The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-05-11

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the reader, who may draw the most
liberal inference for health.
The thermometer in 1879 Il kent
the record for that year, only went
above so degrees twelve times in
daytime, and the correspondino
nights were from 20 to 20 degrees
cooler than the day.
With health then in view-White
the historian says $50 far as pure
water, bracing atmosphere and fine
scenery are concerned, a more de-
sirable locality to live can scarcely
be found" And it is the one at
traction of all travellers, especially
those suffering from throat and pull
monary difficulties who have sought
the most favored parts of the world
in search of relief and health. /
feel that / do not put it too strongly
when say that for health, solid com
fort, and reasonable social life, Ma
rietta is the spot on earth to come
to at any season of the year, while
there is no day in the year when a
person need leave it to better him
self, in either of the above prere
quisites in this life.
Yours truly,
G. W. BENSON.
The Roads are excellent, affording
! good carriage and horseback riding,
and Marietta has one of the best
equipped livery stables in the South,
which is described elsewhere. A few
minutes walk west of the Kennesaw
House, upon the estate of Mayor
VIM, is fish-pond one hundred and
ten feet long, fed by clear, cold
springs, and stocked with carp and
perch, where visitors are cordially
invited to try their luck at fishing.
The banks of the pond are lined with
Towering shrubs, and in the water
the white pond lily has taken root
The Military Cemetery is located
in the outskirts of the city, in full
view of the Kennesaw Mountain. It
covers twenty-four acres and was
donated to the United States by Hen
ry G. Cole, of Marietta. The ground
rises gradually from all sides, and
the summit near the centre of the
cemetery commands an extensive
view of the surrounding country 1t
is beautifully laid out in sections, and
is intersected with winding walks
and avenues macadamized and grad
ed. From the summit daily floats
the national ensign and around it
lie, in solemn repose, 1894 Union
dead, whose remains have been gath
cred from all the battlefields and
| hospitals of Sherman's advance up
on Atlanta from the banks of the
Oostanaula, at Resaca, to Jonesboro,
below Atlanta, and east to Augusta.
The dead from central Alabama at
first collected and inferred at Mont
gomery, have also been transferred
to this cemetery. Here sleep those
who fell with Mcpherson, at Atlanta,
with Harker, at Kennesaw, on the
fields of Peachtree Greek, in the
forests of New Hope Church, and on
the heights of AllatOona. The in
terments in this cemetery are now
completed. The superintendent of
the cemetery who was appointed by
the secretary of War, is ]. G. Hewes.
The inscription upon the gate Of the
cemetery is a follows: marietta
National Military Cemetery, Estab-
lished A. D. 1866. Here rest the
Remains of 1912 Officers and Men
who died in Defence of the Union,
1861 to 1858"
The Marietta & North Georgia R.
R., which has its terminus at Mari
eta, is destined to become one of
most popular roads in the South; run
ming as it does through a picturesque
region with the most enchanting
scenery, through good grazing
country in some places, and again
through the heart of a rich mining
region.
A Mineral Spring at Ball Ground,
is reputed to possess wonderful medi-
cal properties, which generations ago
had an established reputation. The
air is dry and invigorating. There
is an abundant, and never failing
water-power; The streams never
freezing in winter, nor drying up in
summer, and as the farming land
near by produces everything needed
for the subsistence of factory pop
ulation, the time will come when
these valuable privileges will be
utilized.
Mineral Resources.-Goldi is found
along the line of this road in grains
and nuggets mixed with the alluvial
deposit, and embedded in quartz