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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 22, 1944
tJRSULINE NUN IN COLUMBIA HONORED ON DIAMOND JUBILEE—The Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh,
II D.. Bishop of Charleston, is in the center of a group of the assisting clergy and members of the con
gregation which attended the Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated at St. Peter’s Church, Columbia, South
Carolina, in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the profession of Mother Claire Agnes Maguire as
an Ursuline Nun.
Editor Ralph McGill, in Atlanta Constitution
Warns of Revival of Ku Kluxism in Georgia
Following Meeting of Klan in Porterdale
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Following a
meeting of the Ku Klux Klan in
the Porter Memorial Gymnasium
at Porterdale, Ga., at which a tur
key dinner was served, and sever
al well-known Georgians were spe
cial guests, Ralph McGill, editor of
The Atlanta Constitution, took oc
casion to warn against the Klan
and expressed the hope that there
might not be a recrudescence of
religious and racial intolerance in
a possible economic recession af
ter the war.
In his column, ‘‘One Word
More," which is a daily feature of
the editorial page of The Consti
tution, Mr. McGill wrote:
"It was possible to get another
sort of postwar picture out of the
turkey dinner which the Porter
dale Klan gave a week ago . . .
“There are not many Catholics
in Georgia, which is a pity in a
way, because they are almost in
variably good Christians, good citi
zens and-worth-while members of
a community, something which it
has never been possible to say for
all members of the various Ku
Klux Klan klaverns of the state.
Most of them vote, too.
‘‘There are not many Jews in
Georgia either, but they, too, are
good citizens. Their contribution
is one of decency and hard work.
They vote too.
"There arc about 5,000 members
of the Greek community in Atlan
ta alone and they, like the Catho
lics and Jews, have been buying
war bonds and sending their sons
off to fight. I do not know any bet
ter Americans than the Greek-
born citizens we have. They work
hard, pay their debts, and attend
to their own business. They don’t
hate any group. They also vote.
"There are many Syrians in our
mist, too, and while 1 do not know
them as well as I do my Greek
friends, they are preferable to
such Klansmen as were convicted
for beating and whipping helpless
persons.
“I think some foreign-born peo
ple in our state are making a de
cent, honest contribution.
"There is no reason to have an
organization formed to promote
hate and antagonism toward
Catholics, Jews, foreign-born citi
zens of any other minority group.
"The Ku Klux Klan may pro
test that it now is a reformed or
ganization, but if you could see
one of their rituals or sit in on a
klavern meeting you would find
the same old Klan. If you can get
through the mumbo-jumbo busi
ness of the kleagles, cyclops,
knight-hawks and all that clap
trap, you would'still find it to be
(Silly, un-Christian and dangerous
to the peace and dignity of the
people.
"It is very un-American because
this country stands as a land of
opportunity for all peoples and ouri
Constitution so states. So the Kq
Klux Klan is un-American id
conception. It often has been so in
operation . . .
“I would not have the people of
Georgia think this means there is
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a revival of the Ku Klux Klan in
Georgia. It still will be safe to
travel through our state. You will
not be flogged or frightened by
men in bedsheets. Most of the
members look better under the
hoods, as far as that goes. There
are just a few klaverns, Kleagles,
konklaves, knight-hawks, klucks,
kilgraps, killer-dillers and the like.
For the most part they exist in
small towns where there isn’t any
thing else to join or where some
mill owner finances K as an anti
union organization.
“Now and then they will pros
titute the cross of Christ by leav
ing it blazing beside some poor
helpless person they, in their cow
ardly might, "have flogged, but
that is done by the criminal ele
ment. Some of those were put in
jail a few years back.
"This thing will be quite un
important unless we have a de
pressed condition after this war,
such as we had in the 1920’s.
Which is why we must have better
planning than we did in 1918-19.
And more Christian democracy—
not Kluxer Kristianity. There is a
difference.”
Augusta Editors
Echo Sentiments
of Ralph McGill
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Following the
publication in The Atlanta Con
stitution, the comment of its edi
tor, Ralph McGill, on a recent
meeting and turkey dinner held
by the Ku Klux Klan in Porter-
dale, Robert L. M. Parks, editor
of The Augusta Chronicle, and
Millwee Owens, editor of The Au
gusta Herald, each supported Mr.
McGill’s attitude in the editorial
columns of their newspapers.
An editorial in The Chronicle,
headed “Nests of Intolerance,” of
fered this opinion:
"That Ku Klux Klan meeting
in Porterdale the other day con
tinues to rankle in our bosom. We
cannot refrain from lifting the
hammer of condemnation and let
ting it fall again, this time a lit
tle harder.
