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Member of the National Catholic Welfare Coun cil News Service. ijkt T&nlXtttn Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens Association^Geoigia "TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS. IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED" The Only Catholic Newspaper Between Bal timore and New Orleans TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. III. NO. 6. AUGUSTA, GA., APRIL 10, 1922. $2.00 A YKak ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY ILL IRISH CLERGY L FOR BELFAST PEACE Catholic and Protestant Bishops Act to End Mur ders Which Call on City “Just Judgment of Heaven’’ Dublin.—A joint appeal lias been issued by Catholic and Protestant bishops, including the heads of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches urging all classes to unite in an ef fort to restore peace in Belfast. The signatories of the letter say in their appeal: “We condemn in the strongest terms the murders and other forms of violence that have taken place and which are a disgrace to any civi lized community. We would point out that they cannot be of any pos sible advantage to any cause or to any section of the people. But we are chiefly anxious to draw at tention to the moral aspect of the situation. No matter what provo cation may lie given, nothing can make the outrages that are taking ilacc right. They are not only of- enscs against the law of the land; 'ey are grievous sinct against Al- ighty God. God’s blessing can ver rest on a community where hey are practiced; they necessar- !y call down upon it the just judg ment of Heaven.” Meanwhile tile persecution of Catholics in Belfast has not yet abated. An official statement is sued last Friday gives the number of those killed since July, 11120, as 125 Catholics and 42 Protestants. Even British soldiers of certain regiments are being shot at sight as allies of the Pope. Catholic members of the constabulary are exposed to the same danger. Some fifty Catholic ex- soldiers in a neurasthenia hospital received notices of an obscene char acter ordering them out of the hos pital. One of the passages in this notice was: “Go, or we will riddle everv rotten Papist.” CALLOUS METHODS USED. Two cases which occurred during the week are typical of the deliber ation and callousness shown in tracking down Catholics. James Keilly, a Catholic storekeep er, had closed his premises, arid, accompanied by his assistant, was on his way home. The two were attacked by an Orange gang at a point where the street light was ex tinguished. Reilly was fired at and fell. When on the ground several bullets were poured into his body. He died five minutes after admission into a hospital. It was only two years ago that Reilly’s store had been burned to the ground by an Orange mob and he had since had it rebuilt. Within one week three attempts were made to shoot Mrs. Goldsmith, a Catholic, whose husband served eighteen years in the British army, and in the last attempt she was shot in the right arm. Mr. M. Connor-Plummer, a Protest ant living in Newcastle-West, County Limerick, writes to the press call ing attention to the “brutal murd ers so rampant in the North which have outraged common Christian ity by their callousness.” Yet not one word of protest, he complains, has been uttered by the Southern Protestants. He asks that a protest should at once he made as “these worse than Turkish out rages nullify tuiy attempt at freedom within the four shores of Erin.” Mr. Connor-Plummer suggests that all Protestants in theu-south of Ire land voice their feelings at public meetings to be held in Dublin. Cork, Limerick and elsewhere and send representatives to the Ulster leaders asserting that it was incumbent on Protestants in the south, who lived in the greatest harmony with their Catholic neighbors to make a clear and stern condemnation of the “un christian form of intolerance which is scarcely equalled in the darkest days of persecution in any pagan ountry.” Noted Orator To Speak In Three Georgia Cities Hon. Joseph Scott of Califor nia to Deliver Addresses in Augusta, Atlanta and Au gusta After Easter. NATIONALLY KNOWN AS APOSTLE OF PATRIOTISM Is a Leading Layman—Seve ral Times President of Los Angeles School Board and Chamber of Commerce. Augusta, Ga.—Hon. Joseph Scott, one of the leading Catholic laymen of the United States and the orator of the Pacific Coast, is to journey HON. JOSEPH SCOTT to Georgia from his Los Angeies home to deliver addresses in At lanta, Augusta and Savannah late in April, according to announce ments made by State Deputy John R. McCallum of the Knights of Co lumbus and President P. H. Rice, K. S. G., of the Catholic Laymen’s As sociation of Georgia, the heads of the organizations under the auspices of which the addresses are to he made. Mr. Scott’s subject will he “Patriotism.” Mr. Scott will speak in Savannah Friday evening, April 23. The fol lowing evening he will deliver an address in Atlanta, and Sunday' af ternoon the people of Augusta will have the opportunity to hear him, according to the tentative schedule already arranged. The purpose of Mr. Scott’s visit and addresses will be to further the work of bringing about a better feeling among Georgians, irrespec tive of creed. He has a