Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-07-10

Catl!rN, ana NV cordial TeFeNtloi!
! both by him and Mrs. Davis | will
i,re state that when my father,
! Fr,nkliu Ii Einlrrr r, presented
S,"rh Carolina in Tia, L $ Senate,
- the >nc,,..nr ~ Tie great Calh ,iiI,
J.. 20 ~ ,"A,., BEGAN. warm l"r
-. 81 it.r,l. t.li alwat- u'Oh q nu'i.'
/ tu,,.tl,r Airs. Davis and Ia! mother
' were equally a. warm IN their attach
mrnt to each other. and then only
, sin years of age, va quite pet OF
both Mr. and Mrs, DaN l.. aud was
frequently left in the care Of Mrs,
! Davis when my mother would 60 out.
| How Ne Was Commissioned.
This is by way Of introduction to
the manner In which ! gained access
to Mr. Davis presence. As | ap-
preached the house sentinel Was
walking the pavement in front of the
house and was peremptorily com.
manded to halt. and denied admit
lance Just then the front door open
I'd and "A negro looked out. imme-
diately called to him to tell Mr. Davis
that Mr. Gilmore of South Carolina"
had called. In less than minute
the door was open. and in my mind
I can now sec the noble figure of our
President as he called to me Are
you Mr. Elmore""" Yes sir
Come right in. am glad to see you.
sir. Are YOU relative of my old
friend Col Franklin n. Elmoreo'
His son. sir
All. then you are the little boy
used to dance ON my knee. in Wash.
ingtOn?''
Yes sir. the same
He then took m. Into his library.
and for half an hour cha,ted with me
upon terms of as perfect equality
as II had been Que Of his generals.
He then and there promised me to
instruct Mr. J. A. Seldom. our Score
| ond Lieutenant IN the First S. c.
Regular Infantry, which was done
shortly afterwards. said commission
bearing the signature of -. A. SEED
don. Secretary OF War"
had the pleasure OF letting your
Editor. Hon. n. II. McCreary, read
this commission which was after.
wards destroyed when my house and
contents were burned In the grea;
Jacksonville fire in 1901
was then lead by Mr.. Davis into
the small room on the right, as YOU
enter the front door. and pleasantly
recalled to the remembrance OF MR..
Ilayis. who. although the room was
full OF generals and big Officers took
me by both hands. saving she wanted
ME all to herself. aud lead me to
small tete-a-tete sofa and devoted ar.
teen or twenty minutes exclusively
to me. recalling many happy associa.
tiOns OF herself with my mother and
father. recognized the room per.
fectly. even though Quiltless of carpet
and furniture and filled instead with
only relics Of dead hope. and a dead
past.
have given the above facts In
no spirit of egotism. but rather as "a
criticism OF the Democratic tendencies
Of those DAYS. as compared to the
Republican measure OF red tape, now
necessary to the approach to any
high Government Official
I had the pleasure Of meet
ing several times at West Point.
Virginia. with the Rev. MIR.
Waugh. who used to live In Gaines
vile. He looked remarkably we'll and
enquired after many OF his old
friends-says he would be glad to come
back to Florida. and that he really
homes after some genuine Florida
syrup.
In conclusion let me give my record
of service In the Confederate States
Army--it may interest some of my
friends:
Private in cavalry company from
Columbia s. c. my uncle. Alex X
Taylor. captain on duty at Charleston
during battle of Fort Sumpter. April.
1861. Private Company c. Cavalry
Hampton Legion, arriving In Virginia
just In time for first battle OF Ma
nassas. Col Wade Hampton. wound.
ed severely. Lieutenant Col. Pen