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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28
Rev. Watkins Lays Long
Drawn Out Complaint Be-
fore City Commission
Hearing to Be Held Thursday
to Consider Char qeS
Against Police Chief

When the board Of city commission
ers met in regular session Monday
evening a communication was read
from f. L.. Watkins, superintendent
of the North Dakota Enforcement
League, charging Chief OF Police Nc
Donald with m~alfeasancc in Office;
conduct %umbecoming an officer, knowl.
edge that the prohibition law was be-
ing broken and that he had not taken
the necessary steps to enforce the
said law; charging that the sad OH.
Ger had drank Intoxicating liquor
while on duty; that Ie had knowledge
that bawdy houses were maintained
within the city limits and yet had
taken no action to put a stop to that
i%nfraction of the law; that he fire.
quented bawdy houses, and that he
was prepared to furnish atiidavits to
prove all of the charges against Chief
Of Police Mcdonald. He requested
that the honorable board of city COM
missioners take the necessary steps
to remove the aforesaid officer from
his position as chief of police OF the
city OF Bismarck. ~.-
1t was moved and seconded that
the board OF city commissioners cOl!-
Fycne in the city hall, Thursday, Jan.
80, at 8 o'clock a. m., to hear the said
charges preferred by the said Wat.
kins against the said Chief OF Police
Mcdonald. Upon roll call, all of the
members of the commission voted aye.
The board of city commissioners
met in regular session at the city
hall Monday evening. Roll call. Pres
ent, Commissioners Hinckley, Lucas,
Jackson, Patterson, and President
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28

their efforts, to raise more and better
corn to a given area than their faith
ers. and grandfathers. Nearly 1000
exhibits of orn grown by boys are
included ip the exposition.
During the two weeks of the show
there will be daily lectures by noted
agricultural experts and conferences
Of many farmers organizations. I'm
migration and labor, agricultural ed.
ucation and the various problems per.
tanning to the improvement Of rural
life are to be discussed, as we'll as
all the phases of scientific and prac.
tical farming.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28

control this evil entirely, yet it will
regulate the advertising in the state
papers, and is a step in the right Iii.
rection to make it national. Several
states, including New York, have a
similar law, and it is hoped to make
it so general in time that the effect
will be nation wide. Those who give
1t consideration are hopeful that this
session will pass the bill, thereby civ.
ing encouragement to the cause which
is in the interest of the whole people
as against the fake advertiser.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28
TO RELY on. INSANITY D.EA.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Jan. a.
John H. Mcclure was arrafgned for
trial today on a charge Of having muir
dered Serene Starrett Of Rochelle
Heights, on October 8 last. Mcguire
was employed by MIR. starrett as but
Ter for several months and vas dis
charged. On the night of the murder
he forced his way into the Starrett
residence, and, it is charged, that he.
shot and killed Mr.. Starrett while the
latter was i'll in-ibed.
It is expected that the defense will
lie based upon a plea OF insanity. Ev-
er since his arrest Mcclure has acted
in an irrational manner. His attorney
declares that he inherited insanity
and it is expected that his old mother.
whose home is in Tennessee, will ap.
pear at the trial to testify In substan-
tiation of the insanity plea. The pros.
ecuting attorney, op the other hand,
asserts that the accused man is fax
ing insanity. He has been examined
by two eminent specialists, both OF
whom reported that he showed no
symptoms of insanity. !,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28
GREAT CORN SHOW OPENS IN Co
lUM1IA, ~

COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 2.-Corn Of
every kind and description known to
the American farmer is on display at
the Fifth National Corn Exposition,
which was opened in this city today
and will he continued for two weeks.
AL Of the southern states are repre-
scented, while the exhibits from the
middle and western states are more
Numerous than at any Of the previ'
Gus shows.
One Of the most interesting fea'
TIRES b the exhibition Of the results
obtained by the boys Of the country In
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28
SEEKS DIVORCE FROM PLAY.
WRIGHT.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Consider.
able interest Is manifested in literary
and theatrical circles in the suit for
divorce brought by Mrs. Realla Abel
Armstrong against her husband, Paul
Armstrong, the well known play.
wright, which came UP in court to-
day for hearing. The present action
Is the second Of its kind brought 10y
Mrs. Armstrong, the first having been
filed In 1910 in Annapolis, ner nome
city. The first suit was withdrawn
a few months later and 1t was rucn0r'
cd that the Armstrong; had become
reconciled. When the present suit
was entered here last fall the papers
we're filed secretly, access to them re
fused and all parties declined to make
any statement. ~ 3
The Armstrong; were married
about fifteen years ago in London
They lived in Annapolis for a time,
where Mrs. Armstrong, as a talented
artist and q member OF the fashion.
able Anne Arundel Hunt club, held a
desirable position in society. After
her first divorce action she moved to
Now York. The couple have three
children, who live with their mother.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-28
WIDOW FACES CHARGE OF KILL
ING.

