The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-15
ALA, HISTORICAL
 SOCIETY MEETS Prominent Men from All Parts
 of State Present MIR. OWENS WORK PRAISED All of the Old Officers Were Elected for Ensuing Year-oen. John w.
 A. Sanford Delivered the
 Annual Grafton.
MIR. OWENS WORK PRAISED

Montgomery, June H.-tSpecial.) - The Alabama Historical Society held its an- nual meeting this morning in the Senate chamber at the capitol. There were some seyenty-five members and interested spectators in the audience, and the meet ing was success. Among the out-of- town members present were: pr. R. H. Duggar of Gallon, pr. Petrie of Auburn, MT. E. H. Bashinsky of Troy, Professor Duncan of Auburn, and Miss E. B. Gull yer of Auburn. pr. Duggar, second vice president, presided. The invocation was by Rev. Stewart Mcqueen of Montgom- cry.
 General Sanford the Orator.
 Tho annual report of the secretary, Mir. Thomas M. Owen. showed progress in all branches of the work, and espe- oially in the amount of interest now be- ing taken by tho public in historical sub jects. Four members were reported to have died since the last meeting-Gover- nor Sanford, Dr. William Leroy Broun, Hon. Porter King of Atlanta and Rev. Greenough White of Sewanee. The annual oration was delivered by General John W. A. Sanford. who began with a beautiful allusion to the historic and great personages whose portraits have been collected and now adorn tho walls of the chamber. His subject was '"The Yazco Fraud" and was a masterly production, for which he received the thanks of the audience taken by a rising vote.
 MT E. H. Bashinsky read a valuable psper, "A Historical Sketch of Pike County" showing the great part played by that county in the past and present, as well, of the state.
 Miss E. B. Culver read a portion of paper which she has prepared on
 "Thomas Hill Watts, a statesman of the old Regime" It was prize essay for
 which, as a post graduate student of the Auburn College, she has just taken medal in a competitive examination. The portion read dealt with the Know Noth- ing party and Governor Watts connec- ton with it.
 On motion of the Rev. Stewart Mcqueen
 a resolution of thanks was passed for | the work of the secretary, MT. Owen, dur | ing the past year. On motion of MT. c. 1 A. Lanier resolution was passed direct | ing the executive committee to take steps | to mark in some suitable way the homes | of four great Alabamians, Yancey, Watts, l Hilliard and Clanton-
 Election of Officers. The election of officers resulted as fol- | lows:
 President, Governor Jelks; vice-presi- | dents, pr. Reuben H. Duggar, Col. T. c.
 McCorvey, Col. Jefferson NJ. Falkner, Col 1 Sam Will John, Prof. c. c. Thach, Mrs.
 K. H. Morrisette executive committee, | P. J. Hamilton, O. D. Smith, Col. M. L. | Wood, Joel c. DuBose, Dr. George Pe- 1 trie, R. Tyler Goodwin, secretary and
 treasurer Thomas M. Owen. who Is also | director of the state department of ar l chieve and history
 1 There were really no changes In the | officers except that Governor Jelks suc-
 ceeds the lamented Sanford. The custom l of the society is always to make the chief
 executive of the state the president. Prof
 c. c. Thach succeeds the late Dr. Brown 1 as one of the vice-presidents. A large number of papers on the pro- | gramme were read by MT. Owen by their | title only, the finished papers to be hand l ed in later and appear in the published | transactions of the society.