From Days Gone By May 7,1914

May 7, 1914     With 30 odd-special trains reaching the city today and tonight, and with every train carrying from 5 to 6 special cars, Confederate Veterans from all over the south are swarming the streets of Jacksonville, FL. for their reunion. Every hotel is full with a reported 50,000 persons decinding on the city. Jacksonville is "a flutter by day and aflame by night". Thousands of flags floating in the breeze. Four coaches over the W. & T. left loaded with about 75 Confederate veterans family and friends.     On Monday Laurens County Deputy Henry Grier arrested Rance Davis, a white man, at Cedar Crossing and turned him over to Johnson County where he is wanted for a misdemeanor. News came from Stillmore that Hubbard Flanders, a farmer living out on the plantation of W. J. Ivans, committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol. He is a son of Joe Flanders of near Kite. Why he did it is not known.     Arrangements have been made to try Lee Kennedy who is the alleged slayer of his wife some months back, at Sandersville in September. This was decided by the Emanuel County Superior Court. In the meantime Kennedy remains in Chatham County jail.     The new Baptist pastorium recently erected on corner of Court and Valley has been completed and Rev. Glass and family are now residing. It is one of the prettiest and most up-to-date and best built in the city. It contains seven rooms including a reception hall, bath and dressing rooms, oak mantles, solid glass windows and broad varandas.     With a severly crippled line-up Wrightsville won her 4th consecutive victory Wedensday by trouncing Bartow in a close ballgame by the score of 4 to 3. Then on Thursday Wrightsville journyed to Tennille and returned with heads bowed in the dust of defeat by the score of 4 to 1.     Master Elma Miller, 13 year old brother of N. B. Miller, brought to town some top-notch oats. The stalks were five and one half feet high, with long, full heads. Mr. Grady Wicker of Spann was out Sunday in a new buggy. Mr. W. D. Sumner is finishing sawing the lumber for his new gin house.