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NECROLOGICAL-Frank C. Cald- well, aged 30 years, whose young wife died less than a year ago, and whose son died last week, passed away early this morning at his home, No. 604 East Third street, after a short illness with pneumonia. His only remaining child, a young boy, is now critically ill with the same disease.
The funeral, which will occur at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the resi- dence, will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Nelson, under the direction of the local camp of Modern Woodmen of America, of which deceased was a member. In- terment will be at Antioch Cemetery, where the wife and child also lie.
Mr. Caldwell was an honest, indus- trious and moral young man whose passing away is a source of regret to all who knew him .- Nov. 24, 1920.
FIRE AND RIDING HABIT-Miss Ora Belle Updegrove yesterday donned a habit not quite as extreme as the gray check riding suit she wore through the streets of Rome Friday following a fire
M ARTHA BURNETT SPULLOCK, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Jas. M. Spullock, in her day one of the most beautiful belles in Cherokee Georgia. She married Willis P. Chisholm and went to live in Atlanta.
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THE OLD CITY HALL, NOW ROME NEWS PLANT.
Thursday night at the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Up- degrove, near Armuchee. A blaze that destroyed two rooms in the home took practically all her wearing apparel, and she came to Broadway without a horse for the purpose of replenishing her wardrobe, and spent Friday night with friends.
Neighbors rushed to the house with buckets and finally put out the fire. The rest of the home was saved. A defective flue caused the fire .- Dec. 19, 1921.
"KAMERAD!"-"What is that mon- ument at Broad and Second avenue?" inquired Harry Snellings, of the Fire- stone Tire Co., Atlanta, on his first visit to Rome, Thursday.
"That commemorates the day in 1863 when Col. Streight, of Indiana, with 1,400 men, yelled 'Kamerad!' at Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, with 400," replied a friend of Mr. Snellings.
Mr. Snellings immediately became in- terested in Rome history and went off looking for a pipe, a breastplate and a sword hilt dug up here years ago and supposed to have been left by Ferdi- nand DeSoto, the well-known Spanish cavalier .- Jan. 27, 1921.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE - There was no police court this morning, al- though it was the regular session day.
Several cases were set for trial, but witnesses failed to show up and the cases went over to the Monday session, when Recorder Ben Yancey takes the judge's chair and will begin his four- year term of office. Mr. Yancey has been a recorder before as well as mayor of Rome, and those who remem- ber his manner of performing his duty know that he will give the city a good administration.
There was no meeting of the Rome Baseball Association this morning, as had been called. Many of the mem- bers of the board of directors had busi- ness engagements that kept them from attending the meeting, and so, pre- ferring to have the full directorate present, the meeting was postponed un- til a later date .- Dec. 31, 1920.
ROME'S GARBAGE DUMP-The dead body of a boy baby was found Thursday afternoon when a garbage wagon dumped a box on the bank of the Oostanaula River, Fourth Ward, just across from the court house .- Mar. 20, 1921.
DON'T BE A SLACKER !- Every newspaper, almost all of the trade journals, and every man, woman and child, individually and collectively, are seemingly engaged in the delightful in- door sport of preaching pessimism, pre- dicting disasters and hard times gen- erally. Folks are meandering around
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with faces as long as yardsticks, a yellow tinge to their physiognomies; and a bad condition of the liver, weak hearts and flimsy spinal columns-all because, in the process of readjustment, business has necessarily slumped. No- body smiles-nobody thinks of the big bunch of simoleons he has made dur- ing the abnormally prosperous times. No indeed, the country is going to the bow-wows and everything is greased for the occasion .- First National Bank, Feb. 9, 1921.
This is no time for slackers, either at the head of the business or at work in the shops. It will be a survival of the fittest, and many will fall by the way- side. It is up to you whether you will bite the dust in defeat or with a real spirit that brooks no obstacles, surmount all difficulties, emerging from the strug- gle a victorious, unconquerable, red- blooded American business man .- First National Bank, Feb. 11, 1921.
