Cobb County GaArchives News.....County News January 24, 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: M Little http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006458 September 7, 2005, 3:45 pm The Marietta Journal January 24, 1895 ACWORTH (Thursday, January 24 1895) The Acworth Land Company held a meeting last week to take into consideration the building of a cotton factory at that place. A committee of three, composed of Hon. John Awtrey, Mr W K Holmes and Mr Penn Mitchell, were appointed to see what inducements could be offered to capitalists to invest and build a factory. There is no place in this section more suitable for such enterprise than Acworth and it is hoped their efforts will meet with success. The writer was shown a lump of gold taken from a mine near Acworth which weighed ninety penny weights. Several parties have visited this section lately looking after gold developments. No doubt if worked properly the mines here would prove profitable. The new Mayor and Council were inducted into office on last Friday night. H M Putnam was elected clerk, and J J Prather, marshall. Miss Nola Barrett is teaching school at Alatoona, Miss Sallie Abbott at Hickory Grove, Miss Sallie Moore at Cowan's school house, George M Moore at Mars Hill, Miss Julia Strickland at Westbrook's school house, and Miss Willie McDowell at Alatoona church. If the people do not get their children educated, it will not be for the want of schools to send them to. The Acworth High School re-opened on the 14th with bright prospects with 75 pupils in attendance. Our people seem to be well pleased with Prof J G Camp as principal and Miss Katie Huffaker as assistant. -Idler File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cobb/newspapers/countyne810gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb