The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-17
HERE AND THERE
 AMONG VISITORS

The Chattanooga Headquarters are at rooms 604-5-6 American Trust build ing.
 Col. V. Y. Cook of Batesville, Ark, is here, stopping at the Tutwiler. Arkansas has 8 strong delegation attending the reunion.
 Henry B. Walthall. the little col onel' in "The Birth of Nation, has accepted a position on the staff of Grand Marshal E. J. McCrossin.
 Frank Ozanne of. Third company of the Washington Artillery will be glad to meet comrades of his company. Phone 355, West End, at 1908 Tusea loosa avenue.
 There seems to be no letting up of
 the inflow of visitors to the city, and yesterday the Frisco train from Mem phis carried 916 persons on one sec
 ton of the train.
 J. M Lowery of the Mississippi Con-
 federate Soldiers Home, fell down a small flight of stairs at the fairgrounds yester- day morning. His right ankle was sprained. MT. Iowery was carried to the 5illman hospital in F. T. Shaw X l Son s ambulance.
 Members of the Tennessee contingent headed by Marcus B. Toney of Nash vile serenaded The Age Herald yester- day with war songs full of fervor and enthusiasm. The Tennessee veterans are attracting unusual attention by their old-tfme costumes.
 1 George W. Hurd mayor of Williams port, Md, son of Joseph Hurd, First | Alabama regiment, Company K, is here attending the reunion, also a family reunion after an absence of 33 years. Brothers and sisters are Mrs. J. J. Mitchell of Florence. Mrs. Minnie Sad ! Ter of this city, Mrs. c. P. Walker of Anniston, William G. IIurd of Besse- mer, who will entertain the visitors at dinner.
 | Miss Martha Handy, sponsor for life l for Troop A, Forrest cavalry of Nash | ville, is here with 115 veterans. She
 each year raises all the funds to defray all their expenses and they all love her. She will walk in the Confederate pa-
 rade Thursday. Her sister, Miss Annie
 Handy, is also with the veterans as sponsor for the Confederate Soldiers
 home at Nashville. She has 21 veterans
 from the home with her.
 | Rev. A. M. McVey, native of Spar | tanDufS, .. C., ana cnaplaln or the Twenty eighth Georgia regiment, A. H Colquitt's brigade, now residing in
 Texas and delegae from the John Gregg camp, No. 5S7, Longview, Tex.
 would like to meet any of his old com
 rades, particularly any from Marietta Ga. at his sons place of business, Me Way Seed Co.,, 201S First avenue. | Among the veterans in attendance upor 1 the reunion. J. F. Edwards, who originally hailed from Missouri. is conspicuous. MT Edwards is stopping at the Motion hotel
 He has been assistant doorkeeper of tht I Senate since 1879, and probably knows
 more of the inside history of the states
 men of the United States than any other man living today. He numbers hundreds | of famous men among his friends. 1 Among the interesting visitors at The Age-Herald building yesterday were Com
 rade J. r. Knox, Company A, Secont Louisiana cavalry, and Conrade J. K. P Byrne, Company I, First Mississippi cav airy. Both of these gentlemen now reside 1 at Beaumont, Tex. There are only three 1 survivors of Comrade Knoxs company 1 out of 75 who surrendered. He is the
 only member attending the reunion. Hs l enlisted at Opelousas, La, and Comradt l Byrne enlisted at Canton, Miss.