Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-05-30

"Anaesthesia, one of the creates
boons to mankind, was discovered by &
Georgia physician, DIR. Crawford w
Long 1t is hard to determine which II
the greater blessing, anaesthesia or anti
septics.
but I am here to tell you that in the
moral and social realms. the aseptic ]:
the greatest of all. Preserve the child
the present joy of the home, and the flu
ture hope of the nation from hurt through
wholesome influences. Hedge 1T about
with every care TO prevent the Injector
of immortality.
.sYour chief cause of gratitude to your
forbears should be the restraint ana III
struction that made manly men ana Wo-
manly women, to whom Georgia owes
her present proud position in the sister
hood of states.
an the material and industrial world
vour inventions have brought wealth anu
honor to your state.
TO machinery we attribute many
blessings. Its ethical influence is ao-
parent in the extension of facilities TOT
education, for refinement and the I'M
provement in condition that make IIe
much more worth living. Who can est-
mate the benefits that through the IN
vention of the cotton gin in Georgia the
naked of the world have been more com
your educational system, while not
perfect. is a delight to contemplate
knowledge is appreciated for its own
sake. and not merely that IT is power
Or a means to a selfish end. l am mere
TO tell YOU that there is no enterprise
that approaches in dignity and impor-
tant results the making of men ano
women.
I'm looking around at he signs OF
your progress, am astounded' not only
at the visible evidences of your great
ness, but at the growth of science and
art, of which they are the denotements
You no longer measure distance ID
miles, but in minutes.
Time and distance have ben practl-
cally annihilated, and it is possible tor
one to live in the goth century longer
than Methuselah lived, for men lived
not In years, but in deeds.
But as great as has been your past
progress, 1 would be afraid to lift the
veil and suffer you to glimpse the future
glories that await YOU 1t would tax
the credulity of the most optimistic
For / am here to tell you that when
the millions of units of electric energy
are made available, through the harness
ing of your splendid streams and the
abundant cheap raw material of your
state. with dependable labor, are brought
into conjunction, as they must be, then
will ensue a development that 1t has not
entered into the mind of the most san'
guine to conceive. Your present condi-
lions embody not only a history of your
past progress, but prophesy of greater
achievements.
"And now, my friends, as
"'AIl the world is a stage,
And men and women merely play
ers:'
II have played my part, and will soon
have a re-exit-
Before leaving, 1 wish to stress the
thought that community life is not in
vigorated or sweetened so much by its
objective expressions as by its subjective
character and force.
"As a parting admonition, let me urge
Love myself last: cherish those hearts
that hate thee;
Corruption wins not more than honesty
Still in thy hand carry gentle peace,
To silence envious tongues; be just and
fear not.
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy
country's,
Thy Gods and truths"
! After Governor Oglethorpe had con
cluded, stereopticon views showing va
rious resources of Georgia were dis
played on a screen and were explained
| by Prof. S. w McCallie, state geologist
! The next speaker was P. A. Stovali
of the Savannah Press.
South Georgia." he said, "the land Of
plenty, does not tremble before the ides
of reciprocity with Canada. Our sheer
do not bleat before the terrors Of free
wool Our sorghum does not yield Il
the haciendas of Cuba; our pottery clay
ana limestone are plentiful Our peache;
invade the markets of the world and as
for pecans-they cover thousands Of
acres.
There is magic in the name Of soutt
Georgia; never more than now. How
old fernando De Soto, who came up tC
the state from Central America, eevl
managed to pass through this attractive
section without settling is beyond com
prehension.
"Sir Robert Montgomery described
south Georgia as the future Eden
ut was worthy of note that even the
Swiss, who occupied the most beautiful
country in the world, were invited t.
leave the Alps and settle in south Geor.
gia; and since then there has been q
steady stream of people from the noun
tains to the sea, seeking out the land Oh
Egypt-what Henry Mcintosh called
Gods country-in south Georgia.
You know that south Georgia, almost
I Dy neTSelI, SuppOENSu COh
/ federacy. 1t was her corn and cattle
that fed the armies of Virginia anC
Tennessee, and it was not until Genera
| Sherman invaded that prosperous sec
ton that the south surrendered.
South Georgia is the most extensive
in area and during the past two de
cades showed the heaviest gain in pop
ulntion and wealth. Artesian watel
brought health and refreshment, ever
before prohibition came, while the mum
erous railroad lines that penetrate this
whole region are flourishing and growing
towns are springing up. 1t does no
grow wheat like Canada and Russia, bu
the yields of the cotton and corn are
heavy and there are thousands of acres
of sugar cane. South Georgia, produce:
the greater part of sea island cotton
the finest in the market of the world
Tobacco IS extensively cultivated"
Continuing, Mr.. Stovall called atten
ton to the hardships and extra labor
necessary to the cultivation of soil in
tie west and in Canada, and reminoet
his hearers of the fact that the natural
resources and soil of south Georgia were
conducive to bumper crops without I'M