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H. J. Middleton. D-1 -: C. Bruce, South Carolina; J. H. McKnight, G-10 Tex .; S. O. Young, C-24 S. C.
S. L. Ambrose, 10 Ky .; J. Gileas, A-Ala .; E. Herran, F-24 S. C .; N. A. Ran- kin, A-24 Tex .; - - Wiggins; David Phillips, E-58 N. C .; J. C. Day, E-6 Tenn .; Col. Jno. R. Hart, 6 Ga. cavalry, died Aug. 6, 1886 (shaft erected by comrades and friends) ; J. Phillips, H-19 Ala .; J. R. Coulder, A-4 Ark .; J. M. Haynie, C-6 Tenn .; Win. Bolton, - -
W. M. Davis, F-28 Ala .; E. F. Gordon, I-24 Miss .; E. S. Godard, 33 Tenn .; E. Horn, B-9 S. C .; B. Bradwell, A-30 Miss .; S. L. Jones, A-31 Miss .; W. S. Bil- lingslea, D-28 Tenn .; R. G. Omen, C-31 Ark .; Jno. Wilson, 29 N. C .; R. E. Davis, A-26 Miss .; Jos. P. Brown, D. Murray's battery; Sgt. Jas. A. Currie, B-9 Tenn; - - Langford, K-10 Miss .; B. F. Tubb, K-27 Miss .; D. Browman, F-29 Tenn .; J. W. Queen, - -; -- , K-46 Miss .; M. Camp, G-25 Ala .; Jno. Stone, F-19 S. C.
S. Caldwell, D-28 Ala .; D. Caffman, C-39 N. C .; J. D. Smith, 39 Ala .; A. Sur- rat, 4 Tenn .; Chris Jones, I-9 Ky .; H. B. Melton, E-24 Ala .; J. N. Seyler, A-30 Miss .; A. D. Parker, D-3 Ala .; Wm. Carter,E-26 Ala .; J. J. G. - -; M. S. Dodd, G-22 Ala .; S. F. Graham, H-27 Miss .; A. J. Jones, D-39 N. C .; Jno. Privatt, A-44 Tenn .; J. L. Shepard, F-10 Tex .; W. R. G., Ark. cavalry; A. Reynolds, H-34 Miss.
A. B. Lane, D-27 Miss .; W. H. Graves, 10 Tex .; H. C. B., A-26 Ala .; H. A. Cagle, B-34 Ala .; F. M. Bailey, G-25 Ala .; W B. Goodwin, 79 Miss .; R. Elliott, Eufaula battery; R. H. Bayne, I-29 Miss .; D. Jackson, E-28 Ala .; M. Diton, C-28 Ala .; James Raney, F-10 Tex .; S. R. Allen, E-39 Ala .; Jno. Coffee, C-26 Ala .; S. B. Nelson, A-19 Ala .; S. M. Bennett, H-28 Ala .; J. P. Goins, 25 Miss .; R. C. Hayes (born May 14, 1842, died Dec. 8, 1916), E-1 Ga. battalion; W. M. Kelly, (born Aug. 1, 1835, died Nov. 13, 1909; four years in army) ; J. W. Goodwin,, B-26 Ala.
P. Warseburn, B-Am. Ga. Vols .; J. C. Paris, E-23 Miss .; Albert Jones, I-23 Miss .; J. A. Stafford, A-30 Miss .; A. M. Dunn, K-30 Miss .; J. Randolph, B-25 Ark .; R. J. Childs, B-26 Miss .; Jno. Hyatt, A. Rope's battery; W. Williams, C-5 Ark .; J. Walton, 27 Miss .; P. A. Vinson, 45 Ala .; J. M. Gray, B-4 -; W. Denton, C-41 Miss .; J. Dickey, H-28 Ala .; R. L. S., -; W. N. McAruilty, E-19 Tex .; Jno. Hill, B-29 Miss.
N. H. Sanders, B-39 N. C .; E. Smith, H-15 Ark .; C. Buckner, E-31 Ala .; S. C. Smith, C-30 Miss .; Jno. Till, H-15 Tex. cavalry; J. W. Armes, G-23 Miss .; J. T. McCarthy, -; Ed Riley, H Ala .; L. Poe, D-34 Miss .; F. M. Thornton, E-8 Tenn .; Lt. J. M. Sumner, B-28 Tenn .; Capt. Jno. N. Perkins, Rome, Ga., (born Dec. 2, 1822, died Feb. 15, 1896; a gallant soldier and a brave man.
R. T. McGaskill, L-13 Tenn .; J. E. Hicks, K-37 Miss .; J. T. Wilbanks, K-10 Miss .; J. A. Reeves, C-4 Tenn .; W. N. Holt, E-26 Ala .; M. McAuley, D-34 Miss .; I'. M. Robinson. B-4 Ark .; F. M. Mayhew, 41 Miss .; R. E. Bennett, 2 Ark .; E. L. Ellis, D-3 Ga., U. S. Vols., Spanish-American war (died Sept. 3, 1898) ; W. G. H. Howard, E-1 Mo .; W. J. Smith, G-19 Ala .; Jno. Mull, B-31 Ark .; J. D. Pullen, D-3 -; P. R. Shipley, H-37 Miss .; J. C. Betterton, H-27 Miss.
C. Bernard, G-30 Miss .; O. R. Brown, A-47 Tenn .; M. V. Warren, H-8 Miss .; Unknown, 28 Ala .; E. Hyatt. C-22 Ala .; Reuben Riggs, 31 Ark .; W. J. Steele, G-39 N. C .; - Cornelius, B-28 Ala .; W. T. Mitchell, F-24 Miss .; B. O. Tidwell, K-11 Tenn .; S. M. McDonald, F-7 Miss; - - Wieb, C-28 . Ala .; Mr. King, A-25 Ala .; J. C. Greenway, D-22 Ala .; W. R. Harowick, B-19 S. C .; W. S. Dellis, H-38 Tenn.
J. H. Young, A-25 Ala .; E. G. Lester, A-28 Ala .; S. W. Masters, I-24 Ala .; J. P. Vaughn, D-25 Ala .; J. C. Thehoine, C-37 Miss .; J. D. Hill, G-26 Ala; J. Smith, K-29 Tenn .; Jno. McGhor, E-9 Ala .; Josiah Griffin, - battery, -; D. Mc- Junkin, F-19 .Tenn .; J. M. Mitchell, 26 Ala .; O. W. Martin, Eufaula battery; A. Vaughn, B-33 Ala .; C. C. Hall, E-26 Ala .; D. Page, A-25 Ala .; R. E. Howard, C-45 Ala .; W. J. Burden, D-9 Ga .; W. M. Hill, -; J. H. Woolbright, E-41 Miss .; J. R. Giles, H-10 S. C.
C. M. -, G-43 Ga .; J. Rachel, 3 Ga. battalion; D. W. Lane, F-34 Miss .; E. Glamron, Walters' battery; J. M. Breckenridge, H-41 Miss .; S. T. Warthen, C-4 Ala .; B. F. Suttle, 6 Ky .; H. Pearce, 34 Ala .; I. J. Valentine, I-39 Ala .; J. W. Kingrel, Biggs' cavalry company; I. Faulkner, C-2 Ark .; H. M. Coffee, K-39 N. C .; F. M. McAllister, C-18 Ala .; T. H. Lansdell, A-24 Miss .; W. A. Aikin, 19 Ala. ; J. W. Jamison, E-10 Miss .; E. Moore, K-38 Tenn .; S Travis, H-27 Miss; J. W. McLowan, H-27 Miss .; E. Hyatt, C-22 Ala.
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Panorama of Myrtle Hill Cemetery, showing Glover vault. In oval, Daniel R. Mitchell monument. Lower left, graves of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Edward Axson. Right, the Cornelius Terhune lot.
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MYRTLE HILL SEXTONS.
No record is available of the early sextons, from 1857, when Myrtle Hill was opened, through 1873. The following others have served:
1874-1885, Jas. E. Mullen; 1885-7, W. Mayfield Neal; 1887-92, Jas. E. Mullen; 1892-97, Peter David Roser; 1897, Fred S. House (ad interim) ; 1897-1906, C. L. King; 1906-12, Alvin D. Hardin; 1912-22, C. L. King (now serving) .
THE PHILIP W. HEMPHILL GRAVEYARD.
This mortal sanctuary reposes in a grove of oaks and hickories on the top of the hill between DeSoto (Mobley) Park lake and the street car line, about 100 yards west of the old home of Philip Walker Hemphill, and contains the sacred dust of the following:
Elizabeth Cunningham Hemphill, first wife of Philip W. Hemphill, died Apr. 9, 1844; aged 34 years and 24 days. Two daughters, Margaret Jane Hemphill, who died July 3, 1837; aged 3 years, 3 months, 14 days, and Nancy whose slab contains the date 1841 but is otherwise indistinct. Mrs. Hemp- hill's slab states that she was for six- teen years a member of the Presbyte-
rian church. James M. Cunningham, born Jan. 26, 1821, died Oct. 22, 1851.
These graves are boxed over, with flat slabs on top. Fifteen feet north- west of the four are headstone and footstone marking the grave of a daughter of Samuel and Mary G. Mob- ley; time and weather have erased the first name and the dates of birth and death.
THE JOHN HUME CEMETERY.
This private burial ground was established by John Hume, the pioneer, on his country estate, "Tantatanara" ("Running Waters") on the Southern railway two miles north of North Rome and about two miles east of the Oostanaula river. It is 1,500 feet northwest of the old home. In this lonely spot, nurtured by the gentle breezes and the glamour of the long ago, sleep the following in peace everlasting :
THE HUME CEMETERY, North Rome, on land which was once the home of Jno. Ridge and the pow-wow site of the Cherokees.
John Hume, senior, born Charles- ton, S. C., Feb. 8, 1798, died Rome, Ga., Oct. 19, 1872.
Ann Mazyck, wife of John Hume, born July 10, 1818, died May 14, 1881. John Hume, Jr., born June 24, 1834, died May 11, 1888.
Ariana S., wife of John Hume, Jr., born Apr. 6, 1830, died Dec. 6, 1878.
Anne W. Hume, born Dec. 18, 1831, died Feb. 13, 1884.
Eliza Simons, born July 29, 1834, died Feb. 4, 1858.
Isaac Wilson Hume, born May 3, 1836, died July 11, 1880.
Chas. C. Hume, born Oct. 30, 1867, died July 24, 1876.
Leila Ada Hume, born May 6, 1858, died 16th; (year and month not given).
James O'Hear Hume, born Apr. 5, 1851, died June 30, 1852.
Harriet W. Hume, born July 15, 1860, died May 1, 1862.
John H. Hume, born June 24, 1870, died July 9, 1876.
Twelve Humes are buried there, and the only others are two or three of the children of Jim Berry, who used to live nearby. The Berry children's graves are not marked.
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BEAUTIFUL SUBJECTS IN BEAUTIFUL SETTINGS
Graduation procession of Shorter College, "Maplehurst," 1919, at top. The seniors are accompanied by the sophomores bearing daisy chain, and the sophomores followed by the juniors. In the central picture Miss Sarah Glover, '22, drives the prize-winning Shorter float in the Home-coming parade, Oct. 13, 1921. At the bottom is the prize float of 1920.
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OCCUPANTS OF THE OLD SEVENTH AVENUE CEMETERY.
Note: The cemetery that usually goes by the above title was known to some as "Oak Hill." The first burials appears to have been those of James MeEntee and Mrs. Rebecca Mann, in 1837, and the last of Thos. Jefferson Helm, in 1904. The place was generally abandoned in 1857, when Myrtle Hill Cemetery was opened up by the city, and since then all but perhaps 100 of the deceased have been removed to the new burial place. Its location is on Seventh Avenue, three blocks north of the City Auditorium, overlooking the Oostanaula river and within sight of the home of Major Ridge. Notes are appended below in the hope that the preservation of these fragments of the past will constitute a service and an inspiration to future generations.
Judge William H. Underwood, father of Judge Jno. W. H. Underwood, and an important figure in the removal of the Cherokee Indians west, sleeps in an unmarked grave.
.Dr. George Magruder Battey's grave was once surmounted by a flat, vine- covered slab which contained the single word "George," laced there by his wife, Emily Verdery Battey, a native of Augusta. It has been lost with num- erous others. Dr. Battey was born in 1826 at Augusta, and died in 1856 at Rome; aged 30.
