The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
SOUTHERN CLUB
 IN NEW YORK CITY One Hundred Southern Men
 Start Movement THE GEORGIA SOCIETY Will Begin Winter Social Activity With q Smoker At Waldorf Astoria November 11-Some
 Southern Notes
BY ROBERT LEE CARTER

New York, November 5.-(Special.)-s There are southern state societies galore in New York and the southern society is one. of the institutions of the city but up to this time there has been in New York no distinctly southern club. This omission is to be corrected. A meeting of some of the leading men now living in New York whose former home was in the south was held the other day and steps were taken to form South ern club and get a proper club house. There We're something like 100 men pres ent and the suggestion was greeted with real enthusiasm.
 One feature of the new institution will be the kitchen The necessity for place where man can get real fried chicken with brown gravy, or properly cooked o<ra 'turnip greens, collards, COW peas, corn bread from water ground meal and other delicacies for which the exile from the south craves at times is a real one. The club will be purely social and will have no connection whatever with any of the state societies.
 The Georgia society will begin its social activity on November Il with smoker at the Waldorf Astoria. They will give a reception and dance on December and another one on January 24. February is the date of the an- nual entertainment for charity, and on April 2S there will be smoker and en- tertainment.
 The officers of the association are James F. Allen, president; D. Wyatt Aiken vice president; George B. Will Hams, secretary and John H. Gress. treasurer. The board of governors comprises Lagare Walker, Floyd s. Cor bin. Reginald M. Bryan, R. E. Pou, Frank J. Hoyle. Ernest E. Malcolm, w R. Pagan and Julian Hartridge.
 With sincere regret was the news received here of the death of Captain Hugh R. Garden, at Southport N. c. For many years Captain Garden was a prominent figure in New York. He was born in South Carolina in 1s49 and was graduated from South Carolina col lege in 1S60 Tn the civil war he was captain In South Carolina regiment. He moved to New York about 25 years ago, practiced law here, and as mem- Der of the Southern society contributed largely to its success.
 Thomeas L. Field, a southern mer- chant, who, for 25 years had lived in London, was in the city recently. MT. Field is general agent in Europe for the Southern Commercial Congress. He came to the United States to attend the Atlanta conference of the organization. "rhe Southern Commercial congress is the biggest undertaken of the kind ever planned in this country since the civil war People have just begun to realize what gigantic undertaking it is, and the immense benefits 1t will be to the southern section of the United States and the whole country.
 The south needs men and money to develop her matchless resources She needs the aid of concerted effort. There fore all the development accomplished in the south has been the result of h. dividual effort
 The Southern Commercial congress will be able to do the greatest possible good in making available the immense resources of the south. This project deserves the active support of every in- dividual business man and commercial organization in not only the southern states, but in every part of the whole country Whatever develops that section will help to build up the wealth of the whole nation.
 Europeans are beginning to take notice of the work of the Southern Com mercial congress. It already has done much towards attracting good class 
 blities of the organization are immense. noi only here, but abroad
 '"rhe Atlanta conference, which was attended by 10 representative business men of each of the 16 southern states. appointed by the governors. was an ear- nest, hard-working body. The delegates showed that they understood the great est possibilities of the organization. Plans were laid there which, when car ried out, will givA immense import ance to southern development.
 Among noted southerners in New York are these: MT. and Mrs, Garland M, Jones and Miss Chamblss of Laurel J. L.. Bass of Rome, Ga, MT U. J. Wal l,er of Sylvania, Ga,, Mrs H. G. Donald of Mobile Ala Mrs Jefferson D. Hardin ' and her little son of New Orleans, Mir and Mrs Edward M. House of Dal- las Tex, Mrs. Warner of Greenville Miss, Mrs. Smthsof Jackson. Miss, and Mr p. s. Woodin, of New Orleans, La Whatever the complexion of the incom- ing congress may be, the administration will have a rough road to travel, ac- cording to Charles s. Bynum of At lanta, Ga. MT. Bynum is a manu- factur, and argued that business man nowadays has no time to 'dabble'' in politics. My general impression, how ever, is that President Taft will have his hands full.
 There seems to be doubt that the democrats will be stronger than in the last session. The insurgents, or pro- gressives, will appear in augmented numbers and with high spirits. knowing that they have the moral support of Colonel Roosevelt.
 Then there Is strong demand in every section of the country for an- other tariff revision, which Is bound to create dissension in the republican ranks Another most perplexing matter which will come up is the Pinchot- Baffnger report and the conservation policy.
 "There may be much opposition to the fertilization of the Panama canal as was indicated by the speech of Reper- sentative Keller in Europe this year. With the presidential election looming on the horizon, and Colonel Roosevelt holding back, President Taft will have the time of his life this coming season in Congress, and if he weathers the inn pending storm he is fully entitled to an- other term in the White House, having { demonstrated his ability as politician and statesman.
 Some of the specialist in the field of general uplft declare that effort made by employees accomplish more harm than good but don't agree with the propo- sition," said H. A. Beddoes of Savannah. Ga. "It may be true in some parts of the country, but the theory doesn't work out in North Carolina. Recently l spent several days in Greensboro. There are several big facto