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80,000 ATTEND REUNION OF VETERANS
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
Showers today apd probably tomor
row.
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MISSISSIPPI
HSBLOW
AIWILSOIi
HOPES
Early Vote Is Strong for Un
derwood. and His Friends
ir Claim a Victory.
HUNDREDS OF PLANTERS
ARE TOO BUSY TO BALLOT
But Alabaman’s Managers Say
He’ll Nearly Duplicate the
Clark Maryland Victory.
JACKSON, MISS., May 7.—With the
names of Representative Oscar Under -
wood and Woodrow Wilson on the bal
lots, the preferential presidential pri
t mary i. being held throughout this
state today to determine the choice of
,—Jhe Democratic electors. Owing to gen
, al apathy and the fart that planters
are very busy at this time, being far
' behind in their operations, a small vote
was anticipated. Leaders said that if
35,000 votes —about one-fourth of the
full vote —are polled, they will he sup
plied.
Leaders on thi Underwood side nude
confident claims because this is Mr.
Underwood’s native state and the early
vote seemed strong in his support, but
th, Wilson managers were not far be
hind in their own predictions. The
four Democratic delegates at large in
the Baltimore national convention will
be Governor Brewer. ex-Governor Var
daman, United States Senator John
Sharp Willi-im and F. H. Alexander.
Fa c; ion al> ■>n was much involved to
daU in the district nominations.
A decided apathy exists in all parts
of the state Men who are usually en
thusiastic in state contests feel no con
cern whatever in the outcome of the
' presidential primary.
Mixrm Among
the Factions.
The on:-- element of real interest that
has entered ih- fight is the old spirit of
factionalism shewn bv Vardaman and
anti-Varda man supporters, but the tw o
factions ar so badlv mixed in their
preferences, as shown by the align
ments of trair leaders, that neither can
claim a victory, regardless of whether
Underwood or Wilson gets the majority
vote.
For instance, on the ticket for dele
gpras frdm the state at large appear the
ny les of Governor Brener, Senator
Joi . Williams, Hon. C. H. Alex
andru and c-x-Governor J. K. Varda
man. Williams and Alexander are sup
* porters of Woodrow Wilson. Vardaman
is for Un i. : - >od and Governor Brewer
#-bas bran giving ,i rather lukewarm sup
port to th Alabama statesman, saying
that hr- e ir- give equally cordial support
to cither of th other candidates.
Senator Per- following is also
working enthusiastically for Under
wood, while- sai of Vardaman’s best
known lieutenants, including Lieuten
ant Govern - Bilbo. are actively labor
ing for Wilson.
Neither fatten can. therefore, get
much satisfaction out of the returns,
in so far as the presidential primary is
concerned. The taction fight centers on
tj-.e- selection of di -rpict delegates. Po
litical alignments of the aspirants for
these honors are well known, and the
voters are pay ing no heed what their
preference may be, in so far as the
presidential contest is concerned, but
, are, in a majority of instances, basing
their selections on whether the men
voted for ar- Vardaman or anti-Var
' daman adherents.
Vardaman’s
“Instructions.”
The V.(daman campaign bureau has
sent out a m. rk'.i ballot to each coun
ty. showing the faithful" how to vote.
In some quarters this-is being resented
as an imputation that members of the
fa. ticn ha ve not sense enough to mark
t!-< ! T- clots, or sufficient judgment to
select the men best fitted to represent
t Mis.-i . ir.pi ■- Democracy in the nation
al al e.rve nt ion. However, this method
has been used in former campaigns by
Vardaman. and has -aved a large per-
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GET BOND I ONT
Accused Woman Makes Known
Fact That She Is to Be
come a Mother.
Mrs. Daisy Grace, accused by her
husband of trying to murder him ex I
pects to become a mother within a few
months.
She told this for the first time after
hearing the news that the Fulton grand
Jury had brought an indictment against
her for assault with intent to commit
murder She broke down under he:
nervous strain last night and v
found lying in a faint on her cot in
the Tower. She was much improved
today, and expressed herself a.- hope
fu! that the courts would grant her an
early trial.
Mrs. Grace’s attorneys-began prepa
ration today for making bond forth- ii
client and securing her release from
the Tower pending her trial. Solicitor
Genera! Dorsey will fix the amount of
her bond this afternoon. It will prob
ably be J 7.500, the same amount fixed
by Justice Ridley before the indict
ment. but the solicitor desires a fornia.'
report on Grace’s condition from hi.
physician. Dr. T. S. Bailey, before fix
ing the amount of bond.