Other graves:
John Henry Lumpkin, born June 13, 1812, died July 10, 1860. The shaft to Judge Lumpkin is of white marble, about 12 feet high, and is the largest in
THE JNO. H. LUMPKIN SHAFT in the old cemetery, beneath which sleeps a jurist and Congressman.
the cemetery. On it are Masonie sym- bols. He was once a member of Con- gress.
Dr. John Noble's grave is covered with a raised slab of gray stone and on it is the inscription "Generous and just, He lived and died without an enemy." Dr. Noble died November 16, 1848, at the age of 24. He was a brother of the second wife of Weems Berrien, father of Miss Frances Berrien, of Rome, half- brother of MePherson Berrien, of Sa- vannah, whose only daughter, Lou, married Francis S. Bartow, colonel of the 8th Georgia Regiment of the Con- federacy.
Robert Ligon, born Feb. 26, 1812; died Oct. 23, 1841.
Esther Ligon, born Dec. 2, 1775; died June 10, 1859. Ancestors of Miss Lilly Mitchell, of Rome, Mrs. Wm. Worth Martin, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Geo. Turrentine, of Rome. The Berrien children are buried in the lot.
Mary Elizabeth Reeves, born Dec. 12, 1826; died Oct. 23, 1847, only child of Absalom E. and Eliza Hall Reeves.
Eliza Hall Reeves, born July 6, 1803, died June 20. 1892. Mrs. Reeves taught private school on or near Eighth Ave- nue near cotton factory and W. & A. R. R. Taught Judge John C. Printup and many others. She and her husband kept the old Exchange Hotel for a time and the old Choice House, where the Hotel Forrest now stands.
Jas. H. McEntee, died May 5, 1837, aged 4 years, 3 months, 28 days. This lad was probably son of Jim MeEntee, who kept a store and boarding house on the north side of Broad street where the Martha Berry hospital was later lo- cated. The boy was playing near the house while workmen were putting up lumber, and a piece fell and killed him. A granddaughter of Jim McEntee was the late Mrs. J. Aiken (Rosalind Burns) Gammon. The only daughter of the McEntees was Mary Jane, who married John T. Burns of South Caro- lina, the father of Rosalind Gammon. Mr. McEntee was an Irishman and his wife a beautiful woman of great refine-
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ment. Martha Baldwin Smith, living on the Alabama Road opposite the Shorter College lot, used to spend nights at the McEntee's when it was too late to re- turn home from school, and Mr. McEn- tee would bounce her and Mary Jane on his knee. Mr. McEntee in his de- clining years lived on a farm on the Etowah River near the W. & A. R. R., where his daughter was wooed and won by J. Aiken Gammon.
Henry Montague Burns, son of Wil- liam O. and Mary J. Burns; born June 1853. Died.
Mrs. Mary Amanda Wood, died Aug. 2, 1856; 29 years old.
Jacob B. Slavey (of Seavey), born April 12, 1817, died Jan. 19, 1852.
Solomon Stanberry, born Mar. 7, 1826, died Feb. 24, 1856.
Mrs. Eliza T. Mobley, died Jan. 31, 1857 (?) at 38 years. A Mobley in- fant rests nearby.
Two sisters lie side by side. Sallie R. Freeman died June 27, 1878 at 20, and Mary Joe Freeman Oct. 30, 1876, at 11 years. "So through the clouds their spirits passed into that pure and un- known world of love where suffering cannot come."
Mary T. Freeman, born Dec. 16, 1830; died Sept. 23, 1900.
John R. Freeman, born Apr. 12, 1821, died June 7, 1896.
Dennis Parke Hills, born Jan. 20, 1818, died Mar. 15, 1856, and Jonah C., 1 year old.
Henry E. Hills, born Oct. 18, 1851; died Jan. 14, 1864.
Ann Eliza Hills, born Oct. 27, 1846; died Mar. 5, 1847.
Dennis Hills, born Leominster, Mass., May 6, 1800, died Mar. 11, 1868; mar- ried Eliza A. Henderson, Dec. 4, 1834.
