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GEORGIA’S RESOURCES.
The Committee appointed by the Savannah
Branch of the Internal ional Chamber of Com
• meree and the Mississippi Valley Society of |
London, make the following report:
Independent of our own knowledge many of
the ft cts and figures we get from otlieial sour
ces. That the State of Georgia is unsurpassed
in resources as to soil, climate, productions
and mineral wealth, is not for a moment ones
tioned; and the only reason that can be given
for her not ranking with the States of the
north and northwest, in population and mana
facturing wealth, is found in the tact that the
vast majority of our citizens arean agricultur
al people, and devote their time and attention
and means alone to agricultural pursuits.
Small grain, such as wheat, rye and corn, is
mostly produced in the northern section, and
cotton, corn, rice and sugarcane in the middle
and southern portions of the State. Immense
bodies of land are held by late slaveholders,
who held it alone for future farming purposes.
The destruction of their slave property has, of
course, jxreiitlv drprechited the value ot all our |
lands. Plantations of from 1000 to 3000 acres ,
were common amongst us, and well worked
by slave labor. The wealth of the State was,
before the war, mostly in land and negroas,
and our productive wealth came direct from
the soil. ~ , , , . ,
* * AV ith free labor comes new ideas,
new thoughts, new systems ami new conside
rations. We have to adapt ourselves to the ,
new order of things, and step out of the old
beaten track of simply being content to be an
agricultural people. Georgia’s resources are
too great and varied to coniine her to only one
pursuit. Her water power and mineral re
sources call for thought and investment.
GEORGIA’S LOSSES BY THE WAR.
Georgia’s loss in the freeing of her slaves
amounted to $302,694,855, as returned by t he tax ;
payers of the state the year just previous to
the war—that is for the year 1860. Her wealth, j
however, independent of the slaves, was
$369,727,922, making the total wealth of the state i
in 1860. $672,422,777. owned by a white population i
of only- 591,550. Our total losses were near
$525,965,355: that of course, including the great
depreciation of our lands by the freeing of out
slaves, and the destruction of our homes, and
the desolation of the northern part ot our state
by an invading army, that eventually marched
through the entire state.
By the Comptroller-General’s report for 1866,
one'year after the war, the return of taxable;
property amounted to only $146,457,422 on a gold ;
basis, ft will be seen at a glance how fearful I
was the loss of the state by the disastrous end-1
ing of the war. Yet, after ten years of com
parative peace, though laboring for a part of
that time under great disadvantages and an
noyances, from the unfriendly and uncalled
for legislation of the national government,
with our labor system negroes
demoralized and a heavy taxation
upon us, our State, arc happy ;
to report, is fast Comp- ’
troller-General’s report for a taxa-;
ble property, as returned, of an in- j
crease over that of 1866, of $126,635,870.
Nothing but the fertility of our soil and the
producing of our great staple, cotton, and also
wheat, corn, rice, sugar cane, and the exporta
tion of lumber and naval stores, could have
advanced us so rapidly in wealth and increas
ing prosperity- aftcrßur great losses, and under
such embarrassing clisaavantages.
THE STATE OF GEORGIA
is divided, into three great geographical divi
sions, called north, middle and lower Georgia.
It is also divided geologically into the alluvial,
tertiary, cretaceous, siluvia.i, tuconic, meta
morphic and plutonic. It is bounded on the
Norf hby North Carolina and Tennessee, on the
South by Florida, on the East by South Caro
lina and the and on the West
by Alabama. AV claim for our state
that it is the -‘Gate wrte,” or Atlantic water
front for a portion of the states constituting
the Mississippi Valley. Our system of railroads
give us direct and rapid communication with
the Mississippi river, and hence with the Mis
sissippi Valley states.
The state has an erea of 58,000 square miles,
and with 640 acres tothc square mile, we would
have 37,120,1X10 square acres, nearly as large as
the whole of the New England states put to
gether. Making due allowances for the area
covered by towns, cities, and for swamp lands
that are at this time considered of but little
value, and not given in, we have by the Comp
tmHcr-Generars report, a return of 34,535,639
at an aggregate value of $08,703,789. not
qiTm- an average of $3 per acre. We have
thousands and thousands of acres of what are
termed Wild Lands, and at present used as
cattle ranges, though comparatively few are
raised when we take into consideration the
advantages and inducements that arc offered.
