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HISTORY OF THOMAS COUNTY PAG! NINE Coronei Malcolm Ferguson. Malcolm Ferguson. Malcolm Ferguson. Malcolm Ferguson. Malcolm Fergnson. H. R. Seward. H. R. Seward. H. R. Seward. H. R. Seward. H. R. Seward. H. R. Seward. Henry H. Toeke. Henry H. Tooke. Henry H. Tooke. Henry H. Tooke. Henry H* Tooke. Jno. G- Dekle. Christopher Edwards. Christopher Edwards. Christopher Edwards. Allen Hancock. Abraham Derore. Abraham Derore. Leri Hart. Leri Hart. Leri Hart. Leri Hart. Leri Hart. Colea Mercer. Colen Me cor. Jonathan Hancock. Jonathan Hancock. Jonathan Hancock. Jonathan Hancock. Roderick McIntosh. Roderick McIntosh. 3-7-1826 1-21-1828 1-19-1830 1-18-1832 1-18-1834 1-29-1835 1-16-1836 1-11-1838 10-2-1838 1-10-1840 1-20-1842 8- 4-1842 1-20-1843 1-13-1844 1-15-1846 1-22-1848 1-9-1849 1-15-1850 1-16-1851 1-14-1852 1-15-1853 3-3-1853 1-11-1854 1-11-1856 1-12-1857 1-12-1858 1-7-1859 1-7-1861 1-10-18(1 1-23-1862 3-1-1862 1-16-1864 1-22-1866 3-9-1866 9- 9-1868 3- 23-1871 1-17-1873 1-16-1874 5-17-1874 1-18-1875 1-17-187? 1-16-1879 1-10-1881 4- 17-1882 1-8-1883 1-12-1885 1-7-1889 1-16-1891 1-7-1898 I- 9-1895 II- 10-1896 1-1-1897 Note—In 1857-58, Colquitt was represented by Amos Turner, and in 1859- 60, by Jno. Tillman. By the Constitutional Amendment of August, 17, 1918, Colquitt was put in the 47th District a nd represented by T. Hall Parker un til bis death, when Mayo Kendall filled the unexpired term. In 1859-60, Brooks was represented by Shadrach Griffin. With these exceptions, Col quitt, Brooks and Grady hare been rep resented bv the Senator from the- 7th District. Jared Everett. Jared Everett. Jared Everett. Jared Everett. Jarred Everett. Jarred Everett. AnseU Dekle. Ansell Dekle. AnseU Dekle. AnseU Dekle. Lebens Dekle. Lebeus Dekle. [Lebens Dekle. - Lebeus Dekla Lebens Dekle. T. S. Hopkins. Jno. Few] (Col.) Jno. Few. (Col.) Jno. Few. (Col.) Jno. Few. (CoL) Jno. Few. (Col.) J. W. Groover. J. W. Groover. J. W. Groover. Jno. J. Ivey. J. J. Whlddon. J. J. Whiddon. W. F. Sanford. W. F. Sanford. Abel Johnson. Abel Johnson. H. M. Hurst. H. M. Hurst. Aaron DanieL . > W. 11. Reynolds. Gabriel Wilson. C. H. Lattimer. Wm. Stegall. Daniel F. Luke. Daniel F. Lake. Daniel F. Lake. Daniel F. Lake. R. W. Faistm. W. P. Coyle. J. A. Horst. J. A. Horst. J. A. Hurst. J. A. Hurst. R. P DwT GEORGIA SENATORS REPRESENTING DECATUR AND THOMAS AND LOWNDES YEARS 1824-1860 Thomas Co. 1824-25—James Brown 1826 —James Brown. 1827 —Wm. Hawthorne 1828 —James Brown “829 —Wm. Hawthorne 1830 —Daniel O’Neal 1831 —Daniel O’Neal 1832 —Daniel O'Neal 1882 . —Daniel O’Neal 1834 —Bennett Crawford 1836 —Stirling -Crawford 1886 —Duncan Curry 1887 —Duncan Curry 1338 —Duncan Carry 1889 —Daniel O'Neal 1840 —Daniel O'Neal 1841 —Bennett -Crawford 1842 —Thos. Hines Duncan Ray. Duncan Ray. Duncan Ray. Duncan Ray. Michael Young Duncan Ray. James A. Newman James A. Newman James A. Newman James A. Newman Wi H. Reynolds Wi H. Reynolds Henry Heath Henry Heath T E. Blsekshear T. E. Blnckshear Decatur and Thomas In 12th Martin H. Martin |eter E. Love "no. P. Dickinson i By Counties 3. W. Brown IV. Ponder ' , j Browning Thos. Hilliard Wm. Jones Levi J. Knight By Counties. Levi J. Knight Levi J. Knight James West Wm. Ashley In tie issue of Juno 23, It appears . Dr. Wells’ mouth. The experiment 12 11 that tie old Allen house and the old Lons' 1 house on Jackson street, had been removed to