tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28947395193547400272024-03-12T23:49:38.546-04:00Every Now and ThenBringing Douglas County history to a 21st century audienceLisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-994828906116864232022-12-22T11:16:00.000-05:002022-12-22T11:16:22.466-05:00The City in Brief for May 1892<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfRMLuoSjl8Uqj5bdsh_JrNw68BU_xcgd_x2RxjvRiQTayp7OuL1f3i0joK9o4Xp-ofSzja4bPfSGrhGVmScyE9VdcvUmCRjAN26yGNEZEaiMjeBp1CPki_cW8tIHjDdb59tv6c-M40UaW0sPQAU6GFGktwDAG5oWVrEiqlcysdWR48xmaeo90PK_Yg/s522/Douglasville%20-%20The%20New%20SOuth%20-%20The%20City%20in%20Brief%20-%20May%201892-a.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="383" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfRMLuoSjl8Uqj5bdsh_JrNw68BU_xcgd_x2RxjvRiQTayp7OuL1f3i0joK9o4Xp-ofSzja4bPfSGrhGVmScyE9VdcvUmCRjAN26yGNEZEaiMjeBp1CPki_cW8tIHjDdb59tv6c-M40UaW0sPQAU6GFGktwDAG5oWVrEiqlcysdWR48xmaeo90PK_Yg/s320/Douglasville%20-%20The%20New%20SOuth%20-%20The%20City%20in%20Brief%20-%20May%201892-a.png" width="235" /></a></div><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">An article from Douglasville’s paper at the time (<i>The New South</i>) fully transcribed regarding “The City in Brief.” This article is from The New South dated May 10, 1892 (3)</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Dry and dusty. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Rain needed badly.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Send in your job work.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Farmers are needing rain. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Picnics are all the go now. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Garden truck is burning up. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">All flavor of soda water at Condors. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The buncoed man dreads the stranger. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The early bird is now apt to catch a cold. Best and purest soda water at Condors. H.P. Crawford went to Atlanta last Friday. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">All watches stop, but all are not stop watches. Spare the advertisements and spoil the business.</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Mrs. J.C. Billinghurst spent Friday in Atlanta. A small advertisement is better than a bad traveler. People above suspicion must, of course, stand very high. The confidence of the political leaders equals their gall. When bank stock is watered there is bound to be a run on it. The tax receiver was in town last Monday and Tuesday.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The wages of sin are regulated by a back-sliding scale. There is a great deal of sickness throughout the county. E.F. Wright and B.G. Griggs visited Atlanta last Thursday. The church is all right, but some congregations are all wrong. The merchants are now closing up at 7 o’clock in the evening.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Miss Annie Smith, a daughter of Mr. Dave Smith, is quite sick. The dog is to be envied. He doesn’t have to stretch his pants. It doesn’t spoil the barrel organ to knock a few staves out of it. Mrs. Lillia Walton and Miss Effie Winn spent last Friday in Atlanta. People who have cast their eye must have iron in their blood.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Roseola has about spent its forces. A few scattering cases yet in town. He is a wise man who takes a large space and puts little matter in it. Every wise man advertiseth, but a fool speculareth on the Stock Exchange. A big advertiser leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children’s children. Misses Jennie Stockley and Nannie Turner visited Atlanta last Friday. Vulgarity in long clothes is more shocking than immodesty in short skirts. Stationary is all shapes, styles and quality at Selman, Mallory & Co.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A good advertisement is like the merchant’s ships; it bringeth abundance from afar. When you are roasting somebody remember that somebody is roasting you. Whoso loveth a good business loveth advertising; but he that depriveth fame is not wise. When people lose their tempers what a blessing it would be if they could never find them again.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He that trusteth in a large circulation shall be wealthy, but he that believeth in cheap rates shall be busted. It appears to be a hard matter to get anyone to preach the commencement sermon at the college this year.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Look up and see if your stationary is getting low. If so, come to The New South office and have it replenished.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><page torn four items missing></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Are you hunting a place ot school your children? You cannot find a better place anywhere in Douglasville. Tuition free. Professor J.G. Camp says he belongs to the party where it only takes two to make a majority, and the majority is in Gwinnett County.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Spring is now upon us in all its bloom and beauty. Let us show our appreciation of it by being more cheerful, buoyant, amiable and kind to those around us. A complete line of patent medicine at Selman, Mallory & Co.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Miss Clonts, a charming young lady, is now visiting at Jeff’s. She arrived Tuesday night. Mother and child are doing well. Grandpa Furr is also resting easy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Mr. Cass Harding, of this place, who recently visited his farm in Paulding County was taken dangerously ill, we are glad to state, is on the road to rapid recovery.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The successful young men in this world do not stand around waiting for something to turn up. They go to work and turn something up. Everything depends on one’s own effort.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">There is a conscience of the head as well as of the heart; and in old age we feel as much remorse as if we have wasted our natural talents as if we had perverted our natural virtues.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The colored people have done a very commendable act towards their dead. They met last week and cleaned off and otherwise fixed up the graves, greatly improving their grave yard.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Rev. J.J. Haines, Mr. Thomas Haines and daughter, wife of Dr. T.J. Garner, of Hope, Arkansas, who have been attending on the Baptist convention in Atlanta, are now the guests of Mr. A.G. Weddington, of this place. They are sons and granddaughter of Rev. Henry Haines, a noted Baptist divine who left this section for the west several years ago. They will be royally entertained while the guests of “Sandy” Weddington.</span><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Drink Coca-Cola at Selman, Mallory & Co.</span><br /></div>Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-81816263796506931432022-12-22T11:10:00.001-05:002022-12-22T11:27:01.487-05:00Hutcheson High School - Faculty<p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Ulysses Byas was the principal of Hutcheson High School in 1956. He went on to a very distinguished career after leaving Douglasville. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">Some bio infomration I found regarding Byas online: "Dr. Ulysses Byas dropped out of high school two times before finally finishing and serving as a journeyman and a cook in the U.S. Navy. He graduated with a degree from Fort Valley State College (now University) in Georgia and went on to get a masters degree and a doctorate before taking over as head of schools for Macon County Public Schools in Alabama, making him the first Black superintendent of a mixed school district in the South."</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">As a leader, Dr. Byas was vocal about the disparities in funding for predominately Black schools. (Though Brown vs. Board of Education had been the law of the land for 16 years by the time he took over at Macon County Public Schools, Alabama and his native Georgia were slow to desegregate). He was well-known for his ability to turn around a budge crisis in districts, as well as his ability to bridge the gap between different sectors in education."</span></span></p><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zRCmZNEsmNMIZD5cQ0-Ts6tnfXCxkKtoBKIgqWNzDZwqrRC5n9ZXc9LrP5klkO-r0d6kgOGfLeyOzM4ajaGzodS1on0sL_l5FMyUykGVDs2Vq9UIST0RCQw4g-zzxoZY8c6l9JJMxIQXmGxP3Xvu2OA1Y1iroinp9dHNMrHCGXI3h5X0-FcSBRzFJw/s398/Douglasville%20-%20Ulysses%20Byas-a.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zRCmZNEsmNMIZD5cQ0-Ts6tnfXCxkKtoBKIgqWNzDZwqrRC5n9ZXc9LrP5klkO-r0d6kgOGfLeyOzM4ajaGzodS1on0sL_l5FMyUykGVDs2Vq9UIST0RCQw4g-zzxoZY8c6l9JJMxIQXmGxP3Xvu2OA1Y1iroinp9dHNMrHCGXI3h5X0-FcSBRzFJw/s320/Douglasville%20-%20Ulysses%20Byas-a.png" width="252" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div>Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-25641066955249984052017-08-21T16:29:00.000-04:002017-08-21T16:29:41.134-04:00Douglas County, Georgia was named for Stephen A. Douglas<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I’ve been
researching Douglas County, Georgia history on a full time
basis since December, 2010 when my first column went online with “Douglasville
Patch”. By March, 2012 my weekly column began appearing in the Sunday edition
of the “Douglas County Sentinel” where it continues today. With less than ten
repeats I have written and published over 300 columns and two books on various
subjects going all the way back to the 1820s when Douglas County was a part of
old Campbell County. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">It has been quite
a journey through local history for me, and the only regret that I have
regarding my large body of work is that I published as I went. My first attempt
at a topic might mean I got the gist of the person’s life or the event details,
but later as my research progressed, I might find additional puzzle pieces that
would lead me to new conclusions about the bigger picture. So, you might see
from time to time a few contradictions as additional information was located.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Recently, I was
interviewed more than once by the “Douglas County Sentinel” regarding the
relationship between our county’s namesake, Stephen A. Douglas and the esteemed African American Frederick Douglass who lived between 1818 and 1895 and is remembered as a social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">My answer to the “Sentinel”
was a simple one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><b>I have found NO relationship between the naming of Douglas
County, Georgia and Frederick Douglass.<u></u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b></b><u></u><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">My research
regarding this matter actually began as far back as the late 1990s and into the
early 2000s when I was still a classroom teacher at Villa Rica Elementary. I
heard that Douglas County had been formed during the Radical Republican era of
Georgia’s history and had been named for Frederick Douglass.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Most of my days
were spent teaching American History to fourth and fifth graders, so you can
understand how I wanted this to be true! How wonderful it would be to teach my
students, many of them African American, about what could be an exciting
Reconstruction story. However, at that time I could not find enough evidence to
support it. Early on in my research it appeared to be a myth, and I steered
clear of myths in my teaching, or I identified them as such to students such as
the “George Washington chopped down a cherry tree” myth to help them understand
how critical thinking skills is a MUST when examining history and historical
sources.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><u><b>Anyone can say
something is historic, but if the facts don’t add up, it’s a myth or an
interesting story with no sources, at best. You have to determine if the sources
are credible, and you have to determine if a social or political agenda is
afoot.</b></u><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><b><u>After researching
this topic from EVERY possible angle over the last ten years, I am now resolute
in my opinion that there is no relationship other that a repeated effort to
bring up a historical myth that has no legal or academic source to back it up.</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><br /></span></u></b>
<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Please bear with me as I present ALL of my research here for examination under the headings Legal Documents and Sources for the Frederick Douglass myth.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>LEGAL DOCUMENTS</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Let’s start with
the legal documents behind the formation of Douglas County. First, we have the
actual law which came into existence October 17, 1870. It can be located online
in the book “Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia Passed at the Session of 1870” (publication date 1870) where the actual act is mentioned….scroll to page 13..."Title IV Counties and County Lines…Douglas County", pages 13-16. Fortunately, for us this book is offered
online with "Google Books" <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nSE4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Douglas+County,+Georgia,+1870,+acts+of+general+assembly&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi41L-8sN_UAhWB1CYKHWkzAg0Q6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q=Douglas%20County%2C%20Georgia%2C%201870%2C%20acts%20of%20general%20assembly&f=false">and can be accessed here.</a><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I’ve also been to
the Georgia Archives where I’ve been allowed to handle this exact book and take
images of the pages which I provide below.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>You can click on each image to isolate it, and then enlarge it for
better viewing. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The title page of
the book….</span></span></span></div>
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the act the legal spelling of Douglas County has one “S” – one “S” upon
creation and printed in the official "Book of Acts passed in 1870".<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The one “S” occurs throughout the act as this
close-up image from page 13 indicates in the book's margin:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Notice also the
official act creating Douglas County does not provide the namesake information
– the person the county was named for.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This is nothing out of the ordinary as I’ve read other acts creating
Georgia counties and the language concerning namesakes is not included. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">If you refer back
(above) to the online link for the "Book of Acts passed in 1870" you see the next act is the law which created Rockdale County which was named for a Baptist
church, of all things, and the church was named for the vein of granite that is
found underneath the county’s soil.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">There were two
other counties created with Douglas and Rockdale in 1870 – Dodge and
McDuffie.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You can scroll on through the "Book of Acts" and see the laws that created them as well.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No namesake information is provided, however, Dodge County was named for William E. Dodge,
a New York U.S. Representative and businessman. A known abolitionist, Dodge
invested large sums of money buying up large tracts of timberland in the South.