The state is about 300 miles long from North
to South, and about 250 miles, as an average,
from East to West. It lies in the pavrallels of
latitude of from near deg. to 35 deg.
RIVERS —CREEKS.
The state is well rilled with rivers, and inu
merable creeks and branches of small water
courses. Fish of all varieties abound in them
and young shad are now being placed in the
rivers of northern Georgia. A number of rivers
flow into the Atlantic ocean, and are navigable
for steamboats and vessels of lighter draft
from 100 to 300 miles, while, the Osstanaula and
tributaries Mowing into the Coosa and Ala
bama rivers into the Gulf of Mexico, are nav
igable to Murray county, on the Tennessee
line.
RAILROADS.
Georgia is not wanting in railroad facilities.
The chief of the bureau ot statistics in Wash
ington City, in his report for the year ending
December 31st, 1873, gives to Georgia2,2o2 miles
Os railway, and for all ot the southern states,
15,434 miles. An additional number of miles
have been constructed since then, and two im
portant branches are now being constructed
in the north eastern portion of the state. The
state is well supplied with railroads, here be
ing th>-ty-thi ee now completed and in running
order, and more are being constructed. What
is now more needed is a larger population and
more productions of all Kinds from the soil.—
Facilities to market in and to any portion of
the state and other states are easy- and rapid.
SOIL—CLIMATE—PRODUCTIONS.
The state of Georgia has every kind of soil
that can be desired, and our productions are
as rich and as varied as our soil. Our climate
is one of the most pleasant and delightful of
any of the states—neither too hot nor too cold,
but generally of a pleasant temperature the
year round. One can work the full year with
out any drawbacks from January to December.
Vegetation of different kinds is growing and
maturing in different portions of the state, at
all seasons. There is not a month m the year
but what some garden vegetables can be had
for the table. • On the Atlantic coast and in the
more southern counties different kindsSf veg
etables are quite common at all seasons. There
is a difference of nearly six weeks in the ma
turing of vegetal ion between the northern
and southern sections of the state.
NORTHERN GEORGIA.
liinorthern (better known asCherokee)Geor
gia, we have a beautiful rolling country, with
high mountainsand rich valleys. The scenery
is tine ami inviting, the air bracing, the coun
try healthy and tree from all malarial influen
ces or epidemics. The table and valley lands
are rich, producing corn, wheat, rye, barley,
oats and cotton. All kinds of grasses for rais
ing stock, can be grown to perfection. It is a
fine fruit country for apples, pears, cherries,
grapes, quinces, peaches, etc. All kinds of
garden vegetables are raised. The climate is
peculiarly pleasant in summer and the tnoun
tain breezes invigorating. It is asummcr re
sort for many from the lower portion of the
state, who desire a change of climate and at
mosphere for a few weeks or the summer sea
son. In winter it is about cold enough, not
covered, however, with snow, and’out door
work can be carried on with a good degree of
comfort. This section of our slate Mcs within
the parallels of latitude to 35 deg.
f ‘ 1 MIDDLE GEORGIA.
a‘Middle Georgia is in every sense the same as
Sioiihqrn, as to production, but not so rnoun-
hilly. There is a difference of about
three weeks in the planting season.—
The climate is a pleasant medium between
northern and southern Georgiy This section
is embraced within the latitudes of from 32 to
33’4 degrees.
SOUTHERN GEORGIA.
Southern Georgia embraces all that section
of the state bordering on the Atlantic ocean
and Florida. It is generally known as the
great pine region and “wiregrass” section,
ii om a peculiar grass that grows abundantly,
and affords a fine range for sheep and horned
cattle. Northern and middle Georgia are dis
tinguished as the oak and hickory lands, while
southern Georgia for its pine lands. The yel
low pine ot'Georgia has a world-wide reputa
tion, and millions of feet of it are sold annual
ly to northern and foreign markets. We have
several millions of acres of pine land untouch
ed as yet.
The soil and climate is somewhat different
from the other two sections. We get into a
good cotton section; but, however, not superi
or to the other two in staple or fineness of
quality. The staple is not considered so fine,
but more cotton can be cultivated to the hand,
as the soil is lighter and more sandy, and hence
more easily cultivated: w hile the' soil of the
other sections is stiffer and has more red clay
in it. Small grain can be raised, but it does
not do so well as higher up.
