Lower coast gazette., 1914-05-09
Bellies Of Dixie
Vie At REUNION
Brilliant Fetes Planned For
jacksonville Meeting

a.y I, ? and . To % me1's
n.,.. In F,orIda's Mstrepe''e-
Large Crowd As'uf's "e "'
City.
,.c..onyiue. na.-southsrn social
.,ycl., are again taxing IN interest,"
!, the great social. military ana len
t,meut.l annual meeting that Drlnes
.a.e,har crowd Of from $4,000 to
$4,000 people to do honor to tho u.
ro~,,aderate soldier-ths reunion OK
m. survivors OF the Confederate arm
les. x..
Tho reunion 10 to be held this year
=, J,ctsonvills. Fla, May &. 7. ! IN
elusive. 1t 10 the hrst Tune tna1 u'
e..con,.derates have selected Florida
a, ne reunion state. and uncommon
interest attaches to the meeting mere
and throushou. the South. owing ~
the comparatively early Iate OK sne
r.uu,ou. the divisions, brissdss sao
CAMPS made their sp0otntmeau
pon.ors and maids carly. sad these
ladies compose the social ssde OF .
reunion. They arc known % the ON.
c,,l ladies' OF TIE meeting. entertained
a. s,ch. and eourted By the entire 30
cial fabric OF the South.
n, Sons Of Confederate Vetersas'
following in the footsteps Of their -
ther,. maintain organisations in ev'
.ry southern stats. and hold their ~
.n,o.s n The same dates. They ~
po,.t spoasors and maids Of honor
RI. ~ organizations. closely allied
,hsr.ao,e. send to each Confederate
r~.u,aosa several hundred oficial ladies.
sslectsd from tho best families OF tho
South. that stand high in the SOCIAL
scale in their communities.
Mapping out 4 social program
therefore, for . Confederate reunion
Ia a task that demands the best Of
talent in the entertainment n
There must be dinners, receptions
bans, trips to poiats Of Interest aroun'
the reunion cities and anything els'
in tho line Of social entertainment tn
committee may devise. The erown
ing event Of the week in society
however. is the annual ball for maid
and sponsors. II the reunion Is he'll
IN a city where . hal! large enoug'
to accommodate several hundred dsns
ing couples ct once can not Do u
cured. Z dancing pavilion is construct
ed for the occasion. This pavilio
consists Of . large canvas tent, w
foored and lighted: It II also supple
with comfortable seats on the gram
stand order, whore several thousan
SPECTATORS may witness the ball.
reader has not seen one Of these q
nual balls at 4 Confederate reuntc
he has but limited idea Of It's size n
brtuiancy. Nothing to equal It
splendor can be seon in the UnHe
States. unless Il be tho marguerite
ball at the national capital. now TALL
into social desue.ude. II the inaus
ration ball Is put out Of the conts'
,ha annual ball Of the Confederate !
union. at which the maids and spo
sors hold sway. - the greatest soc
junction q the United States.
The social side OF the Jacksonvl
reunion will bs participated IN BY n
resentauves Of I'll Southern Stat
the border states and . few weste
commonwealth. There ara sizte
etate divisions q the United Conf
mats Veterans Association. o I
lows: South Carolina. North Caroli'
Virginia. West Virginia. AaEyla'
Louisiana, Tennessee. Florida. A
hama, Mississippi. Georgia. Kentue
= rexas. Oklahoma, Missouri and
: kansas. Each state sends large d
xsuous u young women 70 the
union, selected with regard 70 II
e social standing 1t home. In addit
to The stste delegations. tie e
msndsrlnchief has h!s own om'
= ladies, chosen from the South aS Ia
n There are three departments. kne
- the Army Of Northern Virginia
partmsnt. Army Of Tennessee dep
y ment and Trans.Mississtppi dep
n mont. Each department Apo
j maids and sponsors and sends then
Ill yeunious. The scope Of cou'
" covered By these many ofganisat
has about halt the population OF
- United States: hence. the intsrss
Confederate reunion u always v
~ spread. Society circles in oil Of
r territory are interested In the J
Of sonvills ~rsunion, and the event
bring here one Of the largest cro
Of young people eve assembled
e- the South. Florida appeals to
no young. because OF it, flowers and
w~onders--is poetry, it, songs al
II attracti1s history. Rivers and q
gull anil bays have interest oil
own. The pain and the pine. lv
and holly. and . hundred other 4
trees that abound throughout
to state ~ nowhere else on ne {
No nent, Invest Florida With An Int
q vide % the nation. Greater !
~, Ut attaches to the Jacksonville
OF union than to any recent msetir
Az. the Confederates. and preparation
being made to entertain >
dig crowd Of people In May.
ro-
The population Of ~Jacksonvil
ide about 5000. The assessed val
taxable property is $5s,ooo,o 600. T