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THOUSANDS ARE
AT VET REUNION
War Times Recalled as Griz
zled Warriors of the South
Gather in Macon.
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dedicated yesterday when the flag was
raised over the tented city. It is John
B. Gordon* camp, named In honor of
that famous Georgian who so long was
commander-ln-chief of the veterans
As the flag was hoisted, bands played,
the veterans cheered and enthusiasm
was unbounded.
United Confederate
Choirs Will Sing.
The reunion actually begins tomor
row morning at 10 o’clock, when Gen
eral John W. Maddox, commander of
the Georgia division. U. C. V., calls the
veterans to order in the auditorium at
Central City park. Just before this, as
the veterans are assembling, the nu
merous bands will play Southern airs—
Dixie, Suwanee River. Old Kentucky
Home, Maryland, MjCMaryland. Bonnie
Blue Flag and all the others the South
loves so well.
Dr. R. Lin Cave, of Nashville, chap
lain general of the U. C. V.. will pro
nounce the opening Invocation, followed
by song selections by the United Con
federate choirs.
Colonel Walter A. Harris, a Macon
veteran and chairman of the reunion
committee, will welcome the visitors on
behalf of the committees; Miss Grace
Lumpkin, on behalf of the Macon vet
erans; Mayor John T. Moore, on behalf
of the city of Macon: Roland Ellis, on
behalf of the Macon Sons of Veter
ans; Mrs. Walter D. Lamar, on behalf
of the Georgia division. Daughters of
the Confederacy, and Governor Joseph
M. Brown, son of Georgia's war gov
ernor, on behalf of the state of Geor
gia. Then General Maddox will de
liver the gavel to General C. Irvine
Walker, of Charleston, S. command
er-in-chief, who will respond to the
welcomes. Greetings from the Sons of
Veterans and announcement of com
mittees will conclude the day’s session.
Another session will be held tomorrow
night. The afternoon will be spent by
the visitors sightseeing and getting ac
quainted.
After a week of showers which cul
minated yesterday and last, night In a
terrific downpour, Macon Is today
dripping wet, but the sun is out In
earnest and the indications are that
fair weather will prevail for the re
mainder of the week.
Memorial Meetings
And S. of V. Organize.
This afternoon the Confederated
Southern Memorial association organ
izes tn the Chamber~of Commerce au
ditorium. Mrs. R. L. Nesbitt, of Ma
rietta. vice president for Georgia, will
preside*. The Invocation will be by Rev.
C. H. Lee. followed by a song by the
massed Confederate choirs, led by Mrs.
J. G. Edwards, of Norfolk, The ad
dress of welcome wdll be delivered by
General Walker.
Addresses of welcome will be spoken
by Rev. J. P. McFerrin and J. E. Hall,
of Macon, and by Mrs. Leonora Rog
ers Schuyler, of New York. Mrs. W.
J. Behan, of New Orleans, president of
the Memorial association, will respond.
Tonight, the Sons of Veterans organ
ize. meeting in the immense audito
rium at Camp Gordon, in Central City
park.X Feature addresses will be spo
ken by Colonel Robert Edward Lee, Jr„
of Virginia, and Mrs. Daisy McLaurin
p tffr er>B. of Brandon, Miss. An elabo
rate program has been arranged. The
Sons are already here to the number of
about 2.000, and are camped at Camp
Gordon In 2.000 government tents.
The Sons of Veterans are camped
tn the half-mile track. Tn the mile
track the 1,000 tents for the veterans
and National Guard are rapidly fill
ing. In fact, nearly 1.000 members of
the state troops of Georgia and Ala
bama have arrived. The camp-is ar
ranged in streets, each a half mile long,
and guarding it are the National Guard
I troops and a company of boy scouts,
who also act as guides. The registra
tion offices today showed that more
than 10.000 recorded visitors are al
ready hero.
East and West
Fight For Next One
The fight for the next reunion is be
tween the southeast and southwest.
Chattanooga and Jacksonville are op
posing San Antonio. Both Houston
and Oklahoma. City have already with
drawn in favor of San Antonio, whose
representatives are already on the
ground conducting a brisk and unique
campaign. The city is flooded with ad
vertising matter, and hundreds of vet
erans have already been pledged. In
fact. Secretary John 1.. Carter of the
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce has
engaged 100 Texas young women to
work in the Interests of the city, solicit-
Yon cannot afford to
do without it— you will
tone up your whole system
by taking, in the morning.
