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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
EWDARD Y. CLARKE IS
INDICTED IN ATLANTA
Imperial Kleagle of Ku Klux
Klan Charged With Using
Mails To Defraud,
Catholic Boys Sent to West Point
And Annapolis By South Carolina
(By N. C. NY. C. News Scivicc.)
Atlanta—Edward Young Clarke,
Imperial Kleagle and acting Imperial
Wizard of the Kn K!ux Klan, has
been indicted by the federal grand
jury here on charges of “using the
mails to effect schemes to defraud. ’
The charges have to do with Clarke’s
alleged use of the mails for the pur
pose of collecting money from em
ployees, members, and suboridnate
officers of the Klan on the ground
that such moneys were to be used
to buy surety bonds for the men
from whom they were collected. Af
ter being released under bond of
$500, Clarke issued a statement re
iterating his customary excuse for
being in legal difficulties that the
whole thing is “another effort on
the part of the enemies of the Klan
^to hurt the Klan by discrediting me.’
Resigns as Kleagle.
Just the day before the federal
indictment was returned, Clarice an
nounced his resignation as imperial
Kleagcl and acting Imperial Wizard,
to take effect November 10.
lit health, the demands of private
business, and a cruel persecution and
misrepresentation of his endeavors,
arc reasons given publicly for
Clarke s action in resigning his po
sition of high honor and profit in
the Invisible Empire, it is a mat
ter of common knowledge, however,
that Clarke has been the center ol
a storm which has raged about the
throne of the Invisible Empire for
several months and that his admin
istration of affairs has led to a
serious split in the ranks of those
who pay tribute.
Simmons Discredited.
Clarke has announced that when
lie retires from office, Col. Simmons
will come out of his mysterious re
tirement and in his capacity as Im
perial Wizard will again assume act
ive control of the Klan. There is a
rumor current here, however, that
Simmons’ incumbency is to be of
short duration and that he is sche
duled to abdicate the throne of the
Invisible Empire in the interests of
» harmony within the ranks.
Charles Edwin Crombe, Jr., Appointed to Naval Academy
From Sumter, and Thomas Geddings Roche, Jr., of Abbe
ville Enters Military Academy.
Special to The Bulletin.
Sumter, S. C.—Sumter has been
honored by the selection of Charles
Edwin Crombe, .Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles' Edwin Crombe, as u
future officer of the United States
Navy. He has been honored by ap
pointment to the United States Na
val Academy at Annapolis, Md.
Mr. Crombe is a graduate of Sum
ter High School, which has the uni
que distinction of having had mili
tary drill and instruction as part
of its curriculum for the past twen
ty years, and whose list of graduates
who distinguished themselves in na
val and military circles is a long
one.
During the first part of his se
nior year Mr. Crombe was captain
of Company A, later becoming ad
jutant of the Batailion. the two most
honored positions in the organiza
tion. He was one of the three chosen
as the best drilled cadets in the stu
dent body and eligible for the medal
for military' proficiency. For two
years he was master of ceremonies
in St. Anne s Church in this city.
Commandant W. H. Dargan of the
Sumter High School and the stu
dent body look to their Annapolis
representative to reflect honor and
glory' on Sumter.
Special to The Bulletin.
Abbeville, S. C.—To Thomas Ged
dings Roche of this city goes the
honor of being tlie first Catholic
in a. generation, if not the first in
its history, to enter the United
States Military Academy at West
Point. He left for the famous in
stitution a few weeks ago. He is
the son of Patrick Roche of this
city.
Mr. Roche is a graduate of the
Abbeville High School, and during
his course he distinguished himself
on the athletic field as well as in
the classroom. After being gradua
ted from -the local high school, he
spent a y'car at Clemson College of
this state, where, in addition to
maintaining his former fine scholas
tic and athletic record he made a
name for himself in military science.
His appointment to West Point is
merited the strong approval of his
commandant at Clfinson, Major Mad
ison Pearson, U. S. A.
In his parish.school, Sacred Heart,
Mr. Roche w f as master of ceremo
nies, and he acted as sacristan to
the Catholic chaplain at Clemson
College.
LAYMEN OF COLUMBUS
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General Gordon Also Attends
Association Meeting—W.
B. Rainey Named Preident.
National Organization
Loses Bishop Russell
Charleston Prelate Resigns
as N. C. W. C. Executive
After Unpre ce d e n t e d
Achieveffents.
Special to The Bulletin.
Washington, D. C.—Rt. Rev. Wil
liam T. Russell, I). D., bishop of
Charleston, liar, resigned from the
Administrative Committee of the
National Catholic Welfare Council,
and as Chairman of the Bureau of
Press and Publicity, after service
that extends to the foundation of
the Bureau.
