Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-04

once the other night by A1feo ~
Newell. of Atlanta, at a large dinner
oiven at the Hotel Somerset says
fba Atlanta Constitution.
This was attended by number OF
,,,.ominent Boston people and by dele
oates to the biennial conference OF
fbe Columbian National Insurance
oononanv. which has been in session
for the past four days.
Mr.. Newell's speech opened the
ewes of the people of that section to
some phases of the conditions the
South had to endure during the re-
construction period subsequent to
the civil war
Among other things, Mr. Newell
said:
"Should today's weller of tumul-
trlous unrest reach a scarlet crisis
these laughing devils of the Ar
come and Chateau Thierry will not
shirk. They went to Flanders field
with a mission. That mission they
fulfilled. but, although for the great
or mart demobilized, they realize that
they still have serious obligation
which will not be discharged until
stable forces have again solidified So
ciety at home and until this frenzled
period Of REIMBURSEMENT shall have
passed.
Reconstruction! What does New
- ,c4Y.1 n
the North and the West, for that mat
ter? Why are you faint-hearted? |
come from a section and from state
which can give a real meaning to re-
construction, which can translate the
disorders of after-war chaos in such
a way that he who runs may read
at was the immortal Henry W.
Grady, who, from my own town, At
lanta, brought to Boston years ago
the message of sectional reconcilia-
ton and who died shortly thereaf-
ter literally loving a country into
peace That bond of reunion was
forged stronger by the Spanish
American war and fused again on
liIG lIIiHS liIlG III L IdllNG.
''There is no part of this country
more solidly loyal to the union than
the South. We are not f1y-blown by
foreigners. Political homogenity is
re-enforced with a patriotic purpose
which breathes Anglo-Saxon love. of
country, undivided support for the
nations flag and unity of determi-
nation to preserve Americanism by
law.
Prejudice Dissipated
eve are more than fifty years re-
moved from the days of real recon-
struction That luminous clarity
with which sympathetic Imagination
invests the past has been dissipated
prejudice for us. l want to tell
you from the standpoint of my own
state, and it is the standpoint of ev-
cry other Southern state, how the
boys of 81 who charged with the
rebel yell on their lips, just as our
laughing devils met the Germanss
came back home with strong hearts
and ready smile to face real recon-
strution.
I'VE are proud Of Georgia and its
early accomplishments. The first
cotton gin was made in Georgia by
Eli Whitney in 1892.
1.-The first steamer that crossed the
Atlantic ocean was the Savannah,
which sailed from Savannah, Ga,
May 20, 1919, and landed in Liver
pool on June 20 of the same year1
Wesleyan college at Macon, Ga,
was the first college in the world
chartered for women.
1.-The first sewing machine was
made in Georgia.
THE worlds first Sunday school
was organized in Savannah, thirty
years before Robert Raikes' move
ment in London.
The University of Georgia, es-
tabhshed in 1884, was the first state
university in this country.
The first passenger railway in the
United States was operated out of
Augusta to Charleston.
The use of anaesthesia was first
discovered by DR.. Crawford Long, on
March 30, 1912, at Jefferson, Ga.
Georgia was the first organized
government on earth since Adam
came out of the Garden of Eden to
aoohsh and prohibit traffic in
slaves.
These are only a few of the
salient facts characterizing our
early accomplishments.
When the civil war started Geor-
ga had assessable taxable wealth just
about even to that of Massachusetts,
nine hundred million dollars when
the war ended Massachusetts, was
richer by two hundred million. As
Tor Georgia, this nine hundred mil
hon taxable value had been reduced
TO seventv-five million-gold value
property loss inflicted on my native
state reached the high average of %
per cent, greater than the property