The Washington herald., 1907-07-06
SOCIETY FOR SIGNERS
Descendants Of Declarations
Fathers Organize.
TOBACCO MEN AT THE SHOW
Trust Tendencies, Denounced by
President of National Association
Meeting nt Inside Inn-Americnn
Boys Have "A Day of Their Own nt
jamestown Exposition.

Special TO Tie 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-
ton was signed at the Pennsylvania Ex-
position Building. a reproduction Of Inde-
pendence Han. at Philadelphia.
The descendants intend that theirs shall
be one of the chief patriotic societies Of
the country. William Shields Mackean,
who mas 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, when committee
of thirteen. 20 be appointed by the chair
man. will submit a constitution and by
laws for adoption This meeting viii he
held at The exposition
Several Of the descendants present ex-
| pressed their views on the desirability
Of the organization. among them being
Judge M1thewson of Connecticut Mr..
/ Bartlett. Of New Hampshire; Mr.. Stock
ton 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
/
convention, called TO order in the Inside
/ Inn on the Exposition grounds.
/ The address OF President r. 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
/ ing. In New York. constituted the work
of the first day of the convention. This
/ afternoon the members took a water
trip 10 the capes Of Virginia.
/ The annual election of officers viii oc-
cur tomorrow. OGfcers of the associa-
/ tlon present to-day were. r. NJ Caring
/ ton. of Richmond. president, W. d. Col
|lus. of Louisville, first vice president; W.
/ /. Petty. Of Rocky Mount. y. c., second
vice president; G.. H. Bahmou, Of Louis
willie. third vice president, and John O.
I Hagan, Of Richmond, secretary and treas
urer.
/ Mr Darlington. I'm his report paid his
. respects 90 the trusts and mouopolisua
/ tendency of the times. declaring that to-
|bacco recently declared by a duly consu-
tuted court 20 boz necessity had been
affected by the various economic and con-
|stituuoual questions Of the day. The
/ speaker declared that the man who owns
his business. unamIated with a trust Of
any kind. the farmer and all other indie
/ pendent in business. form the embodiment
o. the best type in the nation. and every
/ thing that tends 20 minimize this class
must be 10 the hurt of the country.
American Boys own Day.
/ American Boy Day was celebrated TO-
day with elaborate exercises at the Audi
/ t5rium. consisting of orations. declama-
tIons. and music boy expert boy talent
gathered from an parts of the country by
/ ". G. Sprague. editor Of American Boy
/ of Detroit Mich. who was iu charge
/ The programme was made up mostly OF
/ BOYS. with the exception of an opening
/ address by President Tucker Of the ex-
| position Ii included an address Of vel
/ come by Joseph p. Earnest, jr., of Nor
/ folk. q response by Courtland Teuquay.
Of Chandler Okla; Grafton, Virginia in
/ History" by Joseph NJ Miller. OF Cam
/ den. Ala. prize poem. Boys Of Amer
/ lca." by Samuel V Swarr, Of Landsvilla
/ Pa, oratious by Tmphrey Lee, Of Silkes-
/ ton. No. Field r. Marine. Of Valparaiso,
| Ind. Harold Sorlen. Granite Falls. Mimi,
/ and Gentry Travis Powell. of Pettus,
/ Tex: a defamation by Morrison Chal-
/ mers. OF Chicago, prize essay. "On the
/ Settlement Of Jamestown. by Earl W.
J Tucker, Of Syracuse. y. y. and musical
numbers by GiIr0y Stein. Of Richmond;
! c. r. Snyder. Of LogansyilIe. Pa; T. NJ.
/ Downing of Macomb, H., T. vs.. Boiling
/ Of Richmond. and Wayne Calhoun, Of
/ Tuscola ILL.,
Had 10 Translate for Deaf.
The eighth annual convention Of the
! National Association Of the Deaf, called
TO order in Norfolk yesterday. met to-
day in the auditorium at the Exposition
! Lieut.. Gov. J. T. 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.
/ EHys0n's address Mrs. O'Rourke, Of Buff
/ falo. read a message of greeting from
/ Cardinal Gibbons @. ". Vedixt, Of Colo
RADIO. president Of the association, deliv-
| cred an address on THE Future Of the
American Deaf" b p. Owen jr., private
! secretary TO Gov. Swanson, also made an
/ address Discussion followed the reading
| of papers on "The Growing Of Fruit by
| the Deaf by l. A. Devine. Of Tennessee
and "The Deaf in Organizations Of the
Hearing VS.. Organizations Of Their own"
| by a. l.. Pach. Of New York. The assO-
citation had banquet tonight