The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
iDIXIEITES CLOSE
PLANS FOR FEAST
Southern Society Completes
| List of Banquet Com
mltteemen.
BRYAN AMONG SPEAKERS
Many of Nations Prominent Men
Will Address Diners at the
Willard February II.

The banquet to be given by the South
ern Society Saturday evening, February
"a. promises to be the largest ever civer
by the society. and many of the promi-
nent men of the nation will be present
The banquet will be served in the larg,
ball room of the Willard.
The banquet committee. headed 10y
Neyle Colquitt, of Georgia. has beer
busily at work during the week com
pleting the details for the dinner. The
menu. which will be distinctively South.
crn. has been arranged by Mrs Samuel
Spencer Mrs. u. +. Cary. who super
vised the decorations at the Pan-Amer.
iacn Union for the society's cotton Re
ccption. is again in charge of this fra
ture of the program. Mrs. John r. Lit.
tie is planning to make the music es.
pecially attractive. The sons and daugh.
ters of Kentucky and those of Maryland
will vie with each other in singing thu
old familiar airs of My Old Kentucky
Home" and Maryland. My Maryland, "
and other popular Southern songs
More than 200 new members have al
ready been added To the society's rolls
and a large number of reservations have
already been made
To Hear Prominent Men.
\ feature of the banquet will be the
presence of d number of distinguished
speakers. Secretary Daniels and Attorney
General Gregory have, accepted invita-
tons to make responses, as have also
Assistant Secretary of War Brecknridge
Representative Claude kitchin. Repre-
sentative J. Thomas Heflian and John
Temple Graves. Claude n. Bennett. preSi-
dent of the society. will preside. and
the guests will be welcomed by Chairman
nj. ice 8
the banquet are rs follows:
Banquet committee-NeyIc Colauitt
chairman: Mrs. Samuel Spencer. Henry :.
Breckenridge, Mrs. Claude \. Swanson.
Charles NJ. Galloway. Mrs II. +. Cary.
Robert T. Scott. Mrs John Franklin
Little. Senator James Hamilton Lewis.
Reception committee-Henry s Breck-
inridSe, chairman: e. L. Bowman. W.
q. Brantley, William l.. Browning. Sena-
tor Nathan =. Bryan, DIR. J. G. b. Bull
loch. c. g. Calhoun, John G. Capers.
William J.. Chambers, P. r. Claxton
Judson e. Clements. Representative
James w. Collier. John Corrigan. jr.
Mrs. William 4. Cullop. Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. q. Grosvenor Dave. Charles y.
Douglas. Mrs. Duncan L. Fletcher. Rep
resentative Albert EstOpinal Mrs Joseph
W. Folk. Mrs. Finnis J. Garrett. Mrs
Thomas l.. Gore. Gen. William e.
Gorgas. Samuel ]. Graham Mrs. Harriet
T. Graves, Mrs. William +. Hancock,
Miss Helen Harden, William J. Harris.
Robert n. Harper. Representative James
Hay. Daniel B. Henderson. Col. Hilary
A. Herbert. arthur 3. Knock. Mrs.
Joseph r. Lamar. r. l.. Montague. Gen.
Frank Mcintyre. Representative Robert
y. Page, Benjamin l.. Prince, Senator
Joseph f. Ransdell, Vernon W. Richard
son. Daniel &. Roper. William II. Saun-
ders. Mrs. William b. Lamar. Mrs.
Maude Howell Smith. Representative Ed
win Y. Webb. DIR. GuStavus Werber
Senator John Sharp Williams, and John
SHELTON Williams.
Committee on dccorations-Mrs. Fl.
r. Cary. chairman: J. c. South. vice
chairman: Mrs. John W. Abercrombie.
Mrs. Charles l.. Bartlett. Il. ID. Blacki-
stone, Mrs. John l.. Burnett. William J.
Carr. Arthur CristfeId. William J.
Davis. Mrs. e. Grosvenor Dave. Mrs.
Thomas w. Hardwjck. Representative
B. +. Harrison. Representative r. +.
Hobson. Representative L. L. Holland.
Mrs. William Schley Howard. Mrs.
Dudley NJ. Hughes. Mrs. Benjamin G.
Humphreys. Mrs. Ollie NJ. James. Mrs.
Ben johnson. Senator Luke Lea. Mrs.
Gordon Lee. Mrs. \. /. Lever. Mrs.
William L. Marshall. D. Edwin Mon
crlel, Representative heHnetn u NC
Kellar, Mrs. Lee S. Overman. Mrs.
Robert L. Owen. Representative Percy
L. Quin. Mrs. Joseph J. Russell. Mrs.
Morris Sheppard. Senator John X.
Shields, Representative Thomas u
Sisson. Senator Hoke Smith. Repre-
sentative Howard Sutherland. DIR. Will
lam Taylor Thorn.
Committee on music-Mrs. John
Franklin Little. chairman: Mrs. Delos
A. Biodgett, vice chairman; DIR. c. l..
G. Anderson, Miss Mary Louise Belote.
Miss Bess Boyd. Mrs. Joseph W.
Byrns, Miss Lillian Chenoweth, Mai.
Holmes Conrad, John w. Davis. Louis
A. Dent, William NJ Dunbar, Mrs. Will
lam c. Fite, Mrs. Elizabeth Fred. Maj.
George Gordon, Capt. William c. Har-
vey. jr.. Miss Maud L. Lee. Mrs. T.. b.
Herritt, Representative Frank Park.
Dr. Sterling Ruffin, Mrs. L. r. Relf.
Mrs. Cato Sells, Mrs. r. D. Sheppard,
Mrs. David A. Skinner. Mrs Ralph
Smith, Mrs. J. c. South. DR.. L. w.
Spratling, Rear Admiral II. r. STAN
ford, Representative Herbert ID. Ste
vens, Alexander Suter, Conrad II. Syme.
Miss Eta L. Taggart, Mrs. Samuel j.
Tribble, Senator James X. Vardaman.
Miss Myrtle White, Mrs. William T.
willett. and Mrs. William Anthony