The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-04-16
bellies OF Dixie
VIE AT REUNION
Brilliant Fetes Planned For
Jacksonville Meeting
May 8, 2 and To Be Memorable
Dates In Fiorlda's Metropolis
Large Crowd Assured tho Reunion
City.

circles are agstn taking an interest
10 the great social, military and SEN
timental annual meeting that brings
tsgsthsr a crowd Of from $4,000 to
lso, 900 people to do honor to the sI-
Confederate soIdier-the reunion OF
the survivors Of the Confederate arm
isa.
The reunion Is to be held this year
at Jacksonville, Fla. May 8, 7, In
olusive. 1t is the first time that the
sx-Confederatss have seleot,d Florida
ss the reunion state, and uncommon
interest attaches to the meeting here
and throughout the South. Owing p
the comparatively early date OF the
reunion, the divisions, brigades and
CAMPS made their appointments OF
sponsors and maids early, ard these
ladies compose the social side OF tie
rsssaiop. They are known as the ON
oisa ladies Of the meeting. entertained
% sxoh, and oourtsd by The entire 90
Slsf hSE X the South.
The Sons Of oontsdsrsss Veterans.
soiIoEins n The teqsssePt of thsil fsr
thevs, maintain orsanisetons ip sv-
cry soutassp state, and hold their rs-
unions On the same ds4ss. They ~
point sponsors and naids Of honor.
The Two organizations, closely allied,
therssors. send TO esoh Confederate
reunion several hundred ofioial ladies'
selected from the best families OF sns
South. taat stand high In the sooisl
scale In their communities.
Mapping out a social program.
therefore, for . 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 devise. The crown
ing event Of the week In society,
however, ID the annual ball for maids
and SPONSORS. II the reunion ts held
n a odty where q hall large enough
to accommodate several hundred dano-
ing couples at oooe can not Do So
cured, Q dancing pavilion 10 construct
Cd for the occasion. This pavilion
consists Of Q lsrss canvas tent, well
noorsd and hshtsdi It 10 also supplied
with comfortable sssks on the grand
stand order, where several Thousand
spectstors my witness the ball. II
q reader has not seen one Of these an
nual balls at Confederate reunion
he has but limited idea Of its siss and
brilliancy. Nothing to equal 1t N
splendor can be seen in the United
States, unless It be the Inauguration
ball at the national capital. aov fallen
into social desustude. II the inaugu-
ration ball 10 put out Of the contest.
the annual ball Of the Confederate re-
union, at which the maids and spon-
sors hold sway, 10 the greatest social
function Of the United States.
The social side Of the Jacksonville
reunion will bs participated In By rep
rossntatfvss Of all Southern States.
the border states and few western
commonwea ealths. There are sixteen
state divisions Of the United Confed-
srsts vstsrans' Association, a. fol-
lows: South Carolina. North Carolina.
virginia, West Virginia, Maryland.
Louisiana, Tennessee. Florida, Ala
hams, Missisnppl Georgia, Kentucky.
Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Al
kansas. Each state sends large dele.
cations of young women to the 70
union, selected with regard to their
social standing At homo. In addition
to the state delegations, the com
mandsr-in-chief has his own ofneial
ladies, chosen from the South at large
There are three departments. known
a the Army Of Northern Virginia de-
partmsnt, Army Of Tennessee depart
msnt and Trans-Missiasippi depart
msnt. Each department appointi
maids and sponsors and sends them to
oil reunions. The scope Of country
covered By these many organizations
has about half the population OF the
United States; henoe, the interest II
q Confederate reunion Is always wide
spread. Society circles In all Of thii
territory are interested In the Jack
sonville reunion, and the event will
bring here one Of the largest crowd.
OF young people ever assembled IL
the South. Florida appeals to the
young, because of It's flowers and ii
wonders-its poetry. its songs and its
attractive history. Rivers and ocean
gulf and bays have interest all theil
own. The palm and the pine, liveoal
and holly, and hundred other fores
trees that abound throughout tht
state as nowhere else on the cont
nent, invest Florida with an interes
as wide es the nation. Greater inter
est attaches to the Jacksonville re
union than to any recent meeting o
the Confederates, and preparations ar,
being made to entertain larg'
crowd Of people in May.