Sugar cane is cultivated with success, and
many of the farmer.-- make their own sugar
ami syrup, and from its profitableness increas
ed attention is being paid to its production.—
Rice is cultivated mostly in the counties on
the seaboard. The long staple cotton, known
us sea island—the finest in the world —is also
raised in the seaboard counties.
The climate is always mild ; never any snow,
and heavy frosts enough to keep the country
healthy. ' Vegetation is more or less green and
growing the year round. Such fruits as peach
es, tigs, grapes, pomegranatesand apricots can
be raised to perfection. Oranges and lemons
grow in the seaboard counties. Olives can be
raised successfully in our seaboard counties.
As to sweetpotatoes, they grow to perfection
in the sandy lands of southern Georgia, though
they are raised in large quantities in every
section of the state. We make from 100 to 300
bushels to the acre. Irish potatoes are mostly
raised for table use and not largely as an arti
cle of sale. Yet two crops can be raised with
ease in the middle and southern portion of the.
state. Two and three crops of vegetables have
been raised on the same land in one year. We
can with ease have a wheat and corn crop on
the same land in same year.
So far, then, as to raising anything to eat, no
stale in the union can hold out more or greater
or better inducements. We cannot be surpass
ed for quantity or variety if the farmer feels
at all disposed to cultivate his land to its full
producing capacity. With ordinary care, en
ergy and industry, success will certainly at
tend his efforts. We have the soil, the climate
and its productive capacity: and all that is
needed to make Georgia tlie empire state of
the union, as she is now the “empire state of
the south,” is more population for agricultural
purposes, and artisans, machinists, manufac
turers and miners to invest in our lands and
minerals, to develop our truly wonderful and
illimitable resources.
CLIMATE.
It is merely a question ot’ taste with one as to
the climate he likes best. He can be accommo
dated to a bracing mountain air, or one less
sharp among the hills of middle, Georgia, or to
tbe balmy sea breezes that blow in upon us
from the Atlantic and Gulf and strike our
southern section.
, HEALTH.
As to disease, no state can show a better
health record, take it all in all. We are not sub
ject to epidemics of cholera and yellow fever,
while in the, interior of the state nothing of
that sort is looked for or feared,the very nature
of the climate forbidding it—being higli and
dry.
FORESTS—TREES.
We have in our forests nearly all kinds of
trees and woods, and suitable for almost all
kinds of We have no less than
twenty varieties of oak, differing in grain, leaf,
texture, strength, durability, wear and life;
a half dozen varieties of hicKory; then comes
the ash, chestnut, walnut, beach, sycamore,
dogwood, poplar, wild cherry, magnolia, elnp
cottonwood, bay, maple, persimmon, cipress,
cedar, the black and sweet gum, sassafras, the
white ami black mulberry,-chinquepin. haw,
and many other kinds less general and impor
tant. We have given the most important and
abundant. As to our pine, we have four varie
ties, and the finest in the world, and it has a
general and universal reputation.
THE FLORA
of our state is rich and varied. Plants and
flowers of all descriptions and kinds, and
many with flue medicinal properties. Our
genera is large, and the species number 2,063.
FAUNA —WILD ANIMALS.
Our fauna is not without interest, embracing
as it does, mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes,
insects, Crustacea and shells. In years past
Georgia was a paradise for hunters and sports
men, and there is yet a good deal of wild game
in the state, such as deer, wild turkevs, ducks,
partridges, doves, snipe, plover, woodcock and
like game. In and near our swamp lands,
when hunted, the black bear, wolf, cougar,
panther and wild cat can be found.
The raccoon, skunk, mink, otter, beaver,
gray and red fox, squirrels, rabbits, and opos
sum are found in all sections of the state. Os
birds we have 110 genera and 273 species.
MINERALS —METALS.
