The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-10-02
ACHIEVEMENTS OF SOUTHERN
MEN

| Biography, printed twenty-five years
ago, shows that the south has been
rich in her contributions to the COM
monwealth.
! No section surpasses her contrlbu-
ton in statesmen, soldiers, jurists,
divines, lawyers, physicians, editors,
inventors, artists, humorists, poets
and thinkers.
1t shows:
That eleven of the twenty-five pres
| idents of the United States were men
OF southern birth.
That the greatest American orator
was a southern man.
That the author of the Declaration
of independence was a southern
man.
That the author of the eamncipa-
/ ton proclamation was man of
southern birth and Image.
That the author of our national
anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner"
was a southern man.
That the most illustrious American
the father of his country"-the
man first in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his countrymen
was a southern man.
That the father of the constitu-
ton" was a southern man.
That the greatest American jurist
was a southern man.
That the trio of greatest Americans
(the order in which they were named
atesmen-Calhoun, Clay, Webster
by Everett)-two were southern men.
That the man distinguished as the
"Bayard of the Revolution" was a
southern man.
That the three most successful and
distinguished soldiers of the second
war with England were southern men.
That the most overwhelming defeat
that any English army has ever suf-
fered was inflicted by southern sol
diers, commanded by southern man.
That the most distinguished SOL
diers in the war with Mexico, were
southern men.
That the most distinguished officer
in the history of the American navy
prior to the great war between the
states was a southern man.
That many of the most distinguish
ed officers in the union army IN the
civil war, were southernm ne, includ
ing Geo. H. Thomas and F. P. Blair
That what the great English admiral
Nelson, pronounced the most daring
act of the age was performed by al
southern man.
That the man who was the first to
give a complete description of the
gulf stream was a southern man.
That the man who was first to mark
out specific routes to be followed in
crossing the Atlantic was southern
man.
That the man who first instituted
the system of deep-sea sounding was
southern man.
That the man who was first to sug-
gest the establishment of Geographic
communication between the CONT
nents by cable on the bed of the
ocean, was southern man.
That the line along which the ex-
listing cable was laid was indicated
by southern man.
That the plan for splicing the cable
in mid-ocean was originated by al
southern man.
That the inventor, who was educat-
ed by the French Academy of Science
to have done more for the cause of
agriculture than any other living man,
was a southern man.
That the man whose discovery has
done more to alleviate human suffer
ing than any other, was a southe
man.
That the most original discovery
ever made in physical science by an
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man.
That the worlds greatest chess
player was a southern man.
That the artist known as the
American Titan" was a southern
man.
That the discovery and anounce-
ment of the use of steam as propel-
ling power came from the south
from citizen Of Augusta Ga.
That the worlds most distinguish
ed ornithologist was a southern man.
Edgar Allen Poe still stands at the
head of American poets and was
southern born and Mark Twain per-
haps will wear the crown as king
of American" humorists, was the
South'S contribution.