The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
WOULD CALL 1T TR0UP AVENUE
AID. CHARLTON's SUGGESTION FOR
NEW HOUSTON STREET.

"shOuId BE Named After Georgia's
Greatest Governor" He Says.
streets south of Anderson should
BE Given Names Like jackson,
walton and others Famous in the
History of Georgia and savannah.
TomOcnfchi, the Friend of oSie-
th6rpe. should Not BE Forgotten.
Alderman Charlton favors remaining New
Houston street. He also goes further
than this, and favors naming all Of the
streets south Of Anderson street which are
now designated only by numbers.
There are enough distinguished names
in Savannahs history to more than fur
nish names for ali these Streets said AL
derman Charlton yesterday.
Alderman Charlton is not an iconoclast
In TACT, ne is just the opposite, notwith-
standing the fact that he has been the
author of about the only change in street
names which has occurred in Savannah in
recent years. He is opposed to changing
the name of any street which commemo-
rates any historic parsonage whose history
or fame is interviewer with that of sa-
vannah
when 1 first went into Council" said
Alderman Charlton, Il was appealed TO
90 move for a change in the name of
Jones street 1 refused to do so. My
reasons for declining were that the name
of Jones is indeli5ly interviewer in all
that is best in the colonial history of Geor-
gia. I would not change any old name
Of this character 1 would certainly OPP
pose any movement to change the name
of Charlton street, on which l reside, and
which was named for my grandfather,
who was Mayor of this city nearly eighty
years ago, and who was Mayor during
the yellow fever epidemic of 1920 and re-
manned here in charge of the city's affairs
during that time"
The name which I had in mind for
New Houston street, and which / have
desired to give it for some time" said
Alderman Charlton, lis Troup avenue
after George NJ Troup, the greatest Gov
ernor that Georgia ever had. Gov. Troup
was admitted to the bar in Savannah and
pracuced law here for number of years.
up to the time that he was elected Gov
ernor. Some of his descendants still re-
side here. He was one of the greatest
men that Georgia ever produced. 1t was
Gov. Troup. who. when President John
Quincy Adams sent a representative here.
a major in the United States army. in
connection with the dispute over the Cher
okee lands. wrote the President, be-
ginning his letter by courteously
stating that he did so because he did NOT
desire to resort to extreme measures, but
closing by telling the President that if
he did not recall his agent he would send
him back to Washington in irons. This
provoked sharp reply, to which Gov.
Troup replied by saying that the argu-
ment was exhausted and that Georgia
stood by her arms That was the sort
of man Georgia had for Governor then. In
these days of lesser men there is a ten
dency to forget the great men of our his
tory and there is no surer way of com
meunorating them than by giving their
names to our city streets, where they will
| be daily before the eyes and upon the
! tongues of our people"
The suggestion of the Morning News, -
! continued Mr., Charlton, that New Hous-
ton street be changed to Walton avenue is
| good. but think the name of Troup is a
| better one. Walton was from Augusta.
while Troup was identified with Savannah.
| Walton was a signer of the declaration of
Il
| has remembered the other two signers
! from this state Han and Gwinnett, ii
| would be well to remember Walton also.
His name could be given to one of the new
| streets south of Anderson. Gov. James M
| Jackson is another great governor OF
! Georgia who should be remembered by the
| people of Savannah, because he was one
| of the greatest men that ever lived here
| 1t was Gov. jackson who resigned from
| the United States Senate in order to re-
! turn 10 Georgia and run for the state Fegis.
lature that he might fight the Yazoo fraud
! which he did successfully"
Ii has long been pet scheme of Alder
man Charlton's to change the name OF
! either East Broad street or West Broad
! street to TomOchichi avenue He holds that
! the great Indian friend of Oglethorpe and
| of the young colony of Georgia should he
/ remembered by the city which he befriend.
ed in its infancy and where his bones. now
rest unmarked and unknown. The propos.
al has always been laughed down how.
/ ever because Of the unusual sound of the
! name but Alderman Charlton believes tbat
/ some future Council wiz see the matter
! in the same light in which he now sees il
/ and that the memory of the friend o.
| Ogiethorpe win yet be commemorated in
! Savannah.