The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-05-01
FAIR ASSOCIATION
BEGINS ORGANIZATION
5000 Capital Stock Will Be
Divided Into Shares Of
Fifty Dollars Each.

The Journal is glad to announce
+bs fact that Cobb County will this
son and for the next five years at
,.os+ hold a County Fair The move
,nant is backed by the Chamber OF
Commerce of Marietta and the Board
Of Trade of both Acworth and Smyr-
na and a large number of prominent
citizens have pledged the enterprize
their hearty support which undoubt-
odIv means that Cobb County will
have one of the biggest as we'll as
has+ County Fairs that has ever been
hold in the state We understand
that the following gentlemen have
baon elected as trustees to hold until
the Fair Association can be legally
chartered. to-wit: J. F. P. Lindley,
Of Powder Springs; J. B. Wing, of
Roswell; Loring Raoul, of Smyrna;
George L. Lemon, of Acworth, and
lanes T. Anderson, w. ]. Frey, John
R Fowler and S. c. McEachern, of
Marietta. To this board of trustees
John P. Cheney, who is temporary
President of the Association, and ].
f, McNair, who is temporary Secre-
tary. may be added
These gentlemen will be authOriz-
ed to solicit subscriptions for the
stock and receive for the same AMI
will also have the control and man
agement of the financial affairs of
the Association until it is chartered
and will direct the expenditures of
the money. The Association is to be
capitalized at 100000 and the Fair
is to be held upon the Reynolds pro
perty just below Fair Oaks on the
electric car line. A splendid race
track is to be constructed at once
and some of the finest horses in the
country will be brought here to enter
the races. The buildings will be put
up this summer and it is announced
lHeI oulllOlCuI opdCS Will NC pl Wv III
ed for to make the agricultural side
a big show.
Now is the time for all Of our
farmers to get busy and enter the
contest for the splendid premiums
that are to be offered If you have
a fine acre of oats, wheat, cotton or
any other agricultural product, it
will pay you to get in communication
with the Fair Officials so that you
may become one of the contestants.
There is nothing that we can think
OF that would result in greater good
Tor Cobb County than this agricul-
tural fair, for it will undoubtedly
cause a great advancement in agri-
culture and attract the attention of
a large number of people who are
looking out for homes. 1t will cause
our farmers to enrich their soil and
ana study the latest and best meth
ouS OF preparation and cultivation,
II VIII open the eyes. of our farmers
10 the possibilities of the soil; it will
cause them to use better seed and
take a greater interest in the ad-
'ancement of their farms which will
Undoubtedly result in the improve
meh( OF their homes and make their
nome lie attractive for the boys and
girls who reside on farms. 1t will
MOI only DO all of this, but it will
OLlAs the farmers and the merchants
closer together and cause them to
IealiZe the fact that they must not
'cl INDEPENDENTLY, but that it is only
I'D lAe cooperation with one with the
o'"'f jnat the best interest of all
van DE promoted and the benefit de-
''e2 Tor all We want to say that
y"V columns of this paper are open
'0I anything that will help this great
movement along, for we realize that
.-0 merchant is dependent upon the
-"' "-eF and the farmer likewise, de-
p'"'eht upon the merchant. Our
interests are so related that one can
~ E7J along without the other AID
any -'Ing that will bring us all into
o". harmonious body will be a work
o Do. commended.
N.9lfe to commend the citizens
bEITnH -hi- e.,