The state has never had a thorough, practi
cal and scientific geological survey until the
last year. That is to say such a survey has
begun, and is now being prosecuted. Our state
is rich in minerals, and cannot be surpassed
by any in the United States. The minerals arc
mostly found in Northern Georgia; and are
given by Prof. Little, and others that have been
known for years, as follows: Copper, several
mines in the state. Iron ores—hematite, fos
siliferous, magnetic, pyrites—inexhaustible as
to quantity and quality. Gold, a number of
mines, and some that pay well. Silver, some
veins ot which have been assayed, ranging
from S2O to S4O per ton, and at one point SIOO,
with a paying per cent of gold. Galena, or lead
ore, found in four districts. Marble and lime
stone in great quantities. Slate in large quan
tities. Mica, caolin, as fine as can be found
any wheie. Firestone, ourmaline, raolle, coal,
kyanite, garnet, graphite, gneiss, granite,
asbestos, steatite, staurotide, polishing sand
and sandstone, itacolumite and chert, horn
blende, wavelitte, tetradymite, baryta, tripola,
soapstone, manganese, titanium, shale, flour
spar, chalcedony, burr millstone, and a solid
! granite mountain 2,360 feet high, besides inex
haustible quantics over the state.
MINING.
Our gold, copper, iron, coal, slate, limestone
and marble mines and quarries are receiving
some attention; but for want of sufficient capi
tal, they are not one-tenth developed. Our
people are ready and willing to sell their mines
and quarries, or enter into copartnership with
parties that will furnish a part of the capital,
so that the mines can be worked to advantage.
As it is. we have the mines, but lack the capi
tal to work them profitably.
MINERAL SPRINGS
are scattered in every section of the state, but
principally in middle and northern Georgia.
Different kinds of sulphur, iron, salts, etc.,
constitute the peculiar properties, and health
seekers invariably find relief from the free use
of the waters. Several our Springs are highly
improved, and are well known throughout the
United States.
WATER POWER—FACTORIES.
The water power of the state, with fine, nat
ural faMs, well adapted tor manufacturing pur
poses, cannot be excelled by any state in the
union. There may be some that can equal us,
but certainly none that can present, superior
advantages. There are states that have a
great many more manti fact tiring establish
ments, from the fact that they’ live by manu
facturing. They have neither our soil,climate
or productions.
Since the destruction of our negro- property,
as property, the .slaveholding stales must, from
necessity, turn t eir attention to manufactur
ing, mining and commerce. We will be driven
as a natural consequence* to the manufacturing
of our own cotton ami wool. Ami as our Iron
and copper mines are developed we will also
divert our capital to the erection of foundries
and machine shops of all kinds. Our surplus
earnings cannot ami will not be invested in
lands and negroes as in former days. The field
is large, ami inviting, but unoccupied both
from the want of knowledge and capital.
Northern and middle Georgia could be made
unrivaled for manufacturing purposes. When
we take into consideration such natural ad
vantages as are presented, success and large
profits could but attend wise and skillful ef
forts. All that is needed issimply an enlarged
experience in such business. Sites and water
privileges will be given free of charge to par
ties who will erect mills and factories.
ADVANTAGES GEORGIA PRESENTS.
Georgia, in her desire to become a manufac
turing state, as well as an agricultural one,
has, by an enactment of law, exempted all
manufacturing establishments from taxation
for the term ot ten years from building. That
fact?alone is an extraordinary inducement to
capitalists to invest in tin* state. In the man
ufacture of cotton goods, the raw material can
be brought direct to the factory without one
cent, of charges for hauling or freight; can lie
bought even from the fields in the seed. But,
as is now generally done, it is bought from the
wagons that bring it from the farms to the
towns for sale. We have known it bought in
the seed, and the cotton ginned in the factory
and turned into cloth with not one particle of
waste. The seed may be compressed, and the
oil used for many purposes, and the oilcake
fed to cattle, of which they are very fond, as it
has fine fattening properties. Cotton seed oil
is fast becoming an article of commercial im
portance, and it is now so refined as to be sold
for sweet oil.
In Georgia but little thought is given to thus
utilizing the seed, and the developing of an
other source of wealtii that is so convenient
and so easy of manufacture. As it is millions
of bushels of cotton seed are used simply as a
manure, and found to be a most excellent one.
But in the light of true economy, and the de
velopement of an important manufacturing
interest, it is sheer ami wasteful extravagance
to simply make manure of an article so full of
oleageinous and nutritive quail ies. We would
respectfully invite t he attention of capitalists
to the subject, as it is one deserving of consid
eration, and an unquestionable source of
wealth.
COTTON YARNS.
