The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-16
1776. Jasper Spring. 1902.
Erected by
the Lachlan Mcintosh Chapter,
Daughters of the American
Revolution.
A Toast to the Daughters.

The ladies then insisted upon Mrs.
Charles w. Fairbanks. president gem
eral of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, being the first to drink of
the waters of the spring, dipped from
the font. Very gracefully Mrs. Fair
banks responded, at the same time
proposing a toast to the Daughters.
Hon. Walter G. Charleton, responding
to the insistence of the ladies, spoke
briefly. winning approving smiles by
addressing them as MY dear Daugh-
ters." Mr.. Charlton eulogized Jasperl
and, growing reminiscent, recalled the
fact that lovelorn youths and maids, in
days that, in Difference to his own sum-
mers, he said, were of years not so far
agone, were wont to gather about the
spring, which was then encircled by
magnificent trees, and not, as now. de-
spoiled of its sylvan shades. But" -
said the speaker, never in those DAYS
dld 1 see this historic spot in so fair a
setting as to-day renders more beauti-
ful its charm" This and one or two
other as graceful tributes to his fair
audience completed Mr.. Charlton's con-
quest, and he retired amid plaudits.
Dr. j. w. Newton, a grea t-rfephew of
Sergt. Newton, Sergt. Jasper's com
panlon in the affair of the spring. ad-
dressed the assemblage briefly, inter-
esting his hearers in the recital of the
trip of his grandfather and his great
uncle to Charleston, where Sergt. New
ton died aboard a prison ship.
Mrs. Fairbanks was then called
upon for few words. and with her
usual grace and eloquence responded.
patriotic illusions to the heroism of
Jasper were made, and a love of coun-
try and the ideals of the Republic was
commended.
Drank Springs Waters.
This was the concluding feature of
the exercises. Gathered about the
spring, ladies and gentlemen then mar
took of the waters. These flowed but
gently, the bold stream of which his
tory tells having, disappeared. None
could descant, either, upon the crystal
mud, for 1t was of a cloudy consist
ency that threatened chills and fever
In every drop. But sparingly did the
visitors partake, and their indulgence
seemed inspired more by a desire to
say that they had drunk of the waters
OF the famous spring. rather than to
satiate q thirst. When this patriotic
impulse had been gratified. the ono
glass doing duty as a loving cup. con-
Veyances We're taken to the city.
Judge Barrow's Address.
Judge Barrow's address was a. re-
view of Sergt. Jasper's heroic deeds
He said:
Mesdames; -"Dulce ct decorum est
pro patria mort"
These lines of the Latin poet first
written 1000 years ago. true as
they are, express but half of a great
truth. The poet was Speaking From
the standpoint of the hero TO whom
1t was sweet and pleasant to die for
his couStry. Looking from the stand
point OF his country upon the hero's
death. we have the other side of the
picture. To the people he is glorified
into a martyr.
There is nothing which apneals 90
powerfully to the human heart as The
spectacle of the death of one who Of
ters up his life for his country The
great orator may excite the emotions
control the passions and SWAY The
reason of the multitude. The poet NAV
delight them with a charm which
never fades. The painter and the scnln-
tor win fame, but 10 none of these
Is that popular worship given which
the people lavish upon the memory ~
their heroes who gave up their lives
In battle In their country's cause
Hero Worship an Instinct.
II is an inherent innate. and in
eradleable instinct common 10 all ages
Continued on Seventeenth PaEs.l