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In the latitude south of Atlanta.
“Mlij fife is fike tlje Summer
Mose.”
BY HON. RICHARD HENRY WILDE.
My life is like the summer rose,
That opens to the morning sky;
But, ere the shades of winter close,
Is scattered on the ground—to die.
But on the rose’s humble bed
The sweetest dews of night are shed
As if she wept such waste to see ;
But none shall weep a tear for me.
My life is like the autumn leaf,
That trembles in the moon’s pale ray;
Its hold is frail, its date is brief,
Restless and soon to pass away.
Yet, ere that leaf shall fall and fade,
The parent tree shall mourn its shade —
The winds bewail the leafless tree;
But none shall breathe a sigh for me.
My life is like the print which feet
Have left on Tampa’s desert strand;
Soon as the rising tide shall beat,
This track shall vanish from the sand.
Yet, still, as grieving to efface
All vestige of the human race,
On that lone shore loud moans the sea;
But none shall e’er lament for me.
Sam Jones, the evangelist, lives on
the Kennesaw Route.
A liuzxioz*ous dai’e-devil—tire very txian. to suit my purpose. Butwra.
Kennesaw Mountain.
Since preparing the articles on Ma
rietta as a health resort and a de
lightful city in whirsh to reside sum
mer or winter, arrangements have
been completed that will make this
the most fashionable pleasure resort of
the entire south.
The Marietta and North Georgia
Real Estate and Investment Co. has
secured 1956 acres of land on the
north and west of the city which in
cludes all of Kennesaw Mountain and
the land surrounding the present town
of Elizabeth, the location of the mills
of the American Marble Co., and the
machine and car shops of the Mari
etta & North Ga. R. R. They have
been granted a franchise for a street
railway and the city council has taken
steps to secure for the city gas and
water works.
The 1956 acres of land and the
railway franchise is being transferred
to the Marietta Land and Improve
ment Co., which company proposes
building a motor line railway north via
Elizabeth along the south-eastern
slope of the mountain and back to
starting point via Whitlock Avenue.
They will also have a branch to the
top of the mountain where they pro
pose erecting a fine hotel at a cost of
OUR “ SUMMER VACATION ” NUMBER.
ATLANTA, CA., AUCUST I, 1888.
LOOKING TO SEE HOW HIGH THE THERMOMETER IS
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At Marietta, Ga.
$75,000. They propose to expend
$30,000 in making drives, walks and
beautifying the mountain. An ob
servatory is to be erected on the ex
treme summit of the mountain which
will afford the grandest view in Amer
ica.
What ground is not used for a
hotel, railroad, drives, pleasure
grounds, etc., will be sold to parties
desiring private residences.
The old breast works and fortifica
tions, reminding us of the terrible
fight between the armies of General
Johnston and General Sherman, will
be carefully preserved and will for
all time be an attraction to the Amer
ican citizen. There are several min
eral springs on this property possess
ing valuable medicinal properties es
pecially to those from the low coun
try.
Immediately surrounding the mar
ble works the land will be laid off in
lots and sold to the employes and
operatives of the mills, railroad com
pany, etc. ‘For the benefit of the fam
ilies of this particular section, five
acres will be donated for a public
park. All the land along the base of
the mountain will be sold in quantities
to suit parties desiring choice residence
property. The company wjR
10 acres of fine timber land near the
south end of Little Kennesaw for a
public park, providing the city will
agree to improve and take care of it.
As soon as the transfer of this pro
perty can be made to the Improve
ment Company it will be platted and
laid off in streets, drives, etc., and the
street railway located. It is the in
tention to have the railroad com
menced at once, and the hotel will be
built during the coming winter.
There is no boom and there will be
none, but you can rest assured that
instead of the 4,000 population we
have now we will have, within three
years, 20,000. There is no place in
the south that possesses our natural
advantages, and the people are finding
it out and will come.
To northern people it seems ridicu
lous to come south to spend the hot
season, but we know from experience
that if they come to Georgia’s moun
tains for the summer, they will return
from year to year. To the peoplp of
the north that go to Florida to spend
the winter, we say stop here for a day
at least and take a ride to the top of
grand old Kennesaw and view the
grandest country that the suu pypp
shone upon.—/ourruf/.
NO. 15.