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receiving three crones and > sil ver medal.' In 1920 he made his opera debut at the Constanzi the atre in Haaaenet’a “Manon.” For his New York debut Mr. Lauri- THB BANNER-HERALD. The Life and Character of President Jefferson Davis T AKE your wash list of clothes returned by your washer woman Saturday. Figure cost to you compared with our reduced price list below. You will find our chaiges approximately tne same as those you are paying now. We Use At This Laundry Absolutely Pure Water! — No Chemicals! — You Get No Germs! 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The Daughters of the Con federacy in Athens w.:t appreciate ! it, if you will copy these extracts ho aid the essay work in Athens. M. RUTHERFORD, President Laura -Rutherford Chapter, U. D. C. Editor of the New Haven (Conn) Register says: “There is something to sa^ about Jcferson Davis and bis ad mission to the Hall of Fame. It is high time it was 1 said. It is high time that the mist which far half a century has dstorted the North’s view of this son of thfc South was cleared away. It is in justice that the man; who in his day suffered more than any other, Southerner lor liie cause in which he believed, should cease to be reckoned a traitor and s cow ard and be esteemed for what he was, a brave, true .Southern gen tleman. . . . Tho South will, never cease to admire the' man of iron nerve, oC dauntless <j}ura'0s, of -easelcss iovalty, 6f unsullied hon or, of tireless energy, of 'peerless chivalry, who suffered and dared Horace Greejey would testify thal they would be proved guilty o. lying not Mr. David of murder: I: tried for treason not Mr. Davli but the whole Republican party would be tried for trpaaon, and Chief. Justice Chase would tcstlf; to this. If, tried /or, enmity at 'has. Ctana -ovoul, Andersonvillc, Cl testily to the falsil —yet thoFe. ‘ Air. Davis in p; every day after -jvoi this charge ’eminent kept two jrtars, a*' oi a dozen more pears the .Republican continued to pour on Mn. name streams of sulphuric Extract from the ape'f k of Miss M. Rutherford, Historian of the Laura Rujtatfoad Chapter, U. D C. The South must have her rightful place in History: Jefferson Davis need* no otter vindication than the test that the United' States authorities dated not bring him to trial as a traitor or rebel but left his cape in the hands of the Supreme Court on a technical point and there it re mains today. (See Chief Justice Chase’s Report), Judge Joeeph 'Holt paid large sums for wlt*c-«ee to testify against President Davis. When the. committee met fb in. md all but died for the qause h. i „ ..SCSi tte?C SKgtfl. wit oved and lost. Of that >ost of I ve,tl F ate the charges, the Wit- true men who gave their best and their ail for the Confederacy, be cause in their deepest hearts they believed they were .doing right none was more sincere that he; Of that multitude who lined up for the struggle againrt. their brothers of the North, none was ibraver, /.lone was nobler. His sacrifice was is extreme as it was sincere, and his treatment by tho victors, af- er the crash came was sore medi cine for a heart that was break- "“What 'bitter time could there) A ^J ra ( He was accused of being arrest ed in woman’s dress. Those who arrested him testify to the falislty pf this charge. 1 have the affidavit* of these Union men. The Federal authorities, up- up receiving General Wilson’* telegram, ordered the woman’* clothe* to be produced. They wen never able to do it. Testimony of Jae. H. Parker, El- burn, Pa., copied from Portland be to signify, by the pladnirf! VJ™ rSSHH his statue in the nation’s capital 1 nJ.InHc.r, h!!tlThinV l»°f. that the wounds of that war are Tw^witt ^ hralp.l I tint in -fhn hlnnN a, I *° *"• * *** tlta Party that healed, that inta btote of 4^|“ H! 2- *"! ^ ors shed the Union is forever men ted on a foundation that atand-: ;th sure? Then letr his pre.ent-15 5* AJ^JK £*&**&*•. ment stand erect, noble, command. „„„„ nr „ m „„ n , did not have on at the time he was ng, impressive as he stoodTTthe!