The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-01

acres each. In the ten succeeding years
this number decreased to 2.700 while the
number Of farms under fifty acres in
creased from IS, 600 TO 700 600, showing that
in Georgia the Drawn of the individual
who started from nothing is paralyzing
the inheritances in landed estates. All
over Georgia the best Of farm lands can
be had from 50 to $l5 per acre.
'Of the states of the union, Georgia is
the second lowest in mortgage indebted
ness
Between 1880 ana 1890 the true valua-
tion Of real and personal property in
Georgia increased over 40 per cent. the
value of farm lands and improvements in
creased 35 per cent. the value of farm
products increased 24lS per cent, the
value of manufacturing products increased
a fraction over SO per cent"
From these facts Mr. Bennett drew the
practical conclusion that whether the
seeker for homes or investments has a
hiking for mining, manufacturing, rail
road building, or any kind of agricultur
pursuit he can find in Georgia exactly
what he wants
More about the mineral resources of
Virginia was told by w. S. White of
Fredericksburg. The south had produced
no Debs' and no riots. 1t did not give
birth to Coxeyism, and when the CoXey
lte tramps crossed the Potomac and
camped on Virginia soil, they were taken
Dy the scruff of the neck and thrown out.
The vast mineral deposits of the state
were not in the wilderness or in the des-
ert they lay close to the heart of civili-
zation. Another recess was then taken
until o'clock p. m.
ALABAMA's NAvIGABLE WATERWAYS.
The evening session of the convention
was given up principally to a lecture by
| Hon. Richard II. Clarke of Mobile repre-
n Z IT A AInkNr
| the navigable waterways of Alabama and
the influence of their improvement upon
the commercial development of the port
of Mobile When Mr.. Clarke concluded
some further business was transacted and
the convention adjourned sine die.
The chairman announced the committee
to formulate plan for permanent organi-
zation as follows: Alabama, T.
G. Garrett; Arkansas, j. C. Littlepage;
Florida, D. H Yancy; Georgia. Claude
Bennett; Mississippi L. Q. G. Lamar
Missouri G. H. Mansur; Maryland, c. G.
Magruder, Jr.; Kentucky, G. M Force
Texas, l.. l.. Llpscomb; Virginia, w. S.
| White; West Virginia, T. +. Barrett;
North Carolina, w. +. Beasley; South
| Carolina, T. Storer Farrer; District of
| Columbia, Robert w. Hunter.
| A resolution presented by Judge ]. T.
! Goodrich of Fredericks burg Va, indors-
/ ing the bill introduced in congress by
/ Representa tive Kyle of Mississippi, for
| the free admission of cotton machinery,
/ and expressing the hope that every mem
Der from the southern states will vote for
1t, was referred to the committee. The
| chairman, Samuel l.. Blackwell of Ala
bama, announced the sudden death of
Col. John NJ. McKleroy of Aniston, Ala,
a leader in the industrial progress of the
| south, and resolutions of regret were
| adopted.
Mr. Clarke, in his address, spoke in
part as follows: 1.-The government is now
impro wing the Alabama, Tombigbee. War
rem and Coosa rivers to six feet at low
water for tug and barge navigation from
Mobile to Columb mbus, Miss. 800 miles, to
Tuscaloosa, 1857 miles, and to Wetumpka,
366 miles 1t is operated by locks and
dams on the same scale, the Coosa river
between Wetumpka and lock No. 4, 116
miles; from the latter lock to point los
miles above Rome Ga, 293 miles in all,
the rivers has been improved by the gov
ernment and is now regularly navigated
by steamboats,. Upon the opening
of the ll6 miles, there will be a navigabl
| water way rs miles long from Northwest
Georgia to salt water at Mobile 1t will
pass through rich agricultural region of
Georgia, through the very richest regions
of Alabama, and will cut through the
coal, iron and marble deposits of the
Coosa field. Locks and dams at Tusca-
loosa, costing S750,000, will be completed
in the fall Of 1895"
He predicted that in ten years the ordi-
nary steam boat on the Alabama, Tom big
bee and various rivers would be super
seded by tugs and barges carrying at one
half the rates.
He showed the improvements made by
the government in Alabama waters and
the consequent increases in trade growth,
particularly in regard to fruits, while the
benefits of Mobile as a cheaper port for
cotton carriers than New Orleans and
other points received attention The
speaker also elaborately portrayed the ad-
vantages of Mobile by reason of the Ala
bama river improvements as a port of
! TRAFFIC for cnal iron and lumbar