Mrs. Fannie E. Perry, consort of Thos. J. Perry, born Feb. 22, 1834, died July 2, 1856; 23 years, 4 months, 11 days. Mr. Perry was Rome's postmas- ter for a long time; his wife was kin to the Ombergs of Rome. Her grave has a flat marble slab over it.
Mrs. Mary Rogers, born. Aug. 8, 1799, died May 3, 1876. Sister of Miss Linnie Hargrove's mother; aunt of Zachariah B. and Rob Hargrove and Mrs. Wm. Fort. Was mother of Jobe Rogers. She lived at one time in the John J. Seay home, built by the Forts, at the southeast corner of Second ave- nue and E. Fourth street. Was noted for keeping her home in perfect order.
James R. Ihly, born Apr. 18, 1815, died Nov. 4, 1851.
Anna Johnston, born May 2, 1797, died June 25, 1852.
Elizabeth E. and John Summers, infants.
Athaliah Adaliza Johnson, died Oct. 9, 1839; 5 years, 11 months, 14 days. Robertus Johnson, died Oct. 5, 1843; 17 years, 6 months, 27 days.
Jacob Herndon, died May 11, 1855; 52 years, 7 months, 6 days.
James M. Herndon, died Feb., 1856; 29 years, 3 months, 19 days.
Mattie Saurie, died Oct. 4, 1869; 22 years old. Cynthia M. Saurie, died Sept. 9, 1853; 15 years. Mrs. Selma Saurie, died Mar. 3, 1895; 83 years, 9 months. "I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course; I have kept the faith." Richard E. Saurie, died Feb. 13, 1850; 34 years. Mrs. Selma Saurie was a member of the Methodist church and lived near the present home of Mrs. Naomi P. Bale.
Mary E. Winfrey, wife of John B. Winfrey, died Sept. 1837, in the John Ross home, Fourth Ward, aged 21 years. 11 months, 29 days.
Mrs. Anna S. Eddelman, wife of A. M. Eddelman, born Nov. 24, 1830, died June 21, 1863.
David Rounsaville, son of David and S. Rounsaville, born Nov 16, 1802, died Nov. 22, 1845. Sarah Ann Rounsa- ville, wife of David Rounsaville, born Mar. 12, 1818, died Feb. 4. 1867.
REV. SAMUEL EDWARD AXSON, the father of the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, and lead- ing Presbyterian divine, once of Augusta.
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A GLIMPSE OF THE ABANDONED CEMETERY.
This property belongs to the city and holds the sacred dust of many old Romans famed in song and story. A movement has been started to preserve it like Colonial Park in Sa- vannah, and to connect it with the city's extensive tract on Ft. Jackson Hill. Land in this neighborhood can now be had at a reasonable price, and it is in the direct path of the city's logical growth.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rounsaville Conger, wife of Abijah Conger, aunt of J. A. Rounsaville, born June 21, 1800, died May 16, 1872.
Sophia Amanda Cooper, died Nov. 16, 1845; aged 20 years, 6 months, 10 days.
Jos. R. Scroggs, died Sept. 5, 1847; aged 29 years, 4 months, 12 days.
Margaret L., wife of Allan A. Wil- liams and eldest daughter of Jno. M. Berrien, born Sept. 15, 1804, at Sa- vannah, died Dec. 5, 1851, at her resi- dence in Cass county.
Thos. S. Wright, son of Augustus R. and A. E. Wright, born Feb. 14, 1850, died Feb. 23, 1866; son of Judge Wright and Mrs. Wright; said to have been a brilliant speaker, though only 16; brother of Seaborn and Moses Wright.
Emeline, infant daughter of A. R. and A. E. Wright, died 1856.
Jno. L. Holbrook, died May 10, 1872; 54 years old. Sarah C. Holbrook, died May 12, 1882; 53 years old.
"Johnnie" (on 3-foot pyramid, with no other information).
E. A. Spullock (mother), born Oct. 22, 1823, died Mar. 15, 1892. J. (Jas.) M. Spullock, (father), born Nov. 19, 1816, died Dec. 5, 1883. The parents of Misses Fannie. Ida, Callie and Jessie Spullock and of Jamse Spullock. Also: "In memory of our little boy, Owen H. Spullock, died Nov. 1, 1852; 2 years, 7 days old."