Georgia has him to thank for the state’s timber industry.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In contrast McDuffie County was named for
South Carolina governor and senator, George McDuffie, who was a staunch
believer in state sovereignty which was one of those foundation stones for the Confederacy.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Generally, the
names of the county were provided within floor and committee discussions in the
Georgia House, Georgia Senate, or within a newspaper article announcing the new
county. Sometimes it is found within the legal biography of the legislator who
sponsored the bill for the new county because more often than not they had the honor of naming the new county.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;">In the case of
Douglas County, the bill to form the county was introduced by Campbell County’s
House member, Representati</span>ve W.S. Zellars, a former doctor from Palmetto,
Georgia and Campbell County resident.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Recently, I
published a column regarding Representative Zellars in the “Douglas County
Sentinel” providing bits and pieces of his life.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It seems he was the perfect man to serve in
the Georgia legislature during his first term which spanned from 1868 to 1870 because
he was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>not an ex-Confederate, and he
was not a Democrat</u></b>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> This means during Terry's Purge, which occurred later in the legislative term and which I address below, Zellars was allowed to keep his seat in the House for the entire term. </span>There are
newspaper lists of legislators who have the term “Radical Republican” by his
name in 1868….he certainly wasn’t thought of as a Democrat or a Confederate "good-old-boy" at that time. This clipping is taken from the "Federal Union", dated May 26, 1868. You can see the entire list of the House and Senate elected to serve the <a href="http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/view?docId=bookreader/fuw/fuw1868/fuw1868-0084.mets.xml;query=Zellars;brand=milledgeville-brand#page/n0/mode/1up">term beginning in 1868 here</a> (middle of the page):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I also have Zeller’s
biography that was published during his second term in the Georgia House in the
early 1880s.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The book was titled “Georgia’s
General Assembly of 1880-81…Biographical Sketches of Senators and
Representatives, the Government and Heads of State,” pages 381-82. You
can read the <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tbpVTOx9ohAC&pg=PA381&lpg=PA381&dq=W.S.+Zellars,+Campbell+County,+Georgia&source=bl&ots=GFMhMzsR6z&sig=uWndm9QZxmYcvWAyNGCsEHB_6qU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB58f6wovVAhXDdj4KHQt2D-sQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=W.S.%20Zellars%2C%20Campbell%20County%2C%20Georgia&f=false">two-page biography at this link</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Notice at the end
of the section the biography states, “…In 1860, Dr. Zellars was an ardent
supporter of Stephen A. Douglas, and in 1870 when he introduced the bill to
create the county of Douglas, he at the same time named it in honor of that
great statesman.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Also, the
biography tells you he did not consider himself as a Democrat as most of the white
population at that time. This explains why he broke from most white men in Georgia
who favored Breckinridge in the Election of 1860 and went with Stephen A.
Douglas. There were approximately 11,000 Georgians who voted for Stephen A.
Douglas in the 1860 election, and as you can see from the partial list of House
of Representative members for 1868 I posted above, Zellars was not a lone wolf
as far as white Radical Republicans were concerned. There were quite a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Douglas County is
not the only Georgia location named for Stephen A. Douglas. The town of Douglas
in Coffee County is also named for the Illinois Senator who ran for president
and debated Abraham Lincoln.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I also accessed
the biography in this same book at the Georgia Archives and offer the following
images of the pages.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You can click on
each image to isolate the page and then enlarge the picture to read, if needed.</span></div>
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the path the law that created Douglas County took through the Georgia
Legislature. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">What happened when
it was introduced?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">How did the House
and Senate react to it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Fortunately, the
Georgia Archives maintains the House and Senate Journals for each year going
way back in the state’s history.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I have
been able to access both at the Georgia Archives and present the pages here
that trace the path regarding how the bill to create Douglas County became an
official act or law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">In Georgia, bills
are introduced, and at that time the bill is referred to as the first reading. Then there is a second reading where the bill
has already been referred to the appropriate committee or will be, and then
finally, a third reading is completed. This is where you see discussions on the
House and Senate floor, and then action takes place…generally a vote if the
appropriate committee has recommended the bill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The bill to form
Douglas County was introduced on the floor of the Georgia House of
Representatives on Friday, August 19, 1870 during the morning session, by W.S.
Zellars, the representative for Campbell County. The House Journal
indicates Zellars introduced <i>“a bill to lay off a new county from Carroll and
Campbell Counties...”.</i><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’ve provided the
page image below from the House Journal. You can enlarge the image by clicking
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House Journal for 1870….refer to the left-side. I’ve provide the right-side
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below shows the second reading. The House Journal states (middle of the page),”<i>The
following bills of the House were read the second time and referred to the
Committee on New Counties and County Lines, to-wit: …A Bill to lay off and
organize a new county out of the counties of Campbell and Carroll.”</i></span></div>
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1870 on page 603 it is noted the bill had been “<i>in committee</i>” and said
committee recommended its passage.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It
was noted in the record, <i>“The Committee on New Counties and County Lines have
had under consideration the following bills: …A bill to lay off and organize a
new county out of the counties of Campbell and Carroll, which they recommend do
pass.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House Journal, page 814, at the top of the page continues, <i>"...the county of Fayette to Campbell; to move the county site of Campbell to some suitable and convenient place on the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, and for other purposes therein mentioned. </i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Hall of Meriweather moved the indefinite postponement of the bill.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The motion did not prevail.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The report was agreed to.</span></i><br />
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<i>The bill was read the third time and the question of its passage the yeas and nays were recorded.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, the bill creating Douglas County passed, but was that really all that was said on the House Floor? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why did Mr. Hall of Meriwether move to postpone the bill? Why were there 23 nay votes?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.law.uga.edu/researching-legislative-history-enacted-georgia-statute">In general, this website</a> advises research regarding legislative history is difficult and says, “In
general, state legislative history is elusive and Georgia is no
exception. The Georgia General Assembly does not publish transcripts of
its floor debate or committee reports. The hunt for legislative intent can
be time-consuming and may not always produce results…keep in mind, the Georgia
courts primarily look at the plain meaning of the statute when determining
legislative intent. You may do a great deal of research into the
legislative intent of a statute only to have your argument rejected by the
court.”</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Committee records
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">were not kept, information regarding changes to a bill were not recorded, and
as we can see the bill to form Douglas County was changed in committee. What
was originally a bill to “l<i>ay off and organize a new county out of the counties
of Campbell and Carroll</i>” ended up being a law to do the same plus “<i>to change
the line between the counties of Campbell and Fayette; to add a portion of the
county of Fayette to that of Campbell; to move the county-site of Campbell to
some suitable and convenient place on the Atlanta & West Point Railroad,
and for other purposes therein mentioned</i>."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">So, was the
passage of the law which created Douglas County really this simple and done
with these few comments as I lay out above?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Fortunately, in
the 1870s there were reporters in the House and the Senate who wrote down the
proceedings an</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; margin: 0px;">d </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">recorded floor discussions in the Atlanta newspapers, and I
have located them. <span style="margin: 0px;">These were done in real time each day and published in newspapers across the state. There is no way anyone could go back later and amend them in any way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">So, here they are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">As noted above the
bill to form Douglas County was introduced on the floor of the Georgia House of
Representatives on Friday, August 19, 1870 during the morning session, by W.S.
