. Texas ... an illustrated description of present conditions in the Lone Star state, with comparative tables showing the marvelous growth and exceptional advantages offered to the prospective investor or homeseeker . f grain, cotton and alfalfa. It is a good stockcountry, shipping large numbers of hogs and cattle annually. Schools and Churches. It is well supplied with schools and churches, having 160schools, employing 225 teachers; receiving for their support $69, are in addition to the public schools five high schools, sixcolleges, several business colleges and academies of music. T
. Texas ... an illustrated description of present conditions in the Lone Star state, with comparative tables showing the marvelous growth and exceptional advantages offered to the prospective investor or homeseeker . f grain, cotton and alfalfa. It is a good stockcountry, shipping large numbers of hogs and cattle annually. Schools and Churches. It is well supplied with schools and churches, having 160schools, employing 225 teachers; receiving for their support $69, are in addition to the public schools five high schools, sixcolleges, several business colleges and academies of music. Thechurches are represented by some 200 organizations. Cost of Lands. Improved lands are rated from $40 to $60 per acre; unimprovedlands from $12 to $30. Banks. Eight banks in the county have deposits amounting to $2,050,000. Railway Facilities. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway and four other linesafford the best of transportation facilities in all directions. Towns. The county contains a great many small, progressive towns, allsituated in thickly settled farming districts. McKinney, the county seat, is a thriving city of 4,500 in-habitants, located nearly in the center of the county. It has fifteen 56. 22 cCO I O (J) *£= ° — -M 0 o OO 1 I = 12 fine church buildings, a complete school system, with several largecolleges and academies of music, a fine court house, a large packinghouse, three flouring mills and elevators, waterworks and electriclight plants, two wholesale grocery houses, one wholesale drughouse, and a number of other industries. Farmersville, with a population of 2,000, has several steamcotton gins, a flouring mill, a number of good church buildings, ahigh school, and many mercantile establishments.
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