message for the Catholics of the state, but he has an even greater one for the non-Catholics, and it is hoped he will he able” to deliver it to them in large numbers. To say that Mr. Scott is one of leading Catholic laymen in liie coun try is to understate the truth, if any thing. In addition to being knighted by the late Pontiff, Pope Benedict XV, he was awarded the Laetare Medal in 191!) by Notre Dame Uni versity, an honor bestowed each year on the American Catholic lay man or woman deemed to have made the best contribution during the year to the world of art, letters, states manship, education, or along simi lar lines. Mr. Scott was educated at St. Cutli- bert College, Exhaw, England, where he had for one of his professors Cardinal Merry del Val, later Papal Secretary of State, a warm personal friend of his. For three years he was professor of rhetoric and Eng lish at St. Bonaventure College, Al legheny, N. Y., where he was award ed the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1892. He later went to Los Angeles, where he entered the prac tice of law. In 1903 lie received Continued on Page Three, T1 RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE CONDEMNED B Y HA RDING ACCEPTED BY BORAH AS MENACE TO COUNTRY Succeeds Former Senator Kenyon—Credited with Be ing Opposed to Paternalis tic Tendencies. BENNING SOLDIERS Replace Sisters’ Flag Pole Anti-Catholics Destroyed, Washington, D. C.—Senator Wil liam E. Borah’s acceptance of the chairmanship of the Senate Com mittee on Education and Labor as the successor of former Senator William S. Kenyon, of Iowa, has given little comfort to the advocates of the Sterling-Towner bill which would created a Department of Edu cation, with a secretary in the Pres ident's Cabinet, .-nd appropriate 8100,000,000 annually as subsidies to the educational budgets of the several States. Whatever Senator Borah’s ulti mate attitude may be on the Ster ling Towner bill, he has not Here tofore shown sympathy with pro posals to commit the Federal Gov ernment to vast annual outlays, likely to grow larger with the years, and to an assumption of duties and functions which belong, to the in dividual States. With a congressional campaign only a few weeks distant, and an election half a year in the future, the leaders of the big parties in Congress and outside of it are not likely to press the Sterling-Towner hill to a vote. They prefer to add nothing to the complications which already exist for the Representa tives and Senators who are to seek election to the next Congress. The general belief—based in large part j on the admissions of the leaders of the Republican majority—is that there will be no legislative consider ation of the Sterling-Towner bill until after the election next Novem ber. Committe’s Report. One factor which is certain to af fect if not wholly to alter the pros pects of the Sterling-Towner bill is the forthcoming report of the Con gressional Joint Reorganization Committee appointed to consolidate the bureaus and departments and redistribute the official duties of the Government. This committee has not indicated its deposition to accept tlie scheme of reorganization outlined in the hill of the establish ment of a 'Department of Public Welfare drafted by General Sawyer President Harding’s physician, hut this later measure is likely to have considerable support among the re organizers. Until a scheme of reorganization has been devised for all the execu tive departments, it is doubtful if the Sterling-Towner bill, which would erect another large unit of governmental machinery, will be ap proved by the Reorganization Com mittee. There is still less likeli hood that the powers, functions am appropriations which the Sterling- Towner measure would give the De partment of Education it contem plates would be sanctioned by the Reorganization Committee’s bill. Those familiar with Senator Bor ah’s views on “paternalism” believe that even if the friends of the Ster ling-Towner bill on the Committee on Education and Labor should be strong enough to force a favorable report on it lie would not champion the measure on the floor of the Senate but would leave that task to some of its advocates. The vacancy created by the resig nation of Senator Kenyon and Senator Borah’s advancement to the chairmanship has been filled by the appointment of Senator Rawson, Senator Kenyon’s successor. Sena tor Rawson has not given any clue to his position with reference to the Sterling-Towner bill. Representative Towner, one of the co-sponsors of the measure, is from Iowa. BISHOP FOGARTY SUES. Dublin.—Most Rev. Dr. Forgarty, Bishop of Killaloe, has lodged a claim for compensation for damage to his property by masked and armed men who raided his house in De cember 1920. Columbus, Ga.