The Paducah evening sun., 1910-04-23
Will Attend Reunion Of Con.
federate Army at Mobile,
Alabama.
Sponsor For Kentucky And
Her Attendants.
CHAPERoNE OF FOREST MEN.

To attend the annual Confederate
reunion, which will be held in Mo-
bile, Ala, April 26, 81, and 2s. an
enthusiastic representation of Con-
federate veterans and Daughters of
the Confederacy will leave Paducah
early next week, and move on to the
southern city. Monday will be the
day of departure for most of the bar
| ~. A special train will leave at H.
80 O'Clock over the Nashville. Chat
tanooga & St. Louis railroad and
many will take advantage Of this to
go through to Mobile. However.
some of the veterans will not leave
until 2:15 O'Clock in order that they
travel via Corinth. Miss, and pass
through much of the territory, where
they fought.
The reunion promises to be one of
the most successful ever held. and
the three days stay in Mobile will
be replete with entertainment for
the brave sons OF the south and the
fair daughters. who will be the
sponsors and maids OF honor. Miss
Mabel McNichols, sponsor for the
state of Kentucky, and Mrs. Roy w.
Mckinney, chaperone of the sponsor
land maids of honor of Forrest cav
Ialry corps, will leave Paducah Sun
day morning at 7:45 O'Clock for Mo-
bile. They will arrive earlier than
the remainder of the party. but il
will be necessary for Mrs. Mckinney
to leave Sunday. At Jackson. Tenn.
they viii meet Miss Marie Brevard
of Hickman, am honorary member OF
the stan of Forests cavalry.
General Bennett S. Young. OF
Louisville, who appointed Miss Nc
Nichols sponsor of Kentucky. has
named Miss Matte Weloh Logan. of
ShelbyNilie. and Miss Cecil Gordon,
'of Louisville, as maids of honor, and
Mrs. William Bateman. of Lexington.
chaperone. to the staff of the Ken
lucky sponsor With the exception
of Miss McNichols, the party will as
semble in Louisville and will pro-
oeed to Mobile.
The Maids of Honor.
Miss Logan is a member OF
prominent family of the Bluegrass
section, and she Is a second cousin
Of General Robert E. Lee. while two
of her uncles fought throughout the
war. She will be graduated from
the Science Hill school with the
1910 class. Her father Is a profess
sor at Salem, Va. Miss Gordon is
a daughter Of Judge Thomas Cor
don, members of the family are dis
ltinguished for service rendered for
the COnfederacy. Recently she was
graduated from the Randolph-Ma-
icon university at LEhchburg. Va.
She is the daughter of a prominent
family in Louisville.
Mrs. Bateman, the chaperone, Is
one of the most active workers In
the state for the Daughters Of the
Confederacy She is chairman of
the committee arranging for the
erection of a monument in Lexng-
ton to the memory OF General John
II. Morgan. Through the efforts OF
Mrs. Batemam the last legislature
passed a bill giving $7,50O for the
monument and Governor Wilson APP
proved the bill. A year ago last
GUNNER Mrs. Bateman visited Padu-
cab in the interest OF the funds for
the monument, and she delighted the
members of the chapter, who met
her. She is a personal friend of
Mrs. McKinney
The members of the Kentucky
party will be entertained at the Bat
tie House, Mobile, which is a place
of historic interest. Wednesday,
evening the soldier boys of Mobile
| will entertain at the armory in honor
of the staff of General Tyler. The
members of the stah are: Miss
Frances Mayes Harris, OF Jackson.
Miss, sponsor; Miss Margaret Hoyte.
of Nashville and Miss Bessie Louise
Cox OF Mobile, Ala. maids of honor:
and Mrs. Roy W. Mckinney, of Pa
ducah, chaperone.
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