Reconstruction Days in the South Part II
The piece concludes Mildred Rutherford’s Reconstruction Times in the South. It covers Georgia’s readmission timeline 1866 1868 and 1870 including military rule era governors state conventions and the 14th and 15th Amendments. It notes Ku Klux Klan origins and the Birth of a Nation portrayal plus reflections on reconciliation between the North and South.
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Mildred Rutherford
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Banner
Reconstruction Times
South
Georgia
General Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Johnston
Jefferson Davis
Fortress Monroe
Alexander Stephens
Fort Warren
Robert E. Lee
Norfolk
Jos. E. Brown
Howell Cobb
Benjamin Hill
Robert Toombs
Benjamin P. Judah
England
Toombs
Brown
Thad Stevens
Rufus B. Bulloch
John B. Gordon
Supreme Court
New York
Milledgeville
Atlanta
Bulloch
Washington
Benjamin Conley
Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Chicago
Thomas Nelson Page
Red Rock
Thomas Dixon
Bowden Named Manager of Montgomery Basebal Team
Montgomery announces D Timon Bowden elected manager of the Montgomery team in the South Atlantic league. He will report March 24. Bowden played as catcher for the University of Georgia and joined Macon in 1914 before moving to St Louis. W C Louisell will have a tryout with the local club after captaining Auburns teams last year.
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Montgomery
Ala
D. Timon Bowden
Bowden
University of Georgia
Macon
St. Louis
Columbus
Turley
Montgomery Baseball Asociation
W. C. Louisell
Auburn
Barrow County Candidates Enter Primary Field
Barrow county prepares for the May 10 primary as several aspirants announce runs for sheriff tax collector treasurer and other offices. First week filings list H O Camp A M Wilbanks J W Nowell Geo N Bagwell W G Hill W M Holsenbeck J J Shedd Sam P Smith J A Still W C Baggett S M Grizzle and three solicitors W O Dean P Cooley Jac B Gamble with broad local interest in the races and no county leads in nose counts.
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Winder
Barrow County
H. O. Camp
A. M. Wilbanks
J. W. Nowell
Geo. N.bagwell
W. G. Hill
W. M. Holsenbeck
J. J. Shedd
Sam P. Smith
J. A. Still
W. C. Baggett
S. M. Grizzle
W. O. Dean
P. Cooley
Jac. B. Gamble
Barrow
Weather Outlook for Atlanta and Southeast with Cold Front
The Atlanta weather forecast calls for fair and cold conditions through Thursday with temperatures near 23 degrees in Athens tonight and Thursday morning. A rapidly moving storm centered over the Carolinas brought rain mainly in the eastern cotton belt and lowered temperatures across Kentucky and Tennessee with strong northwest winds diminishing by morning.
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The
Banner
Atlanta
Athens
Georgia
Oklahoma
Carolinas
Virginia
Cotton Belt
Pensacola
Galveston
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisville
Sault Ste. Marie
Dangers of Draft and Sloan's Liniment Ad
An old ad promotes Sloan's Liniment to relieve neuralgia stiff neck sore muscles and rheumatic pains from drafts. It claims rapid relief through improved circulation with one or two applications producing a tingling warm sensation and better rest, priced at 25 cents.
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Florida
Alabama
Wilson
Andrew Johnson
James Johnson
Pope
Meade
Herschel W. Johnson
Charles J. Jenkins
Jenkins
William Lloyd Garrison
John Jones
Thomas H. Ruger
United States Army
Rockwell
Johnson
Jones
James M. Smith
Elizabeth Talbot Belt
Bulloch County
Millen
Washington, D.C
Empire States
Friends of Restoration
A. Bingham
Carleton Belt
Washington, D. C
Stoneman
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Timon Bowden
Amelia Wilson
F. D
Alma, Ark
Cardus
Man
Georgia National Bank
Athens, Ga
Green & Michael
Southern Mutual Building Loan Department
Orr’s School
Athens Business College
S. P. Orr
Wray St
American State Bank
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