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REUNIONS SERVE TO VINDICATE SOUTH, SAYS WALKER
“The greatest good to be obtained by the annual reunion of the men who wore the gray is
our vindication. It is a justification of the righteousness of the cause for which we fought.
This not selfishly for ourselves, hut for our descendants. We know, and will forever know, that
we were right. Then let us see to it that our children know it. Be sure that our children, and
their children, to the remotest generation, will know’ it—know it without doubt and without
question: know that their fathers were not rebels, but patriots—not traitors, but martyrs. They
f ffli orators
stirveterans
Miss Lumpkin and Mrs. Lamar
Arouse Aged Heroes of the
Civil War at Reunion.
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he declared that in these annual gath
erings the South finds its vindication
and the younger generations are taught.
» the story of the Civil war as the South
then understood it and understands It
now.
General Walker’s address followed
the several welcoming speeches by
Mayor Moore, of Macon: Colonel Wal
ter A. Harris, of the Macon reunion
committees; Roland Ellis, of the Ma-,
con Sons of Veterans: Miss Lumpkin
and Mrs. Lamar, of the Georgia
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Girl Pays Inspiring
Tribute to Heroes.
Miss Lumpkin's address was entirely
extemporaneous, but she spoke feel
ingly and inspiring!?’ and by her splen
f did tributes to the “lost cause” further
endeared herself to the gallant sur
vivors.
v Mayor Moore told the veterans the
city was theirs, and told them to do as
they pleased. Roland Ellis delivered
the welcome on behalf of the I nited
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Then Mrs. Lamar was presented. She
needed no introduction to the veterans,
as they attested bv their prolonged re
ception.
Governor’s Name
Heprtily Cheered.
General Maddox explained the ab
se.nce of Governor Brown, who was
scheduled to address the veterans, and
nt the mention of the governors name
a. cheer went up from the Georgia dele
gation. The convention war then
f turned over to General C. Irvine Walk
er. of Charleston, S. C.. the commander
in-chief. At the close of his address
, formal greetings from the United Sons
* of Conferb'i -.ite Veterans were mad and
a re,pl v ui:hori.r'd.
60 000 in Macon
For the Reunion.
Following the announcement of com
mittess. the convention adjourned until
tonight' it S o’clock, when addresses
wiil be delivered by Miss Mildred Ruth
erford. of Athens, and Colonel Wallace
V’. Srrrvs. of Montgomery. The latter
will malt" tl I . l ' annual oration.
The ’egis : rat lon offices show the ar
rival of 33.000 persons up until 6 o’clock
this morning, nd between that hour
and noon seventeen special trains, in
addition to th' regular trains with ex
fra coachps. poured almost as tnan?
more into Maron They were unloaded
in a dr- nchinc rain, which shows no
sign of slackening.
The Sons of Veterans and the South-
• ern Confederated Memorial association
are in ictive ession with large in-
i creating nttendan -■ Last night the
president of the memorial association
was presented with the chair occupied
by Jefferson Davis upon the occasion
of his las; visit to Macon, shortly be
fore his death.
Legless Veteran Drinks
Chloroform at Macon
W. L. Moran, a legless veteran, tried
to commit suicide when the po
lice prohibited him from selling
whistle... He drank three ounces of
chloroform while seated on his box on
Mulberry -treet. with hundreds of re
' union visitors passing around him.
\ Mqran iiid not have a license to peddle
' his whittles nor the money to buy one.
and when the police stopped, his sales.
» h? had i negro hn to a nearby
drug store, where he bought the poison.
Resuming his position on the sidewalk.
, he swallowed the drug. Several hours’
work at the hospital by the physicians
saved his life. Moran is from New
f Orleans H-- ivnt through the war
without a wound, but lost both legs
above the knees in a railroad wreck.