Again, our cotton can be spun into yarns,
and shipped to northern and foreign markets
and find a ready sale. A far better profit can
be thus realized t han in the shipping of the
raw material with all of its attendant waste,
as is now the case. The waste, as is well
known, is really astonishing—all that can be
saved and made a source of profit. The north
ern factories buy immense quantities of south
ern yarns, as they find it more profitable anti
far cheaper than'to make it. The time will
soon come, and is now near at hand, when
factories will be erected solely for the purpose
of manufacturing yarns for shipment, and
where now bags of the raw material are ship
ped bales of yarn will take the place. Our ad
vantages being so great, and the inducements
so tempting, capitalists who understand man
ufacturing will not long hesitate to invest in
such enterprises.
Again, our rivers never freeze over, and no
drawbacks as to freezing weather. A factory
can run every working day’ in the year, and
labor can be had at all times, and a plenty of
it as to the white people of the state, who can
not be profitably’ employed on the farms, would
gladly’ embrace the opportunity of earning
something by’ manufacturing. Wood can be
bought outside of cities from $2 to $3 per cord.
MANUFACTURING STATISTICS.
From the United States census of 1870, we
take the following statistical returns, as given
in by’ different manufacturing establishments
in the state. It embraces all kinds oi estab
lishments —from the man who runs a little pri
vate affair, to the largest incorporated body.
We give the sum total:
Number of establishments, 3,736; steam en
gines, 405; horse-pox er of the same, 10,826; wa
ter wheels, 1,729; horse-power of the same, 27,
412; hands employed, 17,871; capital invested,
$13,930,125; wages, $4,844,508: materials, $18,583,-
731; products, $31,196,115.
Georgia, as we have previously stated, is as
large as all the New England states put to
gether, yet the products of those states from
manufactures largely composed of cotton,
vastly’ exceeds our own. The manufactured
products of those states amounted in Connec
ticut to the sum of $161,065,474; that of Massa
chusetts to $553,912,568; New Hampshire to $71,-
038,249: Rhode Island to $111,418,354; Vermont
to $32,184,606. The wealth of New England is
at once seen in her manufacturing interests,
and we wish, with our resources and advanta
ges, to be her rival and equal.
In the face of this comparison of facts and
figures, Georgia in her natural advantages
and resources for manufacturing is quite the
equal, if not far superior to the New England
states—certainly tar superior in the manufac
ture of cotton goods. What we, the people of
Georgia, now desire, is to make our state one
among the first manufacturing states in the
union. Coneious of our great advant ages and
resources, we cheerfully and cordially invite
in capital, and will readily’ give site* for fac
tories. We have water power enough to run
half tbe machinery of England, it not all of it.
A finer or more advantageous field for the em
ployment of capital cannot be presented, we
care not from state or section the offer may’
come. IV e can clothe England with the cot toil
made in Georgia alone. Could we but erect
factories of all kinds, for we have the minerals
and metals, direct trade would follow at once,
as a necessary result.
POPULATION OF GEORGIA.
By’ the census of 1870, we had 1,084,109 inhabi
tants; 538,926 whites; 545,183 negroes. With an
area of 58,000 square miles, we would have an
average of near 21 inhabitants to the square
mile, when we ought to have, to begin todevel
opc our resources, from fifty to one hundred
to the square mile. Give us 100 to the square
mile, anti we would have a population of 5,800,-
000; or if but 50, then we would number 2.900,000
people, while now it. is but 1,200,000, making an
est imate tor five years’ increase.
We can easily upon our soil and with our cli
mate, support 5,000,000 people with comfort,
making enough to eat and having plenty to sell
besides.
farms —SIZE.
By’ the census of 1870, 79,965 farms are report
ed, with an average size of 338 acres. Cotton
made, 473,934 bales.
As a matter of interest, we give figures to
show what Georgia could do with a larger pop
ulation. With so much land we could haveauy
number of small farms.
The way the farmer now farms,-he makes a
500 pound bag of cotton to about three acres,
which is i eally poor farming and a waste of
labor. Three and five bags of cotton have been
made to the acre, but that was extraordinary’
fine culture and cropping. From 100 to 120
bushels of corn have been made to the acre,
and 40 and 50 bushels of wheat. These were ex
periments, but show what can be done.
With 100 acre we should have on our
345,356 farms an average of only’ five bales of
cotton to the farm, which would give us 1,716,-
780 bales. Should ten be made, then we would
have 3,453,550 bales.
On 50 acre farms, let us see what we could do.