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CONSTIPATION
MI.WOMEN WANT
TO BE MINISTERS
Progressives' at Conference Say j
They Will Have a Bishoo.
Too, of Radical Sort.
MINNEAPOLIS. May 6.—Women of
the Methodist church have demanded
that the ban be removed. They want
women ministers, and 28 women dele
gates to the general conference wiH
fight for the revolution of the church
rule which forbids the ordination of
women as ministers. These women del
egates will have the backing of the va
rious women's organizations of the
church, and they expect to win the
fight. '
The petition for the removal of the
church rule is contained in a memorial
presented to the conference by the New
England conference.
The conference is divided be
tween progressives and conser
vatives, and a clash between them
on most of the important matters that
are to come up for discussion is an
ticipated by those who have watched
the church sessions in the past. The
address of the bishops, which, accord
ing to the conservatives, is a. daring
and progressive document; dealing with
a number of questions in church as-
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fair? that have been troublesome in
the past. Is regarded by the progres
sives as conservative almost to the
point of being reactionary. With this
wide difference of opinion already de
veloped, it is expected that a clash will
come when the matter of church disci
pline is up for a vote and when other
matters are brought before the body.
Among the questions expected to
elicit warm discussion is the matter
of church publications. There are
nearly a dozen papers sanctioned by
the church. A plan to consolidate
some and eliminate others, to reduce
the number of publications to four,
with a uniform subscription price of
$1,50, has been offered in a resolution
now before the conference.
Another question on which the line
tip is expected to show is the question
of the retiring of bishops. It has been
recommended that age of retiring be
reduced over that at present fixed, and
that bishops of 75 years of age be com
pelled to quit active work.
Ing votes. A Wild West show has also
been procured to parade the streets
with banners reading "San Antonio,
1913.“
The first genuine strangers to take
possession of the town was a delegation
from Missouri. There were no deco
rated trumpeters at their head. There
was no sign of martial display, though
their ranks were filled with gray. Their
commanders were not colonels or gen
erals, but young women with the bloom
tn their cheeks. Beneath the banners
which denoted their regiment and di
vision was printed In huge letters the
words "Show Me.” Missouri, however,
is making no claim for the next meet
ing place.
Three Candidates
For New Commander
Although the veterans do not official
ly organize until tomorrow morning,
they are already here in large numbers,
and in. each group may be heard dis
cussions as to the next commander-in
chief. General Walker is, of course,
a candidate for election, but he is be
ing stoutly opposed by the friends of
General Bennett H. Young,’ of Louis
ville. General Young is a practicing
attorney in Louisville and is one of the
leading members of the Confederate
veterans’ organization. He commands
the Army of Tennessee. General Van-
Zandt. who commands the trans-Mis
sissippl department, will also be nomi
nated. The first of the commanding
officers to arrive was Genera! Young.
Miss Regina Rambo, of Marietta,
sponsor for the Army of Tennessee, on
whose personal invitation the Georgia
veterans awarded' Marietta their 1912
October reunion, is raising money to
entertain the state veterans by selling
postal cards bearing bullets which she
picked up on the battlefield around Ma
rietta and Atlanta. She has a booth at
a leading hotel and is selling hundreds
of the cards.
Special trains have arrived from
I Greenville and Columbia. S. New
| Orleans, Kort Worth. Memphis. Dallas.
! Kansas <’ity, Oklahoma r ’ity, Little
: Rock and Colorado.
VET TAKES TENTH WIFE
AFTER FIVE DIVORCES
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. May 6 —Sam
■ ue! J. Klllow. of Imboden has just
taken his tenth wife • She is Mrs.
I Frankie Crawford. Klllow is a Confed-
I erate veteran Five of his wives were
I divorced from him.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: MONDAY. MAY 6. 1912.
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VETERAN, 72, SEEKS BRIDE
MACON, GA., May 6.—Though scar
red by-' time and tried in the fires of
war, J. C. Williamson, a Confederate
veteran, of Louisville, Texas, aged 73
years, says he is not too old to marry
a Georgia girl If he can find one that
will have him.