HUB TAI LEY BEATS
WOMAN ON HEAD
WITH BEER BOTTLE
Witnessed told Recorder Broyles to
da ytha: Hub Talley, one of Atlanta's
noted police court characters, brutally
beat a woman in the head with a beer
bottle, whi’e L. M. Patton, of 239 Ira
street, a companion, stood by with a
pistol and prevented any one else from
, taking the woman's part.
Talley was fined $100.75, or 30 days,
and W IS bound over to the state courts
in bond of s.’.<»> on the charge of assault
and battery. Patten was fined $100.75,
or 30 days. • . eh in two cases, and was
■bound r.vnr in bond of SSOO on the
charges of assault and battery and car
rying a pistol without a license.
Billie Burn' :t, ■.f 71 Thurmond st
the woman wim was beaten, exhibited
cuts on hr head which sir said were
made bv the beer bottle
Tailev has figured many times in po
lice court re. ently, following various
of escapades
OLD VETERANS RECOUNT EXPERIENCES OF
THE SIXTIES AT BIG CONFEDERATE REUNION
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These two old veterans are fighting again their battles of the sixties at the Macon reunion. The photographer caught them
as they were recounting the battle of the Wilderness. On the left is .J. T. Rnstin. and on the right, B. H. Baggerly.
Esthete Maeterlinck
To Box Carpentier,
The French Champion
PARIS. May 7.—Maurice Materlinck,
the author, will box Carpentier, the
French champion, at a charity fete in
June. The fete is being organized by
Rachel Boyer, the actress.
When asked of the report that he
would meet the author in the ring. Car
pentier said:
"Yes, certainly. M. Maeterlinck, al
though a writer, has adopted box’ng.
and is very inxious tn meet some pro
fessionals. He will have an opportuni
ty at the fete organized by Mlle. Box > r
in aid of her charitable organization
known as ‘The Traveling Show.'
"Several well known literary men are
to be present and take part in the
sparring. Tristan Bernard, for one,
will be there. I think he is going to
fight with a negro.
“M. Maeterlinck expressed a desire to
meet me in the ring I hope the show
will please the spectators. The fight
takes place some time in June, but that
is all I know about it.”
POLICE TRAIL WOMEN
AND FIND SPEAKEASIES
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. May 7.—-One
hundred cases have resulted as the re
sult of the crusade on what is known
as "sanctities” or rather on "boarding
houses” where beer and 'liquor are. sold
without license.
Police Court Judge Hugo L. Black
has been assessing fines of from $lO to
$25 and more in each ease. The police
trailed women to find the speakeasif
JANE ADDAMS IS SURE
SUFFRAGE WILL TRIUMPH
KANSAS CITY, Ma 7 In an ad
dress here. Jane Addams. Os Hull House.
Chicago, said that nothing can st-p
woman suffrage. "The forward prog
ress of the world,” she added "is a
steam roller which only the blind are
willing to oppose.”
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS:TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1912.
WILSON IS HIT HARD
IN MISSISSIPPI VOTE
Continued From Page One.
centage of his following a great deal of
trouble and mental worry.
Much of Underwood's strength, in so
far as Mississippi is concerned, is due
to a very prevalent feeling that the
time is ripe to put forth a Southern
man for the presidency, and, since Al
abama's favorite son is regarded as an
eligible aspirant, a friendly feeling for
the neighboring state has added much
to his prestige.
Many conservative Democrats, who
can not support either Wilson or Un
derwood, or, at least, do not view with
favor the aspirations of either of those
candidates, are staying away from the
polls.
Wilson Routed, 3 tol,
In Maryland by Clark
BALTIMORE, May 7. —On the face of
the returns today, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt will get Maryland’s sixteen
votes in the Republican national con
vention at Chicago. With the state and
city organizations against him, he de
feated th-’m both by a. close margin.
Speaker Champ Clark, of the national
house of representatives, will have a
mejo'ity of tly> delegates to the Mary
land state convention, and the del<si<-
tiou of sixt.-en to the Democratic na
tional convention will Iw instructed for
the speaker for the Democratic nomi
nation for president. Woodrow Wilson
was badly defeated.
