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VOL. V. NO. 19. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE II, 1908. Sl.SOPer Year *PcLlm etto^AJifairf The News of South Carolina in Condensed Form Novel Suit in Orangeburg. Columbia, Special. ? Quite a novel case, comes up in the civil court at . ? 'Orangeburg. The case is in the form of a suit instituted against the South ern Express company by Cleveland Hooker and his brother, who reside in Orangeburg county, for the ab straction of a few trifles from a pack age* shipped Cleveland Hooker bv his brother while the former was a pris oner in the penitentiary. Well it is remembered in Orangeburg, and nil over the State how Cleveland Hooker, J Abe and J. B. Amaker and others were arrested on the charge of con spiracy in April, 1905, and tried for forming a plot to break up a picnic at Laurel Hill, near Orangeburg. The cowrt. Judge Clias. Dantzler presid ing, found the defendants guilty and each was sentenced to do hard service in the State nenitentnry for a term of two years. Appeals to the su preme court were pf no avail, and , so the , prisoners served sentence. While Cleveland Hooker was in pen itentiary lie. received a box, contain ing t*n't$bles and other remembrances from his ?family. Cleveland com plained that the box had been tam pered w\tfi? though the delivery of the shipment wps made "O. K. by the express .company. Only a few weeks ago, Cleveland Hooker, a free man again/ having served his allot ed time, returned to Orangeburg. The novel suit of $2,000 for the loss of a plug of tobacco, some Chicken and other food, was tl&n entered upon and the cuse comes- up before the court at Orangeburg. Though the Southern Express company as a cor poration is being sued, the office in this city is the one- interested in the matter. Several witnesses, including the driver, delivery clerk and trans fer man, went down to Orangeburg to attend the court. Quite a good deal of. interest has been manifested in the ease'in Columbia. College Girls' Trunks Damaged By Flames. Rock Hill, Special. ? Last week tire broke out in a Southern railway bag gage car in which were about 100 t runks and a number of valises be longing to departing Winthrop col- J ^ lege girls. While the car was being loaded a lamp exploded ami in a mo ment or two the inside of the ear was in flames. The fire department re sponded to an alarm and the fire was Hnally got under control, but not un til much damage had been done, both to the baggage and the car. The con tents of the trunks ami valises which were inride the car are practically ( ruined. The damage will aggregate < alvnit $12,000. The roof of the car | was almost entirely consumed and j the loss on the car will probably 1 reach $2,000. The railway company is liable for damage to the amount of $100 on each trunk. R. Lee Branson Has Returned. Florence, Special. ? K. Lee Brunson formerly assistant cashier of the Bank of Florence, who mysteriosly disappeared from this city several Weeks ago, returned to Florence at S o'clock Wednesday night, coming ffom Richmond or some other north ern point. Mr. Brunson had tele graphed a relative of his coming, and number of his friends met him at the depot and gave him a cordial re ception, expressing themselves as be ing pleased at his return. Physically, Mr. Brunson looked badly. No state ment concerning Mr. Brunson's whereabout* for the past several weeks, or the cause of his leaving Florence, could be obtained. Lander Closes the Tear. (Ireenwood, Special ? With the bac calaureate sermon by Bishop Warren A. ( andler of Atlanta, the most suc cessful commencement marking the close of the most successful year Lan der college has ever had, came to a close. Twenty-two young ladies have ' been graduated this year, about twice as many, said I)r. Wilson as have ever been graduated from the college. I ______ Investigate Mullins School. Columbia, Special. ? (lov. Ansel in accordance with the terms of a spec ial act passed by the last general as sembly, appointed Lester Rogers, Thos. L. Smith ami A. J. West, mem bers of n special committee to investi gate the building of the public school at Mullins. This building cost about $10,000 and it is alleged that it was not built according to the contract? ^ The delegation from Marion county had passed an net to investigate these V charges. This committer shall re ceive pay of $3 each for nor more than 20 days and shall file a report on their findings. Death at Glenn Springs. Spartaaburg, Special. ? W. J. M. Thomas of Rome, who arrivod at Olenn Springs was found dead in his