The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-05-06
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VIE At REUNION
Brilliant Fetes Planned Fos
jacksonville Meeting
May 9, and 8 To, Be Memorable
Dates In FlorIda's Metropolis
Large crowa Assured the Reunlea
City.

Dates In FlorIda's Metropolis
Large Crowd Assured the Reunlea
City.
Jacksonville, Fla.-southern social
circles are again taking an interest
in the great social. military and SEN
timental annual meeting that brings
together a crowd Of from 1900 to
100000 people to do honor TO the OK
Confederate soldier-the reunion OF
the survivors OF the Confederate arm
les.
The reunion Is TO be held this year
at Jacksonville, Fla. May 6, Z. 8 IN
elusive. It Is the Arst time tina: the
e1-Confederates have selected Florida
as the reunion state. and uncommon
interest attaches to the meeting here
and throughout the South Owing 70
the comparatively early date OF the
reunion, the divisions. bsigsdes and
camps made their appointments Of
sponsors and maids early, and these
ladies' compose tho social side Of the
reunion. They are known as the ON
cial ladies OF the meeting. entertained
as such, and eourted By the entire 60
cial fabric Of the South
The Sons Of Confederate Veterans,
following In the footsteps Of their fa-
theirs, maintain organizations in ev-
cry Southern state, and hold their re-
unions On the same dates. They ap-
point Sponsors and maids Of honor.
The two organizations. closely allied,
therefore, send to each Confederate
reunion ssyersi hundred official ladies,
selected from the best families OF the
South, that stand high in the social
scale in their communities.
Mapping opt q social program,
therefore, for Q Confederate reunion
Is q task that demands the best OF
talent In the entertainment line.
There must be dinners. receptions,
balls, trips to points Of interest around
the reunion cities and anything else
In the line of social entertainment the
committee may deT!se. The crown-
ing event OF the week IN society,
however. 10 the annual ball for maids
and sponsors. II the reunion Is held
In . city where 0 hall large enough
70 accommodate several hundred dane
ing couples at once can not be Sc
cured, a dancing pavilion Is construct
ed for the occasion This pavilion
consists Of q large canvas tent, well
foored and lighted; 1t II also supplied
with comfortable seats on the grand.
stand order, where several thousand
spectators may witness the ball. II
a reader has not seen one Of these an
nual balls at Confederate reunion
he has bnt limited idea Of Its size and
brilliancy. Nothing to equal 1t IN
splendor can be seen IN the United
States. unless It be the inauguration
ball at the nationa. capital. now fallen
into social desaetude. II the inaugu'
ration ball is put out Of the contest,
the annual ball Of the Confederate re-
union, at which the maids and spon-
sors hold sway. ID the greatest social
function Of the United States
The social side OF the Jacksonville
reunion will be participated In BY rep
: sresentatives OF all Southern States.
the border states and few western
:comnonwealths. There ara sixteen
state divisions Of the United Conted-
crate Veterans Association, as fol-
lows: South Carolina, North Carolina.
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
Louisiana. Tennessee. Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi. Georgia, Kentucky.
Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri md Ar
kansas. Each state seeds large dele
cations OF young women to the 70
union, selected with regard to their
social standing at home. In addition
to the state delegations. the COM
mander-inehIef has his own official
ladies, chosen from the South at large.
There are three departments. known
as the Army Of Northern Virginia de-
partment. Army Of Tennessee depart
ment and Trans-Aississippi depart
ment. Each department appoints
maids and-sponsors and sends them to
all reunions. The scope Of country
covered by these many organizations
has about half the population. OF the
United States; hence, the interest IN
g Confederate reunion Is always wide
spread. Society circles IN all Of this
territory are Interested In the Jack.
;sonville reunion, and the event will
bring here enc OF the largest crowds
.io3 young people ever assembled in
the South. Florida appeals to the
young, because OF its flowers and its
wonders-its poetry. Its songs and its
attractive history. Rivers and ocean,
gulf and bays have interest all their
own. The palm and the pine. liveoak
and holly. aad hundred other forest
trees that abound throughout the
state as nowhere else on the CONT
nent. invest Florida with an interest
as wide as the nation. Greater inter-
est attaches to the Jacksonville re-
union than to any recent meeting OF
the Confecerates. and preparations are
being made to entertain q large
crowd Of people IN May.
The population OF Jacksonville Is
about $1,000. Tho assessed value Of
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