The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-10
E respect and esteem of all who know

the respect and esteem of all who know
him.
1T is not in man to command sue
cess, he can do more, deserve it,
1 recall the day fifty years ago the
news was brought across the sea by
steamer, Yacht race at Cowes, Amer
lea ahead, rest of the fleet nowhere"
how we shouted and cheered; no one in
those days thought of being loyal. and
certainly no one was disloyal. Com
plant is made that children are not as
respectful to their elders as they were
in olden days, this would seem to in
dictate that their perceptive powers are
greater; 1t may be wise action on our
part to elevate our own standard of
condust.
From the number of factory towns
where schools. libaries and other help
full influences are in working, due to
the wisdom and foresight of the mill
owners, come the most encouraging
reports of progress. At first the par
ents were Indifferent when asked to
send their children to the schools, but
the assurance that "it would not cost
them even one cent" overcame the in
ertia which is now in motion, and the
good work goes on. Whatever of blight
was contained in the system of Afri-
can slavery fell with it's most crushing
force not upon the negro, but upon
these men, women, and children, now
emerging from the darkness of
a past generation and there comes to
them the thrill of a divine discon-
tent" the recognition of the truth of
all history, the heart and essence of
all that is written in the sacred books.
Man shall not live by bread alone"
| so there is coming to these belated
wayfarers a new light a stirring of
the intellectual faculty, and with this
| a renewed and strengthened spiritual
life.
And the hopeful feature of the charm
ing story is that the return in substan-
| tial, visible, financial gain is greater
than the outlay.
The day is not far distant when it
will be found needful to feed the in
tellectual appetite as it now is to feed
the body. The mill owner is now re-
quired to purchase modern machin-
cry in order to compete with his riv-
ais, so there will arise a need to pro-
vide intelligent workers in place of
the ignorant and hence inefficient.
The effort to cause the name of the
Episcopal Church to conform to it's
formulated creed is a wise one, and
tends to hasten the time when Christ
endom will be united. What objection
could be urged to a proposition to
place upon every building devoted to
public worship the emblem of our faith
1.-The Cross"
In many of the public schools pupils
are now taught to use the left hand
as freely as the right, so that the am
bideXtrous youth will be able to strike
out with greater efficiency in any con-
test in which he may be engaged. 1t
will serve to give a renewed impetus
to pugilistic encounters, as we'll as to
do away with writer's cramp. Thus in
many ways ii will prove a benefit.
To those who hold that
'"This world is the same dull chapter
That wearied it's earliest stage"
these things may come as a note of
cheer. The pessimist is ever with us,
the optimist comes seldom; but he is
ever welcome, though he bring only
dreams and flowers of fancy.
When 1 read of the efforts of REFORM
ers from afar, who, ignorant of exist
ing conditions, essay to regulate the
relations between the races in the
South, 1 realize how much of harm
comes from such effort: yet it goes on
until one longs for a society for the
suppression of unwise reforms, even
though a few of the better sort were
involved in the disaster. The collapse
of the Evening News is a surprise to
us all, and will be a severe disappoint-
ment othe clever staff writer's, who
so we'll illustrated the up-to-date
method of journalism; but there was
not place for them. and one more is
added to the long list of failures. But
another field will open, the world has
room for its workers, and each will
find fitting place.
Vanity of vanities said the wise man,
how few of us attain our desires; but
with added years and true philosophy
we realize that success is not a need.
All that is requisite is that we con-
tinue to strive.
William Riley Boyd.