Scuppernong is indigenous to Terrell, as well as to many other counties of Georgia.

There are about 50,000 acres of yellow pine, but most of it has been sawed over. There is an annual output of 7 or 8 million superficial feet at about $9.00 a thousand feet.

There is some sandstone, but none of it is being quarried.

There are in Terrell county 12 grist-mills, 5 operated by water and 7 by steam. All of the 9 sawmills use steam. Other manufactories are: three of builder's supplies, two of coffins, one of carriages and buggies, one turpentine distillery, and one cotton seed oil-mill. The annual output of all these manufactories is $200,000. The tributaries of Flint river furnish 56 horse-powers utilized by 5 grist-mills.

Dawson, the county site, is a growing city of 2,926 inhabitants, with excellent schools and churches of the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians and Lutherans. It has two banks with a combined capital of $113,000; a good system of water-works, and electric light plant; a paid fire department; a court-house and other public buildings worth $54,000; several flourishing mercantile establishments, life and fire insurance agencies and four of the manufacturing establishments mentioned above. At Dawson two lines of railway, one a branch of the Central of Georgia, the other of the Seaboard Air Line system, cross each other, the former traversing the county from northeast to southwest, the latter from northwest to southeast. In the district which includes the town there are 6,036 inhabitants. The public roads of the county are in fine condition. Its products are marketed principally at Dawson, but a small percentage goes to Parrott, Bronwood and Sasser.

Other post-offices and towns besides those already mentioned are: Cottondale, Herod, Duvall and Graves Station. There is a free mail delivery all over the county.

The entire receipts and shipments of cotton from the county are 26,000 bales. Of these Dawson handles 17,000 bales. According to the United States census of 1900, there were ginned in Terrell county 25,719 bales of upland cotton of the crop of 1899-1900.

The area of Terrell county is 340 square miles, or 217,600 acres. Population in 1900, 19,023, a gain of 4,520 since 1890; school fund, $12,215.35.

By the Comptroller-General's report for 1900 there are: acres of improved land, 206,617; of wild land, 202; average price per acre of improved land, $4.80; of wild land, $0.40; city property, $417,892; shares in bank, $67,500; money, etc., $279,684; merchandise, $107,658; stocks and bonds, $250; cotton manufactories, $1,738; iron works, $100; household furniture, $127,859; farm and other animals, $191,852; plantation and mechanical tools, $45,547; watches, jewelry, etc., $8,507; value of all other property, $78,623; real estate, $1,425,170; personal estate, $924,818. Aggregate value of whole property, $2,394,988.

Property returned by colored taxpayers: number of acres, 10,518;

value, $45,468; city property, $18,082; money, $50; merchandise, $275; household furniture, $30,624; watches, etc., $404; farm and other animals, $32,040; plantation and mechanical tools, $7,051; value of all other property, $2,439. Aggregate value of whole property, $136,433. The tax returns for 1901 show an increase of $245,853 in the value of all property since 1900.

The public schools of Terrell county number 24 for white pupils, and 24 for colored, with an average attendance of 689 white pupils and 851 colored.

Population of Terrell county by sex and color, according to the census of 1900: white males, 2,913; white females, 2,761; total white, 5,674; colored males, 6,536; colored females, 6,813; total colored, 13,349.

Population of the city of Dawson by sex and color, according to the census of 1900: white males, 615; white females, 609; total white, 1,224; colored males, 778; colored females, 924; total colored, 1,702. Total population of Dawson, 2,926.

Domestic animals in Terrell county in barns and inclosures, not on farms or ranges, June 1, 1900: 12 calves, 7 steers, 2 bulls, 204 dairy cows, 147 horses, 40 mules, 235 swine, 5 goats.

THOMAS COUNTY.

Thomas County was formed from Decatur and Irwin in 1825, and a part of Lowndes was added to it in 1826. It was named in honor of Jett Thomas, who was captain of artillery in the army of General Floyd at the battles of Antossee and Chalibbee. He was born in Virginia in 1777, and died in Milledgeville, Georgia, of cancer in 1815.

