The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-11-07
That Backing Game.

1T has probably been very evident (eVeh
,bouoh our Fair correspondent, Mr.. Stevenson,
being Macon man, has sometimes allowed us
nreiudicrs 10 run away with his pen aud piled
il ON TO Bib rather thck,) that the Herald
has backed Cobb county from the very start ioI
The 81 900 premium at the State Fair.
lanta Herald, end
Now. to imam up a tree" the above para
graph would appear first rate; but to a peopia
who have The pluck and the intelligence to
compete with more weather. counties and car
nv off the 81 900 premium, such stuff and "soit-
sordering' is not at all paatable when 1t Is
evident that the Herald did not back Cobb
If words mean anything the following pointed
satire was not calculated 10 benefit Cobb very
| much
"Cobb county has here some specimens OF
leather, little wood work, few pictures and
some specimens of hand weaving" -Attanta
Herald, Oct. 3ist
And again:
"The Fiue Arts Department, under the man
arement of J. S. Nichols, is rather meagre,
and is decidedly one of the weak points OF this
exhibition. '-1ttanta Herald, Oct. 3lSt.
Now unfortunately for the assertion of tho
Herald that "Mr. Stevenson, the Macon cor
respondent, had allowed his preludices to run
away with his pen,' the article, from which
these paragraphs are quoted, had attached The
initial letters "R. A. A." which stood for Rob
ert A. Aston, (merey this and nothing more
who is one of The controlling proprie,ors and
editors OF the Atlanta Herald, and not "Mr
Stevenson of the Macon Department." as set
forth to be made the Escape goat" for the Her
AIDS egregious blunder. Unless the Macon
man has ASSUMED the signature of r. A. Aston,
the incredible statement is too thin to give it
even the semblance OF a truth.
The truth is the Herald leaned towards Bib
in all the splendid notices and towards Cobb in
all the poor ones. During this memorable con-
test, The Herald simply rode that triangular
hobby, the Fence Rail, and majesically dofed
its plumed hat to old Bib every chance it got
va:nly expecting old Bib would hold the WIN
ming cards, and, of course, in such an event,
the Herald would be the Bully boy with
glass eye aud in town with pocket full OF
greenbacks.
But after deriving Prof Nichols magnificent
and meritorious display OF Fine Arts, for
which he has the thanks of every man and
woman in Cobb county, and after speaking OF
Cobb as "having some specimens of leather,
little wood work, few pictures, and some
specimens of hand weaving" while it thought
Bib held the winning hand, see here in the fol-
lowing extract how it falls oft The fence on
Cobb's side after she marches triumphan.y oil
with The 81, 900 premium:
."But Cobb county excels them all in this,
as in all other departments [contrad;cting itself
about Prof Nichols Fine Arts in the matter OF
display. Her cattle, horses, hogs sheep,
chickens, etc, are of the finest and purest
breeds and variety. "-sHerald, Nor. I'd.
Did Won ever see such inconsistency, such
rapid conversion, such radical change of opin-
ion2 Shades of Pocahontas save us We
have a few men up here who are not taken III
by such fllsome praise and who are not luIied
to sleep by breathing the spell of flattery's rich
perfume, the genial editor sees fit to lavish up
on Cobb after she has won that she needed as
sstance in winning, BUT didn't get only that
''faint praise" from the Herald, that "damns.'
On Gradys account we are sorry the Herald
acted as it did, but we want it distinctly under
stood we are for Cobb counv against the
world!