make room for brick! stores.] The latter was at one time the home of Hon. James J. Scarborough and in it was i boro Mrs. Thompson, previous ly referred to as the first white child born in Thomasvllle. In the Issue of August 10, It appears that M r - Gasper Delpino, manager of the Cubans Cigar Factory, had closed a contract with a firm In St. Louis tdf seventh-five thousand cigars per week. On Wednesday, September 19, Hon. Thotnas E. Watson spoke to a large Populist gathering In Paradise Park add on Friday, the 28th. Messrs. Fleming, Dublgnon and Hoke Smith answered him to a still larger crowd of Democrats. On Wednesday, October 3, the Dem ocratic ticket tor both state and coun ty officers was elected over the Popu list by a vote of nearly two to one. was successful and. Dr.. Colton con. tended that this was the . first tooth even drawn without pain. Dr. Colton had Just attended a cele bration at Hartford, Conn, and one at Philadelphia, in honor of Dr. Wells and was required by the crowd to ex plain his connection with the early Use Of anupfithoklr Dr. Colton explained that Dr. Wells used gas In the practice of dentistry until the end ot the year 1845 when, on account of 111 • health, he left the profession. No one else used gas until Dr. Col ton induced a dentist at New Haven, Conn, to do so In June, 1868. The success wss so great that Dr. Colton, although not a dentist, estab lished the Colton Dental Association in New York, and sought to encourage the use of gas in the dintal profes sion. Dr. Colton did not seem to think that Dr. Wells owed anything to any- new Post Office building on the tier of Madison and Jackson streets. From a letter published In the :ssui of June 29, from Meigs, it appears there were one hundred twenty-fl acres of grapes, almost as maayjfswcl as, and an equal number of oni to be shipped from that town. In the issue of September 7, appears a letter from San Fn to a Thomasvllle visitor and “C. B”. In it, the writer states in 1839 he sought to Join the ing party which was trying to locate railroad from Brunswick westward. The writer landed at Charleston a traveled by ran to Augusta, fri which place he went to Bainbrldge a stagecoach, “then a miserable lit settlement of some one-half dot houses with not a pane of glad through which to light their Interiors!' ’ The writer obtained a wagon with out springs and was driven by In the. issue of October 13. It ap- J one else In his discovery, pears that La Cubana city was grow- j 1° the issue of January 12, there Is Ing rapidly. an account of Prof. Langley’s experi- On Friday afternoon, November 3, Pres J the Board of Aldermen elected Mr. S. I „ *".Jf™®', f h i ?}JStvHMDi'ti fc W U ro.,gU UdSe »■ .S'ow^ STSlfK in the issue of December 22. there flfteento ls published an interview from Judge been mwe4 flftesn to Richard H. Clark given In Atlanta.” f r ° v v f d '. Ju5?T3«i ‘ “I was in the Senate In 1849,” said i ?„™i? a !f™ ared that Judge. Clark, “when Judge Hansell i ' In ^ylil SSSIfpd Mr was first elected Judge of the Southern 19 r M MMiettlTb? Mayor by a tojoril Circuit. Tho Judge was a Whig and ?■ “ for Mayor Dy a ma)orl I was a Democrat. We nominated ty ° f t ®“ H t Morgan who was not very popular c - PI tunaji,.' • • y ' r ‘ h and. Judge Hansell, being universally Culpepper. L. H. Jerger, J. W. Cocb- popular. the Whigs beat us." ra ? and M - A - Fleetwood were alected The Judge continued: “The ap- ald ® rm ® n u .. .