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SEPTEMBER 28, 1940 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIFTEEN RIALTO THEATRE ATLANTA, GA. le proud of the opportunity to participate in part of the 400th anniversary of the first Mas6 celebrated in Augusta CATHCART ALLIED STORAGE COMPANY W. L. Inglis, Pres. ATLANTA’S FINEST WAREHOUSE LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE MOVING 134 Houston Street Walnut 7721 / ATLANTA, GA. FOR RENT Rolling Chairs and Hospital Beds Write Us Your Requirements - ESTES SURGICAL SUPPLY CO. 46 Auburn Avenue Atlanta, Ga. Complete Line of School Supplies and Accessories F.&W. GRAND WHITEHALL AND HUNTER STREETS., S. W. 5c—10c—25c STORES, INC. SILVER’S 117 Whitehall Street Five and Ten Cent Co., Atlanta * Waterproofing and Exterior Painting Ota Immaculate Conception Church, Atlanta; Saint Anthony’s Church, Atlanta; Sacred Heart Parochial School, Atlanta; St. Joseph’s Auditorium, Augusta. Performed by WATERPROOFING ENGINEERING CO. EDMOND R. BULLARD 161 Spring St., N. W.—Atlanta, Ga.—Wa. 6602 Greetings to the Catholics of Georgia On the 400th anniversary of the first mass ever held in Georgia. ATLANTA STOVE WORKS ATLANTA, GA. Greetings to the Catholics of Georgia On their 400ih anniversary of the first mass celebated at Augusta. FOREMOST DAIRIES ATLANTA Come to A&P for OUTSTANDING FOOD VALUES There Is a Store Near You. V A&P SUPER MARKET AND FOOD STORES Cleveland Electric Co. MOTORS, MOTOR-WINDING, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING, INDUSTRIAL WIRING 557 Marietta St., N. W. MA. 8164 Atlanta, Georgia Dr. John Lanning, of Dnlre University, Author of Inter esting Book Published by University of North Carolina- Press - "The Spanish Missions of Georgia’’ Publications of the Uni at seniority and in this respect nd only to Florida among all the S of the Union. Dr. Lanning, sssor of history at Duke Univer- reveals the relation and for the Dr. E. Merton Coulter, of the Com mittee on Publications, of the Uni- of Georgia, and Hughes Spalding, hen chairman of the Board of Re- <ents, with the idea of the series of studies to be designated ‘'Publica tions of the University of Georgia. ' The Spanish days of Georgia consti tuted "a dark corner of the state's history that needed illuminating,” Dr- Coulter writes in the preface of Dr. Lanning’s work. "The University of Georgia with its motto, “Et Docere et Rerum Exquirere Causas,” could not afford to remain uninterested in this subject, as indeed of many others that should engage the attention of an educational institution.” The publication of the book was made possible through the generous aid of Mr- Spalding. T. L. Hutson, Harold Hirsch, Cator Woolford and Phinizy Calhoun, Dr. Lanning says. He makes special acknowledgment also to President Sanford, Senor Juan Tamayay Francisco, paleog rapher and director of the Archivo General de Indas in Seville, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foun dation. Dr. Coulter, Willis J. PhySioc and others, particularly those who like Professor Bolton, Miss Mary Ross, the Franciscan Fathers in this country and Spain and others who have done pioneering work in this important field. Bishop Cabeza de Altamirano of Cuba and Florida, according to Dr. Lanning. reached Cumberland Island April 11, 1606. one year before Jamestown and 14 years before Ply mouth, and on April 12, and 13 con firmed 308 persons, including four chiefs: Father Baltazar Lopez, pastor here and at San Pedro. At Talaxe, where^Father Diego Delgado was pastor,' 262 Indians were confirmed. Going to Tolomato, a mission of Fa ther Delgado, 20S received the Sacra ment, including Chief Tuguepi, head of the savage and war-like Salchi- ches, “thought to be the forebears of the Yemassee”. At St. Catherine's Island, otf the Georgia coast nearer the mouth of the Savannah, 286 more were made Soldiers of Christ, this on April 30. There were other Confirma tion ceremonies at intermediate points in the meantime. along the Georgia coast, and 1,506 Christian Indans. Years later when Jonathan Dickenson, Quaker travel er, wartdered into Santa Maria, he found that the Indians had commit ted the Pater Noster, Ave Maria and Credo to memory; “twice a day the children assembled for instruction, first to learn the Pater Noster, Cre do and Salve Regina; thereafter to essay reading and writing. Dicken son found the Indian boys too busy at school to leave off to gratify their curiosity about him.” The Indians learned the forms of Catholic prac tice with facility. “The marvelous adaptability of the Catholic clergy was never more clearly demonstrated than in their contact with the subjugated Ameri can aborigine, ’ Dr. Lanning"says, "on whose miserable life the greatest comfort and most softening influence brought to bear was the patronage of the Churqh and its championship against ruthless exploitation. From the laws of Isabel the Catholic and Charles V had come the notion that the