Semmes and Sumter Valor Highlight Civil War Legacy
Billarp’s letter reviews Admiral Semmes and the Sumter’s raids as Confederate naval heroes. It extols Semmes, Kell, Armstrong, and Georgia lineage, urging pension aid and lasting southern pride from their wartime deeds and maritime exploits. The piece also touches on Quay seating debate and Georgia labor famine fears as context.
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Gregg
Semmes
Admiral Semmes
Sumter
Alabama
High Seas
Appleton
Gordon
Colquitt
Bartow
Pat Clehern
Congress
Raphael Semmes
Maryland
Naval Academy
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Dewey
Tom Brumby
Mzaila
Lighthouse Bureau
Confederacy
New Orleans
John McIntosh Kell
North
Sam
Johnny Bull
England
Low
Sayurnal
Georgia
Chevalier Bayard
South
P. J. Kennedy
New York
Maryatt
Mobile
Alm
Kearsage
Butwood
Lee
Johnston
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Johnson
Chri
Binn Ayr
Atlanta Constitution
Suburban London Horse Population Reaches Vast Levels
The world’s great cities rely on horses, with London suburbs housing about 750,000 in use. Each year about 100,000 new horses are required to replace worn out animals in these suburbs, highlighting a massive ongoing supply demand from the country and foreign parts.
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No &B
London
Woodson Predicts Goebel Will Win Governor Race
Urey Woodson of Kentucky national Democratic committeeman and Ways and Means member says Goebel will be in possession of the governor’s office between January 25 and February 1. He adds that Senator Blackburn, not Goebel, pushed to carry the contest to the legislature.
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Urey Woodson
Kentucky
National Democratic
Ways and Mean
Goebel
Blackburn
Georgia Commissioner Appoints Five to Paris Exposition
Governor Candler appoints J. Lindsau Johnson of Rome J. W. English Jr of Atlanta Seaton Grantland of Spaulding county B A Denmarck of Chatham and Colonel C S Webb of Clarke as Georgia commissioners to the Paris exposition.
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Georgia
Candler
J. Lindsau Johnson
Rome
J. W. English, Jr
Atlanta
Seaton Grantland
Spaulding Courty
B. A. Denmarck
Chatham
C. 8. Webb
Clarke
State of Georgia
Sullivan Nominated by Mississippi Legislature caucus
The joint democratic caucus of the Mississippi legislature nominated Senator W. V. Sullivan to fill the United States Senate seat for a special term ending March 5, 1901.
Cedar Lands Sold to Richmond Firm in Paint Rock
The Alabama Lumber Company at Paint Rock was bought by the Galt Red Cedar Company of Richmond Virginia under Edward Graham. Both firms held heavy cedar land investments in the county and the Paint Rock plant will be continued and used to manufacture pencils on a large scale.
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Alabama Lumber Company
Paint Rock
Galt Red Cedar Company
Richmond
Edward Graham
North Carolina Election Law Challenged by Republicans
A Charlotte dispatch reports that Judges J Graham Bynum W P Bynum Jr Spencer B Adams and J M Moody have been retained by the Republican State Executive Committee to prosecute a suit challenging the constitutionality of the new state election law which aims to restrict the Negro vote in the state.
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North Carolina Election Law
Charlotte
N. C
J. Graham Bynum
W. P. Bynum, Jr
Spencer B. Adams
Greensboro
J. M. Moody
Waynesville
Republican State Executive Committee
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Birmingham Print & Glass Company
Birmingham
Ala
Art
M. Beardsley
Snerrec Vol
Young Building
First Ave
Third St
Academy of Design
N. Y. City
Brooklyn
Chicago
Knoxville
Tennessee
Culpepper
Ork
Marker
Pratt City
Ylam
T. M. Allen, Atamama
R.f.lovestupy
W.B. Shedd
Mex
Post Office
Billarp
Senate
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
To S
Quay
Matthew 8
Pennsylvania
Chandler
Hour
McComas
Burrows
Caffery
Pettus
Harris
Turley
Pritchard
Moor
Coylington
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Woodson
Pratt City Furniture Co
W. H. Barnard
Visis
Ada
Odd Fellow’s Hall
Fourth Street
Ezell Station
J. FH. Davis
Aterial
Meint
Samuel Scott
Second Avenue
Dikmingham
Densmore
Folger Brothers
Tors
Ave
Fila
North Twenty-first Street
J.T. Bell
Agt
Pratt
Guy
Insley
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