The story of Georgia and the Georgia people, 1732 to 1860 . Court House, Decatur, Ga. 1820-1829.] AND THE GEORGIA PEOPLE. 361 graded school, two railways and a street railway. It is aprohibition town and has an excellent population. Oxford, the seat of Emory College, is a beautiful villageamong the oaks, and is noted for the piety and intelligenceof its people. The county of Newton was one of the first to enterprisecotton mills, and at Newton Factory and at Cedar Shoalsthere were mills fifty years ago, and at the present timethere is quite a large and prosperous factory at PorterDale, formerly
The story of Georgia and the Georgia people, 1732 to 1860 . Court House, Decatur, Ga. 1820-1829.] AND THE GEORGIA PEOPLE. 361 graded school, two railways and a street railway. It is aprohibition town and has an excellent population. Oxford, the seat of Emory College, is a beautiful villageamong the oaks, and is noted for the piety and intelligenceof its people. The county of Newton was one of the first to enterprisecotton mills, and at Newton Factory and at Cedar Shoalsthere were mills fifty years ago, and at the present timethere is quite a large and prosperous factory at PorterDale, formerly Cedar Shoals. The county is rich in its quarries of most excellentgranite. The G. R. R. and the Middle Georgia and Atlantic roadare in Newton, and the people of the county have the bestrailroad facilities. The Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians have each agood following in the county. Newton is a prohibitioncounty and is noted for the moral worth of its people. The county was opened for settlement in 1821, and in1830 there were 11,815 inhabitants; of
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