JURY JUSTICE .- The following case is on record at the Floyd County Court house :
On Wednesday, July 21, 1869, two brothers, Adolphus and R. Pass, were arraigned for stealing a pig from a man named Warren. The case com- ing to trial in the Superior Court be- fore Judge Francis A. Kirby, Judge Augustus R. Wright addressed the jury thus in behalf of the accused. after the solicitor, Joel Branham, had concluded his argument :
"Gentlemen of the jury, these men fought gallantly for their country dur- ing the war. It is true they are poor, while their accuser is prosperous; and
MRS. AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT, wife of the Rome Congressman, from an old daguerreo- type of their Washington days.
the plaintiff not only did not fight, but he hired a substitute to fight for him. I ask you to take into account the unusual circumstances of the case, as well as the denial of the defend- ants."
The jury deliberated a few minutes and returned a verdict substantially as follows:
"On account of the scarcity of meat and the hardness of the times, we, the jury, find the defendants not guilty."
JOHN C. GLOVER'S BARACA CLASS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1921.
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FLOYD COUNTY'S FIRST COURTHOUSE, LIVINGSTON, 1833.
"OLD SETTLERS"
Following is a partial list of "pioneers" whose names appear on the books in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court as having participated in transfers of Rome and Floyd County real estate from 1833 through 1837. Among them are the ancestors of many well-known Georgians:
1833-1835-J. L. Abraham, A. B. Austin, J. B. Arnold, Mark Ambrose, J. F. Ab- ernathy, A. J. Austin, John Bailey, Nathan Briton, James Belk, Robert Boyle, Eze- kiel Buffington, Lewis M. Brantley, John Brewster, E. T. Bush, Jos. G. Blance, John Brooks, Jas. H. Bryan, William Blalock, John Baker, Benjamin Baker, T. Byrd, John Barry, A. L. Barry, W. B. Cone, John Caldwell, James Cunningham, J. C. Coker, John Carmichael, Jesse W. Cozzart, W. H. Cleghorn, Thos. Camp, Reuben Cone, Thos. W. Connally, H. M. Cunningham, John Copeland, Henry B. Cone, Henry Dillon, Thos. Dillard, James Donahoo, Alvin Dean, D. Dickson, Norman Duffie, W. H. Edwards, Jas. Eppinger, James Ellis, J. P. Ellington, Wm. Ezzard, Tomlinson Fort, Wm. Fish, Jos. Ford, A. B. Griffin, Benj. Garrett, W. B. Graves, Z. B. Hargrove, P. W. Hemphill, A. T. Harper, H. B. Hathaway, Saml. Hale, Josiah Horton, Nathaniel Harris, K. W. Hargrove, Wm. Hardin, Seaton Hall, Jas. Hemp- hill, John Harwell, Thos. H. Hughes, John A. Hughes, Moses Hendricks, Alex Hawkins, Thos. Holland, Theo T. Horseby, Joab Kendricks, John Humphries, S. J. Johnson, T. D. Johnson, John A. Jones, Jesse Johnson, A. H. Johnson, Berry Jones, Thos. G. James, Seaborn Johnson, Joseph Johnson, J. W. Jackson, John Jolly, Jr., Thos. B. King, Freeman Kellogg, Andrew Kimberley, Jas. S. King, Francis W. King, Francis Kirby, Robt. Knight, Anson Kimberly, G. W. F. Lamkin, John La- mar, B. Lawrence, Geo. M. Lavender, Jas. Lawrence, Sarah Leggett, James Long, Peter Lamar, Jesse Lane, Tice Lowry, Lewis A. L. Lamkin, Thos. W. A. Lumtix, Pleasant R. Lyle, J. H. Lumpkin, Robt. Ligon, Setha Moore, M. Mont- gomery, Geo. Miller, Mordecai Myers, David Mimms, Lelm Milliga, Pat Marlow, Chas. H. McCall, Shad Morris, Hudson Moss, F. G. Moss, Elijah Maddox, Wm. G. Morris, Wright Murph, X. G. McFarland, D. R. Mitchell, John W. Martin, Geo. Moore, Robt. Mitchell, Jas. A. Nesbit, P. Nugent, J. M. Norwood, James O'Bryan, Benj. Odell, Asa Prior, Wm. T. Price, James Price, Drewery Peoples, M. Pende- grass, Chas. Price, Jacob C. Putnam, George Park, John L. Ponder, Jas. Phillips, Saml. T. Payne, Hugh Quin, J. Richards, W. T. Richards, C. P. Richardson, E. G. Rogers, Jos. Rivers, Jas. Russell, John Rush, Saml. Roe, Edwin G. Rogers, Isham S. Rainey, Amos G. Robinson, Robt. Ralston, Wm. Smith, Peter Strickland, Mor- gan H. Snow, Leastom Snead, Stephen Smith, Adam G. Safford, Eralboa Seymour, Wm. R. Smith, W. Shropshire, Jas. Sanborn, John Smith, James Scott, Reuben C.
