Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-30
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
Of REUNION EVENTS
ANNOUNCED IN FULL

The Officia program of the twenty
ninth annual reunion of the unitee
Confederate Veterans, the reunion OF
the Sons of Confederate Veterans
and the reunion of the Confedefatec
Southrn Memorial association, all
three OF which will be held Jointly
in Atlanta from October to October
10, was announced Saturday by Wal
ter p. Andrews, general chairman OF
the reunion committee, and N. B
Forrest, general secretary. .t.
AS stated IN the program, all SEES
sions Of the United Confederate Vet
Grams will be held in the auditorium
There will be business sessions Wed
nesday morning at 10 o'clock, Wed
nesday afternoon at O'Clock, Thurs
day morning at $3.50 o'clock, an6
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, al
which time officers will be elected
and the city for next years reunion
named.
The Confederated Southern Me.
mortal association, the oldest order
of patriotic women in the United
States, founded for the purpose Of
keeping green the graves of the
south's honored dead, their gleries
and their legends, will hold its open
ing session at the city auditorium al
4 o'clock Teusday afternoon, October
II. All other sessions will be held ir
the assembly hall of the Atlanta
chamber of commerce, wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock, "Wednesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, and Thurs
day at $3.50 a. m, and 2:sO p. m.
when officers will be elected
The Sons of Confederate eVterans
will hold their initial meeting Tues
day night, October z, at o'clock
at the city auditorium, Other meet
ings will be held in Wesley Memoria'
church, at 9:S6 o'clock wednesday
morning, 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon and 9;30 o'clock Thursda3
morning, when officers will b.
elected.
Joint Session Thursday
All three organizations will hole
joint session at ] 2o'eloek, noon
Thursday, October 8, at the city
auditorium as memorial to the
Confederate dead. The Sons of Con-
federate Veterans and the Confed
Grated Southern Memorial asseeia
ton will march to the Auditorium
from their respective meeting places
The parade, greatest feature OF
the reunion. will take place at II
o'clock Friday morning.
Two grand balls will be given a
the Auditorium during the reunion
one at $50 o'clock Thursday nigh
and another at 8 o'clock Friday
night. At the first ball the flool
will be reserved exclusively for thu
veterans and their ladies' for thu
grand march, which will star
promptly at S.45 O'Clock. The flool
will also be cleared from time Il
time during the evening to permi
the veterans to dance the Virginl;
reel, minuet, quadrille, etc. The bal
Friday night will be the CLOSING
events of the reunion.
There will also be another bril-
liant ball at 9 o'clock Wednesaa!
nieht at the Piedmont Driving club
rendered by the official ladies' on TN
staff of Walter P, Andrews, com
handing the Georgia division OF tn
sons, to the Official ladies of tn
veterans, the sons and memorial az
ISOLATION, tehir escorts and to tn
officers on their str IT'S.
other Social Functions
there will be a number of othel
social functions including a lunch
con at 1880 o'clock Thursday after
noon at the Capital City Club in non
or of Mrs. A. Med. Wilson, preslden
general of the Memorial association
reception at the governors man
sion from to o'clock Thursda!
afternoon; a reception at the Pied
mont Hotel at s o'clock Thursda!
night to Admiral A. o. Wright ant
survivors of the Confederate Navy
luncheon at Craigie House at 1:3I
o'clock Friday afternoon to Officers
of the Memorial association tender
ed by the Atlanta D. A, r.; recep
ton at the "Wrens Nest" from 4 to
o'clock Friday afternoon by thu
Uncle Remus Memorial association
the unwilling at $3.50 o'clock Friday
afternoon of memorial tablets a
| "Deerland," the home of Golone
| Mack Spalding on Peachtree Road, b!
| the Atlanta chapter Of the U. D. c.
The speakers on the three conven
| ton programs are so many and 81
! distinguished that the list is yer!
long. It includes Mayor James L
Key and Governor Dorsey; the com
mander-in-chief of the Sons and O.
the Veterans; the commanders o
various divisions and various de
partments; by r. Lewis Henry
Smith. president of Washington ant
Lee University; by Senator Charlie.
S. Thomas, of Colorado; /and by
many others.
Music will be notable feature Of
all the convention sessions. There
will be the famous Lone Star Bant
of Texas, the Auburn band, songs by
the famous Confederate choir, hymn.
by the vested choir of st. Philips
cathedral, and solos by individuals.
Following is the complete program
Of reunion cveNfs: