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| Member of the National | Catholic Welfare Con* ! Xjltf HuUttxn j The Only Catbalic Newspaper Between Bal- j ferencc News Service. 1 Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens Association^Geor^ia | 2 “TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS. IRRESPECTIVE OF CREED" g tiinore and New Orleans m TEN CENTS A (JURY. VOL. VII, No. 7. AUGUSTA, GA., APRIL 3, 1926. Bishop Schrembs is Only Speaker at Meeting V .W.C. A. Sponsored ‘The Contribution' of theiCatholic Church to Civilisa tion” Subject of Bishop of Cleveland, Who Traces Pro found Influence of Church in Various Directions (By N. G. \V. C. News Service) Cleveland— Bishop Joseph Schrembs was Ibe speaker at the second of a scries of talks under the auspices of the Young Women’s Christian Association here March 8 The general theme for the several speakers who will include repre sentatives of Judaism and of sev eral Protestant bodies is “Compa rative Religion.” An address will he given each week until April 12. The Bishop asked the audience that tilled the hall to consider his talk with an open mind, lie also explained that up to the time of the so-called Reformation, Christianity and Catholicity were synonymous terms. He said that he did not feel it necessary to offer the credentials of the Church as being the one foum- ded hv Jesus Christ. The Bishop's theme was “The Con tribution of the Catholic Church to Civilization.” In a little more than an hour Bi shop Schrembs reviewed the history of the Church from its foundation to the present time. He quoted the late William E. Gladstone’s tribute that “for fifteen hundred years the Catholic Church had marched at the head of civilization” and that “the moral and intellectual forces of the world were the result of her teach ing and influence.” The Bishop out lined the experiences the Church had undergone in the early centuries in dealing with the pagan world and later in its ministration to various nations. “As paganism crumbled Chr istianity grew.” he said. He paid tribute to the monastic orders for preserving the literature .that was compiled into the Bible and explained the lives of the monks, lives of “study, prayer and labor.” Some of the outstanding points in the Bishop’s talk were his ex position of the teaching of the Church in raising the condition of woman from’ that “of a mere chat tel. a creature to satisfy the whims of man” to “a position of dignity, honor and equality.” He declared that the canon law of the church was the foundation of international law. The Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Labor was de clared to he a masterpiece in as serting the rights of labor. The Church, lie said, had safeguarded the life of the child by condemn^ abortion, infanticide and like, crimes as she today condemns the same trend toward what is commonly call ed “britli control.” lie declared that only in Hie practice of virtue in lh s home can a family hope to be happy and prosperous and said that “a uatiou is virtuous and progres sive only as its individual families are virtuous and progressive.” Tlie Church has never made liei pulpits the place from which poli tical propaganda is spoken, the. Bi shop declared. He referred to the great universi- sities of Europe' and said that prac tically all of them were Catholic in origin. Even to tlic drama, the Bishop said, the Church had lent her in- (Continued on page 3) * Cardinal Mercier’s Vicar-General Is His Successor i4s Archbishop DEATH CLAIMS THOMAS W. LOTLESS, LONG ILL Brilliant Georgia Editor, Foe of Intolerance Became Catholic Before He Died (Bv N. C. W. C. News Service) Augusta, Ga.—Thomas Wesley Loy- less, eminent Southern editor and foe of inlollercniee coluntarily asked that he be baptized a Catholic a few weeks before lie died in his daughter's home in Philadelphia March 21. Therein lie followed the ex ample of another distinguished Geor gia journalist. Joel Chandler Har ris. Funeral services for Mr. Loyless were held March 21, at SI. Joseph’s Church, Maeoti. Father Thomas .1 Madden, S. J„ officiated, assisted by the clergy of the city, and lead ing Georgia newspapermen and Fed eral and State officials attended. It may tmthfiilly lie said that the conversion to tile Catholic faith of this distinguished man was due to the anti-Catholic wave in Georgia. Mr. Loyless was born in a Methodist family and was reared a Methodist; He became what was conceded to he the most brilliant editor in Geor gia and was one of tlie last of the great Southern editors of the Grady and Watterson school. Thus it was that when bigotry raised its head in the State lie fearlessly threw the fun power of his skillful pen against it. In refuting charges against Catho lics lie acquainted himself with the Catholic position, and the knowledge he gained in this way led him eventually to embrace the Catholic faith. Mr. Loyless