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f [president The early part of the last centurj ushered into the world many live: destined to be remarkable later or as statesmen, soldiers and men o: letters. Among these was one wht "was ordaained to write his name higi in the temple of fame as one of th< most illustrious statesmen, braves soldiers and purest patriots?Jeffer soiT Davis?born June 3, 1S0S, a Fairfield, in the commonwealth o Kentucky. Jefferson Davis came of good revo lutionary stock, who had helped wit! their swords to carve out this grant nation. His childhood days were spen in Mississippi, where his parents hat movea. his eariy sciiuutiug waa n a log school house. Like most Ameri can boys he was fond of outdoor ex j ercise, such as hunting, fishing am horseback riding. At the age of ' he was sent to Kentucky by his pa rents and entered as a pupil in < Roijjan Catholic institute, known a: St. Thomas, presided over by th< Dominican fathers, who taught th< "best schools in that part of the coun try. In these early days there were m railroads nor steamboats, the trave being made by stage coach or or horeback. and the boy made the Ion? trip, passing through the Choctav and Chickasaw Indians, to read Kentucky. It was on this trip o: 1815 that Jefferson Davis, met anc formed a lasting friendship wit! , Gen. Andrew Jackson and his wife who treated him with so much kind' ness that he afterwards treasured i love and reverence for the hero oi New Orlears. Military Training. After being graduated from th( University of Lexington, Kentucky in 1S24, he was appointed a cadet tc the military school at West Poinl when about 17 years of age. Among his classmates were Albert Sydney Johnson, Leonidas Polk and others who became famous, writing theii names upon the scroll of fame as heroes in the war with Mexico and the war of IS61 -65. j While at West Point he was distinguished for his devotion to duty, foi his lofty, manly and high-toned character, and his love for truth and justice. In 1828 Cadet Davis was graduated from West Point, becoming second lieutenant of infantry in the regular army, his first duty being al , Fort Crawford, now in the State ol Wisconsin. The same characteristics that distinguished him as a cadet made him prominent as an officer and attached his superior officers tc _ him. When the Black Kawk Indian war began Gen. Winfield Scott 6ent twc young lieutenants to Dixon, 111., tc accept and muster into the United States service such troops as might present themselves. Ofie of these lieutenants was a young man of gentle, affable and fascinating manners pleasant and courteous to all, drawing to him all with whom he came in contact. The other lieutenant was pleasant but very shy in his manners. The first was Jeffersor Davis, the second Robert Anderson On the morning of the arrival of the first troops for muster a tall, homely youth presented himself to Lieut. Davis as captain of the company. This slender young man was Abraham Lincoln, and the lieutenant was Jefferson Davis?the man who admin istered to Abraham Lincoln the first oath of allegiance to the United States government. Lieut. Davis became president of the Confederate government, Abraham Lincoln the president of the United States, while Lieut. Anderson, afterwards major became noted for his surrender ol Fort Sumter to the Confederate government April 13, 1861. Beginning of Political Career. In 1835 Mr. Davis resigned from the army, entered into private life. In 1843 he began his political career, while in 1845 he was elected tc congress from Mississippi. The first speech was made February 6, 1846, the Oregon question being before the house. It was fortunate for the country mat. congress naa one man who dared to do right and defend from aspersion and slander of the Northern fanatics the people of the South. Mr. Davis loved the Union with a patriotic devotion, he loved the constitution made by our fathers for all sections of the country, but he saw with prophetic eye into the future and saw the disaster that was to follow the fanaticism of the North, and the hatred'to the South, her people and her institutions. He never ceased to plead that the constitution should not be destroyed by the fanatics of the North. When war broke out between Mexico and the United