Rev. John Hendricks, a Baptist min- ister, died June 18, 1856; aged 56.
The following inscriptions are on the monument of Dr. Hendricks: "Thus he sleeps, like one who draws the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." "He was lovely and pleasant in his life and his body
rests beneath this memorial. This mon- ument is reared by his beloved widow and orphan children as a testimonial of a servant of Jesus Christ, who like Enoch, walked with God, like Abraham attained the righteousness of faith, and like Paul finished his course with joy."
J. Thos. Hendricks, born March 7, 1839, died May 14, 1851.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hendricks, died Jan. 19, 1873; aged 63. "Illustrious as wife, mother and Christian. Our hope, Je- sus."
Mrs. Rebecca Mann, died Feb. 7, 1837; at 74 years; grandmother of Mrs. Hiram Hill and ancestor of her descendants. "She died as she had lived, a Chirstian. Let this slab pro- tect her dust. God shall bid her arise."
Thomas Hamilton, M. D., born Mar. 18, 1790, died Oct. 9, 1859. A Mason and a Quaker; grandfather of Mrs. Annie Freeman Johnson and Mrs. Ju- lian Cumming; moved from near Car- tersville, Cass county, to Rome. His wife, a Miss Clower, was a Methodist. Grandfather of Telemon Cruger Smith- Cuyler, who lives on Clower place at Wayside, Ga. Ancestor of Rome Ham- iltons.
Mrs. Malinda Hamilton (nee Malin- da Clower), born June 4, 1803, died June 27, 1882. Was mother of Mrs. D. Mack Hood, mother of Mrs. Joel Branham.
George P. Hamilton, M. D., a Ma- son, born Nov. 11, 1825, died June 7, 1859.
George Thomas Hamilton, born May 23, 1831. died Nov. 5, 1851.
Wm. Scott, infant son of C. A. and Madeline Hamilton. born Jan. 30, 1853, died April 28, 1853.
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Rosa Hardin Helm, died Apr. 21, 1900; aged 45 years. Thomas Jefferson Helm, born April 17, 1840; died May 17, 1904. Was from Columbia, Tenn., and friend of J. W. Ewing; kin to Spul- locks.
Rebecca Cloud Hardin, died Aug. 9, 1880; 66 years old.
Peter Reagan and Nancy Reagan,
dates of birth and death blank.
Mrs. Rachel L. Meigs, born July 4, 1816, died Apr. 22, 1877. Was Rachel Reagan.
Charlotte E. Brown, died Sept. 7, 1845; aged 21 years, 4 months, 12 days.
Prunella (?) daughter T. J. and M. V. Treadaway, died Dec. 1, 1831; 1 year, 16 days.
THE JOSEPH WATTERS BURIAL GROUND.
On the Calhoun Road, six miles north of Rome, in Ridge Valley, Watters District, is the resting place of the rugged pioneer, Joseph Watters, and most of his descendants who have gone to their reward. It is near the Watters and Rush homes and Floyd County Model School. Eight of the graves are located by small rock markers, and the other stones bear the following inscriptions:
Joseph Watters, born Feb. 24, 1792, died Mar. 1, 1866; Elizabeth Watters, (his wife), born June 23, 1779, died Feb. 19, 1881; William Watters, born Mar. 20, 1820, died Sept. 7, 1886; Su- san Antoinette Watters, born Nov. 12,
1839, died Aug. 13, 1811; Sarah Cor- nelia Watters, wife of James M. Wat- ters, born Aug., 1850, died May, 1914; Thos. Jackson Davis, born July 9, 1862, died July 23, 1909, and an in- fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Jackson Davis, died Mar. 9, 1906.
HEBREW CEMETERY INTERMENTS.
A partial list of well-known persons buried in the Jewish Cemetery, near Silver Creek in South Rome, follows:
Ed J. Esserman, died Dec. 21, 1907; David Esserman, died March 14, 1917; Moritz Spiegelberg, died April 19, 1913; Benj. Franklin, died Jan. 2, 1915; Phillip Cohen, died Nov. 30. 1886; Henry Kuttner, died June 4, 1890; Jacob Kuttner, died May 16, 1905; F. Abramson, died April 2, 1922.
