its beautiful streets and Colonial parks, even now he can easily recall the conditions of that February morning in 1732, when "the odor of the jessamine mingled with the balm of the pine," and the palmetto and magnolia threw their shade across the sandy bluff.
Hon. P. W. Meldrim, Mayor of Savannah, in a tribute to his city in a recent address, called attention to the fact that the very name of Savannah's streets, "State," "Congress," "President," are full of patriotic suggestions, telling the story of the Revolutionary struggle. Other avenues bear the historic names of Montgomery, Perry, and McDonough, while the wards have been labeled Washington, Warren, Franklin and Greene.
"Every spot is hallowed. Where the Vernon River
flows by Beaulieu, the dashing D'Estaing landed to make
his attack with the allied forces of Savannah. Hard by
is Bethesda, 'House of Mercy,' where Jew, Protestant
and Roman Catholic united in founding Georgia's noblest
charity. There it was that Wesley sang his inspired
songs and Whitefield with his eloquence thrilled the
world. On the river is the grove where General Greene
lived and died, and Whitney wrought from his fertile
brain the wonderful invention which revolutionized commerce.
Near at hand, almost sunk into oblivion, is the
spring made historic by the daring of Jasper and Newton.
There stands Savannah's pride, her Academy of
