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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



electric light plant and water works, 

 the water supply being pumped from 

 deep wells. Extensions of the general 

 sewer system are now under construc- 

 tion. 



The new high school building is the 

 finest in the county and was completed 

 in 1915 at a cost of $65,000. It is the 

 only high school in the county main- 

 taining a normal training department 

 for teachers. A five-acre tract is 

 farmed by the pupils under the direc- 

 tion of an instructor, who devotes his 

 entire time to this work. Complete 

 manual training and domestic science 

 departments are also maintained. 



The city has many industries and a 

 quota of mercantile houses, grain ele- 

 vators and potato warehouses. It is 

 also an important stock shipping point. 

 It is the leading machinery distribu- 

 ting point for a long distance, and sev- 

 eral automobile dealers supply the de- 

 mand for horseless carriages. That 

 the deposits of the two banks — the 

 First National and the Citizens State 

 — aggregate half a million dollars is 



an indication that this is a prosperous 

 community. 



For the past two years the Clay 

 County fair has been held at Barnes- 

 ville. It has proven an attraction for 

 the entire county, and each year there 

 have been fine exhibits of stock, agri- 

 cultural and other products. Other 

 features of the fair have been exhibits 

 of needlework, baking and other home 

 products. Also of the work of the 

 pupils in the agricultural, manual 

 training and domestic science depart- 

 ments of the schools of the county. 



Two newspapers are published at 

 Barnesville — the Record-Review and 

 the Headlight. 



Cash Paid for Cream 



Cash payment for cream is one of 

 the features of the business of the 

 Barnesville Co-Operative Creamery 

 Association. The plan in force is to 

 pay the first of the week for cream 

 delivered during the previous week. 

 This system has proven satisfactory 

 to the management as well as to the 



First National Bank Block, Barnesville 



