The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-03

Williams College at Williamstown,
Mass, where Col Williams, original
ly founded the institution. The writer
refers to Capt. John Gallup, original
ly "Gollup." In my boyhood days L
knew DR.. Gallup, but he later on
changed his sign to DIR. Gallupe. "a
Corner in Ancestors" without changes
would be a very remarkable thing, as
change is written on all family names.
Capt. NJ. Ed. Wilson, the artistic
photographer of great events and his
toric scenes and places in and around
Savannah, has my sincere thanks for
a copy of the Industrial Number" OF
the American Journal of Commerce of
New York, an issue devoted entirely
to Savannah and her business men and
their interests. A single glance at the
fine illustrations shows that the beau
tiful Forest City, is not only ven
cradle place of historic events, but a
live, progressive seaboard city, full of
active and important industries.
I have never admired Atlanta's
way of pushing her enterprises. yet
Savannah might approach it at re-
spectful distance. Take Atlanta's last
movement-the Presbyterian Univer-
sity-and see how she works her old
plan of getting what she wants."
Every city official, every policeman
and fireman, and men, women and
children were put under tribute to
raise the needed fund. Now let Savan-
nah call on her people, for all of whom
an auditorium is needed, to take stock
in the enterprise, and make it sue
cess. Then get the U. C. v. and the
G. A. r. to come to Savannah and
overflow the city in 1904 and 1905.
The critic who attacked me with a
sharp stick because I referred to
Rev. DR.. Jabez Lafayette Monroe
Curry, deceased. is respectfully in
formed that 1.-THE Lost Cause" a
ture of "Dr. Jabez Lamar Moore
Curry" and the sketch, on another
page, contains the same name. This
sketch ignores his residence in Ala
bama and says he was born and
reared in Georgia" But the family
moved to Alabama when Jabez was
twelve years old, and while he came
back later on, as a student at the
Georgia University, he again became
a resident of Alabama, in 1845, and
went into the Confederate army from
that state. Except in the matter of
birth and education, he was really
more of an Alabamian than Geor-
gian. During his last years Virginia
was his home. But in his case, as in
some others, no one state could claim
him. He was a scholar and a states
man so admirably fitted for almost
any sphere of usefulness, which his
whole life work demonstrated, that he
may be said to have belonged to the
whole country, yet he loved the South
and it's people to the last.
The Morning News refers to Col.
(now GEM Peter c. Haines, U. S. A.,
an error common with unfamiliar
names like Hams and Rains. Gen. G.
j. Rains is often called Raines, and
Gen. Hams is spoken of as Haines.
For this reason 1 have advocated a
fixed rule for the spelling of names.
Now, we have the father as Cox and
the son as Coke. One brother is Gard
ner and the other is Gardiner. We
have Hardee and Hardie, and Steuart
and Stewart and Stuart. There is
Hape and Hope and Walkup and
Wauchope, and Clark and Clarke, and
Murphey and Murfree and Murphey
and Murphree and Murfie. We get
perplexed with Robson, Robson, Rob-
inson, Robson and Robertson. There
were in Alabama a w. w. Wilkison, a
w. w. Wilkinson and a w. w. Wiki
erson. We have Franklin, FRANKLIN,
Francklin and Franklynn. Then we
have Meadows and Meadors, Wilcox
and Wilcox or Wilcocks; and Pinkney
and Pinckney, and Shepherd, Shap-
pard and Shepperd; Pettigrew and
Pettigru; Aver, Ayres and Ayers.
Confusion worse COMPOUNDED"
The Washington, D. c., Chapter of
Colonial Danes of America, claims to
be "the first society of women founded
in this country for patriotic purposes"
1t is now in order for some person to
rise up and dispute this claim. It is
not the rule to allow any such claims
to go on record without being chal-
lenged. know of but one claim that
has gone unchallenged for several
hundred years, and that is the claim
of Mary Chiffon, who said she was the
first woman to land on plymouth
Rock from the Mayhower. Just now,
as Memorial Day is passing again,
the controversy is renewed as to
whether Miss Lizzie Rutherford or
Mrs. Mary Ann Williams first proposed
April 26 as an annual Decoration
Day. for placing flowers on the graves
of Confederate soldiers. AS both these
estlmable and patriotic women were
my personal and highly esteemed
friends and my former defense of Mrs.
W. has been called in question, I have
only to say, in good faith, that it
seems strange to me that this vexed
grave closed over these good women.
At best it is an unseemly wrangle and
mars the beautiful custom their labors
instituted.
see that "Uncle Toms Cabin
is to be barred from the school libra
ries of some states. Now, in my let
ter of March is. in correcting the error
about "Uncle Tom," of Mrs. Stoves
famous novel, 1 referred to George
Harris and his wife, Eliza" two
prominent figures in this novel. Mrs.
Stowe gives a thrilling description of
"Elisa's" escape on floating ice to the
Ohio shore. And now comes the Kan
sas City Journal with this statement:
THE feat of the immortal Eliza of
Uncle TOMS Cabin was duplicated In
the Missouri river the other day by