„ Q , .. proach cf Christmas reminds me that 0n February 16 ' 1895 ' U ap . p ? ared fifty years ago on Christmas Eve, in unr years a 8u „u cur.srmas eve, ta |the weather was very coW and 1844, I attended a ball in Thomasvilie.: tha ’ Flo j] d i T? -p?-™ K ’ h b ‘ S “It was given in the wooden rhoteL of Mrs. Atkinson. There were belles and beaux from Albany, Tallahassee, Bainbrldge, Madison and other sur. rounding towns. “The planters were rich and kept fine horses and carriages. ; “I met at the ball, among others, Miss Mattie Remington, Mrs. James L. Seward, who had recently married, Miss Gabrielle Gaulay and her sister, now Mrs. Lawrie, Miss Atkinson and the Misses Bryan, daughters of Mr. Hardy Bryan.” The Judge promised that sometime in the future he would write the edi tor some more about Thomasvilie. In the issue of January 5, 1895, ap. pears a letter from Dr. G. Q. Colton on the subject of aneasthesia. Dr. Col ton claimed that Dr. Horace .Wells gave an exhibition of the effect of an- aethesia on December 10, 1844, in the presence of Dr. Colton and others. The gas was given to a young man named Cooley who, while under its influence, ran against some wooden settees on the stage and badly bruised his legs. Cooley took a seat by Dr. Wells who observed a flow of blood which surprised the injured man who felt no pain. Dr. Wells then said tc Dr. Colton: “Why cannot this gas be used in den tistry?” and offered to b? the subject if Dr. Colton would conduct the pertinent. The next day Dr. Colton went to the office of Dr. Wells and administered the gas and barf Dr. Biggs, a dentist, extract a decayed molar tooth from Oi\ Saturday, June 6, a Democratic drunken driver to a point about onet SSSL hail , rrv house In Thomasvllle and “Sound half way to Thomasvllle. From,here, the owner of a log honaf - conducted him on horse-back to Thom - asville. At Thomasvllle the writer met th< i resident engineer of the railroad, Mi B. F. Perham. The writer continues: “Thomas ville Was then some improvement on Bainbrldge but its architecture on the same order—purely log styli» with but very few specimens of do ■ mestic, ecclesiastical or educatlona l building. Glass windows were a lux ury that did not appear to be general ly prevalent. The town consisted o ! a small collection of log structures se ; snowstorm at Taiilpa. In the issue of Mar. 23 we learn that on Wednesday evening, March 20, the citizens and visitors of Thom asville had been introduced to Gov. McKinley, at the Mitchell House. The Governor was Introduced by Capt. W. M. Hammond whose elo quence Mr. McKinley very much ad mired. While in the city. Gov. and Mrs. Mc Kinley were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hanna. In the issue of March 30, it appears that Gov. McKinley was being men tioned locally as the Republican can didate for president and that the local people were favorably impressed with the Governor who reciprocated to such an extent that he said he would spend the next winter in Thomasvilie. In the issue of May 11, 1895, it ap pears that the editor had seen a copy of the “Thomasvilie Weekly Times,” of the date of July 15, 1863, published by T. J. Womberly. In this old paper was an address to the Thomas County Reserves, signed by A. H. Hansell, Captain, calling for twenty more men. James L. Seward and Charles J. Munlin were candidates for the Con federate Congress. In the issue of