The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-12
The NIGHT SESSION.


ton.
A few members gathered in the hall at z
o'clock last night-the hour TO which the
convention adjourned. The programme
announced, however, that the convention
would reassemble at 7;45 o'clock. This,
with a lack of understanding whether the
convention was running on local time OF
standard time, led to some confusion, and
it was considerably after s o'clock before
the convention got in working order. To
avoid further confusion President Waddell
announced that the convention would here
after be run on standard time. It took an
other quarter of an hour Co determine
whether the regular programme should be
taken up where it was left Off at the ad-
journment In the afternoon.
The hall, by this time, was pretty we'll
filed. A large number Of citizens and a
sprinkling OF ladies were in the audience
and took an active interest in the proceed
ings.
The experience meeting, which was the
first business OF the night session, was tenn
porarily postponed upon motion OF Col.
Moody OF Thomas county.
The invitations of the citizens committee
and the Central railroad to visit Tybee this
afternoon and to participate in the oyster
roast rendered the society by the committee
on entertainment were accepted and the So
clety's thanks were voted TO its entertainers.
The selection of the place for the summer
| meeting was taken up. DIR. N. B. Drewry
OF Spalding county nominated Griffin as the
next place of meeting. No other place
being placed in nomination the question was
put to vote and Griffin was selected as the
place for the summer meeting.
Col. Redding, director OF the Georgia
experiment station, read his report upon
THE Experiment Station and its Work
TIE report was lengthy one. giving III
detail the work Of the STATEN. with the OK
periments which had been made. The re-
port was very interesting one.
MAI. GLEssNER's ADDRESS.
Maj. W. L. Glessner's address upon Elm
| migration and Labor" with Col. Redding's
report upon the Georgia experiment station
was the principal topic of the session. Maj.
Glessner dwelt at some length upon the adj i.
vantages to GeorgiaS farming interests Of
| northern and western immigration, and he
gave some Of tho results so far of irnmigra-
ton to Georgia. 1t is drawing attention to
Georgias resources, he said, and not only
that, it Is doing away with the sectional
feelings which have existed between the
north and south.
The bringing Of northern capital south
and its Investment here Maj. Glessner re-
garded as the saving of the south from the
force bill
mo class OF people of this state" said
Maj. Glessner, "need immigration so much
as the farmers. They need increased popu-
lation. 1t is not that the lands of Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio are richer than the lands of
Georgia and the other southern states, but
that the population is so much denser that
the demand for the land has raised the price
as high as SIS to $3.50 per acre"
Mayor Gessner referred to his work as
immigration commissioner of the Central
railroad, and the bringing to Georgia of
the Ohio farmers and business men, aud
their Investments here be urged the i'm
portance Of organization and referred to his
former efforts to secure the establishment
by the legislature of state bureau of i'm
migration, to be attached to the depart
Dlent of agriculture. A state organization,
he said, is what Is wanted. He recognized
the fact that the legislature under the con-
stitution cannot organize another depart
ment. He believed if a COMMITTEES
were appointed by the society to 60 before
the legislature and urge the Importance of
such bureau that 10 may be organized
and attached TO the department of agricult-
ure, and would subserve every purpose for
which it is intended.
MAI. GLEssNER's VIEWS INDoRsED.
Mai. Glessner's address was followed by q
general discussion of the subject of imml-
grafton, in which the views advanced by
Maj. Glessner were heartily Endorsed. His
suggestion Of applying for state aid mot
with general favor.
In Mai. Glessner's remarks he referred to
a very pleasing incident in connection with
the visit of the Georgia farmers and editors
to Sandusky, o., last summer, in which he
toldhow Hon. John T. Mack of bandusky, a
prominent citizen and farmer, and strong
republican, yearly on the federal Decoration
day carried the children of Sandusky over
20 Tnh L. IeIa UA x1hn
federate soldiers were buried, and saw that
their graves were neatly cleared
off and properly decorated with
| flowers. This aroused the interest
Of the convention, and, after many feeling
remarks upon the subject, rising vote Of
thanks was rendered Mr.. Mack for his'chris-
tian kindness in this matter from the Geor-
gia Agricultural Society, and the president
was instructed TO notify Mr.. Mack
of the action of the convention.
Mr.. Mack will visit Georgia soon with a
party of Ohio farmers.
Col. Park of Macon called on Mayor
Glessner to answer if he had not, since his
residence in the south, been treated with as
much kindness, courtesy and hospitality as
he would have been had he remained in his
native state, Ohio.
TO DO AWAY WITH sEcTIoNALIsM.
Mai, GIessner replied by giving his ex-
bOA AohNS Az o1O SohshS WhASh Wo9 - FOiJ
complimentary one to the people of this
section. He said that when he
| first came south, nine years ago, he
| did not know single person
south of Mason and Dixon's line. The kind
reception with which he met at Griffin aud
| in other places in the state was so hearty
aud overwhelming that he was hardly able
to bear up under the many kindnesses be-
slowed upon him. He has cast his lot In
Georgia and has been at home here ever
| since, and to-day he feels more at home in
Georgia than he ever did in the state of
Ohio where he was born, or the state Of
Illinois, where he lived for thirteen years.
There is no trouble with sectional
feeling, he said. when the peo-
pla Of the north and the south
once got together and meet each other in
friendly intercourse, and in his belief the
immigration now going on from the north
| to the south and tho friendly intercourse
resulting thereby. are doing more than all
other means to destroy the sectional feel
ings.
THE NEXT PLACE OF MEETING.
In tie selection of place for the summer
meeting, Secretary Jemison moved that the
convention resciud its action taken earlier
in the evening, because the matter had been
placed as the very last thing upon ths pro-
gramme, and delegates who had just
arrived and who wished to pre-
sent the claims Of other
points were not present when the action