36 RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA. 



In 1906 the leading religious denominations among the 

 white population were Baptist, M. E. South, Methodist Pro- 

 testant, Presbyterian, Primitive Baptist, and Disciples of 

 Christ ; and among the negroes, Baptist, African Methodist, 

 A. M. E. Zion, Colored Methodist, Primitive Baptist, and 

 Cumberland Presbyterian. 



The largest towns, with their population in 1910, are 

 Greenville, with 3,377 inhabitants; Evergreen, with 1,582; 



FIG. 9. Group of negro farm houses, with sandstone chimneys, 

 remote from any white man's house, on the Ridge a few miles east of 

 Ridgeville, Butler County. June 11, 1919. 



Jackson, 1,379; Thomasville, 1,181; Georgiana, 999; York, 

 710, Cuba, 650; Camden, 648; Pineapple, 627; and Mon- 

 roeville, 616. Together they increased in population about 

 30 per cent between 1900 and 1910, and it is safe to assume 

 that this year's census will show a similar increase for most 

 of them in the last ten years. 



Every county is served by one or more railroads^ though 

 Choctaw had none up to about ten years ago, on account of 

 its rather mountainous topography. The leading systems, 

 in order of mileage, are the Louisville & Nashville; Ala- 

 bama, Tennessee & Northern; Southern; Gulf, Florida & 

 Alabama; and Alabama Great Southern. 



In 1910 the percentage of illiteracy among the white 

 population over 10 years old was 7.6, and among the ne- 

 groes of corresponding age 44.2. These figures, especially 



