Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28
HE REv|[Es OWN
PEOPLE, SHE SAYS
State Convention at MouItrie Is
Stirred by Mrs. Walter D.
lamar's Remarks.

MOULTRIE, Oct. 22.-The nine
teenth annual convention of the Geor
g1a Division, Daughters of the Con
Iederaey, was stirred to-day by
caustic statement read by the Stat
president, Mrs. Walter d. Lamar. O
Macon, in reference to "The South
erner,' a book written by Walter II
Page, himself Southerner and a
present Ambassador at the Court 8
st. James, under appointment O
President Woodrow Wilson, a nativ,
of the South.
FoiloWing the reading of the state
ment by Mrs. Lamar, parliamentar,
point was sprung to prevent discus
Sion OF the matter on the floor. Their,
was debate that lasted more than al
hour, finally the matter was submitte,
to committee which will repor
Thursday, when 1t is expected a lively
discussion will ensue.
Mrs. Lamar's Criticism.
Mrs. Lamar's statement was in par
Is follows:
In a book called "The South
: erner," Walter III. Page, now Am
bassador at the Court Of st.
James. exploits opinions concern
Ing the South and her people that
should blast his high hopes and
blight his future before any self
respecting people.
He is a Southern man, educat--
ed at Harvard, and, under his
alias Of Nicholas Worth, he re-
viles his own people, advocates
miscegenation, ridicules the glo-
rificatiOn Of those great Christian
gentlemen, Lee and Jackson, jests
at Daughters Of the Confederacy
and Confederate Veterans, de-
clares that there was no intellect
uality among the women Of the
South; AYERS that the condition Of
affairs in Virginia, which he
claims as his own State, when he
returned after the desolation Of
the war, was ..laughable."
False to His Own People.
In a priva4e letter to distin-
guished Southern woman, who
wrote him regretfully, concerning
his book, he replies that the at
tacks on his book are made only
by opponents Of the Administra-
ton; that his story was fiction
only, and that the sixteen copies
unsold are now in his possession
and the book plates destroyed. -
The misfortune of a man false
to his own people, representing
America at great court, was
stressed in the United States Sem
ate by Hon. A. 0. Bacon, who re-
GREETED not having learned of this
book before the appointment was
ratified.
The unfortunate color given to
y &c Fri
the English, has been frequently
stressed by papers that are the
best friends of the Administration,
notably, The Macon News, which
brought Wilson to Georgia in the
campaign for nomination and has
done him valiant service daily.
That Mr.. Page says lit is only
fiction" does not help matters.
Was ever more harm done by
any book than by Harriet Beech
>er Stoves "'Uncle Toms Cabin"
and was there ever launched upon
the world more absolute fiction?
Fiction, the subtle handmade of
the timid, often accomplishes
what bold strokes can not. There
fore, I earnestly recommend that
this division instruct their presi-
dent to offer condemnatory reso-
lutions at the general convention,
and l trust that similar resolutions
represented here will receive your
unanimous approval.
Luncheon for Visitors.
The morning session to-day was
devoted to reports of the various of
ficers, At noon a luncheon was serves
TO the convention at the Commercial
Building by the Moultrie Mcneil
Chapter, U. d. c.
The convention sessions are being
held in the First Baptist Church. The
attendance will doubtless make a new
record for the organization, as almost
every chapter in the State Is repre-
scented.
AT the close Of a musical program
which was given as prelude to the
opening OF the convention last night
addresses Of welcome were delivered
by Mayor W. c. Vereen, Secretary
John w. Greer, Of the Chamber OF
Commerce; C. X. Porter, member OF
Camp Colquitt, United Confederate
Veterans: Mrs. r. w. Mattox for the
worth While Club; Mrs. w. s. Howell
regent of the Moultrie d. A r. Chap
der and Mrs. W. S. Ashburn for the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union.
The response was delivered by Mrs
William Mccarthy, president OF the
Atlanta Chapter, and Mrs. w: ID. La
mar of Macon, president OF the State
organization.
BLAME FREAkIsH RIVER.
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