clare Malone, also a mem
ber of a pioneer Atlanta Cath
olic family; the family home,
Villa Clare, was named for her.
They had eight children, four
boys and four girls. Mr. Hav-
erty’s civic interests were num
erous; the best known of them
was his patronage of art. His art
collection at his home, Villa
Clare, was regarded as the
finest private collection in the
South. He was one of the leading
factors in the establishment of
the Atlanta Art School. In 1924
and 1925 he was responsible for
the exhibit in Atlanta of the
Grand Central Galleries of New
York. He traveled widely in
Europe and elsewhere, reaching
Russia on one of his journies
abroad. He came greatly im
pressed by the danger the Com
munist regime constituted be
cause of the secrecy with which
the Reds shrouded what they
were doing there as well as by
the intrinsic evils of their
principles.
The Haverty Plan
Mr. Haverty was one of the
most generous of Georgians to
the efforts of the Church; his
parish and the orphans were
particular beneficiaries. In the
early days of the Laymen’s
Association he devised what be
came known as the Haverty
plan for its support; he was
chairman of the finance com
mittee from the early days until
his death. Refusing to accept
the office of president, he was
for many years first vice- pres
ident and was then named
honorary president.
For his generous assistance
and for his personal expenditure
of time and energy for Catholic
efforts, Mr. Haverty was made
a Knight of St. Gregory by Pope
Pius XI and was invested with
the insignia of the Order by
Bishop Keyes at a ceremony at
Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta,
May 28, 1933. The sermon was
delivered by the Very Rev.
M. A. Cotter, S. M. S., of New
Orleans, formerly pastor of
Sacred' Heart Church, Atlanta.
Bishop Keyes on the occasion
said that only a small fraction
of the good that Mr. Haverty
was known generally “because
he never let his left hand know
what his right hand is doing.”
The Bishop also commended the
generous efforts of his daughter,
Miss Mary E. Haverty, especially
in connection with the orphans
at the Washington, Ga., Home.
Mr. Haverty and Mr. Spalding
were the most generous contrib
utors to the new Co-Cathedral
of Christ the King, erected
shortly before they died, and
from which the funerals of these
zealous Georgia Catholic lay
men were held.
J. Carroll Payne, K. S. G.
Atlanta’s third Knight of St.
Gregory, J. Carroll Payne, was
born in Warrenton, Va., Septem
ber 24, 1855, a member of pio
neer Maryland and Virginia
families. His father was
Major Rice Winfield
Payne, a leading member of
the Virginia Bar, who became
a Catholic late in life, while his
mother, Anne America Semmes,
was from a long line of Ameri
can Catholic forebears. He was
graduated at Georgetown Uni
versity and made his studies
in law at the University of Vir
ginia and at Tulane University.
He was associated in the prac
tice of law in New Orleans with
his uncle, Thomas J. Semmes.
After his marriage to Miss Helen
Fairlie Hill, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Rhode Hill of Atlanta,
November 25, 1885, he made his
home in that city. He soon arose
to a position of eminence at
the Bar and rendered outstand
ing service also as a civic leader,
particular in promoting the cul
tural life of the city. He served
as president of the Atlanta Art
Association and of the High
Museum of Art; the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce pre
sented him its distinguished
service award for his work in
this field not only for the city
and for Georgia but for the
South.
In the Parish of the Immacu
late Conception, the only one in
Atlanta when he, Colonel Spal
ding and Mr. Haverty, the
famous Catholic triumvirate
there through the years, were
young men, in Sacred Heart
Parish, formed about the turn of
the century, and in the begin
nings of Co-Cathedral Parish,
he was one of the most generous
members.
No major Catholic effort in
Atlanta lacked his support, and
his benefactions extended
throughout the Diocese, although
not confined to it. He was a
particular source of strength to
the Laymen’s Association,
through his influence quite as
much as through his substantial
assistance.
