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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1911)
Georgia Weekly Press Association Party t Visits Ideal Cotton Mill at Atco Georgia Editors One and All Express Themselves as Delighted With Ideal Conditions Found in Mill, and Handsome Park like Community. Short Story of Atco and its Mill “Cherokee,” Georgia, and the section represented by the name, is well understood by the people of the State, but It is not so well known to persona who are unfamiliar with t.he history of the Cherokee Indians, who were in possession of the northwestern part of Georgia, ns late as 1833-34 All the territory lying north of the Chattahoochee river and reaching tc the Tennessee line was the aboriginal home of the Cherokee tribe, and they were not driven out at the point of the bayonet, as were the more warlike Creeks. The Cherokees were fondly attached to their native soil, and when they were conducted to Indian Territory by United States soldiers In 1836, thou sands perished on the highways by reason of heartbreak, as well as exposure and privation. Even while the Cherokees possessed the territory, the whites looked with longing eyes on this beautiful scope of country. Various pioneers came In, cast their lot with the red men and eventually assumed ownership of eonstd erable quantities of land. A Scotchman, named Pettit, married a squaw and built himself a house near the run of the creek, which still bears his name. The Pettit house was still In evidence fifty years ago. One who travels on the Western & Atlantic railroad very of:en will become familiar with Pettit's Creek Bridge, which is almost within the suburbs of the growing city of Car tersville. When the traveler crosses the bridge. If he will look out of the car windows, on the left hand if he is going from Atlanta to Chattanooga, ho will discover a beautiful little town, which libs sprung Into being as If by VIEW OF THE VILLAGE OF ATCO. magic, and which has been laid out and built with such accuracy and elegance that he will be delighted as well as surprised to see it. This transformation scene would impress even the dullest minds and many of us are now wondering why it was left to an enterprising capitalist, E. L McClain, of Greenfield, Ohio, to discover and appropriate what is con ceded to be one of the most desirable factory sites in the Southern country, now known as Atco, Bartow' Co., Ga. The Western & Atlantic railroad runs along the eastern limit of the company’s property. The Seaboard Air Line crosses the southw r estern side, and the new Louisville & Nashville extension lp less than a mile away. Railroad connections and transportation facilities are absolutely perfect to any point of the compass. Perhaps the name, Atco, will bear a slight explanation before we go fur ther in the description of tttb plant of The American Textile Company here in "Cherokee," Georgia. Atco Is formed with the initials only of the name expressed more fully. Thus abbreviated It makes a convenient, cable address, and American Textile Co. easily became Atco, for general as well as commer cial purposes. The postoffice of Atco is fully established and the magic town seas nothing cumbersome about itself, not even a name, that will be in the way. The plant of The American Textile Co. consists of a 35,000 spindle cotton mill, with over 800 automatic looms, together with all necessary supplemen tary machinery, all of the most modern type, for the production of fine drills, sheetings and dress duck. The village consists of over one hlundred three, four, five and six-room cot- ! tages, being neither double nor two-story, but individual in character, no two being alike. Each room in every cottage contains either a grate or pro vision for a stove. All rooms are entered through hallwmys and not through one another, thus Insuring privacy. Each house is provided with running wa ter near the kitchen door. In the rear of each lot is located a coal and wood house of ample storage capacity. The village streets and sidewalks are macadamized, as well as being pro vided with cement curbs and gutters. Each block is surrounded by a beau tiful hedge of California privet, screening the rear yards. The streets are well l ghted with electricity. Educational advantages are provided by the maintenance of a splendid free school. Religious services are regularly carried on. The Atco Stores Company, a corporation having no connection with the mill, operates a large department store in the village, affording everything of the best at moderate prices. There is also a modern barber shop with hot and cold baths in connection The company also has provided a beautiful park. Large pastures with flowing water are available for those desiring to keep stock. Ample provision has been made for those wishing their own gardens. The altitude is high, which means freedom from malaria. The climate is Ideal, never extremely hot or cold. The water is pure and wholesome, resi dents having the choice of Cartersville city water