Northern Alabama, historical and . d Gadsden, Ala., and known as the Jackson-ville, Gadsden & Atalla Railroad. There hasbeen a road surveyed by the Georgia Central re-cently, through the town, contemplating theconstruction of a road from Carrollton, Ga., viaJacksonville, to Decatur, Ala. There is also amineral railroad from this place to Anniston,twelve miles south, in contemplation. For many years the bar at Jacksonville rankedalong with the highest in the State, and has fur-nished a number of very prominent judges, chan-cellors, legislators and members of Congress;one of whom,
Northern Alabama, historical and . d Gadsden, Ala., and known as the Jackson-ville, Gadsden & Atalla Railroad. There hasbeen a road surveyed by the Georgia Central re-cently, through the town, contemplating theconstruction of a road from Carrollton, Ga., viaJacksonville, to Decatur, Ala. There is also amineral railroad from this place to Anniston,twelve miles south, in contemplation. For many years the bar at Jacksonville rankedalong with the highest in the State, and has fur-nished a number of very prominent judges, chan-cellors, legislators and members of Congress;one of whom, A. J. Walker, was a member ofthe Supreme Court of Alabama, and was at onetime Chief-Justice. The medical profession havehad a number who were distinguished in theirline. The most of the older members of this pro-fession have recently passed away, and theirplaces have been filled by younger men, who areachieving distinction in their calling. The .Jacksonville Republican is a staunch Dem-ocratic journal, and was established here fifty-one 488. NORTHERN ALABAMA. 489 years ago. It has always been one of the leadingweekly papers in the State. Almost from itsfoiUHiation it was edited by the late J. F. Grant,wlio was at one time Treasurer of the State, andafter his death tlieeditoria! management fell uponHon. r,. W. Grant, wiio is liis son and who hasgiven much character to it throughout tlie Statefor its sound principles and its able is held in liigh esteem by tlie people of thecounty, and is a familiar visitant to almost everyfireside. Tiiere are Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal,Bai)tist and Episcopal chnrclies in the town, andtliere are Lutheran and Catholic congregations inthe place that are visited regularly by ministers oftlieir faith, but tliey have no organized chnrcliesas yet. Tlie chief pride of the town is tlie State NormalSchool, situated here, which is doing a valuablework in turning out enthusiastic teachers, whoseintluence will soon be felt throughout th
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