The true northerner., 1897-08-18
DEATH OF SENATOR GEORGE.
Mississippi Statesman n Victim to
Heart Disease.

Mississippi City. Miss. Aug. 16.-
United States Senator James u. George
died here Saturday. His death was not
unexpected, as he had been suffering
with heart trouble n year or more. Ia
May last he and his wife celebrated
their golden wedding. A month later
she died, and since then the senator has
failed rapidly. Two weeks ago his son
brought him 10 Mississippi City for
change of scene and air, but he got no
better.
Gov. McLaurin says he has not
thought of a successor. However. ex-
Gov. Lowry, Congressman Allen. Sulli-
van and Williams, Judge Terrell, Sen
ator-elect Money. and others are being
mentioned.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 16.-The remains
of the late Senator James u. George, who
died at Mississippi City Saturday,
reached this city Sunday at two p. IN.
and were met at the depot by an inn
mense crowd of citizens. A line of
march was formed and the remains con-
veyed TO the rotunda of the capitol,
where they will lay in state under a
military guard. Immediately after the
remains were placed on the flowery
bier in the capitol. the lid of the coffin
was removed and a ceaseless throng of
people passed in line to view for the last
time the face of the great statesman.
Those who composed the pall-bearers
were as follows: Gov. A. j. McLaurin,
State Auditor w. d. Holder. Land Com
,,,iS II NJ Gir,nntAn A Dnccn1
ex-Gov. j. NJ. Stone, Attorney-Gen-
eral w. N. Nash. Jesse Me-
Lain. Mayor Wharton, Senator Walt
hall. j. A. p. Campbell. State Treasurer
\. Q. May, S. S. Calhoun. ex-Gov. Lowry,
r. X. Wharton, T. j. Mitchell, w. L.
hemingway, r. II. Henry, Samuel Liv-
ingstone.
flames Y. George was born In Monroe
county. Ga, October 20, 1926. His father
having died In his infancy, he removed.
when eight years OF age. with his mother
to Noxubee county. Miss. where he re-
sided two years. He then removed to Car
roll county, where he was educated in
the common schools then existing. He
volunteered as private in the First regi-
ment of Mississippi volunteers In the Mex
lean war. commanded by Col. Jefferson
Davis, and was at the battle OF Monterey.
On his return he studied law and was ad-
mitted to the bar In Carroll county. He
was elected reporter Of the high court OF
errors and appeals In 1854, reelected in
1860. and prepared and published ten vol
umes OF the reports OF the decisions Of
that court, and afterwards prepared and
published digest OF all the decisions of
the supreme court and high court OF err
rors and appeals OF that state from the
admission of the state into the union, to
and including the year 1870. He was a men,
ber of the convention in Mississippi in lSG1
which passed the ordinance of secession
and he voted for and signed that instru-
ment. He was a captain in the Twentieth
regiment OF Mississippi volunteers in the
confederate states army. afterwards
brigadier general OF state troops and later
colonel of the Fifth regiment OF Mississippi
cavalry in the confederate states army.
He was chairman of the democratic state
executive committee of Mississippi in 1876
76. In 1879 he was appointed one Of the
judges of the supreme court OF Mississippi
and elected chief justice. but resigned his
seat on the supreme bench in February,
1884, to take his seat in the senate on the
4th of March In that year, and was re-
elected in 1856 and again in January, 1892
He was a member of the constitutional con-
vention OF the state of Mississippi which
was held in 1890 and framed the present
constitution Of the state. His term of serv-
ice would have expired March g. 1891