. Clarke County, Ga. and the city of Athens. h near theMadison county line is the most import-ant. The negro churches are severalin number and the services regular. Schools. An excellent school flourishes in Win-terville, another at Mrs. Anthonys, and 46 GLABKE COUNTY, GEORGIA, still another at Moores Grove of them are public schools. Thecolored children have two schools in , As elsewhere throughout the county,the main marketable crops are cotton,corn, oats and hay. The district raises annually from 1,000to 2,000 bales of cotton, 5,000 bushelsof corn, 5,000 bushels
. Clarke County, Ga. and the city of Athens. h near theMadison county line is the most import-ant. The negro churches are severalin number and the services regular. Schools. An excellent school flourishes in Win-terville, another at Mrs. Anthonys, and 46 GLABKE COUNTY, GEORGIA, still another at Moores Grove of them are public schools. Thecolored children have two schools in , As elsewhere throughout the county,the main marketable crops are cotton,corn, oats and hay. The district raises annually from 1,000to 2,000 bales of cotton, 5,000 bushelsof corn, 5,000 bushels of oats, and hay of Winterville, and the real estate valua-tion of so much of that town as lies inthe county. Deducting $60,000, thereremains $153,000 as the valuation on theagricultural lands. This sum, dividedby the acreage of the district, gives anaverage of $10 per acre for the presence of the Georgia railroad,which traverses the entire district, andof the Georgia, Carolina and Northernrailroad, which runs along the north-. University of Georgia—Front of Campus. and melons for market to the value of$1,000 or more. Property Valuation. The tax digest for 1892 shows the fol-lowing totals for this district: Property of all kinds, owned by whites $193,170Property of all kinds, owned by 20,360 $2VS 530This, of course, includes the merchan-dise carried in stock by the merchants western side, have much to do with theincreased average. Land remote fromthese railroads sells as low as $5 peracre, and near them, at $20 to $30. Mills, Gins, Etc. Williams saw mill, on Beavei- Damcreek, a number of cotton gins at variouspoints, several blacksmith shops and agrist mill supply conveniences of theirkind to the district. AND THE CITY OF ATHENS. V Farms. Fifty-six farms owned by white men,and thirteen held by colored men, arereturned for taxes. The farms in thisdistrict vary greatly in size, none of thembeing more than 800 acres. The tenantsystem is practiced by the lar
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