His devotion to his brother,
Father William Gaston Payne,
of the Archdiocese of Baltimore,
who died in 1935 after a long
illness, was particularly touch
ing. Associated with him in the
practice of law in Atlanta was
his nephew, Winfield Payne
Jones, also active for many
years in Catholic efforts. Mr.
Payne was invested as a Knight
of St. Gregory by Bishop Keyes
at a Solemn Mass at Sacred
Heart Church May 24, 1935;
Father Philip H. Dagneau,
S. M., was celebrant of the Mass
and Father Edward P McGrath,
S. M., delivered the sermon.
Capt. P. H. Rice, K. C. S. G.
The honor of Panal Knight
hood in the Order of St. Gregory
was conferred on Capt. P. H.
Rice of Augusta by Pope Bene
dict XV in the latter days of
Bishop Keilev’s episcopacy; and
on Bishop Keilev’s recommen
dation; Captain Rice was Geor
gia’s first resident to be made a
Papal Knight. The insignia of
the award was bestowed by
Bishop Keyes at a ceremony
at Sacred Heart Church, Augus
ta, July 15, 1923, the Bishop
being celebrant of the Mass. The
sermon was delivered by Father
Edward J. Cummings, S. J.,
president of Loyola ■ University
of the South, New Orleans, who
had served at Sacred Heart Col
lege in Augusta as a scholastic
and had been a close friend of
the new Papal Knight since that
time.
Captain Rice was by universal
agreement the most active Cath
olic layman in the Diocese and
indeed in the South in his day.
He was a native of Augusta,
where he was born May 14, 1857.
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mat
thew Rice, pioneer Catholic
residents of the city. His earliest
memories were connected with
the War Between the States;
when he was eight years old
he accompanied his father on a
drive of 135 miles to Savannah,
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hands. Many times in the work
of the Laymen’s Association the
writer went over much of this
route with Captain Rice, who
pointed out scenes along the way
that he remembered more than
a half-century later.
It was the hope of Captain
Rice’s parents to send him to
Georgetown for further educa
tion, but his brother Michael was
studying for the priesthood; the
family reverses suffered during
the war and the generally ad
verse economic conditions made
him decide to forego trying to
go off to college. He therefore
entered the employ of William
Mulherin, a prominent mer
chant. Here he applied himself
with such industry and ability
that he became a member of the
firm, then known as Mulherin,
Rice and Company. After Mr.
Mulherin’s death the firm be
came the Rice and O’Conner
Shoe Company, doing the largest
wholesale and retail shoe busi
ness in the region.
The Mulherin Family
Mr, Mulherin’s five sons be
came leaders in the professional
and business life of Augusta.
John P. Mulherin, who estab
lished a lumber business, was
director of Sacred Heart Choir
for over fifty years; one of his
sons is Father William A. Mul
herin, S.J., of New Orleans. Dr.
William A. Mulherin, a founder
of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation, was president of the
Medical Society and nationally
renowned as a pediatrician. He
made his studies at Spring Hill
College and Harvard Medical
School. The University of Geor
gia conferred an honorary
doctorate on him. Dr. Frank X.
Mulherin, associated with Dr.
Will in the practice of medicina
in Augusta until the latter’s
death, is still a leader in the
medical profession in Augusta;
he made his medical studies at
the University of Pennsylvania.
James B. Mulherin, who made
his studines at Sacred Heart
College and the University of
Pennsylvania Law School, is
chairman of the Retreat Section
of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation, a movement in which he
was a pioneer in Georgia. His
wife is the former Miss May
Clare Rice, daughter of Captain
and Mrs. Rice.