—-Soldiers sta tioned at Camp Benning, near here, many of them veterans of the fighting in France, have re placed the flag .pole which anti- Calholics removed from in front of St. Patrick’s School in Phenix City, opposite Columbus, several weeks ago, and have supplied a .new flag. The soldiers bought the pole and flag with their own money and then hoisted the American colors with impressive ceremon ies. After the soldiers had reared tlie*pole and raised the flag, they visited the Sisters in charge of the school and asked to he in formed if there was any further attempt to show disrespect to Old Glory or to annoy them. St. Patrick’s school is conduct ed by the Missionary Sisters of tlie Holy I rinity. These Sisters have been in Phenix City for sev- u-al years during which they have provided education for the white children of the community, nurs ed the sick and helped the poor, practically without compensation of* any kind. Most of the resi dents of Phenix City, Girard and Columbus are friendly to the Sis ters and have shown disgust and resentment at the persecution that has been practiced on them by a small minority of fanatics. The flag pole which the soldiers have replaced was cut down and ruined two weeks ago. The flag was destroyed some time prior to the wrecking of the pole. Warning was previously given to the Sisters that unless they re moved a cross from the flag pole the flag would he hauled down. Thousands Welcome Cardinal Dougherty on His Arrival in Philadelphia After Trip to Rome. Ok Philadelphia—Philadelphia’s pride n Cardinal Dougherty and pleasure at his safe return were impressively manifested by the great welcome which he received from thousands of citizens. Catholics and non- Catholics, on his arrival from Rome last Wednesday evening. The greet ing which awaited him in his episcopal city was the culmination of almost continuous demonstra tion which were accorded him from the moment he left the ship in New York till he found himself once more among his own people. Cardinal Dougherty made the trip from New York to Philadelphia in a special train, accompanied by a large delegation of clergy and laity l)y whom lie had been received in the former city. Right Rev. M. J. Crane, Auxiliary Bishop of Phila delphia, headed the reception com mittee of two hundred in New work. Cardinal Greets Home Folks. Thousands of Philadelphians of both sexes, all ages and of various religious faiths thronged Broad street station and lined the streets as the Cardinal’s train came to a standstill. Preceded by a host of priests and distinguished laymen, Cardinal Dougherty was escorted through tin* concourse to the auto- Says the Bigotry Existing Among Many of Our Citi zens Threatens the Liber ties of Which We Boast. ChuiWi. Expresses His Views at Calvary Baptist Church Asserts That in Spite of Di vorcement of Church and State Nation Must Remem ber God in Order to Prosper Washington, D. C.—“In the ex periences of a year in the presiden cy, there has come to me no other such unwelcome impression as the manifest religious intolerance which exists among many of our citizens. I hold it to be a menace to the very liberties we boast and cherish.” President Warren G. I, speaking before the Vaughn Class of the Calvary Baptist Chml made this striking allusion to the spirit of religious bigotry that pre vails in part of America to-day ami one of the sources of which is known to be in the nation’s capi tal. Religious reverence, said the Chief Executive, has played an im portant part in American achieve ment. Declaring that if “I were to niter a prayer for the Republic to-night it would he to reconsecrate us in re ligious devotion and make us abid ingly a God-fearing, God-loving people,” President Harding urged “a frank and willing obedience to the law of the land” and decried “the very apparent tendency to a lighter and more frivolous view of the citizen’s relations to both the State and the Church.” i resident Harding spoke in part as follows: Church and State. “There is no relationship here be tween Church and State. Religious liberty has its unalterable place, along with civil and human liberty' in the very foundation of the Re public wherein is shown the far seeing vision of the immortal founders, and we are a better peo ple and a better Republic because there is that freedom. “I fear it is forgotten sometimes. In the experiences of a year in the presidency there has come to me no other such unwelcome iinnres- sion as the manifest among manv ol our citizens. I hold it to he a menace to the very liberties we boast and cherish. “In spite of our complete divorce ment of Church and State quite in harmony with our religious free dom, there is an important relation ship between Church and nation, be cause no nation can prosper, no n;U tion can survive if it ever forgets Almighty God. I have believed that religious reverence lias played a very influential and helpful part in (he matchless American achieve ment, and I wish it ever to abide. It I were to utter a prayer for the Republic to-night, it would he lu reconsecrate us in religious devo- tion, and make us abidingly a God fearing Cod-loving people. “} do not fail to recall that tlie religious life makes for the simple life, and it would he like a divine benediction to restore the simpler life in this Republic.” ft ’T j (Continued on page ten.) TWO MILLION CHINESE CATKC UCS. Paris.—According to an arfiel published by La Croix, based on in formation contained in the Yea Book of the Religious Observatory o Zi-Ka-Wei, it appears that the nun, her of Catholics in China has no only reached the number of two mil Hons hut has even exceeded thj number. As a matter of fact, a the beginning of the present yea there were 2,050,000 baptized Cat ho lies in the Chinese Repuhlic.and th annual increase is estimated at (il 800.