The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-08-02
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CLARKE COUNTY VETS REPUDI-
ATE THE ACTION OF DAUGH-
TIERS WHO INVITED BISHOP
HENLEY.

OSdI oI. Ou ApIlI ICH part OIL
the membership OF Cobb-Deloney
Camp Of Confederate Veterans
offered the following resolution for
adoption by our camp:
Whereas, the daughters of the
ConfoderaCy at Macon, Ca, extended
an invitation to Bishop Kelley Of
Savannah, Ca, to deliver the Memo
rial address to the Confederate
Veterans to be assembled in Macon,
April 2Gth, 1917, and
Whereas, the Confederate Veter-
ans of Macon, Ca, protested to the
Daughters Of the Confederacy against
having the said Bishop Kelley de-
liver the said address on the
grounds that as the head of the
Catholic churches in Georgia he has
consistently defled the laws Of our
State in preference to the Catholic
church, and that the said Veterans
do not approve of having this man
deliver TO them a Memorial address
Therefore, be it resolved, by Cobb
Deloney Camp, U. c.. V. at Athens,
Ga, in body assembled that we ap-
prove Of the action taken by the
Confederate Veterans of Macon.
Resolved further, that a copy of
this resolution be sent to the Con-
federate Veterans Of Macon, to the
Macon Telegraph, to the Athens
Banner, to the Athens Herald, to the
Jeffersonian, and that they be spread
upon Our minutes.
Athens, Ga. April 7, 1917.
This resolution we thought was
very mild and was in support Of our
old comrades who belong to the Ma
con Veterans and was in opposition
to the Catholicism that a few of the
ladies of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy were trying to choke down
the threats OF our old comrades.
When this resolution was offered we
thought it would pass unanimously,
because Of all the places in the State
where we thought Catholicism had
mild hold in our opinion it was
Athens. However, the dago foot
kissers seem to have gotten control
of the sentiment in our camp Of
Veterans, and this mild little reso-
luton brought forth some sharp ex-
pressiOns. This resolution was
offered by one of our members,
Brother w. H. H. Walton. He had
hardly finished reading this resolu-
ton when James Mealor, DR.. J. A.
Hunnicutt and Luke Montgomery
were on their feet crying at the top
of their voices, liable it." What is
there in this to be tabled? Is it
crime to back up the action of those
old gray veterans by whose side we
fought for four years? We can see
no reason why it should be crime
to open our mouths about Bishop
Kelley and his notorious defiance to
the laws Of Georgia, and all other
American institutions. The Com
mander OF the Camp, Mr.. Frank P.
Griffith, sided all the way through
with those who were opposed to the
resolution, and by his decision, al
though they were not in the least
parliamentary, he kept the resolution
from even going to vote.
At a later meeting of the Camp
this resolution was again introduced,
and the bitterness exhibited by this
same man and by the rulings of the
Commander Griffith, the resolution
has never gone through the Camp.
However, such good old soldiers as
|. V. Bradberry, Joe Wood w. H.
H. Walton, James Payne, G. w.
Moore, w. A. Carithers and Jasper
williamson, were in support of
this resolution and resent the things
that have been done by the Com
mander and his following to prevent
a vote being taken. One fact has
been noticeable throughout this en-
tire effort to pass this resolution