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IN THEIR SEVERAL PROFESSIONS
And Occupy the Highest Posi
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OF AN APPRECIATIVE PEOPLE
Wliti It*'*';)"!!iz. the Wisdom. Devotion and
\hiiity of Mich I’roxrcssi
< itizens.
The subject of this sketch is
judge of the superior court of the
Rome circuit, a learned lawyer
and an elegant gentleman. He
was born in Walker county, (Fa.,
and his box hood days was passed
in a locality much disturbed by
warlike movements during the
lite Confederacy. For a few
years in the early 70's he taught
school while pursuing his educa
tion. In October. 1574, he
entered the University of Geor
gia at Athens and graduatad with
distinction in 1876, achieving
honors both in scholarship and in
oratorical contests. He then
studied law under Hon. Judson
C. Clements at LaFavettc, and
was admitted to the bar in 1877.
In 1878" he located at Summer
ville. the seat of Chattooga coun
ty, where he grew rapidly in the
public estimation and built up a
large and lucrative practice. He
served as mayor of Summerville
and several vears as county
school commissioner. In 1886
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and 1887 he represented his i
county in the Georgia legislature
where he ranked as a lead-,
ing man in the assembly. Studi
ous and well instructed in the
history of the government and
political science, logical and elo
quent of speech, he always com
manded the attention and respect
of the body. Upon the resigna
tion of Judge J. \\ . Maddox he
was appointed to succeed Mad
dox as judge of the Rome judi
cial circuit. In 1894 he moved '
to Rome, where he has since
resided. Upon the resignation 1
of judge Turnbull he was again j
appointed judge bv Governor
Atkinson. Fearless in the dis
charge of the duties of his office
guided alone bv his construction |
of the law, courteous and affable
in his treatment of the bar, yet
maintaining at all times the dig
nity of the court, his character
as a fearless, just and wise judge
is lirml v established.
James I’. Isill.
Xo man in Rome is better
known than the subject of this
sketch, and indeed almost
every one in the county knows
and admires Mr. Jimmie Hill.
I le was born in Georgia, but was
raised near Gadsden, Ala. He'
entered the army at the age of
seventeen and made a gallant '
soldier, going through the entire'
war w ithout getting a scratch or
being sick a day. In 1867 he
came to Koine from the farm
and took the lowest place in the'
wholesale establishment of Berry .
& Co. Passing upward as a re
ward of real merit he soon j
reached the responsible position
of book-keeper and cashier. In
1874 he assumed the same duties
with Ford, Glover & Hight,
where he remained ten years.
When the Rome Hardware'
Company was organized he wuis
chosen secretary and treasurer|
and has filled this position of
great responsibility for this big
concern since that time. There
isn't a more careful, conscien
tious, hardworking man in Rome
than Mr. 11 ill and his great ability
in such work is everywhere rec
ognized. It was this and the con
fidence of the people in him that
caused his election in 1888 to the
oilice of treasurer of the county,
which place he has filled ever
since, being elected each lime
since then without opposition. It
would take a man w ith a great
deal of temerity to offer against
him so long as lie is willing to
accept it, and that man has not
vet been found. In all his deal
ings Mr. Hili adheres strictly to
what is right, fair and just, and
goodness is chief among, his
many virtues. His gentleness
and unostentatious excellence of
character have brought him the
esteem and admiration and the
love of the people of Rome and
Flovd county.
Hast summer when the county
ran out of funds he was able to
secure the loan of SB,OOO at six
per cent, interest on his own pri
vate note, with which he was
enabled to pay the most pressing j
claims of the county, until taxes j
came in again, thus accommo la- j
ting hundreds of his fellow citi- j
zens who would have had to dis- j
count their claims ata heavy r te
Would that we had more citizens
like him. He will be re-elected
treasurer at the next election
without opposition.
Judge 6. A. H. Harris.
Judge G. A. 11. Harris, the
eldest son of Dr. C. S. Harris,
was born in 1855 at Tullahoma
Tennessee. In 1863 the family
moved to Bartow county and in
1866 moved to Flovd, living
about six miles from Rome in the
Flatwoods district. The war had
I robbed Dr. Harris of all his
1 possessions and the family was
jin a situation where the hardest
and most energetic work from all
of its members was necessary.
George, the eldest boy worked
on the farm, beginning early in
the morning and not finishing
■until night, but after this he
1 would sit up until twelve or one
jo’clock studying his books and
1 acquiring an education. He
[spent ten months at school in
! Kingston and made great prog
ress. Returning from there he
resumed work on the place and
then married. Alter this he came
to Rome and worked in Tram
mell’s brick yard two years,
and at the carpenter trade
for two vears, reading law at
night. Then he read law under
Featherstone and Wright. He
was admitted to the bar early in
the Bo’s and was elected justice
of the peace. He served four
vears and declined to be a can
didate for re-election, lie de-
I voted himself assiduously to the
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practice of his profession and to
'study. He was energetic and a
hard student, and soon built up a
[ very excellent and lucrative
'practice. In 1895 Governor At
! kinson appointed him judge of'
the city court to till the unexpir
'ed term caused by the resig
nation of Judge Turnbull, and
‘ last fall he was again appointed
for the full term. Ile has a great
j many strong and enthusiastic
friends.
William E. Beysiegel.
