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Building: Three rooms; improperly lighted; one cloak room; well kept and in very good condition; painted; used for Sunday school.
Equipment: Double patent desks; 45 feet of blackboard; no charts; no globes; no library; a reference dictionary; some pictures; maps of Georgia and United States.
Organization: Three teachers, ten grades; 125 pupils; corn club. Six months' school year.
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ROSSVILLE SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. Whiteside, Miss Chambers, Mrs. Benson and Mis Leonard.
Location: One and one-half miles from Dry Valley; one and a quarter miles from Lakeview; three miles from Mission Ridge.
Grounds: Area, one lot; titles in trustees; rough; sanitary drinking fountains; flower boxes in windows; surface toilets.
Building: Value, $5,000.00; four rooms; poor condition; very well kept; no cloak room; painted inside; brick outside.
Equipment: Double and single patent desks; poor blackboard; some maps; no charts; reference dictionary; some globes; a libra- ry; an organ.
Organization: Four teachers, eight grades; 278 pupils; eight months' school year.
Maintenance: $3,150.00 per annum.
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LINWOOD SCHOOL.
Teachers: Miss Mamie Veasey, Miss Hanson, Miss Mildred Routt and Miss Irene Hanson.
Location: Near LaFayette.
Grounds: Area, ; titles in Union Cotton Mill; level; very good condition; no play equipment; two sanitary toilets.
Building: Value, $6,000.00; three rooms; good condition; well kept; cloakrooms; painted.
Equipment: Single patent desks; insufficient blackboard; some maps; some pictures; a library; a reference dictionary.
Organization: Four teachers, seven grades; 143 enrolled; programs posted; clubs; nine months' school term.
NOTE-Linwood is a separate municipality adjacent to LaFayette, at the Linwood Cotton Mills. It is an independent school sys- tem, supported mainly by the mill corporation.
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FAIRVIEW SCHOOL.
Teacher : Mrs. R. C. Linn.
Location: Three miles north from Chattooga; four miles south from Burnt Mill.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (? ; hilly; no play equipment; no gardens; no toilets; water from spring.
Building: Value, $1,200.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; in very good condition; fairly well kept; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; insufficient blackboards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; five grades; 78 enrolled; 30 recitation periods; program posted. Six months' school term.
Maintenance: $258.00 per annum.
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SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL.
Teacher : Miss Grace Bowen.
Location: Four miles west from Pine Grove; two miles east from LaFayette; three miles south from Bethel.
Grounds: Area, . ; titles, in private individual; hilly; un- improved; no equipment; no gardens; no toilets; water from a spring.
Building: Value, $100.00; one room; very poor condition; well kept; no cloak room, unpainted.
Equipment: Long, home-made desks; insufficient blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; some pictures; no library.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 34 enrolled; 24 recitation periods.
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RIDGEWAY SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Ethel Skates.
Location: Four miles northeast from Chattooga; four miles west from Wesley Chapel.
Grounds: Area, ; titles, ... .; very rough; rocky; no gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $800.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted.
Equipment: Insufficient amount of blackboard; no sand tables; no charts; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dic- tionary.
Organization: One teacher, five grades; 38 pupils.
Maintenance: $330.00 from county and patrons.
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PINE GROVE SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Zephyr Palmer, LaFayette, Ga., Route 2.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles, small, no gardens; one surface toilet; use neighbor's well for water.
Building: Value, $1,000.00; one room; no cloak room; properly lighted; ceiled; painted outside.
Equipment: Long, home-made desks; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; enrollment, 36. Six months' school year.
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OLD BETHEL SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mrs. Edith Goodson, Chickamauga, Ga.
Location: Three miles east from Pond Spring; five miles northeast from Rock Spring.
Grounds: Area, ; titles, ; level; no play equip- ment; no gardens; two surface toilets.
Building: Value, $1,200.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted; fair condition; well kept; painted.
Equipment: Double patent desks; a teachers' table; fairly good blackboard; no charts; no sand tables; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, six grades; 41 pupils; 32 recitation pe- riods; program posted. Six months' school years.
Maintenance: $258.00 per annum from county.
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OAK GROVE.
Teacher: Miss Thelma Parker.
Location: Three miles from Garrett's Chapel; three miles from Pond Spring.
Grounds: Area, ; titles, grounds hilly and rough; water from a neighbor's well; no gardens; one toilet, in bad condition.
Building: Value, $1,000; one room; lighting poor; good condition and well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside and outside.
Equipment: Double patent desks but very old; ample blackboard; no maps; no charts; no library; no reference dictionary; some framed pictures; a globe.
Organization: One teacher, six grades; enrolled, 27; program posted; 28 recitation periods. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $240.00 per annum from county.
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OAKDALE SCHOOL.
Teacher : Miss Vinnie Parker.
Location: Two and one-half miles south from Wesley Chapel; four miles southwest from Waterville; Morris (Chattooga County) two miles south.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in individual; unimproved; a good well; no gardens; two surface toilets, in good condition.