May 18, it appears that the new Thomasvilie Water Works had just been installed. In the issue of May 25, it appears that Mrs. E. G. Stoddard and Mrs. F. S. Peabody were improving Mayhaw Plantation on the Springbill road. In the issue of June 1, it appears that Mr. T. C. Mitchell was erecting a down in the midst of a vast pine for est.” Elsewhere in the paper it appears that “C. B.” were the initials of Mr. Calvin Bryan, a prominent citizen of San Francisco, and that Engineer B. F. Perham was the fciher of Mr. Par ish Pferiiam, a distinguished citizen of Thomas, BrOOk» «idJ¥are counties. In the issue ot ^ It Appears that the honoi- of -Mr. O. C. Ewart on Dawson street had been completed. • On -Tuesday, February 11. there was a formal reception at the Glen Arven Country Club. N In the'issue of Saturday, May 9, sp ears a card from certain citizens of tomasville to Capt. W. M. Hamm asking him to become a candidate Congress and, the reply from Capt. Hammond refusing to permit Ms name money”-delegates to the state Demo cratic convention were elected. In the issue of July 18, it appears that' in the primary election ~jost held there were five hundred ninety-two voles against bar-rooms and four hun dred sixty-nine for bar-rooms. On October 1, 1893, Judge Joseph S. Merrill, another old and prominent citizen, died. n Novem- Thomas In the general election her, Mr. McKinley carried County for President. The Cairo returns were ed as they were not made, sot count- according UT law and. In the rest of 1 he county, JUDGES AND SOLICITORS GENERAL, SOUTHEfN CIRCUIT FOR THE YEARS 1819 Tf 1918 GEORGIA SENATORS FOR THE 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH YEARS 186M922 1819-23 1824 1825 1825 Nov. 12. 1826 1828 1831 1834 1835 1836 1836 Nov. 11. 1837 1840 1843 1845 1847 1849 1851 1851 Nov. 7. 1852 1854 1855 1859 1861 1868 1873 1884 1885 1890 1892 1896 1897 1902 1910 1911 1916 1918 Thomas W. Harris. Thaddeus G. Holt. Thaddeus G. Holt. Moses Fort. Moses Fort. Thaddeus G. Holt. Lott Warren. James Polhill. James Polhill. Carlton B. Cole. Arthur A. Morgan. Carleton B. Cole. Carleton B. Cole. Carleton B. Cole. James J’. Scarborough. James J. Scarborough. Augustin H. Hansell. Augustin H. Hansell. Augustin H. Hansel!. Peter E. Love. Peter E. Love. Peter E. Love. Augustin H. Hansell. Augustin H. Hansell. John R. /Alexander. Augustin H. Hansell. Augustin H. Hansell. Augustin H. Hansell. Augustin H. Hansell. Augustin H. Hansell. j Augustin H. Hansell. ; Augustin H. Hansell. ] Robert G. Mitchell. J J. H. Merrill. W. E. Thomas. W. E. Thomas. W. E. Thomas Judge County Court, Thomas County Georofa Senators Represent- , aing 8th District, Including f Decatur Co. Georgia Senators Rep resenting 7th District, Including, Colquitt* Brooks, Grady and Thomas Counties. Georgia Senator* Rep resenting 6th District, Including Lowndes. 1861-2-3-4 T. A. Swearingen T. B. Griffith. 1865-66 T. A. Swearingen. Benning B. Moore. 0. L. Smith. 1871-72 B. F. Benton. M. C. Smith. Joshua Griffin. 1868-69-70 B. F. Benton. Joshua Griffin. 1873-74 B. F. Brimberry. Wm. L. Clark. J. D. Knight. 1875-76 B. F. Brimberry. J. McDonald. J. D. Knight. 1877 J. A. Bush. J. W. Staten. 1878-79 D. A. Russell. J. P. Turner. J. W. Staten. 1880-81 James Baggs. . E. P. S. Denmark. Jno. W. Harrell. 1S82-83 E. B. Bush. J. B. Norman. J. D. Knight. 1884-85 D. A. Russell Robt. G. Mitchell. T. G. Crawford. 1886-87 J. L. Hand. T. J. Livingston. A. H. Smith. 