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HOME BUILT BY COL. DANIEL S. PRINTUP AT 707 BROAD STREET.
Shutre, W. C. Street, Jackson Trout, John Townsend, Thos. Treadaway, Tucbey F. Thomas, John Trammell, Wm. Terrell, Geo. W. Underwood, Henry Vincent, Asa W. Veal, Aug. N. Verdery, Math. Varner, Sr., N. N. Verdery, A. Weatherford, J. B. Williams, Benj. Watson, Jos. Watson, George Wood, Robt. Ware, Wm. H. Williamson, James Wells, Jeremiah Watters, Moses Wright, Norman Wallace, Jos. Watters, Elisha Yancey, Joseph York, Danl. Zuber, Jas. B. Zachey, N. B. Felton, Nathan Maroney, Joshua Smith, John Dailey, Jr., Edwin Lattimer, Lyman Sherwood, Granberry Templeton, Silas Mercer, Jr., Wm. Carlisle, W. M. Clemons, Francis Riviere, E. B. Wallace, Telfair Posey, Richmond Holmes, Thos. Eason. P. W. Kimbrell, S. R. Hargis, Wm. R. Patton, Wm. P. Kolb, Jeremiah Clarke, Wm. Chestnutt, F. B. Holliday, Wm. Todd, W. R. Welborn, John B. Harvey, W. Con- nor, Joshua Humphries, Sarah Woodcock, Eli Ajor, John Cabbage, Wm. Seals, Z. Carpenter, Jas. H. Watts, Jesse Walker, Pressley Garner, Ann Smith, Saml. Whitfield, Jno. Nablett, Mary Ford, H. Redingfield. Jno. J. Averett, H. B. Hill, Esther Jepson, Benj. Jepson, Reuben Early, Jno. Sparrow, Nancy Yancey, Am- brose Sanders, Wm. S. Booth, J. D. Jourden, Nath Johnson, Rhoda Whidden, Fer- riba Freeman, Jos. Brantley, Barnea West, Denny Peeples, Jas. W. Cooper, Isaac Roberts, Major Peace, H. P. Brannon, Simeon Taylor, Saml. Wilkins, Mark Wil- cox, Allen Vanderford, J. C. Campbell, Henry S. Melton, Littleton Thomaston, Aaron Cross, John Higgs, C. G. Fleming, Geo. W. McIntosh, Wm. Hardin, Wm. Young, Julius Clark, Berry Hobbs, Eping Harris, C. Garrison, Fountain Wood, Jno. Osteen, John Stewart, Henry T. Brumby, Isham R. Burkhalter, A. T. Hardin, Danl. Majors, Wm. Duke, Wm. Carroll, Thos. Pope, Garrett Hudman, Seaborn Hall, Seaborn Nally, Ausborn Reeves, Isaiah Goulden, Jas. Monk, Thos. Edge, Marquis Ambrose, Luke Johnson, Absalom Duncan, John R. Jeter, Wm. Henderson, Henry Monger, Stephen O. Kelly, Robt. Thompson, Josh Hatcheisiegnor, Mary Parish, Mary Carter, Gilford Kent, Hosea Camp, John Buckner, H. V. Hathaway, Abel Lee, Thos. Dillard, Jesse Lipthrop, Thos. C. Bolton, Sampoa Black, Jno. R. Boon, Asa Weaver, Garrett Hudinaw, Seaborn Delk, Washington Baker, A. D. Woods, Vincent Gordon, Wm. Truscott, Jno. Pedon, Hollis Cooley, Wm. D. Hansell, J. Mc- Kinney, Richard Ferkinson, Saml. H. Harrison, Jos. Bohan, Asa McLusky, Jacob Coxe, Jas. C. Grizzle, Sion Hall, Jos. Janson, Mathew Siglar, G. McFarland, Wm. H. Broach, John Kilgore, J. M. Kilgore, Nathan Lewis, Wm. C. Swindle, Wm. B. Hardison, N. Yancey, John Carlton, Mary Yates and Jesse Lickroy.