Under the direction of Bishop
Russell, the National Catholic Wel
fare Council News Service, which
serves the Catholic press as the As
sociated Press serves the daily sec
ular press, was established. It has
its correspondents in every part of
the United Slates and in every cap
ital and large city of Europe. -The
establishment of the nows service
masked a new epoch for the Catho
lic papers of America, and made it
possible for them to rise to higher
news standards than ever before.
The latest achievement of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Council
News, tlie 'ast one before Bishop
Russell resigned, was the addition
of a picture page, through which
the outstanding Catholic occurrences
and figures are published each week
in pietoral form in the Catholic pa
pers of the country.
The N. C. W. C. News Service has
not only Increased the usefulness of
^Catholic papers by keeping their
readers well informed, but has fur
nished editors of secular papers with
a reliable source of information
about Catholic action. It has thus
been a great factor in lessening er
ror and in promoting good will.
, Bishop Bussell will be succeeded
as chairman of the Bureau of Press
and Publicity by Bt. Rev. Louis S.
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Portland,
Me. Bishop Walsh is a graduate
of Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.,
and was ordained in Rome in 1882.
Be has been Bishop of Portland
t iSOG.
Special to The Bulletin.
Columbus, Ga.—W. B. Rainey was
elected president of the Columbus
branch of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia at tlie annual
meeting of the organization at Holy-
Family Church Sunday, September
24- There were about 300 present
at the meeting, including General
Gordon, U. S, A„ commandant at
Fort Henning, and General Malone,
U. S. A , the head of the infantry
school.
Besides Mr. Rainey, the following
officers were elected: First vice-
president, Mrs. W. W. Rainey; sec
ond vice-president, Miss Elizabeth
Dcignan; secretary, P. H. Corbett;
treasurer, W. J. Weaver.
General Malone delivered the ad
dress of the evening. He eulogized
the work the Laymen’s Association
is doing toward bringing about a
better feeling among Georgians, ir
respective of creed, and he paid a
tribute to The Bulletin for the way
in which it handled attacks on and
misrepresentations of the Catholic
Church. He commended The Bul
letin for not indulging in personal
ities and said that he believed there
would he less prejudice if other re
ligious papers were conducted in the
same spirit.
Mr. Rainey, the new president of
the Columbus branch, is a former
student at Spring Hill College, Mo
bile, Alabama, and deeply interest
ed in the work of the association.
Under his leadership it is expected
the Columbus branch will become
one of the strongest in the slaie,
rivaling those in cities much larger.
A. F. Kunze, state vice-president for
southwest Georgia, presided at the
Columbus meeting, and President
P. H. Rice, K. C. S. G-, and Publicity
Director Richard Reid, of tlie stale
association, addressed the gathering
on the work of tlie organization.
The large attendance at the meet
ing was due in large measure to the
assistance of Rev. Joseph E. Moy-
’an, of Holy Family Church. Chap
lain T. J. Lennan, U. S. A., and many
officers from Fort Benning were
among those present.
BISHOP DONAHUE DIES
AT WHEELING, W. VA.
LITERARY DIGEST NOT
So Carl Hutcheson’s Move
To Have It Barred from At
lanta Schools Fails.
Special to The Bulletin.
Atlanta, Ga.—School Commis
sioner Carl Hutcheson’s effort
to bar the Literary Digest from
the public school libraries of
this city on the ground that it
contains Catholic “propaganda”
ended in defeat last Saturday
when the Board of Education
adopted a report made by the
advisory committe commending
the publication and recommend
ing that it be continued in the
&chools as a reference wor'k.
Commissioner Hutcheson intro
duced the resolution last spring.
He was one of. the leaders in
the movement to secure the dis
charge of the teachers in the
public schools who are Catho
lics and to have the Knights of
Columbus investigated by City
Council. He recently was de
feated for judge of the Superior
Court by the encumbent, Judge
Ellis.
Macon Catholic Women
Strong Civic Factors
Report of Their Organization
Reveals List of Remarkable
Accomplishments.
Senior Bishop of Province of
Baltimore Began Life»As a
Lawyer—111 a Year.
Wheeling, W. Va.—The Right Rev.
Patrick James Donahue, for twenty
eight years Bishop of the Wheel
lug diocese and senior bishop of
the Province of Baltimore, died here
last Wednesday after a prolonged
illness which for the past year made
it practically impossible for him to
attend to his episcopal duties
The late prelate was born in Mal
vern, Worcestsbire, England on April
15, 1849 and after graduating from
the University of London in 1869
came to the United States in 1871.
