The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-03-30
Great is Georgia.
From The Telfair Enterprise.


There are great many things in which
the State of Georgia excels other States.
For instance, Brooks county, Georgia, is the
largest hog producing county in the United
States; of the nine climates Georgia has
them all but, one.
The Georgia peach, Georgia apples, Geor-
gia yam and Georgia sugar cane are the
finest in the world. Georgia marble sur
passes that of Vermont. The Corcoran Art
Gallery in Washington City; State Capitol
in ST. Paul, Mimi; State Capitol Provi-
dence, Rhode Island; State Capitol, Frank
fort, KY; State Capitol, Little Rock, Ark;
Stock Exchange, New York City; Royal
Bank Montreal, Canada; Bank of Montreal,
Winnipeg; Illinois State Monument at
Vicksburg; Louisville and Nashville Sta
ton, Louisville, KY; these and other monu-
ments and buildings without number, all
over the country, are of Georgia marble.
The next census will show that Georgia
has approximately 100000 people, SO per
cent of whom are native born. She will
rank somewhere around twelfth in popula-
ton and fifth or sixth in agricultural values.
Georgia has 142 square miles of coal
Georgia has IT'S square miles of iron.
Georgia has the largest deposit of kaolin.
Georgia has the only asbestos IN the UNI
ted States except Wyoming.
Georgia has the only mountain of solid
granite in the world-Stone Mountain.
Georgia's corn excels that of Iowa.
Georgia's oats excels Ohio's.
Georgia's wheat crop excels that of Il
linois.
Georgia's apples are the finest in the
world, having taken several international
prizes.
There are approximately 38,OOO,O0O acres
in Georgia, and 100000 of them are lying
idle
We want to see more of the land tended
and that now being tended made to produce
more, which it can be easily made to do.
Here in South Georgia the finest pecans
in the world are grown. We went the
world to know it. We are going to tell
them of all these wonderful things of which
Georgia is leader.
We are going to try and create Georgia
Spirit. We all know about the world-fa-
nous American spirit, the California spirit
the Atlanta spirit. But we do not know
about the Georgia spirit as yet. We want
every Georgia man, woman and child
Georgia booster. We want everybody who
comes to Georgia to become a Georgia
booster.
We want to eliminate rivalry between
sections-between port cities and interior
cities. What fine thing it will be for the
future IL we Gail CuG OuG oCCGIOIIe1I duoAAS4o
and all pull together for the common good.
That is what we need in Georgia-team
work. That is what we must have.
Georgia has a wonderful opportunity to
develop and grow in prosperity the next
few years. The possibilities of our agri-
cultural and mineral resources are beyond
calculation. Here in South Georgia we
have oil land and vast areas of farming
land to develop or ports to build up, and
in North Georgia they have the minerals
and water powers, fruits and a hundred in
dustries to foster.
Our own ports must have the solid back
ing of all Georgians.
Agriculture, the very mud sill Of our
prosperity, must have all the encourage
ment we can give it. That will include
good schools and public roads that are usa-
Bile every day of the year.
Capital is needed for the legitimate de-
velopment of our oil fields, for increasing
railway facilities, for building more power
plants, for manufacturing more of the raw
materials which we produce.
To attain these things Georgians must
pull together. Each section must be will
ing to help the other sections. In other
words show that there is a Georgia spirit,
and that it is tremendously aggressive
fighting force.