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Show I HONOR MEMORY OF DAVIS. People of South Celebrate One Hundredth Hun-dredth Anniversary of Confederate Confeder-ate General. Now Orleann. With npproprlato exercises tho pcoplo of thu south celebrated cel-ebrated tho 100th nnnlvorsary of tho birth of Jefferson Davis on Juno 3. Tho day wns obsorved nB a whole or partial holiday In Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ten-nessee, Toxns, South Carolina, IxuIb-lnnn IxuIb-lnnn nnd Virginia, and varied between be-tween tho entire cessation of business nnd tho mere closing of public schools. In Loulslnnn tho day Is a legal holiday. It was mado mentor-nblo mentor-nblo In New Orleans this year by the1 dedication of tho slto hero for tho monument which Is to be erected to tho memory of President Davis by tho people of tho south. |