The fireman, J. M. Flagler lost his leg jumping from the train. One car, loaded with Bull Durham smoking tobacco, ended up in the ditch, fifty feet below the track. It is said that every boy in Paulding County learned to smoke as a result of this accident. Disaster again struck in 1910 when the train depot burned. Today portions of the county are witnessing growth as a bedroom community for Cobb County, and to a lesser extent the city of Atlanta.
Agriculture is still a major producer of income.
No interstate highway runs through the county. Saturday, May 26, 2001. All rights reserved.