Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-24
HARTWE:L|L PASTOR
D|SCL OSES NAME Of
Nj KLUX SPEAKER

That the Ku K1uX Khan lecturer in
volved in the correspondence made
public Monday by Governor Dorsey
was ]. O. Nolan, and that fifty men
will testify that he made in his Hart
we'll speech the statements character
lied by Governor Dorsey as "a fab
rication out of the whole CLOTH" was
the information contained in a letter
made public Tuesday by DR.. c. B.
Wilmer, rector of st. Luke's Episco-
pal church of Atlanta and chairman
Of the committee on inter-racial re-
lationships.
This letter was written by Rev.
Methodist church of Hartwell, who
wrote the letter made public by Gov
ernor Dorsey. The name of Mr..
Thompson was withheld by the gov
ernor because Re was not sure that
Mr.. Thompson was willing to have
it published, but in his letter to DR..
Wilmer he made it plain that he had
no objection to publication of his
name.
]. @. Nolan is Georgian we'll
known for his oratorical gifts. He
has taken a more or less active part
in politics for many years and has
served in the Georgia legislature. He
was a speaker for the w. S. S. or
ganization during the war, and tour
ed in the west for the Anti-saloon
League in the campaign Immediate
ly preceding the passage of the pro-
hibition amendment.
The complaint to Governor Dorsey
by Rev. Homer Thompson was on ac-
count of statements alleged to have
made by Mr.. Nolan in a speech in the
Hartweu courthouse, a short time
ago, in the interest of the Ku Klux
Khan.
Pastors Letter
According to Mr.. Thompson's letter
to Governor Dorsey:
"a state lecturer (Mr Nolan)
stated in an address here that a few
months ago the negroes of Atlanta
demanded that two of their number
be placed upon the board of educa-
ton, and that when the request was
refused they served an ultimatum
upon the city council which vir-
tually meant a race riot within a
declared that you became alarmed
appealed to Chief Beavers, and he
confessed he was unable to handle
the situation. That you both went
to Sheriff Lowry and asked him
what he could do to prevent a riot
and that he called out the Ku KluX
Kan and so prevented a bloody race
riot"
Governor Denounced Statements
Governor Dorsey, in his reply to
Mr.. Thompson, denounced these
statements "aS a fabrication out of
the whole CLOTH" insofar as they
related to him, and expressed the
belief that they were likewise false
in regard to the other officials named.
Governor Dorsey furnished a copy
of the Homer Thompson letter and
his reply to DR.. Wilmer, and the lat
ter wrote Governor Dorsey a letter
urging him to address an open let
ter to Colonel William J. Simmons
imperial wizard of the I<u Klux Khan
"denouncing the whole thing from
the point of view. first, of misrep-
resentation of the governor; and, sec
! are calculated to create racial i'll
will"
DR.. Wilmer further informed the
governor that the only request made
to the Atlanta board of education
by the negroes was a request for in
creased pay for negro school teach
ers, and that this request was sub
Stantially modified on the advice OF
the inter-racial committee.
DR.. Wilmer then wrote to Mr.
Thompson a letter containing sub
stantially the same facts contained
in DR.. Winners letter to the COVER
nor. He has received from Mr.
Thompson a letter giving the name
of the Ku Klux Khan lecturer as
]. O. Nolan, and giving other inter
eStin@ StatementS