Limestone beds of good quality for both calcimining and building purposes are found in the Palaeozoic area and in Hall and Haber sham counties in the crystalline area. Lime stone for calcimining is also found in different localities in the coastal plain region, which takes in all the southern portion of Georgia. In this region are found marls and phosphates. Through all that part of the State north of the fall line, which runs from Columbus through Macon to Augusta, are found clays suitable for the manufacture of common brick and the coarser grades of earthenware, while imme diately below the fall line in a narrow belt across the State are clays suitable for the manu facture of porcelain, enameled brick, china ware, terra-cotta, sewer pipes, etc. The annual output of all the mineral products of Georgia is nearly $5,000,000.
Manufactures.— Georgia stands in the front rank of the Southern States in the variety and value of its manufactures and the number of its manufacturing establishments.
The latest report of 'textile mills in Georgia is that issued by the Georgia Department of Commerce and Labor under date of 31 Dec. 1917. It is as follows: 171 mills; capital, $60, 513,980.76; spent for raw material, $102,992, 9F2.03; value of manufactured products, $147, 405,132.33. These products were from coarse to the finest cotton fabrics. There were 2,448, 260 active spindles and 46,038 active looms. The wage earners numbered 42,011 and their wages amounted to $18,577,577.44.
The textile mills include woolen, knitting mills and one silk mill. Besides these there are manufactories of pants, overalls, shirts, garments for women and children, awn ings, tents and mattresses. Among other manu facturing interests the most important are printing establishments, flour and grist mills, furniture factories, brass, steel and iron works, foundries, blast furnaces, carriage factories, car shops, blacksmithing and whcelwrighting, brick, tile and pottery manufactories, marble and stone works, manufactories of paints, chemicals and ice; electric light plants, carpen ter work, canning factories, creameries and numerous others.
The cotton oil mills in operation in 1901 numbered 58. They paid above $5,000,000 for cotton seed, which they manufactured into various products, valued at $14,000,000. The fertilizer factories registered with the Com missioner of Agriculture for the season of 1902-03 numbered 82, many of them being of great capacity and having an immense trade all over the Southern States. The cotton oil
mills in 1917 numbered 180, and manufactured products to the value of $52,000,000. The fertilizer factories and mixing plants in 1917 numbered 303, and sold products valued at $41,640,000.
The United States Department of Com merce in April 1916 gave for Georgia the fol lowing comparative summary of total manu factures for 1914 and 1909. Capital in 1914 was $258,849,000 as compared with $202,778,000 in 1909; cost of materials in 1914 was $160,199, 000 as against $116,970,000 in 1909; value of products $253,320,000 in 1914 as against $202, 863,000 in 1909; value of products, less cost of materials, in 1914 was $93,121,000 against $85, 893,000 in 1909.
The total steam railroad mile age of Georgia in 1917 is 7,385, and the electric lines will increase this to above 8,000 miles.
Georgia has 80,000 miles of public roads, of which 40,000 can be traveled by automobile. The highway commissioners, in co-operation with the counties and aided by the Federal government, hope to have 5,500 miles of perfect highway within the next five years.
Telegraph and Telephone Lines.—Georgia ably supplements the United States postal routes and free deliveries with 207,000 miles of telephone wires and more than 100,000 miles of telegraph wires.
Electric Lights,- More than 160 towns and rural retreats are lighted by electricity, also many country homes near cities and large tmins.
Banks and Georgia has 638 state banks with 25 branch banks, which have a capital of $28,388,701.89, a surplus of $18,026, 660.75, and deposits of $108,269,388.76. Georgia's national banks number 111, and have a capital of $14,653,000, a surplus of $9, 509,000 and deposits of $95,572,000. The Fed eral Reserve Bank of the 6th regional district is located in Atlanta. In 1910 the assessed valuation of Georgia's property, including pub lic utilities, was $766,787,139; the bonded debt was $6,844,000, and the tax rate was $5 per $1,000. The assessed valuation in 1915 was $951,763,472; the bonded debt was $6,844,000, and the tax rate $4.80 per $1,000.
Religion.—The number of communicants in the various Christian bodies in Georgia is approximately as follows: Baptists, 672,000; Methodists, 420,000; Presbyterians, 30,000; Episcopalians, 12,000• Disciples, 10,000; Roman Catholics, 25,000. The Hebrews in Georgia number about 7,000.