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1835-1837-J. T. Cunningham, John Cathey, H. M. Cunningham, R. G. Dunlap, S. P. Dugas. Jno. J. Dodd, S. C. Ellington, John Ellis, James Ellis, John Fife, Wm. Fain, Geo. French, W. G. Fields, Wm. Glover, Jas. Gamble, Jacob Gimble, Jas. Glenn, Larkin Griffin, Jno. E. Glover, Jno. Gent, Jos. Glaze, Asaph Hall, Lyon Hall, Johnathan Hopper, Jno. Holsenback, G. W. Hanson, Jas. Hart, Alex Harkins, Jno. Hines, Frances Irwin, Wm. Jeffries, Chas. Knowles, Samuel Knox, Geo. Kellogg, Saml. Knox, Jr., Wm. Kimball, Geo. Kitchen, Lawrence Bennett, Lewis R. Lewis, Jno. Mooney, Seab Mays, Jas. Morrison, A. & Z. Metz, Hugh McCullock, J. J. Miller, Wm. McCain, Saml. Millican, Hugh McGhee, A. Moseley, Fuller Millsaps, Jas. Moore, John L. Moody, Micajah Martin, Jno. McMorrin, Jesse New, Saml. R. Overby, Jno. Onstead, Jacob C. Putnam, Geo. Parks, Thos. S. Price, Saml. T. Payne, Dennis Paschal, Wm. Post, Benj. G. Pollard, Saml. Post, Penel Quarles, Thos. Ragland, M. & T. Reece, Armistead Richardson, D. Reynolds, Margaret Reed, Jno. C. Rasberry, Martin P. Sparks, Wm. Slay, Jas. Spullock, Jno. Standard, Jas. W. Strong, Chas. Smith, Jno. Trammell, Henry B. Thompson, Saml. Tate, Sea- born Thornton, Jno. Townsend, J. I. Thompson, H. B. Troutman, David Taylor, Jr., J. C. Treadaway, Henry Ware, R. M. Yancey, W. Zuber, Michael Pilgrim, Jeffer- son Bonds, Redding Bass, Nicholas Jennings, Gabriel Wallis, Jas. Montgomery, T. C. Tatum, Jacob Wilf, Nelson Allman, D. Paschall, Russell Maberry, Jno. Var- ner, Thos. J. Key, T. B. King, Shadrack Turner, Saml. Street, D. Ingo, Elizabeth Grand, Watson Crawford, Chas. Haddock, Jas. Jermany, Benj. Dunnagan, Chas. C. Whitmore, C. W. C. Wright, Levi Pattillo, Jno. L. Baird, Chas. Deadwiler, Sarah Atkinson, E. Denny, Ransom Kimball, Joel Brown, Isaac Burch, Dennis Hills, Thos. Colbert, Thos. Blackburn, Geo. Gentle, Jno. Lay, Jacob Ramey, Geo. W. Morgan, Mirick Ivey, Jandy W. King, Norman McDuffie, Wm. Gilliland, Hughes Walton, Jno. Ellis, Gideon Pouldridge, Dally Boggs, Saml. McBride, Jeptha Baker, Sarah Beavers, Ebinezer