^h^o'^hR lays when he was master of the' .Laj™”". destinies of h.lf a nation. . . .Let ‘ ““fc* manly feeling of revenge.” | When it comes to the genuine Would one think from this that'“blown in the bottle,*, really and President Davis regretted ike truly original kind of stxaphone itand he took in ’61? \Never! Hear Phtytag there is no one quite i<ke _ __ Amatl instrument which be.*** •him again in that same speech:* I Jennie Krueger. He was‘not born 1647 ’. u ** one 0 f th. “It has been said that I should wl £ • saxophone In hta mouth or known to be in exi.tence » nd 2 »pply to the United States for a ■"*•'*“* that but he has formerly the propertv t. * narrlnn* Knf Miunian«« I bean nlavimr nnr* sinuj tho lrnno r *> 1 • 01 «Ttn« pardon; but repentance must nr*. I bc,n P'»y in 8 one since the knee ;ede the right of pardon, an! I P* nts d »y®- Whistle a few bars have not repented. Remembering, 6® I must, ell which has been *ui’- feted, all which ha* been lost, dis appointed hopes, and crushed as- ’■rations, s»t I deliberately say, if H were to do over again, I would do jui£as I did in 1861." Would one . say while stressing loalt to the'Union and to the Na tional flag. President Davis meant -hat our children should ho taught to forget the things for which their fathers fought? Not at all! Heal him again: “Never teach your children to admit that their fathers were wrong in their efort to maintain the sovereignty, freedom and in dependence which was ‘heir in alienable birthright I cannot be- ueve that the causes for which out sacrifices were made can ever be lost, but rather hope that those who now deny the justice of our asserted claims will learn from ex perience-that the fathers bullderf wisely and the Constitution should Ibe construed according to the com mentaries of these men who mad? It. Not ono could touch his charac- te* morally—pure In thought, pure j n speech, pure In life, and pure of grand opera or a Billy Sunday Hymn, It’s all the same to Bennie, but when his saxaphoor begins the arrangers start putting down the notes for a new -lance num ber is In the creative stage nnd will soon be on the whirling discs. _6UNDAV, MARCH ,* Willem WiII»w» Eu . , 7^. SJt- to Mr.WUtote’s.hi.*' this historic instrument 7T forth a ‘cello tune which P u c „ til ,h f *"» concert ? ° f the day. .Many p h 0 £ graph and concert fans can tS iteianf y ° f thiS "“W nesses swore Conover had told fn religious professions. His mis- them to swear to the. falsehoods, take* had to be conceded were of the head—not the heart. Why it it that such a character as his ir not offener held up by ministerr of the gospel, public speakers and teachers for the youth of our lane’ to emulate? . (im. * ■hat, though lost, was not whollyi"1,". , . ... 'aln. since it taught brothers to cealed - He wore a hat and did not am* Vince Lau^nu orouicrs to _ __** t-*,. * ippredate a relationship they were 1 j 15 * ,’ n danger of forgettin.g And not!?S jiff napprcpriatcly might there b« w2s nmnt ft iS ta ^5? •arved on it the inscription which! T* , **,? an unknown poet of the South | once suggested for hi. statue: Mv wiv u^dv l k. n, » “Write cn its base. *we loved X5 undignl him.’ All tliese years I * etI ' on W occa,lon - folded lincc that torn flag wo’ve been true. The love that bound us now re vealed. in tears. Like webs unseen till Aeavy with He was accused of using his of fice as Secretary of War under President Pierce to arm the South the dew-' ” Tho writer of this article knew Mr. Davis personally, aiui in his his 1 home at .Beauvoir was for war. Klmonaa Aprons 16c Skirts Aprons 4c Underskirts Aprone, bunialosr 15c Waists. .7...... 6c CounSupulnee Nurse's Uniform 40c Pants 6c Table Ulothes Handkerchiefs..:...... lc Rompers'..... - 6c Table Cloths; round . 6c Towels, both 6c Towels, roller 3c 2c 10« Sc 10c lc «Under Shirts 6c Bodies 2c Napkins Chemise 10c Drawers 3c Rag* .................. 