The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-04-06
WEARERS or GRAY
WILL INVADE FLORIDA
Twenty-fOurth Annual Reun-
ion At Jacksonville
Dates Fixed for May s to 8, Inclusive,
and the Metropolis Of Florida Makes
Elaborate Preparations To Receive
Guests.

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reunion OF the United Confederate
Veterans, Sons of Confederate Vet.
Grams, and all allied organizations. will
be held in Jacksonville, Fla, May 6,
Z and s. Already the progressive, pub
lic-spirited citizens of Jacksonville are
making preparations TO receive and
entertain the veterans and all visitors
| at the reunion. 1t is jacksonville g
ambition TO break all reunion records
In point OF 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 will not
be too good for the thousands of Wis
itors 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 1900 population a year after the
close of the war, Jacksonville has
grown into a modern city of $4,000
There is no more progressive city in
the South. 1t is thoroughly abreast
of the times, throbbing and thriving
center of trade and commerce By
reason of its location, its railway facili-
ties, its resources and its enterprise,
Jacksonville ioems big as the Gateway
OF Florida and commands the trade OF
a vast and constantly expanding teri
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
sonville, spending part Of their vaca-
tion time enjoying the many attrac-
tions that the city and community af, |
fords. This constant stream OF travel |
has made Jacksonville better and |
more favorably known than any city |
on the Atlantic coast Recognizing
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.
Jacksonville is a new city, and yet
It is Old. If 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 18th century. The early settle
ments of the Florida peninsula had
their genesis and origin in the relig-
ious troubles experienced by the
under Charles IX, king of
France. Jean Ribault headed the first
expedition to the new world in 1862
Tor the purpose of founding colony
on what is now the 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 Laudonnere
His first landing was al 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
sonyille the expedition erected a fort
and named ii Fort Caroline" King
Philip IL. of Spain. through hatred of
The religious faith of the IIuguenots.
sent an expedition to Florida to drive ,
out the French. Fort Caroline fell be-
'ore an attack by this expedition. The
site of this old fort is but a few miles
below Jacksonville. History is full /!
If evidences that both the French and
Spanish brought their warships as far
up St Johns river as Jacksonville
They We're the first white men to set
'oot on East Florida.
During the Confederate reunion
steamboat excursions will carry vet
arans and visitors 10 these points of
historic interest on the beautiful St
Johns river. which bounds the city Of
jacksonville on the south. A boat
'ide on this river is worth coming
niles to enjoy. In many respects it is
he most wonderful body of water in
America. II is a river Of sensations. 7
ed by neverfailing springs. At points
Ibove Jacksonville ii reaches a width
If five or six miles. and il is doubtful
( at any point between Jacksonville
Ind Palatka 1t is less than a mile wide.
rhe Indians called IL Welaka, mean
ne. in their tongue. chain of lakes"
The St Johns is navigable for about
100 miles. and palatial steamers make
.ecular trims from Jacksonville to the