The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-04-05
B. A. BOOSTER.
IT You Can, But for the Sake of Prog.
ress DON'T KNOCK.

The Hon G. Washington acknowI
edged that he used the sharp side
Of the Ratchet, but if he ever used
the other side, or a hammer, he was
80 ashamed of it that he never let
1 The historians know about it. He
never KNOCKED. In fact, none of
our great men of history were KNOCK
| ERS.
What we citizens of Cobb County
need most to KNOW is just how we
stand, what we possess in the way
of healthful climate, good water, good
schools, good churches, good mer-
chants, good farmers, and GOOD
| PEOPLE. 1t is the object of this
/ column to bring out some of these
facts.
In the last year or two, lot of our
citizens have travelled all over this
country, and they have all come home
/, FULLY realizing that, taking it year in
! and year out, up one side and down
the other, there is no place on earth
that offers more advantages for Liv-
ing, aking a Living, and getting all
LllCI 10 Out Vi LIE Il, IIldH Ola OOI0fo
COUNTY.
Our section is as good as the best,
and BETTER than the rest.
Our land is rolling, affording perfect
drainage, easily cultivated, and with
proper cultivation, ALWAYS BEARS
A CROP, no matter how late the start
may be. As sure as we plant, we
harvest
Our altitude is high, from 1000 to
l 400 feet above sea level. Our rain
fall is almost ideal. The average, ac-
cording to statistics of the Weather
Bureau, is about 81 inches per year
| Winter, Spring and Summer, each get
| ting about II inches, and Fall, when
we need less, gets about 10 inches.
We could not have done better had
we ordered it so.
The yield per acre is increasing
rapidly. The number of farmers VINO
KNOW HOW is growing every year.
MODEL FARMS are seen in every d.
rection, and the time is nigh at hand
| when there will be no other kind.
Land values are increasing every year
| 1t will not be many years before all
Cobb County will be selling from $50
to 500 per acre.
! The flood of immigration is coming
SOUTH Not foreigners, but our own
! AMERICAN people, who are running
from high priced land, uncertain sea
sons and unfavorable climate We
should get our part Of this NEW
| BLOOD. You know when a man
moves to a new country he is OPP
timistic. He sees all the good things
and knows none of the bad, AND
DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW 1T.
! KNOCKERS will please note this factD
The Marietta papers have over 800
subscribers outside the State These
are people who once lived here and
who are still loyal to their old home
country, but they have in their minds
how things were when they went
away. If they had a mental picture
Of the progress we have made they
would recommend our county to their
acquaintances who contemplate NOV
ing, and they all know somebody who
wants to move Every new family
we get in our county helps everybody.
1t helps the merchants, the schools,
their neighbOrs and the TAXPAY-
ERS. Let's reach out for them.
The value of Georgias farm prod
ucts and of her manufactured prod
ucts have increased over 100 per cent.
/ in, hA taD COIN
TVS increase has been more. Life
/ is much more worth living than it
used to be. If you live eight miles
| from town and need a doctor you can
/ phone for one and he will be with
YOU in his automobile within thirty
minutes If you have something to
sell, you can phone your buyer and
| have your stuff sold before bringing
/ it in. You can bring it in quicker over
the good roads and more of it at a
time than YOU could a few years ago.
/ Everybody lives closer together by
virtue of the telephone.
Mr.. McClatchey says there are
more telephones in Cobb County than
any county in the world, according to
population, and Homer knows.
/ | represent the best fire companies
writing insurance in this Countrywide
! German American, the British-Ameri-
can and the Insurance Company of the
State of Pennsylvania - and can
write policies on farm property as
we'll as city property. | respectfully
solicit a portion of your business
When your present policies expire
let me figure with you for portion
of your business. 1t helps Boosting.
j. G. WATSON,
General lnsulan
MARIETTA. GA.