Thomas county is bounded on the north by Mitchell and Colquitt, east by Brooks county, south by the State of Florida, and west by Decatur county. The Ocklockonee river, from the northeast to the southwest corner is the principal stream. The county lies on the backbone of an elevated ridge, which extends across the State from northeast to southwest. It slopes eastward and westward and from the watershed thus formed flow numerous creeks and smaller, limpid streams. From the hillsides burst numerous springs, from which flow branches of clear water. In every part of the county wells of good freestone water are easily dug. In many sections the surface is level, in others undulating. Some parts of the county are rather hilly. The soil varies greatly and some close observers say that no fifty acres are exactly alike. The greater part of it is a gray, sandy loam, with a red clay subsoil, while some of it is of a yellow, sandy clay formation. There are lands of black muck, very fertile, as well as lands of pure sand, that are nearly useless for agricultural purposes. The prices vary from $2 to $10 an acre, according to location, quality and improvements. An average farm can be purchased at from $5 to $6 an acre. The principal crops are cotton, both long and short-staple, sugar-cane, sweet and Irish potatoes, peas of every variety, all the common vegetables, and many kinds of grasses. Crab is almost

the only grass cultivated in Thomas county for hay, being cut after other crops, especially after melons. When cultivated for hay exclusively it produces from 4,000 to 8,000 pounds to the acre. On some lands the yield to the acre under ordinary methods of cultivation is as follows: corn, 9 bushels; oats, 10 to 12 bushels; rye, 10 bushels; sorghum-syrup, 100 gallons; sugar-cane syrup, 300 gallons; Irish potatoes 100 bushels; sweet potatoes, 150 bushels; seed cotton, 400 pounds. On other lands under a proper system of cultivation the yield to the acre is as follows: corn, 20 to 30 bushels; oats, 20 bushels; rye, 20 bushels; barley, 40 bushels; Irish and sweet potatoes, 200 bushels each; field-peas, 25 bushels; ground-peas, 40 bushels; upland seed cotton, 600 pounds; sorghum syrup, 250 gallons; sugar-cane cyrup, 400 gallons.

The native grasses (wire and sedge), burned off in spring and growing up luxuriantly form the principal summer pasturage, which is supplemented by the cane brakes. In winter the preferred food for cattle consists of cotton seed meal and hulls with hay made from the native grasses. Some attention is given to the improvement of beef cattle. The improvement in milch-cows is marked, the Jersey predominating. There are 4 dairy farms with a capacity of 200 gallons of milk a day.

In 1890 there were in Thomas county 16,354 cattle, of which there were 694 working oxen and 4,584 milch-cows. Of the cows, 672 were of improved breeds. The milk produced amounted to 442,092 gallons, the butter to 79,252 pounds, and the cheese to 1,018 pounds. The sheep numbered 3,511 and yielded 7,545 pounds of wool. There were 84,309 domestic fowls producing 138,793 dozens of eggs. The honey gathered amounted to 7,139 pounds. There were 1,916 horses, 1,482 mules, 8 donkeys and 25,720 swine.

The county has wild turkeys and quail for those who fancy hunting, and the many streams furnish black bass and perch to reward the labors of the fisherman.

The fruits consist principally of pears, peaches, apples, plums, strawberries, figs, grapes and watermelons.

The vegetables are all the varieties common to this country. The products of the market gardens over and above home consumption amount to somewhere near $3,000 worth. About 200 acres are devoted to grapes cultivated for home use.

A good portion of the county is still covered with original forest growth and consists mainly of yellow pine, various kinds of oak, hickory, poplar, magnolia, gum, beech and others. About 35 lumber and sawmills, all run by steam, are employed in sawing the timber and preparing it for manufacturing purposes.

There are in Thomasville railroad shops of the Plant System, 3 shops for repairing vehicles, 2 sash and blind factories, and one foundry. In Thomasville and other towns are 10 or 12 shops where shoes are repaired and made. In the county are 12 turpentine distilleries. There are 3 grist-mills and ginneries run by water-power.

Thomasville, the county site, is a flourishing city with a population of 5,322, or, including the district, 9,172. It has three banks with an ag