. Clay County. Agriculture. 106 CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED electric light plant and water works, the water supply being pumped from deep wells. Extensions of the general sewer system are now under construc- tion. The new high school building is the finest in the county and was completed in 1915 at a cost of $65,000. It is the only high school in the county main- taining a normal training department for teachers. A five-acre tract is farmed by the pupils under the direc- tion of an instructor, who devotes his entire time to this work. Complete manual training and domestic science departments are a
. Clay County. Agriculture. 106 CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED electric light plant and water works, the water supply being pumped from deep wells. Extensions of the general sewer system are now under construc- tion. The new high school building is the finest in the county and was completed in 1915 at a cost of $65,000. It is the only high school in the county main- taining a normal training department for teachers. A five-acre tract is farmed by the pupils under the direc- tion of an instructor, who devotes his entire time to this work. Complete manual training and domestic science departments are also maintained. The city has many industries and a quota of mercantile houses, grain ele- vators and potato warehouses. It is also an important stock shipping point. It is the leading machinery distribu- ting point for a long distance, and sev- eral automobile dealers supply the de- mand for horseless carriages. That the deposits of the two banks—the First National and the Citizens State —aggregate half a million dollars is an indication that this is a prosperous community. For the past two years the Clay County fair has been held at Barnes- ville. It has proven an attraction for the entire county, and each year there have been fine exhibits of stock, agri- cultural and other products. Other features of the fair have been exhibits of needlework, baking and other home products. Also of the work of the pupils in the agricultural, manual training and domestic science depart- ments of the schools of the county. Two newspapers are published at Barnesville—the Record-Review and the Headlight. Cash Paid for Cream Cash payment for cream is one of the features of the business of the Barnesville Co-Operative Creamery Association. The plan in force is to pay the first of the week for cream delivered during the previous week. This system has proven satisfactory to the management as well as to the. First National Bank Block, Barnesville. Please note that these images are extracted fro
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