The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
Chattanooga Is F First {! Cousin
Of Old Dominion Capital.
MAYOR IOF THE / E !C;l'TY.W'AS. I. !. /.
EDUC CATED i'm VIRGINIA . y
His FathersWas a virgnIan, and the
List Oft hos !, from n J his lis: State
III Who are Prominent in Ten.
81 nessee IS a Long and n. 81
ss.crestlng one.---MNdialny
Famiinr Names .is .8S
Hy5Henry M sWlltss.. (


55f ey Henry M. sWlltse. 4 ~, 5.i t5s
CHATTANOOGA L Tenn. March ss-
Virginia and Tennessee are mother and
daughter. Richmond and Chattanooga
arc f,rst cousins. K III the extent Of manu-
$lacturlng interests Richmond is the only
scity8in the south that outranks Chatta. alta
nooga s. Isl,
No other s, ate has contributed so much
ID the population OF Tennessee Us S!r-
ginia. srd the colony OF virginIans In
$Chattanooga and ! Suburbs 4 Is large: 5By
the Fedora VI census o 1905 there were
stn thu city rr oper go native N'rginlalrisi: ans
With this as a basis It Is safe to estimate ,i
that In the city and suburbs there are
az least between 500 and 200 atives. and
proba blys from 9, ,ooo 10 200 who by. ma :
tssity and adoption have called Virginia gi,l:
their home. & lss} II III \. s ~ Il .5 \. s|
;ss HOE. q Alexande Ter w lids chambliss. May
or 81 ,attanoogu, was born "a t Green.
vile. 4. 6. while his father Rev. John
. A.. chambliss, was In The Con Tolerate ar
my troh1 Virginia HIS mother was. be-;
4 fare her arriage. N Ntssa Mary Mauldin.
/. II er-S home WAS :it2 a G Glcsnvtlle, 81
S3 a /. f.ersst tba war ftite Chatn-
$tliss famIIy Iys rom owed to Richmond " and
\ Doctor. Ghambliss WAS pastor of the sec.
uDl Baptist church there Tor q number humber +
',5iif 4ai S. n n Yes 9 sS s
i .Aiexa nder W. Ghar1h lss's was educated
\ o Il Kenmore Gl,iversj,y5 u gl chool, be-;
tween Charlottesville and Lynchburg,
Che )lc ST tudied law. FIRST With Augustine
I fTto s;tnythe, OF Charleston: and later with
General William II /, Payne. OF Wa rr.ing,
Ion. Nlrginin. Removing To Tennessee nc
Z FIRST settled at Brnwnsyille where Ihe
practiced LAW. and for two years edited
! sChnttanooga In 1855. and has resided
here s,ncei
Mr. t,hamhlIss. IS a Ia wyer OF large and
lucrative practice n refined gentleman.
5a pleading and able speaker. He vas Q }
mem beryof the STATE Senate during one
term. sIIc married alss Lillian Carter
Nelson, daughter OF, Colon ell Robert Car
4 ter Nelson Of Brownsville Tenn, The!r
little daughter Nell. aged eleven. recent
.Iy christcnel the ncw var cruiser Chatta.
..noogs- sSs7 Il 81. 81
i.Bs sam NJ. C:hamblss, 8 u; brother OF the
mayor is his law partner, and enjoys the
respect and confd Of the entire com
smunIty. r.; NJ. Cham bliss. cashier of the
Citizens Bank and Trust Company Is al !
30 brother ot Mayor Cham :'r 90 ollss lsS: 5.5s
Hon. John "A. Moon. present representa-
! tive OF Tho Cha ttanooGa district Il In Con !.
gress. WIS born In Alben1arle county, Vlr-
gina. III 1855.
" He was admitted to the bar In Ala
bama before he reached his! majority
and while yet a young man was elected
city attorney Of Chnttano ooga, serving one
term. He was latter att; g appointed Judge e ler
the ,Chas assanooga circuit by Governor Fa-
ter TurI@5. After serving out the term
Il for which he was appointed he was elec-
ted to the samef Office by the people OF
the circuit, and could have held IT In
definitely had he not preferred to assume
congressional responsibilities. He has re-
Gently been nationally CONSPICUOUS @ his
hold stand in opposition 70 the arbitrary
exercise OF power by the speakerot the
measure BY unanimous consent, and de-,
ciarlng that Iheiiwill continue this line Of
policy until such time as this speaker
shall be ready to give certain lnlpo tant
matters OF legislation q fair chance.
J. IT. Luptop. ono OF Chattanooga IS
most prominent business men was born
4 Va, March 1852. He was educated at
I Roanoke College, Salem, and graduated
With the first honor class OF 1852.
~ He studied 4 law at tlte University Of
Virginia, taking the degree OF Bachelor
OF Laws In 1856. He located In Chatta-
tnooga in the fall OF 1857. For long
time he was secretary Of the Lookout
Mountain Company, and Is now vice.
president OF the Chattanooga National
Bank;svice-presiden and treasurer OF the
Chattanooga Medicine Company, secre-
tary and treasurer OF the Acme Kitchen
Furniture Company, halt owner ana q
director OF the Coca Cola Bottling Com
pany's business In the South and West.
Mr., Luptpp is one OF the most conspic-
uous golfers In the SOUTH
Lewis m. icolemon was born at the
University OF Virginia, where his fat the' /.
Professor Lewis Al, Coleman, occupied the
chair OF Latin.
4 Young Coleman. graduated from tne
academic department OF the UNIVERSITY
q In 1882 taking ths degree OF Master or
Z Arts He TOOK the full law course, also,
and graduated with the degree OF Bache-
"A He came / to Chattanooga the same
year that no took his professional de-
gree, and entered upon the practlcs nj
d law, being successful from the bel ginning.
4 He now enjoys an extensive and lucra-
tive practice, being counsel for number
OF corporations, including tho Southern
! Express Company and the Title Guar
{ anty ana Trust Companyrj "
4 Mr., y Coleman has never sought. poplltlv
cal ONCE {, and is not II pol lc'an. l'ut
Z whenever p form Of any Kind sts3 N
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