The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-30
STATE GEoLoGIsT HAS A SAY.
HIS EXHIBIT AT NASHVILLE NOT
OPEN To CRITICISM

Heates xot Responsible for the LOca-
ton of the sign which Appears to
Credit the Georgia Exhibit TO Ala
bama-He Also Had no Control
over the selling Of the Horses
Formerly Owned by His Depart
ment-Other Gentlemen Talk in
support of the Department.
Atlanta. Ca. Juus zs.-Geologist Yeates
had z interview with the governor to-day
after returning from Nashville, and
claims that the latter pronounced 5he
newspaper report Of his condemnation Of
zlr Teates' work az Nashville gross e1-
aggeration- The geol0gist states tEat Re
had rothing 10 DO with putting up re
sagn that appears 90 place Georgia in The
Birmingham. Ala. district The directors
Of the fair are responsible. They chose 70
divide The country up into general ais
tricts. as was done AT the recent Atlanta
exposition. and ais protest made before the
arrival OF the governor was unheeded. in
fact. ne said, the district signs hung
around the top Of the walls in The geolOg-
icaI building was purchased here with
other leftover material after the Cotton
States Exposition closed He claims that
he has abundant and giaring signs and
The most perfectly labelled exhibit AZ
Nashville. Ten-inch and eight-inch gilt
lettering is all about announcing that
Georgia has produced the specimens she
displays.
As for the horses ordered sold from his
department, he insists that he had moth
ing Whatever to do with the sale. The
geological board ordered ii con-
of agriculture. Mr.. Yeates claims
that his department has accomplished
more since ne came into Office than ever
before. He says it has caused $4,000
to be invested in Georgia building marbles
alone, 10 say nothing o. the interest al
tracted TO mines and minerals Of other
sorts.
Controller General Wright OF the board
said to-day that he was not. as has been
reported, against the department, that Il
Mr. Yeates had. as alleged, done little in
the two years beyond making the two ex-
1Sosition exhibits he left no doubt tnat
be had been OF incalculaole value 10 the
state.
Attorney General Terrell would not say
that he was against the survey. but init
mated that he thought It unwise 70 spend
public money in the development and ad-
vertising Of resources. the private owners
Of which would care for them and adFer-
tise them amply themselves. he seemed
20 take little account OF the fact that
The owners might not Be aware OF the
value Of the deposits hid In the soil unless
enlightened by a scientific and general
survey.
Mr.. Blalock Of the investigating com
rnittee, said that the report that the com
rnittee would move 10 abolish the depart
rnent was unauthorized The body. he de-
clsred. had al no time discussed the sub
feet. Nevertheless. he had nothing 10 say
70 the contrary when it was insisted that
discussion or no discussion, such was the
strong prevailing sentiment. There seems
no reason. whatever, 70 doubt that al
least a change viii be recommended, or
that there Is very serious danger that
unless the people and press Of the state
act very vigorously Georgia will soon be
without a department and again left In
geological darkness, as r. was for 50
many years on a former occasion.