RIVALS — TWO COLORED CHURCHES blDK BY SIDE IN THE OPEN COUNTRY 



fore the union there were twenty Cumberland churches in the county 

 and there are still twenty. Each of the three "U. S. A. " churches is the 

 result of a split which has generated in many cases the bitterest of feeling. 



The Power of the Church 



Throughout this region the church is strongly entrenched in the affections 

 of the people. The church together with the school is the great institu- 

 tion of the country people and their interest in the church and in religion 

 is deep and genuine. 



There is little hostility to the church and there are few in these coun- 

 try neighborhoods who do not believe in the church and in Christianity. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



Gibson County, Tennessee, is shown in this survey to be a fine farming 

 country, with unusual promise for the future. When this survey is 

 read there is very little left of the common complaints which we hear 

 about country life. The population is contented in the country. Those 

 who go away to the cities are not too many in number. There is a 

 measure of leadership in the country and there is a diversity of occupa- 

 tion to interest and employ the people. A wholesome variety of crops 

 is raised and last of all, the people of the county manufacture a great 

 deal of their own products. 



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