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TENNESSEE. 



1,258,520 in T870; 1,542,369 in 1880; 1,767,518 in 

 1890; and 2,020,616 in 1900. Capital, Nashville. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1900: Governor, Benton McMillin; Sec- 

 retary of State, William S. Morgan; Treasurer, 

 Edward B. Craig; Comptroller, Theodore F. King; 

 Superintendent of Agriculture, Thomas H. Paine; 

 Superintendent of Instruction, Morgan C. Fitz- 

 patrick; Adjutant General, Horton C. Lamb; At- 

 torney-General, G. W. Pickle; Commissioner of 

 Labor, Robert A. Shiflett; Live Stock Commis- 

 sioner, W. H. Dunn; Factory Inspector, Martin 

 J. Noonan; Railroad Commissioners, N. W. Bap- 

 tist, J. N. McKenzie, and Thomas L. Williams; 

 Prison Commissioners, W. M. Nixon, John H. 

 Trice, who- resigned and was succeeded in August 

 by W. A. Carter, and A. J. McWhirter; Librarian, 

 Jennie l.andcrdale; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, David L. Snodgrass; Associate Justices, 

 W. C. Caldwell, John S. Wilkes, W. K. McAllister, 

 W. D. Beard; Clerk, A. W. McMillin; Justices of 

 the Court of Chancery Appeals, M. M. Neil, S. F. 

 Wilson, R. M. Barton, Jr.; Clerk, James Turney. 

 All are Democrats. 



State elections are held biennially in November 

 of the even-numbered years. The Legislature 

 meets biennially in January of the odd-numbered 

 years. 



Population. The increase in population dur- 

 ing the past decade is 14.3 per cent. Of the coun- 

 ties, 8 show a decrease. The population by coun- 

 ties was as follows: Anderson, 17.634; Bedford, 

 23,845; Benton, 11,888; Bledsoe, 6,626; Blount, 

 19,206; Bradley, 15,759; Campbell, 17,317; Can- 

 non, 12,121; Carroll; 24,050; Carter, 16,688; Cheat- 

 ham, 10,112; Chester, 9,896; Claiborne, 20,696; 

 Clay, 8,421; Cocke, 19,154: Coffee, 15,574; Crock- 

 etCl5,867; Cumberland, 8,311 ; Davidson, 122,815; 

 Decatur, 10,439; DeKalb, 16,460; Dickson, 18,635; 

 Dyer, 23,776; Fayette, 29,701; Fentress, 6,106: 

 Franklin, 20,392; Gibson, 39,408: Giles, 33,035; 

 Granger, 15,512; Greene, 30,596; Grundy, 7,802; 

 Hamblen, 12,728; Hamilton, 61,695; Hancock, 

 11,147; Hardeman, 22,976; Hardin, 19,246; Hawk- 

 ins, 24,267; Haywood, 25,189; Henderson, 18,117; 

 Henry, 24,208; Hick man, 16,367; Houston. 6,476; 

 Humphreys, 13,398; Jackson, 15,039 ; James, 5,407; 

 Jefferson,' 18,590; Johnson, 10,589; Knox, 74,304; 

 Lake, 7,368; Lauderdale, 21,971; Lawrence, 15,- 

 402; Lewis, 4,455; Lincoln, 26,304; Loudon, 

 10,838; McMinn, 19,163; McNairy, 17,760; Macon, 

 12,881; Madison, 36,333 ; Marion/17,760; Marshall, 

 18,763; Maury, 42,705; Meigs, 7,491; Monroe, 

 18,585; Montgomery, 36,017; Moore, 5,706; Mor- 

 gan, 9,875; Obion, 28.286; Overton, 13,353: Perry, 

 8,800; Pickett, 5,366; Polk, 11,351; Putnam, 

 16,890; Rhea, 14,318; Roane, 22,738; Robertson, 

 25,029; Rutherford, 33,543; Scott, 11,077: Sequat- 

 hie. 3,326; Sevier, 22,021; Shelby, 153,557: Smith, 

 19,026; Stewart. 15.224; Sullivan, 24,935; Sumner, 

 26,072; Tipton, 29,273; Trousdale, 6,040; Unicoi, 

 5.S71: Union. 11,894; Van Buren, 3,126; Warren, 

 16,410; Washington, 22,604; Wayne, 12.936; 

 \Veakley. :{2.54(i; White, 14,157; * Williamson, 

 36,429; Wilson, 27,078. 



Nashville has a population of 80,865; Chatta- 

 nooga, 32.490; Memphis, 102,320. 