BROOKHAVEN, Miss, Jan. 81
The grand jury today took up the case
Of Mrs. Matte Clements. who two
weeks ago shot and killed John Null
len for alleged intimacy with her
young daughter. The tragedy occur
red at the home Of Mrs. Clements,
who is a widow. The woman claims
self.defense, alleging that she shot
Mullen only after he had drawn a
knife and threatened to kill her. Her
statements in this particular were
born out by the testimony Of the sher.
III, who found a knife tightly clasped
In the dead mans hand when he ar.
rived at the scene of the tragedy in
response to a telephone call from
Mrs. Clements. Public sympathy APP
pears to be strongly on the side OF
the widow, who has been at liberty on
Z small bond since the killing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-06-06

and their names are written among
the immortals of the earth.
Each of the old ladies appearing
in the accompanying illustration wit
messed the struggle of the Civil war.
and followed their distinguished hus-
bands on the field of battle either in
person or in spirit The red flame of
cannon and the roar of battle did not
deter them If duty called In this
connection they are studied as types.
or heroic characters. The south pro-
duced thousands Of them during the
Civil war. and their names are forever
dear to the manhood of the south
1t is for these reasons that the pub
Lefty committee of the Confederate
reunion of Chattanooga pays a special
tribute to the old ladies of the Con-
federacy. It is for the same reasons
that the people OF Chattanooga will
pay them marked attention during the
fast-arproaching reunion. They will
be received as the mothers in Israel
and made to feel that the present
generation has not forgotten their
self sacrificing devotion to the Confed-
crate cause during the sixties. and
after
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formed-they shortly made Miss Davis
sponsor to represent the organization
After her death another well-known
southerner was given the distinction.
and then the honor was awarded each
year. 7 e three departments chose
sponsors, andS then the divisions of
states took up the custom. So now
it is a part of the constitution of the
nited Confederate Veterans assoc
efation-these sponsors and maids of
honor. AS for what they do-they ride
in the parades and they mingle with
the old veterans. On one memorial BILE
evening they are presented. The pre-
sentation of the sponsors is a thrilling
and spectacular event. Each sponsor
is attended by her maid and matron
of honor and the ceremony Is inter-
esting and beautiful. And then the
balls-at the balls the sponsors shine.
They march in the grand march and
they dance in the southern cross each
with a veteran for escort In short.
the sponsors and the maids are a part
of the reunion. Nobody ever heard
of anything in the south before the
war or afters where the ladies did not
play a very important part in every
function of SOCIETY.
Miss Kate Daffan, of Texas, has
been chosen sponsor for the south. and
she will be attended by a bevy of
maidstone of the best known young
women in the south. And, by the way.
no one is eligible for the appointments
who has not Confederate ancestry.
The department sponsors have also
been appointed. Miss Corinne Hamp-
ton. IF South Carolina. is sponsor
for the department of northern Vir-
GINA Miss Willie Gertrude Storey Is
sponsor for the department of Trans
mississippi. and Miss Marguerite Ho1-
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land is sponsor for the department
of tennessee. Each of these bellies
has a following of maids of honor and
each will be a center of much social
life.
The division, or state sponsors. have
many of them been appointed. Miss
Mary Cox, of Bristol, represents Ten
nessee. Miss Lucy Worth Currie has
the honor of representing North Car
DINA. Miss Winnie Davis Major will
head the Kentucky delegation of
beauties.
Miss Mary Kendriek is a California
beauty who was chosen for sponsor
for the Pacific division. Miss Leila
Byrd was selected to grace Arkansas
feminine staff. Miss Helen Ruther-
ford is an Oklahoma beauty whose
title is sponsor for the Oklahoma di
vision. Miss Meta Jones was selected
to represent Alabama. Miss Georgia
Rambo is Georgias representative.
Miss Josephine Woo-en is Texas
sponsor. Miss Mildred Martin will
represent Missouri.
Then the Sons of Veterans have a
group of sponsors and maids. Gen.
Norfleet. commander, appointed Miss
Anna Martin, Miss Mary earl Read
and Miss Irene Rogers is maid Of
honor and Mrs. Jno. Edmondson
Smart, is matron of honor.
Cen Norfieet has honored two pop
uIar Chattanooga in his appoint
ments. Miss Anna Martin. who has
been chosen first maid of honor for
ate reserans. is the daughter of Mrs.
Alice Martin and the late William
A. Martin, who was a gallant officer
in the Confederate army. He was Sc
verely wounded in battle. He was a
leading citizen of Chattanooga and
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The Younger Generation.

