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BEFORE THE VOTERS OF FLOYD COUNTY.'
THESE ARE THE MEN
For Whom the Ptop e Will Certainly
Cast Many Voles
NO LACK OF RELIABLE TIMBER
And Some of the Winners Will
be Found Here
CAND DATES Wi 0 ARE IN THE LEAD
In the Bate which W II be Settled 1 y the
Democratic Primay on
June 6th.
Next Saturday week the demo
cratic primary will occur in this
county.
The campaign is on, grows more
interesting each day. A glance just
now at the candidates will interest
the voters, and on this page will be
found some interesting matter about
some of the candidates whose success
seems assured.
THOMPSON HILES.
One of the leading, most prominent,
most prosperous and most popular citi.
zens of this section of the state is Captain
Thompson Hiles, the head of that big
wholesale dry goods establishment, the
Thompson Hiles Company. He is known
throughout all of this section as one of
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THOMPSON HILES.
the best and most successful business men
and his big business grows in size and
popularity with each continuing season.
Captain Hiles is a Tennesseean by birth,
having been born in Bedford county. Ke
enlisted in the Confederate army when a
youth of nineteen and served through the
entire war with bravery and distinction.
After the war he taught school in Tennes
see. In 1866 he moved to Summerville,
Ga., where he entered into business. His
energy and ability were quickly shown
and his success was almost instantaneous.
Besides this, he was personally very pop
ular which is shown by his being elected
several times a memher of the town coun
cil of Summerville and to othei public
offices. His business grew to such .pro
portions that in 1889 he moved to Home I
and was made president of the
Thompson Hiles company, one of the
largest and most successful wholesale
dry goods firms in the state. He has been
and is recognized as one of the city’s
leading and most progressive citizens,
taking a high stand in all affairs looking
to her wellfare. After serving as city tax
assessor he was chosen a member of the
city council at the last election.
His business ability and personal popu- ■
larity have caused him to be put forward
as a candidate for county commissioner
and his election is practically assured.
No better man for the place can be found
and he will serve the county well
1). W. SIMMONS.
If there is one man, above another,
in Floyd county, who stands approved
before an appreciative public.it is D. W.
Simmons, of Cave Spring,
So soon as his name was announced
as a candidate for the nomination for
election to office of commissioner of
to
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roadsand revenues he received the en
dorsement of men of all shades and
complexion of politics.
His record as a business man, a citi
zen and Christian gentleman, stands
* absolutely without blemish.
He was br”n in Floyd county in
1852, grew up and was educated here,
and has lived here nearly all his life,and
it has been a life that any man might
anvy.
For six years ne was with the Texas
Pacific Kailroad company, and during
1 five years of that time he was connect-
I ed with the bridge construction depart
| ment, and thus obtained the finest pos
sible expei ifen :e in the construction of
roads and bridges; which will be of vast
value to him if he should be elected as a
I member of the board.
I Ten years ago Mr Simmons was
| elected secretary and treasurer of the
| board of trustees of the State School for
the Deaf, at Cave Spring, a position
which he has filled most ably and satis
factorily ever since.
| He served as mayor of Cave Spring
for five or six years, and for eleven
years, was past master, through all the
changes of administration, he has re
mained in office, filling that responsible
position in a manner entirely satisfactor
ily to the government and the public
at large.
He is a consistent Christian, a de
-1 voted member of the church, a Mason,
having reached the high rank of a
Knight Templar.
As manager of the farmers’ alliance
co operative store, he has shown his
ability as a trustworthy and successful
business man. and has achieved a large
measure of success through his diligence
I and correct business methods.
| He is a candidate for commissioner of
roads and revenues, and his name will
|be presentea, in company with four
' other of the best citizens of Floyd
' county, at the primary, and he will
| make as strong a race as any man in the
county.
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT.
A large following of devoted friends
and admirers will be rejoiced to learn
that merry-hearted ‘'Billie” Wright is a
candidate lor re-election as a member of
the board of commissioners of roads and
revenues of Floyd county.
Mr. William A. Wright justly occu
pies a high place in the estimation of the
people of Floyd county. He has for
years been laboring in the interests of
this siction, and his work has met with
undeniable success. He has held several
county and city offices, and has always
met with approbation from the people.