room there shortly before 8 o'clock at night. He was stopping at Book hard's cottage and was apparently in his usual health at supper time. He was unaccompanied by friends or relatives. The body will be brought to this eity and prepared for ship ment to hia homo. Candidates Filing Pledges. Columbia, Special. ? The pledges from the candidates who will enter the State Democratic primary this year continue to be flltfcl with State Chairman Willie Jones. Several have been received within the past few days. Among these was that of the present governor, Hon. Martin F. Ansel, who some time ago announced his intention to run for reelection. Others were E. C. Elmore of Spar tanburg for State superintendent of education; P. A. Hodges for congress man from the Sixth district ; Proe >or A. Bonham, solicitor of the Tenth circuit; C. P. Quattlebaum, Waftet H. Wells and W. F. Clayton, candi dates for solicitor in the twelfth cir cuit ; W. Hampton Cobb, solicitor of the Fifth circuit, and F. C Fish burtie candidate for railroad commis sioner. The time for filing pledges ex pires at noon on June 16, thfc day be fore the opening; of the. -campaign, and it is expected that about 50 en tries will be fmade in the senatorial and State campaigns. Wants Express Rate Reduced. Columbia, Special. ? The railroad commission lias received a petition from the fruit growers of Edgefield interested principally in the peach crop, asking that the express rates i.i intrastate shipmeuts be reduced 25 per cent. The petition states that the rates are. now higher than formerly and the commission has ordered a hearing for*, all parties concerned. Before the interstate commerce com mission passed a rule requiring all express shipments to be made on actual weight the fruit shipmeuts went on a basis rate that was lower than the weight rate. The growers therefore want the weight rate re duced to about the same as the aver age or basis rate was formerly. Abbeville's Finances. Abbeville, Special. ? . The election held 'last week to decide whether to issue bonds to: the extent of $2, ">,000 to purchase the local electric ilght plant resulted in 104 aves and 1 no. Bonds will he offered for' sale at once. These bonds should bring a good price, as the citv's finances are in fine condition. There are now only $70,000 in bonds outstanding with $25,000 in the sinking fund to retire them, making the city's indebtedness at this lime only $45,000. All elect ric light patrons will "be put on meters, the price being about" 10 cents per K. W. . Cotton Seed Crushers. Columbia, Special. ? The executive committee of the Cotton Crushers' as sociation of South Carolina met and decided to hold a meeting on the 23rd and 24th of June. A barbecue will be served on the 24th. The officers are C. Fitzsimmons, president; J. J. Lawton, vice president ; B. F. Taylor, secretary and treasurer. The execu tive committee consists of the officers and the following: Fielding Wallace. J. N. Lipscomb, E. I). Foster, ( has A. (Samhrill, K. A. Eve, L. W. Floyd A. M. Withers. Jno. T. Stevens, II L. odd. F. S. Evans, John F. Sim mons and W. E. James, Jr. Youth Killed at Tucapau. Spartanburg, Special. ? Clnrencf Prince, white, aged 0 years, was kill ed Tucapnu cotton mills near Wei ford. Friday shortly after 12 o'clock by falling off the banisters in flu mill. His neck was dislocated and 'death was instantaneous. 1 First Cotton Bloom. I Branchville, Spccial.- ? The first cot ton bloom of the season was gathered | Wednesday from the farm of Mr Robt. M. Connelly, one of the mosl prosperous farmers, near here. Thif bloom was gathered from a field of two acre*, which was planted on thl 1 2d day of April. Jail Delivery at Beaufort. Beaufort, Special. ? Five prisoner* broke out of the county .jail Friday night shortly alter 1 o'clock. Two I Sam and J. Herring, convicted of j larceny, nre white, and had only JO } more days to serve. The three oth ers, negroes, are George S. Emmons I charged with murder; Charlie Hill, 'arson and Sam SmaJI. assault. The Herrings were caught 20 miles away at Yemnssee and Hill five miles fur ther nt Coosawatchie by Dcputv Sheriff M. O. I). White. Boy Breaka His Neck. Spartanburg, Special. ? Clnrence Prince, a young white boy about 9 years of aire, while sliding down ftie balustrade of a stairwav nt the Tucapnu Cotton Mill fell and broke his neck. Death wns nistantaneous. The young boy had carried dinner fo his neck. Death was insfantaenous stairway on his way home he mount ed the balustrade to make a quick descent. Ho slipped to one side and fell to the floor, breaking his neck. THE 1907 