The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-15
VETS ARE ARRIVING.
ADVANCE GUARD OF THE OLD s0L-
 DIEBs IN MOBILE.
Each is Made welccme to the City By the Sea, and Prospect for suc- ccssful Reunisn As Mpst
 EneouraG1ng.
Advertlser Ryreau,

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 Enceuraging.
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 Advertiser Bureau.
 Mobile. Nov. II.
 The advance guard of the member ship of the Alabama Division, United Confederate Veterans and Aiapama United Sons of Confederate veterans has arrived in Mobile. The nrst tram to arrive, the fast mail of the Louis vile and Nashville from Montgomery, brought a few. the Mobile and Ohio others, the Southern still more and then the local of the first named road from Pensacola, by way of Flomaton, brought a contingent. But the arriv- ala on the afternoon and evening 6 trains were indicators of what will be in the Gulf City by noon tomor- row.
 The Reception Committee. by allot- ments, was ready and waiting at every train to meet and extend the glad hand | of welcome to the. visitors and the corps of workers at the Information Bureau got busy and the couriers were kept on the hustle escorting people to temporary abiding places. The river steamers and the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad promise a large lcontingent. But the general reunion committee say: The more the mer- rier," as all are more than welcome The city already wears holiday ap- pearance. Bunting and Confederate flags. with old Glory" is to be seen l on all sides. and many men in gray uniforms, wearing the Gross of Hon. Or" were to be seen on the principal thoroughfares today and this evening Mobile has made extensive arrange ments for this occasion and present indications are that not a single fea- ture of the pre-arranged program will be omitted. The heart of Mobile is aquiver to greet the aged wearers of the grey :. Arrayed in gala dress and adorned with love knots of the red and white of the Confederacy, the city listens to hear them at her gate. Come they from the lowlands or come they from the high lands, in riches or in poverty, for them lis the oytstretched hand and the open door. For them is a welcome as cor dial as the sunshine which warns Mo- biles magnolias into being and into bloom, a welcome as enduring as the fame of Raphael Semmes, her sailor, or Father Ryan, her singer. It Is whis- pered by the tropic breezes which come up the bay from historic old Fort Nor gan, 1t is written in the grass of Bien- vile Square by the .fretted sunshine which has been sifted through the in- terlacing boughs of the ancient oaks. and it is reiterated by the rustic of the magnolia leaves along the road to Old Spring Hill.
 A hundred times and more the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy have been flung to the breeze and everywhere the cheery white and red twine and wreathe themselves about pillar and | window. And the veterans knew that | all this awaited them. They learned | from afar the heartiness and the | warmth of the welcome that awaited l them in Mobile, for this is the oppor- | tunity of the Gulf City to show the aged and crippled wearers of the grey the loyalty and devotion the city feels for the old Confederate soldier.
 | There is but one drawback, one rift within the lute. The Veterans from Birmingham and from Montgomery are uneasy. They say that Mobile is en- tertaining the Veterans so iavishly | that other cities of the State may feaI to follow her example. The crowd will exceed Mobiles ex. | pectations; more people are coming ir | than she bad looked for, but they will all be entertained royalty. The towr is full of visitors now, and thousands of others will reach the city before Il hOOh VI NOuiOAhOWs LSNCEy pdSSCHBtl train coming in has had people packed upon the platforms Although double l sections of the various trains have been run. the railroad facilities have been, inadequate to meet the demands made upon them.
 l. stephen D. Lee, the successor oi Gordon, is here. He came tonight from his Mississippi home. The Comman der-in-chief was given a hearty wei come by the veterans. He was met al | the depot by Camp Semmes in grey uniforms, and escorted to the Battle House. The same camp in uniform | under Commander Prendergast, alst met General George P. Harrison wher he reached the city this afternoon. He too. was given a hearty greeting upor his arrival at the depot and at thu Battle House. Adjutant General W. F Mickle came over from New Orleans to his old home to be with his old com | rades.
 The lobby of the Battle House and tn, | sidewalks of Royal Street, are filled with men wearing grey uniforms. Com | mander Thomas M Owen, witk nearIJ Il all the members of his stan, has es tablished headquarters at the Battl' House. The weather is fair, clear anC bracing. There are more Veterans more Sons and more visitors than evei before attended state reunion.
 Tn the City Court this morning. Hon O. J. Semmes presiding. the following prisoners were sentenced, having beer convicted during the previous week: II Walter Wilson, assault and battery with knife, hard labor for thre, months; Jim Canty, assault and bat tery with stick. three months in jail Jim Swann, grand larceny, hard Iaboi for one year; John Jones carrying concealed weapons, jail 1 for ten days; simon McGee petit larceny, hard labor for thre, months; Eli Boyd. petit larcenya harC labor for forty days; John Wright petit larceny, hard labor for thirt, days; Andrew Ware. petit larceny thirty days.
 At a meeting of the Board of Reve nue and Road Commissioners of Mobil, l County, held at noon today, specia