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 a
| Southern society, but an Interstate
! society, the h Pluribus Unum So
/ Ciety, the Amalgamated Association Of
! Selected Notwithstanding i'm fact
but that It would not be a Southern
| society.
Or. 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. j McKelway. well known in At
lsnta 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
| ctety are to bring together at the
National Capital Southern people, to
promote friendship and fellowship
among them; to nourish, cherish and
| pcrpetuate Southern ideals and ideas
| 10 aid in interpreting the South to
itself and to the nation at large; to
] AfNttRP anu HbIilbit any EoOu cause
| connected with the whether
| 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 Il to do.
The society Is In no sense section
al, except In the broad sense that 1t
is made up Of Southerners. There is
nothing narrow or limited or section
al about It in any way that could
possibly be objected to, In it's 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
/ i'm a vein that could not but be ap-
/ proved and appreciated by any well
/ balanced man or woman in the United
| States. The strongest euloRy on the
South was delivered by William Jen-
/ nings Bryan. of Nebraska, Secretary
of State
| There have been two other meet
1 ings in which the South has appeared
/ in prominent roles. one was the
noted banquet at the Raleigh Hotel
/ i'm 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 reception to
/ the national convention OF the United
! Daughters of the ConfederaCy-the
most noted perhaps of the great en-
/ tertainmeuts given in Washington to
| that great organization Of Southern
4 women.
Cites 5igness of Field.
Those Of US who are endeavoring
to direct the soCietys 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
ulatiou Of more than thirty millions
| having 100000 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 (Cottonl
/ worth q round billion dollars 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 Of the Cabinet. and is on the
majority side of both House and Sen
I ate is only one Of many phases of
1 its Importance and possibilities
! That the Southern Society has some
thing 10 stand for and can easily find
! something to do that Will be Well
4 worth while needs no demonstration.
The society regards the South as the
nations best asset, and desires In
make that asset available to all good
purposes