We would have 690,712 farms, and withfivebags
to the farm, would have 3.453,560; but should 10
be made, we would have 7,907,120 bags. Let it
be borne in mind that with ordinary’ good cul
ture, a bag of cotton can be made to the acre,
and with very good culture, two and three.
Your cominitte made the above calculation to
show the extraordinary capacity and resour
ces of our state In the above we made liberal
allowances for other crops, orchards, etc.
GEORGIA’S COTTON CROP.
Georgia has in the last ten years made about
5,000.000 bales of cotton, which, at an unq ues
tionable calculation we put down at SBO a bag,
which would give us $100,000,000 for our cotton
crop alone. These are not fancy figures, but
actual facts. No estimate has beenmadeof
the value of the corn, wheat, rice, sugar an<r
syrup crops, or of the pine lumber, spirits ot
turpentine, rosin, tar, etc., that has been ex
ported, which would perhaps have netted about
$200,000,000 more. , . ,
' We ought to be, as a state, among the richest
people on the face of the earth, when we take
into consideratian our vast resources ot wealth
but unfortunately we have never studied the
true principles ot economy. We have bought
stock and provisions that we should have
raised, and sold the cotton that we should
have manufactured.
GENERAL PROSPERITY.
There is an air of general prosperity that
pervades the state, and it would be Stillmore
perceptible if the planters of the country
would pay more attention to the raising oi
provisions for home consumption, instead oi
exclusive cotton crops. However, they’ are
beginning to learn from the sad experience of
the past, arid to profit thereby.
STOCK RAISING,
The farmers of Georgia pay’ little or no atten
tion to stock raising. They seem to be indif
ferent to that source of wealth, yet no state
can present a finer or more inviting field. We
have thousands of acres of unfenced grazing
grounds, anil our grasses commence to grow
in March and keep green till November.
SHEEP RAISING.
We know of nothing that would pay better
than sheep raising, and yet, strange to say, we
have not more than 500,000 sheep in the whole
state, when we should have, for wool and food,
5,000,000 or more.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The Committee, in conclusion, give the fol
lowing statistical informal! on: Taxable prop
erty 1874, $273,092,999,an increase since the war,
of $126,635,870. Railroads, 35; number miles, 2.300.
State owns $6,000,000 of property; public debt,
not due, $8,105,500. Value city property, $57,-
218,248. Capital invested in cotton and woolen
factories, $3,692,989. Iron foundries, $735,580. In
mining, $55,342. In shipping and tonnage,
$6,000,000.
General education is receiving attention, and
liberal state appropriations are made so that
every child can be taught.
Churches are scattered over the entire state,
and our people are entirely free from the isms
and prejudices so common in portions of the
country.
Delegates to State Agricultural Con
vention, Dalton, Aug. 10th,
OFFICERS.
Gen. A. H. Colquitt, President.
Malcolm Johnson, Secretary.
Col. W. J. Lawton, Treasurer.
MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Amos F. Rahn, Dr Peter Statesberry’, Gen
Geo P. Harrison, R II Hardaway, Capt E F
Davis, Dr H A Curry, Col Jas M Mobley’, Col C
A Rudd, Dr J S Lawton, Dr J S Lavender, Col
E C Grier, Capt F G Holt, Judge John Colley,
R J Redding, lion John Mcßae, Hon James D
Frederick, Col R A Alston, Col A J Lane, W Il-
Bonner, Esq, Gen Geo S Black, Gen AVm Phil
lips, Pope Barrow, Esq, P J Berckman, Esq,
Col F J Smith. Dr W L Jones, Capt J II Mont
gomery’, Col J F Hansen.
Appling County.—B II Patterson, G J Hol
ton and Aaron Johnson.
Baker —W W Dews, John O Perry, GGLark.
Dougherty—W II Roberts, Thos 11 Willing
ham, Capt S P Davis.
Beach Island Club—Jonathan M Miller, Dr
II R Cook.
Bartow—Dr SAV Leland, Z W Jackson, WII
Stiles.
Baldwin—Richard II Lamar, Jas D Myrick.
Berrien—L E Lastinger, John J Williams,
F AV Williams.
Bibb—Thos Hardeman, D B Lansden, J W
Stubbs.
Brooks—R J Denmark, Dr J J Grover, Hon
W B Burnett.
Burke —John D Munnerlyn, J P Thomas
Wm J Hodges.
