The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-26

The major. after our mutual greet
ings fumbled in his vest pocket for
several minutes and then pulled out
a pair of folding scissors which he
held up to my gaze and asked if
remembered them. / recognized them
at once; / had given those adjuncts
to successful journalism to the ma
jor when we were delegates to one of
the numerous press or political con-
ventions that we had attended to-
gether. The major is in the 70's, but
is still in business.
Hon. j. b. Estes, judge of the North
eastern Circuit, was holding court dur
ing my visit and when ] appeared be-
fore the bar kindly invited me to a
seat ION the bench" with him. Dur
ing my visit to the Court House / had
the pleasure of meeting many of the
county officers, among them, T. M.
Bell Esq, clerk of the Superior Court,
brother-in-law of Mr.. w. A. Winburn
of this city, traffic manager of the
Central of Georgia Railway; w. A.
Charters, Esq, solicitor general, a
brother-in-lawo of Prof. Walter w. Will
SON, formerly principal of Chatham
Grammar School in this city, and H.
Fl. Perry, prominent lawyer and a
native of Savannah. Mr.. Perry is the
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city, who removed to Gainesville a
number of years since.
Besides the gentlemen mentioned,
had the pleasure of calling on or be-
ing called on by others. among them
M. o. Gilmer sheriff; NJ. J. Charles,
tax collector; Hon. w. n. Dyer, ordi-
nary; j. w Cox. receiver tax returns;
p. N. Parker, Mayor of Gainesville; l..
d. Pickett, Mayor pro tenn; w. 3.
Smith dpnnItV pIorlg C11nartors
c. r. Faulkner, Mayor of Bolton, Ca;
ex-Judge J. ]. Kimsey of Walker
county; Hon. ]. II Pryor judge of the
County Court H. II. Dean, a we'll
known lawyer and wealthy citizen; w.
j. Hobbs, chairman Of the Board of
Education: A. J. Mundy, ex-sheriff of
Hall county; J. C. Mcconnell. whole
sale dry goods and grocery merchant;
Messrs. r. NJ. Bryson and o. ]. Lilly of
Dahlonega Col. w. f. Findley and J.
o. Adams of Gainesville; J. p. Brook
of Milton county; Fletcher johnson,
prominent attorney of the Northeast
ern Circuit; Chief of Police b. H.
Parks; Joseph Blalock city clerk; ].
M. Towery, a prominent lawyer: Chief
Fireman Charles Dunbar, and his as
sistant Walter Dunbar; d. T. Quillian,
well-known planter; P. A. Lathern
and his son, George Lathern; Robert
Patterson; w. r. Canning, merchant;
e. c. Kimbrough, insurance agent; w.
Fl. Summer, jeweler; II. IT. Martin,
stock dealer, w l.. Telford lawyer;
Will Crow, John E. Redwine. Jr.. Guy
Clopton, city editor Eagle; r. J.
Swayne, court stenographer; Col. S.
c. Dunlap, receiver of the Jefferson
and Southern Railway, and ex-
United States marshal; R. d.
Mitchell ex-Mayor; Hon. w. l.
Pike of Jefferson, Jackson county Capt.
H. B. Smith, a cotton merchant, we'll
known throughout the state; Rev. J.
B. Boyd of Bowdre S. B. Cantrell,
farmer; Joseph Reed, r. S. Waters,
merchant; DeLacey Law and Thweat
Robertson, druggists; L. L. Strickland
of Chestnut Mountain, H. H. Towery,
ex-chief of police; w. E. Sailors,
farmer, of Belmont. Ga. J. p. Prater,
George P. Estes, Rufus P. Lattner,
formerly of Forsyth county; 2. T. Cas-
tleberry, president of the First Ma
tional Bank; r. j. Webb of Milton
county, DIR. r. z. Green, president of
the Georgia Cotton Mills; M. c. Brown,
DIR. ]. w. Oslin. H. H. Stephens of
Murrayville, H. A. Terrell, agent South
ern Express Company; ]. r. Boone,
teller of the First National Bank; Sam
uel Hynds, an uncle of Mr.. Hynds, man
ager of the Inman, Smith & Co. shoe
factory and a veteran of the Third Ten
nessee Regiment.
Wednesday afternoon. when I took
my departure from Gainesville, the
leaden skies from which the snow had
fallen the previous day, had passed
away, and the bright sunshine made it
beautiful spring like.
J.. H. EsTILL.