The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
SOCIETY FOR SIGNERS
Descendants of Declarations
Fathers Organize.
MEN AT THE SHOW
Trust Tendencies Denounced by
President of National Association
Meeting at Inside Inn-Amcricnn
Boys Have a Day of Their own at
jamestown Exposition.

/ Special to The Washington Herald
! jamestown Exposition Grounds, July s.
A society to be known as the Descendants
Of the Declaration Of Independence was
/ to-day formally organized In a room cor
| responding to that in which the Declara-
/ tion was signed AT the Pennsylvania Ex-
position Building, a reproduction of Inde-
/ pendence Hall. at Philadelphia.
/ The desc cendants intend that theirs shall
be one of the chief patriotic societies Of
/ the country William Shields Mackean,
who has led the movement for the or
ganization. was elected temporary chair
man. Thomas jefferson Randolph, Of
/ Norfolk, was elected temporary secretary,
/ and October 10 next was set as the date
/ for the next meeting. wnen a committee
of thirteen. to be appointed by the chair
man. will submit "a constitution and by
4 laws for adoption. This meeting will be
/ held at the exposition.
Several of the descendants present ex-
| pressed their views on the desirability
Of the organization. among them being
/ Judge Mathewson. Of Connecticut Mr..
Bartlett Of New Hampshire; Mr.. Stock
tor. of New Jersey, and Mr. Randolph.
of Georgia, the last-named a great-great-
grandson Of Thomas Jefferson.
Tobacco Men In Session.
Members Of the Tobacco Association OF
the United States from Virginia, North
Carolina. South Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Ohio. were here in large
numbers to-day for the eighth annual
convention. called 10 order in the Inside
Inn on the Exposition grounds
The address of President T. NJ. Caring
ton Of Richmond which gave a deal Of
statistical data bearing on the growth
and consumption Of tobacco. and the
reading Of the minutes of the last meet
iuE In New York. constituted the work
of the first day of the convention. This
afternoon the members took "a water
trip to the capes Of Virginia.
The annual election of officers will oc-
cur tomorrow. Officers of the associa-
ton present to-day were. y. NJ Caring
ton. Of Richmond president; w. D. Col
/ |lins. of Louisville, first vice president; W.
/. Petty. of Rocky Mount. n. c.. second
vice president, C. H. Bahmon Of Louis
vile, third vice president, and John q.
Hagan, Of Richmond, secretary and treas
ure-.
Mr.. Darlington. in his report paid his
. respects TO the trusts and m0aopclisue
tendency of the times. declaring that to-
bacco recently declared 10y a duly consti-
;utcd court 90 be- "a necessity hsd been
affected by the various economic and con-
stituuoual questions of the day. The
speaker declared that the man who owns
his business. Unafiliatcd with a trust Of
any kind. the farmer and an other iHde-
pendent i'm business form the embodiment
OF the best type in the nation. and every
thing that tends 90 minimize this class
must be to the hurt Of the country.
American Boys Own Day.
American Boy Day was celebrated to-
day with elaborate exercises 1T the Audi
torium. consisting of oratl0ns. declama-
tlons and music by expert boy talent
gathered from all parts Of the country 10y
W. G. Sprague editor of American Boy,
of Detroit. Mich. who was I'm charge
The programme was made up mostly Of
boys. with the exception Of an opening
address 10y President Tucker, of the cx-
position. 1t included an address Of vel
come by Joseph =. Earnest. jr.. of Nor
folk. a response by Courtiand Venquay,
Of Chandler. Okla. Grafton. Virginia I'm
History" by Joseph NJ Miller. of Cam
den. Ala. prize poem. Boys Of Amer
Pa; orations by Umphrey Lee Of Silkes-
ton. No; Field r. Marine. Of Valparaiso.
Ind; Harold SorheH, Granite Falls. Mimi,
and Gentry Travis Powell of Pcttus.
Tex; a defamation by Morrison Chal-
mers. Of Chicagoi prize essay, "On the
Settlement Of jamestown" by Earl ".
Tucker. OF Syracuse, y. y and musical
numbers by Gilroy Stein. Of Richmond,
G. r Snyder. Of Logansvillo, Pa; T. NJ
Downing. Of Macomb, H., T. W. Boiling
of Richmond, and Wayne Calhoun, Of
Tuscola. ILL.,
Had to Translate for Deaf.
The eighth annual convention Of the
National Association Of the Deaf called
10 order I'm Norfolk yesterday. met to-
day in the auditorium AZ the Exposition.
Lieut.. Gov. J. r. Ellyson, of Virginia,
welcomed the visitors TO Virginia and the
Exposition The lieutenant governors
and all other uttered speeches were trans
lated into the sign language by John E.
Ray, of Raleigh, \. C.. Following Mr.
ElIyson's address Mrs. O'Rourke, Of Buff
falo. read a message of greeting from
Cardinal Gibbons. G. W. VediXt, Of Colo
RADIO, president Of the association, deliv-
cred an address on THE Future Of the
American Deaf" b. p. owen, ir., private
secretary 10 Gov. Swanson, also made an
address. Discussion followed the reading
of papers on "The Growing of Fruit by
the Deaf by i. A. Devine. Of Tennessee,
and The Deaf in Organizations Of the