The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18

in the bold mountains to rich black allu-
vium On The coast. The first belt embraces
the fruitful Piedmont plains, the great
qlarries and the mines. 1t is here tina, tie
golden srain mods in grateful recog lition
OF the caIesses of the breezes, and here
that the bsroy mouutaineer by occult FRO
cess converts the aforesaid goljen grain
into "moonshine" and honey dew"
The mineral wealth of the section is 81
most beyond estimate. The hills are rihhed
with the finest building marbles and gran
i'e, and gi7ded with iron ores in quani
ties seemingly exhaustless. There are rail-
roads IN the state which have their road-
beds based upon marble of a quality which
a prince rishI employ in the embellish-
ment of his pelace. Georgia marble comes
in all c0iols and tints from pure white to
dark green. This latter, which Is being
quarried 20 q considerable extent corr
mapds probably the highest prize of ally
native mnbie As regards GRANTEES Gecr-
gia contains enough of them TO replace hat
paving of good intentions" which Or.
Samuel Johrsor refers to in one o. bis
most frequently quoted epigrams.
The forests of Georgia, Notwithstanding
the great inroads upon them which have
been made by lumbermen, turpentine oper-
ators, settlers and others, are still among
the finest on the continent. 1t has been
estimated that the standing timber g
worth more than all of the other property
in the state of all classes whatsoever The
average forest land is sold for $3.50 per
acre, while an authority says the timber
has an average value of $S5 per acre, and
that there is a profit of $l2 in putting it
upon the market.
1t is an ideal fruit state. Fruits of all
kinds thrive everywhere, from the noun
~ h. Of bny
all is the peach. Everybody knows of the
excellence of the Georgia peach; its beau
tiful cheek, its seductive scent and its nee
tar-like flavor. Its praises are sung by
poets, and by producers whose pockets
jingle with the tribute of an appreciative
and grateful populace. II is now about
ten years since the Georgia growers be-
Northern markets Year after year the
crop has been growing larger and larger
until to-day Georgia is the greatest peach
growing state of the union. Delaware.
Maryland and California following the or
der named
The Georgia watermelon merits a para
graph to itself. Its fame extends wher
ever the fast freight runs or American
newspapers are circulated 1t is a seda-
tive to angry passions and a molifier of
strife. 1t cheers the weary, soothes the
troubled, ana WINES the QfOOplnS. II Is
the souls delight of the happy darby, and
one of the choice tid-bits of the million
aire. 1t washes out political differences,
and reunites in saccharine consistency
friendships once estranged. So much for
the poetical consideration of the melon
commercially speaking it is one of the
states best money-makers.
There is great liberality Of opinion in
Georgia. So long as an individual behaves
himself and obeys the laws, meriting the
good opinion and respect of his neighbors
he is at liberty to think as he pleases.
without losing anything of the good will
and respect of the community. Represent
atives of almost every Christian denomi-
nation are to be found in the state, as
well as of the Jewish. the Confucian and
Mohammedan religions.
The available water power in Georgia
would turn the mill wheels of the United
States. and leave a surplus to be disposed
of in Canada or Mexico.
All the conditions are favorable for the
earnest, energetic. thrifty immigrant The
development of the states natural re-
sources has not as yet more than fairly
begun, whereas the resources of the
North are all in hand and those of the
West are becoming less and less alluring
each year. The South is unquestionably
the coming" section of the union, and
Georgia, the Empire State of the South,
Is unquestionably one of the bright par