Lagniappe
LANGLEY RAPS SNOBBERY.
By Lee J. Langley.
These be evil days for snobs and snobbery. Practically all the authors of the late popular books have turned the X-ray on the warped and festering torso of the snob, and the public has first laughed at his puny soul, and then grieved over his misfortune.
The moving pictures are beginning to hold him up to ridicule and scorn, and to portray him as a social blight and a public nuisance.
His neighbors, at the risk of giving offense, are courageously trying to purge the community of him. During the past week George Battey took a well-aimed shot at his nest, as did like- wise my conservative friend, Editor Clair Rowell. Mr. Battey called the practice of snobbery the "old order" of things, and declared we must abandon it. Editor Rowell called it provincial- ism, and said we must modernize with the times.
I eall it plain damphoolishness ; symptoms of a crippled mentality.
Edith Wharton's book, "The Age of Innocence," took Pulitzer the prize of $1,000 for the best book of 1920 por- traying American character and tradi- Thos. Jackson Davis, born July 9, Innocence" says of the snob:
"Culture! Yes, if you only had it! But there are just a few little local patches, dying out here and there for lack of-well, hoeing and cross ferti- lizing; the last remnants of the old Eu- ropean traditions that your forebears brought with them. But you're in a pitiful little minority. You've got no center, no competition, no audience. You're like the pictures on the walls of a deserted house; the portrait of a gentleman. You'll never amount to any- thing, any of you, till you roll up your sleeves and get right down into the muck. That, or emigrate."
Sinclair Lewis, in his "Main Street." asks, "Why try to reform them when dynamite is so cheap?"
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Snobbery cost Chas. Evans Hughes, now Secretary of State, the presidency of the United States. California was safe for Hughes, but against the ad- vice of his friends, Hughes went to California. When he got there he clos- eted himself with the silk hat and kid gloved crowd and refused to receive the "wool hat" boys. The wool hat- ters openly swore vengeance, and Hughes lost California, which alone cost him the presidency. His campaign manager, Mr. Wilcox, was an icicle personified.
Correspondents say that this taught Mr. Hughes a lesson, and that today he is the most amiable, approachable and most democratic official in Wash- ington, except the president.
Snobbery cost the late A. O. Bacon the governorship of Georgia. At a po- litical speaking at Jug Tavern, now Winder, a farmer's wife asked Mr. Ba- con to buy four pairs of wool socks for $1, which she had knit herself. Mr. Bacon frowned and asked her what on earth she thought he wanted with that kind of sock,-that he wore only silk socks. That settled Bacon's chances of election. Mr. Bacon heard of his snob- bish "bust" when it was too late. This taught him a· lesson-he reformed and a few years later was elected to the United States Senate and made Geor- gia one of the greatest Senators in her history.
It gives me genuine pleasure here to pay high tribute to the character, statesmanship and intellect of the late Senator Bacon; he simply made the mistake in his early career of being snobbish, or appearing so, and paid the penalty that some mighty good men with political ambitions living not a thousand miles from Rome must pay, unless they reform.
It never offends me for a fellow to make it known that he thinks he is too good to associate with me; it only makes me laugh. It would not offend me if he should come out and tell me so. I would laugh all the more.
I've got a trap set for whatever there may be of snobbery in Rome. I'm go- ing to catch it in whichever direction it moves, and if it assays up to any appreciable standard, three or four of us are going to plan a snipe party for the snob victims, either political, so- cial, financial or commercial, accord- ing to the particular turn the snobbery takes, and then there will be another story to tell.
There is no snob in the world who won't fall for a snipe hunt .- 8-12-21.
SNIPE HUNT PLANS. By Lee J. Langley.
George Battey asked me in his col- umn last Sunday when I am going to stage my snob snipe party.
That must depend on conditions and circumstances, George. I haven't got my snob covey rounded up yet. I have a little bunch of about a half dozen real nice juicy ones nibbling around my trap, but they are a little chary of my bait. I've got a slow and rather new delivery and they are not quite certain just when and where my r'e- lease will cut the plate. I ran across what appeared to be a fine specimen of the breed the other day and he looked sick and sort of locoed, but when I got him square in the eye he gave me a belligerent and defiant stare.
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