The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-06-18

loamy soil with red outcrop in the
Eastern part, and like Dooly County
the lands are very fertile and pro-
ductive. At Montezuma, the Coun-
ty seat, and at Marshalville we
found big welcome awaiting us.
Houston County was organized in
1921, and named in honor of John
Houston. The soil is mainly in the
tertiary formation with out-crop-
pings of cretaceous formation in the
Northern part. The land is level,
sandy loan mainly limestone, but
with out-croppings of red frestone in
places. The soil is good, with re-
,tentive clay sub-soil, fertile and
easily worked. Houston is the lar
gest peach growing country in the
United States. Some of the finest
lands in Georgia are in this section,
after leaving Fort Valley we were
stopped at one of the large peach
| orchards where refreshments were
:.
Bibb County was organized IN
1922, and was named in honor of DR..
William w. Bib. The red clay soil
of the Northern part of the County
| belongs to the metamorphic, and the
gray sandy land of the Southern Sec
| ton to the tirtiary formation,
| ridge of sand-hills runs diagonally
| through the County from Northeast
| to Southwest. The lands along the
Ocmulgee river are very productive
| There are some farms wei stocked
with jerseys and doing a fine bust
ness. Macon, The County seat, is
appropriately called the Central
City, for it is very near, if not in
the exact geographical center of
Georgia. Macon is a beautiful city,
and is very large manufacturing
center. After spending a p1easan:
night we lef; ,ar!y Thursday murn-
ing on our Iast days run for home
sweet home.
Monroe County was laid out by
the lottery act of 1921, and named
for James Monroe The soil on the
numerous water courses is of a dark
chocolate color, we'll adapted to the
production of corn, wheat and oats
while the mulatto and gray lands
are the best for all the small grains
and grasses. Forsyth, the County
seat, is beautiful town with num-
Der Of female colleges, all of which
turnded out to welcome us with lem
onade and cigars.
Pike County was laid out in 1922
and received it's name in honor OF
Gen. Zebulor M. Pike. The general
character of the soil is metamorphic
with rolling red clay lands, inter
spersed with gray gravelly soil
GAINESVILLE is one of the most pro-
gressive of the many thriving small
cities of Georgia. This is the home
of Mr.. Summers, who represented
the GAINESVILLE Buggy Co., in the
first Seeing Georgia" Tour. The
whole town turned out and Joined in
singing the Marietta Songs.
Spalding County was formed In
1851, and named for Gen. Thomas
Spalding. The character of the
soil is metamorphic, red clay or mu.
latto lands in the Eastern part, gray
gravelly land in the Western. Crit
fin, the County seat, is situated near
the center of Spalding County, that
its location is one of the best agri-
cultural and horticultural sections
of Georgia is evidenced by the fact
that the State of Georgia and the
United States Government unani-
mouslyselected the vicinity of Grit
fin as the site for Experiment Sta
ton. A great dinner was prepared
for us by the good people of Grit
fin. While at Griffin a very heavy
rain came which prevented us from
going to Jackson and McDonougn
much to our regret. A few minutes
were spent at Jonesboro, after which
we vert direct into Atlanta and
parked our cars in front of the Ma
jestic Hotel, where Lee Barnes en-
tertained the entire party am d
cheers and praises on the first See
ing Georgia" automobile tour.
In conclusion let me say a few
words about good roads, 1t is
simply wonderful to see the interest
that each of the Counties we went
through is taking along the line of
good roads. We found the roads be-
ing changed from the old time crook
ed road, to an almost straight high
way through each County. One
County has a big sign at the County
line, which reads 800 miles to the
next curve" / find that most Of
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