1888-89 John S. Clyton. James Vick. Wm. Roberts. 1890-91 Maston O’Neal. R. G. Mitchell. (President Senate) James D. Smith. 1892-93 J. H. Scaife. W. S. Humphries. E. L. Moore. 1S94-95 C. C. Bush. J. B. Norman. Jr. M. J. McMillan. 48P6-9T G. F. Westmore land. Thos. C. Horn. H. W. Hopkins. 1898-99 J. L. Hand. W. S. West. W. S. Humphries. 1100-01 J. A. Bush. J. A. Alexander. J. B. Norman. 1502-03-04 Jno. D. Harrell. L. N. Roberts. H. W. Hopkins. Ikv6-06 J. L. Hand. W. S. West. (President of Senate). S. S. Bennett. 150708 J. S. Bush. J. P; Knight. J. A. Wilkes. 1909-10 L. F. Patterson. E. P. Bowen. J. S. Ward. Jr.—1909. R. S. Burch —1910. 1911-12 I.*A. Bush. T. C. Culbreth. L. C. Graham. 1913-14 W. J. Bush. W. L. Converse. S. M. Turner. 1915-16 J. W. Callahan. Geo. A. Paulk. J. A. Carlton. 1917-18 H. H. Merry. W. H. Hendricks. H. W. Hopkins. 1919-20 S. W. Watson. J. H. Keene. J. Q. Smith. 1921-22 W. O. Fleming. O. K. Jones. Russell Snow. Old Court 1874 1875 J. Young Benning B. Moore. H. W. Hopkins: Wm. D. Mitchell. Wm. D. Mitchell. Wm. D. Mitchell. J. R. Alexander. S. A. Roddenberry. Arthur Patten. Chas. P. Hansell. Chas. P. Hansell. (Became City Court, January 1. 1906.) Chas. P. Hansell. Wm. H. Hammond. Wm. H. Hammond. Wm. H. Hammond. Solicitor General, Super! >r Court, Southern Circuit Thaddeus G. Holt. Robert Augustus 'Beall James N. Bethune. Thomas D. Mitchell. Lott Warren. Thomas Porter. Stephen F. Miller. Robert A. Evans. Wm. W. Wiggins. Wm. W. Wiggins. Wm. W. Wiggins. Wm. W. (Wiggins. John Gibson. Peter E. Love. Peter E. Love. A. H .Hansell. Thadeus G. Sturgis. George W. Jordan. Pitt F. D. Scarborough. Pitt F. D. Scarborouga. John S. Wynn. E. T. Sheftall. E. T. Sheftall. Samuel B. Spencer. Wm. B. Bennett. . Robt. G. Mitchell. D. L. Gauldin. Daniel W. Rountree. John R. Slater. Henry B. Peeples. J. L. Hall. W. E. Thomas. W. E. Thomas. W. E. Thomas. John A. Wilkes. J. Fondren Mitchell. Cliff E. Hay. Mr. McKinley- had a plurality of twenty votes over Mr. Bryan. In the issue of January 2. 1S97, there is published a syndicate letter by Mr. Ramsen Crawford In which Mr. Crawford states thatljfe McKin ley boom for president was started in Thomasvilie, the chief participants be ing CoL Joe MedUl, Gen. Sam Thom- as, Gen. W. M. Osborne; CoL Lawson of the Chicago Record. Gov. William R. Merrlam. Mr. J. Wyman Jones, Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat, Mr. Mark Hanna and Mr. William E. Curtis. After the above mentioned had ob tained the proper support southern Rep ‘ been outlined Kohl mat bought oat the Times-Hernld and wheeled this nap- port around to Mr. McKinley. All the time local people In Thoares- vUle were championing Hr: McKinley tor the Republican nominating which, while very flattering to Mr. McKinley, did not contribute n IP ext deal toward his M Mr. Crawford stated that the PreaJ- dent-elect expected to rialt rilie daring the winter nod thank Us Thomasrille friends in I their evidences ot esteem. In the same issue w, notice that Stuart Robson, brother ot Mr. Charlie Stuart, had appeared on Christmas Eve at the Thomas Title Opera House. In the Issue ot Jan nary 9, It appears that Uncle Peter Lindsey died In Scot land at the age ot ninety-one. For years he was s prominent and highly esteemed citiaen ot Thomasvilie. It the same Unite it appears that Mr. William Miller hod volunteered to fix np the courthouse yard and that a handsome