“Unless the people of Georgia,
unitedly, and with considerable
force, voice their disapproval of
this new plot to disturb the peace
ful relations of the various groups
and races of our people, these
nests of intolerance and bigotry
will soon be hatching new birds
of prey to plague us and array
class against class and race against
race.
“If we are ever to win the fight
for tolerance, brotherhood and
good-will, we must lash out at
their enemies every time they ap
pear on the scene.”
The editorial in The Herald,
which was titled "No Longer
Room in Georgia for Hate and In
tolerance,” contained such state
ments as:
“Editor Ralph McGill, of The
Atlanta Constitution, is rendering
a fine service for Georgia and for
the nation in exposing a move
ment which seeks to give fresh
vitality to the discredited order of
the Ku Klux Klan
“The best guarantee against a
devastating campaign of hate and
prejudice in Georgia following the
war lies with the press. Pitiless
publicity will prevent the ugly
head of intolerance from rising
again.
“Minority groups have their
constitutional guarantees, it is
true, but a free and fearless press
will make certain that they are
EUGENE BART,
FORMER AUGUSTAN,
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.— Eugene Bart,
retired mechanic, died on Decem
ber 22 at St. Joseph’s Infirmary
here, where he had made his home
for the last six months. Funeral
services were held from the Sac
red Heart Church, the Rev.
Michael A. Collins, S. M., officiat
ing.
Born in Moussey, France, Mr.
Bart came to Atlanta at the age
of 18 as a toolmaker for the Sou
thern' Railway. For 20 years he
was master mechanic at the Unit
ed States Arsenal in Augusta. He
has been retired since 1922.
Mir. Bart is survived by a daugh
ter, Sister Marie Therese, of the
Sisters of St. Joseph, at the Sacred
Heart Convent in Atlanta; a son
Joseph J. Bart, Atlanta, and sev
eral grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
MISS BARBARA SMITH
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. —Funeral ser
vices for Miss Barbara Louise
Smith, who died December 25,
were held from the Sacred Heart
Church, the Rev. Michael A. Col
lins, S. M., officiating.
Miss Smith graduated from the
Sacred Heart School last June,
and was a member of the choir
of the Sacred Heart Church. She
is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Lottie Carter Smith; her father, M.
C. Smith; a brother, Gene Smith,
all of Atlanta, and two grand
parents, Mrs. Tom Smith, Atlanta,
and B. F. Carter, Rockmart.
MISS REGINA MANDICH
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Miss Regina Mandich,
who died on January 10, were held
from St. Joseph’s Church.
Miss Mandich is survived by a
sister, Miss Amelia Mandich; a
niece, Lieutenant Lucille Whar
ton, and a nephew, Leon Mandich,
of Charleston.
MARTIN AUGUST MILTON
FUNERAL IN RALEIGH
RALEIGH, N. C.—Funeral serv
ices for Martin August Milton, who
died December 26, were held from
the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart,
the Very Rev. Msgr, J. Lennox
Federal officiating.
Mr. Milton was a native of
Sweden, but had been a resident
of Raleigh for 49 years.
PROMINENT CATHOLIC
DIES IN CHATTANOOGA
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., — E.
J. Walsh, one of Chattanooga’s
most prominent manufacturers,
civic leader and outstanding Cath
olic layman, died on January 10.
He was vice-president of the Chat
tanooga Boiler and Tank Company
and a member of the Electric Pow
er Board of Chattanooga. He was
active in the Knights of Columbus
for many years, and in 1926 was
elected grand knight of the coun
cil here, being made state deputy
for Tennessee in 1932. Mr. Walsh
was a member of the Hamilton
County Selective Service Board.
FRANK RAYMOND HOWARD
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Frank Raymond How
ard, who died December 28, were
held from St. Mary’s Church, the
Rev. J. W. Carmody officiating.
Mr. Howard is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. James R. Owens,
and two grandchildren,
recognized by the people as a
whole.
“Editor McGill has made a good
start in the right direction. If
the newspapers of Georgia will
join hands in this movement for
continued law and order and de
cency, we need never fear any pe
riod of hard times that may be
visited upon us.”
Mother Claire Agnes Maguire, of Columbia,
Observes Diamond Jubilee as Ursuline Nun
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—From every
section of South Carolina mem
bers of the clergy and laity gath
ered to attend a Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass celebrated on January
13 by His Excellency the Most
Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D. D.,
Bishop of Charleston, to inaugu
rate a full day of commemoration
of the Diamond Jubilee of Mother
Claire Agnes Maguire as an Ursu
line Nun.