or water from numerous deep weils scattered throughout the village. The casual visitor cannot help but be Impressed by the cleanliness ap j parent on all sides. Rigid rules of sanitation are in effect, resulting in a state i of healthfulness seldom attained in any city or village We are informed that, notwithstanding the depression that has existed THE AMERICAN TEXTILE COMPANY'S MILL. In the textile industry during the past three years', th ; s mill lias run full time of ten hours per day. and that without reduction of pay in any department i The 60-hour per week schedule wa* adopted at this mill three years before the present law changing working hours from 66 to 60 hours per’ week was- Introduced. Right in this connection we are also informed that this company has clos working relations with several large concerns in the North and East tha. are large users of their product, thus placing them in a peculiarly fortunate position as to disposing of their product at all times It will certainly amply repay one for the time and trouble taken to vis:t this "Model Cotton Mill and Village. { THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1911 MARIETTA GETS THE VETS NEXT YEAR Rome, Ga., Sept. 21. —After ; electing officers and marching: in parade to the stirring tunes of the sixties behind tattered battle Hags, the Georgia hosts who wore the gray bade Rome farewell to nighttto meet again in the annual reunion of 11)12 in Marietta, on the second Wednesday in October of next year. The following officers were elected: Division commander, John W. Maddox of Rome; brigadier com manders, Northern, S. B. Lewis of Fayetteville; Southern, Dr. W. B. Burroughs of Brunswick; Western, H. M. Bryan of Talber ton; Eastern, Hardy Smith of Dublin; cavalry, E. G. Gilmore of Milner. The new commander is judge of the Rome circuit Superior Court and a former congressman. His election was unanimous after nomination by Judge J. L. Sweat of Waycross. Marietta was unan imously selected as next meeting place after a graceful invitation had been extended by Miss Re gina Rambo of that city. CITY FOLKS DO NOT HAVE ANY EXTRA BEDS, The October number of the Woman’s Home Companion con tains an article on “The Guest in the House,” which includes the following paragraph: “Fifty years ago nearly every house in New York City had one or more guest-chambers. Today half her inhabitants arise at an unusual hour to permit their beds to be turned into parlor furniture or pianofortes. If Cousin Mary or Cousin John realized all this, as, of course, no one who has not lived in a great city can really realize it, they would understand better just why %ey had not been invited to visit Tom’s folks. It is not because Tom and his wife wish to slight Mary and her husband that they have not in vited them to visit them in the city, but because, positively, the city cousins have not enough more room in their tiny adart rnent for even so much as a ca nary bird. On the other hand, John and his wife probably have a great, twelve-room house in the country, a house whose latch string is known to be always hanging out.” ‘Phone the news to The Moni tor. When you have a visitor or anything else, tell us about it. We put in a telephone for that purpose. Touch the wire when anything happens; and if nothing happens to happen, get out and make it happen. King number forty. MACON, DUBLIN & SAVANNAH BY Schedule Effective Auk- 20, 1911. T'i vi 8 2°- m° STATIONS sfo. , 1 . 7 A.I M. P. M. A. M P. M. 7 10 8 20 Leave Mu. on Arrive 11 15 4 55<) 7 22 15 512 Swift Creek 11 051 4 20 7 530 51 40 j Dry llranch 10 55 412 7 554 55 45 Atlantic 10 51 409 7 518 53 50 Pike’s Peak 10 48 4 00 745 S 3 57 Fitzpatrick 10 42 400 750 401 Ripley 10 537 55 555 !8 00 411 Jeffersonville 10 27 53 42 8 10 4 20 , Gullemore 10 15 51 550 i 8 20 4 530 Danville 10 07 5{ 22 8 25 4 85 Allentown 10 02 51 17 8 84 4 44 Montrose 9 553! 53 08 844 454 Dudley 9 42: 258 1 8 50 5 IK) Shew make 9 530 2 52 : 8 55 5 05 Moore 9 29 2 45 910 520 Ar. Lv. 915 j 2 80 Dublin 915 580 j Lv. Ar. 9102 25 917 582 * SMD &S J 908 228 9 21 5 550 N M 1) AS J 9 04 2 19 I 9 81 545 Cutlin 854 209 9 40 5 54 Minter 8 47 2 01 950 005 Rock ledge 8 5315 150 . 955 G 10 Orland 881 1 45 1 10 08 •6 28 Soperton 819 j 1 538 10 19 084 Tarrytown 807 121 ilO 26 641 Kibbee 800 j 115 'lo4oi 655 _ Vidalia _ _ 7 451 100 CONNECTIONS At Dublin with the Wrightsville ATennille and the Dublin A South* western for Eastman and Tcnnille and intermediate points At Macon with Southern Railway from and to Cincinnati!, Chattanooga, | Rome Birmingham, Atlanta and intermediate points. Also the Central of ! Georgia Railway, O. 8. & F. Railway, Macon and Birmingham Railway and Georgia Railroad. A t Rockledtm with the Milieu and Southwestern for Wadley and in- Jtermediafe points. At Vidalia with the Seaboard Air Line for Savannah and intermediate points, and with the M iilen and Southwestern for M illen, Htillmore and m ! termedjate points. 1 J. A. STREYER, G. P. A , Macon, Ga. 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