States. Mr. Davis raised a regiment of Mississippi troops, who were highly conspicuous for gallantry and steadiness on many hard fought battlefields. Gen. John E. Wocd. in his special orders, says that the Mississippi riflemen at V \ JEFF DAVIS 1 ; I Monterey under Co!. Davis behaved 5 with much bravery and that Col. 11 Davis, though severely wounded, ref | senate on many important commit>! tees, principally those on military i; affairs. Mr. Davis served in the i I Thirty-first congress, 1S49-50. It t was this congress that Mr. Clay pre i sented his famous compromise bill, t This was a congress of giants, conf sisting"of Clay, Calhoun, M. C. Butler of South Carolina, Hunter of Vir ginia, these from the South: Webi ster, Hamlin and Seward of the I j North: Benton and Douglas of the II West In this congress came the 1 i first blow struck at the Union, the i : anti-slavery movement spreading so -' rapidly that it became aggressive -1 and arrogant. 1 Honors conferred i i?"h mm. 1 j In 1S."j3 President Pierce made Mr. " Davis his secretary of war. a posi1 tion which he he'd most ably, being 5 one of the best and most able secrei taries of war who ever held that ^portiolio. On March 4 Mr. Da\is resigned his office as secretary of ; war. but we find him again in the } senate under Mr. Buchanan. 1 The John Brown raid in Virginia, 1 October 16, 1S59, and Helper's^ in> fomciic hnnlr "Tlif? Ininpnriitiw Pfi- ! sis." intensified feeling alreadyl 1 mained in the saddle until the close P of the battle: that his distinguished 1 coolness and courage and the heavy 1 loss of his regiment on this day en* titled him to particular notice of the government. 1 After the Mexican war was over p i Mr. Davis returned to his home, fully determined to settle down .to i private life, but the people of Mississ sippi had other work for him ana . wanted his services in the' United > States senate. When Gov. Brown t appointed Mr. Davis United States > senator just two months after his " return from Mexico there was gen. eral approval throughout the State. " When Mr. Davis took his seat in the ? senate he was suffering from his I wound and was compelled to use crutches. The members of the j Twenty-ninth congress gave the * j Mississippian a cordial and unre served welcome. Mr. Davis had won i a reputation as a brilliant young ; member, and as a gallant soldier he !, had won his spurs in his country's i i rtcfpnsp H<? was aDDointed in the ^ ! ? - ? t1 kindled between the North and the 1 South. The whole country was in a state of intense excitement, many : foreseeing that the tide must dash I the 6hip of the Union to pieces upon : the rocks of fanaticism. After the election of Lincoln, November, 1860, the whole South was in a state of great agitation and un rest. South Carolina seceeded December 1860, Mississippi following ; next and the rest of the Southern States in quick succession. Mr. Da- , vis withdrew from the senate on learning of the secession of his i State. He made, on taking t'are' we'll of that body, one of .the most pathetic appeals ever made before it for the Union. Mr. Davis sent teleI rrfrtw-to oil AVOf th<i Spilth ' 5'auio auu i^wv?d u*i w ? v* i begging for postponement of action, hoping by his love for the Union to ' save it from ruin and destruction. ; When all hope was gone, Mr. Davis >' left Washington, his heart bowed it. i sorrow. j The Montgomery convention, which met February, 1861, to organ: ize the Confederate government, a: 1, once elected Mr. Davis as the ideal man for the high office of leader, a man fully competent to steer the > 6hip of state clear of the wrecks and > breakers ahead of her. Mr. Davis . did not seek the position, it sought ' him. No man, said an eminent I writer, unless it was Washington, j was ever placed in a position so ; fraught with danger, so burdened ! with cares and responsibilities, as , j was Mr. Davis when he became presi, dent of the Confederacy His high i character, genial nature, honesty of ; purpose, adherence to principle made , him the ideal of our people. Facts . are coming daily to the surface that > | should prove to those who love truth i! in history that it would have been [ just as impossible for the Confeder. | acv to have succeeded under the >' leadership of any other man. as it J was under the leadership