The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-09-26
from the Selma (Ala.) Argus.
WHY Is IT?
Contrast Between Cobb County, Geor.
eia, and Dallas County, Alabama.


the poorest, if not the poorest, county
in the State; and when compared to
such county as Dallas, in your
State, it was simply Insignificant. -
Lands here then we're worth on an
average about one.fourth as much as
those Of Dallas. The people here
were then comparatively poor, while
the people Of Dallas were compare
lively rich. But how is it now, and
schy is it,
Cobb county lands are now worth
about four times as much on an aver
age as Dallas county lands, and are
in demand--will sell for the cash.
An acquaintance Of mine desired to
sell farm of red hills a few days
ago, and, without putting notice in a
newspaper, but by simply speaking
Of it among the people, had twelve
applications to purchase in less than
fifteen days, when he sold it for six
teen dollars per acre, cash. And the
purchaser since has had profit oi>
fered him on that. While this is the
case here, every thinking man OF
Dallas can sec that property OF every
description, and especially land, is
depressed and almost unsaleable for
cash at any price.
| In Cobb county, the people appear
happy aud contented Prosperity
seems to attend them. Schools are
aourishing. New and better church
es, dwellings,, and school houses are
being built and old ones are being
repaired and improved. The people
here are comparatively out of debt,
with plenty to cal and to wear, and
even fine horses and buggies are in
demand.
How is it with Dallas county, 1t
is too sad to tell. A general discon-
tent-a broker -down-in debt kind Of
spirit seems to brood over the whole
People Why is it Has not Dal-
las better lands 7 Has not nature
done her part by her even more lib
orally than she has toward this old
county of Cobb We think by look
ing upon one of these pictures and
then on the other and answering the
above questions we as citizens OF
Dallas may gain some wisdom. 1t
appears to mo that the main cause
of this difference is that while Dallas
has been almost insane on the subject
Of planting comparatively all cotton,
Cobb county, Georgia, while she has
not neglected cotton, has diversified
her labor and investments. Dallas
plants cotton and borrows money to
buy everything elSe--meat, bread,
and clothing. Cobb raises chickens,
eggs, butter, beef, cattle sheep, goats
and some hogs, wheat, corn, oats,
peas, millet, ground-peas, turnips,
and then as much cotton as she can
manure and cultivate WeH. Day after
day are wagon loads of chickens,
butter, eggs, cotton and woollen hose,
mutton, beef, leather, wool, wheat,
oats, and corn, brought into this place
for sale by the farmers. As a result
of such management, the cotton crop
is almost clear profit, and a sur
plus of capital is accommodating in the
hands of those who are using II IN
putting up manufactures of various
kinds, aud in this way giving en-
ployment to thousands of their poor
people, and making at the same time
u home market for all the little pro-
ducts of the farm.
Allow me TO mention few OF these
manufactures, and what they are
doing, all being in Cobb county ;--
First, there are the Roswell Cotton
Mills, using about twenty five hum
dred dales OF cotton year, convert
ing it into yarns, sheeting' sh'ftsng,
knitting cotton, and rope. The Em-
pire Cotton Mill is new hourishing
mandatory, situated near the above
Of the capacity of which am not in
formed. Concord Woollen Mill il
situated about seven miles from Ma
rietta, aud makes about ten thousand
yards a month Of the very best OF
cassimeres, jeans, linaey, Of forty
different styles or patterns. The Oak
ley Cotton Mills are also situated
about seven miles from Marietta, and
use twenty. five to thirty bales of cot
ton per month, making it principally
into shirting, sheeting, yarns, knit
ting cottons, and rope. Marietta
Paper Mill is a large factory, sitna-
ted about seven miles from Marietta,
making market for all the old rags,
while it is sending off car loads of its
news and wrapping papers to the
various markets Of the South. Then
there is the magnificent Kennesaw
FIGURING Mills in Marietta and i'm
mediately by the side of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, making the
midnight hour alive with the hum of
industry and enterprise, as she runs
her twenty hours sat of the twenty.
four of day and night, in which time
it grinds and has ready for market
from three hundred to three hundred
and fifty barrels of Hour, and much
Of it equal to Plants. Besides this
mill, there is another excellent Hour
and corn mill situated in Marietta
and run by Mr. Mansfield; and there
are many very fine mills in the coQn-