The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-21
BELLIES bbEELl OF Dixie
VIE AT REUNION
Brilliant Fetes pIanNsd For
Jacksonville Meeting
May 8. and 8 10 so Memorable
pates In Flerida's MetropoiIG-.
large Crowd Assured the Reunion
City.

tJacks0nYtilS, fla.--5outhern eoeiat
circles are again taking m, interest
In the great social, military and gen
timsntal annual meeting that bFlhgs
together crowd os from $4,000 to
10000 people to do honor TO the ex-
Confederate scldier-zthe reunion Of
the survivors OF the Confederate arm
les. Z
The reunion is 70 be held this year
ut Jacksonville, ftia., May g. q in
elusive. 1t is the fret time that the
ez-C -Confederates have selected Florida
IS the reunion state, and uncommon
interest attaches TO the meeting here
/ and throughout the South. Owing %
the comparatively early date Of the
reunion, the divisions, brigades and
camps made their appointments oc
sponsors and maids early, and those
ladies compose the social side OF the
reunion They are known as the OIL
cial ladies OF the meeting, entertained
as such. and courted BY the entire so-
cIal fabric OF the South.
The Scns OF Confederate Veterans,
following in the footsteps OF their "a,
Sthers. maintain organizations In ey-
cry Southern state and hold their re-
unions on the same dates. They ap-
point sponsors and, mazda OF homer.
The two organfzatf Ions; clogely allied,
therefore. sond to each C0nfeeefate.
reunion several hundred Official IsdicS!
selected from the best Families of the
South, that stand high In tho EocIal
scale ID their comnunit ties.
Mapping out q social proSfsrn;
therefore. sfSf d Conf edefate reunion.
rs p tasK that a denande tine best Df
talent IN the entertainment line.
Theirs must be dinners secePtsons,
balls, trips to points OF interest around,
the reunion cities and anything else
In the line OF social. en- tertGinmenE the
committes may devise. The crown;
Z: Is . : Tvsftt ts "a thu wesz IN 8ocIety,
however, is the annual bali for maids
and sponsors. II the reunion ID held
In 9 city where d hall large enough
to accommodate several hundred daiie-
Ing couples at once can not .5be So
cured, q dancing pavilion Is construct.
ed for the occasion. This pavilion
eonaists of e. large canvas tent we'll
tfloorsd and lighted: |: It is also supplied
with comfortable seats on tho grand
stand order, where iseveral thohsand
spectators may xItness the bal n
3 read err has not seen one of these an
nnai balls at Confedefate reunion
} he has but limited fdeR of its siSa and
IsbftIiisney thing to equal Il In
splendnE ils s sSn 81 the ~ aitgd
stat jiIiles ID s. thu iaatgu guratl6R
y ba u at the nIsi5iia ca 81 ao8 fa1ie1
Into ial sdesaeta Il tho inshgil-
atiSn BAH Is i,ts out al the anntasts,
the q atinnaI htiE ef they Cont edeFate re.
union. 1t which the maids and spor-
| sors hold sway s ss the greatest social
function OF the United States.
The social sid q of the aeh5onyiiIe
rennion WIN be par ticipa pated sa by rep
resentatfYes 0f aII Southern EtGtes,
the border states ana ssys sssess1 So :.
commonweaiths. There are sixteen
state divisions OF the United CoISsd,
6rJit5 Veterans Association, as fol.
lows: South Carolina, North oaf6Iifia,
VirHnia, West virginia, Maryland,
Louisiana Tennesses, Florida, Ala.
bama, Mississippi, Georgia, Kantucky.
Texas. Oklahoma Missouri and Ar.
iransas Eaeh state aends large ielo.
cations of young women TO the 70.
EaioH. ssisstsd with regard TO theif
social standing at home. IN addition
to the state DELEGATIONS, the com
mas der. r.in,rhies has his own cfliciai
ladies, chosen from the South az large.
There are three depart rtmefiss, known
as the Army of Northern .Vlrsiiia i 5.
% 3 depart
nent and Trans. n slssippi depafk
insht. Each deDaft1Ssbt appoints
maids ana ap6n s6ra ID d ssiids fbeIf co
al raiinions ne scope Df stl1Iitfy
covered BY these Many otganfS sttens
lIess hbo6s half the p6bniatfoa bf tie
United Statess e NEE, the Interest in
Il Confederate reunfon fs 81 ~ i n ltes
spread. Society circles ia. hli 81 tits
territory ere interested la the jack
aonpiIls reunion, and the event will
Of young people ever assembled iis
| the South Florida appeals "a 4ha
young, beeanse of It's Howsrs and lis
Nonda asas-4ita poetry. its songs And IL
atttact i've history. Rivers ead ocean.
g1lt and bays haze Interest al 1hsIr
lseytn he calm and the pine. iisensk
and aolly, ana q hundred al sr forsas
trees ssat abound throw hont she
state an nowhers else 6n the CONT.
netE sngest Florida sIf4h s8h fnteFSst
ns tide as the lnlion. tFeateg fnlsf;
L 'e5Ii dtt1CuVB 70 - e ] Ja6KsonVk II 4 sYt
unaoh shan To shy Il cent a 81 Ri 3 81
/ ths confedeyas e. and prepared Ions ga
6eiaB EiAds 10 entertain Il farrs
crowd af vsonls Ia ffst