of Mr. Da[ vis. Human nature could not have ~ f1,on to avprt thp ; V4V/IAC A11V/AC UiHli XIV. UlU vw V. V . end, and had it not been for tiie . guiding hand of Jefferson Davis up; on the helm of the ship of state, and j the invincible sword of Gen. Robert , E. Lee at the head of the arniv. Ap; pomattox would have come long be. fore it did. When the end came Mr. - Davis was made the victim of the slander and hatred of the Northern . pulpit and press. ; After Mr. Davis was released from i Fortress Monroe, where he had been i cruelly held imprisoned and mana cled. he lived among the people of his beloved South, persecuted by a i vindicted government he had helped ; j to make great. He was deprived of CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER. Dr. George Ilirk and James A. Hoyt to Seek Honor. Dr. George Dick, a member of the house of representatives from Sumter county, and chairman of the ways and means committee, was a visitor" in the city yesterday. Dr. Dick is actively in the race for the speakership of the next house, to succeed .Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, who lid not run for reelection, but was in the , race for the governorship. Dr. Dick is an experienced and'aggressive legislator and a parliamentarian of no mean parts. So far the only other contestant spoken of for the speakership is Jas. A. Hoyt. of Columbia, who was nominated in the second primary Tuesday for the house, leading the Richland county ticket. Mr. Hoyt is prob: ably one of the best versed m|n in the State on parliamentary law: tor a number of years he has been clerk of the house of representatives and he performed his onerous duties with ability and accuracy. As yet the race for the speakership is an open field, and. probably, before the convention of the session cf 1915. there will be many other candidates in the field for the important and honorable office.?Columbia Record. Cotton fiinned to September I. Cotton of the growth of 1914. ginned to September 1. amounted to 475.455 bales, counting round as half baies, the census bureau announced last Tuesday, in its first ginning report of the season. This com- pared with 799,099*bales ginned to September 1. last year, 730.SS4 in ?aiv> ? j r-1 o o - ; ? ? 1011 ijm.:, emu 11 i,-ci in x i i. Round bales included were 356 compared with 7,610 for Hi 10: 7,424 for 1012 and 7.700 for 1011. Sea island included 1,758 bales compared with 436 lust year, 232 for 1012 and 546 for 1011. Ginning by States: Alabama 46.754 Arkansas 514 Florida 5,223 Georgia 136.070 Louisiana 3,743 .Mississippi 2,693 | North Carolina 970 Oklahoma 356 South Carolina 14,864 ; Tennessee 31,000 Texas 264.200 All other States 28,000 Brand Whitlock did not go at once , to Antwerp with the rest of the of- 1 ficial crowd. He preferred to stick ' around Brus? lis where he thought , he could do the most good. A Yankee with the imperturbability, the ] practical sense, and perhaps a little j of the curiosity that goes with the j best representatives of the type. Expert botanists have found that 1 the age' of trees can be told by the ( leaf markings, the older a tree the \ smaller and more numerous its leaf 1 cells. . citizenship, robbed of all civil rights; < he was a man without a country, yet he had a country in the hearts ; of admiring, loyal Southern people ] ?for in that country he was an un- 1 conquered king. ] If the people of the South or the | Confederate soldier ever forgot the , sacrifice made by Jefferson Davis for i them then will come the second j apostacy of war upon the South. In- ? gratitude will take the pla.ce of virture and the story of 186:1-65 cease to be told. It will be blotted forever t from the record of time. When the 1 bar of truthful history shall judge j Mr. Davis and his work, the verdict < will be written: Jefferson Davis, ) whose adherence to principle, for- 1 titude. fidelity to duty, rectitude in ] private li?e and public life distin- ( guished him, a martyr to the cause < of justice and truth. In life slander i did not smirch him. so it can not * reach him now, and let no man who J wore the gray himself ever descend < into the mire of slander and hate ! with the enemies of our beloved ' president. - "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, ( Lest we forget, lest we