was horn in DaWson, Ga, in 1871. His opportunities for education were limited by the death of liis parents while he was very young; a few terms in the communi ty school comprised his only formal education. After a brilliant career as a reporter and editorial writer on Dawsou, Macon and Atlanta papers, he became almost the immediate suc cessor of United States Senator Pat rick Walsh as editor of The Augusta Chronicle. For several years a Georgia poli tical agitator hud been attempting to build up political strength in the State by attempting to set class against 'class, and particularly Pro testants agaipst Catholics. Although Catholics constituted only one-halt of one per cent of the population of the State and llieir defense from the slanders heaped upon them was at best a very unprofitable under taking, Mr. Loyiess devoted liis bril liant, trenchant, fearless pen to ex posing tlie malicious and utterly baseless Character of the attacks be ing made upon them. He allowed no consideration, financial, social or political to swerve him from his tight for truth and justice, and lie bad the consolation of seeing his efforts for tolerance bear abundant fruit before he died. After fifteen years, as editor of Tlie Chronicle at Augusta, lie lie- fame editor of The Enquirer-Sun at Columbus, retiring two years later to devoir liis time to business enter prises in which lie was interested. His last newspaper work was con ducting a “free lance” column in The Macon Telegraph in which lie (By X. C. W. C. News Service) Mexico City.—There has been no lessening of activity on the part of the Mexican government in the cam paign to close all religious schools. 'The work of the ministry ot the interior is continuing unabated, and the confidential agents of this de partment arc actively making a cen sus of all institutions which have not yet. been closed and are inves tigating closelv the movements of all foreign priests, even those who are not exercising their ministry and who*liave sougiit shelter in private homes, it is reported that an act ive search is to he made tor all foreign priests until not a singlfc one remains in Mexico. How closely the various’governors are being watched is revealed by a telegram received by Enrique Co- Umga, governor of tlie state of Gu anajuato. advising him that reports of confidential agents have brought to the attention of the secretary of the interior that many Catholic schools and convents remain open in various parts of the stale, contrary to the special instructions issued by the president and the secretary of the interior. According to the re- By REV. J. VAN der HEYDEN, (Louvain Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service). Louvain—Dispatches from Rome announce the appointment by the Pope of Msgr. Ernest J. Van Roey, vicar-general of tlie archdiocese of Malines, as arcll-bishop of that See in succession to the late Cardinal Mercier. The news was received with general satisfaction by both clergy and laity. Monsignor Van Roey is in the prime of life, having been born in Vorsselaers, in tile Province of Ant werp, on January 13, 1874. He was ordained on September J8, 1887, and on July 20, 1908, tlie University of Louvain conferred on liis tlie degree of Master of Theology. While the Abbe Van Roey was pre paring for the Magislerium of Theo logy one of his professors was tak en vSlck and the pupil became the teacher. He filled the place so well that lie was definitely appointed to the chair that same year, 1901. As professors, liis residence was ports, these establishments arc lo cated in Irapuato, Celaya. Salamanca, Pueblo Nuevo, Penjaluo, San Miguel Allcndc, San Francisco del Rincon and other towns. The telegrams also complained that the reports in dicated that pilgrimages, which come under tlie head of “public manifes tations of religion” arc still being held and also that the people gather in large numbers at certain con vents for spiritual exercises. It is reported that 202 foreign priests already have been expelled from the country, and while gov ernment agents .arc endeavoring to locate all those who still remain even private citizens are being call ed upon to act as informers. In Vera Cruz an official notice lias been sent out declaring lliat any person living near a church i.n which a foreign priest is exercising liis ministry or near a school in which religion is being •taught, and who does not report same to the authori ties becomes subject to a legal pen alty. Mayors have been informed by the governor of tlie state that they will lie held responsible for any failure to close convents and religious schools. at tlie America* College from 1902 to 1907. There, lie had occasion to meet numerous Airiericans—Bishops, priests and laymen—visiting the in stitution, and to come in contact with American and European stu dents now scattered throughout the dioceses in ihe United States from the Atlantic