Pitts, Jesse M. Callaway, Reuben Aleamie, W. B. Trout- man, Alfred Lamberth, Wmn. R. Beasley, Joel M. Bryan, Saml. W. Littles, Wm. J. Breed, Alfred Perry, Geo. Schley, Ann Campbell, Horace R. Ware, Jacob Reed, Robt. Alexander, Richard Iley, Benj. Couge, Geo. M. Weekley, John Johns, Levi Bizzard, C. N. Daniel, H. T. Gimmons, Wm. Webster, Jr., Aug. Collier, Danl. Stanford, Robt. Ligon, Alfred B. Gray, Wiley Moore, Levi Freeman, Jno. F. Ran- som, Saml. B. McNears, T. Bennett, Jno. Banks, Robt. Cameron, Eralborne Leg- more, Thos. B. Wells, Beverly Slaughter, A. F. Harris, Jno. Crumley, Asa Wade, Euclid Waterhouse, Jno. Humphrey, Moses Bradberry, John Jolly, W. G. Mitchell, L. M. Wilson, Wm. E. Aikin, Jno. S. Simpson, Wm. Cornway, Ann Glenn, Jas. R. Cox, Thos. Smith, Wm. A. Sinkler, Jas. Summerville, Saml. Hayse, Willis Richards, Geo. S. Street, Jno. Byard, Jiles S. Boggs, Jos. Wilders, Wm. Stocks, E. W. Hack- ett, Jos. Alba, Isaac Newberry, M. Oliver, Thos. Massey, John Pate, Henry Ware, Elijah Williams, Wm. Smith and Wm. Boling.
GRADUATES OF GEORGIA TECH .- M. S. Cone, R. D. Harvey, D. Harrison, C. W. Hill, Felix H. Lanham, Frank R. Maddox, Pierce McGhee, W. F. Montgomery, John H. Towers, W. R. Reese, C. M. Simmons and Linton G. Watters. Former
ROME IN 1857 (Courtesy of Luke McDonald.)
COL. MARK ANTHONY HARDIN
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A "LANDSLIDE" NOT QUITE POLITICAL.
Early in 1921, late at night, a part of the old Shorter College wall gave away and crushed Wilson Hardy's garage like an egg-shell. Mr. Hardy's friends declared this is what comes of owning one bank and living next to another.
students-Dick Harrison, B. I. Hughes, Jr., John Jervis, T. N. Kennebrew, E. E. Lindsey, James Maddox, R. L. Nichols, A. A. Simonton, Norris N. Smith, Dr. H. A. Turner, Geo. P. Weathers, Joe White and J. Tim Willis. Students-R. B. Betts, R. G. Burkhalter, S. P. Coalson, James D'Arcy, B. E. Huffaker, J. H. Tay- lor and J. W. Weems. Other Tech men in Floyd County-Quin McArver, Coosa; V. M. Davis, Cave Spring; C. H. Edmondson and J. W. Houseal, Lindale; J. T. Watters, Hermitage.