Building: Value, $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; unceiled; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Long, home-made desks; insufficient amount of black- board; no maps; no charts; no globes; a few pictures; no library; a reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, six grades; 38 enrolled. Seven months' school year.
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NOBLE SCHOOL.
Teacher : Miss Irene Glass.
Location: Two miles south of Rock Spring; three miles north of Warren; three miles west of Center School.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in Board of Education; unimproved; no playground equipment; no school garden; water secured from neighbor's well; two surface toilets.
Building: Value, $1,200.00; one room; improperly lighted; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside and outside.
Equipment: Double patent desks; no charts; no globes; a few pic- tures; no library; one map; insufficient amount of black- board.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 40 enrolled; no program posted; a pig elub. Six months' school year.
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NEW GROVE SCHOOL.
Teacher : Mr. Oscar Bowman, Curryville, Ga.
Location: Four miles south from Furnace.
Grounds: Two acres; titles in Board of Education: rough but well kept; no play equipment; no gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $1,500.00; good condition; well kept; two cloak rooms; unpainted; correctly lighted.
Equipment : Rough, home-made desks; insufficient blackboard; a few maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library.
Organization: One teacher, five grades; 67 enrolled; no program posted; 39 recitation periods. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $390.00 per year from county and patrons.
HENDERSON SCHOOL.
Teacher : Miss Chloe Kinsey, Villanow, Ga.
Location: Salem (Whitfield County ) two and one-half' miles east; Concord four miles south.
Grounds: Area, .. .; titles, . .; rocky; not level; un- improved; small playgrounds; no gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $200.00; one room, very small and unsuited for schoolroom; improperly lighted; fairly well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Rough, home-made desks; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 37 pupils; program posted; 37 recitation periods. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $258.00 per annum from county.
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GRIFFIN SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Jessie Hammontree.
Location: Three miles west of Villanow; four mile; north of Mill Creek.
Grounds: One acre; titles in trustees; unimproved; small playground; no gardens; one toilet, in bad condition.
Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; fairly good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: ' Long benches; very poor blackboard; no maps; ro charts; no globes; no pictures; no reference dictionary.
Organiaztion: One teacher, seven grades; enrolled, 70; no clubs.
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GARRETT'S CHAPEL SCHOOL.
Teacher: Mrs. Amanda Pierce, Chickamauga, Ga.
Location: Three miles southwest from Wallaceville; three miles west from Oak Grove.
Grounds: Area, .. .; titles,
. ..... .; no play equipment; no gardens; one toilet, in very bad condition.
Building: Value, $800.00; one room; poor lighting; very good condi- tion and well kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside but un- painted inside.
Equipment: Home-made; poor blackboards; one map; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, six grades; enrolled, 53; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; corn, pig and potato clubs. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $258.00 per annum from county.
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FURNACE SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Eddie Partain.
Location: Three miles southeast of Villanow; four miles north from Pocket.
Grounds: Area, . ; titles, ; hilly and rocky, very poor condition; insufficient playgrounds; no gardens; no toilets.
Building: Value, $300.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted; unceiled; kept very well; unpainted.
Equipment : Long seats; insufficient amount of blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; enrollment, 28; 22 recita- tion periods; no program posted. School year six months.
Maintenance: $258.00 per annum.
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CONCORD SCHOOL.
Teacher: R. T. Rives.
Location: One and a half miles east to Villanow.
Grounds: Ten acres; titles in Methodist Church; woods; ample play- grounds but unimproved; no gardens; no toilets.
Buildings: Value, $250.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; in bad condition, but well kept; floors oiled; unpainted.
Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks; good blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 56 enrolled. Six months' school year.
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CENTER GROVE SCHOOL.
Teacher : I. V. Swanson, LaFayette, Ga.
Location: One and one-half miles north from Bethel; three miles east from Noble; four miles northeast from Naomi; two and one-half mile; southeast from Rock Springs; three miles east from Noble.
Grounds: Area, one acre; ample playgrounds; no gardens; no equip- ment; one toilet, in very bad condition.
Building: Value, $800.00; one-room; improperly lighted; very poor condition; well kept; ceiled but unpainted; one cloak room; used for church
Equipment : Double patent desks; no teachers' desk; insufficient blackboard; one map; no sand table; no pictures; no water cooler; no charts; no globes.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 57 pupils; no program posted; 30 recitation periods; no clubs. School year six months.
Maintenance: $288.00 per year.
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BRUNER'S CHAPEL.
Teacher: Miss Rachel Wheeler.
Location : Three and one-half miles south from Rossville; two miles east from Flintstone.
Grounds: Titles, in church; no equipment for play; no gardens.
Building: One room; very good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Long seats; two small blackboards; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no reference dictionary; no library; no globes
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; 27 pupils; no program posted; no school clubs. School term, five months.
