The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-23
SOUTHERNERS BANQUET
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE NEW
YORK SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
some of Those Present-Iist of the Toasts
and the Toasters-Portrait OF the
First President.

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.--The New York
Southern Society held It's seventh annual
dinner tonight in the banquet hall OF
the Madison Square Garden, and pretty
nearly all the sons Of Dixie in town were
present. The Southern Society is one OK
the Institutions of New York, taking rank
with the foremost cluts, while their good
fellowship is equalied by few such organ
izations The hall was beautifully and
tastefLlly decorated with flags and flow
ers. one of the rooms was fairly lost in
a green tangle OF palms and magnoias,
that furnished an admirably suggestive
background for the glorilication OF DIX
ie' that followed.
The guests We're seated at eleven tables.
That of the president occupied the west
end of the room and the others being
placed at right argIes to #. ON the right
Of President J. II. Parker sat John I.
Calhoun, and on his left Senator Vance.
OF North Carolina. Others at the guests
table were John u. Crimmins w. l..
Strong Fred. Taylor. Ellis III. Roberts.
Rev. SpruilIe Buford, William Thompson,
Hon. Josiah Quincy. of Massachusetts,;
Captain Hugh r. Garden, Joseph II.
Choate, Ex-Governor Campbell, Daniel q.
Rollins, Hon. A. Van Wick and +. w. j.
Hurst.
At the table In the body of the room
were Colonel a. 6. Dickinson. w. r.
Trigg. A. l.. Boulware, w. f. Christian.
Joseph Bryan, Captain John A. Coke. all
Of Richmond. Va; Or. Stewart Douglass.
b. n. Harrison, q. Terry Sinclair. Hon.
G. Johnson ard John c. Hendrix. Charles
G.. Deshon General W. w. Kirkland,
Captain Charles +. Roe General +. 5.
Parker. w. VI. Pendleton. Hon. r. II.
Clarke. Or. r. Whiting. L. S. N; c. Kill
gore, Lorenzo Semple Colonel j. G. Has
kell. Captain J. +. McGlensy L. S. n;
Percy A. Pickrell. Samuel Spencer, Ben
ton Mcmillan Peter Mallett. Captain T.
i. Kane. l. s. N; Robert l.. Harrison,
Hon. II. S. Thompson and j. r. Mckay.
one Of the most Interesting features Of
the night occurred at the close of the din
ner. when George n. Sullivan presented
to the society a fac fimile of the bronze
the original OF which was recently pre-
sented to the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art.
Algernon S. Sullivan was the first presi
dent of the Southern Society of New
York. and by his management assured its
success. The copy Of the bust was pre-
sented to the society by Colonel William
L. Trenholm. on behalf of the donor, and
IL was accepted on behalf of the society
ty Captain Hugh r. Garden. chairman Of
the committee on literature and art. Pres
ident Parker in welcoming the Suesss
said:
This IS no occasion for inficting on
you statistics or argument that is dry, so
| will content myself as your chief execu-
tive officer with this simple statement
Of the affairs OF our organization: That
It's membership has Increased during the
rast year from 1850 10 $50, making it the
largest society IN New York"
Joseph II. Choate spoke 10 the toast
Washington" Frederick Taylor 20 "The
city Of New York" Senator Vance TO
Patriotism" and Governor Campbell to
Our Native Land"
In the bsence Of Ecn. John Allen, who
was TO have spoken 10 the toast Of "Our
Law Makers" Hon. Josiah Quincy. Of
Massachusetts. brought the speechmaking
TO close. American Unity" was his
subjsct.