Colonel Roosevelt will have kh votes
in th-. state convention, just a bare one
over the 65 which constitutes a major
ity of the 129 votes in the state con
vention. President Taft will have 63
votes and a further analysis of the re
turns may show that he may have suf
ficient friends among the. delegates to
centred the personnel of the Maryland
delegation. This will be important if
Roosevelt can not be nominated on the
first ballot, as the state Republican
leaders v. ill then C able to throw the
strength to Taft on subsequent ballots.
The Colonel Swept Baltimore,
Roos>'-v' '■ carried only seven counties
outside of Baltimore- city. These were
Alleghany. Garrett, Washington, Fred
erick, Prince G-eorc? . Howard and Bal
timore county.
The colonel swept TWltimm-e city, car
rying all four legislative districts.
Organization leadc’s. men w ho here
tofore have hr- n regarded at invincible
in primary contests, were defeated m
their precincts and wards and the en
tire city machine was routed.
It was the most desperate fight that
the- citv. organization, headed bv Col
l-tor of the Port William H Stone.
I ,-.- made f > manv years, because its
leader- .caused that their politn ,1
i t alps might depend upon the results.
They contested every inch of ground,
but they lost..
With their perfect organization cov
ering every precinct in the city, the
leaders up until the last moment felt
confident that they would carry the
day. Their works’ s were given suffi
cient funds to man the nri ”in"i a and in
a riuinbi-r of .hem tin y wore only re
qii'-ed to cope with amateur party
!-• Th- c ini. ..rd fill of the party
w< < w ith I 'oloin l Rom > veil and they
recorded their sentiments with their
A Clark Landslide.
Speaker ' h imp Clark was backed in
should know that we fought not for conquest, but for defense: not for enrichment, not for ter
ritory, not to maintain slaver, but to preserve the precious right won by and handed down to us
by our forefathers. We fought without pay—our only reward being ‘the consciousness of duty
well performed.’ We fought for our freedom, our firesides, our women and our God.’’—Gen
eral C. Irvine Walker, Commander-in-Chief United Confederate Veterans, in his address to the
assembled veterans at Macon.
Judge Archbold Is
Probed in Secret by
Congress Committee
WASHINGTON. May 7 —With doors
locked and with stenographers and
committee clerks excluded, the house
committee on the Judiciary began to
day a secret investigation of the
charges against Judge Robert W. Arch
bold. Justice of the commerce court,
outlined in papers transmitted to the
house from the department of Justice
by the president last Saturday. The
seal on these papers was broken to
day by the chairman of the committee
bn Judiciary and its members had their
first opportunity to see the nature of
the department's investigation of the
charges brought against. Justice Arch
bold in February and which may pos
sibly result in impeachment proceed
ings against the judge.
Until the committee has decided
whether or not the record is to be
made public, members of the commit
tee .cere enjoined to secrecy regarding
the exact nature of the charges. Judge
Archbold will not be called by the
committee.
: his fight by the entire citv Democratic
organization and he swept Baltimore
and gets its 28 votes tn the state con-
> vention.
1 Clark was also supported bv the state
organization and was an easy winner
■ over Wilson and Harmon, and will have
;o votes in the state convention. Wil
son, his strongest opponent., captured
45. while Harmon received the four
votes of Worcester countv. the home of
United States Senator John Walter
Smith, who is a staunch supporter of
th'' Ohio governor.
Tin total Democratic vote in Baltf
ni'”. iity was 211.3(12 ('lark receiv'd
19.277. Wilson (>,;578 and Harmon 3,293.
Ther'- w re polled 1,54 votes for an un
instructed delegation.
Roosevelt's greatest strength was
show n in Baltimore city, his vote being
i 12,695 to 7,233 for Taft.
MACON A BEWILDERING
BEAUTY SHOW; SOUTH'S
FAIREST DAZZLE EYE
By THOMAS B. SHERMAN.