For the two-fold purpose of seeking
such and attending the reunion. Mr.
Williams has walked exactly 932 miles.
He began his trip from Louisville Feb
ruary- 2(5. He landed in Macon last
Saturday, none the worse for wear,
with a twinkle In his eye and youth
in his heart.
"I'm like the giant who. every time h 1
was thrown to the ground, got up with
renewed strength." said the veteran as
he told his story. "I've been getting
younger ever since I was one day old.
When I went to war I was filled with
myself. When I finished some of my
self had gone, and I felt mighty sad
for a while. But I'm here now, and
I'm' here principally because they say
that Georgia is the dimple of the uni
verse. I could tell when I hit the
40 Augusta Veterans
To Attend Reunion
AUGVSTA. GA . Mav «. The Augus
ta veterans, 40 strong, leave this after
noon at 6:15 o’clock for Macon, where
they will remain during the reunion.
Two camps sent delegates. Those from
t'amp 435 are under the command of
("amfk Commander Kent Bis< II and
those from <’ainp Fleming are under
the command of ('amp Commander W.
H. Hendrix. The veterans will live in
their ears while in Macon.
The local battalion of the Second in
fantry. National Guard of Georgia, left
Saturday night on a special train un
der the command of Major Abram
Levy. There are three Augusta com
panies tn the battalion and the fourth
company is from Monroe. Ga. Th?
troons will be in camp for a week at
Macon.
Miss Etta Hardeman to Bear
Stars and Bars Aloft at
Macon.
Miss Etta Hardeman, of 491 North
Boulevard, will bear the Stars and Bars
of the Confederacy at the head of the
Georgia cavalry brigade at Macon in
the reunion parade next Thursday. She
was appointed by Commander E. G.
Gilmore, of Milner.
Miss Hardeman, who is an accom
plished horsewoman, is one of 25 maids
of honor appointed for the reunion. She
was chosen for the honor of bearing the
handsome new standard to be present
ed to the cavalry brigade by the maids
I Miss Etta Hardeman, of 491
I North Boulevard, will lead the
Georgia cavalry brigade at the
great Macon reunion, bearing
aloft the Stars and Bars.
of honor as a reward for her zeal in
securing funds for the flag. She will
ride at the head of the brigade, clad in
Confederate gray, and will afterward
present the flag to General Gilmore,
who will receive it In the name of his
comrades.
Miss Hardeman is the daughter of A.
J. Hardeman, of Gainesville. Ga., who
served under Johnston and later under
Lee. being among those who witnessed
the end of the uneven struggle with the
surrender at Appomattox. Miss Susie
Woodward, of Atlanta, will be a maid
of honor in the parade.
Georgia line by the pretty women I
saw."
When pressed for further informa
tion. both as to his journey and his
quest for a wife, he waved away his
inquisitors.
"I've found out that talking and good
looks don’t always win a woman. So I
am going to do something else. I’m
going to station myself right in the
principal part of town until I see the
girl I want. Then I’m going to find
out if she wants me."
The girl he wants will look lik» this,
says Mr. Wiliams.
She will be plump and merry; she
will have =ome sense, but not too much;
she will laugh most of the time, but
she will know how to cry; she will
wear white, with a rose in her hair,
but she must look w ell in widowss weeds,
for there is no calculating when she
will havp t<> wear them. She mustn't
know a thing about cooking, nor must
he have talent of anv sort. Last, but
not least, she must have a dimple in
her chin
Tennessee Train
On Way to Macon
CHATTANOOGA. TENN . May 6.
The Epe< ial train tn the Macon reunion,
with Troop A. Forrest cavalry, and
Company B. of Nashville, passd through
here at 1 o'clock today. The Chat
tanooga roaches for members of N. B.
Forrest <amp were attached. A large
number of veterans and visitor's went
from hero tp the reunion.
T. E. Fitz-Gerald.
The funeral of T E Fit z-( Jerald, aged
52. former proprietor of Gelders hotel
and a member of the Metropolitan dub,
who died in Atlanta yesterday, will be
held at ’he undertaking parlors of Pat
terson Son tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. Interment will he in Westview
Mr Fitz-Gerald had been ’ll only two
eeks He ’saves. his wife and a son,
Newman Fitz-Gerald, a traveling sales
man.
