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 So
ciety that II would no longer be
Southern society, but an Interstate
society. the r Pluribus Unum So
ciety. the Amalgamated Association Of
Selected ebrities-anything, In fact
but that II would not be a Southern
society.
Dr. McKslway 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. J. McKelway well known in 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 II is doing, is
contained in the following interview
| by Mr. Bennett:
The objects OF the Southern So
ciety are to bring together at the
| National Capital Southern people. to
promote friendship and fellowship
| among them to nourish cherish and
| perpetuate 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
/ NbfAAiFNNiA WIN NAlt tNhhAlt w llt'AIlFT
! educational, philanthropic, patriotic
or useful in any line, When the So
ciety grows in strength membership
/ and power as II should, II will 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 II
II made up Of Southerners. There is
nothing narrow or limited or section
al about 1t I'm any way that could
possibly be objected to- In its re-
cent meeting at the National Thea
ter. the society acted az the host Of
the nation. The society paid all ex-
peuses 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 it's capacity, and the addresses were
I'm a vein that could not but be ap-
proved and appreciated by any well
| balanced man OF woman in the United
States The strongest eulogy on the
South was delivered by William Jen-
uings Bryan, of Nebraska, Secretary
Of state.
There have been two other meet
ings in which the South has appeared
in prominent roles. one was the
noted banquet at the Raleigh Hotel
in celebration of Washington's 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-
| tertainments 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 blgness Of the
field that II 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, 900 600 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 tcottonD
/ worth a round billion dollars year,
4 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 Of the Cabinet. and is on the
majority 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 to do that will he well
worth while needs no demonstration
The society regards the South as the
nations best asset and desires To
make that asset available 70 all good
purposes"
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