Finances. The following data are from the 

 Treasurer's and the Comptroller's biennial reports: 

 Balance in the treasury Dec. 19, -1898, $85.071.41; 

 received from all sources from Dec. 20, 1898, to 

 Dec. 1!). 1900, $6,120.231.44; total, $6,205.302.85. 

 I'ai'l out on Comptroller's warrants from Dec. 20, 

 ivis. to Dec. 19, 1900, $6.(>95.299.X7. Balance in 

 the treasury Dec. 19, 1900. $110.<>()2.9X. 



[Deluded in the receipts and disbursements 

 shown above are amounts credited and charged to 



loan account, receipts from the Penitentiary, and 

 amounts paid out for maintenance of convicts. 

 < hiiitling these, it is seen that the net receipts 

 in 1899 were $1,901,976.32; the net disbursements, 

 $1,788,031.23; the net receipts in 1900, $2,069,624.- 

 98; net disbursements, $1,801,911.44. 



The receipts lor the two years exceeded the 

 disbursements $381,658.63; the Penitentiary re- 

 ceipts over disbursements were $268,272.94; total, 

 $649,931.57. Out of this amount were paid Fund- 

 ing Board notes amounting to $625,000; balance. 

 $24,931.57. 



This balance is represented by an increase of 

 cash on hand Dec. 19, 1900, over Dec. 19, 1898. 



The main expenditures for 1900 were: Pensions 

 for disabled soldiers, $92,742; State Normal Col- 

 lege, $22,856.61; Attorneys-General salaries, $38,- 

 317.61; Tennessee Industrial School, $60,245.55; 

 maintenance of convicts, $260,735.42 ; loan account, 

 $600,000; State prosecutions, $145,298.42; interest 

 on State debt, $547,616; interest on school fund, 

 $139,350.36; judicial salaries, $102,743.77; hospi- 

 tals for the insane Middle Tennessee $54,188.77, 

 West Tennessee $70.793.37, East Tennessee $52,- 

 578.24; School for the Deaf and Dumb, $42,28 1.46; 

 School for the Blind, $32,418.48; Bureau of Agri- 

 culture, Statistics, and Mining, $14,544.75. 



The receipts from county trustees, being the 

 property tax for the two years 1899-1900, were 

 $1,914,700.06, showing an increase over the two 

 previous years, 1897 and 1898, of $469,190.:^. 

 Railroad taxes collected in 1899 amounted to 

 $198.418.31 ; for 1900, $195,402.41. 



The total debt of the State is $17,023,600. Of 

 this, $13,528,600 is in 3-per-cent. bonds; the re- 

 mainder of the interest-bearing debt is at higher 

 rates. 



The total valuation for assessment in 1900 was 

 $340,359,148; the State tax, $1.221,256. 



Education. Among the facts given in the 

 biennial report of the Superintendent of Educa- 

 tion are the follow-ing: The number of children 

 in the State between the ages of six and twenty- 

 one years is 768,343. Of this number, 57:'>.'JS7 arc- 

 white, 195.556 colored. The total enrollment is 

 485,354. The average school term is nearly five 

 months, an increase of one half month during the 

 present administration. The average salary paid 

 teachers per month is more than $30 (an increase). 

 There are 7,954 schools and 9,195 teachers. The 

 value of school property is, as estimated, $3,063,- 

 568. The schools throughout the State use uni- 

 form text-books selected by a State text-book com- 

 mission. 



For a number of years the State has contributed 

 to the support of the Peabody Normal College, in 

 Nashville, conducted as the University of Nash- 

 ville and Peabody Normal College. The grounds, 

 buildings, etc.. with some small sum of money, are 

 given by the University Board : an annual appro- 

 priation of $20.000 is made by the Legislature and 

 expended under the direction of the State board. 



The number of students this year wa* (i()-J. 



Among the material improvements during Ilie 

 year at the University of Tennessee are a dairy 

 laboratory and a dormitory for woman students. 

 The attendance in the regular college clashes, to- 

 gether with graduates, special students. Stale stu- 

 dents at Knoxville College, and students in the 

 agricultural short course, was 369: in the law 

 department. 5(5. The total in all departments at 

 Nashville and Knoxville was 750; the number of 

 degrees ((inferred. 150. 



At the State Industrial School there were re- 

 maining. Dec. 19. 1S99. 760 pupils, of whom 471 

 are white boys. 2-J 1 L r irls. and 65 colored boys. 

 During the year the income from various sourer- 