Jalhoun—Chas M Davis, F M McKenney, J
C Beck.
Campbell—Jas Ileadden, W II Steed, S P
Steed.
Catoosa—J M Gordon, A Graham, AV II ‘Wal
ker.
Cherokee—D B Medford, Jabez Ganel, M S
Paden.
Clark—Judge Lindsay’ Durham, Amos M
Willoughby, S S Fambrough.
Clay—M L McDowell, R E Kennen, T E
Speight.
Clayton—Rev D L Dnffey, James Davis, T J
Poland.
Clinch—ll D O Quinn, M M Caswell.
Cobb —Geo Roberts, James S Morris, J T
Burkhalter.
Powder Springs—A C Mclntosh, J C Butner.
Coweta —W G Hill, W A Smith, J Y Carmi
chael.
DeKalb—Simeon Smith, Wm P Bond, Eason
J Bond.
Dr C P Hartwell, J Dozier, B F Milder.
Decatur —A J Veal, W J Veal, PB McCurdy.
Early—B II Robinson, S J Collier, J B Mulli
gan.
Effingham—Jas Bird, Augustus M Morgan.
Emanuel—M B Ward, John H Sherod, EII
Edenfield.
Fi.oyd—Dr Eben Hilyer, Col A Shorter, C Mc-
Donald.
Fulton—T W Connally’, Chas Dowman, J J
Fain.
Fayette—J F McLane, T B King, Isaac G
Woolsey.
Gordon—J W Swain, W S Walker.
Green—Jas B Hart, Jas Davison, Capt R B
Smith.
Gwinnett—D A Stone, Geo II Jones.
Hancock —II A Clinch, J S Hewnan, Geo
White.
Harris —Three delegates, names not known.
Hart—M M Richardson, F S Roberts,J Asbery
Teazeley.
Heard—E A Reid, W P Edmondson, II E
Carey.
Henry—J M McDonald, C T Zacliery,* G G
W eems.
Houston—W J Anderson, Jll Branham, II
C White.
Jones—ll J Marshall, John P Hunt, Wm T
McCullough.
Jackson—J L Elder, E M Thompson, R F La
mar.
Lee—Dr J P Stevens, II L Long.
Lowndes —Il B llolledday, J R Staples.
Liberty —I B Faseiy B F Allen, J E Martin.
Macon—W II Reese, M J Hatcher, Capt J J
Massey.
Milton —A C Maxwell, M J Lott.
Monroe—O Holland, jr, A Dunn, R J McMul
len.
Montgomery—J E Hicks, D J Mcßae, M D
Hughes.
Morgan—Emanuel Huyser, Marcus A Woods
and David S Johnston.
Murray—John O’Connor, J Gregory’, Capt
John Seay.
Muscogee—Dr E C Hood, W A Cobb, J C
Cook.
Newton—Dr J D Graves, T J Spear, W P Jay.
Oglethorpe—B P Taylor, A N Asbury, J W
Patrick.
Pike —John C Middlebrooks, John P McLean
and JasM Middlebrooks, jr.
Polk —S M H Byrd, F M Pace. M A Brew.
Paulding—G W Lawrence, W AV Reynolds,
Putnam —R C Humber, Dr J T DeJarnett, Dr
J D Ethridge.
Richmond—R C Griffin, W K Nelson.
Rockdale—J G McNair, AV L Peck.
Schley—C H Smith, Robt Burton.
Spaulding—J A Boeks and two others.
Talbot—Jas F Little, Rod Leonard, J B Gor
man.
Telfair—C C Smith, I J Mcßae, Al‘ Smith.
Terrell—Elijah Bellflower, J R James, and
one other.
Troup—AV O Tuggle, C AA r Mabry.J F Boykin.
Upson—J. F. Blalock, AVm E McAndrew, J AV
Rose.
Warren—J N Pool, Geo V Neal, J S Johnson.
AVashington—Dr II N Hallifield, Col R L
AVarthen, Hon J F Youngblood.
AVilcox—D T McCrimmon, Lewis AViloox.
Wilkes—Wm A Pope, C A Alexander.
THE GFREAT * >
GEORGIA STATE FAIR, '
The Annual Fair for 1875 of the
Georgia State Agricultural
Society will be held in
MACON, GEO.
