The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-05-03
Gordon Jones and the Patriotic
Vets Take Macon by SforEns

n EAR Mr.. Watson: The shoutings are echo
- Ing over the hills and far, far in the distance
SUCCESS in big, exultant jubilees are ringing in
the hearts of the OLD VETERANS, who refused
to bow to the dictation of Rome .
know that someone else has been detailed to
SEND you full account of this glorious affair,
but | feel that perhaps there are some few de-
tails that | can furnish that they may leave out
WORK-yes- IT-yes, yes, YES
You know that because the sympathies with
the women that only through the old soldiers
could this opposition be staged; other source
could have bucked without bringing down the
condemnation Of the entire clty--but the old
veterans had that right-to say that they would
not listen to the orator selected. to make their
protest, and although they met with newspaper
rebuke and other opposition, the sentiment car
r1ed and you would have rejoiced to have seen
that great gathering Of veterans, orderly iubi-
liant, filed with the of right prevailing
around those long tables filed with the good
things making up the old fashioned Georgia
barbecue, waited upon tenderly and lovingly by
daughters, some members Of the local chapter,
but each with the same divine right of in
heritance-A DAUGHTER OF THE SIXTIES.
The work that was back of these old men had
to be done very quietly, the meetings were held
at night, and although people knew that strong
backing was the dominant force-how and why
and where?
Tke Barbecue Dinner.
The dinner given for the old veterans
and their widows and somewhere in the neigh
borhood Of two hundred enjoyed it; | suppose in
all, that three hundred were fed and daugh-
ters that simply could not be held back.
AS the time drew nearer Memorial Day the
Daughters became more divided-I had the
pleasure Of winning oyer-the others be-
came less enthusiastic, and I believe could they
have foreseen the happiness Of yesterday they
would have very gracefully yielded to the request
of the sixty.
Rev T. F. Galloway introduced the speaker
he would rather someone else would have done
SO, but merely account of his recent contro-
versy with Bishop Kelley. Mr.. C. Z. Anderson,
father of W. T. of the Telegraph, very much
on hand, and stood ready to introduce Mr.. Jones
if we failed at late an hour to get someone; he
did act committee to escort Mr.. Jones from
the hotel down to the place of speaking
Capt. A. H. Rice the much quoted commander
of r. A. Smith Camp acted as Master of Cere-
monies, in place of Major McGregor.
The Bishoprical Daughters Had 50!
We sent a committee to the Y. NJ. c. A. and
by actuual count the Daughters mad thirty-seven
veterans and before the much heraded parade,
they lost two of these If 1t had not been for
the military the Drum and Bugle Corp and the
band, l am afraid that the Bishop would have
felt lonely
S. r. Jacques Wanted to Know
Mr.. S. R. Jacques, who sent his workman
to the Chamber of Commerce to find out how
many veterans they had-the man failed in dip
Mr.. Christian very cheerfully gave him the de-
sired information-and the Chamber of Com
merce auditorium overlooking with soldiers
of the Sixties, I suppose Mr.. jacques received in
formation that there were enough.
interchangeable Committee Men.
Mr. Watson if you saw five men work
for the last two months-worked, but always