Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
POPULAT|ONOF
FL PASO 83,836,
113PER CENT GAIN

Washington, July 17.-E1 Paso,
Tex, S3,S36. increase, 44,557, or 113.4
per cent.
Milford, Conn. (including Wood
mont borough) 1913, increase 5,S27,
s.. or 1885 per cent.
Chester county, Tenn, 1859, gain
of $40, or "a per cent; Hancock
county. Miss, 1880, decrease of
SGT, or IA per cent; Neshoba county,
Miss, 19,90S, increase of 1928, or IA
per cent.
The census bureau today an
nounced the following 1920 popula-
lions will be given out Monday, July
10, at 1920 a. m:
Port Henry, N. Y, Seneca Falls,
N. Y, Ashland, Ohio, Nillville, Fla,
a ST. Andrews, Fla, Macon, Ga. Gre
.vised f1gures), Henderson, KY,
, Rapid City, S. D., Amery, Wis, Col
9 ton, Calf, Sale county, Texas, and
Starr county, Texas.
MACON FARM VALUES
- SHOW GREAT INCREASE
An increase of $6,5O7,S35 or 220
per cent is shown in the value of
county for the past ten year period,
according to statistics just made
public by the census bureau. The
figures are based on the information
obtained during the recent census.
The present valuation is $9,464, 635.
The number. of farms in Macon
county in 1920 is 1912 as against
1894 in 1910. while the total farm
acreage is now 216,7S4 as against
1sS,655 in 1910. The number of
swos 2.9SS. Cattle, sheep and hogs in
1920 totalled 21,012 as compared
with 1855 in 1910.
Increased production of corn, dry
peas and hay is shown by the sta
for Macon county was 402,17O bush
els and in 1909 33S,591 bushels:
dry peas in 1919 were 22,O07 bushels
and in 1909 were 16,S49 bushels.
{ Marked decrease in cotton produc-
Ftion is shown despite the fact that
the cotton acreage was reduced very
; little in the ten-year period. In 1909
Macon county produced 1S,907 bales
Of cotton on 45,755 acres, while in
1919, on 42,29S acres, only S,565
! 4S PER CENT INCREASES
FOR COLQUITT COUNTY
MoULTRIE, Ga, July 17.-Census
Colquitt county population of 49,
332, or an increase of 48 per cent,
have served to call attention to the
remarkable growth of the county
since 1880, as far back as informa-
ton along this line can be obtained.
that there were but 1927 people in
the county. During the decade which
followed the gain in population was
just a little over 1000. the figures
for 1890 being 4,794. From 1890 to
1900, the increase in population was
1874 per cent, the count jumping from
4,7s4 to 1886. The next ten-year
period showed a gain of As per cent,
putting the total population of the
county to 1879. The figures for
1920 were given in the opening SEN
tence.
That Colquitt is not suffering from
what many have called the great ma
tional disease, "cityitis,' is shown by
the census figures for this year, more
than two-thirds of its nearly 10000
the growth Of Moultrie was re-
markable, being over 100 per cent, the
city did not increase in size at the
expense of the rural sections in It's
territory. Another interesting fact
in connection with the county
colorel people, the former compris-
ing. according to estimates MADE
from the best available figures, fully
80 per cent of the total population
The period OF 1890 to 1900 marked
Tie advent of the first railroad, the
Georgia Northern, into Moultrie, con-
meeting this section up with the out
side world at what was then P1dcock,
on the Atlantic Coast Line. Thls
event was the main impetus for the
remarkable growth of 1874 per cent.
The. fact that the county exceeded in
the 1910 to 1920 period its previous
growth of As per cent from 1900 to
1920 by only 81 per cent would be
relatively unimportant were it not for
the fact that this shows how steady
and consistent has been the spirit
of progress, despite the fact that the
large total population made 1t more
difficult to measure up to the stand
ard previously set. This achievement,
according to those who study local
Conditions, was made possible largely
by the fact that the farmers and
business of the county united IN
building the first great 1ndependent
1meat packing plant ever put In ser
vice in the southeast, which was sub
1seuuently bought by Swift & COM
spany, one of the big five, on Whdcn
efhey have spent more than S1,0Oo,OoU
y