AT THE BEAUTIFUL
CENTRAL CITY PARK GROUNDS,
beginning
Monday, October 18th,
AND CONTINUING ONE AVEEK.
A LARGE variety and liberal Premium.
List covering all Departments of Indus
try, from which the following are extracts:
Field Crop Department.
For the best and largest display in merit
and variety’ oi sample products from
the field, garden, orchard, dairy and (
apiary—the contribution of a single
farm, SIOO
For the best six stalks of cotton—to be
come the property of the Society, 50
For the best five bales, crop lot of short
staple cotton, by’ one exhibitor, 150,
For the best stngle bale upland long staple, 50 *
For best single bale es short staple, 50
• Horse Department.
Bsst Thoroughbred Stallion, SIOO
Best AVorking Horse, 50
Best Saddle Horse or Mare, . 75
Best Single Buggy’ Horse or Mare, 75 ,
Best Combination Horse or Mare, 100
Best Double Team, owned by one exliib’r, 100 (
Best Georgia Raised Mule, 50
Best Mule, open to the world, 50
Cattle Department.
Best herd—one Bull and four Cows or
Heifers—all to be of one breed and
owned exclusively by one exhibitor, SIOO
Best Milch Cow, 50
Cow giving the Richest Milk, 50
S4O and S2O for the Best Bull and Cow, res
pectively, of each of the following
breeds: Alderney, Ayreshire, Devon
and Durham,
Best Sow and Pigs under six months old, 50
Poultry Department. z
For best trio of each variety, $ 10
Best and largest display in merit and va-
riety’ of Domestic Fowls, raised in Ga., 50
Best and largest display’ in merit and va-
riety of same, open to the world, 50
Best display of Pigeons, 20
Best display’ of Rabbits, 10
Horticultural Department.
Best display’ of Garden Vegetables, grown
by one person, $ 25
Home Industry Department.
Best collection of Jellies, Preserves, Cat
sups, Pickles, Jams, Syrups and Cor
dials, mabe and exhibited by one lody, $ 50
Best display of breads by’ one lady, r 25
Ornnmental Needle Work.
Best display’ in merit and variety’ of Fe
male Handicraft, embracing Needle
AVork, Embroidery, Crocheting, Knit
ting, etc., by one lady, $ 50
Fine Art Department.
Best Oil Painting, (any subject.) $ 25
Best Port rait Painting, 20
Best Paihtihg in Water Colors, 20
Best display of Paintings and Drawings
by’ one exhibitor, 25
Best collection of Drawings by’ a girl un-
der sixteen years of age, 25
Best display of Paintings and Drawings
by the Pupils of one Senool or College, 50
Best display of Photographs, Silver Med-
al and ' 25 1
Best display of Jewelry, Silverware, etc.,
Silver Medal and 25
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display’ of Dry’ Goods, SIOO
Best display of Fancy’ Groceries, 100
Best display of Glassware and Crockery, 50 .
Best display’ of Clothing, 25 1
Best display of Millinery; 25
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Grange in the State making the
largest and finost display in merit and < '
variety, of Stock, Products,and results
of Home Industries, all raised, pro
duced or made by the members of
that particular Grange, $l5O
JSS-THB ABOVE ARE BUT SPECIMENS Ot
a comprehensive list of large MONEY PRE
MIUMS.
&S“Thc BEST and LARGEST LIVE STOCK
show ever held in the State or South. More
and finer Horses, Mules, Catile, Sheep, Swine
and Poultry than ever before exhibited. Par.
ties wishing fine Stock, as a fine Harness or
Saddle Horse. Milch Cow, Thoroughbred Bufl,
Trio of etb., will find the occasion of
this Fair a rare opportunity’ to secure them.
W-SEVERAL EMINEMTand REPRESEN
TATIVE MEN from the North and Northwest,
have been invited to deliver addresses at the
Fair,and many d istinguished visitors through
out the whois country are expected.
jBS“THE PUBLIC will ae kept posted of the
progress and developments of the Fair in fu
ture advertisements.
«3“SEND TO THE SECRETARY at Macon
for Premium Lists, embracing a full schedule
of the Premiums, Rules, Regulations, etc., and
containing two engravings of the beautiful
and magnificent Fair Grounds.
A, 11. COLQUITT, President.
T. G. HOLT, Gen’l Superintendent.
MALCOLM JOHNSTON, Secretary.
Augnst 5,1875-td.