The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1893-06-15

largest, wealthiest and most prosper
GUS geographical divisions OF the
State. It was laid off from Chero.
kee in 1882 and named in honor of
Hon. Thomas w. Cobb. The soil of
the county is varied, the bottoms
and some of the 'hilly lands being
very fertile, and but little of it too
sterile for successful cultivation.
Many metals and minerals, includ-
ing gold, silver, copper, iron, lead,
ETC., have been discovered at differ
ent times, and some gold and silver
mines have been proftably worked.
Agriculture is the main resource
aid occupation of the people, but OF
late years considerable capital. has
been invested in manufactures also.
The inhabitants are provbially law
abiding, temperate and moral. This
is one of the prohibition counties,
and the new order of things has
been aquiesced without murmur.
At the largest fair ever held by
the State Agricultural Society at
Macon, Cobb bore away the honors,
and was justly called the banner
county of Georgia. And much att
tention is devoted to the raising of
fine cattle, sheep and swine. The
nicely worked public roads also at-
ford substantial evidence of thrift
and increasing civilization. Fifteen
postofices afford light and intelli-,
gence tc the masses. Numerous
schools, academies and churches are
found in every district. From the
above showing it does seem that
Cobb may still claim to be at least
one of the banner counties of the
State.
To the above may be added the
statement that one of the very best
regions for dairy farms in the South
is found on the Weston and Allan
tic Railroad between Chattahoochee
River and Marietta. The soil is pc
culiarly adapted to supplying the. res
quirements of this business and the
numerous schedules per day afford
easy access to the Atlanta market.
There are few counties which are
SO we'll adapted to give profitable re-
turn to manufacturing in 1nstries as
Cobb. The requisites for the suc>
cessful conducting of such enter
prises are FIRST, raw material secs
ond, water or steam POWER; third,
intelligent population; fourth, prox-
unity to the consuming section; and
fifth, health. All these Cobb Coun-
ty enjoys to very decided extent.
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ness of manufacturing furniture and
other products ct lumber, there is
furnished supply of this material
which will feel no appreciable con-
traction for years to coGe. Among
the varieties OF wood which arc
found in Cobb County may be men>
toned the following: Red oak,
black oak, post oak, Spanish oak,
chestnut oak, blackjack, white ash,
blue ash, black ash, poplar, birch,
sycamore, hickory, yellow pine, val
nut, locust, willow, wild cherry, ma
pie, elm, dogwood, sweetgum, null
berry, persimmon, chestnut, beech,
and others.
To those who wish to utilize the
product of ore, the following varie-
ties offer themselves: Brown hem
attic iron, iron pyrites, manganese.
kaolin, chrome mica, hornblende,
graphite, scapstone, specular ore,
mica, granite, gold quartz, quartzite
asbestos, manganese with iron, cop
per pyrites, schist and blackhead
honeycomb quartz, garnets, discom'
posed teldsrar.
To the cotton manufacturer Cobb
County offers over 10000 bales pei
annum.
Besides these, the grain crops
afford large supplies to milling in
terests, which are supplemented t.
much greater extent by grair
brought from Tennessee and the
West.
The water-powers ofCobb County
are very fine, indeed, and while
some OF them are utilized, vet the