Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-04-09
WEARERS OF 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.

Guests.
Jacksonville, Fla.-The Gath annual
reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans, Sons Of Confederate Vet
Grams, and all allied organizations, will
be held in Jacksonville, Fla, May &,
and 8. Already the progressive, pub
lic-spirited citizens Of Jacksonville are
making preparations to receive and
entertain the veterans and all visitors
ct the reunion. 1t Is Jacksonyille's
ambition to break all reunion records
in point OF attendance and entertain
ment, and to this end every energy
OF this thriving. modern city VIII 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 $500 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 it's location, it's railway facili-
ties, It's resources and its enterprise,
Jacksonville looms big as the Gateway
of Florida and commands the trade OF
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
sonville, spending part Of their vaca-
ton time enjoying the many attrao-
tons that the city and community az
fords. This constant stream OF travel
has made Jacksonville better and
more favorably known than any city
on the Atlantic coast. Recognising
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
Goth century
Jacksonville is a new city, and yet
1t 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 18th century. The early settle
ments OF the Florida peninsula haG
their genesis and origin in the relig
lous troubles experienced by the
Huguenots under Charles TX, king OF
France. Jean ibault headed the frs
expedition to the new world in 1852
Tor the purpose Of founding a colony
on what is now the East Coast of
Florida These adventurers first land
ed at the mouth Of the st. Johns river,
twenty-five miles below the present
city of Jacksonville Here they erect
ed monument, but afterwards sailed
up the coast and established a settle
ment at Port Royal, South Carolina.
This settlement was abandoned after
stormy year with the Indians. An
other expedition came to the East
Coast from France in 1864. This ad-
venture was headed by Laudonnere.
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
sonvills the expedition erected a fort
and named 1t 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-
lore an attack by this expedition. The
site OF this old fort Is but 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 those points of
historic interest on the beautiful ct.
Johns river, which bounds the city OF
on the south. A boat
ride on this river 10 worth coming
miles to enjoy. In many respects 1t Is
the most wonderful body of water in
America. 1t Is a river Of sensations,
Ted by never-failing springs. At points
above Jacksonville 1t reaches a 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 it Welaka, mean
Ing. in their tongue. Chain OF lakes"
The st. Johns is nayigable for about
300 miles. and pelatial steamers make