Zellars, the representative for Campbell County. The “Daily Atlanta
Intelligencer” for August 20, 1870 indicates W.S. Zellars introduced “<i>a bill to
lay off a new county from Carroll and Campbell Counties…”</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Third reading
of the bill in the House occurred on Monday, September 26 during the morning
session. The “Daily Atlanta Intelligencer” for September 27, 1870 provides much
more regarding the discussion on the House Floor and indicates, <i>“The special
order of the day, to-wit – bills organizing and laying off new counties – was
taken up. </i><i>“The bill to lay
off and organize a new county from the counties of Campbell and Carroll, was
read a third time.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Scott </i>[Floyd County] <i>read
from the Constitution that portion prescribing the number of Representatives at
175, and that no change can be made in the apportionment, except after the
taking of the census by the General Government, and even then the whole number
cannot be increased. He argued that the new county cannot have a
representative. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Under this
Constitution provision Mr. Armstrong </i>[Cobb County]<i> said that unless he can have certain
doubts as to expediency and constitutionality of laying off new counties
removed, he would be compelled to oppose all such measures, and that there are
a good many counties mentioned in the Comptroller General’s report, which do
not pay tax enough to meet the charges of their representatives for per diem
and mileage.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Anderson
[</i>Cobb County<i>] said that in favoring the bill, he spoke at the request of the
Representative from Campbell County [Zellars]; that he understood that the
people in the proposed new county are in favor of the change.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Hall
[</i>Meriwether County<i>], moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. Lost.</i></span></div>
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adopt the report of the committee recommending the passage of the bill the yays
and nays were called with the following result – yeas 66; nays 28; so the bill
was passed.”</i></span></div>
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know the context regarding Mr. Hall’s, the Representative from Meriwether County, call
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I don’t see any
discussion regarding the naming of the county, do you?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">What I do see are members of the legislature
concerned that by adding another county the money pie that paid the legislators
for their service would be divided yet again, and they would all lose
money.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Many didn’t like that.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That’s the reason why there was 25 nay
votes…..<b><u>nothing to do with the county’s name, at all.</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would also like to add here I've compared all of the names of the House members who voted no against the bill for Douglas County. They were all white and a mixture of Democrat and Republicans. I found no black representatives who spoke on the floor or who voted against it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Of course, if you
remember your civics and Georgia history class correctly, you know that bills
must pass both the House and the Senate to be enacted as law.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, now we have to look at the Senate to see
what happened there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">First, I pulled
the Senate Journal for 1870 at the Georgia Archives.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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Journal, page 476, at the bottom of the page it states,”</span> <span style="margin: 0px;"><i>The Senate took up the special order for
the day, the same being action upon all bills to create and organize new
counties.</i> [continued on the next page…]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Continued on page
477 of the Senate Journal shown below in the upper-half of the page it says,” <i>…The
Senate took up the House bill to lay off and organize a new county out of the
counties of Campbell and Carroll, and to add a portion of the county of Fayette
to that of Campbell; to move the town site of Campbell to some suitable and
convenient place on the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, and for other
purposes therein mentioned.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>The Committee on
New Counties and County Lines, to who this bill is referred, reported the same
back with the recommendation that it do pass.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>The report of the
committee was agreed to.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Holcomb </i>(39th District) <i>proposed the following amendment, which lost, to-wit:</i><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>[the amendment dealt with the Fayette voters
and can be read on the page]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Page 478 shows
where the discussion continues saying, <i>“Mr. Hinton </i>(24th District)<i> moved to indefinitely
postpone the bill. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Speer </i>(22nd District)<i> called
the previous question, which being sustained the main question was ordered upon
the motion of Mr. Hinton, which did not prevail.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><i>Upon the question,
shall this bill now pass – a constitutional majority being required to pass the
same – the yeas and nays were required to be recorded and are yeas 25 nays 5.”</i></span><i></i></span></div>
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seen at the top of page 478 of the Senate Journal, and it stated, <i>“So, the bill
was passed by a constitutional majority.”</i></span><br />
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provided a signature Douglas County would exist. This occurred on October 17,
1870.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Regarding the
Senate actions in the newspapers, I found the discussion for the morning
session, Tuesday, October 12, 1870 in the “Weekly New Era,” an Atlanta
newspaper where it was reported in their issue for October 19, 1870.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span>What is interesting about this report is that
Douglas County <u><b>IS</b></u> named.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Notice in the
following images the county name is provided with one “S” just two days after it's formation date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">And here is a
transcription of the discussion from those images:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>“A bill to create
a new county out of the counties of Campbell and Carroll, and for other
purposes…was read a third time, said county to be called Douglas. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Barnes moved
to strike from the bill all relating to Fayette County.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>He said there were
19 counties that did not pay sufficient taxes to pay the per diem of the
members of the lower house. He was opposed to all new counties.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Holcomb </i>(39th District)<i> moved
to refer the matter to the people of the county of Fayette. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Hungerford </i>(17th District)<i> said that if the people wanted these new counties he saw no just reason why the
Senate should not grant their request especially when the money necessary would
come out of their own pockets and not from the funds of the state.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Holcomb
opposed making new counties. He argued for his amendment.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Brock </i>(38th District)<i> supported the bill.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Bradley (1st District) opposed the bill being unconstitutional</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Hinton </i>(24th District) <i>believed Mr. Bradley’s view was correct, it would take a two-thirds vote of
each House and also that it should be submitted to the legal voters of the county
before a county can be abolished or created.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>After a lengthy
discussion taken part in by Messrs. Speer, Campbell </i>(2nd District), <i>Merrill, Smith </i>(36th District), <i>and
Nunnally </i>(26th District), <i>the previous question was demanded.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Holcomb’s
amendment was lost.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>The bill was
carried by 25 to 5.”</i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, there is no
uproar regarding the naming of the county. The only objections had to do with
the apportionment issue and the fact General Assembly members would lose a bit
of their pay having to split with four new counties that were coming on board in
1870. The lone African American who spoke out as opposed to the bill, Mr. Bradley of the 1st District, did so because of unconstitutionality regarding adding another county. The five Senate members who voted no, against the bill for Campbell County, were all white and a mix of Democrats and Republicans.<span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were no issues regarding the naming the new county Douglas or regarding the namesake, Stephen A. Douglas.</span><br />
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">FREDERICK DOUGLASS MYTH</span></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">So, where does
this notion that Douglas County, Georgia was named for Frederick Douglass come
from?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I’ve found three
possible sources including typographical/spelling errors, a letter written in 1931, and recent media reports.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've examined each one very carefully.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typographical/Spelling Errors</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The first source
happens to be a situation appearing in the early years of Douglas County where the county name was misspelled in the newspapers and on maps as you can see on this map dated 1874 which I obtained <a href="http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/counties/douglas">from this page.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Ever hear of
typographical errors?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I’ve researched
many counties across the nation named Douglas, and all have had to deal with
misspellings of their name at one time or another. In fact, this would be the
proper place to note in this chain of research that when Stephen A. Douglas was
born his last name was spelled “Douglass”.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Yes, there was a
double “S” in the name of Stephen A. Douglas originally.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">At some point
Stephen A. Douglass changed his last name to one S per biographer Roy Morris, Jr. in “<a href="http://amzn.to/2vnMX0u">The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America</a>,” published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2008.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Stephen A. Douglas
had to deal with the double S mistake for the rest of his life. Here are just
three instances of typographical errors in Atlanta newspapers.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m sure I could find more from other papers
across the country if I wanted to. </span><span style="margin: 0px;">Click on each
image to isolate it, and then you can enlarge the image as needed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">From the “Weekly
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><b><u>The Moses McKoy Smith Letter</u></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The second source
regarding the Frederick Douglass myth comes from a letter that supposedly was
written in 1931 by Moses McKoy Smith from his home in Texas. I’ve mentioned
this letter in some of my writing and other local historians have mentioned it
as well, however, it was always presented as an aside to the events surrounding
the formation of the county because the historical record and legal record as presented above strongly refutes it.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I would also like to add that it appears that I am the first county historian to actually take the time to examine the legal documents in totality along with the newspapers of the day, plus research each and every man who had anything to do with the formation of the county.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Upon closer
examination and after researching this matter from various angles, I don’t feel
this letter is a verifiable source of county history due to Moses McKoy Smith's involvement and
his grandfather’s involvement in the location of Douglas County’s county site. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">My first issue
with the 1931 letter is I’ve never seen it, and I know of no other local
historian including Fannie Mae Davis who has. I've recently inquired with Virginia Pope who served as Mrs. Davis' assistant and editor with her book, "Douglas County, Georgia: From Indian Trail to Interstate 20", and she tells me the actual letter was not seen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">There are several typed copies
that can be located, but no copy has been authenticated as “the” letter. Some
of the typed copies I’ve seen have differences in the wording and the events
presented in the letter when they are compared.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Plus, I’ve seen
other letters written by Moses McKoy Smith throughout his lifetime which were
all handwritten…..no typed letters in the collection.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Another issue with
the Moses McKoy Smith letter has to do with the fact that his family didn’t
exactly head off to Texas with a love for some of the folks here in Douglas
County. The Smith family were among the losers in a lawsuit that held up the
naming of the county site for five years.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The struggle was bitter, divided families, and feelings of rancor
existed for years, even decades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Douglas County
existed as of 1870, but Douglasville was not formed legally until 1875, and the
reason had to do with a squabble over where the county seat would be
located.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Soon after the county was
formed an election was held as the law directed to determine the county site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Moses Montgomery
Smith, one of the men who pushed for Douglas County to be formed and the father
of Moses McKoy Smith (the supposed letter writer), originally wanted the Chapel Hill area, which at that
time covered all the area down to the Chattahoochee River, as the county site.
Later, he amended his choice to what was considered to be the middle of Douglas
County, the Pray’s Mill Baptist Church area.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Other folks in Douglas County wanted Skint Chestnut as the county site which was along the newly proposed railroad and for some it was the logical choice for the county site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">When the first
election was held there were some irregularities regarding the c</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">ounting of votes. Many said Skint Chestnut won, and the name
would be changed to Douglasville, but folks like the Smith family were mad
and filed a lawsuit to stop it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The lawsuit wound through the courts
slowly.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The Skint Chestnut folks went ahead with their plans anyway. Young Vansant donated 40 acres for
Douglasville and a makeshift, wooden courthouse was erected.<span style="margin: 0px;"> By the time the second election was held...a do-over, you might say...most already considered Skint Chestnut/Douglasville to be the county site and their votes reflected so.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Moses Montgomery
Smith died in 1872, and with his death the fight went out of
those who wanted Pray’s Mill. The lawsuit disappeared, but many of the "center" people as they were referred to still had
issues with not getting their way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I call the story
Moses McKoy Smith lays out in his letter a “ruse”….because he says the county
was named for Frederick Douglass as this was the only way the legislation could
be passed through the Radical Republican state legislature during
Reconstruction.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In other words, the
county fathers fooled the African American controlled legislature, but really
had no intention of keeping the Douglass name once Reconstruction was over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><b><u>At face value the
story seems plausible, but upon more careful examination the “ruse” story doesn’t
hold up.</u></b><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>First of all, <b><u>there was no
African American majority in the Georgia House, and the majority in the Senate
was slight</u></b>. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Second, we know that Douglas
County wasn’t the only county created during this “Radical Republican”
legislature, and their namesakes were varied – a church, a Yankee capitalist,
and a man who was a proponent of state sovereignty – not exactly the namesakes
you would think would come out of a Radical Republican controlled group.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If they had wanted to name a county for
Frederick Douglass, why stop there?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Why
not name all four for African American heroes of the time?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">That didn't happen because most people have an incorrect impression on what happened during the Radical Republican era.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Versions of the
Moses McKoy Smith letter discuss how the county father’s followed this ruse
until Federal control was over during Reconstruction, and then quietly cut the extra “S” from the
county seal and went on like the “Douglass” name never existed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Why cut an extra S
off the official seal when the legal document that created the county…..refer
to the Act of 1870 above…. had no extra S?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I firmly think the
1931 letter sent by Moses McKoy Smith was just one more way to throw a knife at
a situation where he never admitted defeat. His letter was delivered just a few months before his death in 1932.</span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Regarding all of
the men who pushed for this new county – and there were several – I think their
main desire was to get the county formed.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>They left the naming to W.S. Zellars, the representative for Campbell
County. They didn't care.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Regarding the men
who “pushed” for this county they included the following: Moses M. Smith, Ephraim
Pray, John C. Bowden, C.P. Bowen, John A. Wilson, W.N. McGouirk, J.H. Winn, S.N.
