Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-22

Confederate ReunionD
During ten weeks stay IN Tulsa
as director OF publicity for the Con.
foderate reunion committee, ! nave
received the most courteous treat
mont at tho hands of Tho World. Let
I mo eNprtsf my sincere thanks toi
all you have done for me win.
out the sd of the local press. ! could
not have accomplished much, bN
us aid / have secured for the com
munlty volume uf publicity thhi
viii bc felt and appreciated for years
To come The world has never failed
To respond TO any request have
made upon % Tor help on space ana
/ shall always feel grateful To lis
publishers. its editors aud i's re-
portcrs N IN the future ] can ever
be of ryrNics to the paper or To any
% my friends on ils staff that service
viii bc performed 20 the best OF my
ability ana energy
The reunion publicity cap phlgl
hns been conducted under dltutul-
ties Tint all Newspaper men rccoE-
rizc. The country IL passing through
It's most serious rriH.e since the ciyll
war. We are 40 war with the hiEh
est organized governments In Eu-
rome Those governments. known az
tho central powers. have mastered
every mudcrn science They were
prepared for war long time hrtor"
30 was prpyiU''ntcd by thcWFclNch
And while they are masters of all
tho sciences Of both war and peace,
they have pfncticed all OF tho bru.
tnlity. an ~ the cruelty and all OF
The mrAnucss 6f the middle ages
This war has upset the whole world.
During such times 10 is difficult in
Induce the press 10 turn aside and
promote interest In anything bat
tho war and winning H. But news
papers generally all over the south
have regarded the coming reunion.
which is now upon you. ~ % fine eN-
ample ~ patriotism. and have given
II and the city I'm which ~ N 10 be
held greater publicity than ! De
lieyod possible under nll The circum-
stances. when ! consented 90 come
out here and take hold Of the cam
palgn.
Tuisn Well Advertised.
To demonstrate what has been
done ln the line Of publicity lei me
relate circumstance OF the past
week. one morning I received from
press clipping bureau clippings
from 10 newspapers They were
scattered al over the south from
baltimore down the coast TO Miami
Fla. and then west TO the Pacific
coast This particular story was a
running account Of ghe reunion. cool
pied with review ~ the many at
fractions Tulsa Possesses and your
ability 10 handle tho reunion crowd.
n WIS n story that I especially de-
sired the rS.wppapCts to use The
story was printed hy the following
newspapers. and more. The Baltl-
more sun. Norfolk NirFlnlan-Pllot.
Richmond Times Dispatch, Rich
mhnd Journal. Columbia, tS O.
States. raleigh tN, O. Observer.
Asheville (N c. Citizen. Savannah
OGnD Morning News, Macon toa)
Telegraph. Atlanta Constitution,
Jacksonville Times Union. New or
leans Item. Houston Post DALLAS
News Denver Post aud San Fran
cisco Examiner The same story an-
ponred few DAYS earlier In the st
Louis Republic and the Louisville
Courier-Journal h~e reason 20
believe that many other good news
papera used the story. because II IN
impossible 10 collect more than 70
per cent OF such publicity and paste
il In scraphooke The clipping bu-
reaus overlook or miss some Of II.
Campaign Was Comprehensive,
Newspaper men, and a class OF
rnadorp. knQw that every Newspaper
have mentioned has general circu-
lation. Articles have been sent 10
all OF the daily newspapers In the
south twice week for ten weeks,
all ~ them putting Tulsa Interests
before their readers; and they have
been generally published There
would have been moro OF this public
ity matter used. to'be sure. but for
demands made upon newspapers 20
handle the var news and promote
inveatment In war securities No pa 81
trlotlc man can find fault with the
newspapers for this certainly do
not. love my country and regret
that I ran not personally go 20 Eu-
rope and do my part there on the
firing line have three boys. how
ever In tho army / told them to 30
a. soon ns | found that they de-
SIRED tO go One Of my sons. my
oldest and the apple Of my eye. IL
with General PershinE In France.
Two moro are on the way. My only
sOn-in-law Ia an officer In the la
Fayette division expecting 20 embark
within the month. and five Of my
nephews are already In France. All
~ those boys. dear 20 me. atc In the
fighting units and most of them are
volunteers would rather see them
buried on the wnr-swept hills of
France than have them with me here
nt home with the finger ~ scorn
pointing at them as towards That
Ia the way / feel shout ". and
have no quarrel with the newspapers
u they hOd up my publicity TO give
space 20 something our war depart
mont wants them TO print
But this reunion and your city
have been well advertised In both
daily and weekly newspapers You
are going TO have a big crowd here
next week II is Tulaas duty 60 lay
business aside fsr n few days and en-.
tertain these people, for they arc
the cream OF the south's population
The old men who come wearing the
gray know what war is They fought
through tho virginia campaigns with
Ice They were with Bragg In the
| Tennessee campaign and maRsed
themselves around Joseph T. John
stOn from Chattanooga to Atlanta.
| Tfg Young men and women who at
tend Confederate reunions are sons
and daughters Erandsona and grand
daughters OF the Confederate vctcr-
ans business men and women Of the
southern states They will carry
back home with them good or bad
reports. Just as Tulsa makes No. or