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14 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA I can not speak too highly of The Bulletin of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, which 1 received a few days ago. It is gotten up in very at tractive fashion, and the contents thereof are cer tainly most interesting. John M. Harrison. I read The Bulletin from cover to cover, and think it is an excellent beginning. Ed A. Sheridan. As for The Bulletin, I will say that I think that it is a great medium to keep up interest. I think it is better not to have too much in it, for a busy man would not like to hunt through it to find what in terests him. Short and crisp is my ideal.—R. E. Ammons. I have read The Bulletin and think you made no mistake in issuing it and in the issue you did not make a mistake in getting out a paper that is appre ciated by all who read it. I think it very good and the reading matter well selected and interesting. Geo. J. Burrus. The editors of The Bulletin deserve much praise for for the neat and attractive form in which it is gotten up. It will, I am sure, serve a long felt want in the Diocese of Georgia. It will keep us in touch with one another, and stimulate all of us to greater efforts. It can not help but do good.—J. B. McCallum. Bulletin No. 1 was fine. Keep up the good work. —Peter Clark. The Bulletin has been carefully read and I find every page beaming with interest and feel that it contains valuable information. The members by its perusal will acquire the information which they nat urally have a right to know, since they are financing this great work. To me it is just fine and I do hope it will be within the power of the Association to con tinue its publication.—Mrs. E. A. Sheridan. A GEORGIAN HONORED. (From The Southern Underwriter, February 12, 1920) At the meeting of the National Automobile Under writers Conference, held in New York last week, a new auxiliary was organized to be known as the Na tional Theft Committee. John M. Harrison, of Atlanta, who has been secre tary of the Southern Conference and manager of the Automobile Underwriters’ Detective Bureau, Southern Division, since they were established, was appointed secretary of the National Theft Committee. He will have his headquarters in the Hurt Building, Atlanta. Mr. Harrison has had long experience in the insur ance business and has made an enviable record in his present position as secretary of the Southern Au tomobile Underwriters’ Detective Bureau at Atlanta. He will enter upon his duties as secretary of the Na tional Theft Committee just as soon as a successor is secured to relieve him of the offices he now occupies. In choosing Mr. Harrison for the responsible duties involved in the operation of the National Theft Com mittee, the parent organization has acted wisely, for the fine showing he has made in the field covered by the Southern Bureau has attracted wide attention and elicited high praise. THE DEATH OF PAT PIERCE. (Editorial from The Macon News, February 28, 1920) To have served the city of Macon in any capacity for almost a third of a century is an honorable dis tinction for any man, and when that service has been the maintenance of law and order it carries with it a special merit. There were few citizens of Macon who did not know “Pat” Pierce, the efficient police officer, who has just passd away, after giving more than half his life to the service of the city, and finally dying in line of duty as truly as if he had fallen upon the battle field. He was not only a capable officer, more particularly in the trying post of regulating street traffic, but he was a man of strong and delightful personality. The day’s work was never hard enough to damage the ex uberance of his spirits nor the claims upon him so great that he could not find time to serve a friend. He will be sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends in every walk of life. NOTES FROM ATLANTA. R. R. Otis, prominent realty man of Atlanta, has been appointed a member of the City Planning Board and is now acting as temporary secretary. Mr. Otis is a hard worker in civic affairs, and is well entitled to this honor. The Knights of Columbus conferred the three de grees of the order on a class of fifty candidates at their hall on East Pine Street on Sunday, March 14, 1920. Atlanta Council now has a membership of about 500 and the leaders intend to work same up to 1,000 in the near future. Mr. R. A. Magill, who led the local association in their recent drive for funds, is recovering from a bad attack of the flu. NEW OFFICERS AT AUGUSTA. Since the last Bulletin the annual meeting of the Catholic Laymen s Association of Georgia has been held and new officers elected as follows: T. S. Gray, president; Mrs. J. J. Joy, vice-president; J. J. Callahan, vice-president; Mrs. V. J. Dorr, vice- president; Hugh Kinchley, vice-president; Victor Markwalter, secretary; A. M. McAuliffe, treasurer. Executive Committee Geo. E. Toale, Mrs. C. D. Kinchley, Joseph S. Watkins, Mrs. J. L. O’Dowd, T. J. O’Leary.