Mr. William E. Beysiegel is
again in the race for the clerk of
the superior court of Floyd coun
ty. . ....
I Having attained his majority
THE HOME TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. MAY 26. 18J6.
bv continuous service of twenty
one vears, he goes before the peo
ple on the simple merits of his
fidelity to duty and his unblem
ished record.
He was connected w ith Mr. A.
E. Ross from 1874 up to the death
of the latter six years ago, when ■
he was elected to succeed him. j
Xo better evidence of his capa
bility and popularity could be
desired than the fact that for
twenty-one years he has been
connected to the office without
spot, speck or blemish to his fair
reputation. He has been in his
new and roomy quarters since j
October. 1893, and there is not a I
better managed office nor a bet- j
ter kept set of books in the state. J
Messrs. W alter 11. Ross, George j
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Beysiegel and Joe Jenkins are
his recorders, all faithful and
competent, and he also employs
a typewriter. Mr. Beysiegel
was born and raised at Demopo
lis, Alabama, but has been a citi
zen of Rome for twentv-flve
years.
J. IL F. Lumpkin.
Mr. Bumpkin is one of the
most successful and popular of
Rome’s voting attorneys. Com
ing from that excellent stock of
brilliant Lumpkins and inher
iting in a large degree the well
known ability of that family it is
only natural that he should
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make a great reputation as a '
successful lawyer. In the sev-[
oral vears that he has practiced ;
law in Rome he has on many ,
occasions demonstrated his (
ability in learning and in know!- I
edge of'law that have brought
forth for him many compliments.
Among his other gifts is that of
oratory, and few such eloquent
young attorneys can be found
anywhere. Ile is a native of
this county and knows almost
everybody in it from one end to
the other. In turn he is known j
by almost everybody and is [
liked by them all, being per-,
sonaily very popular. In a ;
rough and tumble tight before j
justice or judge Mr. Lumpkin :
shows some of his best qualities j
and is seldom downed. lie 1
knows how to take care ol him- I
self'and his clients and does so ■
regardless of any consequences, i
| disdaining only to stoop to any |
I kind of' sharp practice. He is j
yet young and the future will (
bring him many honors, say his
friends. ,
r l’. L. Cornelius.
Mr. Thomas L. Cornelius has
announced himself as a running
mate for Mr. J. E. Camp, on the (
sheriff’s ticket. If he is elected
he will make one of the best
officials Floyd county ever had.
As senior member of the city
council from the fifth ward, he
has served the people w ell, and
as chief of the lire department
! he has brought that institution
up to the very top notch among
the lire departments of Georgia
cities.
Mr. Cornelius was born in
Cherokee county, Alabama in
1861, and w hen three years of
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age his parents moved to Floyd
county- where they lived until
young Cornelius was eighteen
years of age. He then moved
to Cedartown and from there to
Talladega county where he lived
four years. lie then came back
to Rome and became associated
with the hardware firm now
knowm as Terhune Xixon. Co.,
and although the members of
the firm have changed Mr. Cor
nelius has remained, lie has
been elected to the city coun
cil twice. The first term he was
assistant fire chief and in Janu
ary, 1895, he was elected chief,
and the high standard of efficien
cy of this department is large
ly due to ?>lr. Cornelius' excel
lent judgment and untiring ener
gy.
He has a host of friends all
over the county and he will
add much strength and populari
ty to the ticket, and if elected lie
will make a model officer, because
of his fine discretion, amiable dis
position and superb courage.
X. IL Bass.
Mr. Bass was born in Putnam
county. Georgia, but w’as raised
in Macon. He served with dis
tinction during the war as a brave
and gallant Confederate soldier
and after the war practiced law
for three years in Macon. In
186 S he moved to Floyd county
and for eighteen years engaged
in planting ten miles from Rome
up to Etowah river. Ile was one
of the largest and most success
ful of Floyd’s farmers. In ISB6
I he moved to Rome and went into
i the grocery business, which busi
’ ness he successfully conducted
l for a time and then entered the
’ real estate business, which busi-
■ ness he now conducts with satis-
I faction to his many patrons. He
1 is an enterprising and energetic
citizen, always taking an inter-,
' est and a great one in anything ;
i that has for its benefit Rome and
'this section. He possesses ex-
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cellent judgment and the ener-'
gy to follow’ its dictates and in
i this way has made himself an
■ invaluable citizen of Rome. He
I does an excellent business, which
is continually increasing in vol
ume and which has been used by
, him for the good of the entire
community. Personally he has
a great many friends and his
popularity is wide throughout
this section.
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Tie largest piece of good
tobacco ever sold for 10 cents
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Trie 5 cent piece is nearly as
a.rge as you get of other
Ql-Sh grades for 10 cents
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' THE BEST GRATE MADE.
CAHILL IRON WORKS,
Corner Boyce & Hooke Sts., CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
G. G. Burkhalter
HAS MOVED
TO * NEW 4- QUARTERS.
Having moved to the Kincaid Build ng, No. 335 Btoad St,-,
next to Rhudy, Harvey A Co’s furniture store, 1 take tiiis
method of notifying my friends and customers, and have
enlarged my stock of
Fancy and Family Groceries, Country Produce,
Dry Goods,
Clothing,Shoes, Hats, Etc,
Will sell everything in my line at as low prices as the lowest. Call and
see me before buying.
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No 335 Broad Street.