COTTON CROP 1 Bulletin Prepared Under the Direc tion of the Chief Statistician of the Department at Washington , Shows the Production -, of the Staple During the Past Year. Washington, SpcciaL ? Bulletin 95, which has just been issued by the bureau*, of the ceusus, consists of a report on ? the production of cotton in 1907, prepared under the super vision of Mr. William M. Stewart, chief statistian for manufactures, by Mr. Daniel C. Roper, expert chief of division. The report is presented in four divisions: (1) Annual cotton production in the United States, as returned by pinners and delinters, (list ribu tod bv States from 1899 to 1907 and by counties from 1903 to 1907, with* statistics as to annual pro duction compiled from trustworthy sources for previous years, beginning with 1790; (2) world's cotton produc tion in 1907, by countries; (3) the growing, harvesting, and handling of cotton, with illustrations; and (4) statistics as to the manufacture of cottonseed product*. . During the 'ginning season of 1907 1908, as for th?. two previous seasons; ten preliminary statements of cotton Grinned to specified dates were issued. The present report gives the aggre jate figures for the whole cotton crop, and covers the ninth constf^i tive year for which statistics of cot ton ginned have been collected and published by the bureau of the ccn sus. Production 11,3^5,461 Bales. The dually revised figures for the crop of 11)07, expressed in equivalent 500-pounl bales 4?nd including lint ers, show a total . production . of 11, 375,461 bales. This represents a fall-" ing off from 190G of 2,220,037 bales, or J 6.3 per cent., and is 2,304,495 bales .ltiss than the crop of 1904, the largest on record ; while it falls short :>f the, fivernge production of the last six years by 345,914 .bales. Of the total production in 1907, 4.7(59,009 bales, or 42 per cent, enme from the .territory west of the Mis sissippi river,- while the States east of the Mississippi contributed 6,605, 2 bale^,..<)f. uSfcper cent. - This is in marked contrast with 1906, when 53.2 per cent, of the crop, came from west of the. Mississppi. and 40.8 per cent, ftrnn fhe States east of it; in 1905, however, the corresponing per centages were 41.6 amj 58.4, respect ively.. These variation's are caused very largely by the ductations in the size of tj\$ crop in't-fce- States west of the Mississippi, as the difference between the largerft' an' dtbe smallest crop in the Eastern Slates during the Inst three years wafs Imf 298,970 bales. Texas Shows a Palling Off of 44.9 Per Cent. The State reporting the largest cot ton crop in 1907, as well as in every other year since the inauguration of the ginning reports, was Texas, with a total of 2,300,478 bales. This rep resents an enormous deerense from 1906, however, amounting to 1,921, 346 bales, or 44.9 per cent. As a re sult of this decrease Texas produced only 20.8 per cent of the total for the country, as compared with 31.5 pei cent in 11)06 and -with 24. 9 per cent, which represents t lie proportion con tributed by it to the aggregate pro duction of the la*t six years. Other States showing lhrge de creases are Louisiana and Arkansas, which reported losses of about one third and one-dfth, respectively, as compared with 1006. The -new State of Oklahoma reported 882,984 bales, a loss of about 4 per cent, which, however, was so insignificant as com pared with the h??ses shown by othei Static* that Oklahoma actually ad vanced from seventh place to sixth in the quantity of cotton produced. Telographic Briefs. President Roosevelt told*" Governor Glenn that under no circumstances would be be again run for President. Secretary of \\"ar Taft ia a member of the Unitarian Church. Lieut. -('oh . Hnrrv F. IIofl?es wa? appointed Panama Canal Commis sioner to succeed Commissioner Jack son Smith. A fortune teller, Zeno Miller, i* said to have disappeared from Bris tol with hundreds of dollars of .jew elry intrusted to him by residents. Kire, apparently stated to conceal a burglary, caused $35,000 damage at Norfolk. Lewis Wingate, of O ray son county has been arrested charged with caus ing the wdeath of hi* 12-year-old son. Dr. Lyon G. Tylor, of Williams burg, son' of President John Tyler, is suggested f?>r the Democratic nomi nation for Vice-President. The Republican National Commit tee decided the contests im^Jving the 24 votes of Alabama and Arkansas in favor of Taft. His daughter accompanied "Rev.' James T! Hargrove, who was taken to Ashland, jail. The bursting of h* boiler tube on the cruiser Tennessee killed six men and injured 8.