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P ro J“ *tet the South .Vr :had no share of the arm* that ted C., to Washington’, Ga ^ __ home of Mr. Davis no word of bit-! n"rnv imuitriuJm terness toward even those who had arousedttktai •lespitefully used him was heard 1 was accused or taktns "io |fol of the day, evidently feeling the rh.* eltv Ml Indignity that was 'daily heaped, taking large urns,-of gold belonging to the ’onrederi upon him by those who, forgettim ; tjficd to^the^dhmosithln'of ?ll nSd tethng, also learned nothing Of I SS» ! ri3 3f° 1» he spo H e tn ?*f, government and President D in kindly terms, instaneffig h « j received none. When arrested, the fine capacity for Hlu.tiT.tmg Us preslteot ted no. gold^-only a meaning with apt anecdote., gn | S m«II amount in Confederata billr accomplishment in which _ “he UBon hi* person or in Us posses- thought few public men bad ex celled him. Though in Co'ngress at the tame timo as Mr. Lincoln, hs stated that he ted no rccoiec- tion of his personality. Yn an article which was written by the writer of this after his visit to Mr, Davis the following is found: “Not by'word or tone did tMs chief of the greatest of civil wars express other than respect for the memory of that other meat Ken tuckian who, like himself, sat in a Presidential chair and held in his tends the destinies of. a great people i during the:, struggle be tween the two finest armies of volunteers the world has ever known.” sion. mo misrepresentations have been endless, but not one has touched the character of the marl to blur it, and these calumnies re acted upon many pitferrtng them. Polk Johnson, “Confederate Vet eran {F Louiavilts, Ky., January, 1920: "The most remarkable man of his day in many nsoccta, the chief of the greatest civil star the world ha* known, the head of a govern ment and army which, considering their resources or the lack of them, put on record the greatest military achievements of the age; the unfaltering advocate of an idea wUch he refuses to abandon in the face of defeat, which idea represents the opinions of the founders of the povcmmeit and the spirit of, the Constitution*, be sits by the side of the sea, a elt- isen of no land under the sun; proscribed, misrepresented, and derided, yet accepting it ml with out a mumur and calmly r.*sL ing his case for those who will come after all of us to decide, core ■clous of the uprightness of his neblie and private career, his faith ful devotion toshla State and sts- tion, and the honesty pf bis P noses. -Surrounded by Ms faml .. te as calmly and bravely awaits the end, which cannot be f*r away how, as he faced the storm of San ta Anna’s bullets in ’Mexico bore the indignity of chains the horrors of a dungeon in later vears. Kindly, gentle old man! When that good gray head is pil lowed upon the bosom of vout beloved Mississippi, may' there come one who will write upon the pages of history the fair' record of vour brave, upright, and hon ored life, for it has been and Is all of these, deny It as your bit- terest adversary may!” ' . “In vain Mr. D«vls requested to bt taken Into open court. They would not for they knew that ted no particle of evidence on which t« convict him. Were he tried fo> Lincoln’s murder, Judge Shea and -.1^.,, ■■ • — Ridmth, the historian—one whe Had ?lten «ono of John Brown T s ardent defenders—ono who had never been Able tp see any good .in Jiff Brian Davit—-after know- big him face to face, and after be- ing welcmaeif as a guest at Beau voir, said: “Jefferson Davis, war the ideal embodiment of sweetness goodnass and light’’' To me it has always been the greatest enigma that ono who ir ilitical life had rendered many services* of value to the United States government when Secretary of War under President Pierce, should have been arrested Imprisoned, manacled, refused a trial, denied citizenship, forced te twenty yean of martyrdom just because he stood by the Consti tution of th* United States as he ted been taught to do at the Mili tary Academy under United States authority. ' Dr. Czavbn, his prison physician, gave this testimony: “The mors I saw of 1iim the more I was convinced of his sin- ire religipu* convictions. 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