white town churches is 4,029, for the country churches 3,412. The 

 average attendance is roughly about 60 per cent, of the enroUment in 

 both towTi and country. Out of 2,949 enrolled in the town schools 1,111 

 are adults, 1,083 are children, and 755 are young people between 15 and 

 21 years old. Of 2,228 enrolled in the country 656 are adults, 872 are 

 children 14 or under, and 700 are young people. There are 237 teachers 

 in the towns and 191 in the country. Only one Sunday-school was 

 found in which regular teachers' meetings were held, and only one in 

 which the graded lessons were used. 



Church Property 



The total value of the church property is estimated at $340,000, which 

 is just twice the valuation of the school property. Of the total valuation 

 $210,000 is invested in the white town churches, $95,000 in the white 

 country churches, $15,000 in colored country churches and $20,000 in 

 colored town churches. The country churches are generally, one-room 

 buildings situated in a grove or surrounded by planted trees. The 

 average seating capacity is slightly less than 200. They are usually 

 heated by wood stoves and lighted by oil lamps. They are as a rule kept 

 up better than the schools. Many of them have cemeteries in connection 

 with them. 



Church Budget 



The total expenditure last year for all church purj^oses was ^63,140, 

 almost as much as that for schools. Of this amount ^34,600 was paid 

 out by the white town churches, ^20,524 by the white country churches, 

 and ^8,000 by the colored churches. Of this amount 52 per cent, went 

 to pay the ministers. The average country church pays its minister 

 ^108 a year and the average town church ^455 a year. 



The Ministers 



There are 33 white and 10 colored ministers living in the County. Of 

 the white ministers 22 are resident town pastors. The other eleven 

 preach wherever they can get work. Usually they have three or four 

 churches and in a few cases as many as five. Of the resident pastors ten 

 give full time to one church. The rest divide their time between two or 

 three churches. In addition to the ministers living within the county 

 there are 14 students from neighboring colleges who do supply work here. 

 Five country ministers are also farmers, three are teachers. The highest 

 salary paid is ^1,800 and seven of the thirty-three receive over ^1,000. 

 The salaries of the rest will hardly average o^'er ^700. 



Most of these men secured their education at neighboring colleges and 

 academies. Only seven of them have had seminary training. 



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