The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-18


HawkinsvilIe is we'll provided with
churches. OF course, those great mis-
sionary denominations, the Methodists
and Baptists, lead all others. as they
DO everywhere in Georgia They
might well be called the religions of
the state. These denominations have
neat and substantial brick churches.
The Episcopalians have a handsome
little church. l found fellow church.
man in Mr.. E. j.. Henry, who, in addi-
ton to his duties as a bank officer
and master of Mt. Hope Lodge No. 9,
F. and A. NJ, a. meeting of which 1
had the pleasure, aof attending while
IN Hawkinsville, is, a vestryman of st.
Luke's Church. rs Ha
Among the old friends. I met Hon.
p T. McGriff, the ordinary of Pulaski.
who has held that office for 80 years.
He is a prominent Mason and we
were members of the Grand Lodge to-
gether. He belongs to one of the old
est families in Georgia.
The other county officers are: John
r. Rogers, Sheriff; w. A Ferguson,
treasurer; John. w. Bollinger,
tax receiver; H. A Haskins.
tax collector; Henry P. Cowan. countx
surveyor, and T. J. Holder, clerk Coun-
ty Commissioners, and r. w Ander-
son, ]. S. Oren, Martin Livingston, l..
F. Finleyson and w. J. Mullis, County
Commissioners.
The Mayor of Hawkinsville is Hon.
P. H. Lovejoy of the firm of Cooney.
Lovejoy & Co, merchants.
The large cotton business of the citv
is handled in the warehouses of Messrs.
r. W. Anderson & Co., Jordan q Spar
rows and Mr. Hendley. All the promi-
nent buyers at the ports and elsewhere
are represented in Hawkinsville's cot
ton market. 1 had the pleasure of
meeting one of them, Mr.. I. H. Snow
den, formerly of Charleston
There are a number of well-known
citizens Of the state besides those al
ready mentioned, living in Hawkins
vile. Among them: Hon. O. C. Pate
exjudge of the Oconee circuit: Capt
John H. Martin, a leading member Of
the legal fraternity of Georgia; D. c.
Joiner, Esq, a prominent merchant;
DR.. A. Mack DR.. N. p. Jelks, Messrs.
Henry Atkinson, w. H Davis. L. II.
Ragan, Dan L. Stewart, ]. ]. McAlIis-
ter James Finleyson of Finleyson.
Carson Lanier of Tennille, Jerimiah
Dorming, justice of the peace D. L.
Ridley, T. J. Taylor. Orrin A. Horne,
William 7. Brown, ]. L. Anderson, F.
NJ. Bozeman, T. H. Bridges, ex-Mayor
T. H. Grace, Herbert L. Grice, 7. Z.
Lovejoy T. II. Snowden. Warren Grice,
John Polhill, r. ]. Giddings, j. P. Good
man, f. M Chaulker.
l called on my newspaper friends OF
the Dispatch and News, and had the
good fortune to meet Mr. ]. j. Har-
ward, its publisher, and Mr.. Josephus
Tarver, its editor Mr. Harvard is n
member of the Democratic Executive
Committee and Mr.. Tarver as the col
umns of the paper prove, is one OF
the best editors in the state. The
special edition of the Dispatch and
News issued last fall, is newspaper
that it would be difficult to improve
upon. 1t contains separate articles on
every subject of local city or county
interest, written ard signed by gentle
men and ladies' Of the city, best quail
fed to treat upon various themes. No
one but a newspaper man can appre-
ciate the amount of study and work II
took to publish such an edition.
The first half of the name of the
Dispatch and News reminded me of
that able editor, the late George 2.
Woods who made the Hawkinsville
Dispatch one of the best known jour
nails of the country He was one of a
dozen newspaper men Of my early days
in newspaper life whose presence at
our press conventions was necessary
to the pleasures of the meeting.
I enjoyed my visit to Hawkinsville,
and it was a pleasure to meet its cour-
teus and hospitable citizens.
j. II. Estill