to tlie Pacific. They wall rejoice at his elevation to the most exalted acclesiastical office in Belgium, and recall with delight the luminous, methodical and pointed lectures on dogmatic and moral sub jects they attended in that scvcrc- looking lecture hail of the Rue de Namur, which the American Com mission for Relief of Belgium ap propriated to itself during the War, to store the flour it daily dis tributed to the hungry population. Msgr Van Joey is above all else a theologian; and il was for his re markable theological lore that Car dinal Mercier chose him September 30, 1907, to he his assistant in the administration of the Archdiocese as vicar-general. Report liad it long ago that upon the visits lie made to Rome with his last lamented chjgf, lie so impressed the Roman c.rcieai- astieal circles by liis deep and ex tensive knowledge of the Sacred Sci ences exhibited with extreme mod esty, that they singled him out long ago for eventual promotion. Although Monsignor Van Roey’s name lias never been mentionel offi cially ill connection with the “Ma- lincs Conversations,” he was pres ent at all of them and acted as Cardinal Mercier’s chief adviser. With him in his lamented patron’s place at the head of the archdiocese, these far-famed “Conversations”are very likely to lie continued. Monsignor Van llocy lias ever been known as a man of a most re tiring disposition, as a quiet, silent worker, accomplishing great tilings yet seeking to efface himself al ev ery turn, as a man of few, very few words but of words that count, each one being pregnant with meaning. It is not necessary to listen to him long to realize lliat he is a shining light of knowledge and a pillar of truth. Having lien connected with Cardi- nal'Mercier in the administration of the arch diocese fo eighteen years and having enjoyed tlie fullest con fidence and intimate friendship of liis distinguished predecessor for all those years, lie is best qualified for the responsible task of governing a flock of some 2,500,000 souls. They hail him with the more love and re spect for their shepherd because he stood so near to him they mourn as tlie greatest patriot and churchmen 'Belgium ever produced. (Continued on page 10) Mexican Citizens Required By Law to Inform on Non-Native Priests Mexican Schismatic Mass Has Attendance of One (By N. C. W. C. News Service) (Mexico City.—Don Jose Joaquin Peres, aged renegade priest and “Patriarch and Primate” of the “Mexican Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church,” celebrated “Mass” Sunday. March 7, at 10 o’clock in his Cathedral of Cor pus Christi—before a congrega tion of one. Two adult servers assisted “Pa triarch” Peres. An organist tried hopelessly to attract passers-by. . A woman sat at the rear sell ing the schismatic weekly. A curious tourist stood for a few moments at the church door. But the congregation itself was one lone man sitting in the rear pew at the extreme left. MINISTER AND WIPE IN IOWA BEGDMEGATHOLICS Protestant Episcopal Bishop Pays Tribute to Clergyman Who Announces Step. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Burlington, Iowa.—The Rev. Her bert W. Butler, rector of Christ Episcopal Church here, lias resigned that call and with liis wife, Mrs. Helen Butler, entered Ihe Roman Catholic chinch. The converts were received into Ihe church by the Rev. Thomas F. Galligati, of St. Pauls church, who also gave them holy communion. Mr. Butler's conversion has caus ed a profound sensatiou throughout out of the city; little else lias been talked about since it became known. His former pulpit lias been filled only temporarily and tlie Rt. Rev. T. N. Morrison, bishop of the Prot estant Episcopal church in Iowa, when told of the-couvcrsiou is re ported as saying: “Dr. Butler is a very, very fine man ami 1 have no criticism to of fer tlie Roman Catholic. In this he is undoubtedly following his eon- science and his convictions. If he lias come to the point where lie feels he must enter the Catholic church, no one should censure him for exerting the courage of his con victions. Personally. I wish Dr. Butler Cod-speed and success in whatever lie undertakes He leaves our church with good will and best wishes.” But the great courage that was required of Mr. Butler in embracing the true religion can he better re alized by understanding that lie is 40 years of age with a wife and mother to support, is at present without employment and could save nothing from liis salary of $2,500 a year as rector of Christ church. Mr. Butler is extremely anxious to locale in some private business at once, lie is well fitted for dramatic, social or literary work including that of librarian, lie came to Burlington in 1921 from Council Bluffs. Iowa, ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY $2.00 A YEAR NEUII EDUCATION BILL IS INTRODUCED IN SENATE Archbishop Dowling Terms Measure of Senator Phipps “Statesmanlike” (By N. G. W. C. News Service) St. Paul, Minn.