He studied law at and was graduated
from Columbian, now George Wash-
ington University, in 1876 and prac-if M. emorlaI “t the University of Geor-
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ticed law in Washington previous
to engaging upon his theological
studies. He was ordained Decem
ber 23, 1885 and was chancellor of
the archdiocese of Baltimore from
1886 to 1891. In 1891 he was ap
pointed rector of the Cathedral in
Baltimore, which position he held
until his appointedment of Bishop
of Wheeling.
Under the administration of Bish
op Bonaliuc the number of clergy
in the docese has been tripled, many
new missions have been established
and a thriving system of Catholic
education has been built up.
/At the request of Bishop Donahue,
who felt himself handicapped be
cause of his infirmities, the Bight
Rev. John J. Swint, was appointed
auxiliary bishop of Wheeling early
tiiis year and was consecrated in St.
Joseph’s Cathedral on May 11.
ESTILL-BRESNAHAN.
Augusta, Ga.—Clara Estill, daugh
ter of Mrs. A. H. Estill, and James
J. Bresnahan, son of Mrs. Nellie
Bresnahan, both of this city, were
uniled in marriage at a nuptial Mass
at St. Patrick’s Church, October 5,
Itev. Jeremiah O’Hara officiating.
Miss Mary Bresnahan was brides
maid and John Bresnahan best man.
Mrs. E, H. Estill was matron of
honor, and Henry Mura and Edward
Bresnahan ushers. After the cere
mony, tlie couple left for New York.
Mr. Bresnahan is paying teller at
the Georgia Railroad Bank.
1IERMAN-BRITTINGHAM.
Augusta, Ga.—Miss Anna Louise
Herman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Herman, and Thomas Harper
Brittingliam, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T, G. Brittingliam, were united in
marriage at Sacred Heart Church,
October 4, Rev. P. A. Ryan, S. J.,
pastor, officiating, and celebrating
the nuptial Mass. Miss Mary Her
man, sister of the bride, was brides
maid, and Dr. W. D. O’Leary was
best man. Messrs. O. W. Hinson,
Gerald Casey, Jerome McCarthy and
John F. Armstrong were ushers,
and Miss Alice Doyle presided at the
organ. After the ceremony, Mr.
and Mrs. Brittingliam left for a
wedding trip to New York. They
will live in Augusta. Mr. Britting-
ham is associated in business with
his father, and is a graduate of
Georgia Tech.
FERRY-WILLIAMSON.
Atlanta, Ga.—Rev. James A. Hor
ton, pastor of Sacred Heart Church,
officiated at the marriage of Miss
Harriet Ferry, of this city, and
Chester Williamson, formerly of
New York, now of Atlanta, After
the wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liamson will live in Atlanta. Mrs.
Williamson is the daughter of Mrs.
L. L. Ferry, Bonaventure Avenue,
Macon. Ga.—The Catholic Wom
en’s Club of this city has completed
its second year under the able
administration of Mrs. Henry M.
Sours, its president, and her asso
ciates, and has made for itself a
record of which it may well lie
proud. Mrs. Sours had as assistants
in office during her term Miss An
nie McKcrvey, vice president; Miss
Julia McCreary, treasurer, and Miss
Mary Cassidy, treasurer.
Shortly after its organization the
Catholic Women’s Club joined the
Georgia Federation of Women’s
Clubs, hut withdrew when affilia
tion with the national body re
quired political endorsement it fell
it could not extend. Tlie club now
devotes itself to local work, although
fulfilling the pledges it made to the
state federation. The Catholic
Women’s Club strives to promote
moral, civic, social and educational
advancement, and is a contributor
to the Talulah Falls School, the
gia for the hoys who died in the
war, the Near East Relief and the
Irish Relief. It has also during the
year contributed $50 to the National
Catholic Welfare Council at Wash
ington, I). C., for the memorial to the
late Cardinal Gibbons.
Locally, the club has contributed
substantially to St. Ann’s Benevolent
Society, and to the proects of the
Knights of Columbus, being the
second largest subscriber to the
Knights of Colunfbus building fund.
It has aided the charitable work of
the Salvation Army and donated
$100 to the Washington Memorial
Library. It has distributed over
1,000 magazines and hooks at the
City Hospital, as well as toys, flow
ers and refreshments to the chil
dren’s wards. It is a subscriber to
the fund for undernourished chil
dren, and has appointed a member
to act with the association in charge
of this work.