Taft Gets Nevada’s
6 Delegates, Bound
FALLON. NEV.. May 7.—Nevada is
in the Taft column today. The six
delegates selected by the Republican
state convention here were instructed
for the president in resolutions indors
ing the administration.
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American Women in
Mexico Organize as
War Squad; All Arm
MEXICO CITY, May 7.—Squad 11.
Com; .it K, comppsed-of sixteen reso
lute women. is the latest addition to
the American .urns of defense in the
Me:.lran capital. The women have
arm.- i im-mj with Krag-Jorgen
sen rifle? rd ive -worn to fight to
the m~,ith if i'nitcd States citizens liv
ing in -Mexico City are attacked. All
the women arc- in_ ; •
The ~<o.Ti v i iotm.iil fey Victor
Calvert, formerly an officer in the
United States army in the Philippines
who turned over the female soldiers to
Commander-in-chief C. H. Agramonte.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, YAY 7, 1912.
Tag Day Nets $5,200
For Sheltering Arms:
Old Records Smashed
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This year’s "Tag day” sales realized
$5,200 for the Sheltering Arms and
broke all previous if cords.
The collection was nearly 51.000 more
than that of last year and ahont S2OO
more than the record day. The money
for the tiny pieces of pasteboard came
in in nickels and dimes and quarters
and halfs. in dollars and sometimes in
pennies. All of it was welcome and al!
went th help take care of the children
of working women who have no othi :
place to leave them durihg the day
other than the Sheltering Arms. A. K
Hawkes gave the largest offering of the
day, when he paid SSO for his tag.
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METHODIST BISHOPS
HAD A UNIQUE TABLE
MINNEAPOLIS. MIXX May 7.- At
the general conference' of the Metho
dist church there was an old bishop’s
table.
\ college ar Morristown, East Ten
nessee. furnished the table, and in it
every Methodist conference and mis
sion in the world is represented by a
piece of wood. There are 100 pieces in
the table, representing 161 conferences.
34 of wi:i' ’•! .i ri- foreign.
WOMEN RAISE $130,000
FOR SUFFRAGE BATTLE
COLTMBI'S. OHIO. Mly 7.- Women
of Ohio have ri' mi a campaign fund
of $130,000. and will spend SI,OOO a day
from now until the constitutional
amendment granting votes to women
comes to ballot.
TO "DIXIE’S” STRAINS VETS
GIVE FAMOUS REBEL YELL
MACON. GA . May 7.—At K> o’clock this mornin,? the
leaders of the several bands assembled their forces at Camp
John B. Gordon auditorium. There was a slight lull. The vet
erans slowly gathered in their seats and then sudden and sharp
the first, notes of Dixie filled the place. The line of gray came to
its t'eet. and for fully five minutes there was mingled with the
music that battle cr\ technically known as the “rebel yell.”
A second time was th:.- yell given when General Irvine C.
Walker, with tears in his eyes appealed to the “younger Con
federacy” for a perpetuation of those memories which had come
to them from battling ancestors.
■ A third time was this yell given when a -pretty little girl
of eight arose unsolicited and told them that she would he a
“rebel forever.”
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Amons the hundreds of Southern beauties gathered at Ma
con this week for the Confederate reunion, here are four typiaal
types. The upper lefthand picture is Miss Bessie A. Moore, ®f
Rome. Ga.. spon.--.or for Ihi First Georgia brigade. Sons ||f
Vet’-ran-. The upper imter picture is Mrs. Casey Young Camp
bell. of Memphis. Tenn., maid of honor for the Tennessee divi
sion Confed c-r ato V.-teram, The lowm- ec-nter picture is Miss
Ernestine Nuttall, of Ror-kinyham. ? . C . maid of honor for the.
North < aroluia Di' ision of veterans . The picture on the right
is Miss Blanche Kell Nisbet, of Maeon. first maid of honor for
the South.
N C., maid of honor for the North Carolina division of veter
ans. The picture on the rishi i ; Mi.-. Blanche Kell Nisbet, of
Mae-on, first maid of honor for the South.
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2 G.O.P. Delegations
Likely in Texas
DALLAS. TEXAS. May 7 -County
conventions scheduled to be held
throughout Texas today weir xpr. trd
to decide tiie conflicting claims of the
Taft and Roosev.lt fori. - here The
conventions will s<-h i t d- '--gates to the
state convention, which is to b" held
May 28. In many counties the dele
gates selected at tin- r. . precinct
primaries we re uninstruct. rl%md both
Taft and Roosevelt mon claim them.
