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SPECIAL NUMBER Augusta Making Remarkable Strides in Building Operations great facts are REVEALED IN MOST VALUABLE BOOK State Put Forward in Cold Figures Which Defy Contra diction and Prove' Heal Value to the Nation “Georgia Facts,” the new booklet issued by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, reveals the “inside” of Georgia’s resources as no other means lias done for the past fifty years. This booklet, compiled by William Parkhurst, contains a boil down of facts on the state which is very valuable. As a result of the investigations made in compiling material for this book the standing of Georgia among ■her sister states of the nnion is shown to be remarkable. The following in erestmg facts will be of general in terest : Small Swamp Lands. Out of 59,475 square miles of land in Georgia, only 540 square miles are covered by water. Georgia has 7,536 miles of railroads. The financial con dition of the state is shown to be splendid, as the total resources of the -60" state banks show an increase in <1913 over 1912 of $5,693,000. The in dividual deposits in the state banks, on January 1, 1914, were $91,441,535, and in the national banks were $53, iC33,989, a total of $145,000,000. The total amount invested in capital stock of financial and commercial, public -service, industrial and manufacturing mercantile and miscellaneous corpo rations, is $485,593,826. Adding to this the capital stock of the 693 state hanks in Georgia, $28,895,5141, and of the national banks in Georgia, $529.- T 57.839, invested in all Georgia corpo rations. Good Farming Climate. Showing how easily farming is car tied on within the state, Georgia has an average of 235 gowing days each year, while, for instance, Ohio nas only 165 growing days. Proposed New Mary Warren Home, One ol Augusta’s Most Helpful Charitable Organizations ? lt gilTriTt^?ffj(i)y^* l^?BEjllK?^^J^^>3^^Bwlßr^Tfflff g * o6> |fl!fTffin?s?^^B3MOT_: , *TTnllTti ! «nf^r'TV*"wf gt fi y ~ a Tßt MARY WARREN - HOME - FOR- THE*AGED f, U-OVD PREACHER. ftRCHITECT d ENOWEER.. AOCUSTA.M. T. 0. BROWN & SON General Contractors 324 Telfair Street. Phone 293-J. i estimated -total value of farm lands and buildings, implements and and live stock, in 1913 is 3>620,000,000, whereas in 1880 this to tal was only $143,158,308, Georgia y™jJ ucts brought to the state in 1913 $360,000,000, whereas in 1880 oon m rK[ od " cts brought only $67,028,- S-J. The in Georgia for 1913 tor coton, corn, oats anvl hay over and *J b °Ve 1912, is estimated to be $47.- 611,000, and the. total estimated value of Georgia agricultural' products for 1913 is shown to be $332,000,000. The value of crude cottonseed prod uts has grown from $1,670,196 in 1890 to over $19,000,000 in 1913. Tobacco Profitable. The total value of the Georgia to bacco crop grew front $149,000 in 1912 to $.558,000 in 1913. The estimated value of the peanut crop for 1913 is $2,250,000. The estimated value of sugar cane products is over $2,500,000 as compared to $1,481,000, in 1599. The acreage planted to pecans now represents a value of $12,500,000 an l the annual nut production is almost 250,000 pounds. Tne mineral products of Georgia were valued in 1913 at $6,400,000, as against $5,980,000 in 1905. Georgia now has over 5,000 facto ries and their total production in 1912 was $202,863,000. The lumber indus try in Georgia, employs 22,000 men in over 1,800 saw mills, and the value of the lumber products is $24,632,000. The value of naval stores products amounts to $6,938,957. School Values. The value of public school property in Georgia is nearly $13,000,000. In the state are universities, colleges, and technical schools to the number of 18; of theology, law and medicine 15; nursing, commercial and manual training, 44, and 11 district agricultu ral schools. There are 21 public li braries in the state, representing an aggregate investment of more than $700,000. Georgia leads all southern states in the number of automobiles owned, there being registered, up to the mid dle of 1913, 20,078 cars, whereas, one year previously, there were 14,000 cars. Georgians own nearly twice as many automobiles as any other state in the South. There are 90,189 telephones in use in Georgia, and of these 15,458 are farmers’ line stations. INDUSTRIAL AGENT SEES PROSPERITY After a trip of inspection through the southern section of the state, Sam W. Westbrook, land and Industrial agent for the Georgia and Florida Railway, recently predicted good crops and a generally prosperous season for the farmers of South Georgia. “From Keysvllle to Valdosta,” he said, "the cotton crop is certainly above the average, and, in fact, is the best I ever saw. Corn, too, is prom ising a good yield, and the watermelon movement is heavy from Madison, Fla., to Swainsboro, Ga. The mild weather in the North has hurt the price ot watermelons this season. Today, how ever the price was better and 1 be lieve the season will wind up all right.” In Coffee county, said Mr. West brook, there are 10,000 acres in cul tivation this year over the acreage of last year, and not 25 per cent of the wooded lands are left in Emanuel county. He stated that, following a visit from homeseekers’ representa tives from the North, it is expected that at least 100 new families will set tle in Coffee county and take up land there by Sept 1. Mr. Westbrook declared that toma toes have been made a valuable crop around Uvalda, in Montgomery coun ty, and that a great many carloads will be shipped from that section within the next few days. They are of a tine quality, he said, and of large size. "Along the Georgia and Florida Railway,” said Mr. Westbrook, “the prospects for a big fall business this year are the brightest in the history of the road.” A set of aluminum cooking utensils with an interchangeable handle for all easily kept cool, has been patent ed by a New Yorker. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, est. Best is the slogan of our business, material, workman ship; and our suc cess is due to our strict adherence to this policy. Personal super vision, given every job; no matter how large or small it may be. WHITNEY-EVE COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GA. Phone 1316. 1033 Broad Street ELECTRIC WORK OF THE BETTER SORT JOHN J. EVANS The Big Hardware House 749-751 Broad Street. ■ - Augusta, Georgia ‘Must Between Augusta’s Skyscrapers” Wholesale Hardware of Every Description. “This firm has for years furnished me with Hard ware used in many of my most important buildings and have always been very satisfactory in all my dealings with them/’ G. Lloyd Preacher , Architect ?»_ d J n .9i”f.£r ' '" ■—j y', v . ■T~t” if-''"'.' iHI , 'ljgPjgM 1 “AUGUSTA IN 1914” Specialists, Experts, in house wir ing and power installations on conduit work. In our retail depart ment we carry a com plete line of fixtures and Mazda lamps.