Dorsett, John M. Huey, F.M. Duncan, W.D. Price, T.H. Selman, A.S. Gorman…..and
others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I’ve researched
ALL of these men, and written about most at one time or another. They were
white, Democrats, considered to be the planter class in the majority, ex
Confederate soldiers, in some cases ex-slave owners, and if I dug hard enough I
could…sadly….find Ku Klux ties with some. These were NOT men who would
honor Frederick Douglass or push W.S. Zellars to name the county for a black
man in the year 1870. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">It was known the
railroad was coming through Skint Chestnut…..these men and others on the north
side of the Chattahoochee River were not part of the power base for Campbell
County. They rarely show up in political discussions, meetings, etc.
prior to 1870, but once they got their county….BANG! Lots of money
was made for most of these men due to the power they would hold in the new county. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">If you read the
original act for Douglas County you see it does more than just provide for a
new county. It provides for Campbell County to move their county seat from
Campbellton to Fairburn. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">I believe that was part of the deal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The
men on the north side of the river got their new base of power to run as they
wished being Douglas County with the plans for a new railroad to come through
that section at some point, AND the men of Campbell County got to move their
county seat from Campbellton which had no railroad to Fairburn where the
business opportunities looked much brighter for the future.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Media Claims</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The third and final source
for the stories surrounding the naming of Douglas County is a news story a few months ago where
a relative of Frederic Douglass says the Radical Republican legislature named
the county for Frederick Douglass and once Reconstruction was over the extra
“S” disappeared, so let’s examine the events going on in Georgia from 1868 to
1870 which is the period of time that is sometimes labeled as the “Radical
Republican Legislature”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">First of all we
already know there was a law that created the county, and we know how the law
read. We also know the ONLY way to change a law is to AMEND it via the
legislative process.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The law that
created Douglas County has been amended at least twice.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The only reasons for those amendments had to
do with boundary lines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">In 1871, the
amendment had to do with the Caroll County boundary. As these clippings shows from the "Atlanta Daily Sun".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The transcription f</span><span style="margin: 0px;">rom the “Atlanta
Daily Sun” dated December 2, 1871:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Friday’s Session,
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Bills read for the third time:</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">to change the line between the counties of
Douglas and Carroll</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Mr. Head presented a petition from a large
number of citizens and moved to disagree to the report of the committee which
was adverse to the passge of the bill, urging that the citizens who desire this
change, were cut off from Carroll County without their consent.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Mr. Goodman </i>(Douglas County had no representative, Mr. Goodman represented Campbell County) <i>favored the report of the
committee, and said that part of the persons affected by the bill, were
formerly in Campbell County.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He also
presented a petition from over 200 citizens of Douglas County asking that the
bill may not pass</i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The motion to disagree with the report of
the committee prevailed and the bill was passed.</span></i></div>
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Herald", February 26, 1874 states:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>Senate bills on
their third reading......</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><i>A bill to change
the lines between Carroll and Douglas Counties so as to include lands of AB
Davis, passed.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, let's examine the Radical Republican Legislature (1868-1870)....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">In 1868, the state
of Georgia remained in military control headed by General George C. Meade. In
January, 1868 General Meade installed a military governor by the name of
General Thomas Ruger.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He held office
until July, 1868.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In March of that year
169 delegates met in Atlanta from all across the state to approve a new state
constitution that met the demands of the First Reconstruction Act including
provisions for black voting, free public school system, provided for debt
relief, gave wives control of property, increased the governor’s term to four
years, and moved the state’s seat of government to Atlanta.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span>I need to note here that of the 169 delegates
who framed this state constitution 37 of them were African American.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This new constitution was ratified by the
General Assembly in April, 1868, and Rufus Bullock, a Republican became the
state’s governor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The General
Assembly make-up was as follows:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In the
House were 84 Republicans (29 black), but they fell three seats short of a
majority of the 172 seats.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In the Senate
there were 27 Republican seats (3 blacks) to 17 Democrats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Some of the black Republicans included Henry McNeal Turner – Union chaplain during the war and
minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Tunis Campbell – New Jersey
native who settled in McIntosh County after the war and organized a group of black
landowners along the coast registering black voters.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Both men served as delegates to the
Constitutional Convention in 1867 and then were elected to the Georgia
legislature in July, 1868.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Also in July, 1868
the General Assembly Democrats and White Republican allies began a campaign to
expel black legislators.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This would
happen in September, 1868 resulting in prolonging military control in the
state.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>These black legislators would not
be allowed back until 1870 during a period known as Terry’s Purge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Alfred H. Terry, the
third and final commanding general of the District of Georgia took control in
January, 1870. He removed 24 Democrats
from the legislature who had served in an official capacity during the
Confederacy or who had not taken the oath to the United States.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Terry replaced these men with their
Republican runner-ups and then reinstated the expelled black legislators – this
in turn created a heavy Republican majority, but it would only last until
November, 1871 when a new election resulted in heavy wins for the Democrats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">It is important to
remember that while there were Republican majorities during some of this
period, <b><u>a Republican majority was not an African American majority.</u></b><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><b><u>White Republicans outnumbered black
Republicans, and often they disagreed.</u></b><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Historian
Kenneth Coleman in his “A History of Georgia” states, “The role of blacks in
the Radical Republican legislature of Georgia was a very limited one, more so
than in most of the southern states. This was due mainly to the fact that after
two months in office they were removed from and denied their seats for almost a
year and a half, from September, 1868 to January, 1870.”</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The idea that the Radical Republican legislature was full of African Americans and they passed any legislation they wished is a misnomer. It is a myth....especially when you look at the body of legislation passed during this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><b><u>There was no reason
for any supposed delegation from Campbell County to let it be known the new
county would be named for Frederick Douglass because there weren’t enough black
members to create a block.</u></b><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">In fact,
black members once they retook their seats were more interested in getting the
14<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> amendment re-ratified and the 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> amendment
ratified so their people could be citizens and then be allowed to vote. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Legislation regarding n<span style="margin: 0px;">ew counties was just a blip on the map regarding the hundreds of things that were deliberated and
passed during the 1868 to 1870 term. </span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Finally, Frederick
Douglass was a rock star in the 1870s and rightly so. Every move of his was recorded
daily in the all newspapers across the country. Where he went, what he
ate, who he saw, and honors that were bestowed upon him were recorded in the
newspapers every day. Go to <a href="http://newspapers.com/">newspapers.com</a> which is a national data base and do a
search…..thousands of hits…..or the <a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/">Library of Congress national newspaperdatabase</a>. I’ve used various keywords to attempt to isolate an article on
a county in Georgia being named for him. I've found nothing. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Had a county in
the deep south full of ex-slave owners and ex-Confederates been named for a
black man in 1870…..it would have gone viral, right? Ten years
of research, and I’ve found nothing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">While I can understand someone arguing the official records could have been cleaned up at a later date, I don't see how the newspaper records could have been hidden when it was published daily in real time. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">My best expert
opinion: Douglas County was named for Stephen A. Douglas as proven above.</span></div>
<span style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The men in
Campbell were happy to get their new county seat at Fairburn. The men in
Douglas were happy to have their new county, and all were happy to allow W.S.
Zellars, a non-Democrat, to give the new county a name for someone he
admired: Stephen A. Douglas.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">To keep putting
the myth out there that there was a group of people who wanted Douglas County
to be named for Frederick Douglass, that it passed the legislature, and then
quietly went away without referencing any supporting documentation from
official state documents, authenticated letters, journals, newspaper stories,
etc. from the time period speaks volumes to me as a dedicated historian. </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">It would appear a
political agenda is more important than historical truth and in my personal opinion as a Douglas County citizen, a historian, and as an educator with a Master degree in curriculum that is a dangerous thing indeed when local, state, or national governments, as well as
some members of the media seek to change written and valid history on unproven myths and
folklore.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The wonderful legacy of
Frederick Douglass deserves better treatment than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1836, men from Campbell County answered the Governor
William Schley’s call for volunteers to head to South Georgia when various
Creek Indian bands began attacks to drive white settlers from their lands.
Whole families were killed, mail stages were disrupted, and the town of
Roanoke, Georgia was burned to the ground. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The governor initially called for 3500 volunteers from militia
groups around the state. Men from Morgan, Putnam, Hancock and Monroe Counties
volunteered and saw action including the Battle of Shepherd’s Plantation in
Stewart County. Other men from counties such as Coweta, Carroll, Fayette, and DeKalb
volunteered, organized, and made preparations to leave. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It appears the men serving with the Fayette Dragoons
actually made it to Fort Twigg on the Ocmulgee River on June 14, 1836, while
men serving with the Carroll Rangers reached Camp Thomas on July 11, 1836.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At some point, however, the Governor gave an order to
stand down. Currently, I have no records that tell me the men from Campbell
County actually served away from home. In fact, some of their own words tell me
they didn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The fact that they never left home didn’t stop the people
of Campbell County from celebrating their brave volunteers, and in October,
1836, the people of Campbell County gave the group a dinner. I ran across a newspaper article from the “Federal
Union”, a paper published in Milledgeville, dated October 4, 1836 which
discusses the dinner and records all of the toasts that were made. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The dinner as well as some historical context regarding
the Creek Indian War of 1836 is the subject of my <i>Douglas County Sentinel </i>history column presented in the December
18, 2016 issue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I decided to post a transcribed copy of the article here
along with some biographical information regarding the men since I have space
limitations with the <i>Sentinel.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So, why are men from Campbell County important to Douglas
County history? Please remember that
prior to 1870 Douglas County was actually a part of Campbell County. Many of the men discussed in this 1836
article are the patriarchs of many Douglas County families. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, it is important to note I have no formal roster of
men from the Campbell County Blues of 1836.
Some of the men mentioned in the article are noted as volunteers while others
are not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The article text is presented in italics while the
biographical information is presented in regular type.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From the “Federal Union” (Milledgeville), October 4, 1836....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On
Saturday, the third instant, the Campbell County Volunteers assembled in
Campbellton according to previous arrangements and partook of a public dinner
tendered them by the citizens of the county. At three o’clock they sat down to
a dinner handsomely prepared for them. Thomas M’Kay, esq. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(I’m
fairly certain this is a misspelling and should be McKoy) <i>presiding as president, Edmund Randle, Henry Paulett, Joseph Jay, E.B.