Home-Coming Visitors, Oct. 11-16, 1920-L. W. Arnold and wife and C. K. Ayer, Atlanta; Elmo Ballew, Calhoun; J. M. Brisendine, Griffin; B. M. Brewer and wife, Chattanooga, Tenn .; B. S. Barner, Gainesville; F. F. Berry, Cambridge, Mass .; George Battey, Jr., Dr. H. I. Battey and H. Branch, Atlanta; Mrs. D. C. Buell, Nashville, Tenn .; J. H. Bradfield and Chas. Berst, Atlanta; R. G. Black, Washington, D. C .; Miss Amy K. Crook, Bluffton, Ala .; Mrs. S. J. Cobb, Gads- den, Ala .; Whit Cooper, Salem, Oreg .; J. L. Couch, Atlanta; Mrs. B. H. Cannon, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; W. B. Cody and Roy Chamblee, Atlanta; Mrs. J. W. Craw- ford, Dalton; Mrs. L. A. Crumley, Miss Lena Clark and G. B. Carther, Atlanta; Mrs. J. R. DuBose, Lorain, O .; J. F. Davis, Gadsden, Ala .; Maj. R. C. Eddy, Sims- bury, Conn .; H. A. Ewing, Atlanta; Jay Fowler, Subligna; Mrs. F. F. Foster, Selma, Ala .; Jesse Foster, Atlanta; Mrs. A. B. Freeman, New Orleans, La .; Ward Greene and wife, Miss Mary Glenn, L. C. Goering, Jr., J. C. Gentry and R. L. Haire, Atlanta; Mrs. H. R. Hume, Cedar Bluff, Ala .; Mrs. R. M. Heptinstall, Lawton, Okla .; Mrs. J. M. Hunt, Jora Harrison, I. W. Hill, G. W. Hanson, J. N. Hull, H. S. Hammett and Maj. Baxter Hunter, Atlanta; H. B. Harper, Evansville, Ind .; Mrs. J. H. Hawkins, Youngs; P. C. Haire, Greenville, Ala .; H. R. Hume, Cedar Bluff, Ala .; Shelley Ivey, Shelley Ivey, Jr., Fred Jones, Lang Jones and John Jentzen, Atlanta; K. E. Johnston, Montpelier, Vt .; E. M. Jones, Tampa, Fla .; Steve R. Johnston, Miss Frances Jones, Miss Lucille Jones, J. L. Key and A. R. King, Atlanta; G. E. Kammerer, Wilmington, N. C .; Mrs. Howard King, Nash- ville, Tenn .; J. C. Landers, Eastman; H. L. Lansdell and wife, Atlanta, Ga .; E. A. Leonard and wife, Summerville; J. N. Landers, Atlanta; W. E. Meredith, Doe Run; Gip McWilliams, Ooltewah, Tenn .; Mrs. R. M. Martin, Columbia, Tenn .; A. J. Miller, A. H. Martin and W. F. Moat, Atlanta; Mrs. Clopton Mitchell, Chevy Chase, Md .; Andy McElroy, Atlanta; J. W. McCord, Tallahassee, Fla .; James B. Nevin, Atlanta; Geo. C. Norton, Nashville, Tenn .; R. S. Pringle, W. C. Pierce,
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E. A. Randle, J. O. Reynolds, Hill Shropshire, Miss Tommie Strickland, Joe Spiegelberg, J. R. Seawright and I. F. Styron, Atlanta; Mrs. Alvah Stone, Roan- oke, Va .; Paul Stevenson, Mrs. Jno. E. Smith, Ralph Smith and wife and Jno. E. Smith, Atlanta; Miss Margaret Taylor and Miss Frances Taylor, Bowling Green, Ky .; Mrs. J. G. Tracy, Syracuse, N. Y .; Mrs. C. C. Turner, L. M. Turner, Jr., Cedartown; Miss Jessie Turner, J. S. Turner, Lieut. F. B. Teganer, Ralph Trate, Miss Marion Van Dyke and H. B. Vaughan, Atlanta; Miss Ora White, Subligna; Miss Mary White, Atlanta; A. W. Walton, Decatur, Ala .; D. R. Wilder and B. Graham West, Atlanta.
