CLARKE COUNTY. 183 



S.W. of Athens. Capital $20,000 ; owned by Moses & Jen- 



kinson. Water power fine. 



Spindles, 350 



Looms, ..'... 12 



Machinery cost .... 8000 dols. 

 Yards of cloth made per day, . 400 



Bags of cotton consumed per day, l^ 



Number of operatives, . . 25 



Wages of operatives per month, from 5 to 25 dols. 

 Saw-mill, .... 1 



Grist-mill, ..... 1 



Georgia factory, owned by John White, Esq., situated 



four miles S. of Athens. Machinery cost $50,000. 

 Spindles, .... 1704 



Bundles of yarn per day, . . 140 



Looms, ..... 20 



Yards of cloth per day, . . 800 



Operatives, .... 70 



Goods sent to North and South Carolina, Philadelphia, and 

 New Orleans. New machinery has recently been erected. 



Pioneer Paper Mill, owned by Albon Chase, and J. S. 

 Linton. Located on Barber's creek, three and a half miles 

 S. W. of Athens. Building of wood upon a stone basement, 

 two stories high. It is intended to manufacture writing, 

 printing, and wrapping paper ; but at the time we visited this 

 establishment, the machinery for writing paper had not yet 

 been obtained. From 5 to 600 pounds of paper will be made 

 per day.* 



Besides the factories just enumerated, there are in the 

 county 



23 Saw-mills. 

 17 Grist do. 

 3 Merchant do. 

 G Distilleries. 



Religious Sects. — Methodists, Missionary and Anti-Mis- 

 sionary Baptists, Christians, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and 

 a few Roman Catholics, Jews, and Universalists. In the 



county are — 



, * Now in operation. 