Thompson, and Richard Moore assisted as vice-presidents. After the removal of
the cloth, the following sentiments were offered; and about four o’clock the
festivities of the day closed, having been conducted with good order throughout
the day.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Regular
Toasts<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1.
The President of the United States<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2. George Washington, the father of his country;
may all festivals and celebrations be adorned by the memory of his
distinguished services<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3.
Thomas Jefferson, the enlightened statesman – he prayed that his life might be
prolonged till the 50th anniversary and his prayer was granted. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4.
The Signers of the Declaration of Independence – their names will be as immortal
as their services have been invaluable.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5.
The American Union – embracing in its bosom 26 independent states united by a
written compact the work of the illustrious dead – esto perpetua.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6.
Our Army and Navy – the bulwark of our liberties and the terror of our enemies.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7.
The Soldiers of the American Revolution – their services will be remembered by
the American people with gratitude. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8.
The Battle of Bunker Hill – a splendid achievement of American bravery<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9.
General LaFayette, the friend of national liberty his name will ever be dear to
American freemen.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10.
James Madison – the devoted patriot, the distinguished republican for sure and
unsullied politician<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11.
The memory of James Monroe – the scientific statesmen and benevolent patriot<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12.
The Campbell Volunteers – you cheerfully obeyed your call of your country – we
bid you a welcome return to your families and friends<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">13.
Females of Georgia – they approve by their smiles the chivalry of her
volunteers<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Volunteer Toasts<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thomas
McKay, Esq.</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – President
Martin Van Buren, May he be our next president.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This could be McKoy, not McKay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Based on the Thomas McKoy (October 15, 1770 to September
27, 1846) name he came south from Campbell County, Virginia to Campbell County,
Georgia by 1830. His first wife was Catherine Strong. His second wife was
Martha “Patsey” Harvey. McKoy represented Campbell County in the 1835 state
legislature. McKoy’s son was Thomas McKoy, Jr. (1804 to 1865) who is buried in
the McKoy Cemetery located on Highway 166 opposite Smith Ferry Road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m not certain at this point if the person making the
toast is the Sr. or Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Edmund
Randle, First Vice President</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Captain
Camp and his brave volunteers, ever ready to march to the field of battle to
rescue innocent women and children from the merciless savages’ tomahawk and
scalping knife, may be supreme power be with them<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Edmund Randle was of the first settlers in Campbell
County. He born in 1793 in Brunswick, Virginia. During the War of 1812, Edmund
Randle was a lieutenant under General Andrew Jackson fighting Indians. He was
the postmaster at Rivertown, Campbell County in 1834, and was married to Sarah
Hines Colquitt. The Randles moved to Alabama in 1846.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Joseph
Jay, Second Vice President</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – May
party spirit throughout the Union never give rise to any other than Republican
principles.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jay also served in the militia that did see action in
1838 with the rank of sergeant. He was also a Justice of the Inferior Court in
Campbell County in 1839. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Col.
Richard Moore, Third Vice President</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Our guest Captain Camp and his gallant comrades – if not favored with an
opportunity to gain victory over the savages their wish to do so has secured to
them a triumph equally important and gratifying<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He was born in 1794…Wife’s name was Olive. Also, the Col. with his name is not a military
ranking, but notes that he was an attorney. I’ve run across some newspaper articles where
he’s mentioned, and I’d like to expand his bio information out a little at a
later date. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Henry
Paulett, Fourth Vice President</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Those of Campbell County Volunteers
who refused to be mastered into the United States service; they are not
of the description of Hudibras’ men who fighting fell and falling fought when
on the ground fought all about<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Henry Paulett was the son of Richard Paulett, a
Revolutionary soldier who also ended up in Campbell County by 1830 and died in
1835. Paulett moved from Clark County to Campbell in the late 1820s. In fact,
you can find the Paulett name listed in George White’s “Historical Collections
of Georgia” as one of the earliest settlers in Campbell County.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A Lewis M. Paulett is listed as part of the Campbell
County volunteers in 1838, but I’m not sure how he and Henry are related.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.B.
Thompson</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
Welcome to the return of our volunteers – the officers have served without
censure and the soldiers without disgrace.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.B. Thompson is another Campbell County citizen I’d like
to expand a bit. I see him mentioned in early newspaper articles. He served the county as an Inferior Court
judge in 1834<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">P.J.
Abbott</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, the mover of the Indian tribes
out of the limits of the states, the restorer of the West India trade, the
successful French negotiator, the destroyer of the United States Bank and the
hero of New Orleans real southern presidents have served with more censure none
with more merit.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I believe his full name was Peter J. Abbott (Abbett), son
of Simeon W. Abbott.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thomas
J. Bomar</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
John A. Cuthbert and Dr. Tomlinson Fort – may these men quit quarrelling
themselves, reconcile their friends, and quarrel with their enemies<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In my limited time I didn’t make a connection with him….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.P.
Bomar</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
success to all true-hearted Americans hoping they may never let party spirit
divide the Union<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This might possibly Edward P. Bomar, son of Barbery and
William Bomar who married Sophia White in 1838. This might also be Elisha
Pinckney Bomar. I need a Bomar family
expert for this one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">William
H. England</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
General Houston - the brave soldier and
skillful commander may be in all future engagements with the enemies of Texas,
prove a successful as he did at the capture of San Jacinto<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m wondering if this could be William English. He
purchased land in 1830 and is buried in the old Baptist Church cemetery in
Campbellton. He was born in Ireland in 1771 and died in 1850. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If this is William English his name was not only
misprinted in the 1836 article, but the 1838 militia roster as well, as a
William England served then, too. Hmmm….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A.G.
Yates</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
May Jernigan of the Stewart Volunteers, the rescue of Captain Germany’s company
at Shepherd’s plantation and his successful continuation of re-counters during
that time with the enemy, entitle him to the grateful recollection of his
countrymen<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Alfred G. Yates (1817-1840), a son of Joel Yates. He
married Amanda Sheats in 1836. His son was Alfred G. H. Yates who was a town
marshall in Villa Rica in the 1880s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">James
Ward</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The Campbell County Blues – living proof that the blood of ’76 has descended to
the present generation, uncontaminated. We greet them with good cheer and a
hearty welcome to the bosom of their family and friends<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This gentleman could possibly James Word, not Ward. James
Word led the milita group during the 1838 Indian War.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wade
White</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The railroad system – may it continue to prosper till all kinds of goods and groceries
become as cheap in Campbell County as it is selling now in the city of Savannah<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Wade White settled in the Salt Springs/Lithia Springs
area of Campbell County, now Douglas County. He was born in North Carolina in
1791 and served in the militia in Clarke County in 1815. In 1816, he married Sarah Traylor. After
moving to Campbell County he served as state representative in 1835, 1836,
1838, and Inferior Judge 1841-45, and 1849-51. He also served as the first
postmaster of Salt Springs/Lithia Springs in 1849 to 1859, succeeded by John C.
Bowden. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">William
M. Britt</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The memory of Major Dade and his men<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After looking around a little I’m almost certain this is
William M. Butt, not Britt. If so, the M. initial stood for Martin. He was a
native of Warren County and arrived in Campbell County in 1830. He was the son
of Clary Butt Gibson (widow of John Gibson, Revolutionary Soldier). It’s
important to note that Gibson was not Butt’s father. He served as an Interior
Court judge from 1831 to 1849, moved to Atlanta in 1850 where he served on the
city council and was elected mayor of Atlanta in 1854. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">D.D.
Smith</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The immortal Washington, the father of his country his name will go down with
increasing splendor to all republican men<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His full name was David D. Smith and married Sarah
Ginnings (Jennings) in 1840. He served as a Campbell County Inferior Court
judge in 1841.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">P.
Brooks, a volunteer</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Gentlemen,
here is union to the US, and prosperity to the republican world.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I haven’t found any information to date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Job
Smith</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
Governor Lumpkin; prosperity and happiness in his retirement and success to his
friend Andrew Jackson<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Could this be J.B. Smith?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">William
Hill, a volunteer</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Our
members of Congress, firm enlightened and patriotic; may they all be again
returned to their seats at our next election<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I haven’t found any information regarding William Hill,
to date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">James
E. Dickens, a volunteer</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
General Jesup: Judas like he has endeavored to betray his master - like Judas
may he meet with reward<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Married Flora Berthenia Wharton January, 1838<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">James
Danforth</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
General Scott: Though his character has been traduced by Jesup, we still have
confidence in his abilities as a general<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shows up in the 1840 census (1804-1871) and died living
in Palmetto Born 1804 in North
Carolina. Married Martha (Johnson)
Danforth in 1838<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">John
B. Smith, First Lieutenant of the volunteers</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– May Van Buren be our next president, believing he will pursue the same course
marked out by our revolutionary patriot now at the head of the government.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Could this be J.B. Smith? So many Smiths to sift through…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">W.A.
Maxwell, a visitor from Lee County</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– The ladies, our arms shall be their protection, their arms our reward.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I haven’t found any information to date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">E.W.
Polk of North Carolina</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – May
the volunteers of the state and all others praise General Houston for his
bravery of Texas, and that he may gain as great a victory at the next
contemplated battle as Jackson did at New Orleans.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I haven’t found any information to date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Adam
R. Bomar</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The memory of the volunteers of Georgia will last as long as the name of
General Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I haven’t found any information to date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Merrel
Humphries, a volunteer</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> – To
my officers with whom I have served, I tender them by best respects for their
good conduct towards the soldiers during their service.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I haven’t found any information to date<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">J.F.