Tribute was paid Mother Claire
Agnes, Superioress of the Ursu
line, Nuns of the Convent of Paris
here, who despite the fact that she
has been a cripple since she was
five years old, has devoted sixty
years of her life in service as a
Religious.
Born in Halifax, North Carolina,
she is the daughter of the late Dr.
Dominic James Maguire, who
served in the Confederate Army,
both in »the field and later in
hospitals, caring for wounded sol
diers. She entered the Ursuline
Convent in Columbia in 1882 and
soon after was appointed direc
tress of the Ursuline Academy. A
few years later she was sent to
Aiken as directress of St. Angela
Academy, where she remained for
six years. Returning to Columbia,
she was made assistant to Mother
M. Michael, the superioress, and
continued as a teacher at the
Academy.
Becoming Superioress in 1930,
she faced the urgent necessity of
obtaining new members for the
Order or of affiliating with a larg-
erer community. She investigated
means of solving the problem and
through the intervention of the
Very Rev. Paul Hatch, of the
Congregation of the Oratory, then
at Rock Hill, made known the
need of the Ursuline Convent in
Columbia to the Ursulines of Lou
isville, Kentucky. In 1936, a ten
tative affiliation of the communi
ty was arranged with the approv
al of His Excellency the Most Rev.
John A. Floersh, D. D., Archbish
op of Louisville, and Bishop Walsh
of Charleston. The affiliation was
made . permanent the following
year.
"Mother Claire Agnes has had
a life rich in happiness and sor
row, self-sacrifice and fruitful
ness,” said Bishop Walsh, in the
course of the sermon which he
delivered at the Mass. “It isn’t
often you find a person, afflicted
as she was, who is able to attain
a distinguished career. Unable to
attend school, she, nevertheless,
was a well-educated young wo
man when she presented herself to
the Ursuline Convent for admis
sion. We in South Carolina have
been blessed with sixty years of
a most extraordinary life, lived
under extraordinary handicaps.
Her indomitable spirit and her su
blime faith enabled her to per
form her valuable work among the
children of the Diocese.”
Bishop Walsh was assisted in
the celebration of the Mass by the
Very Rev. Martin C. Murphy, V.
F., of Columbia, as archpriest; the
Rev. John P. Clancy, of Sumter,
and the Rev. Thomas D. O’Shaugh-
nessy, of Greenville, as deacons
of honor; the Rev. Charles L.
Sheedy, of Charleston, deacon of
the Mass; the Rev. St. John Patat,
of Charleston, subdeacon, and the
Rev. John J. McCarthy, of
Charleston, master of ceremonies.
Other prelates and priests, pres
ent in the sanctuary at the Mass,
and attending the banquet which
followed, were: the Right Rev.
Msgr. William O’Brien, Durham,
N. C.; the Right Rev. Msgr. A. K.
Gwynn, Greenville, S. C.; the Rev.
Thomas J. Mackin, Columbia; the
Jubilarian
MOTHER CLAIRE AGNES
Rev. Maurice Daly, Anderson; the
Rev. Gerald M. O'Dowd, O. P.,
Columbia; the Rev. George Lewis
Smith, Aiken; the Rev. A, A. Pli-
kunas, Charleston; the Rev. Am
brose Smith, O. P., Columbia; the
Rev, A. A. Sabilia, Columbia; the
Rev. Vincent H. Watson, C.SS.R.,
Orangeburg; the Rev. Eugene
Helldorfer, C.SS.R., Aiken; the
Rev. Charles Baum, Dillon; the
Rev. Kevin Walsh, O. F. M., the
Rev. William G. Mulvihill, and the
Rev. Leon Hubacz, all of Colum
bia; Chaplain Raymond Hunter,
Chaplain Aquinas Brinker, Chap
lain J. J. Diehl, Chaplain John T.
Murray, from Fort Jackson.
Forty Sisters of various Relig
ious Orders of the Diocese of
Charleston, Aiken and York; Sis
ters of Charity of St. Augustine,
Sisters of St. Dominie and Ursu
line Nuns from Columbia, and a
host of Mother Claire’s friends
among the laity made up the con
gregation. The Mass was sung
by the students’ choir of Ursuline
Academy, under the direction of
Sister Mary Ellen.
A reception and a special pro
gram by children of the Ursuline
Academy was given in the eve
ning.
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