The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-05
THE cITY'S BEST INTERESTS.
DIR. JORDAN POINTS OUT WHAT SA-
VANNAH Is AND OUGHT TO BE.


for intellectual a. Wen as Mate
rial DcVeIOpmc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Enterprises and Farming should
He tnduced-Home industries and
Home Merchants should BE Pa
trOnized-Nice in savannah should
BE Stamped out-HiGh License for
Liquor Dealers.
THE Best Interests of Savannah was
the subject of the sermon preached al
the Savannah Baptist Church by Rev.
Dr. John d. Jordan. last night. Through
out, the talk was thoroughly practical,
and the speaker was followed by the
CONGREGATION with no little interest DIT.
Jordan has taken his stand with several
other ministers for the development OF
the city in a commercial ana industrial
way and believes the end can best he ac-
complished by adherence TO religious
principles and the correction Of abuses
that exist.
Without turning his pulpit into a lee
ture platform, he said but with relg-
ious purposes in view, he entered upon
discussion of those things that suggest
ed themselves to his mind as offering the
best opportunities for the advancement
of the interests of the city, believing that
business should be introduced into rehs-
ion and religion into business.
DR. Jordan commended the pro bono
pubIico spirit saying that it should ever
be uppermost in the mind of a good el'l-
zen The selfish clement of human ma
ture should be eliminated for the ad-
vancemcnt OF the welfare of a city ma
teriaIly and religiously. thereby tending
more surely to this end and uphttlng' at
the same time, the character OF all VINO
watch the general rather than personal
interest.
Upon a former occasion, at meeting
of the merchants of the city, when ne
was invited to make an address, Or. Jor-
dan referred TO tendency of savannah
10 live too much in its past with a dis
regard for the future, saying that ne
has been reminded of his own Struggling
efforts in the ministry just after leaving
the theological seminary, when about ali
the encouragement he received was a pat
on the back and the assurance that he
had a future before him. No substantial
pecuniary returns for his labors came
for many months and he had begun 10
think he said that his future lay behlnd
him. He again told of the way they nave
in other cities of pointing with pride to
magnificent manufactures or great en-
terprises, while Savannahtans ask Vlsi-
tors If they have seen Bonaventure.
HIS hearers were duNA90t " WI
tribute by any means of their power
TO the upbuilding of the city, inducing
the establishment of manufacturing en-
terprises and the redemption of the fertile
lands in the vicinity from their yearly
growth of weeds, making garden spots OF
those places that are now disregarded-
Home industries should, by all means, be
patronized, as business life of a communl-
ty depends upon the support Of those who
make it up.
To the need for intellectual development
Dr. Jordan believes there is not sum-
cient importance attached. Savannah mas
never impressed him as having the prop
er advantages for the cultivation of the
intellect and the shaping of the finer feel
ings. The clubs and schools do not ap-
peal to visitors as offering all that is re-
CURED for in the one there is lacking
a>regard for the fine arts and learning
and in the other provisions is not made
for such preparation as would mt the pu-
pills for admission to the very best col
leges and universities in tne country.
free library filled with the best works Tor
general instruction and improvement
would be an institution to fin q great need
and. instead of so many social clubs, there
should be others for the cultivation OF
music and the arts.
II would not say" said the pastor, that
Savannah Is the worst city in the world,
nor would l say il is the best Whatever
its condition may be, I do say that there
is room for betterment. That is true OF
all cities. If the moral tone in this ana
other places We're what it should be we
would have no gambling dens and no
haunts of vice into which our young men
are enticed for their ruin. No one, with
the interest of his city at heart, should
patronize or run any place devoted 10
gambling. It is one of the most unholy
of passiOns-a desire TO get something for
nothing, to take from a fellow man and
give him nothing in return.
Il suppose 1t would be folly for any
man to advocate total prohibition in Sa-
vannah, but the many corner grogshops
are a menace to the city, and some means
should be adopted to remove This threat
ening danger. Certainly a good dose of
high license would be no less effective
than needed. The number Of such places
would be curtailed. and many of the low
est forms of vice and depravity, lacking
the inspiration of bad whisky. would be
either totally eliminated or made less of
a stencil in the nOstrls of The better ele-
ment. The city should show sentiment
in favor of high license 10 remove the
disabilities under which she labors and
that will impede her progress until such
steD is taken
Sabbath When ] see old men in knee
pants and the other raiment that go to
make up sporting costumes hurrying on
Sunday morning TO play some game
when / see others with every evidence Of
being bound on hunting or fishing trips
my heart is made sad. We cannot con-
troll this, but we can make it an unsavory
practice by using our influence against
II and creating opposition to such a man
ner OF spending the Lords holy day.
Leaving out all question Of morals and
religion, We should devote the seventh
day to rest, for the physical man is there
by greatly benefited II is known that
one can do more work in six DAYS by rest