Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-22

NoiicSe OF charleston, is chairman of
thc committee on promotion of state
interests; Mr.. w. *. Tate. principal of
the Memminger Normal School. is
chairman of the Committee on Advance
Membership, and the chalrmen of the
other committees have been selected
WITH n special regard TO their familiar
ny with the work assigned them. The
names of the chairmen given are noted
only Tor the purpose OF showing what
deep ana intelligent interest is mari
tested in the community in the cominl;
OF the teachers.
There is not the least doubt that
Charleston. which has long been ia
nous for its hCspitable care of those
who honor it with their presence, viii!
surpass on this occasion its best
achievements. 1t will be of Interest; to
the teachers probably to know that the
committees intend to protect their
friends from the cNactions Of those who
would in some other place perhaps try
To make the asscmblage OF SO large Il
number of persons an opportunity for
sailing down the shekels." Visitors
may expect absolutely fair treatment
on the part of the hotels and boarding
houses and transportation companies.
Assurances have been given by the
mana cement of these places of enter
tainment that there will be no attempt
whatever ut Sougng. and the commit
credly.
Some fear has been expressed by
those who do not understand physical
geography that the temperature of
Charleston at the time of the meeting
of the Convention will be oppressive,
but the official records of Charleston
and the records OF the United States
weather bureau, covering II 11rriurf Of
one hundred years. show that in no
~ ,lNfs 4.
temperature more cquable and pleas
ant than il is in Charleston. The range
of the thermometer here is not nearly
so high on the average as it is in Boz
ton. New York, Asbury Park and Sara
toga. and ut the time the Convention
WAS in session last year in Los Angeles,
and the delegates to that Convention
We're suffering from intense heat, the
people of Charleston found light
blankets to be necessary to comfort.
Another quality of the summer tenn
pcrature in Charleston is that sun
prostrations are exceedingly rare here.
Charleston. being situated directly OH
the Atlantic Ocean, enjoys all the adj
vantages of the southwest trade winds,
which blow at that season of the year
continually and on account of their in
fiuence extreme heat il prevented.
The chief purpose of inviting the Ma
tional Educational Association to hold
it's convention in this city was TO place
the South in the closest possible touch
with the educational! interests of the
world. 1t is hoped that there will be
large attendance from all the Northern,
Eastern and Weste States-there is a
certainty that the teachers of the South
will be here in full force. What is
needed in the South is encouragement
of lis educational interest, the elbow
touch with the teachers of the nation.
and this necessity should be impressed
upon those who are really concerned
about the illterate conditions which
prevail in large part of the Southern
country.
Charleston is to-day the typical city
OF the South. Its name has ever been
with all for pluck and valor. It's his
tory is closely identified with the his
tory of the United States. Established
at Albemarle Point. on the west bank
of the Ashley river, i'll April. 1910. ii
was named in honor OF Charles Second.
who had granted TO the Lords Proprie-
tors exclusively the land including the
Carolinas. In 1872 the colony, which
"Old Town Creek" was moved TO the
present location of the city on the mar
row neck of land between the Ashley
and CHOPPER rivers, by an order of John
Heamans. Governor. in July. 1872. BY
1871 the new settlement had become so
much more important than the original
one that its name was changed to New
Charles Town." and in 1850 it was made
the seat OF government. The immigra-
ton was also SO rapid in those carly
days that the town became one Of the
most imSortant in the country. The
hrst French Protestant immigrants who