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Title: A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Battey, George Magruder, 1887-1965
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Publisher: Atlanta, Webb and Vary Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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thereby saved millions of dollarsworth of property from destruction bythe hands of the cowardly scoundrelsand vandals. We of North Alabama and North-western Georgia will cheer him andreiterate our cheers for him, and nevercease until he shall receive a majorgenerals commission. We have butone complaint to make. We thoughthe was a little too lenient to the im-pudent, boasting, threatening, coward-ly Federal officers. A CITIZEN OF ROME. To Arms! To Arms!—The citizensof Floyd and surrounding counties arerequested to meet in Rome on Thurs-day next at 11 oclock a. m.. May 14,to form a military organization forrepelling the thieving, house-burningand vandal foe that may venture onour soil. Let everybody come and goto work in earnest. Defend Your Homes and Your Prop-erty.—It will be seen from a notice inthis issue of our paper that the citi-zens of Floyd and the surroundingcounties are called on to meet at thecourt house in this city on Thursday Streights Raiders Captured by Forrest 165
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A MAP OF ROME IN 1890. (Scale, one mile to the inch). night, the 14th inst., for the purposeof forming a military organization forthe protection of their homes andtheir property. This is a highly im-portant movement and we give it ourmost cordial and hearty endorsement.Let every boy and man from 15 to 60years old fall into line and stand upfor the protection of their mothers. wives and sisters. If the love of coun-try does not move you, these sacredclaims will surely spur you to action.It is plain now that the enemy, be-ing foiled and routed upon every fieldof general engagement, has determinedto turn loose his army in maraud-ing bands, to dash through our coun-try with torch and sword, to burn and 166 A History of Rome and Floyd County plunder our citizens and homes, mur-der our men and dishonor our women. We are advised that good arms willbe furnished to all who are not ableto supply themselves. Let all the people in this and thesurrounding counties meet in this cityon next Thursday

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