Nelson, a volunteer, Orderly Sergeant</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– To the patriotic citizens of Campbell County for their aid to the Campbell
Blues, when about to march for service, ad for the present repast in honor of
our return; may the smiles of heaven ever be over them, and may the volunteers
never forget them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I haven’t found any information to date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Camp</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The memory of our worthy friend and deceased fellow soldier – he is dead, but
he yet lives in the hearts of his countrymen.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Camp, Captain of the volunteers</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
– Here is to the volunteers of Campbell County, both cavalry and infantry, may
they ever stand up to the rack, fodder or no fodder, and never be affrighted or
bolt at the sight of a United States’ officer, may they always act the part of
good soldiers and be esteemed by every warm and true hearted patriot.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Benjamin Camp, per his obituary he was born in Walton
County and settled in Campbell County in the 1830s. He was “an officer in the
U.S. Army and participated in all the wars with the Indians in this section of
the country…..During his long life he was prominent in all walks of life.” More on him later….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Paulett</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> –
The name of Martin Van Buren, together with his votes upon the Missouri
question and free negro suffrage that Congress has the right to abolish slavery
in the District of Columbia, with that of Mr. Benton of Missouri and his vote
upon the distribution of the surplus funds among the states: may they be
inscribed within a circle as black as the family of Richard M. Johnson, and
across them, may it be written in plain and indelible characters expunged by
order of the democracy of the United States. General welfare, the good of the
whole and not part……The memory of brave Garmony and his brave little band –
never be forgotten by the friends of American freedom.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m not sure why Henry Paulett has two mentions in the
toasts. Maybe he didn’t like his first
one and decided to give another…..Look up above for his bio information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Check out my column in the <i>Douglas County Sentinel</i> dated
December 17, 2016 for more information, and follow <a href="http://lisalandcooper.com/campbell-countys-participation-indian-war-1838/">this link</a> to my website
where I discuss the men who volunteered in 1838 during the round-up of Cherokee
natives. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feel free to leave a comment or drop me an email at <a href="mailto:douglascountyhistory@gmail.com">douglascountyhistory@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-65686383857803002742016-03-21T21:54:00.000-04:002016-03-21T21:55:39.515-04:00Looking Back to Campbell County, Part One<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From an article dated February 7, 1932 in one of the Atlanta
papers soon after Campbell County became a part of Fulton County. The article was
penned by Charles L. Bass and is titled “Campbell County, Now Part of Fulton,
Important in Early History of Georgia” with the sub-headline that said, “Campbellton,
now one of the state’s ‘deserted villages,’ flourished as county site before
the Civil War”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the outset of the article Mr. Bass predicts Campbell County
would be lost by absorption by Fulton County….that it would submerge as well as
merge with Fulton . </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mr. Bass correctly asserts Campbell County’s “history and
traditions will silently slip into the annals of the past and become but a
memory”, and I would have to agree.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most people today – eighty-four years later – have no idea
Campbell County ever existed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The article covers several things, but in this post I’m going
to relate the information regarding Native Americans and the earliest days of
Campbell County.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Later this week I’ll post the remainder of the article. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>In the bottom lands of the streams in Campbell County the
Indians held their corn dance festival; the early settlers related having
observed them. It is a tradition that on
a hill near Pumpkintown a fierce battle had been fought between the Creeks and
Cherokees fought with such savage fury that the victors drove the vanquished
into the river. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>It is probably true as an unusual number of human bones and
Indian relics have been washed up near here in seasons of extremely high
waters. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Evidence of Indian trails leading to the well-known
Three-Notch and Five-Notch trails is still seen as reminders of the occupancy
of the vanished race who once proudly claimed it as their own. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The new country with its fertile lands along the Chattahoochee
River and its magnificent forests of fine timber then unspoiled by the reckless
ax of the woodmen was an inviting territory. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>However, settlement in the county was retarded by fear of the
Indians who were angry at the treaty made by General McIntosh and who had been
foully assassinated by a mob of Cowetas or Lower Creeks at his home in May,
1825. And constant rumors of further vengeance
and unrest against the whites were circulated.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Previous to the treaty signed at Indian Springs on February
12, 1825, by General William McIntosh, representing the Creek Indians, and
Duncan G. Campbell and James Meriwether the United States government, the proud
descendants of the brave warriors who owned and possessed the land roamed in
happy freedom. It was the territory of the Creeks but on the borderland of the
possessions of the Cherokees. Indeed, across
the Chattahoochee there was a strip of land considered neutral ground. Here
Creeks and Cherokees met and made treaties.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>But even before the creation of Campbell County settlers had
moved into the territory. Among these early residents were Judge Walter T.
Colquitt and with him his young secretary Benjamin Camp, the latter was to become
one of the county’s most prominent citizens.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Judge Colquitt had an extensive plantation on the
Chattahoochee which had grown a settlement known by the homely name of
Pumpkintown or Cross Anchor at the time the county was organized.</i></span></span></div>
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span>Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-74307974868846866172015-11-23T20:36:00.001-05:002015-11-23T20:36:19.236-05:00A Fire at the Peace Home<br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was reported on December 1, 1922 in the Sentinel, “Excitement
reigned for a short time Wednesday when the fire alarm sounded and it was
reported that the residence of Mr. D.W. Peace was on fire. The fire department
quickly responded but the blaze was extinguished before their arrival. A coal
had dropped from the range and burned a hole through the floor and would have
resulted in a serious fire but for its early discovery.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have a picture of this home in my book. Prior to it being
known as the home of D.W. Peace, the structure was the Spring Street School
which opened its doors in 1881. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Streets. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today, this location is home to the United States Post Office
in Douglasville. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><em>Pictured is a Glenwood stove dated to 1922.</em></span></span>Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-64353909643996016702015-11-23T19:54:00.000-05:002015-11-23T19:54:18.027-05:00Mill Village Violence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of our mill village homes are still standing some dating
to the early 1900s. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In September, 1922 the village was the scene of an altercation
between a young man named White, son of L.A. White, and Leonard Head.
Apparently Leonard hit L.A. White on head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At that time Head was arrested indicted and released under bond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By December, Mr. White’s son had taken a turn for the worse.
This resulted in the re-arrest of Leonard Head and his release was pending the
outcome of White’s injuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sentinel story from Friday, December 1, 1922 stated, “Just
as we go to press we learn that the young son of Mr. L.A. White of the mill
village is in a serious condition resulting from a blow on the head received in
September when he and another young man, Leonard Head, had a difficulty for
which young Head was indicted and released under bond.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Since the recent serious condition of young White has
developed, Head has been re-arrested and is now in jail awaiting the outcome of
White’s injuries.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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happened to both men.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-30319707756984210472015-11-23T19:40:00.003-05:002015-11-23T19:40:41.147-05:00A Shooting Scrape
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1922 ended with a “Shooting Scrape” per the Douglas County
Sentinel for December 1, 1922.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The paper
stated:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>We have just received meager reports of a shooting scrape
occurring in the Lithia Springs community Tuesday night in which Walter Causey
is reported to have been shot by Chap Carroll, the difficulty or
misunderstanding arising from livestock of the former trespassing on and being
put up by the latter. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span><br />
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</em></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Mr. Causey we learn was taken to Atlanta hospital suffering
from painful wounds and Mr. Carroll gave himself up to the officers pending
further developments.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, the same sort of altercation would not arise from
livestock ending up on someone’s property, but due to road rage or some sort of
slight where one person feels they have been disrespected in some way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I searched through the issues for the remainder of December
and didn’t see an update regarding Causey’s condition or if Carroll was ever
charged with anything.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-55642642627765857622015-11-16T19:05:00.001-05:002015-11-16T19:05:26.689-05:00Hannah - May 4, 1917
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was an interesting little piece of news from the Douglas
County Sentinel dated May 4, 1917…..a piece titled “The News from Hannah”
during the United States involvement in World War I. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Wilson reports:<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>People are patriotic in this corner, if planting food crops is
any evidence. Another proof is every Ford is draped with Old Glory. I don’t
know which it is that people worship the emblem that stands for patriotism or
whether it’s just popular to have one on.</em> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I will watch these folks and see if they really mean to love
Old Glory or just trying to stimulate the other man so he will do the fighting.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>All true patriots will no doubt attend the speaking at Hulett
next Monday night. Dr. Blackmon has for his subject “The New Confession Box”.
Dr. Blackmon is not an unknown man in the fight. He was in Texas when<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>William Black was killed by the K.C.s and was
himself shot, and is carrying the assassin’s bullet up and down the land trying
to warn the people against a foreign element that’s undermining our civil and religious
liberties. The doctor will be at Hulett the first Monday and Tuesday nights in
May.<o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following night he will lecture at Ebenezer church. <o:p></o:p></span></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Boost the meeting and give the doctor a whopping crowd. And
son, he will tell you how a patriot acts and the weapons he must use to
preserve our liberties. <o:p></o:p></em></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JM Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The place Mr. Wilson refers to….Hulett….is a community in
Carroll County. I’m still trying to determine who Dr. Blackmon was as well as
William Black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe those puzzle pieces will fall into my lap soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image Source: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28632223">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28632223</a></span></span><br />
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Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-63489925207232082712015-11-01T10:00:00.000-05:002015-11-01T10:00:03.458-05:00List of Downtown Douglasville Businesses - January, 1917
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The following businesses were listed in a “Happy New
Year” ad in the <em>Douglas County</em> <em>Sentinel </em>dated January 5, 1917……two or three
were cut off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve placed these symbols
<<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to note sections of text I could not make
out.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Douglasville
Banking Company<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Farmers
& Merchants Bank<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Duncan
& Selman – Ford agents<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Almand
& McKoy – Hardware<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">JW
House – planning mill and ginnery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">JC
McCarley - the Ten Cent Store<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">JR
Duncan Fire and Life Insurance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">JQ
Enterkin & Son - groceries, heavy hardware, feedstuffs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">JO
Connally Shoe and Harness Shop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Smith-Harding Supply Co. - Successors to VR
Smith<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cansler
Brothers Garage <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Stewart
Brothers - General Merchandise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Miss
LI Freeman - Millinery and Notions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mozley
Brothers Groceries - Fresh Meat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kozytorium
Theater<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">EC
Roberts – Groceries and Fresh Meat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">WA
Abercrombie – Livestock, wagons and Buggies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Little
Gem Café<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Smith’s
Garage – Auto repairing of all kinds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">NB
and JT Duncan – General Merchandise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">JH
Smih – Staple and Fancy Groceries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Giles
Brothers – The Cash Store….General Merchandise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dake
& McLarty – Real Estate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">WL
Turner – Watchmaker and Jeweler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">JL
Selman & Son – Druggist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Roberts
Café<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>> Sanitary Barber Shop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Harry
A. Edge, The Cash Grocer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>> Wilson – Watch repair a specialty<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Palace
Barrber Shop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Upshaw
Brothers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>> Drug Store<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>> S. Abercrombie – Horses and Mules<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">J.
Groodzinsky – Drygoods, clothing, shoes, millinery, and ladies ready to wear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Frank
P. Dorris & Company, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Sucessors to JE Phillips<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">LH
Baldwin, Blacksmith<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Palace
Pressing Club<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">WC
Abercrombie, horses and mules<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">GW
Griffith, Staple and fancy groceries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>> Dow <<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-6001524942600574022015-10-31T10:00:00.000-04:002015-10-31T10:00:04.408-04:00News Blurbs for January, 1917<br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this point in time the Douglas County Sentinel was
published each Friday. The Editor and owner was ZT Dake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A one year subscription costs $1.50<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You could purchase a swan hat at Stewart Brothers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GW Gilland was looking for a few customers to take five
gallons milk off his hands. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Ford touring car was $389.25 (delivered) at Duncan &
Selman and a roadster was $374.25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
dealership was located where Hartley Rowe & Fowler is located today on
Broad Street.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An obit regarding WW Strickland in the January 5, 1917 issue
stated, “WW Strickland was buried here Monday, a prominent citizen and former
postmaster at Austell. He was buried at the Douglasville City Cemetery Monday.
