The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-02-02
A BOOMING ENTERPRISE.
MARIsTA GuANo FACTORY.
The Great Success II Has Met With.
A Sale Of i24s Tons This Season.

There is nothing that succeeds like sue
cess, and we are foreibly reminded of thi
fact by the remarkable results achieved b,
the Marietta Guano Company.
Five years ago Mr. Will NJ. Mckenzie an,
MIR. w. II, Warren formed copartnershi
under the firm name of Mckenzie L. War
rem, and began to conduct general mel
chandise business in Marietta, making
specially of selling provisions and fertili
zers on time. Each had eomparatiyel,
small capital to begin with, but they combin
their money, and it afforded sufficien
nucleus around which to start business
that from the very start promised encourg
ing results. They had strong competitor
TO contend with, but they had indomitabl,
energy, good business qualifications anc
with all courtesy and fair dealing. They
soon got correct insight into the trade
how it was done and how to do it. They
made acquaintance and won customers
and, gradually, each year added more CAPT
tai and more goods, and enlarged their bus
mess until it was equal in Importance, bulk
and strength of any similar business in
town.
The JOURNAL had frequently suggested
through its columns that a guano factory
would pay in Marietta. These wide awake
gentlemen knew by the amount of fertilizers
| they and other merchants were selling in
this place and section, that good article
of guano manufactured in Marietta. would
enable the manufacturers to realize better
profit, save freight and add largely to the
| general amount sold So with characters.
tic enterprise and sagacity they seized hold
upon the suggestion, investigated the sub.
Ject and determined to act upon the infor.
nation obtained. SO little over one year
ago, Messrs. Mckenzie & Warren; called up.
on Mr.. W. j. Manning, successful, ener-
getic and intelligent farmer of this county,
and the three formed stock company with
a capital of $4,000, Mckenzie Il Warren
owning ] and W. j. Manning ], and pro-
ceeded at once to make arrangements to
build Guano Factory in Marietta. They
bought lot Of Mr. A. Howell, alongside of
the Nj. Il. N. Ga. Railroad and the w. Il A.
R. R., about half mile north of the public
square, and erected the buildings, put in the
machinery, and soon had steam power
propelling it, and turning out first class
article of high grade guano, composed OF
cotton seed meal, blood, sulphate OF ammo
mia, muriate Of potash, acid phosphate and
bone meal. Blood and acid phosphate are
shipped to them by the car load from New
York, Chicago, and the ingredients that en-
ter its composition makes formula that
has stood the most satisfactory analysis,
uniform throughout, as the inspectors have
| found to their satisfaction at different points
where it has been stored and placed on sale.
They put the goods on the market, being a
new article it had no history back of it to
recommend it as far as results were con.
cerned, and purchasers bought it simply on
the faith ct the guarantee of the gentlemen
who manufactured it, knowing that their in
| tegrity as business men had never been i'm
peached and that they always stood square
| up to their word and made good their con.
tracts Working under many disadvanta-
ges, they sold only 500 tons last year But
the farmers who used this guano, realized
such satisfactory results that all praised its
excellence, The first cotton bloom report
ed in Marietta last season was grown on
soil that was enriched by guano made by
Marietta Guano Company. The first seven
bales of cotton brought to Marietta of last
years crop were made by this guano, which
in itself is evidence. that it is a good plant
food or such early yield and gratifying re-
suits would not have been accomplished.
Besides, this guano made the bale Of cotton
that took the 800 gold premium at the
Piedmont Fair last October, Mr.. j. p. Lind
ley, of Powder Springs, being the winner.
With such good record the proprietors
this year have traversed the same territory
as they did last year, and they have so far
sold to be delivered in February l249 tons
of their guano. In this county and along
the line OF the NJ & N Ga Railway and
the w & A. R. R, they have found ready
customers who were ANXIOUS to handle their
goods. 1t had given such satisfaction to
those who used it last year, they had nc
trouble to place with safe and reliable deal.
ers ard consumers. They are not through
making sales yet, and the probability is they
| will sell 1900 tons before the season Is over
| This is indeed wonderful success, but these
| gentlemen have branched out and started
another guano factory at Powder Springs il
this county, on the East Tennessee Va.
po' AS"ihOS1 uoho5CN W NcScls' W. y
Manning and ]. ?. Lindley The territory
is equally as good for the sale of their guanc
as in this section and it is being successful
ly worked up and will no doubt eventually
pay as handsomely as the Marietta Factory
has in placing goods on the market here
AS Marietta enterprise, it is something
to be proud Of it. The results have just
fed the sound judgment Of the projectors
and we cheerfully commend the MARKETS.
and Powder Springs guano factories a,
worthy Of patronage and their proprietor'
as worthy OF confidence and reliable dealers
in all their business transactions.
This shows what pluck and energy com
bined with money and intelligence will do
Other enterprises of like character il started
| in Marietta and properly managed would