The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-07-28
NEW ENTERPRISES
INSTEAD Of SLUMP
= Now Business Houses To Open
Up; 4 Residences Under
Construction.
$4,000 SCHOOL COMPLETED
client Religious and Civic Pride
Record; No Typhoid Fever
In 6 Years.

In 6 Years.
Tho usual cry of ''hard times
lISor, II ever heard in the tnrlV-
Is sT title Cobb county city OF Smyr,
ing ,ncated in one of the heathlest ana
ma agricultural spots in Georgia,
PES s;v miles from the county sea'
cobb and only IL miles from Az
Ut, " on the Marietta and AtianCa
la ..hy,rban car line. Instead, the peo,
s - this little. city Of Thousand
p .s which is clear doupAe
+he past ten years, are going
a n with new business houses res
.1oncas and city improvements tnae
ND nrove credit to any city o.
W. Greater size and resources. -
nv $4,000 grade and high scnool
huilding has just been completed tna y
Ill afford excellent housing anu
teaching facilities for the nearly Tour
bnndred boys and girls who now get
Grammar, or high school educatlon'
z1,;fbout leaving their home commun-
itv Within a few days the Smyrna
Morcantile Co. will be open for bus
mess with a stock of goods of a SIZE
and variety seldom found IN a city
of similar size, and the Cash Groc-
or Store will begin existence WIN
the very latest line of fancy grocer
les Four new and handsome resi-
dences are in process of construction
that will add much to the beauty OIL
+bo residence section of the city. In
addition improvements are being plan
ned on the main thorofare, Atlanta
street. that will mean much to the ap-
pearance, to say nothing of the utll-
ity, of the street from one of the
city's limits to the other.
Besides the new business that Will
open in few days there are already
7 business houses of the city hand
ling the trade fthe community so
satisfactorily that there is little need
for the people to do much trading
elsewhere These are: The j. U.
Kincaid & Co., Grocers; The Mcclure
Pharmacy, and another drug store;
The Smyrna Garage, a general mer-
chandise store, two barber shops,
commercial hotel, blacksmith shop,
a grist mill and gin. There is also
situated here a government ware
house which last year alone handed
more than 900 bales of cotton, be-
sides a quantity of farm produce.
The Smyrna National Farm Loan AS
ISOLATION was one of the first to be es-
tablished in Cobb county and has
long record of help for the farmers
of the section.
In the line of churches it is hard
to find larger and more enthusiastic
congregations in any city OF similar
size in the county or state. Three de-
denominations are represented
Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian,
all having regular weekly services IN
well equipped, artistic church build
ings. Rev. V. L. Bray is the esteemed
pastor of the Methodist church and
has a large congregation each Sun
day. Rev. w. F. Pate is in charge Of
the Baptist church, while the Pres
byterian church is at present being
supplied from Atlanta, principally by
Rev. Owenby.
A Ladies Missionary Society COM
prises one of the largest and, most
energetic religious bodies in the city.
The Sunday School activities are ia
ken care of in a splendid manner by
classes every Sunday at each of the
churches, and in addition by Junior
and Senior B. Y. P. u, the latter hav-
ing a membership of 35. The presl-
dent of the Juniors is Miss Colene
Reed, and that of the Seniors, Miss
Jewell Stewart. The Sunbeam class
of the Baptist church is doing fine
work among the smaller children.
A Ladies' Civic League has long
been organized that has been large
ly responsible for many of the city's
improvements and clean ups. 1t is
largely due to their efforts, in CO.
operation with most wonderful nat
ural advantage in location and ell
mate along with the efficient servlc-
es of the city's two physicians, Dr.
j. c. Stewart, a newcomer, and Dr.
W. T. Pace, whose practice extends
over period of 20 years, that Smyr-
ma is able to boast of the fact that
not single case of typhoid fever has
developed within the city's limits fol
the past six years.
The secret orders found in Smyr-
ma are the Masons and the Odd Eel
lows. The former is blue lodge WITT
membership of 100 and the latter
has membership of about IS. The
officers of the Masonic order are Wor
:shipful Master, E. F. Lupton, and Sc
nior Warden, J. M. Ruff; those o.
the l. o. o. F., Noble Grand, j. r
Cheney, and Secretary W. V. COBB
In the Bank of Smyrna, the CIT!
has one of the strongest and bes
managed of the smaller banks OF th'
state. For years it has served tn
best interests of the community IL
very admirable manner.
There seems to be much SatlSfar