He was a former citizen of Douglasville, many friends, and the brother of Mrs.
WA James of this city. A member of the Methodist Church. Leaves widow and no
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sixty three years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His brother, Parks Strickland<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of Texas was here along with his sister for
the funeral.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another obit also appeared in the January 5, 1917 issue as
well titled “James Aderhold Dead”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
said….”former citizen of Douglasville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aderhold of
Douglasville died in an Atlanta sanitarium Wednesday at age 45 – lingering
illness of several months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leaves a
wife, one daughter, his parents, three brothers – Dr. Charles W. of Oklahoma,
Ernest of Gadsden, Alabama; and Mat of Atlanta.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Three sisters as well – Mrs. JL Giles, Mrs. JE Wilson, ad Mrs. IB West.
The remains were brought to Douglasville Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The January 5, 1917 issue also had some news regarding the
Oddfellows. Douglasville Lodge No. 162 for the Oddfellows has recently
reinstated more than fifty members due to the effort of “wide awake secretary,
Brother EL Hopkins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The value of a man
like this to lodge and to a community is inestimable. Common sense and energy,
reinforced with the principles of the order, make a well nigh resistible
force.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-22178107874211826652015-10-30T10:00:00.000-04:002015-10-30T10:00:01.246-04:00New Elected Officials Taking Office - January 5, 1917
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under the heading “New Officer Takes Charge” the following
people were sworn into office:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TL Pittman, clerk of Superior Court<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ralph Morris, Tall Collector, succeeding FM Winn Jr. and GS
King, respectively<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judge JH McLarty, Ordinary<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JW James, Tax Receiver<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WS Ragan, Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AS Baggett, Sheriff<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GT McLarty, School Superintendent<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-86994810024358545242015-10-29T10:00:00.000-04:002015-10-27T18:13:47.741-04:00Social and Personal - January 12, 1917...Part Two<br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More from the social column……see part one here<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nat Mozley has bought the Gordon Smith residence and will move
in the next few days. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. and Mrs. JH Griffith spent several days recently with
their son Wilburn at East Point.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miss Edith Dake is suffering this week from a genuine case of
measles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JD Enterkin of Winston was a pleasant caller at the Sentinel
office this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FM Giles has moved to his new home <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">VR Smith left Tuesday for Florida where he will spend about
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forward a year this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. JO Morgan of Pittsburg, Pa. spent Saturday with Dr. RE
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account of the illness of<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">their daughter, Mrs. JH Lane.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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new Sentinel readers this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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shoe shop in JH Smith’s store. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miss Willie Tackett of Route 6 is among those advancing their
Sentinel subscriptions<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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at Mobile and other places spent the holidays here with his family. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Selman last Saturday and organized a D.D. Club. Their motto is depend on the D
Ds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their colors: black and white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Flower: Dew Drops.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-10219854808728794902015-10-28T10:00:00.000-04:002015-10-28T10:00:01.721-04:00Social and Personal - January 12, 1917....Part One
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Social and Personal column mainly served as a way for the
<em>Douglas County Sentinel</em> to post the comings and goings of people through their
offices to renew their subscriptions, but occasionally some good tidbits of
information show up.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two children of WW Estes have measles. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Carnival has gone, for which let us be thankful. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. IS Hathcock, a son.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FM Yancey of Route 4 was in Douglasville this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LB Chapman, Route 1 has a Sentinel visitor this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Reed of Bill Arp was in Douglasville Wednesday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Merritt. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hon. John T. Duncan visited the experiment station at Griffin
this week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Captain JC Joyner of Lithia Springs was here Monday to attend
the funeral of WW Strickland<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CE Hesterlee of Bill Arp was a pleasant visitor at the
Sentinel office last week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs. TW Shannon of Atlanta is a guest of her sister Mrs. OT
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs. Thad McKoy has as her guest this week Miss Cleo Bryant of
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A & M School at Monroe has moved back to the farm and is again a citizen of
Douglas County. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WR Smith of Villa Rica, a skilled painter and paper hanger has
moved to Douglasville and is occupying the Mrs. Lela Smith residence. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See part two here…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-61550053991647953142015-10-27T16:57:00.000-04:002015-10-27T16:57:24.916-04:00The News from Midway Community - January 12, 1917
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> found this charming little article in the Douglas County
Sentinel….<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been some time since Midway has had a letter in the
Sentinel, but it is not because we<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have
lost interest in our county paper, but because the writer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has been confined at home with rheumatism and
has not been able to get about and get any news worth writing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There have been many changes since our last writing. Many of
our old acquaintenances have moved away and new folks have come to take their
place. We hope these changes are for the better. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frank Rainwater has been very ill for the last few days. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the residence of Joe Rainwater.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Miss Evelyn Hatchett was a guest of her sister, Mrs. Tom
Fargarson, Sunday and Monday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mrs. GS King and Miss Nellie and Mrs. Colson spent Monday
afternoon with Susie Rainwater. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D. Morris of near Hiram was in our community Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mrs. Grady Roberts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. and Mrs. Arthur King spent Sunday with Vollie Rainwater
and wife.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best wishes for our paper and editor for this year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-56398049956500322832015-10-11T16:13:00.000-04:002015-10-11T16:13:31.601-04:00A Woman and Her Ferry
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is often discussed how Maime Weir owned and operated
the Campbellton Ferry from time Alfred Austell, Jr. died until the 1950s when a
bridge was finally built crossing the Chattahoochee River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Some might even think Maime Weir was the only female
ferry owner in Campbell/Douglas County, but they would be wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pull out an issue of the <em>Southern Banner</em> dated January
11, 1844 you would see the following blurb under state of Georgia legislative
news, “An act to authorize Leah Rice to keep a ferry across the Chattahoochee
River in Campbell County.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The image below is the ferry crossing at Campbellton some 60 years later, but I would imagine it hadn't changed that much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So, as early as 1844 a woman owned a Campbell County
ferry – the one that operated right near the current Highway 92 bridge. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Regarding Mrs. Rice I want to point out that legally she
owned the ferry, but I do not think she actually operated it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The prior ferry owner had been her father,
Armistead Bomar who owned property on both sides of the river including the
Irwin-Bomar-Rice-Austin-Bullard House which still stands along Highway 92. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His will mentioned his mill and ferry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Leah Rice Bomar was married pastor Thomas Sherod Rice who
had passed the year before his wife took control of the Campbellton Ferry. </span><br />
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I’m not sure where Leah and her husband lived.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-28210411214865874412015-10-11T15:52:00.003-04:002015-10-11T15:52:44.298-04:00Ten Hats for Ten Daughters<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Towards the end of Reconstruction a blurb appeared in the <em>Southern Watchman</em> dated March 31, 1869 that said, "A lady residing in Campbell County visited Atlanta one day during the present week and purchased at Kisers ten hats for her ten daughters. The <em>Constitution</em> says she deserves a medal."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'd have to agree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Shopping with one daughter is a monumental undertaking - shopping with or shopping for ten daughters - well, I can't even imagine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It seems totally plausible that this woman would go to Kiser's store - or as it was more formerly known - M.C. and J.F. Kiser & Company. It was a wholesale drygoods store owned by the Kiser brothers, and more than likely the mother knew one or both of the brothers because in the 1820s the Kiser family moved to Campbell County to farm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here's an ad from an issue of The Atlanta Constitution dated March, 1869. Notice that at the time the store was located at Old Stand Talley and Brown, Whitehall Street in Atlanta. Later, they would move to the corner of Pryor and Wall Streets. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">M.C. Kiser (Marion Columbus) would be wildly successful with
his business with little or no formal education. In 1887 he was a Fulton County
Commissioner and during Lithia Springs resort days Mr. Kiser would the
president of the Piedmont Chautauqua working with Henry W. Grady to present a
wonderful program of speakers and entertainers each season. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Marion C. Kiser died in 1893, he left the largest estate to that point in Atlanta history.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I have to wonder….how many women in Campbell County during
the year 1869 had ten daughters?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Hmmm.....</span><br />
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-76039588134366833962015-10-05T23:54:00.000-04:002015-10-05T23:54:09.358-04:00Is there really such a thing as an egg-sucking dog?
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An article in the
<em>Campbell County News</em> during May, 1883 stated, “One of our citizens has recently
been troubled with suck-eggs dogs. He suspicioned a dog belonging to [someone]
in the neighborhood."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Finally, on last Saturday night he and his wife decided to
leave a dose of strychnine near the nest, and thus rid the settlement of so
worthless a cur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine that gentleman's feelings when he arose the next morning and beheld his own faithful yard
dog lying cold in the embrace of death.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess it never occurred to this unidentified Campbell County man that the dog going after his eggs was his own hound. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A suck-egg dog. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What in the world
is a suck-egg dog?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I've led a sheltered life away from the propensity of dogs to suck eggs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Who knew?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Apparently, a suck-egg dog is one that goes after the eggs your chicken lays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p>Perhaps I'm naïve regarding this issue due to the fact I've never owned chicken.</o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p>At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. </o:p></span></span></div>
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Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-65139346033767609452015-09-27T17:37:00.000-04:002015-09-27T17:53:02.895-04:00A Death With a Benefit?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From <em>The New South</em> dated January 3, 1901......terrible news that "Brother Elliott" "committed suicide in Atlanta week". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The paper reminds readers he's the man who established the <em>Austell News</em> "a few weeks ago".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">But don't worry the paper seems to say - "take the sweet consolation that his delinquents were few". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I guess it's a good thing to look at things from the sunny side, right?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br />Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-24818612331056988072015-09-27T17:31:00.000-04:002015-09-27T17:31:01.649-04:00Local and Personal News for Douglasville - January 31, 1901<br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From the Douglas County Sentinel – January 31, 1901<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mrs. W.A. Nee spent last Monday in Austell <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Griffith spent Sunday and Monday in
Atlanta<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Lonnie New spent Sunday here with his people. He is
still in the railroad service and is making his employers a good man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. J.T. Duncan bought 20 acres of land from Mr. W.F
Entrekin Wednesday. The property is located in the southwest portion of
<town>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mrs. G.B. Lindsey who was on the sick list several days of
last week, as about recovered<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One week ago Miss Mildred Thompson changed her place of
abode from Douglasville to Elberton this week. She was joined by her mother.
