04 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1901
Page
1
Bowie resigns as a member of the state executive committee. The development is noted in local political coverage with emphasis on leadership changes and party structure. No further details on replacement or dates are provided in the fragment.
The State Democratic Executive Committee held a lengthy session in the Commercial club rooms with many nominees for constitutional convention delegates in attendance. Two contests were disposed of, one from Barbour county, and the proceedings continued past 11 PM after a long recess. Also noted is the death of Gen George T Anderson, aged 77, known as Old Tige, who passed at his Wilmer Street home after a lingering injury.
Summary of a military career detailing service as a Captain of Cavalry in the Mexican War and Indian campaigns, then as a Confederate Captain in the Civil War who was promoted to Brigadier General in November 1862.
Gen Anderson, veteran of three wars and civic leader, dies after a bladder illness lasting years. Funeral at 2 PM from First Methodist Church with Masonic rites. burial at Edgemont cemetery. He leaves wife and two children, Charles and Jessie, and was famed for bravery and integrity.
He led At lanta as chief of police just after the Civil War and later ran a Tuscaloosa merchant business. He became chief of police in Anniston in 1885, then resigned to serve as city clerk until his death.
The article chronicles the life of a Confederate general who served as a cavalry captain in the regular army, fought in thirty eight battles including Second Manassas where he was wounded, and had a horse's tail used for a watch chain. After the war he led Atlanta police and later became city clerk and tax assessor in Anniston. The piece notes his burial request to lie in the coat he surrendered in at Appomattox.
Governor Samford argues federal control of elections would hinder black rights and says Southern whites are humane to Negroes, citing tax data showing Negroes pay a small share of taxes yet receive about 47 percent of public school funds. He urges solutions rest with Southern communities.
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