MRS. GRACE REED
81 GRAND JURY
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directions to them when she was pre
paring to leave Atlanta for Newnan.
The woman servant told the Jura- that
Mr. Grace complained while she was In
the room, and that Mrs. Grace said
that there was nothing the matter with
him.
Morris Prioleau. a personal friend of
Eugene Grace, and Officer J J. Jack
son. who answered the cal! from the
police station, were the last witnesses
before the jury.
Mother of Grace
Not Called Upon.
Mrs. S. L. Hill, of Newnan mother
of Mr. Grace, did not appear before the
jury, and It reached its conclusion
without examining what was consid
ered one <>f the strongest links of evi
dence which the prosecution claims.
Little time was lost by the jury In
reaching its verdict after the examina
tion of the witnesses. It is* said that
the vote was almost unanimous, al
though "but twelve votes of the twenty
three are necessary:
Here is the. jury which found the
true bill:
R J. Guinn, foreman; George E. Ar
gard. T. L. Bond. W. G. Whisenhunt
D. 'J. Baker. John Berkle. Jack J Sul
livan. J. R. Cochran. J. J. Disosw ay.
Mark A. Fall, Oscar Elsas. Cephas M.
Brown. J, H. Ewing. J. E Daniel, M.
Strickland. Harry Stearns. XV. B
Beattie. E. A. Hartsock. A. P. Morgan.
J. S. B Thompson. W. A, Albright.
F. P. H Akers. R. L. Foreman.
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Savannah Delegates
Go to Macon Tonight
SAVANNAH. GA.. May 6.—The Sa
vannah delegation to the Confederate
reunion at Macon will leave for the
convention city tonight. The delega-
I tion is one of the largest that has ever
gone from Savannah. McLaws camp
alone is sending 30 persons. About
seventeen represent Francis S. Bartow
camp. Sons of Veterans, while there is
a large delegation from the Confeder
ate Memorial association. Maids and
sponsors will accompany all their
camps.
DALTON FOR CHATTANOOGA
AS REUNION CITY IN 1913
DALTON, GA., May 6.—Miss Euge
nia Bitting has been chosen sponsor
and Miss Will D. Wailes maid by the
Frank Jackson camp No. 671, United
Sons of Confederate Veterans The
camp also chose the following repre
sentatives for the Macon reunion this
week:
Delegates, W. M. Graves, J. P. Mc-
Knlght and J. E. Russell: alternates,
C. D. McCutchen, F. T. Reynolds and
M f. Tarver.
The camp completed its organization
by electing the following officers
M. C. Tarver, second lieutenant com
mander: J. C. Fincher, treasurer; Rev
J. E. Russell, chaplain: W M Sapp,
historian, and H. I, Erwin, color guard.
The camp will send a good delegation
to the reunion and will vote for Chat
tanooga as the reunion city for 1913.
JONES. OF DOUGHERTY.
QUITS THE LEGISLATURE
ALBANY. GA.. May 6. -Ed R. Jones,
representative from Dougherty county,
today forwarded his resignation to
Governor Brown. He has represented
the county several terms. Joseph S.
Davis is likely to announce to succeed
him. Mr. Jones announced for the un
expired term as solicitor of the city
court several days ago, but has quit
the race. Thomas H Milner has an
nounced in opposition to J W. Walters,
Sr . father nf J W Walters, Jr, who
shot himself a month ago. The elec
tion is tomorrow.
Even the Ghosts Join
In Predicting Choice of
Clark for President
TOPEKA, KANS.. May 6—Theodore
Roosevelt will be the Republican and
Champ Clark the Democratic nominee
for president this year, and Champ
Clark will be elected)
This is the prophecy made by Mrs.
Jerry Simpson, widow of the former
congressman.
Mrs. Simpson is a Spiritualist. “It
was at MTchita a short time ago that I
talked with Jerry about politics,'’ said
Mrs. Simpson. “He said that he took
th® same interest in politics that he
had always taken.
