Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-30
j. s. REGULARS To
GREET ROOSEVELT
ON ARRIVAL HERE
In Full RegaIia Seventeenth
Regiment will Turn Out to
Welcome the Colonel on
Occasion of His Visit

The United States regulars, Statloheu
at Fort Mcpherson. headed by the 18th
regiment military band and marching In
fun dress regalia, will meet Col. Theodore
Roosevelt when ne comes to Atlanta Oc-
tober to deliver the Uncle Remus me-
mortal address at the auditorium-ar-
mory. This announcement was made by
Mrs. A. Med Wilson, president of the
Uncle Remus Memorial association, at
the meeting of that organization held
Tuesday morning at the Carnegie library.
She had been in communication wlth
Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Mills, of the de
partment of the gulf, and he had just
telephoned her that the necessary orders
had been promised from the war de-
"a tmtnt at Washington.
The United States soldiers will turn out
not only as an honor to Theodore Roose-
Welt but as a compliment to the Uncle
Remus Memorial association, which Is
bringing him rere and whose guest he
will be during his stay in Atlanta
From reports made at the meeting OF
the association Tuesday morning it APP
pears that Roosevelt's coming is going
TO be the biggest public event of the au-
tumn i'm this city.
TICKETS SELLING FAST.
Reports from the Cable Piano COM
panv. where tickets for the address are
on sale, showed that the reservations
were being made rapidly and that the
auditorium would probably be crowded
to its capacity.
Not only will all the local educational
institutions send large and representative
student bodies to attend the lecture, bu'
the ladies of the association have already
begun arrangements, cooperating with
Chancellor David A. Barrow, to bring
large crowd from the university at Ath-
ems. from Lucy Cobb and the state nor
NAL In fact it is the intention ana
desire to run a special excursion or at
least a special car ON one of the regular
trains from Athens for the lecture. Inc
press is noticing the W orkof the memo
rial association all over the state, ana
the crowds who come from distance
will make up an important part OF the
audience The Wesleyan, at Macon, Bre-
nau and Riverside at Gainesville, and
Bessie Tiff will all probably be repre-
sented by good sized crowds at the lee
ture.
The meeting of the association Tuesday
morning was characterized by fire en-
thusiasm. Mrs. Wilson, as president
felicitated the organization on the man
ner i'm which its work had been prosper
ing
This work was turned over to US by
the gentlemen only ABOUT year ago
of our treasurer I think you will con-
graduate yourselves, and will feel with
me that our. plans are absolutely sure or
success All we need is your co-opera-
ton in the future as we have had it in
the past"
MAY DEDICATE HOUSE.
Mrs. Wilson expressed the hope that on
December 9. a year hence, the work
would be so far advanced that all the
! he in nd
7 that Mr.. Roosevelt might be invited to
make a second visit and dedicate the
Joel Chandler Harris home at formal
opening.
The report of Mrs Thomas T. Stevens,
treasurer, showed splendid progress in
deed. Receiving only Sl10 from the form
er association, a year ago, that sum had
been increased to nearly 5000, through
subscriptions and by the efforts of the
association. The exact amount on hand
in the treasury was S2,91992 The re-
port further showed that the total ex-
penses and disbursements of the organic
alton for the past summer amounted to
SS3 10 all spent for stationery, tickets
and things of that kind.
Several special donations from out-of-
town sources were reported, notably from
! Lexington and Louisville, KY, where
two young ladies, Miss Jane Ewin and
Remus clubs among the children of their
respective communities and had raised
tidy sums for the work. Both these
young ladies were invited to come to the
Roosevelt lecture as the special guests of
| the association.
TO KEEP DECORATIONS.
A letter was read from the local agency
of the Haines Automobile company, Of
| fering the ladies the use of one of their
finest cars during Colonel Roosevelt's
stay Report was made that the decor
atoms put in the auditorium for the Odd
Fellows convention would be used, with
notifications, for the Roosevelt address
The stage, II was stated, would be dec
grated with ported plants and green. The
Piedmont hotel has offered a suite Of
FIVE rooms for Roosevelts entertainment
which the ladies have gratefully accepted
I Toward the conclusion of the meeting
Mrs Woods White, as spokesman for the
other ladies, paid a glowing tribute to
their president, Mrs. A. Med. Wilson
whom she said was the real originator of
the idea of bringing Mr.. Roosevelt here
and who had been the chief one to put 1t
into execution. All credlt for bringing
Mr.. Roosevelt here to help the Uncle
Remus memorial movement lay properly
/ at Mrs wilson's door, said Mrs. White
telegram sent by Col. F. j. Paxon
: from New York few days ago was read
emphasizing the fact that II was for the
sole purpose of making this memorial adj
dress that Colonel Roosevelt was coming
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