The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-08-27
MARIETTA.

Col. Geo. P. Woods, who has been spend
ing some time in Marietta, writes to his pa
per, the Hawkinsville Dispatch, a long and
interesting letter, from which we make the
following extracts:
Cobb county has more prestige or repu.
taton for fine stock than any county in
Georgia. The display of native horses and
cattle was evidence that the reputation has
| been well earned
As to Cobb county lands, am not able to
say whether they are more fertile or more
| productive than other lands in this section,
but Cobb is certainly the leading county in
| North Georgia, and her farms are held at
high figures. For instance | see advertised
in the Marietta Journal farm of one hun
bred acres seven miles from Marietta for
thirteen dollars and half per acre. Other
farms in the same neighborhood have been
sold and are held at $40 to $25 per acre.
| lind by looking over the returns upon the
tax digest that the people of Cobb county re.
turn their lands for taxation at an average
OF S7.6l per acre. believe that the lands
in the Hawkinsville district are returned
| this year at an average of 81 IS per acre,
while the general average of Pulaski county
| is even less. Yet | am satisfied a Pulaski
farmer can make as much clear money to
the pillow as the Cobb county farmer The
people up here have learned lessons of econ
omy that are unknown to our farmers.
The total taxable property of Cobb eoun-
ty IS returned this year at four millions one
hundred and eghty-four thousand dollars.
10 show the interest in stock raising, the
figures state that live stock alone is return
ed at more than a quarter Of a million Of
dollars.
find my friends Neal & Massey, of the
Marietta Journal, industriousy and Jealous
y advocating the good causes of agriculture
education, prohibition and democracy
Somehow, always read the editorials in the
journal with more interest than | usually
do in the country papers Of the State They
are clear emphatic and pointed carrying
conviction to the reader, and strengthening
the cause advocated. To show the estima-
ton of the people of Cobb county for their
old paper, | heard "a wealthy citizen of Mari
eta say that he would pay ten dollars a
year for the journal rather than do without
it,
By-the-way, prohibition works well in this
city, and many uf those who opposed prohi-
bltion are now supporting it. There is
no liquor sold in Marietta or in Cobb coun-
ty, none in Gainesville or Barlow county.
and none in Dalton or Whitfield county. In
fact, the liquor traffic has been suppressed
IN every town and county between Atlanta
and Chattanooga-l3 1873 miles-except at
Calhoun, in Gordon county. have not seen
the marshal or II policeman since have
been here. The city has but one arresting
otficer-the marshal-and he has nothing to
do The mayor Of the city has such light
duties that the salary has been reduced to
5000. The marshal goes to bed early at
night and sleeps like other good citizens
The population of Marietta is 200, aud the
city tax is thirty cents on the hundred dol
lars The tax levied for county purposes is
also only thirty cents on the hundred.
Marietta has the most respectful colured
population that | have ever seen. They are
polite to verybody-hardly ever passing
stranger or a citizen without lifting the hat
in respectful recognition Perhaps the all
sence Of liquor may have something to do
with this. Whisky eleyateS the negro in his
own estimation and levels the white man.
Marietta is delightful place to spend
few weeks IN the summer. am indebted
to an Atlanta gentleman for recommending
me to the boarding house of Miss NARROW,
whose table fare is superb, In fact, # g.
Mfn home YithQAt the addition Of a few
pounds Of extra flesh with the start that
received from Uncle Dan Quattlebaum at
Gainesville, my friends may just settle down
to the conviction that it is the nature of the
beast to be thin