* The Missouri Panidc, a Gould road, passed its dividend. Judge Parker may not go to Den ver bccause he objccts to attending n i at i fixation meeting and thinks the nomination of Bryan will mean de feat. REPUBLICAN BELIEFS Principles Enunciated By the Republican Platform THE ADMINISTRATION ENDORSED Republican Platform Which Will Be Adopted by the National Conven tion Has Been Completed With the Exception of a Few Details. Washington, Special. ? That the platform which will be adopted at the Chicago convention aud on which the Republican party will stand during the next campaign has been complet ed with the exception of a few de tails, which will be left for the com mittee on resolutions to insert, is the opinion of many who are in the con fidence of the Republican leaders. The work has been done by Hon. Wade Ellis, Attorney General of Ohio, the draftsman -of the recent Ohio State platform ; Senator Hop kins, who will be the chairman of the committee on resolutions; Senator ILiOng, of Kansas, and a few others, including the President and Secretary raft, who have been freely consulted. The ptijicies of President Roosevelt will be endorsed unequivocally, and this endorsement will be the central idea of the document. These policies it will be declared, are quite in con trast with the . policies of the Dem ocratic party, which promises nothing good that' can be assured of accom plishment, The Republican party's, record as the party of ' protection and sound money, as the party of prog-, ress and good principles, .as the party that gave freedom to Cuba and lifted the yoke from the necks of the peo ple of the Philippines and Porto Rico, will be held up for admiration and made the subject of much praise, and the voting public will he asked to continue to patronize the political craft that has carried it .across so many streams. Specifically speaking, more attention' has been given by the platform makers to the tariff than to any other subject. There will be an unequivoval declaration for re vision; but the disposition is to leave the working out of detail to the in genuity of Congress. The action of the two bouses of Congress instruct ing the" committees which will deal w;tli the tariff, the Senate committee i,r finance and the House committee on ways and meAns to make especial investigation of the situation, will af ford sufficient excuse for this course. .13 the results of these inquiries will bo unavailable to the convention, while tbfey will supposedly, , furnish Congress with a basis for action. The declaration" will take the shape of a pledge to so equalize the duties as to give the consumer the benefit of the most favorable prices consist ent witii the protection of domestic industry and home labor. It will be emphatically stated t lint there must be no innovation that will permit American labor to come into compe tition with foreign labor, and accord ingly it will be specified that in all cases the duty must bo equal to the difference between the American and the European cost of production, in cluding' a ^reasonable profit to the American producer. The principle of protection will be endorsed in general terms, and there mov be a declava 1 ion to a maximum and a minimum tariff as. the one best calculated to in sure the promotion of American in terests under varying condition. A clause declaring against the utiliza tion of the tariff for the promotion of monopoly is also among the prova bilities. Next to the tariff the financial plank has received most careful at tention. Congress and tha adminis tration will be congratulated Upon the passage of the Aldrich-Vreeland bill as in the interest of sound fin a net and as calculated to protect the busi- j ness World against possible panics in the near future and at the same time provide for the permanent improve ment of our currency system through the recommendations which it is an ticipated will be made by the commis sion appointed under the new law Reference wil be made to the finan cial disturbance of last fall, and while the seriousness of that crisn will be recognized, the claim will b< made that the Republican party wsu found able to meet the situation an<! the counry will be informed that bj its prompt action the business tforlr was saved from long drawn out finan cial depression and industrial inac tivity. Tlie administration will be com mendicd for its railroad star.d, alsf on labor, and the rij?its of all citi fens, regardless of race or color. | Defaulter Gets Ten Tears. Pittsburg, Special. ? Admitting 1h< chargcs made atrainst them Henrj Reiber and John Young, former pay ing