Few men of such wide popularity live in
this section, and everybody knows and
likes him.
Mr. Wright now lives at the old home
place of his lamented father. Judge A.
R. Wright, one of the prettiest places in
tbe land.
He was elected commissioner several
years ago, and his work as such has been
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W. A. WRIGHT.
largely instrumental in the building of
, the handsome new court house, and he is
justly proud of his work in this line.
I Mr. Wright takes great interest in en
terprises which will result in benefits to
Rome, and recently donated a large tract ;
of beautiful land for the Masonic home
for Georgia. It lies two and a half miles j
from the court house, and is one of the I
finest locations for an institution of that |
sort in the state. He is always foremost I
'in every measure for the upbuilding of |
I her city and county.
Mr. Wright makes a model commis- I
J sioner, and his services to the county in
that capacity have been of inestimable
value.
GEORGE. W. TRAMMELL.
One of the most progessive and popu
lar of Rome’s successful young business
men is the well known and the well
liked subject of this sketch, He is a
Floyd county boy, having been born
here in 1860 and having lived here all
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G. W. TRAMMELL.
of his life. For several years he has been
engaged in the manufasture of brick and
of this industry has made a success of
which he may well feel proud. He re
cently increased his busineas largely by
taking into partnership that, experienced
and su<ses«fu! manager, Mr. R. B. Mor
r!«<>n t 1 ii- I'm ning the firm of Morrison-
Tnuiiiiull Brick Company, which is doing
THU ROME TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1»96.
a big business and shipping brick all
over this country. They make a very
superior article and find a ready and pro
fitable sale. Mr. Trammell has built tin
a splendid reputation as a successful
young business man and has gathered
about him many str ng friends. His
personal popularity is evidenced in many
ways, For eight years he was a member
of the North Rome city council, wh’ch
| position he tills to the perfect satisfaction
!of all He is now a candidate for county
commissioner and that he will win is the
earnest opinion of his many enthusiastic
friends who are giving him a hearty sup
port.
FOR SHERIFF AGAIN.
No man in Georgia has made a finer
record as a public official than Mr. John
P. McConnell, sheriff of Floyd county.
He is again in the race, and says that
he is in to win. His great persona! pop
ularity and his splendid record will give
him a fine impetus in the race.
Mr. McConnell was born eight miles
below Rome fifty years ago, and when a
young men entered the Confederate serv
ice and fought through the war with the
Sixth Georgia cavalry. After the war he
returned to Floyd county, where he en
gaged in farming, and finally went into
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the merchant milling business. Four
years ago he became deputy sheriff un
der Sheriff .Jake Moore, and showed him
self to be a fearless, able . and competent
official. At the last general election he
was easily elected to the office of sheriff,
and since his incumbency has shown
himself a model officer. He is univer
sally admired and respected by all classes,
a terror to evil-doers and a true friend
and unassuming gentleman in every par
ticular.
He will have with him as his deputies
Capt. J. Dallas Turner, a man who is
well known for his long and faithful
service as a public official; W. P. Mc-
Leod, a man who has earned an enviable
reputation as a court bailiff and a brave
and conscientious officer, W. P. Red
mond and J. M. Johnson, men who will
do to depend on in every emergency.
These gentlemen constitute one of the
strongest tickets ever put out for any
office in Floyd county, and they will
make a winning race in the coming elec
tion,
VINCENT T. SANFORD.
The subject of this sketch is a loyal
hearted and generous and genial gen
tleman, thaiv whom it would be diffi
cult to find a more popular citizen of
the county. He was born in Greene
county in 1860, and is a son of Prof.
V. T. Sanford, who devoted his life to
the canse es education. He was one of
the best known men in Georgia, and
stood in the front rank of the educators
of the south. Having a thorough ed
ucation himself, being a deep student
and a lover of learning, besides possess
ing the. happy gift of transmitting his
knowledge toothers, it is not strange,
and is only natural that his children,
both by inheritance and training, be
came well equipped for the battle of
life. Thus from his distinguished
father our Vince Sanford received an ex
cellent education and one that stands
him in good stead in his race for clerk
of the superior court. Besides this, al
though he has farmed for the past
several years, he has had considerable
experience in the keeping of books and
accounts and in office work having for
four years been head bookkeeper for a
large establishment. As a farmer on a
splendid plantation on the Coosa river,
he has made a great success and while
doing so has made himself extremely
popular with citizens all over the
county. He is thoroughly qualified to
fill the office for which he has offered
and it will be difficult to find a man in
any way better equipped for that work.