garden and tonntaln would soon ornament the square. in the issue of January 16, it ap pears that on the 14th Inst., lsborers on -the. Glen. Arven Country Club grgund had found a ripe watermelon and presented it to Capt. Henry Met calfe. In the same Issue a memorial from the Womans Missionary Society of | Boston appeared to the memory ot Martha J. Mallette who died Dec. 12, previously. In the issue of Feb. 6, we notice that Mr. H. M. Hanna has purchased a road machine for work on his farm on the Tallahassee road. tha: they could probably pay an Income of 3175 | In the issue of Dec.1 Henry Metcalf* haa a < that ho Is very much t automobile Is Mghtoalac tho •at any of Us friends. Tho C says that tf anyone «u hold ml. bands ha wm be glad to atop his i mobile u4. if asesssery. leed __ bon* by or back Us sitmanbPi eat I of the way.; pa CaptUa predicted that win aooa ha other aatoaaoMau that the horse* wm became as toned to them aa tiny am to lea. ■ •prlag HIH Chorah The following splendid letter Dan *T Wand. Mr. J. M. Forrtu. explains itself: “Dr. Mclatosb advisee as* that yea want daip ot tha early days of Thee*, aa Oounty tor aeon work you hare la hand. , . “Spring Hill church to tha oldest Using church or instltuiioa la the cooaty. I hare baud my father say that Spring Hill ws, a ehoreh when tend street of ThqmaertUe was a deer drive and that TboacaavtUa first was a cross-road coastotlag of ana lac etora, tha logs of wUeh the store were built , having the berk oa then. Spring Hill was then a church ot good nan* ! harshtn kle Vice Preeideats; William U Mitchell. Treasurer and Charles P. Hansel!. Secretary in 1S70. R. H. Bow James McDonald, R. W. Heeth. H. Hardaway, John Stark. Ji L. Reward. Banning B. Moore, Wylie R. Groover. Joshua N. Barrow. W. U. “ and R P. Doss were tho first Board ot Directors. On Oct. 3*. Dr, Booker T. Washing ton spoke In the grandstand at tha mode to a mixed aadlenea ot white and colored men. He wee In troduced fry Hon. W. H. StBea. a col ored Representative la the Georgia Legislature from Liberty Co. The colored educator waa equal to « emergency ot addressing a mixed audience and seemed to have won tha admtratkMi of olL While in the city, the ipeeker was entertained by Hsv. Broadnax. In the asne ot May 7, we notto* at the war spirit to tanning high and many of the local boys worn on- listing tor the Spanish.War. In the issue ot Jan* 4. it appears that e Populist mass meetis nominated the foUowiag- ticket ter county officers: Sheriff, William Col lins; tor Treasurer, Dr. Casoedy. tor Tax Assessor, William McMillan; tor Tax-collector. W. H. Hudson: Coron er. Dr. J. B. Watkins: Clerk, J. A. Chastain: County Surveyor, C. 8. ’ bershlp. Berwick; Representatives. W. P.j “Grandfather moved , u „ White add tJ. C. Lunsford; delegates; County in 1823 and Spring Hill was a to eongresdfoaa! convention. J. 8.! church then, ball; ot logs; and tha Ward. Jr., and John Simmons; dele-,bosh arbor nearby showed still which gates to the state senatorial oonven- was used before thmeharck wee built, tion. Wright Morphy, Floyd Sanford.! “The present church was built la Philip McKinnon and John Gandy. 