Maintenance: $400.00 per annum; county and local tax.
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BETHEL SCHOOL. Teacher: Miss Ella Lane, LaFayette, Ga.
Location: Four miles from Sunnyside; two miles from Center Grove; three miles east from Noble.
Grounds: Area, . ; titles, church property; one well; small playgrounds; no improvements; two surface toilets.
Building: Church; one room, 40' x 50'; insufficiently lighted; very good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment : Long, home-made seats; a little blackboard; no maps; no charts; no pictures; no library; no dictionary.
Organization: One teacher, six grades; 42 enrolled; no clubs; no industrial work; no program posted; six months' school term.
Maintenance: $258.00 from county.
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LEE SCHOOL.
Teacher : Miss Ora White, LaFayette, Ga., Route 4.
Location: Chapel, three miles south; Waterville, four miles south- east; Corinth, two and one-half miles east.
Grounds: Area, ; titles, . ; broken, rocky, but good shade trees; insufficient amount of playgrounds; two surface toilets, in bad condition.
Building: Value, $900.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; ceiled; fairly well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: No desks, use long wooden benches; insufficient amount of blackboard; one U. S. map; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; an organ.
Organization: One teacher, seven grades; enrolled, 43; 29 recitation periods; no program posted. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $330.00 per annum.
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BURNT MILL SCHOOL.
Teacher: Miss Beulah Shankle.
Location: Three miles to LaFayette; two miles northwest to Estelle.
Grounds: Area, . . .. ; titles .; good playgorunds, two surface toilets; condition, fair.
Building: Value, $500.00; one room; well lighted; well kept; fairly good condition; no cloak rooms; painted inside.
Equipment: Benches; fairly good blackboard; one map; a library; a globe; no charts; no framed pictures; no reference dietionary.
Organization: One teacher, six grades; 61 enrolled. Six months' school term.
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CATLETT SCHOOL.
Teachers: J. C. Jones and Thomas MeGill.
Location: Four miles from Naomi; three miles east from Pine Grove; two miles south from Center Grove.
Grounds: Area, one and one-half acres; titles, in board of trustees; level, but unimproved; good spring; no play equipment; no gardens; two surface toilets.
Building: Value, $800.00; one room; improperly lighted; fairly well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Long, home-made desks; 20 feet of good blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; no library.
Organization: Two teachers, six grades; enrolled, 91; thirteen reci- tation periods to each teacher. Six months' school year.
Maintenance: $690.00 from patrons and county.
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MT. CARMEL SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mr. Jerry Burns, Miss Mary McCurdy.
Location: Four miles north from Ridgeway; three miles south of LaFayette.
Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in trustees; very good condition; no play equipment; no gardens; two toilets, in bad condition.
Building: Value, $1,200.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; very poor condition; one cloak room; painted.
Equipment: Home-made desks; a teachers' table; rough, home-made blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no library; no reference dietionary; no pictures.
Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 85 enrolled. Seven months' school year.
Maintenance: $1,328.00 per annum from county and local tax.
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PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL.
Teachers: Mrs. Lillie A. Taburiaux, Miss Arline McWilliams, Mrs. Rosa DeWitt.
Location: Three miles north to Shiloh.
Grounds: Area, one acre; title ( ?); unimproved; small play grounds; no toilets.
Building: Value, $2,500.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; improperly lighted; well kept; painted.
Equipment: Single patent desks; good blackboard; a map of United States; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; no ref- erence dictionary.
Organization: Three teachers; eight grades; 115 enrolled. Six months' school year.
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HARRISBURG SCHOOL.
Teacher : Miss Beatrice Morrison.
Location: Four miles from Chattooga.
Grounds: Area, .... .; titles, individual; level; not well kept; no play equipment; no gardens; one toilet, condition bad.
Building :. . Value, $500.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; bad con- dition but well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted.
Equipment: Rough, home-made desks; a teachers' table; one small blackboard; no maps; no sand table; no charts; no globe; no pictures; no dictionary; no library.
Organization: One teacher; six grades; 42 pupils; program posted; 28 recitation periods; six months' school year.
Maintenance: $288 per annum from county.
ROBERTSVILLE SCHOOL.
Teacher : Mrs. Ella Buchanan.
Location: One-half mile north from Chickamauga; three miles east from Wallaceville.
Grounds: Building rented; very good play grounds; no garden; one surface toilet.
Building: Improperly lighted; no cloak rooms; painted outside.
Equipment: Home-made seats; no maps; no charts; no globes; no pictures; no reference dictionary.
Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 31 pupils; 35 recitation periods; no clubs.
Maintenance: $520.00 from county and patrons.
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LINWOOD SCHOOL.
WEST LA FAYETTE SCHOOL.
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TRANS SCHOOL.
DRY VALLEY SCHOOL.
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OSBORN SCHOOL.
ASCOLON SCHOOL.
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DILLON SCHOOL
PITTSBURG SCHOOL.
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