The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-09-06


than the merchant. When one suffers
loss, both suffer The more merchants
there are in Marietta, the better market
the farmers will have to sell their produce
Competition among numerous merchants
IN purchasing farm products, whether cot
ton, corn. wheat or melons, only secures
to the farmer a better price, whereas, if
there were only three or four merchants
they could combine against tie farmer and
destroy the value of his crop. There is
not more generous, honest and enter
prising set of merchants any where than in
Marietta. They are trying to live and let
live, dealing fairly and justly by all. Come
to Marietta and do your selling and buy
ing and you will be treated right. Our
cotton merchants are in the market and
are determined to pay the best and high
est price for cotton this season; in fact
they will be able to pay fraction above
the market price prevailing in other towns.
So bring your cotton to Marietta, where
there is competition and where you can
buy your goods the cheapest.
The true status of our city is one OF
steady growth and confidence. This gives
encouragement to the projection of enter
prises, but the carrying them out to tan
gible reality is left by our people to others,
based on the hope that foreign capital will
come in and build them This deuson
has retarded the successful engineering of
several enterprises suggested that every
body recognizes as important to our city.
Our people had well make up their minds
to do these things unaded by foreign capt.
tai, for it is human nature not to engage
pie actively interested in dollars in its
establishment. There is a disposition to
hang back in starting enterprises or man
ufactuting industries, but what few have
been started in Marietta, their stock have
been in demand-notaby the Brumby
Chair Factory and the Guano Factory.
Why not some of our moneyed men take
the initiative and start factory or two
and then you viii see that there will
be number of capitalists who will gladly
buy the stock.
THE winter months are coming, and the
public roads should be put in the best pos
sible condition before hand. Travel dur
ing winter months is often made hard on
man and beast by almost impossible roads
The road commissioners in Cobb should
see to it that this work is not sighted but
promptly and efficiently done. Good roads
to market or mill are indispensable to sue
cessful business prosperity. 1t is money
and time wasted to be content with half.
worked roads, The road laws of this
State are not enforced as they should be
or the laws are inadequate ones, or there
would be better roads leading from the
different towns in the county and through
the country. A thrifty and intelligent PEG
pie should not have to be reminded or urg
ed on this important subject. Its impor
lance is equal to good railroads and nc
town Or county would do without railroads
once they possess them. Then build good
wagon roads and you will never be content
to have any other kind
e. p DoBBs is now laying in an I'M
mense stock of Stoves for the winter He
is the only merchant between Atlanta and
Chattanooga, who buys stoves by the car
load and by doing so gets low prices and
low freight This enables him to sell at
such prices that every person should call
and see his large stock before buying else
where.
Our town is full of SUMMER visitors,
from lower Georgia Florida and elsewhere.
The hotels and boarding houses are liter
ally crowded. On the departure of our
summer visitors, there will be an influx OF
Northern and Northwestern visitors who
will take their places for the winter This
all shows the importance Of another large
hotel Hotels draw visitors, and coupled
with our fine climate, unsurpassed in the
world Marietta could secure many visitors
both winter and summer who now 20 else
where for want of proper accommodation.
DIED.-Mr. r. w. Joyner died at his
home in this county on last Saturday
morning He was the father Of Mr.. Cap
Joyner Of Atlanta, and removed from At.
lanta couple of years ago to engage in
farming in this county He was a mer-
chant in this place many years ago and
stood high in the esteem OF our people
He leaves a wife and several grown chill
dren to mourn his death. He was buried
at the city cemetery in Marietta We ex-
tend our sympathies to the bereayed rela-
tives.
AT Adairsyille young gentleman from
Marietta, Charles Freyer, went out driving
a day or two ago with Miss Meta Harden,
Of Savannah, and while going down hill the
horse suddenly began to kick and act in
such way as to throw both parties from
the buggy and demolish the vehicle For.