11833. as yon can boo from tho copaty In the issue of Jane 11. the editor i record of deed, by Morrison to the cells attention to MacIntyre Park. 1 Church Trustees, consisting ot Oreo* deeded to the city some years before Browning. Vickers, end others. The by Col. A. T. MacIntyre. The editor sleepers, sills. Joists end studding of thinks the city and cltixens shoald the present church are hewn timbers; fix up this park and lake more inter-]the rafters, round poles, peeled, est In it. | “The original cturcb wss loo smalL On June 12, Dr. James R. Reid. an-; aad outof Ijpepinx by 1833, anfraasw othe- old and highly esteemed cittaen »«• obtain*!. A_-«et Shard wae I people. My built to accommoditeSire^ii_ unde, John FerrllL worn to the old church when he wee tevea yean old. end died !a*t yver in April, •ffed ninety. The old church vu them the neighborhood school house end’ we» taught by a Mr. Ifclnty** who T— Solicitor, County Court Rob’t. H. Harris H. W. Hopkins. T. N. Hopkins. T. N. Hopkins. H. W. Hopkins. T. N. Hopkins. T. N. Hopkins. T. N. Hopkins. T. N. Hopkins. T. N. Hopkin3. Roscoe Luke. Roscoe Luke. Roscoe Luke. W. I. MacIntyre. H. J. MacIntyre. SHERIFFS, CLERKS SUPERI OR COURT, CO that a series of boxing being conducted in Thomasvilie. Joe Ullman, ot Savannah knocked out Jack L. Keith, of Chicago, at tho Opera House on the 10th, Inst. In the same issue it appear, that Pavo, which has been referred to so often as McDonald, to a thriving town and has recently completed a new school building. On Feb. 15th. a windstorm did con siderable damage in the vicinity. The barn ot Mr. M. B. Jones was blown died at the residence of his son-in- law. Mayor J. T. Culpepper. In the Issue of Oct. 1. 1893. appears a biography of Judge Augnatin H. Hansell. The Judge was flrat elected Judge of the Superior Court In 1849 i. o, »,, .. K .c ^a\iw..*r -*T M ' g! «fisr*L"ga at a series of boxing contest, waa ““LltotartO Mitohril V°u.e bum. to Hv. and fr^^ Judge Robert G. *‘tcneii. ! and teach (be school nearby. Tho Iu the general election for coun-y, Mv church waa moved west one ki officers in October the Domociata won f or m more central location ml by a little more than two to one over. or Q0ar w t, ora naH Q , builders the Populists. knew would be cross-roads some dsv On Dec. 5, 1898. in s local option „ now m y ’ election, the conpt went dry by u vote own lhe , ol 1SJ on wklch th , of 1543 to ?49. There were, 3169 rag- church stood and could trace the old istered voters, of whom 1993 wore c hurch fifty years ago by the square white and 1176 colored. On March 14, 1899, Pre*. and Mrs. McKinley and Vlce-Prea. and Mrs. Ho- down, killing two moles and injuring hart arrived In Thomasvilie to visit Mr. Mark Hanna on Dawson street On Thursday morning, March 33. there occured the moat disastrous fire that Thomasvllle hod had In years. Palin A Bros. Shops, the Ken three others. In the issue of Feb. 20, It appears that the month was tbe wettest In and Alderman Herring’s residence on jckv Stables of Capt. Whittaker and Madison street, were burned, thelthe Thomasrille Opera House were Ttmes-Enterprtoe building and tbe] all destroyed. Stuart House having a close call. On March 27, after a rtolt of two In the Issue of May 29. It appears ] weeks. Proa McKinley and party re- tbat the Thomasvllle Baseball Teem, turned to Washington. known as the Turks, were making a great record. In a game played with Valdosta at Quitman on June 16. Mc Afee of Thomasvilie struck out tvr»n ty-one men and gave up two alts while Coniff of Valdosta struck out twenty-three men end gave eight hits. The result was 4 to 3 in favor of Thomasvilie. * On the next day Quitman beat Thomasvllle by a score of i to 8 On January 2, 1900, Col. A. T. Mac Intyre, of the 11th Infantry, Gs. Guards. C. S. A., died at his home near Thomasvllle. On lan. 6. It appear! that a large cotton compress will be built near the A. C. L. R. R. Id the issue of June 18. it appeared that the T. T. A G, R. R. would he completed to Thomasvilie before July _ _____ 4. and a celebration waa planned for On June"°28. , Mr.”sUea'T.