forget." ?Mrs. Alfred English Dobey, former 1 historian Wade Hampton chapter, ] Columbia. t i Note by historian: Mrs. Dobey, in j signing this article, said, "I always ( sign my husband's name, instead of '< my maiden name, with surmane add- 1 ed, as my husband was such a gal- 1 lant soldier, giving his life on the t altar of his country at the early age ] of 23. just 50 years ago this last \ May on the bloody battlefields of the ^ Wilderness May 6, 1S64. He was \ special aide de camp from the be- 1 ginning of the war until the end of Gen. J. B. Kershaw's brigade." i This is history which we want to ( keep, and we would impress upon < our own Daughters that the history \ which their husbands, fathers and uncles helped to make is that which interests us most. The historian thanks Mrs. Dobey for this explana- J tion which she is glac. to incorporate , in the valuable paper herewith print- ^ ed. ! CARRIE McC. PATRICK. I CALLS NATION TO PRAYER. President Sets Sunday, Oct. 4, as I>;i> of Special Supplication to (iod. Washington. Sept. ??.?P res id em Wilson today signed a proclamation railing on the people of the X'r.iteci States to pray for peace in Europe The proclamation sets aside Oc:. 4 a? a day of prayer. The president's proclamation follows: "Whereas great nations of th world have taken up arms against one another and war now draws millions of mem into battle when the counsel of statesmen have not been able tc save them from the terrible sacrifice: "And whereas, in this, as in all things, it is our privilege and dutj to seek counsel and succor of Almighty God. humbling ourselves be iuitr aiui, iuaic53ii*5 wui v> cu,r.ii^o* and our lack of any wisdom equal io these things: "And whereas it is the especia wish and longing of the people ol the United States in prayer and counsel and ail friendliness, to serve tin cause of peace: "Therefore. 1, Woodrow Wilson president of the United States ol America do designate Sunday, the fourth day of October next a day ol prayer and supplication and do request all God-fearing persons to repair on that day to their place? ol worship, there to unite their petitions to Almighty God, that overruling the counsel of men setting straight the things they cannot govern or alter, taking pity on the nations now in the throes of conflict ir His mercy and goodness showing c way where men can see none. - He vouchsafes His children healing peace again and restores once more that concord among men and nation; without which there can be neithei happiness nor true friendship no: any wholesome fruit or toil 01 thought in the world; praying alsc to this end that He forgive us out sins, ou- ignorance of His Holy will our willfulness and many errors, anc lead us in the paths of obedience tc places of vision and to thought anc counsels that purge^and make wise.' CONCERNING CLEAN UYIN( Modern Sanitation is a Growing . Goodl No man or woman can perform full duty to themselves or to others unless they keep themselves clean within. An upset liver or sluggish kidneys will spoil your work and worth. Regularly take CARSWELL'S LIVER-AID and you will be a new being in this climate for it will cleanse your system as soap will cleanse voui hands. CARSWELL'S LIVER-AID takes the place of calomel?takes its place excepting the AFTER effects. It generally acts RIGHT NOW on the liver and kidneys and eliminates the poisons and accumulations. Results?internal cleanliness anc by means of a pure VEGETABLE compound. No danger, no discomfort. . On sale at Mack's Drug Store in 50 cent bottles. Purchase price refunded in full if you wish it. But you won't, when you try this scientific remedy. Invigorating to the Pale and Slckl? The Old Standard general strengthening tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives oul Malaris.enriches the blood.snd builds up the sya tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to a Commission issued by the Secretary of State of South Carolina constituting the undersigned a coard of Corporators, Books of Subscription to the capital stock of Savannah Western Railroad Company will be opened at tho offices of Edward L. Craig, Attorney at Law, Third Floor National Loan & Ex:hange Bank Building, in the City.of Columbia, S. C., on the 28th day of September, 1914, at 10:00 o'clock in :he forenoon. The minimum capital