The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-19
MARIETTA.
Descriptive Article About
Our Town.
The GEM CITY OF THE sunny SOUTH,
Cobb County the Keystone of Geor.
gla..HeaIth, Good Schools and
Churches.
From Southern Immigrant ]

From Southern Immigrant
Georgia is one 0: the most progressive
of the Southern States. She has made
more rapid strides forward than any other
state, while in the variety OF climate, soil.
| timber, marble ETC., she cannot be ex.
celled.
Climate is the most important condition
in the environment OF a people. We are
not fully told where the garden OF Eden
was located, but having travelled over
Gods blessed country tor many years,
am now convinced with six years trial, in
health and happiness, that Mariettas Park
is located GU the old site, surrounded by
modern, glass front business houses fitted
up with the latest improved appliances
and filed with imported and home made
staple goods. Country produce that at
tracts the eye of all new corners at all the
stores, with the exclamation, look what
large peaches, watermelons apples, grapes,
sweet potatoes, and Irish potatoes =
| stranger to Clerk. III hose Irish potatoes
came from New York did they not ?
mot much they didn't These potatoes
are raised here at home and we are plants
ing the second crop" From our business
square we have avenues running north and
SOUTH east and west, facing these streets,
beautiful homes, with green lawns, will!
greet the eye, and last but not least. and
among these modern buildings, we are for
tilted with churches Of all denominations
that are active in doing our Masters work
and as God has said in his word, he would
help those:.that helped themselves, SO we
have done all we could AND have one rail-
Taad d .sas-+syo planias mills one foundry
one machine shop, two chair factories. one
canning factory, one paper mill. one
creamery, one carriage factory, three liv-
cry stables, FIVE blacksmith shops, two
large hotels, two lumber yards, four marble
yards, one large marble works. The foun-
dations OF all. are our modern equipped
schools, plenty OF free stone water and no
saloons.
How well / remember, some twenty
years ago, when contemplating going
South, was sCl9muly warned by friend
OF average information on other subjects
that it would be question of a few mo nths
that would die, and that if should es
cape violent death it would be only to
suffer lingering one from malsrial fever
as. quinine was regularly served three
times day on all the Southern tables.
While this statement could have been as
truthfully made regarding any New Eng
land state as about the South, $50 utterly abb
surd was it in iact) yet, the average North,
ern brothers mind is filled with vague
tear of Southern unhealthiuness
: To the Northern man, however, an adj
mission of the South's material advantages
is one thing, the question of investment
or residence there is quite another. The
t latter proposition involves so much relat>
, ing to his personal comfort, his health, and
to many other points of peculiar and inn
, portant consideration, that il is the writer's
object to briefly touch on some phrases Of
Southern experience and TO enlighten any
inquirer who may be looking Southwark.
The eyes OF the investment world are to-
day turned more inquiringly than ever be-
fore to the South, materially the richest
section of North America; with the mar>
. kets OF the world open, and with the ccm-
Al
ufac.ured products of the United States, il
plainly sees that good dividends now de-
pend upon the close proximity of the fac
tory to the raw material and cheap labor
and power. Metals will be worked near
the mines, and those who spin cotton will
inevitably spin il where it grows, so the
South, rich in health, rich in cotton, coal,
wood and iron, with equable climate and
the minimum of living expenses, becomes
the exposure OF manufacturer and tine cap>
italist.
Mr. Horace Greedy advised the young
! men to so West Had this distinguished
mans life been spared until now, he
would have said come South old man and
, live your allotted time out come South old
and young women and be restored to
. health, and enjoyment OF life; come
South young man of ambition, those who
have left off horse talk, base ball. card
playing, dancing and public politics. and
take hold of the gifts of nature, and help
, us convert them to the use of man.
, In iron making, the South has superior
: advantages over any other section, and
must become the iron making center Of
the United States hni iron ore and coal