The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-20
"THE SOUTH ILLUSTRATED"
The Resources and People of the
Southern Sfnfes

The Illustrator Company, a southern cor
poration with headquarters in Atlanta,
has issued and is now delivering to sub
scribers work of Importance to the south
1t Is a quarto volume, bound in heavy,
dark morocco, printed upon enamelled pa
per, and illustrated with upwards of five
hundred half-tone engraVings. 1t is attrac-
tive In workmanship and mechanical ex-
cellence, as well as valuable in it's con-
tents.
The book embodies first an official his
tory of the Cotton States and Information
al Exposition. which makes II important
as statistical work and has already
created an extensive demand for it in
public and general Libraries of the north
as well as the south. The major portion of
the over five hundred pages is dedicated
to an attractive and comprehensive ex-
hibit of the beauties and material riches
of all the southern states and to the par
traitures of the south distinguished men
and their homes. There are full page en-
cravings of each state capitol from Virgin
la to Texas, and con-
densed but complete history of every state.
After the engravings of each capital, the
history of the state, the portrait and
sketch of the present governor, and gen
eral matter of this sort, the cities are
taken up, their development and progress
etc, exhibited in illustrations, and por-
traits given Of the men who are promi-
nently identified with internal growth or
the professions and public service. The
world has never looked on this section of
the country as 1t should. In ante-bellum
days the southern white population was
regarded merely as a handful of rich
planters comminged with thousands of
slaves and a few mechanics, and now de-
void of the spirit and energy necessary to
build cities, plant manufactures and de-
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schools and encourage art and literature.
In point of truth, the south has not been
as slow to do all this as it has been ,se TO
the fact that IL has been done ana that
the southern people are daily pushing on
TO other achievements and successes.
South Illustrated was brought out by
an enterprising company of young men
recognizing the need of the country to be
better known in order to draw more capt.
tai and more population and thus assist
development.
Savannah is attractiveiy represented.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry and the
First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, both
do honor to the city by their representa-
ton. The former has full picture Of
the company and the latter of its officers.
There is a Well-written history of the
Light Infantry and of the Volunteers, the
gallant past and the present organization
of each body. The closing paragraph OF
the former historic sketch is very strik-
ing: "Georgians everywhere, in all the
length and breadth of this great common
wealth have ever accorded the need of
praise so fairly won, and ever look with
pride and satisfaction upon the name and
fame of the heroic Barlow and his gallant
corps, the Og,ethorpe Light Infantry.
among the buildings. scenes and monu-
ments OF Savannah are the Morning News
building, the Palmer Hardware Company's
building, the Savannah Brewery, the Cor
don, Jasper, Pulaski, and Greene monu-
ments, the fountain in Forsyth park, view
on the river looking south, the Vernon
VISTA Exchange. A full page engraving Of
Mr.. ID. b. Testers home and others There
arc fine portraits of at least fifty of Sa-
vannah's citizens: Among them Col Geo.
A. Mercer, Col. J. II. Estill, Hon Pope
Barrow. the Chatham Bank officials, the
members Of the Palmer Hardware Com
pany, Hon. Fleming duBignon, Capt. ID.
9. Purse Col. y. w. Wrenn MIR. II. =.
RaVenel and others.
Altogether the volume Is a work Of inter
est, and IL will be appreciated here. In q
letter from Mr.. G. r. Rouss, the New York
millionaire. widely known in connection
with the Battle Abbey movement. and af-
ter acknowledging the receipt of a copy of
the book ordered by him. commends II I'm
the highest terms In regard to its features,
and calls IL the best monument 10 the he
roic energy OF a heroic people" The Illus
traitor Company, Atlanta, will answer all
inquiries regarding the work.