608 WILKES COUNTY. 



in which there is a clock said to be equal to any in the State, 

 and which cost $1,100. The jail is a very inferior building; 

 there are four churches, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian 

 and Roman Catholic, a branch bank of the State of Geor- 

 gia, one printing office, one hotel, eighty-eight dwellings, 

 six stores, a large number of mechanics, seven lawyers, six 

 physicians, a Division of the Sons of Temperance, Masonic 

 Lodges, &c. Population, 1,350. 



Washington is among the most beautiful towns in the 

 State, and the citizens have the reputation of being intelligent 

 and hospitable. Amount of goods sold annually is over $90,000. 



Mallorysville is 14 miles N. W. of Washington. It has 

 one church, one academy, one cotton-gin factory, one black- 

 smith, one store, and one tanyard. 



Danbury is 12 miles from Washington. 



Face op the Country, Nature of the Soil. — The sur- 

 face of the country is undulating. The soil is various. The 

 lands of the best kind are on Little and Broad rivers, and on 

 the creeks generally, having a red soil, adapted to cotton and 

 the different grains. The light sandy lands produce well for 

 a few years. The soil of Wilkes generally was once very 

 fertile, but has suffered much from injudicious culture. The 

 quantity of worn-out land which we see in travelling through 

 this county, should warn us to avoid the errors of gone-by 

 days. Economy in the management of land is as necessary 

 as in any other business. 



Value of Land. — Lands of the first quality average $8 

 per acre, second quality $5, turned out lands are worth $2. 



Value of Town Lots, &c. — The value of town lots is 

 $48,590. Stock in trade, $42,795. Money at interest, $398,579. 



Price of Grain, Provisions, Board, Taverns, Labour. 



