A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . C, andwas buried in Westview cemetery, Atlanta. CLERGYMEN OF ROME IN1888.****— Rev. G. T. Goetchius, Pres-byterian; Rev. Robt. B. Headden, Bap-tist; Revs. W. F. Quillian, W. and W. F. Robison, Metho-dists; Rev. C. Buckner Hudgins, Epis-copalian, and Rev. Father M. J. Clif-ford, Catholic. THE TRIBUNE IN 1888.*****—When John Temple Graves came toRome from the Atlanta Evening Jour-nal to establish the Tribune of Romeon Oct. 2, 1887, he had
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . C, andwas buried in Westview cemetery, Atlanta. CLERGYMEN OF ROME IN1888.****— Rev. G. T. Goetchius, Pres-byterian; Rev. Robt. B. Headden, Bap-tist; Revs. W. F. Quillian, W. and W. F. Robison, Metho-dists; Rev. C. Buckner Hudgins, Epis-copalian, and Rev. Father M. J. Clif-ford, Catholic. THE TRIBUNE IN 1888.*****—When John Temple Graves came toRome from the Atlanta Evening Jour-nal to establish the Tribune of Romeon Oct. 2, 1887, he had evidently im-bibed some of the lofty enthusiasmwhich was so prevalent among mem-bers of the Rome Land Co. and otherboom org^anizations of the gathered around him for his newpaper not only 60 able stockholders(suggestive of the present-day arrays)but put on the payroll a producingforce of 43 people, or three times asmany as the experts say are neces-sary to put out a paper in a townthe size of Rome. The 43 follow: Col. Graves, editor and general mana-ger; Gen. J. P. Graves, assistant;******Houstoun R. Harper, city editor; J. Dan. REV. HARRY P. .JOYNER, Baptist ministerwhose Maple Street Community House planhas attracted wide attention. 470 A History of Rome and Floyd County Cleaton, assistant; E. Fletcher Smith,night editor; Jno. G. Taylor, businessmanager; F. A. Webster, bookkeeper;Sam C. Whitmire, collector; HenryThompson, office boy; Fred H. Wright,composing room foreman, and B. , Dick Dempsey, J. B. Spence,J. N. Swaggarty, W. H. Peters, Kelton, G. S. McAfee, A. B. Theo-bold, F. J. Estes, Tom Turner, Lathrop, C. A. Cook, P. A. , Tom Barnett and W. H. May-neck, with Pete and John Roser asdevils; Sam Whitmire, superintend-ent of machinery and press room;Oliver Elmore, pressman, CharlieWright, feeder, and Hienry , mailing clerk. In the carrier anddelivery department were Simon Ray,Jimmy and Willy Elders. John andHenry Wright, John
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