Americans were wards, perpet ual minors because of ‘their ignor ance and weak minds'. Centuries of experience at the confessional had given the priest a savoir faire sel dom found among men so detached from the world, and this insight was now of great service. Those centuries of experience, when coupled with the deep-seated sincerity of the Span iard's absorption in religion could not but produce results.” Dr. tanning's attitude toward the authenticity of the ruins along the Georgia coast may be gauged by this passage: “The missions themselves when built with any degree of per manency often presented a fortress- like aspect of which no better exam ple could be found than the mission- type ruins at St Mary’s, Georgia, where the repeated apertures at the top of the walls still stand, a grim challenge to attack.” After the disastrous revolt of Juan- illo in 1597, in which five Franciscans were killed along the coast missions, one Indian was executed; the others involved were released. Subsequent efforts to enslave the Indians were defeated by orders from the Royal Court, which ordered that an en slaved Indian was to be released, for “the king’s vassals were not subject to involuntary servitude.” “Rumors, which certainly reached the king, concerning a great crystal mountain rock in diamonds, lakes of pearls, silver mines, nuggets of gold, were stories which, if they taxed the credulity none the less riveted the attention.” The crystal mountain was Stone Mountain, and centuries later the North Georgia mountains did yield gold. Mrs. John D. Brady, Atlanta, Is Dead ATLANTA, Ga. — Mrs. Margaret Brady, wife of the late John D. Brady, owner of a leading Atlanta bakery some years ago, died Septem ber 7, at the residence of her daugh ter, Mrs. Bernard J. Kane. Mrs. Brady was bom in County Donegal. Ireland, but came to the United States as a young girl. She lived in Atlanta for more than thir ty - five years, then moved to New York City where she made her home for ten years, returning to Atlanta about a year ago. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. C. B. Hatcher and Miss Isabelle Brady, both of New York City, and Mrs. Bernard J. Kane, of Atlanta, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Cathedral of Christ the King, the Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph E. Moylan officiating. MRS. MARGARET CARROLL DIES IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Margaret M. Carroll, who died September 10. were held from St. Anthony’s Church. The Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph Croke, assisted by the Rev. James H. Con- lin and the Rev. N. J. Quinlan, offi ciated at a solemn Mass of Requiem. Mrs. Carroll was born in Scotland and lived most of her life in Penn sylvania, where her remains will be taken for burial. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. N. C. Doyle, of Atlanta; three sons, Frank J. Carroll, of Olean, N. Y., J. E. Carroll, of Toledo, and C. R. Carroll, of Philadelphia. MRS. ELIZABETH DECKBAR DIES IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Magee Deck bar, who died August 31, were held from St. Anthony's Church, the Rev. N. J. Quinlan officiating. Interment was in New Orleans, from which city Mrs. Deckbar pioved to Atlanta seven years ago. She is survived by a son, Charles E. Deckbar. of Atlanta, and a daugh ter, Mrs. Henry Dimm, of New Or leans. LEONARDO CASTELLAN DIES IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga.— Funeral services for Leonardo Castellan, tile setter for the Atlanta Tile Company, who died September 18, were held from the Sacred Heart Church. Mr. Castel lan was 52 years old. On the way back to St. Augustine the Bishop confirmed on May 4 at Cumberland Island Indians he had missed on the way up. Arriving in St. Augustine on his return, he offi ciated at a Mass of Thanksgiving May 9. Dr. Lanning estimates that on this first confirmation tour of a Bish op in the present state of Georgia, 1,652 received the Sacrament, an in crease of nearly 600 over some pre vious estimates. An undetermined proportion of the 482 confirmed at San Juan may have come from Flor ida, Dr. Lanning says, but they were confirmed in Georgia. The missions among the Indians were not only along the coast but inland, particularly among the Apa- lache, whose headquarters were at modern Tallahassee. In 1906 Father Juan Batista de Capilla reported that 26 chiefs of the Apalache and Tim- ucua were asking for missionaries. Two years later it was reported that 5,000 of the Apalache, or one-seventh of them, according to the figures of the missionaries, were Christians; Dr. Lanning thinks both figures somewhat optimistic. Dr. Lanning, like most other au thorities, places the martyrdom of Father Martinez, in 1566, the first Jesuit to shed his blood in the west ern hemisphere, on Cumberland Is land, differing from Father Michael Kenney, who locates it in Florida. Two years later, Brother Baez, who compiled a grammar and catechism in the IndisnLanguage, died in an epidemic, “the second priest to die and the second martyr of the faith on Georgia soil.’’ Progress was slow; the Jesuits, who came in 1566, labored zealously, but converts were few. In 1570 they start ed their ill-fated journey to Virginia, where a traitorous convert, who had been brought to Spain by the Domini- cians and professed great devotion to the faiths, had them massacred. The need for teachers in the schools of the order and more promising fields elsewhere led to the withdraw al of the Jesuits from Georgia; Father Sedeno, who had spent 14 months in Guale. the territory which centered around St. Catherine's Island, near Savananh, was one of the first two Jesuits to go to Mexico City. In 1573 the first Franciscans came to Georgia, but they did not remain. The French gave trouble to the Span ish by stirring up the Indians. In 1577 the Franciscans started perma nent work at St. Augustine, and in 1583. Father Reynoso led another contingent of friars to labor in the Southeast. In 1586 Sir Francis Drake destroyed St. Augustine, occasioning the withdrawal of the garrison from St. Elena in South Carolina, and the following year twelve more Francis cans arrived for missionary labors. Eleven more arrived in 1593; six of them were assigned to Guale, in up per Georgia along the coast and at St Catherines Island. In isos fr, were seven missions I In 1655. fifteen years before the settling of Charleston, there were in the Southeast, according to one au thority, 38 Franciscan missions, 36,000 Christian Indians, and 70 friars; this is the only reference to 70 friars, and Dr. Lanning thinks it an exaggera tion. But the substantial nature of the work among the Indians indi cates a substantial number of Fran ciscans. In 1633 there'were 43, accord ing to good authority, and in 1680 there were 52. One great difficulty in the study of the history of the missions among the Indians is the habit the Indians had of moving and taking the name of their town with them; thus we find Tama in two provinces at different times. Dr. Lanning tells of the disputes which arose between the friars and the governors, the friars objecting to the governors’ treatment of the In dians, and the governors retaliating with similar charges, in most cases unfounded, against the friars. An understanding of the way in which secular authorities generally retaliate when the Church protests against abuse of that authority by individ uals is very helpful in enabling one to gauge the sincerity of the gover nors’ accusations. Dr. Lanning is out spoken in his admiration for the zeal and self-sacrifice of the friars, not all of whom were saints, but none of MICHAEL WILLIAM BRCPHY DIES IN RHINE, GA. RHINE, Gg. — More than two hun dred persons paid a last tribute of respect to Michael William Brophy, one of the most beloved and admired citizens of Rhine, at funeral ser vices held here August 8, with the Rev. Fred Gilbert, O. M. I., of Doug las. officiating. Mr. Brophy. who was 83 years ot age at the time of his death, had been ill for some time and Mass had been celebrated regularly at his home, during his illness. THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS, on tile occasion of their First Holy Com munion, received a cabled blessing from His Holiness Pope Pius XII. whom was afflicted witii more Ilian minor human imperfections. Dr. Lanning records in vivid fash ion the coming of the English, the fight for the possession of Georgia, and the losing battle of the Spanish, who were forced to draw back, step by step. He avoids the unhistorical error of regarding every English conquest as a glorious victory and every Spanish triumph as a cruel and bloody massacre. He records the fickleness of the Indians, whom writ ers of text books in American history too often paint as noble, misused creatures when discussing the Span ish dealings with them, and murder ous, treacherous savages when their relations are with the English. He tells of Moore's expedition through Georgia, when the Timueua, Apa lache and Guale Missions were ruin ed, with Moore's Army leaving pil lage and murder in its wake. The Spanish kept arms away from the Indians; the English armed theirs. The Spanish Were finally reluctantly forced to do likewise. There was cruelty on all sides, Spanish. English, Indian, but the story of the Spanish missionaries in the Southeast as told by Dr. Lanning reveals that they were true follow ers of the gentle Savior, the Prince of Peace, standing between the Indian and cruelty, boldly forbidding his en slavement, teaching him the dignity of labor, raising his eyes heaven ward to another land and another life. All but the memory of their la bors is gone from Georgia, but that memory brightens instead of dims, and Dr. Lanning's work has aided generously in refurbishing its lustre. Eat Gardner Potato Chips, Peanut Butter Sandwiches and Candies H. W. LAY & CO., Inc. ATLANTA, GA. JA. 1W5