Rome Volunteer Fire Department Chiefs from Apr. 6, 1868-Jas. Noble, Jr., 3 years; Harry A. Hills, 3 years (secretary National Fire Chiefs' Convention) ; Henry A. Smith, 3 years; Richard V. Allen, 1 year; Mulford M. Pepper, 1 year; Richard V. Allen, 2 years; Wm. M. Towers, 1 year; Mulford M. Pepper, 1 year; Louis J. Wagner, 3 years; Wm. W. Seay, 2 years; Wm. H. Steele, 2 years; J. D. Hanks, 2 years; Thomas J. Cornelius, 2 years; Joseph B. Owens, 1 year; Wm. J. Griffin, 1 year; Arthur M. Word, 1 year; P. H. Vandiver, 2 years; Harry C. Har- rington, 7 years with Volunteers, until beginning as fully paid department of city (July 1, 1908) ; J. Albert Sharp, Horace L. Taylor.
Rainbow Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1, (organized Apr. 6, 1868-list from 1902 to 1908). Motto: "When duty calls us, it is ours to respond."
Honorary Members : Thomas R. Logan, M. D. McOsker, G. H. Rawlins, Henry A. Smith, W. P. McLeod, James A. Smith, W. H. Steele, Wm. M. Towers, H. Yancey, George Ramey.
Active Members: J. D. Hanks, Pres .; Andrew V. Brown, V. P .; Frank J. Kane, Sec'y; J. H. Lanham, Treas .; Tom Caldwell, 1st Director; W. E. Bryan, 2nd Director; R. W. Calloway, 3rd Director; John Cantrell, 4th Director; Dr. R. H. Wicker, Surgeon; Jas. McLeod and A. W. Davis, Pipemen; L. A. Helms and G. F. Redden, Axmen; A. M. Word, Delegate; Jas. M. Lay, Geo. Ramey and W. M. Towers, Trustees; James M. Dempsey, Driver; Gib Austin, Asst. Driver; Walter Quin, John Watson and R. V. Mitchell, Finance Committee; J. A. Buf- fington, A. B. McArver, Wm. May, Jr., Joe Johnson, Frank Holtzclaw, W. M. Lanham, W. J. Atwood, Eugene Logan, Tom Tolbert, Albert Sharp, George Sharp, W. L. Tolbert, Newt Tolbert and A. Randle.
Floyd County World War Victims .- Capt. Thomas Edward Grafton, Lieut. Lofton H. Stamps, Lieut. Roy Lanham, Lieut. A. Walton Shanklin, Cadet James Hugh Webb, Sgt. Raymond Lee Johnson, Julius Clyde Price (U. S. N.), Addis E. Moore, William Joseph Attaway, George M. Fisher, Allen D'Arcy, Carl Davis, George E. Davis, Clifford Davis Washington, Penny Spann and Albert Wright, Rome; Lester Taylor, Wax; Quillian Hayes, Robert J. McClain, Robert J. Stan- sell, Archie C. Autrey, Mikel Whalem Satterfield, Porter Williams, Thomas L.
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JOHN M. VANDIVER (left) AND CAPT. JNO. C. FOSTER.
Williams, Maynard Neal, Myley B. McCauley and Alonzo O. Staggers, Lindale; James P. Williams, Frank McGinnis and Frank Sewell, Cave Spring; Thomas Claude Horton, Everett Springs; Buford Mccullough, Silver Creek; Chas. W. Graves, Rome.
ROME COMMITTEE ON WORLD WAR MEMORIAL.
Judge Joel Branham, Judge John W. Maddox, Judge Max Meyerhardt, John M. Vandiver, John M. Graham, Wright Willingham, Harry P. Meikleham, Rev. H. F. Saumenig, E. E. Lindsey, E. A. Heard, John C. Printup, T. E. Edwards, Ike D. Gailliard, James D'Arcy, Mrs. J. Lindsay Johnson, Mrs. Charles E. Berry, Mrs. Charles A. Hight, Mrs. W. M. Henry, Mrs. Bessie Battey Troutman, Mrs. J. Paul Cooper, Mrs. Mary C. Johnson, Mrs. James A. Rounsaville, Miss Lillie Mitchell.