The younger generation of southern
wome nhave as much heart in the
Confederate cause as heir mothers
and grandmothers had in the sixties.
If ,ried the same furnace they
would sho7y the same spirit and de-
votion to a like cause. These are the
bellies of today throus bout the south.
of the same proud line. 1t is in the
nature of things that they lead in So
cial functions, because society calls
to the front the sons and daughters of
distinguished parents on these reunion
occasions. If, therefore, their pictures
appear oftener in the newspapers it
is because. in the very nature of
things, they are social leaders. But
it is a beautiful sentiment to worship
occasionally at the shrine of delightful
old ladies'.
There are four typical southern wo-
men included in this group that fol-
lowed the fortunes of the Confederacy
with sorrowful Lut fir devotion.
They are Mrs. John B. Gordon, of At
lanta, widow of the gifted Confeder-
ate chieftain, the late and beloved
Gen. JOnn Is. dOruOH, MI s. d. Il. D.
Stuart, widow of Gen. j. e. B. Stuart.
whose spirit is yet charging up and
down the valley" Of the beautiful
Shenandoah; Mrs Virginia Clay Clop-
ton, of Huntsville. Ala. relict of Gen.
Clay, and a woman of rare charm of
heart and mind; Mrs. Pickett, of Vir-
ginia, widow of the brilliant and DASH
ing Pickett. who charged into the
mouths of blazing cannons at Gettys-
burg. making for himself an imperish-
able name.
These are four of the women who
stood out boldly during the Civil war
as representatives of the old. heroic
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his family has been one of the first in
the citys social, business and philan-
thropic affairs.
Mrs. John Edmondson Smart, ma
iron OF honor to the sponsors, was
before her marriage Miss Mary Read.
daughter of Mr.. Samuel r. Read. Mr..
j. Z. Smart is the son of Capt. and
RS. James Polk Smart. and their
marriage was a recent social event
of Importance. Mrs. Edmondson
Smart is the granddaughter of DR..
z. d. Sims. Chattanooga beloved
physician, who, through hal CEN
fury has ministered to tn people.
During the visitation of the yellow
fever scourge in 1878, ere the ravages
CT war haA been healed, DIR. Sims per-
formed heroic service for the com
mu..fty, but it is from his record dur
ing the siege of Chattanooga that
young Mrs. Smart has eligibility for
her high honor. DIR. Sims, with a
never faltering courage and patience.
waited upon the Confederate wounded
after the battles. when they lay upon
the bare. cold ground. He formed a
committee of women and with Gen.
Grants permission hasty mattresses
wer- made of leaves from Cameron
hill, then a wooded forest and all day
and night after the battle of Mis-
sionary ridge DIR. Sims, with one other
physician, Dr. Milo Smith. cared for
the wounded and dying.
Gen. cant, who gave permission for
the moving of the leaves from Cam
eron hill and for DIR. Sims and DR..
Smith to care for the Confederate
wounded, also furnished wagons to
haul the leaves from Cameron Hill.
One of the ladies assisting DR.. Sims
was Mrs. James A. Whiteside The
Whiteside estate owned Cameron Hill.
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Two Social Regimes of the South
Young Prominent at Confederate
Notwithstanding of Interest Concerning Social
Regime OF the South Before Civil War-Fun
Social Calendar OF Reunion Week.