MACON. GA’.. May 7.—To be un
sponsored is to be unloved in Macon
just now.
Every institution has a sponsor, from
the Army of Northern Virginia to the
local chapter of Boy Scouts. There are
black-haired sponsors and light-haired
sponsors. There are sponsors with
noses retrousse —there are sponsors
with distinct freckles on their noses
and there are sponsors with dimples in
their cheeks.
From the far tip of Florida to the
Monongahela river sponsors have come
to Macon. They have struck town —
not with a thud, but with a ripple and
a swish like hurried snowflakes. Ma
con is yet rubbing its eyes, though Ma
con, if it had only known it, was well
sponsored before the reunion ever came.
Speaking from a technical sense
strictly, all of them are not sponsors.
Some are queens and some are maids
of honor, while others are chairladies
of this or that. All are Southern,
though none adhere to any one type.
Studies of Two
Types of Beauty.
Passing down the street, a flash of
dark loveliness hits the visual sense.
The hair is black—and there are masses
of it. The face is slightly rounded and
there is a rose tint on the cheek. The
eyes are an uncertain shade between
black and brown. In the ensemble
there seems a hint of melancholy, but
the dimple, born of a laugh, does not
allow that impression to rest uneasily,
“Here,'’ says the visitor, “is the
true Southern beauty that I have read
so much about.” And he takes a long,
deep look.
Just then another vision flashes over
the horizon. This one comes with a
dash. She has a waving series of au
burn tresses and her eyes dance blue in
the sunlight and green in the shade.
Her tiny nose doesn’t seem to be fol
lowing any particular direction, and
her cheeks are a confusion of ripples
and clefts. There is no seriousness
about her. From the tips of her tiny
toes to the last auburn strand of hair
floating before the wind she is the es
sence of potential mirth.
She is a direct antithesis of the first,
yet no stranger, be he from Singapore
or Saskatchewan, would ever think she
came, from Ohio or Indiana. And so it
goes. Each is a rule unto herself.
TWO—MACON
No word combination, whether born
of Sam Blythe or Blander Mathews,
VINDICATE SOUTH
U. CI REUNIONS
Commander-in-Chief Walker
Declares Greatest Good Is in
Justification of South.
MACON, GA.. May 7.—“ The greatest
good to be obtained by the annual re
union of the men who wore the gray
is our vindication," declared Command
er-in-chief C. Irvine Walker in his an
nual address at the organization of the
Twenty-second reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans today.
“It is a justification of the righteous
ness of the cause for which we fought.
This not selfishly for ourselves, but for
our descendants. We know, and will
forever know, that we were right. Then
let us see to ft that our children know
it. Be sure, that our children, and
their children, to the remotest genera
tion will know it—know it without
doubt and without question; know that
their fathers were not rebels, but pa
triots —no' traitors, but martyrs. They
should know that we. fought not for
conquest but for defense; not for en
richment. not for territory, not to main
tain slavery, but to preserve the pre
cious rights won by and handed down
to u. by our forefathers. We fought
without pay—our only reward being
‘the consciousness of duty well per
formed.’ We fought for our freedom,
our firesides, our women, and our
God."
In the outset of his address. General
Walker paid a loving tribute to Gen
eral George W. Gordon, of Memphis,
the late commandc-r-in-chief, who died
soon after his election last, year, and
whom the speaker succeeded as the
head of the United Confederate Vet
erans He said:
"A wise Providence has, since we
last met. gath'i'd Gordon to Himself.
My i '.inrH'h s, Gordon loved you; he
ireasured ovt the sacred memories of
a hall'.n'. ml past; he was proud of the
:lor.''s which elii.-t* r around this fed
eration. May the memory of his life
and work incite us to higher efforts for
the good of the United Confederate
Veteran.- he so truly loved and faith
fully served.'
could describe their peculiarly intangi-»
hie charm. No color blend, whether
from the brush of a Leonardo or a
Rembrandt, could place on canvas the
delicate color of their cheeks or the
quaint curve of their lips.