It is believed that many county con
ventions today will instruct and that
enough delegates will ho ent pledged
to one candidate or the other to deter
mine the Issue.
Factional feeling is high and there is
a likelihood of double sets of delegates
being named in many counties.
L/vgest Camp
Since Civil War
MACON GA. May 7.—Thomas
11 irdeman camp X'n. IS, U. S C. V., of
Macon, is ilm largest camo ever formed
since the Civil war and has at the
nr< ■ nt time 1,065 paid members. Its
members have been very to the
"minion committees, serving them in
rv-ry capacity through the efforts of
Civo-ii ;l nd int .1 Mario* Dunwody.
Dt- laigest hygl- and fife corps ever
organized is stirring .the reunion with
66 men and i drum major.
.The preparations made by Com
mandant Dunwody for the coronation
of the oue- n of the reunion, which elec
tion took ptace under the direction of
this camp ■ f Sons, are very elaborate,
and it wi’.l be one of the greatest fea
tuies ever held at a reunion.
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J JXIV L,. Jn Atlanta. TWO CENTS.
WOMEN’S
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SUS WAR
HEROES
Miss Lumpkin and Mrs. Lamar
Arouse Veterans at Big
Reunion.
MASSED CHORUS SINGS
THE AIRS OF OLD DIXIE
Thousands of Soldiers Camp
in Tents- Addresses and
Cheers From Crowds.
XACON. GA., May ".--Stirring ad
dresses by two women roused ten thou
saifd veterans in gray to a high pitch
of enthusiasm at the opening exercises
of the Twenty-second annual reunion
of the United Confederate Veterans
this morning..
/Miss Grace Lumpkin, of Latta. S. C._,
formerly of Maecn, and the official
sponsor for this Ctty, welcomed the
survivors of the great conflict of the
sixties in a speech in which she dis
played her noted oratorical gifts. Mrs.
Dorothy Blount Lamar, president of
the Georgia Daughters of th.e Confed
eracy, extended a cordial welcome on
behalf of that invitation, and evoked
cheer after cheer, until the rafters'
shook by her fervent tributes to the
thinning line of heroes.
5,000 Soldiers Sheltered
In Camp Gordon.
Five thousand old soldiers ’amped
last night in t’amp Gordon, and while
the rain pattered on their tents, sat
and revived the in which they
had fought and bled. ■ This morning
they awoke to the call of the bugle
and marched in columns to the im
mense eating halt, where a splendid
I breakfast was served them. At Ift
o'clock they assembled in seats of honor
in the auditorium, reinforced by sev
eral thousand who had arrived during
the- early morning. Hundreds of men
and women thronged th/> galleries and
side benches, while the stage was
crowded with speakers and officials.
For a half hour sr-vrral brass bands
played lively . f the old South.
"Dixie” al" i s being the favorite, and
a 1 in.3o o'clock th-' convention was
called to ord--' I General John W.
Maddox, of Rome, commander of the
Georgia division. The invocation was
pronounced by Rev R. Lin Cave, and
thr-n the massed Confederate choirs,
including the special singers from Nor
folk. Vn., rendered “Bonnie Blue Flag"
"Maryland, M Maryland,” and the
"Star Spangled Banner.”
Walter ’. Harris, colonel of the Sec
ond Georgia regiment and chairman of
the general reunion committee, ex
tended the first Official welcome to the
vet' ns l.ik- distinguished fath
er. Colon'l Nat E. Harris, the speaker
exhihi'ed rare- gifts ol eloquence and
was frequent!', applauded for his pa
triotic sentiments He then presented
Miss Grace Lumpkin, the young wom
an whose speech at Litrie Rock last
year turned the tide in Macon’s favor
and practically won the present re
union for this city. .Miss Lumpkin was
accorded a flattering reception. Old
veterans 'eft their seats and crowded to
the stage to shak< her hand before she
began speaking.
First Festivities
Os Reunion Held.
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Today marked the formal opening of
the reunion festivities, though prelim
inary social affairs and organization
meetings of the Sons of Veterans and.
Confederated Memorial association
we-re held yesterday afternoon and last
night. But these reunions are primar
ily for the veterans to come together
and perpetuate the memories of their
valiant struggle of the sixties, and it
remained for then organization to as
semble to formally launch tne aetivi-'
ties.
A feature of the first session was the
annual address of General C. Irvine
Walker, commander-ln-chief, in which
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