Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-14

Whorc We were welcomed in u speech by
Mayor Myers. To- which responded. Then
VIC were taken in automobiles through the
country TO Bethesda. an orphan school ror
BOYS founded by George Whitfield and
sun hourishinE. There stood on tho steps
OF inc building and addressed the boys.
| AtcrWard we were taken to Hauuon Lodge.
whoro the Mayor gavc us a luncheon. and
then We returned TO Savannah. having
mad" a round OF about twenty miles.
The Negro Question
Nonturod an interview on tho negro
question. which was published and kindly
! received:
.. TIL" solution of that question is to
| 'roat IN" negro kindly. Give him q
! chance to work Tho rcst win rnu,.
! hIonE' pcvclopmcnt will come soonest
| ana hcSt irom tho exercise Of such facul.
| u'S as ne has. Tho negro ought to to
| NJ Work. u is q mistake for him to try
! J." grow TOO ihSt. All substantial growth
Is SLOW. Tn" southern people can host
solF" tho question here whore conditions
arc hN0d. TIL" old Romans thought that
'h'Ic "orc no noble mon but Romans,
ana yet the Germans pourod i'm upon
them and taught them "A far dirfcrrut los
son. Modcru Italy is tho outcome So
~ France. You people have tu take
N''al nero IS about you and make tho
best OF II. Greece did not kin tlc lcInis
81" accepted them. That hardy race or
tIlcr9 o1 tho soil. known as villain. IN
HnGlHnd are today the backbone ur that
counti'- the English people itself
From savannah through a country an.
parent! not very thrifty. we went to At.
lanta, an cntcrprising modern city cN.
cmpIifving the now life Of the South. There
Governor Joseph NJ Terrell and Mrs. Ter.
relI gavc MS reception at the executive
mansion. young lady about nineteen
ca'no up 70 h" presented and the Gov.
crnor introducing her, said:
This is the most beautiful young lady
in Atlanta, and / want YOU to kiss her"
Southern hospitality grated a little on
northern phlcEm, The girl stood blushinr
before me. said to her. That is not the
first timo | have known a man to fry +,
give away what docs not bclong 70 him"
| did not kiss her. Possibly if was a mis-,
take.
At Nlauta 7 met the state Trcasuror
aud this colloauy ocrrnrcd.
What is tho lcupth Of Gcnrriar'
!" about four hundred miles"
n hundred miles longer than rcun.
SyIyahia. What is In" breadth Of Cicur.
IIc--"Ahout three hundred niles"
IA hundred miles broader than
IcnnsNIrauiH. What arc your rovcuucs?"
ii"-'Ahout u million dollars. but 1t
takes good deal oC that to pay the
interest on the debit. What arc the ROY.
cnucs of PENNSYLVANIA"
About S2j 1000 600 q year"
lIe-"What is your debit
I've have none
lIc,-,"Great Gawd: Twenty-Five mil
al 1l.it'l nTl
At Andcrsonvilc
AT Amcricus, the nearest point to An.
dcreonvillc upon tho railroad and about
twelve miles distant Il crowd gathered i'm
the town hall and u Young LAWYER namcI
Robert T.. Lcc made an address of VOL
como, TO which replied. lie had com.
mittcd his speech to memory and was
very much embarrassed. hut it was cuuchcd
in tho best Of tone aud great kindncss.
vt Andcrsonvillc wor, slN hundred Penn.
sNlyania soldiers who had been in,prisuncd
there during tho war and who had boon
sent there 10y tho State forty years after.
ward to take a last look at the place. II
was u solemn occasion and the mcmorici
were all painful. In presenting tho inn.
prcSsivc memorial to the United Statcs
said:
Sin hundred survivors Of the war
which ended forty years ago. the com.
maudcrn-chief of the National Guard of
PENNSYLVANIA and his uInrary STAR tho
major general mmanding that I;lurd
and his three brgadcr generals. hnyc
come u distance Of 1000 miles TO dedicate
a memorial. What is its significance?
What mean yc 10y these stones?" II
is true OF nations, as it is of men, that
lanta Fi-.
dead selves TO higher things But the
pathway iS ever attended by ndcScrib.
able sulfcrngS During tho Revolution.
airy War the Continental Army won but
two great battles aud Yet that war ended
in success. Its spirit was typlncd not
by the victories at Saratoga and York
town, but by tho SuifcrinES at Valley
Forge. The Dutch struggle for indepcutl-
cncc had but few victories, but il lasted
eighty years, and the power of Spain
then the mghtcst of nations was
broken. Christianity the most impor
tant influence in the development OF
man in the history Of the world, Is cN-
cmplihcd not hy knights in armor and
chariots, but by Him who was nailed to
the cross, Who regenorated the sons OF
men, wearing not "A helmet but a crown
of thorns. When the early impressions
of the war have in time become less
vivid calm judgment will show that the
vaor of the soldiers on the field of Get.
tysburg was a no more potent factor than
the endurance best exhibited in the y, ,son
pens OF Andersonvillc. The men who
perished here have not died in vain.
- Through their deaths the Government
has taken on new life and even Gcor.
gia has grown mightier than ever before
because Of what they did and suffered
In behalf of the Commonwealth | ac.
Cept this monument, rejecting credit as
ii does upon the commission in charge of
its erection, because Of its magnificent
proportions and artistic effects, and I
present IL to YOU, sir. as the representa-
tive OF the National Government, with
a fun faith that here II will stand for
all time to come as testimonial TO the
suffering and valor of those soldiers
who lost their lives that the country
might survive.
General j.. A. Carman, OF the United
States army, accepted the memorial