All of the faces that appear in the
illustration accompany this story will
be seen at the reunion of the Confed-
crate Veterans of Chattanooga May
1920.
In the center of the group, the faces
of number of splendid old southern
ladies are seen. Surrounding them are
a bevy of the reigning bellies of Dixie
who will shine at the reunion
The old ladies. the mothers of the
Confede-acy and bellies of the fffties.
saw and endured the storm and stress
OF terrible war. They were born
to luxury and reared under the infiu-
ences of the most splendid social sys-
tenn the world ever knew The old
south, with its hallowed memories.
had a social system that has never
been excelled in brilliancy. refinement
or education by any country of any
cline
The world never saw a country in
which there was more refinement. a
greater number of beautiful women
warmer hospitality and more bril-
iiancy in the ballroom than existed
under the antebellum regime in the
society of the southern states.
War having been declared, even the
leaders in this social s-stem of the old
south. with a devotion that will al
ways stand as a monument to south
ern womanhood, laid asir, their
pleasures and their comforts and min
sc+a 49,
their countrymen who had answered
the universal call to arms.
The self-sacrificing devotion of the
women of the south during the Civil
war attracted attention the world over
wrung from hostile lips unstinted
praise. Women who had been reared
in luxury. clothed themselves II
''homespun" and devoted the last shred
of their fine linen to the service of the
southern armies: followed their hus-
bands to the field of battle in hundreds
of instances; cared for the sick in
army hospitals; closed the eyes of the
dying soldier. and sent q thousand
prayers to heaven for the success of
the cause for which they had gone to
arms.
Through the long. terrib.s struggle
these women were true to the cause
of the south, and after the struggle
had ended, after the Stars and Bar:
had gone down in defeat, they
strengthened the survivors and kept
green the memory of their dead
One of the most melancholy and at
the same time heroic pictures that the
human mind can conceive is that of a
proud southern woman bending with
devotion to the cause of her country.
her father, husband or son-encourag-
ing them with a breaking but I'M
faltering heart as they prepared fol
war-giving up her wealth and her
pleasures and even her life, If need be.
to that cause without complaint
Thousands of southern women did so
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south OF blessed memory. They be-
long TO the great army of noble south
e--l women who broke the ashen
crust and moistened 1t with their
tears The south is, indeed. a land
or story and of song, and hallowed
memories. The pictures of these
mothers of the Confederacy carry the
new sout.- back to the days when the
ploughshare of ruin was driven deeply
into the heart of the southern states,
and the last measure of devotion was
paid to an ideal and a cause by thou
sands of their best men.
Representatives of the past and the
present are to meet in Chattanooga
during the approaching Confederate
reunion for the purpose of keeping
alive the memories of the sixties So
cial features are made prominent at
these reunions of the gray Chatta-
nooga has planned the social features
OF the coming reunion on broad scale
The younger generations will lead. the
son- and daughters of the Confeder-
acy In these social functions. but the
veterans will not be forgotten That
point has been carefully arranged by
the reunion enhancement
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where the leaves were gathered. and
owned the old Lookout Mountain
house. which had long been a hotel.
Mrs Whiteside set a committee of
women to work sewing the hotel
sheets (which she had stored) into
huge bags. and these and the pillow
cases were filed by her direction with
the leaves. These improvised mat
tresses were placed as rapidly as they
We're filled under the wounded men.
Other Social Events.
But the social calendar has not been
exhausted. Jonathan W. Bachman
camp. ons of Confederate Veterans.
has arranged for a reception to the
visiting Sons of Veterans at the Ho-
tel Patten. when the visitors will be
presented to the young ladies of
Chattanooga who are prominent In
the reunion work. This reception is
scheduled for the evening OF May 27.
1t will be one os the many delightful
events of the week, and the first OPP
portunity the visitors will have to
meet Chattanooga's many handsome
and bewitching young ladies.
Two entertainments will be given
during the week at local theater by
the inimitable Polk Miller of Rich
mond. Va. The proceeds of these en-
tertainments will be devoted to de-
fraying the expenses incurred by the
Jonathan w. Bachman camp, Sons of
Veterans. in entertaining the reunion
visitors.
1t is not possible to chronicle. in
fact all of the social features of re-
union week. The bet that Chatta-
nooga can provide in the social and
entertainment line will be freely given
the visitors by the city's most accom-
piished men and women.
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Procession of Sponsors.

