Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-30
STILL In THE SOUTH.
A Group Along the Gulf
of Mexico.
SAVANNAH TO NEW ORLEANS
Hsw Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana We're Named,
Nicknamed and CoIonized.

Following along in the track of the
last group oil States sketched in the
HERALD. cluster is reached in the far
south which have comparatively few
Representatives in South California.
Beginning with Georgia, IT is found
that this colony was Of English origin,
and that the Territory derived its name
from George II. of England General
James Oglethorpe, the founder OF the
colony. was a brilliant soldier. ripe
scholar, a profound statesman and had
a wide and varied experience of life in
many lands and many different enter
prises. The management of the colony
up to the revolution was OF the, wisest,
and after Georgia became an independ-
ent State, owing to the broad and con-
seryative constitution framed by her
great men. she shot so rapidly ahead Of
Eli her sisters that she received the
sobriquet of 1.-THE Empire State OF the
South" Since the war Georgia has so
RAPIDLY developed her material resources
that she retains her proud distinction.
On her seal the word Soon
stitution" written on an arch, which Is
upborne by three pillars, ia the most
conspicuous thing on the escutcheon.
On the sides are scenes taken from the
cotton and rice industries of the State.
while a light house OF. high point
Eliminates the subject of her com
merce.
The next State to be noted is Ala.
bama, which was admitted to the sister
hood Of States on the 18th of December,
1919. The name is Indian and means
Here we Rest" 1t seems to point to
the enchanting impression made by the
cline of the Sunny South on the
earliest settlers. The coat Of arms bears
in the center an oak, on which hangs an
unrolled scroll with the inscription,
MAP Of Alabama" To the left is a
team Of oxen hauling load of baled
cotton. On the right is a train of cars
receiving the same precious freight.
Who will send the HERALD the nick
name Of Alabama
Her neighbor to the west is Missis-
sippi, with her Indian name derived
from the great river, whose meaning,
1.-THE Father Of Waters everyone
knows. If one takes the map of the
Valley of the Mississippi he will find
good many Indian names, as Missouri,
Minnesota, and Minnehaha, bearing more
or less resemblance to the appellafion of
the great river Of the west, and all con-
nected with water.
Mississippi was admitted as State
December 10th, 1877. Her escatcheon
bears an American eagle on the stump Of
great pine tree. holding in his beak
shield engraved with the stars and
stripes. On one side gang of negroes
soldiers illustrates the military ardor OF
her sons. The people bear the sobriquet
"Blaeklegs." which seems to point to
the palmy days when they raced steam.
boats on the river with q big negro on
the safety valve to keep the steam in,
and when the excitement of waiting for
the results of such a wild form of sport
was partly allsyed by lingering the
s'pasteboards" around the board,
while hundreds, thousands, tens OF
thousands, cargoes of cotton, planta-
tions, fortunes, were boldly staked on
the turn of the cards in game of poker.
This had no flavor Of any common gam
bling about it. 1t was not so much q
matter of skill as Of pluck. There was
little cheating about it. II any man at
tempted to ''stock the cards" he did it
at his peril. II detected the punish
ment was all but invariably swift and
sure. In any phase of the game it re-
quired blood, hot and red to play it.
The next State, Louisiana. is one with
q name not OF Indian origin. She gets
her speculation from the first French
colonists. who gave the territory the
name Of their King. Louis XIV. After
Thomas Jefferson acquired the territory
for the United States State was formed
and admitted to the Union on the sth Of
April, 1912. In the center of her coat
Of arms is shield, on the top Of which,
are cmblazoned thirty-six stars, und&r,.
meath these is the word Justice. sur
mounting its emblem. pair of scales. A
pelican feeding her nest OF young is on
the bottom OF tho shield. On the left is
a steamboat at one Of the big docks OF
the Crescent City," which is being
loaded with cotton. On the right Is
scene from another great industry ofthe
State, sugar plantation. A scroll
along the bottom edge bears the motto.
nUnion and Confidence. Louisiana is
the Creole State.