There is. for instance. Miss Harriet
Calhoun, of Atlanta. About her there
lurks something of that hint of mel
ancholy and the dimple born of a smile.
But the face is strong with resolution,
without being In the least stern. There
is nothing of the soft, melting ex
pression, but on the other hand the
face Is in no wise forbidding. Her
complexion is not the rose color. It
rather has the hue of tinted Ivory.
In Miss Mattie Lewis Dodson, of
Americus, there is a type almost an
tipodal, although her hair is of such a
rich auburn hue as to appear dark.
The contrast between hair and fea
tures brings an expression that is us
ually called “sweet.” The word in thia
instance seems banal and sickly, though
nothing more expressive has been
given out yet by either Mr. Webster
or Mr. Worcester.
Here is One of- , .
Macon's Very Own.
Miss Constance Jacques, of Macon,
hovers between the two. but is totally
different from either. Her beauty has
the same rounded apepal that is usual
ly found in a woman approaching her
thirties. Instead of her twenties. The
whole effect is like a work done in
sepia.
More nearly like that generous and
fullsome beauty which is often consid
ered typical of the South Is Miss Pearl
Lewis, of Valdosta. Her appearance Is
almost tropical. There is warmth and
evenness of color in her cheeks, and
she moves with easy grace. But she
never seefns exotic.
Miss Mary Scandrett, queen of the
reunion, is a blond, but a blond with
much that of quality which the artists
call “detail.” She presents an Inter
esting study to the physiogonomists.
And so it goes down the long roll.
The pretty girl from Virginia is en
tirely unlike the pretty girl from Tex
as. But the pretty girl from Savan
nah is also very much unlike the pret
ty girl from Augusta. As was before
stated, each is a law unto herself. They
have only two things tn common. Al!
have that ineffable Southernness and
all are sponsors, whether called by that
name or not.
DOWNING KILLED
TESTING PATENT
■ Atlanta Man’s Wife Uncon-
scious Since News Came of
His Death in Train Wreck.
The body of James S. Downing, aged
46. of 34 West Peachtree, street, who j
was killed yesterday in the wreck of
the veterans’ special near Hattiesburg,
Miss., will arrive in Atlanta tonight.
Mr. Downing is survived by his wife
. and two daughters. Miss Alma Down
! ing. aged 19, a teacher In the public •
schools, and Miss Lillian Downing,
aged 17. a pupil in the Girls High
school, and a brother. Jack Downing. I
Mrs Downing's condition has been se
• Hous since she learned of her hus-
I band's death. She was unconscious the
greater part of yesterday afternoon and
last night.
For the past three years Mr. Down
ing, who was formerly an engineer on
the Chicago and Northwestern rail
road, and later road foreman of en
gines of the Southern, had given all
his time to perfecting a device intend
ed to increase the draft in locomott"*
smoke stacks. Since the organlzar |
■ of his company. th<- Downing Locomo- ;
five Draft Appliance Company, with
offices in the Candler building, he had
placed his patent on a number of
roads. At th© time of his death he
was putting the appliance into actual
operation. The appliances were also ..
being tried out on the Mobile and Ohio, i
the Southern, the Seaboard Air Line
and several other roads, and promised
to bring the inventor a handsome roy
alty.
HALF-HOLIDAY LAW
GOES INTO EFFECT
IN BRITAIN'S SHOPS
LONDON. May 7. —The shops acts of
1912 became operative on May 1, and
from now on every employer included
in its schedules will be compelled un- i
dei penalties to grant his employees ,
‘ a weekly half holiday and a definite
period for their meals.
There are exceptions allowed in cer
tain trades, such as saloons, restau
rants, butchers and other dealers in
perishable goods, as well as tobacco
shops, drug stores and newspaper ven
ders. These trades nevertheless must
arrange for every employee to have the
benefit of the act individually.