Pioneer Roiarian
Cantain Rice was in the fore
front of every movement for
the advancement of Augusta. He
was a nrimarv factor in the or
ganization of the Augusta Mer
chants Association, of which he
was nresident. and a leader in
the Savannah Valiev Fair Asso
ciation. For over fiftv years he
went regularlv to New York,
Boston and other cities to buv
in the shoe market, and through
his associations there he be
came familiar with current nPW
civic and religious 'efforts. 'He
thus became acquainted with the
Rotarv Club movement, and
initiated the idea of organizing
such a club in Augusta to
supplement the work of the
Merchants Association.
Mrs. Rice was the former Miss
Elizabeth Carson of Savannah
and, like her husband, active for
manv vears in Catholic efforts,
esneciallv those of a charitable
nature. Their daughter. Miss
Anna M. Rice, has served as
Diocesan nresident of the
National Council of Catholic
Women. In 1950 the Medal Pro
Ecclesia et Pontifice was
awarded to her by Pone Pius
XII. and was conferred by
Auxiliary Bishop Francis Hv-
land in a nrivate ceremony held
at the family residence because
of Mrs. Rice’s age.
When Cantain Rice’s brother
Father Michael Rice died in 1880
from the effect of an illness
contracted as a missionary
attached to St. Patrick’s Church,
Augusta, he made a vow that
he would take his brother’s
place insofar as a layman could.
His early associations were with
St. Patrick’s Church, then known
as Holy Trinity; he was a mem
ber of Sacred Heart Parish since
its earliest days, and one of its
most atieve workers. He asso
ciated himself with the Tem
perance movement, of which
Father Matthew was the inspira
tion, eventually became com
mander of the Sacred Heart
Cadets, the uniformed rank in
his parish, and did his first
diocesan-wide work in connec
tion with the effort. It was be
cause of his position as com
mander of the Sacred Heart
Cadets that he became univer-
KOREAN ELECTIONS WEAKEN
PRESIDENT’S LIBERAL PARTY;
EIGHT CATHOLICS WIN SEATS
By Father Patrick J. Burke
Society of St. Columban
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SEOUL, Korea — Eight Cath
olics were elected to the fourth
Korean National Assembly dur
ing the general elections, which
weakened the ruling Liberal
party.
Incomplete returns show that
President Syngman Rhee’s Lib
eral party retained control of
the 223-member legislature but
did not succeed in winning the
two-thirds majority it had hoped
for.
The Democratic party, headed
by Vice President John M.
Chang, a Catholic, increased its
representation by 10 per cent
and now controls one-third of
the assembly. The party’s 78 vic
torious candidates were elected
primarily in urban areas.
Early returns indicate that Ko
rean politics is developing a
two-party system. When the
fourth National Assembly meets,
it will be controlled by the Lib
erals with 53 per cent of the
members while the .Democrats
hold: 33 per cent of the seats. The
Unification party .has one seat
in the new assembly. Indepen
dents.hold 27, seats.
During the last assembly the
Liberals had 65 per. cent of.the.
seats, the Democrats 23 per cent,
while five other parties and in
sally known as Captain....
On his visits to the East,
Captain Rice became familiar
with the organization and work
of the Knights of Columbus,
working with leaders like Col.
M. J. O’Leary of Savannah,
Victor J. Dorr of Augusta,
Richard A. Magill 'of Atlanta
and others, he was instrumental
in bringing the Order to Geor
gia. Colonel O’Leary was named
territorial deputy, or first head
of the Knights in Georgia, in
March, 1902, and was elected
state deputy at the first State
Council convention held May 31,
1903.. Captain Rice was the first
grand knight of PatricK Walsh
Council, Augusta.
(To Be Continued)
dependents shared the remain
ing 12 per cent, or 26 seats. In
dependents held 15 of these.
President Rhee’s Liberals had
fought this election on a plat
form educating a constitutional
amendment to block the succes
sion of Vice President Chang to
the presidency in the event that
the 83-year-old President dies
before the 1960 presidential elec
tions.
To amend the Constitution,
the liberals need a two-thirds
majority, or 156 seats. Lacking
five votes in the old. assembly,
the Liberals attempted to se
cure the necessary seats needed
for absolute control of the new
assembly.