tfll^r and auditor of the Farmers Deposit National Rank, were arraign ed before Judge James S. Young ir the United States District Court shortly after noon Saturday and sen fenced to serve ten years each, in flu Western Pennsylvania penitentiary* HOKE SMITH BEATEN Georgia Voters Fall to Endorse Present Governor CLOSE OF A BITTER CAMPAIGN The Primary Brings to an End One of the Hottest Political Campaigns in ' Georgia's Hi?tory. Atlanta, Ga., Special. ? All returns up to midnight indicate the election of Joseph M. Brown as Governor of Georgia in the general Democratic primary held Thursday by a majority if about 15,000. The Constitution estimates that Brown has won by from 15,000 to 25,000. The Brown managers claim the majority U larger. Governor Smith's campaign man agers decline to make a statement, and the Governor himself says that he cannot comment on the primary. The campaign was the hottest in the history of Georgia. In all the eleven congressional districts indica tions are that the present Democratic Congressmen will be returned, the only doubt being in the fifth where James L. May son may contest the election with Congressman Living stone. There was no contest over the United States senatorship, S. C. (lay being the popular choice. The primary results mean election in Ueorgia, the other parties in the State making, no contest. With both'-'Governors Hoke Smith and Joseph M. Brown claiming vic tory in the Georgia State primary the count . is .coming in slowly. The Brown managers claim the nomination wiiich is equivalent to election by from 25,000 to 40,000 James R, Smith political manager for Brown, ' gave The Associated Press the following statement: "We fought a cleou light and w<jn. The re/.sons for the. victory afe' so pronounced 'that they would hardly admit of discussion. The,, attitude of the ' administration' toward invested capital is perhaps the paramount is sue. It was not an issue between men but what they represented. The day's election shows that the prevail ing: opinion among tne people is that Mr. Brown's election would go far toward restoring confidence. Goy?jrnor Smith's managers, how ever, do not concede Brown's election and declare that a full vote will be necessary tq determine the result. A" Heavy Vote Polled. One of the heaviest votes in the his tory of Georgia was east, men stand ing in lino .for,- hours in the larger cities like Atlanta waiting for n chance to mark their ballots. In the interest of the Governorship all others were practically lost sight l>f. The congressional districts, the hot test fight was in the fifth, where Con gressman L. JS\ Livingstone was op posed by James L. Mayson. Retnrils indicate. Livingstone's re-election though- Mayson's , friends say they will insist on an ofiioial count. In thb first district imitations point to the re-election of Congressman Ed wards, in the second to the re-elec tion of J. M. Griggs,- in the third to the re-elcftion of E. B. I^ewis, the fourth to congressman Anderson, the fifth to L. F. Livingstone, the sixth to congressman C. L. Bartlett,. the seventh to congressman Gordon Lee, the eigth to Congressman W. M. Howard,: the ninth to Congressman T. M. Bell, the tenth to Congressman Ilardwick, and the eleventh to Con gressman William (1. Brant Iv. United States Senator Clay, who was also a candidate in the primary, had no opposition. MAJ. DREYFUS SHOT. During the Canonization of Emilo Zola in the Pantheon Lonis Grcgori, a Military Writer of Note, Draws a Pistol and Shoots Maj. Alfred Dreyfus in the Arm. Paris, By ('able. ? .lust at the close of the ceremonies attending the canonization of Emile Zola in the P.intheon, when the President of France, the Premier and a host of ministers of State were takinp their departure, Louis Anthene Oreg on, a military writer of note, drew a revolver and fired two shots point blank at Maj. Alfred Dreyfus, foi whose liberty Zola fought ami won. Men distinguished in all walks of? life filled the pantheon, and when the shots rang out there was in tense excitement in fear that the Pre.