Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

clared that the adoption Of the
amendment would destroy both the
| character and the purpose Of the go
ciety, that II would no longer he
Southern society, but an Interstate
| society. the Il Pluribus Unum So
| ciety the Amalgamated Association of
| Selected Celehrities-anyth In fact
but that Il would not be a Southern
| society.
Dr.. MoKelway Is Secretary.
The result was that the amendment
was defeated President Hobson re-
| signed, and Mr.. Bennett was unani-
mously elected to succeed him. DR.
| A. ]. MCkelway well known i'm At
lanta, is financial secretary Of the So
| ciety. Speaker Champ Clark is the
| first vice president
Something Of what the Southern
| Society is, and what It Is doing. is
| contained i'm the following interview
| by Mr. Bennett.
| THE objects OF the Southern So
| ciety are 10 bring together at the
| National Capital Southern people, to
promote friendship and fellowship
among them, 10 nourish, cherish and
pcrpetuate Southern ideals and ideas.
TO aid in interpreting the South to
itself and to the nation at large: to
develop and promote any good cause
| connected with the South whether
| educational philanthropiC, patriotic
| or useful I'm any line. When the So
! ciety grows IN strength membership
| and power as Il should, It viii be an
easy matter to discover good things
| for II to do
The society Is in no sense section
| al, except in the broad sense that Il
Is made up Of Southerners. There is
nothing narrow or limited or section
al about It I'm any way that could
! possibly be objected TO. In its re-
| cent meeting at the National Thea
| ter. the society acted as the host of
! the nation. The society paid all ex-
/ penses and entertained two thousand
! citizens Of Washington selected with
| out regard to where they came from.
/ Every Representative and Senator
was invited the diplomatic corps was
well represented. the house was filled
TO its capacity, and the addresses were
/ IN a vein that could not hut be APP
proved and appreciated by any well
| balanced man or woman IN the United
/ States. The strongest eulogy on the
| South was delivered by William Jen-
nings Bryan, of Nebraska, Secretary
of state.
There have been two other meet
IingS in which the South has appeared
| in prominent roles. one was the
noted banquet at the Raleigh Hotel
| In celebration of Washington birth
day, February %. 1912. and the other
was at the Pan American Building
In the Hall OF the Americas, when the
| society last fall gave a reception to
the national convention Of the United
/ Daughters of the ConfederaCy-
most noted perhaps of the great en-
tertsinmeutS given in Washington to
that great organization of Southern
women.
Cites Bigness of Field.
Those Of us who are endeavoring
TO direct the soCiety'S movements are
fairly staggered by the bigness of the
field that it represents This field
/ covers "A representation at the Nation
al Capital Of sixteen of the leading
| States Of the Union, containing a pop
ulation Of more than thirty millions.
! having 500, 600. zoe acres of territory.
/ possessing greater fertility and va
/ riety of soil than any other similar
/ sized territory on the face of the
, globe, having one crop CCottoul
worth a round billion dollars a year.
and constituting the greatest natural
monopoly that the Creator has given
to any people.
THAT the South now furnishes the
/ President OF the United States and
half 81 the Cabinet and is on the
ma iOrity side of both House and Sen
ate is only one Of many phases of
/ its Importance and possibilities.
That the Southern Society has some
thing 10 stand for and can easily find
something 10 do that Will be Wen
/ worth while needs no demonst ration.
The society regards the South as the
nations best asset, and desires u
make that asset available TO all good
purposes.
TAKING SLICE OF LEMON