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THOUSANDS ARE AT VET REUNION War Times Recalled as Griz zled Warriors of the South Gather in Macon. Continued From Page One. 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. HunyadiQ Janos sifSi fcmunniin Water gg Natural Ija.Kativ c $ Quickly Relieves 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- A. ” 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. [ATLANTA GIRL LEADS CAVALRY AT REUNION ■ i I I" I /' '> w i ’ n M S x * * B -fli : . I W •* • aa: M x g SP 'a /''’X N i LjL. ■ IK i % '«» jd! Hulk ' W'M VrfA-W UF JHiF JI Em Walks932Miles toßeunion 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 Continued From Page One. 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. k ■ ■ II 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 THE VAUDETTE Tomorrow, Great Special Program “The Landing of Columbus” Three complete reels, cost $50,000. three years to make: The greatest achievement in the Motion Picture Industry. Indorsed by teachers and clergymen. / “Pathe Weekly” Portraying the greatest week of sensational events m years, showing Chinese Revolutionists, Birmingham Auto Raees, • New York Fire Boats in action, Russian Horse Racing. See’y Knox in Cuba, School Farming in Oregon, Unveiling of John Pau.] Jones Statue at Indianapolis, the New Spring Hats in Pans, France, and “The Steamship Titanic” Leaving Southampton, and the survivors on board the “Carpathia” The only genuine motion pictures ever made of the big ill fated ship. MISS LEOTA GLIMPSE, the beautiful double voiced singer. MR. FRANK MILLER, Baritone. No Advance in the Vaudette Price: FIVE CENTS 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. 1 5 Days More g H MONDAY, the opening day, g, was a great success. Many Iy3. ] eyes were fitted. Come and I take advantage of the greatest I I eye glass opportunity. ■ $5 Gold Filled I si.nol Expert eye glass specialist to wait on you and all WORK, ■' GUARANTEED. Remember; Sale doses Saturday night, ‘A’J Columbian I Optical Store I 81-8.3 Whitehall, Ss 3