Actually, Liberal power in the
assembly was reduced by 13 per
cent. The former had 203 mem
bers, this was increased to 233
to provide 30 seats for voters in
the area recently given up by
the North Koreans, between the
38th parallel, and the demilitar
ized zone.
The Democratic party w.on
sweeping victories in the; cities
apd larger towns: An indication
of the scope of their victory can
be,seen in the returns from this
capital city of Seoul.
Here the Democrats shut out
the Liberals, winning 14 seats
while two constituencies went
■ independent. Seven of the Lib
eral candidates here were in
cumbents.
In urban areas splinter parties
were, all but wiped out as the
Democrats rolled to victory. In
dependents were elected mainly
in rural areas where the Liberal
party is usually strong.
Independent strength in the
legislature was nearly doubled
— from 15 to 27 — which ob
servers here point out is a trend
away from Liberal party
strength in rural Korea.
In the four close contests
which were still undecided sev
eral days after the balloting,
Democratic candidates were
leading in three and a Liberal
in one.
Fifteen Catholics had contest
ed elections and eight of them
Dr. Kenneth D. Wells (right), president of Freedoms Foun
dation of Valley . Forge, Pa., presents the organization’s
George Washington Honor Medal to Rosario J. Scibilia
executive director of the Catholic War Veterans of the
United States, at ceremonies in Washington. The award was
given for the veterans’ “In God We Trust” program whicli
highlighted the national motto and spiritual foundation of
the CWV. It reads: ,“For outstanding achievement .in bring
ing about a better understanding of the American way of
life." (NC Photos)
Honor for
Catholic War Vets
ETHIOPIA’S ENVOY TO HOLY SEE
Ethiopia's first Minister to the Holy See, His Excellency
Mesfin Begashet, is greeted as he arrives at the Apostolic
Palace where he presented his letters of credentials to His
Holiness Pope Pius XII. The new Minister is welcomed by a
Chamberlain of Honor of the Cape and Sword, Raffaele
Donati von Gralath. He formerly served as second secretary
at the Ethiopian embassy in Washington, from 1948 to 1950.
(NC Photos)
U. S. Prelate Welcomed to Fair
At opening of the Civitas Dei, City of God Exhibit at the
Brussels International Exposition, are Archbishop Aloysius
J. Muench, Apostolic Nuncio to Germany, and Bishop of
Fargo, N. D., and Hon. Paul Heymans, Commissioner for the
Vatican Exhibit, Brussels. Americans from every state of
the Union are expected to attend the colorful activities of
the 1958 “World’s Fair.” (NC Photos)
were victorious in the relative
ly quiet balloting which took
place at 7.418 polling places
across the nation.
Many Koreans have hailed the
election returns as , proof that
democracy is growing in this
10-year-old republic. They hold
that a two-party - system is on
solid ground for the first time.
Vice President Chang, 59, was
formerly Korean Ambassador to
the United States and later Pre
mier of Korea. Educated in
New York, he was for many
years principal of the Catholic
Boys High school here before
being named as chief of the
Korean mission to the United
Nations. Vice President Chang
is the father of seven children.
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Captain Ruth A. Houghton,
USN (above), of Andover,
Mass., graduate of Boston Col
lege and Catholic University of
'America, has been sworn in as
Director of the U. S. Navy
Nurse Corps, with which she
has been affiliated with since
1935. She will also serve as
D irector, Nurses Division,
Bureau of Medicine and . Sur
gery, (NC Photos)
St. Theresa?
St. Theresa of Lisieux, in this
bronze panel is depicted with
an “earnest unbeautiful little
face and rhythmically swinging
habit.” Italian sculptor G.
Manzu, who designed the great
bronze doors of St. Peter’s,
created this deviation from the
conventional visual representa
tion of the saint. The plaque
was placed in London’s West
minster Cathedral recently. (NC
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