Mrs. Thompson left for her new home Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fresh garden seed and onion sets at Duke’s Drug Store.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Just received a fine line of crockery and glassware at Stokely’s<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mssrs. J.T. McElreath and J.M. Morris<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>exchanged horses this week and they have
talked so much about swapping since the trade that they are about to be styled
as regular horse jockeys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. and Mrs. Boatwright were here Saturday getting
pension money and were made to feel good by the manner in which they had been
remembered by the <….>. They reside in Wisconsin.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Valentines! Valentines! Young men buy one for your girl
at the drug store. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Miss Carrie Bennett has returned home from Atlanta<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her visit to the Gate City was an extensive
one over several weeks and she was several times complemented in a social way
while there. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Friday evening the Literary Society will assemble at 7 pm
at the residence of Col J.S. James<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The municipal elect will take place next Monday and it
will be about as quiet as an event of the kind could be.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The ticket nominated at the recent ordinary <…..>
put in office without any opposition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Will Riley jumped from a runaway team last Saturday and
broke one of his legs The wagon was loaded with wood, was drawn by two mules ad
were the property of Mr. J.S. Abercrombie. No damage was done to vehicle or
mules. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rev Fletcher Walton, new pastor of Epworth Church in
Atlanta is constantly improving in health when in Douglasville. He was quite
feeble and his friends here will be glad to know that he is getting the better
of his affliction. Mr. Walton states that he intends some time in the near
future to make another visit to douglasville.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mrs. T.A. McLarty, Mrs. W.H. Roach, Mr. John Roach, Miss Maud
Roach, Mrs. E.C. Haynes, Mrs. Lizzie Dixon and Mr. Henry Reese returned to their
respective homes in Texas and Arkansas last<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>week. They were here visiting relatives and Mr. AG Weddington announces
that he has heard from all that they arrived at their destinations safely.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In commenting a few days ago about the need of a public
library in Douglasville, Col. JR Hutcheson advances some fine ideas and said
that were a movement started for such an institution he would contribute $10.
That a public Library would be a help to our town there is no question and
there are enough people here to establish one, but will they do it? It is a
matter well worthy of consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Several bales of cotton have been on the streets of
Douglasville this week and there is more in the county yet to be sold. This is
evidence of prosperity and a good one. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On the night of January 3 a group of men armed to the
teeth entered the home of a negro man who resided in Campbell, just across the
line from Douglas County, and when they left his dwelling place he was dead.
Three men arrested in suspicion have been bound over to the superior court and
warrants are out for two more. The negro had been demanded to vacate a place he
had leased for three years and his failure to do so is supposed to have led to
the unlawful deed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Miss Nannie Lewis is on a visit to relatives in Buchanan
and will spend several weeks there. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />J.Q. Entrekin & Company is the name of the firm that is
doing business at the stand of the Douglas County Cooperative Store. They
bought the stock of goods carried by the Co-operative Company The firm consists
of J.Q. Entrekin and J.T. Duncan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Because of his failure to lower the flag over the city
hall in respect to England’s dead queen, Mayor Edwards has laid himself liable
to criticism. It is not supposed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr.
Edwards would intentionally omit a thing of this kind and it is likely that the
reminders he has received will culminate in bringing the flag to half mast
Saturday, the day of the interment.<o:p></o:p></span>Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-84204335658725004342015-09-27T16:59:00.000-04:002015-09-27T16:59:34.109-04:00News from the Daniel's Mill Community - January 31, 1901
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the news from the Daniel's Mill community for January 31, 1901 from their correspondent at that time....."Wild Bill".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We have been having some bad and rainy weather for the past few days and most of the people in this community who are trying to farm are looking very sad. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Our postmaster, Mr. Aderhold made a bus trip to Atlanta last Monday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mr. L.D. Dodson of Winston was in the vicinity last Friday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mr. Joe Giles, one of Pumpkintown's hustling young men was here last Saturday visiting relatives.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hurrah for the boys who attended the entertainment the other Sunday night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Misses Myrtle and Nannie Baggett, two of Winston's most charming young ladies were here last Saturday, the guests of relatives. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mr. J.S. Giles went to Douglasville last Monday with cotton. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Miss Sudie Williams was the guest of Miss Willie Aderhold last Sunday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The entertainment given by Mrs. Emma Daniell last Saturday afternoon was well attended and enjoyed by all present.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Signed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wild Bill</span><br />
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-6536832747394316742015-09-27T16:48:00.000-04:002015-09-27T16:48:33.739-04:00Douglasville - Bitterly Opposed to the Railroad
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently ran across an article in "The Southern World, dated October 1, 1883 and titled "The Georgia Pacific Railway". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The sub-headings said, "Facts about the great highway - Atlanta looking for a boom that it would bring."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The article confirms many things I've written before regarding the railroad including how work was actually begun before the Civil War, but the war put the project on hold. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The article provides the year 1854 as the year the Georgia legislature chartered the Georgia Western Railroad Company, and mentions work was done including some grading in Fulton and Cobb Counties, but it was abandoned where it remained at a stand still until 1872-1873.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">"Work resumed to meet the fate that compelled so many other enterprises to succumb in that period of panic and business prostration..."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yes, war has a habit of doing that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">In June, 1881, the Richmond and Danville Extension Company organized in order to complete the rail "highway" construction. General T.M. Logan was president, Major John W. Johnston was VP/General Manager, Major R.H. Temple as Chief Engineer, G.W. Perkins as Treasurer, and Thomas Seddon as Secretary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">One of the great things this article provides is a description of the land west of Atlanta including the land around early Douglasville before and after the railroad. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The reporter states, "I shall never forget a trip I made across the country on the line of this road. The country was truly a howling wilderness. Without any means of communication with the outside world except the "pony post". The people seemed to belong to another generation; the few little towns along the line appeared to be falling to decay and a lethargy and indolence to have taken possession of everything and everybody."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">But after the railroad?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">"Towns have sprung up - little places wakened to new life."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The reporter states he can scarcely realize the places along the "road" are the same as two years before. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Heading out of Atlanta one can see the Chattahoochee Brick Yards eight miles of Atlanta making 100,000 bricks a day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">At Austell, the junction of the ET, Virginia & Georgia and the Georgia Pacific.....it was entirely built within the last eighteen months....now with several stores and is rapidly building up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At Salt Springs - today's Lithia Springs - just a mere twenty-one miles from Atlanta, the depot was established there on June 14, 1883. The reporter states the little town "now has three stores, a printing press, and a population of about 100. The buildings are neat and the citizens are enterprising to push it ahead."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The information regarding Douglasville is most interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"Douglasville - twenty-seven miles from Atlanta, the county seat of Douglas County, and when the "road" reached this town the population was barely 400."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"Many of the people were bitterly opposed to the road, as they feared on account of quick transportation the business of the adjoining country would seek another outlet. Since the advent of the road the population has doubled, the business has increased in proportion and the old fogy notions are fast dying out."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's interesting to note the folks in town not only opposed the railroad.....they bitterly opposed it, and some folks here were accused of being old fogies.....In 1883!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"The place now boasts 22 stores, 3 hotels, Baptist, Lutheran, and Methodist Churches, 2 academies, and is indeed a prosperous and thriving place."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"Much of the success of this and other places along the line of the road is due to J.S. James who so ably represents this county in our legislature."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Rest assured, J.S. James was one politician who totally looked out for himself even though he was the linchpin to the city and county's early success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And don't forget Villa Rica......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The depot there was established and lots sold on August 14, 1882. The depot was built within a half mile of the old town and the place as grown if by magic. There is a "population of 400, 21 stores, livery stable, 2 hotels, a good school, and a great many buildings in the process of erection."</span><br />
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Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-1522245843869848172015-09-27T16:12:00.000-04:002015-09-27T16:12:39.071-04:00Community News for Ephesus, January 31, 1901
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The tagline for the paper in 1901 was “published in the
interests of Douglas County”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Many of the early issues of the <em>Douglas County Sentinel</em>
were filled with community news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Here are the social notes of the Ephesus Community on January
31, 1901. The correspondent is signed as “Hope”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have no idea…yet….who this was. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The many friends of Mr. John Boatwright of Bremen, son of
Mr. W.V. Boatwright of this place will learn with regret that he is very sick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Miss Ethel Heaton of Winston visited her sister at this
place last Friday<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mrs. Boyd Saver and brother were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C.M. Clinton Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Owing to the inclemency of the weather church services at
this place were not well attended last Sunday. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Tom Dorsett we are glad to learn is convalesing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. J.M. Roberson has moved to Mr. John Johnson’s place on
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hunter entertained their many friends
with an informal dance last Friday evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Miss Mattie McKoy of Winston spent last Sunday with Miss
McLarty<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. John Sayer together with his friend Mr. Davenport
attended church services at this place Sunday<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. C.M. Clinton is the proud father of a boy who promises
to be the Sampson of his day being only seven months old and weighing 30
pounds.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Signed
Hope<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-14486114897694646632015-08-19T10:30:00.000-04:002015-08-19T10:30:02.498-04:00Anti-Saloon League Activity in Douglasville<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Dr. J.C. Solomon of Atlanta, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Georgia delivered two sermons <in Douglasville> yesterday. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>He made mention of the whiskey dealers in Atlanta. He referred to badges that were distributed on the occasion of Bryan's visit in Atlanta and said they were an insult to Bryan as well as the state of Georgia. </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>A large number pledge themselves as members of a local anti-saloon league which was organized with L.C. Upshaw as president.</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This article appeared in the "Atlanta Georgian" on October 8, 1906. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Image Source: <a href="http://darrow.law.umn.edu/trials.php?tid=19">Here</a></span>Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894739519354740027.post-32118122355781851932015-08-14T10:30:00.000-04:002015-08-14T10:30:01.046-04:00Quiltings and Wood Chopping in Ralph<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This article from the "Atlanta Georgian and News" dated March 9, 1910 was rather significant for me because it mentions the Ralph community. I know it existed, but can't find a lot of information. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This article was forwarded to the Atlanta paper from the "Douglasville Argus"....a little known local paper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now I have some names for possible residents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The article said......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>B.L. Renfroe gave a wood chopping last week and Mrs. B.L. Renfroe had a quilting. Two quilts were made. Mrs. A.N. Irwin, Mrs. E.Y. Hendrix, Mrs. W.T. Williams, Mrs. J. G. Mozley, Mrs. E.F. James, Mrs. Viola Hendrix, and Mrs. C.M. James were in attendance. It was an enjoyable affair especially at 12 o'clock. Ralph Community via Douglasville Argus</em></span>Lisa Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00480716012129344924noreply@blogger.com0