The Catholic Women’s Club has
tendered several complimentary en
tertainments to St. Jospeh’s congre
gation. It has plans for even more
activity in this line in the future,
and for this purpose has added to
its equipment recently a fine kitchen
cabinet and a handsome piano. The
entertainments staged by the club
is one way it has of hacking up its
expressed disapproval of public and
promiscous dancing.
The retiring officers leave to their
successors a remarkable record and
a substantial bank account.
CATHOLIC COLLEGE
FOOTBALL RESULTS.
Saturday, October 7.
Auburn, 20; Spring Hill, G.
Loyola, 7; Louisiana State, 0.
Georgetown, 19; Lebanon Valley, 6.
Boston College, 20; Boston Uni
versity, 0. 1
Harvard, 20; Holy Cross, 0.
Rutgers, 20; Fordham, 15.
Johns Hopkins, 2; Mt. St.
Mary’s, 0.
Detroit, 34; Duquesnc, 0.
Notre Dame, 26; St. Louis, 0.
Marist College, Atlanta, 12; Pow
der Springs A. & M., 0.
Augusta Catholic High School, 6;
Harlem . High, 0.
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FNTIRN
WILL SET IE C O R D
S0CI1II0K
Largest Gathering in Lay
men’s League History Ex
pected at Seventh Annual
Meeting October 29.
Special to The Bulletin.
Macon, Ga—There is every indi
cation that the convention of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, to he held here Sunday,
October 29th, will he the largest in
the history of tlie organization, and
one of the greatest gallierings of
Catholics ever held in the South
east.
From nearly every city in the
state in which there is a local
branch of the laymen’s association)
and there are fifteen of them be
sides Macon, there have come re
ports of delegations being formed
for the trip. In Atlanta, Augusta,
Columbus and other cities members
of the association are forming au
tomobile parties for the ride to Ma
con. The roads are fine and the
weather this time of the year ideal
for such trips, and hundreds will
find their way to the convention in
this manner.
All the delegations will not lie
from tlie larger centers of Catho
licity, however. T.-ie smaller towns,
where the Catholics number only a
handful, will also he well represent
ed, as well as some where the Cath
olic population could he numbered
on one’s fingers. Catholics who
live in places where there are only-
three or four or a dozen of their
faith appreciate the annual conven
tion of the laymen’s association
more than their more fortunate
brethren of the larger cities, appre
ciative as the latter may he, for they
regard it as an opportunity to meet
other Catholics to become acquaint
ed with them and to get a more
comprehensive idea of their church
than is possible when one lives in
a community where Catholics arc
not even numerous enough to con
stitute a small majority.
Interest in the convention cen
ters in the fact that Rt. Rev. Mich
ael J. Keyes, S. M., who will he con
secrated Bishop of Savannah Wed
nesday, will he the guest of honor
and the principal speaker. He will
address the delegates to the con
vention and members of the asso
ciation in the afternoon. Other
speakers in the afternoon will be
Dr. Michael J. Slattery, executive
secretary- of the National Cou;
of Catholic Men, Washington, I). C-,
of which organization a Georgian,
Admiral William S. Benson, U. S. N.
is national president arid Benedict
Elder, editor of the Catholic Rec
ord. of Louisville, Ky., one of the
old standbys of the Lay-mens As
sociation.
The convention will open in tlie
morning with a mass at which Rev.
W. A. Wilkinson, S. J., pastor of
St. Joseph’s Church, will deliver the
sermon. The convention mass will
he at 9:30 in tire morning, after
which the delegates will assemble in
the basement of the church for the
business sessions. The reports of
the president, the treasurer, the
auditor and the publicity committee
will he submitted and the meeting
thrown open for discussion. The
principal speakers will he reserved
for the afternoon.
Each parish is entitled to four
delegates in the convention, two
men and tyvo women, and the pas
tors of ihe various parishes of the!
diocese have been asked to nr.rr
them- All state officers, including
state vice-presidents, are entitled to
scats in the convention by virtue of
their positions. Each Catholic so
ciety in the state is also entitled to
representation, cither by appoint
ment hv the president of the or
ganization or by election and ihe
various organizations have been re
quested to forward at once the"
names of their representatives to
Miss Cecile C. Ferry, 1409 Lamar
Building, a member of the commit
tee on credentials.
The report of the publicity com
mittee will show that the year just
closed was one of the most suc
cessful since the laymen’s associ
ation was organized six years ago.
New problems are facing the organ
ization and the coming y-ear will be
second to none in its history in im
portance. The large attendance an
ticipated, therefore, is very- gratify
ing to the officials of the associa
tion and to the \ members active in
its work.
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