*Carter, an' the Fourth In honor of the completion old and highly esteemed cltixen. died.! of the new railroad On Sept. 24, Dr. James A. McKoy. However, the first train did not roll died at the age of 86. He first came to]into town until five minutes put ten Thomasvtlio in 1872, and began his permanent residence in 1873. of rotten log, on the ground; not log* either but ■ square ot mould caused by decayed timber. “This nelghtbrohood and Beech ton (or Duncanville i neighborhood wars the first willed In tbe county end thn first year of grandfsl her's sojourn here there were only a faw families In the county. Kindred Braswell wu two years In advance ot 1838. end lived near Duncanville and had n little corn that he could let go for labor only. My grandfather hired hie nine teen-year-old boy. then a man six feet four, to Braswell for two buibals of corn per month. That wu the femi iy'e bread, and only bread, fur the first night monies of ‘fs. and Bras well tbe only man la the county who could spare that ouch corn, end f only to hired help. “Orandfatber's meat came out the woods. Deer wu as plentiful sad u euy to get u n rabbit to eow daws by the branches Ride them up and shoot one was his wsy ot bunting. "The average layman In those ' knew Spring Hit! in Thoms*. Morven. now in Brooks, and tow er churches south of Macon. 8L Marks or August*, the only pieces to In the dally Tlmes-Enterprise of October 24. appropos the 1897 connty fair the editor speaks of the first felt held In Thomas County Nov. 10. 11, and 12. 1870. Col. Arthur P. Wright wu Presi dent: B. F. Hawkins and Jokn De- July 27. 1900. when the oocealoa. buy sugar or molasses. No other 1 was appropriately celebrated. family supplies were bought thee. I In the general election in October,! shoee, clothing wo made as home orl 1900, the Democrats * defeated th* did without. No wep of getting to f Populists by a vote of about (pur to;market. No nail* were used In buU4- one. 1 ing. Hither mnrtto* sad 1 In tbe Issue of Nov f4 the editor woods* pecs were used w thinks that commercial pecan or- were seed later, t hnv* st charda are worth Investigating end of ptno beertto pulled off ONERS, SURVEYORS, TAX COLLECTORS, TAX RECEIVERS. ORDINARY, AND TREASURERS THOMAS COUNTY FROM YEAR 1826 TO YEAR 1921 Wm. G. Dekle. Thos. Dekle. Wm. G. Dekle Randolph Revels. J. C. Browning. J. C. Browning. Wm. Ward. Alderman. B. Womack. Jno. Hurst. Wm. Dekle. Lacy Adams. E. Minchen. D. McAuley. Jno. G. Dekle. Wm. A. Ivey. Robt. A. Ivey. Surveyors Chas. Thigpen. Chas. Thigpen. Jno. McAuley. Edmond Gainey. Edmond Gainey. Edmond Gainey. Aaron Everett. Aaron Everett.- Aaron Everett. Aaron Everett. Aaron Everett. Jno. McAnley. Jno. McAnley. Jno. McAnley. Jno. McAnley. R. T. Stan aland. R. T. Stanaiand. R. T. Stanaiand. R. T. Stanaiand. R. T. Stanaiand. W. J. Young.* Gabriel Wilson. Aaron DanieL Jeaae Daria. J. H. Daria. Perry Bowen. Perry Bowen. Perry Bowen. Perry Bowen. Perry Bowes. Perry Bowen. J. D. Edwards. ’ Aaron DanieL Tax Rtcelvar Ordinary - &