The procession of sponsors will be
a brilliant feature of the reunion, and
one in which much interest centers-
Five hundred automobiles have been
engaged and all the beautiful young
women who attend the reunion as
SPONSORS and maids of honor and ma
irons will be in machines. They Will
carry remnants and banners and the
cars will be decorated In RED ana
white Bands will also be riding. IN
automobiles, for no parade could be
a success without plenty of music.
Ans when this parade has passed and
repassed and been admired in every
mart of the town. it will wind through
Camp Stewart, so that every veteran
can have he privilege of close inspec-
ton Of department and division bri-
pade sponsors. And then the gay
Warner park, where the lawn party
will be enjoyed by all the young peo-
ME from to o'clock. The guests
will be the sponsors and their attend
ants and the young men of Chatta-
nooga who are on the sponsor com
mittee, or rather the committee TOT
entertainment of sponsors and maids
of honor Also the young men WIS.,
itors will be invited to this affair
The sponsors and their maids OF
honor furnish the most interesting
feature of the reunion to many. ana
the greatest curiosity Is often ~
dressed as to just what the sponsors
do. and why they should exist, The
custom originated when Miss Winnie
Davis was living. Miss Davis was
called the Daughter of the South.
and the Daughter of the Confeder-
acs.' because she was born during
the W in the capital of the Confed-
crate states-Richmond When the
United Confederate Veterans meth
CHATTANOOGA by the way, twenty three
year ago, when the organizat ton was
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Bennett Young Pavilion.

4 pavilion is being erected on
Chamberlain field, on the campus or
the University of Chattanooga, to ac-
commodate the attendance at the an
nual reunion balls. This pavilion has
bee named in compliment to Gen.
Bennett H. Young, commander-in-
chief of the United T~nfederate Vet
Grams. 1t will be known, therefore, as
Bennett II. Young pavilion. 1t is
doubtful if at any previous reunion of
the Confederate Veterans so much ex-
pense and care has been taken to pro-
vide for the social side of the meet
ings as Chattanooga has done The
pavilion will be a model in its line. 1t
will have 8; 500 feet of floor space,
$500 seats. three entrances. two large
dressingrooms equipped with all pos
sible conveniences. including maids
and Wallets for ladies and gentlemen,
respectively. The pavilion will be
wei. policed during all of the social
functions which are to be held there.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will tie -er a reception TO the veterans
at this pavilion on the evening of May
81. opening the social functions. This
event covers the time between pm.
and II pm. On the evening of May
2S the Confederate Veterans ball takes
place and on the evening of May ~
the social program at the pavilion Is
concluded by the Sons of Veterans
H..
be carried out on an elaborate scale
Committees of men and women, ex-
perienced In these social affairs. are
at work arranging all of the f1nal de-
tails for these functions, and the So
cial side of the reunion has every
prospect of being unusually attractive
and successful.
Quite a number of social functions
are being arranged in addition to those
to be given at Bennett H. Young pa
vilio. Among these may be mentioned
a lawn party at Warner park on the
afternoon of May p, to which gen
eral invitation. is extended. Light re-
freshments will be served. followed by
dancing in the park pavilion In the
evening. This function is Intended
primarily as a means by which the
visitors may be made acquainted Win
the people of Chattanooga. The receiv-
ing line will be composed of the
members of the ladies' reunion COM
mittee and delegates from the two To-
cal chapters of the Daughters OF the
Confederacy. This event takes place
Immediately after the sponsors pa
rade, and the sponsors VIII De con-
veyed to the park and to the receiv
during the parade. The refreshments
on this oc~ n will De served at
daintilv appointed and decorated
booths. at which chal -aing young
women of Chattanooga will preside
on the morning of May IS the forty
five official sponsors and their attend
ants. veterans and sons of veterans
will be the guests of the ladies' re-
union committee at breakfast at the
beautiful Golf and Country club. q
few miles from the city limits. reached
by an interesting trip across the MS
toric Tennessee river. The clubhouse
viii be decorated in Confederate col
ors and bands will make music dur
ing the function. In the evening on
May % from s to 7 o'clock many OF
the handsome homes of Chattanooga
will keep open house for visitors.
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