—The Phipps Edu cation Bill introduced in the Senate a[ Washington Thursday is termed a “forward-looking statesmanlike” measure, in a statement issued here by the Most Rev. Austin Dowling, I). I), Archbishop of St. Paul, who is Chairman of the Department of Education of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. The new measure, sponsored by Senator Phipps of Colorado, Chair man of the joint Congregational sub-committee which lias just com pleted hearings on the Curtis-Rced Education Bill and Chairman of the Senator Committee on Education and Labor, discards wholly the idea of a Department of Education and Fed eral subsidy to flic States, and seeks to fill educational needs by streng thening the present Federal Bureau of Education. It was the Depart ment plan and the specter of Fed eral subsidy which brought vigorous opposition to the Curtis-Reed Bill from Catholic and non-Catholic bo dies alike who feared F’ederal con trol, standardization and politics in education. “The Phipps Bill is a forward ing, constructive piece of educational legislation, and should it become law will undoubtedly satisfy all who are interested in tlie progress of educa tion.” Archbishop Dowling’s state ment declared. “It is, too, a statesmanlike plea sure, because it avoids altogether the serious objections which have been brought against the Curtis- lleed Bill. Anyone acquainted with tlie facts knows that no educational organization in the country is doing more for education than tlie Fed eral Bureau. But, as Dr. Tigert, the Commissioner, pointed out in ids last report, additional money is re quired to carry out the extensive and necessary surveys which have been ulanncd. The appropriation of $250,- 000 in this hill will permit the Bu reau to develop its research plans in more extended fields and with further scientific equipment. With this additional money tlie Bureau will soon become the most important educational research agency in the United States and need not apply any longer to private foundations for financial assistance. “Tlie proposed Phipps Bill is statesmanlike for another reason. Everybody knows that the educa tional work of the Federal Govern ment should be reorganized. The Smoot-Mapes Bill now before Con gress will make such reorganization possible. Until the general plan of governmental reorganization is worked out, the I’cderal Bureau of Education can well afford to work along the present lines and permit the Tciftaiuing educational work of the Government to lie administered as , it is now administered. “The Phipps Bill would establish a Federal Council on Education, the purpose' of which is to bring to- (Continued on.Page 11) Ireland’s First Inhabitants Came From North of Spain Scholar Says Dublin.—The Irish Academy in | Dublin has had a statement from the celebrated Dr. Brewer on the first inhabitants of Ireland. He said that the original inhabitants of tlie country came from Spain, across the Bay of Biscay, about the year 400 B. C. In the “polished’ prehistoric period, decoding to the expert, there liad been intercourse between Ire land and Spain, principally through Uritanv, tlie Celtic province of France Pottery of the new stone age—bell-shaped vessels of the French type-lias been found in tlie island, giving evidence of tlie close connection between the most civil ized people of the European conti nent and tlie inhabitants of the ul timate island’of Europe. From the enlightened people of the Mediterranean, Ireland obtained a knowledge of metals earlier than Great Britain. The Irish were thus in a position to develop tlie re sources of foreign territories. In the opinion of Dr. B rewel '. at the very beginning of the bronze age, when art and industry were belter developed in-Ireland than elsewhere, tlie Irish people controlled and worked the tin mines of Cornwall in England centuries before the Norse men, who invaded Britain, exploited the mineral wealth of (hat region. By coincidence, much tlie same subject was dealt with by Mr. Elli ott O’Donnell, who told the Irish Literary Society in London 1hat Ire land was colonized by Spain, lie traced the remarkable connection and sympathy that continued be tween tlie two nations right dwn the centuries. The ODonncil family for three hundred years has played a great part in Spanish history. The present Duke of Tetuan, in Spain, is an O'Donnell. Archbishop in Boyhood Church. Youngstown, Ohio. —Archbishop Edward A. Mooney, recently named Apostolic Delegate to the East In dies, was celebrant of solemn Pon tifical Mass in St. Columbia's Church liis home palish, here recently, The service was tlie most elaborate at which tlie Delegate has officiated in liis home city since liis reccni promotion. Mre than 100 priests oT this and nearby cities and from Cleveland attended tlie service which was marked with the full solemnity of the church. ,,