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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. Continued From Page One. ', 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 7/ (( W&w ” ~ BL ' ’■ Uv U /Hh ■■ -M Wgk ' I* i\\ // fc Jr Ay.**, -' • \ I \ ...'/I / / V $ /' V\ ■ .A ■ W W , rtW; vz > ... W® v v.T _ | # W. 1W ‘ f ■ -W . #/% Sz ■—.xju. Photo by Staff Photographer. 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.