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80,000 ATTEND REUNION OF VETERANS THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Showers today apd probably tomor row. VOL. X. XO. 239. 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- Continued on Page Three, The Atlanta Georgian BEAUTIES FROM SOUTH THRONG REUNION CITY W||||r ' / .. r \ / A;' / HtKjSKk i / / / - w ■ - | I / V 4 -.-’-A / Il / / / /> W WM®: \ th ti v i »ji r \ \e -Y \ \J ; \\ \ I > B -Y \ I CM V \\«fc / I ‘ I J*..-- N I O’ J * MRS. GRACE WILL 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. Read ForProfit-GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results w/i - ; \w uDv 1/ B "Wr I \ . ..M I V ' A '2 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 ♦ 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. t Slf /'I -- I’-' \ M I Y .Ay! u- ; . f :’W- -3Sg| : ' - ill ilS'l ■ 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.” aM T I i ) \\ At; -1 I *5 <2 \ Y ' w€ < k " / / (\\ J / // ’UrS.T'-.” ' V V / / // \ r // 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. •/ 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. EXTRA TJ p 1 ( ' lg . On Trains. FI VE CENTS. J JXIV L,. Jn Atlanta. TWO CENTS. WOMEN’S OMIIONB 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. C fd dAMdK3sl!ltu-w2jjonu3a p ttj 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 Continued on Page Three,