“ 'Who will be named by the Republi
cans?' I asked him.
“ Theodore Roosevelt.' he replied.
“‘Who by the Democrats?'
“ 'Champ Clark.'
"'Who will be elected?'
“'Champ Clark. lam for him. Do
ing all I can for him and he will be
elected without a doubt."’
No Decision on Falls
Survey For Few Days,
Declares Gov* Brown
Governor Joseph M. Brown has an
nounced that a derision in the Tallulah
Falls case can not be expected for three
or four davs.
Upon his return from Savannah and Au
gusta the chief executive held a second
conference with Attorney General T. S.
Felder, going over the details of the sur
vey of the gorge area of Tallulah river.
Roth the governor and the attorney gen
eral said that at least two more confer
ences would be necessary before the le
gal phases of the case could be cleared
Indications are that the state will bring
suit to restrain the Georgia Railway and
Power Company from further operations
at Tallula’i Falls until the land titles to
the gorge area ar*> determined 1n court.
While neither the gpvernor nor the at
torney general has Intimated what the de
cision will be, both have said that should
the Koch survey, upon which the de
rision hinges, show the slightest legal
point in fav-ir of the state, suit will be
brought.
Georgia Lax in Care
For Ils Poor Children.
Says Charity Worker
Dr Hastings H. Hart, noted worker
among children, declared today that Geor
gia is far behind other states In its care
of poor children, especially feeble-minded
ones. He said there are'enough orphan
ages in the state, and that more atten
tion should be given the state reforma
tories
“Georgia has no adequate measures for
caring for wayward girls. The stare
needs a girl's reformatory badly,” he
said.
“The boys reformatory is at present at
tached to the prison, though I understand
this is only a temporary arrangement.
If it Is not it should be changed at once.
“The greatest need of the state tow'ard
the care of children is a home for the.
feeble-minded, especially the girls. In
vestigations Hl the North have proven
that three-fourths of the children of fee
bleminded mothers are of unsound mind,
and steps should be taken to minimize
this number There is no provision
whatever for It In Georgia.”
Dr. Hart addressed an assemblage, of
social workers today at Carnegie library
on plans for placing children in private
families for support. He will leave At
lanta tonight for Nashville, where he is
to address the Southern Sociological con
gress.
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES
EXCHANGE THEIR SEATS
Judge W. D. Ellis will sit In the first
division of the superior court for the
next two months, hearing and assign
ing all jury cases, organizing and
charging grand and petit jurors Judge
George Bell will sit In the second di
vision and hear jury cases assigned
from first division. Judge John T. Pen
dleton will occupy the bench in the
third division, hearing motions and ex
traordinary writs and all cases not re
quiring trial by jury.
Don’t Fail to Visit
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TAFT GOES AFTER
ROOSEVELT BOSS
ATHENS, OHIO. May B—Attacking
Walter Brown, the Republican boss of
Ohio, who is chairman of the Ohio
State Central committee. President
Taft in his Ohio fight here today de
clared that Brown is the only boss in
active commission in this state, and
"he. is hustling around for Roosevelt
and trying to enlarge his own power.”
He further said:
“If I am a son of Ohio, then 1 should
be given justice, and I ask the people
of Ohio not to believe in the stories
that I am associated with the bosses."
He warned his audience of class 'ha
tred. and said it would undermine .the
government. ,
Thep resident spoke before -a. -crawd
-of 2.000 In a drizzling rain, which
somewhat dampened their enthusiasm.
Os his time in office he said that the
administration had not the! kind of
publicity to correctly show results.
“I deprecate th<= president's entering
into a political controversy," he said,
“but now Theodore Roosevelt is a can
didate for sure. Theodore Roosevelt
found his charter of democracy which
he outlined In his Columbus speech not
enough. He assaulted me arid ’rny’ad
mintstration in unfounded charges.
The less I said, the more .he sjljk.JUy
back was against the wall and-I ha<i to
fight. As far as I know. there is noth
ing that 1 have done that’wins con
demnation."
The degree team of Fulton Lodge. Odd
Fellows, will meet Wednesday night at
7:30 o’clock in the lodge hall. Al! mem
bers are urged to attend.
J N STARNES'.
Captain. Degree Team.
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