The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-09

Plne crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Oct
81 am gratified to be able to inform
inquiring readers that my dear wife
now seems to be in a fair way to sur
vive her fearful accident. Since Dr.
Noble of Atlanta performed the sec
ond amputation of her limb she has
improved slowly, and although still a
great sufferer from coal bruises, her
condition is very hopeful. 1t
is not only young second lieutenants
in the army who are getting married,
but the same is true of the young
midshipmen in the navy. Midshipman
Fred Geddings Upper, son of A. Y.
Topper, the well known Atlanta in
surance man, is to marry in Novem
Der the daughter of the late Capt. John
A. Miller of that city Young Upper
graduated last June from the Naval
Academy and thus early takes to him
self a rich wife. The Jack
sonville Metropolis of Oct 4 has very
excellent editorial on patriotism and
Education" advocating the placing of
the Stars and Stripes on school houses
or in school grounds, and offering to
head a subscription for that purpose
in behalf of the Jacksonville schools
This is movement in the right direc-
ton, and the Youths Companion of
Boston has given flags to many schools
in the South, as has, also, the Ameri-
can Flag Association of New York city
of which l am an officer. Gen. Allen
c. Blackwell of 479 Fifth avenue. New
York, has given away, officially, sew
eral thousand flags. All these can be
relied on to help put flags on any
school building I'm the South.
The telegram in the Morning News
of the death of Maj. Henry r. AL
word" at st. Louis is not correct In
it's statement that he was a graduate
of West Point, as he was never even
a cadet there. Nor did he attain
the rank of major in the Civil War"
He entered the volunteer service from
Massa chusetts as first sergeant in the
Rhode Island Cavalry and came out
in 1865 as a captain. In 1866 he was
appointed first lieutenant in the Tenth
United States Cavalry and resigned as
captain in the Ninth Cavalry in 1871,
which was his highest rank In either
service. For many years past Mai.
Alvord had been the foremost dairy
expert in America, and was at the head
of the Dairy Division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. l knew him for
several years, but never learned how
or where he got the title of major"
He was a splendid cavalry officer and
really entitled to a higher rank even
than that. His loss will be deeply felt
in dairy circles all over this country,
as he was a hard worker and a pro-
gressive thinker. Men like Mai. AL
word, in any sphere, who are. as he
was, thoroughly in love with their pro-
fession, are the worlds greatest bene-
factors. Their labors are more ardu-
Gus and unselfish because they are in
spired by a love of their work that
wins for them the hearty and cheering
support Of their fellow men every
where.
Mr.. A. G. Beazley. Of Crawfordville,
Ga, thinks a Cordele correspondent
of the Atlanta Journal is mistaken
about the number of copies of Whites
Historical Collection Of Georgia" to be
found In the state. 1t is true that
il and whites Statistics of Geor-
gia" are very rare and valuable works
OF reference, but there are many cop
les to be found In Georgia. i have
both books and value them highly, for
Kew. geo. Nnlle ulu his WoIk We'll.
Modern critics must remember that he
blazed the way through the wilder
ness for later so-called historians, some
Of whom speak slightingly Of his la
bors, and yet copy extensively from
his books. There were no railroads
and telegraphs and telephones and lib
raries all over the state I'm his day,
and this jealous clergyman rode thous-
ands of miles In all kind of weather
and over all kinds Of roads IN his un-
wearied efforts TO give Georgians two
books Of rare value. And Maj. Hugh
Mccall, the FIRST OF Georgia historians,
Is sometimes ungratefully spoken
lightly Of by Rev. DR.. Geo. @. Smith,
who refers to him as q Savannah jail
or. There was no Drawer soldier, nor
truer patriot I'm his day than Mccall,
and I'm his latter years, a poor cripple,
he served his state and his fellow citi-
zcns I'm a manner that won their grati-
tude and esteem. We OF to-day cam
not AFFORD 20 speak lightly OF such
heroes.
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