-ident had been assassinated, but even the attempt upon the life of Major Dreyfus created a profound impression. Soldiers speedily sur rounded Oregori and he was taken to jnil, bruised and bleeding with biii clothes almost torn from his back | Arrest of a Postmaster. Baltimore, Md., ^Special. ? Hornet H. Bowling, 21 postmaster at Mechan leville, Sf. Mary county, and th< youngest member of the Legislature, was nrrcstcd, charged with stealing $1,000 from the office in ten monev O'deis of $100 ea^'t. He confessed and said he got in debt and had to take tli? money to keep his creditors quiet lie was recently married. DEATH JHRUISER Explosion on the "Tennessee" Kills Several Persons SEVERAL OTHERS ARE INJURED Accident on the United States Crui ser Tennessee Results in the Death of Fonr and the Injury of Ten Others ? The Oruiser Was Just Entering San Pedro Harbor. Los Angles. Spccinl. ? Four men were killed and 10 injured on board the nrmored cruiser Tennessee at sea at 11 o'clock Friday when a boiler tube broke, hurling fragments of iron about the engine room and fill ing it with scalding steam. The ac cident happened an hour after the cruiser left Santa Barbara on her way with six other vessels of the Pa cific fleet, to Los Angeles ports. Only the most fragmentary news of the disaster had been received up to 7 o'clock in the evening as the cruiser had not arrived at San Pedro. What meagre details had been learned were gleaned from official wireless telegraphy despatches, transmitted from the squadron to the wireless station at San Francisco. The crui ser was steaming at full speed when the explosion occurred. > The force of the explosion was ter rible and many of the injured were fatally hurt, it is believed. Orders were flashed to I)r. W. A. Weldon, local marine surgeon at San Pedro, directing him to prepare for the car ing of the injured sailors. Accord ing to the wireless despatches no of ficers were injured. The damage to the ship is not known at this time, but it is likely that the boiler rooms of the ship have suffered seriously. The Tennessee is Admiral Sebree's flagship, commanding the second di vision of the Pacific lleet. The oth ers accompanying the Tennessee are the California, Washington, West Virginia. Colorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland, comprising the first divi sion commanded by Admiral Dayton. The Tennessee arrived and anch ored inside the breakwater about two miles from the water front shortly after 7 o'clock. Los Angeles, Cal., Special. ? A re port has just reached this city from San Pedro of an explosion on the United States cruiser Tennessee. The Tennessee is coming into San Pedro harbor. A boiler tube on the cruiser Ten nessee blew up, killing four and in juring many others. The cruiser has just entered San Pedro harbor and the details are not yet available. The Tennessee sailed from San Francisco on May 17th, and since then has been cruising in southern California waters, touching Santa Barbara, San Pedro and San Diego. The latest information is that four men were killed and ten injured. The injured will be brought to a hospi tal in this cily. The Tennessee is still about 37 miles outside San Pe dro. The cruiser left Santa Barbara for Los Angeles port Fridav morning. Dead and Injured. Following is a list of dead and in jured received by the local wireless station : Dead : Oeorge Wood, water tender. Karl Roggs. fireman, second clnss. Adolph Rheingold, machinist help er, second clnss. Oeorge Merk, fireman, first class. Probablv fatally injured: F. S. Field, fireman, second clnss. F. N. Kxnntcs, fireman, first clnss. F. J. Burns, coal passer. W. F. Rnrns, conl pass?-r. ?T. ,T. Carroll, fireman, second class. T. P. Parsons, fireman, second class, slightly injured. Killed in Baseball Game. LaFftvette. Oa., Special. ? Willie Watson, nged 10, was instantly kill ed in a ball game here Friday. While engnged in a game with a number of his friends a bat slipped from the hands of one of the bovs who was at tempt ing t<? hit the ball and struck voting Watson over the heart, caus ing instant death. Texas Crops Badly Damaged. Vernon, Tex., Special. ? Damage to growing vegatation and to property in excess of half million dollars, it is estimated, has resulted from storms of wind, hail and rain which have been over this vicinity for the post several days and which culminated in a wind storm of great velocity early Thursday. Along the scvcf*l roads entering this place washouts are numerous. In Vernon a number of the larger buildings were par tially wrecked and some smaller structures demolished. AllisonRc -Nominated. Des Moines, Iowa, Special. ? Re turn* from Tuesday's primaries that arc complete in nearly all the coun ties of the Stntc indicate that lown Hcpnblicnns nominntcd Willinm P.. Allison for ro-clertion to the United States Sennte. His mnorit.v is now generally conccdcd to be at least 10, 000. B. F. Carroll was nominated for Governor over Warren Oarst by about 20,000 votes. DAVIS' CENTENNIAL One Hundredth Anniversary Fittingly Observed PRESIDENT OF CONFEDERACY Exercises in Washington Simple Bnt Impressive? Jefferson