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I RIC TRAVELERS R Historic Traveler ' Rett was built upon land granted to Major Jesse Walton In 1789. Walton, a Revolutionary soldier and political leader, was killed by Indians near her In 1789. The Walton family sold the land to dames Rutherford Wyly who built the main part of the house between 1818 and I82S. Devereaux Jarrett bought the house on August Zl. 1838. Jarrett added to the original structure and opened It to the public. Due to the growing population and Increased through traffic, the structure served as an inn. trading post, and post office. While the ten room house was open to the public It entertained many Illustrious travelers. The .Jarrett account books, that doubled as hotel registers, contain the name of the English scientist and author. C. W. Featherstonehaugh. who stayed the night and ate breakfast for a quarter of • dollar. While the Jarrett family owned the house that they called Jarrett Manor. Mrs. Mary Jarrett White, the last family owner, made history. She was the first woman In Ceorgla to vote. Historic Traveler ' s Rest Is on the National Register of Historic Places and Is a Ceorgla Historical Commission Site. I 15
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The Demorest Bath Tub Works in 1890 occupied a large building, 30 ' x 100 ' and two stories high. It was about two hundred feet east of the railroad track. Very few houses in the nineties were equipped with bathrooms. Accordingly the factory advertised folding bath tubs that would not disfigure a handsome parlor, or any other room in the house. Regular bath tubs were also furnished. They were made of wood and lined with galvanized tin. One end was perperdicular, the other sloped. Ends, sides and bottom were soldered together. Sometimes, wheu occupied by a 200-pound man, the tub would spring a leak. One man, drawing lumber for the Bathtub Works stood on the unloading platform rumi- natively engaged with his quid of chewing tobacco, spitting first out of one corner of his mouth, then the other, said, It will go bust. Another of his companions asked the reason for the dire prophecy. Well, was t he reply, In the summer everybody goes to the lake, and in the winter it ' s too cold to take a bath. m
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