The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-09-26
TULSA REUNION
OLD CONFEDERATES
COMMITTEE PREPARES TO
ENTERTAIN ONE OF LARG-
EST REUNION CROWDS
DATES ARE September 24-27
committee Eusy With Organization
Work and Large Fund Secured
to Defray Expenses OF
Big Meeting.

Big Meeting.
Tulsa, Okla, August-The Con-
ieoerate veterans, Sons OF Confeder-
ate Veterans, and the Southern Con.
reiterated Memorial Association, hold
thcir annual reunion this year at
Tulsa, the first time the reunion has
selected Oklahoma as the state in
which to meet The dates of the re-
union are September 24-27 inclusive.
fel!way rates of ono cent mile
each way from all parts Of the country.
nave been granted by Drcctor-G ener.
al McAdoo of the railway admins
tration. Tickets will be placed on
sale about September 10, good FOR
return passage until October 81.
THESE rates will apply to all NOM
Ders or the associations named above
and to members OF their families
Tickets are to be purchased on the
signed certiiicatc Of department. state
ana camp commanders and adiu.onta
! Ihe certificates were supplied to the
reunion committee by the railway
authorities at Washington, and tho
! committee sends them to the officers
' OIL The various Confederate Drrani
! cations throughout the country to be
USED In securing tho low rates for
| all entitled to them. No ticket can
be purchased unless the ccrtinc,,o
is shown to the ticket agent. II is
therefore, important that all who in
| ne IN, rI,,..,
vide themselves at once with the
necessary certificate, BY applying to
commanders and adjutants.
The Tulsa reunion promises TO be
one OF the most successful meetines
! the old Confedorates and their fami-
lies and friends have ever eniovcd
"A fund of 100000 has been provided
py the people Of Tulsa to entertain
the reunion. w. Tate Brady is chair.
man OF the general committee and
Nathan Bedford Forrest is general
] secretary. The committee is com
| posed OF a number Of Tulsa's most
enterprising citizens, and they arc
taking much interest in their work.
The usual racss hall and sleeping
arrangements have been provided for
from 5000 to 10000 old Confederate
| veterans who are TO be preferred
| guests Of the reunion committee
! OWING to demands fer tents in the
army. It was Impossible to secure
tontaFe for these old soldiers. but
probably a better Arrangement than
tents has been made. The school
| authorities OF Tulsa. at the rrpucsl
| n n loo,
J the public schools to be susrcndgT
, Tor the entire week OF tho reunion,
! and the old soldiers will siccn in the
school hC"9cs These buildings ara
! OF hricN one story high. and thcv are
! pLoVidcd witA ample toilet facilities,
w}tcr and electric lights. Five thoua.
ana double mattresses have been DIR
, chased by the reunion committee, and
o'hor necessary bedding provided. A
1 large tent VIII be used as a mess hall
1t will be located within a block of
the convention hall in which the
business sessions OF the reunion are
to be held +. A. Pickens. the man
who has successfully catered to many
Confederate reunions, has been en-
gagged by the reunion committee to do
the honors for tho old soldiers. He
Is now in Tulsa waiting for his friends
to come. He vii! serve his guests
three meals 4 day free of all charge.
The convention hall in which the
business sesSionS OF the reunion will
be held is new and attractive. II
seats more than 5000 people. is well
ventilated and - situated as to not
be interrupted BY TIC noise OF street
traffic. Tho hall IS equipped with a
fine pipe organ. one of the finest In
the southwest
Ample arrangements have been
made to accommodate all reunion vis-
| ttOrs, in hotels. rOOmiAg houses and
private homes. The city is full of
good hotels :. and rooming houses.
Ecstaurant facilities are as good as
any city affords.
Tulsa is situated in the great oil
belt OF Oklahoma. II Is Il wonderful
section OF country. The surroundings
are entirely different from any other
reunion city. It will be a now cxpcr.
icncc to thousands. Tulsa will extend
cordial welcome to every reunion
= visitor, and put forth her best encr.
Eics TO make the week the greatest
, one the Confcdcrates ard their friends
have ever enjoyed. "On 10 Tulsa" is
the watchwOrd throughout the south
and southwest