The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-04-17
WEhRERS Of GRAY
WILL INVADE FLORIDA
Twenty-fourth Annual Reun-
ion 1T Jacksonville
Dates Fixed for May 8 to 8, lnclusiV''
and the Metropolis Of FIsrida Makes
Elaborate Preparations TO Receive
Guests.

Elaborate Preparations To Receive
Guests.
Jacks, q lille, Fla-The Path annual
reunion Of the United Confederate
Veterans, Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams. and all allied organizations, will
be held In Jacksonville, Fla, May 8,
7 and s.. Already the progressive, pub
lic-spirited citizens OF Jacksonville ar.
making preparations to receive and
entertain the veterans ant-ail visitors
a. the reunion. 1t is JacksonYille's
ambition to break all reunion records
in pointer attendance and entertain.
ment, and to this end every energy
OF this thriving, modern city will be
directed. Every effort will; be put
forth to make them feel at home and
to enjoy their stay in the Gateway
City Of Florida. Hotels, boarding
houses and private homes will be open
TO the reunion delegates and visitors.
All who come will be cared for. The
best that Jacksonville can do viii not
be too good for the thousands OF WIS.,
it0rs who will attend this reunion.
Jacksonville will impress the Wis,
itors with all the force of Andrew
Jackson, for whom the city was
named. In return for valuable serv-
ices rendered the state in its Indian
troubles by Gen. Jackson, the city was
named in his honor, From a village
OF $500 population a year after the
close Of the war, Jacksonville has
grown into a modern city Of IS 5000,
There Is no more progressive city in
the South, 1t is thoroughly abreast
Of the times, a %thr0bbing and thriving
center OF trade and commerce. BY
reason OF its location, Its railway facili.
ties, its resources and its enterprise,
Jacksonville looms big as the Gateway
OF Florida and commands the trade OF
a vast and constantly expanding ter,
ritory. Thousands Of tourists from the
northern sections Of the country pass
Through Jacksonville every fall to seek
warmth and pleasure along the famed
East Coast. All Of them stop at Jack.
sOnviIle. spending a part OF their vaca.
ton time enjoying the many attrac.
tons that the city and community at.
fords. This constant stream OF travel
has made Jacksonville better and
more fayorably known than any city
on the Atlantic coast. :: Rerognizing
the opportunities for profitable bust
ness and investments, new citizens are
acquired every year-active. progress
sive young men, with brain and cap,
itaL who join in the work Of making
Jacksonville a worthy product Of the
20th' century. 49,
Jacksonville is a new city, and yet
It Is Old. II one reads the Antiquities
OF Florida, he finds that the territory
now covered by this marvellous city
was fought over nearly four hundred
years ago by the sturdy adventures
Of the 10th century, The early settle,
mehts Of the Florida peninsula had
their genesis and origin in the relig.
ious troubles experienced by the
Huguenots under Charles TX, king OF
France. Jean Ribault headed the first
expedition to the new world in 1862
for the purpose of founding a colony
on what Is now TIE East Coast Of
Florida. These adventures first land
ed at the mouth of the st. Johns river,
twenty-five miles below the present.
city of Jacksonville Here they erect.
ed a monument, but afterwards sailed
up the coast and established a settle.
ment at Port Royal, South Carolina
This settlement was abandoned after
a stormy year with the Indians. An.
other expedition came to the East
Coast from France In 1854. This ad.
venture was headed by Landowners.
His first landing was at the present
site OF st. Augustine, but in a short
time he sailed up:the;coast and enter
ed the st. Johns river. About half
way between the mouth of the st.
Johns and the present city Of Jack.
sonvtlle the expedition erected a fort
and named It Fort Caroline. King
Philip H.. Of Spain, through hatred of
the religious faith Of the Huguenots,
sent an expedition to Florida to drive
out the French. Fort Caroline fell be.
fore an attack by this expedition. The
site OF this old fort Is but a few miles
below Jacksonville. History is full
of evidences that both the French and
Spanish brought their warships. as far
up st. Johns river as Jacksonville,
They were the first white men to set
foot on East Florida.
During the Confederate reunion
Steamboat excursions will carry vet.
Grams and visitors to these points OF
historic, Interest on the beautiful st
johns river, which bounds the city Of
Jacksonville on the south, "A boat
ride on this river Is worth coming
miles to enjoy. In many respects 1t is
the most wonderful body of water in
America. 1t is a river of sensations,
fed by never-failing springs. At points
above Jacksonville 1t reaches, h width
OF FIVE or six miles, and 1t Is doubtful
II at any point between jacksonville
and Palatka 1t is less than a mile wide.
The Indians called 1t Welaka, mean
ing, in their tongue, chain OF lakes"
The st. Johns is navigable for about
eco miles, and palatial steamers make
regular trips from jacksonville to the
head Of %naSigarion' Theqsrgest ocean.
going vessels come to Jacksonville
with passengers and, freight from an
parts of the world, The traffic that
this river brings TO jacksonville Is an