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The Bulletin
.. of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia ..
ISSUED MONTHLY 407 Herald Building, Augusta, Georgia. SEPTEMBER, 1921
“To bring about a friendlier feeling among Georgians irrespective of Creed.”
VOLUME 11.
Entered as second class matter. Accepted for mail
ing at special rate of postage provided for in Se^- $9 00 A YFAT?
tion 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized Sep- ^ *
tember 1, 1921.
No. 10
THE SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1921
It is customary to say of every convention that it
is the greatest in the history of the organization. To do
otherwise than to make that
statement about the 192 1
convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, at Atlanta, Sun
day, September 11, would
be to violate every prin
ciple of truth.
There were present at
the convention fully 300
delegates and visitors from
every city in Georgia, and
from many of the towns.
Savannah, 300 miles from
the convention city, carried
off the honors for out-of-
town attendance with about
two score delegates and
members, Augusta was a
close second; in fact, it dis
putes the honor which has
been awarded to Savannah.
Macon, in proportion to
the number of Catholics in
the city, did perhaps even
better than Augusta and
Savannah. Columbus did
herself proud by her dele
gation. Athens, Waycross,
M i 1 1 e d g e vile, Albany,
Washington, B r u n swick,
Reynolds, Decatur, Mariet
ta and many other Georgia
cities were well represent
ed.
The convention opened
with Mass at 10:30 at the
Church of the Sacred Heart
at which the rector, Rev.
James A. Horton, S. M.,
delivered the sermon. Im
mediately after, the dele
gates and members assem
bled in the hall of the Mar-
ist College for the conven
tion proper, which was op
ened by Rt. Rev. Benjamin
J. Keiley, D. D., Bishop of
Savannah with prayer.
The morning session, at
which Capt. P. H. Rice, of
Augusta, state president,
presided, was taken up
with the reports of the
committee on credentials, Richard A. Magill, Atlanta,
chairman, the address of welcome by President W. P.
Jones of the Atlanta Branch, the response by R. W.
Hatcher of Milledgeville and the appointment of com
mittees. Then followed the reports of President Rice,
of Augusta, and Secretary
John B. McCallum of At
lanta, after which the meet
ing adjourned for luncheon
at the Capital City Club.
Three Hundred at Dinner
Over- three hundred
members of the Associa
tion and their friends sat
down at the banquet, as
the guests of the Atlanta
Branch, of which Winfield
P. Jones is president. The
great hall of the club was
filled to its doors. There
were no speeches at the
dinner.
After the dinner, the del
egates and members re
turned to the convention
hall, where they heard the
reports of T. S. Gray, state
treasurer, an d Richard
Reid, director of publicity.
Mr. Gray showed the asso
ciation to be in sound fi
nancial condition. The re
port of the publicity direc
tor, for the committee, is
reproduced in part else
where in this issue. First
Vice-President J. J. Hav-
erty of Atlanta presided at
the afternoon session.
Admiral Benson, who
was introduced by Rt. Rev.
Benjamin J. Keiley, D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah, com
plimented his fellow Geor
gians on the work they had
done in organising the
Catholic Laymen’s Associ
ation of this state.
“Your purpose to ac
quaint your neighbors with
the attitude you hold on the
principle of the separation
of church and state is so
definite and certain that it
is hard to believe that any
one could for a moment
think we would have any
other condition that we now have and hope to
continue,’ said the Admiral. “Your Association has
done more work than even you yourselyQ^ realize.
THE 1921 CONVENTION
It was the greatest in the history of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of Georgia.
P. H. Rice, of Augusta, was re-elected presi
dent, Col. P. H. Callahan, of Louisville, hon
orary vice-president, J. J. Haverty, of Atlanta,
first vice-president, John B. McCallum of Atlan
ta, secretary, T. S. Gray, of Augusta, treasurer.
Richard Reid, of Augusta, was elected chairman
of the publicity committee, succeeding E. A.
Sheridan of Macon, who asked that he be re
lieved of the position. Mr. Sheridan remains as
a member of the committee.
The address of the day was deivered by Ad
miral Wm. S. Benson, U. S. N., of Washington,
the man who transported millions of United
States troops to Europe during the war without
the loss of a single man. The complete text of
Admiral Benson’s speech will be carried in next
month’s Bulletin.
Greetings were cabled to His Holiness, Pope
Benedict XV, by the convention through a com
mittee headed by J. J. Haverty, of Atlanta.
The delegates and visitors, to the number of
300, were entertained at a dinner at the Capital
City Club at noon Sunday.
The convention adopted resoutions denying
that Catholics are opposed to the system of pub
lic schools, and that they preached or favored so
cial equality, and went on record as opposing
any organization which constitutes itself a super
government and undertakes to enforce the laws,
despite the fact that the state has two courts of
justice functioning for the duty.
Besides Admral Benson, the convention speak
ers were Col. Paul B. Malone, U. S. A., a dele
gate from Columbus, Michael Williams of Wash
ington, D. C., and Benedict Elder of Louisville,
Kentucky.