stock to be $100,000 divided into ine thousand shares of the par value >f $100.00 each, and the maximum imount to which said capjtal stock iiav be hereafter increased to be 51.000,000. divided into ten thousind shares of the par value of $100 ;ach. Notice is also given that said parlies propose to ask on behalf of the proposed corporation for the power :o condemn lands for rights of way ind that application therefor will be r\ f nf iiaue iu nic oeu^iai; ui ?.. South Carolina at his office in the 2ity of Columbia, S. C., on the 28th lay of September, 1914, at 12:00 Vclock noon, the proposed route is is follows: beginning at a point at ind in the towns of Estill and Lena n Goethe Township, Hampton Couny, thence through Goethe and Peoples Townships in Hampton County. :hence through Braxton and Warren Townships in Colleton County, thence hrough Fish Pond Township in Bamjerg County, thence through Branch>'ilie. Cow Castle. Providence and i'ance Townships in Orangeburg bounty and thence into and through St. Paul Township in Clarendon bounty, to and into St. Paul in said Tourity of Clarendon, a distance of ipproximately 90 miles, aH in the State of South Carolina. G. H. Milligan Virgil Walker Adrian M. Rea. August 24, 1914. lures Old Sons, Other Remedies Won't Cure. the worst cases, no matter of how long standing, ire cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. 'orter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves 'ain. and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, Jl.00 // . . RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident I INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copeland's Store ROMBERG. S. C. ? BackacheK i IIII Miss Myrtle Cothrum, ||| 11|| ofRussellville,Ala.,says: fll I IJU "For nearly a year, I suf- Iff - J | fered with terrible back- J | ache, pains in my limbs, | and my head ached nearly . | all the time. Our family [ | doctor fcaeted me, but | only gave me temporary i | relief. 1 was certainly in r | bad health. My school g | teacher advised me to I TAKE Cardui The Woman's Tonic | I took two bottles, in all, | and was cured. 1 shall ; | always praise Cardui to | sick and 'suffering wo| men." If you suffer from 1111 PamS peculiar 10 wea* bid y y women, such as head- W1 IJII ache, backache, or other IV ; 1111 trouble, or if you merely III ! ItJI need a tonic for that tired, IU J I^J nervous, worn-out feel60 NOFARTHER The Evidence Is at Your Door. Bamberg proof is what you \va , and tbe statement of tins nigaly j I spectea resident will oanisu au uou; E. Dickino&n, jaiier, Rice St., ua) berg, says: "I was subject to seve , backaches and my kidneys d:a not a regularly, The kidney, secretions we unnatural and irregular in passage, used Doan's Kidney Pills, procured, the People's Drug Store, and tai benefited me greatly. They regulat* . the action ot my kidneys and i moved the lameness and soreness 1 my back." NO TROUBLE SINCE. On May 29, 1914, Mr. Dickins< . said: "The cure Doan's Kidney PU made for me some years ago is st lasting. My back Is now strong ai > my kidneys act regularly. You cs 1 keep on using my recommendatioc Price 50c, at all dealers. Dot i simply ask for a kidney remedy?g Doan's Kidney Pills?the same th: I Mr. Dickinson had. Foster-Milbu: ' Co., Props., Buffalo, N. 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Glendale Springs Water on sale z Mack's Drug Store, in five-gallon boi ties. Delivered at house for 50c pe bottle. v f DR. THOMAS BLACK, JR. DENTAL SURGEON. J Graduate Dental Department Unt| versity of .Maryland. Member S. C. ' State Dental Association. Office opposite new* post office and j over office Gra!'.a*? <& Black. Office i hours. S 30 a. n;. to 3.30 o. m. BAMBERG, S. C. 1 C. MOYE DICKINSON il N S U R A XCE A GENT Will Write Anything Fire. Tornado. Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most reliable companies. My Motto: "Buy What I Need in Bamberg, anil From Those Who Patronize Me. " -A 'Phone 10-L, or at Oil Mill BAMBERG, S. C. CHICHESTER S PILLS Wjrv - THE niiiio.Np a J">nr Urns*l?ifor^A ? is l'lil<ba?43r i Diurr.ond :irand/#V\ I'lito in ilcil 2~1 U?!d ir.rtailicS^^X hotes. Uiih Li.c RiUx>a. \ f ? ?vJ T?fcO n.? olSi-r. J!ur of tout * I / ~ flf O^uffxrUt. .WW!IW:ire?.TEB? 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