This is the first time Mr. Sanford has
asked for office and he is receiving the
enthusiastic support of his many friends.
Besides his eminent qualifications he has
many excellent traits of character which
bind to him people as liis friends. The
soul of honor and integrity, true and
loyal to his friends he has ga'hered
about him a warm and enthusiastic sup
port, which suppoit ispractically sure to
land him in the clerk’s office. If elected,
he will conduct the business m a fair,
jnst and straightforward manner, one
that will please all who have occasion
to do business with him. Mr. W. S.
Cothran will be his deputy, and is a
gentleman well known and popular
with all who know him. He is familiar
with office work, and will make a splen
did assistant. All pro-pects point to the
election of Mr Sanford.
JOHN J. BLACK.
One of the most difficult offices to fill
to the satisfaction of all is that of tax
collector and, if there is one man in rhe
state of Georgia that does fill this office
satisfactorily that man is John J. Black,
of Floyd. For fifteen years he has filled
that office and the prospects are that he
will till it as long as he will allow his
name to be used. He is again a candi
date and a candidate who is practically
sure of re-election. His thorough com
potency to fill the place and exceedingly
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JOHN J. BLACK.
wide personal popularity place him
where few men care to run against him.
He was born in Bartow county but
when a yonth came to Floyd During
the war he was a gallant Confederate
soldier and served as a member of the
Rome Light Guards in that splendid old
regiment the Bth. Georgia. After the
war he went in business serving as book
keeper for several popular firms. Then
came his first race which he won very
handily. Since then he has held the of
fice of tax collector continuously.
Mr. Black is well-known all over the
state not only as an official but as a
splendid sample of the Georgia gentle
man. Genial and courteous, no man
ever filled better bis position in every
way than does be. To know him is to like
him and all over this section mav be
found his warm, earnest and enthusi
astic friends.
JOHN P. DAVIS.
Judge John P. Davis, ordinary of the
county of Floyd, and candidate for re
election to that office, is one of the most
prominent, popular men in this county.
So wide is his popularity and so excel
lent has been his work that he will in
all probability be re-elected to his office
without opposition. He is the youngest
of a family of six children, and a son of
Benjamin Davis, a gallant Confederate
soldier, who lost his life during the war.
He has spent most of his life on a
farm. He was born in this county on
John’s creek, and has always, with the
exception of two years spent in Texas,
been a resident of Floyd.
After returning from Texas he spent
three years teaching school at New
Hope, and made quite a success. He
assisted in the clerk’s office for two
terms, and in 1893 was elected ordinary
JOHN P. DAVIS.
over six other candidates. This office
he has filled in a most excellent manner,
his ever present courtesy never failing to
leave a most favorable impression upon
the most casual visitors. In his admin
istration of the affairs of his office he
has also shown great ability, and his
pleasing personality, good humor and
uniform courtesy, have established him
among the people of the county of
Floyd. He is a candidate for re-elec
tion, subject to the primary on June 6,
and will no doubt be elected without
opposition.
R. 11. WEST.
The subject of this sketch is one of the
best known citizens of Rome, and is a
man liked by all who know him. After
being continually in business at the same
stand for forty years, and after making
such a success as was very gratifying to
his friends, he was caught by tbe recent
depression with a large stock of goods,
and many outstanding debts so closed up
bis store last fall. He now stands before
the people as a candidate for tax receiver,
subject to'he democratic primary to be
held m June 6. His friends are enthu
siastic in their support, and predict for
him nn easy suc<e s. They know that if
elected no man could fill the place bet
ter. They feel that he deserves the
place ano will do their best to see that
he gets it. While in business ne became
acquainted all over the county, mid the
peonle with whom he dvi business
learned o know him us a fair, honest
and upright citizen. They found it a
pleasure to trade with him, and for the
same reason will find it a pleasure to vote
for him. He will fill the place well if
elected, and is a gentleman of such per
sonal popularity, as well as of intrinsic
worth, as to cause his friends to feci sure
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