Chairmen of militia districts: Armuchee, John W. Salmon; Barker's, W. E. Powell; Chulio, Barclay Terhune; Cave Spring, A. N. Tumlin; Etowah, John F. Sproull; Everett Springs, A. R. Griffith; Foster's Mill, John L. Simms; Floyd Springs, W. M. Mckenzie; Glenwood, O. L. Titrud; Howell's, J. H. Johnson; Lin- dale, H. P. Meikleham; Livingston, J. B. Williams; Mt. Alto, R. C. Sharp; North Carolina, M. L. Espy; State Line, O. D. Brown; Texas Valley, Foster Selman; Vann's Valley, J. M. Montgomery; Watters, Homer Davis.
Boys and Girls at School and College .- September has come and with it the opening of schools and colleges, and Rome boys and girls are preparing to leave.
Earl Shamblin and James Barefield have left for Auburn, and last evening Bob Graves, Jr., and John Bachman, Jr., went to Davidson to prepare for Princeton.
About September 20 the following will go to Atlanta to enter Georgia Tech: Hamilton and Wallace Grant, Harold McKew, Dennison Hull, William Penn Dan- iel, Julian Cumming, Brette Hammond, John Robert Brannon, Dick Denny, Oscar Betts and Erwin Leimbrook.
Loyd Fickling, Robert Harbin, Henry Powers and Cyrus Fields will go about the 18th to the University at Athens.
Curry Porter, Walker and Denny Curry will return to G. M. A. in Atlanta.
Porter Harvey, Marion Watson, Will Sherard, William Wilkerson, William
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ROME'S YOUNGEST CARTOONIST AT WORK.
William King, better known as "Billy", began drawing when he was six, and at nine, as we see him here, he could do better than most grown-ups. He has already been to Atlanta and called on the "funny men", who predict for him a brilliant future. He drew all of the pictures shown here and can sketch many others equally as well. He is a consistent member of the church and a strong singer as well as an artist.
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A HISTORY OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY
DOCTORS HONOR ROME SURGEON WITH SHAFT.
On Thursday, April 5, 1921, the Medical Association of the State of Georgia unveiled a monument at City Hall park to the late Dr. Robert Battey, at its annual meeting in Rome. Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, delivered the principal address, and the monument was accepted for the city by E. E. Lindsey. A group of the Seventh District Medical Society, which started the movement, is shown above.
Strange and Cundy Bryson will be among the Rome boys at Emory. They expect to leave about the 24th.
Albert Swain will be at Mercer and William Wimbish will go to Young-Harris.
Miss Laura Weller Graham leaves the 12th for Sweetbriar College in Vir- ginia, Miss Ora Cole the following day for Winston-Salem, Miss Kathleen Bar- ron the 19th to Hollins Institute at Hollins, Va .; Miss Marshall Norton, the 18th, to Sophie Newcomb, at New Orleans; Miss Mildred McFall to Barnard College, New York; Miss Pearl Smith will return to Agnes Scott; Misses Mildred Wood, Virginia Daniel, Florence Burney, Katherine Beysiegel, Gertrude and Louise De- Lay will again enroll at G. N. I. C. at Milledgeville.
At Wesleyan, in Macon, will be Misses Doris Morris and Mary and Sarah Wil- kerson.
Miss Louise Orr will return to Bethel College, at Hopkinsville, Ky., and Miss Katherine Cox will again be at Peabody, in Nashville.
Misses Bonnie and Grace Hale will return to LaGrange Female College at LaGrange.
Misses Mary Harrison, Mary McKoy and Lila Willingham returned Wednes- day to Forsyth, where they will resume their work at Bessie Tift.
Among the Rome girls who will attend Shorter College at Rome are the fol- lowing: Misses Rebecca Yeargan, Virginia Penn, Patti Berry, Olyra Horton, Ruby Mae Sherard, Ruby Mae Ward, Emma Jane Hanna, Geraldine Mckenzie, Lillian Venable, Evelyn Cantrell, Mary Warters, May Morton, Elizabeth Ram- ey, Miriam McConnell, Minette Weems, Sarah Glover, Mabel Owens, Edith Mckenzie and Isabel Bross .- Sept. 9, 1921.
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