Davis Still Remembered By Many Statesmen of the Old School as a United States Senator Prior to the War. W ashington, Special. ? C onfederate veterans and sons and daughters of Confederate veterans in the national capital celebrated the centennial an niversary of the birth of the South 's great leader, Jefferson Davis. It was just 100 years ago Wednesday, on June 3, 1808, that the first and last President of the Southern Confeder acy was born in Christian county, Kentucky, and his admirers through out the re-united nation Wednesday 1 aid homage to nis rr.einoy l;i Washington the exercises were simple but impressive, and were participated in by many men who wore the blue in the warfare between the Nortb and the South. Many statesmen of the old school remember Davis as a United States Senator and recall his career in tho national capital prior to the war ? a career thai ended on January 21, lStil, when Davis announced the se cession of his State, Mississippi, from the Union and his consequent with drawal from the Senate. The speech is declared by those who heard it, ono of the most noteworthy r\cr delivered in the Senate chamber, and after Its close every member gathered about the Mississippi Senator atul hade him an affecting and an effect ionate fare well. The leader of the Lost Cause was a son of Samuel Davis, a Welshman by descent, a Baptist in religion and a Democrat in politics. As most of the first families of Kentucky were Episcopalians and Federalists this showed that Sam Davis, like Abraham Lincoln's father, Tom Lincoln, was not bound by any rules of caste, and was not to be reckoned an aristocrat. The year after Jefferson's birth ? June 3, 1808? Samuel Davis emigrat ed to Mississippi territory, where he settled on a plantation in Wilkinson county, about a mile from Woodville, where the boyhood of Jefferson Davis was passed. His schooling appears to have been carefully looked after. When but 7 lie was sent to the academy of the Dominican Friars in Kentucky, and remained there three years. Then re turning to Mississippi he matriculat ed at Jefferson College, which he ap pears to have left at the close of the year for the purpose of going to the new Wilkinson County Academy, where he had for a teacher John A. Shaw, of Boston, under whose tutelage he made much progress. In 1821, when entering upon his 14th year he went to Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky.. then considered the best institution of learning west of the Allcchauics. In July, 1824, Sam uel Davis died; and the following September Jefferson was appointed a cadet at West Point, llere he came into intimate relationship with Rob ert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnson and Joseph E. Johnson ? three leaders of the Lost Cau^e whom he did much to recognize and promote while serv ing as President of the Confederacy. In 1 8(51 the war came. Senator Da vis served notice on the country in January of that year that the South wa? in no mood to put up with in justice at the hands of the Republi can party and this bore fiuit in tin of Mississippi, soon after followed by several Sla!cs. The in auguration of Lincoln only embittered i lie controversy with the South and six weeks after this bejran hostilities. The rest is too familiar to need re counting, but the impartial historian must give credit to Davis for states manlike qualities, even though oppos ed to the Northerly side of the con tention. Davis Day in New Orleans. New Orleans, Special. ? Davis dav, the centennial of the birthday of the President of the Southern Confeder acy was celebrated with great enthu siasm by the Confederate organiza tions of New Orleans, To Restoro Davis Home. Louisville, Ky., Special. ? A move ment for the restoration of the old Kentucky home of President Jeffer son Davis, whose centennial was cel ebrated, has been s<"1 on foot by the Confederate veterans of the Bluo Grass State. It is proposed that the old Davis estate, Fairview, be pre served ns a national paik, bv a simi lar plan to that innuyninted for the preservation of the Kentucky birth place of Abraham Lincoln. Celebrate in the Northwest. Spokane, Wash., Special. ? Several prominent Southerners now residing in the Northwest took part in the Jefferson Davis memorial exercises held under the auspic.s of the Mild* red K. lice chapter Daughters of t lie t 'onfederney. Memorial Day lr. HJhrrp'iis. Memphis, Petm., Special.? Confed erate memorial day \<;is < '.ivrvi'd in Memphis and other cities of Tenncs ^e, Arkansas and Mr-s .-'ppi, :i< a centennial birthday memoiial to ''resident Davis.