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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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to do, andnot for the mistakes I made, for theyare many. But you will do that. Youare all too generous to treasure illfeelings and too high-spirited to bemean and malicious. We know eachother, you and I. But here the roadsfork. I must be going. So must you.And now God be with you till we meetagain I LORD BERESFORDS ADVEN-TURES.—The period of 1890-1900 wasmarked by the decline of the steamboatbusiness, due to increased competitionfrom the railroads, and the appear-ance of the plausible Lord Beres-ford. known in real life by the nameof Sidney Lascelles.* Lord Beresford was discoveredin New York City about 1893 by ayoung Roman named McGuire. Hewas living in style and to all appear-ances was a polished gentleman andeverything else he claimed to be, in-cluding his descendancy from LordBeresford, the English nobleman. Ac-cording to his story, he was looking *One of the Lascelles family in 1922 marriedPrincess Mary, daughter of King George V., ofLondon. Eng. Anecdotes and Reminiscences 313
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FOUR BUILDERS. Left to right, J. K.Williamson, a member ofthe Rome City Council in1889; Col. D. B. Hamil-ton, for many years pres-ident of the Board ofTrustees of Shorter Col-lege and the Board ofof the University of •Vf^JKV. Georgia; Foster Harper,of the well-known familyfrom Cave Spring; at bot-tom. Rev. A. J. Battle,president of Shorter Col-lege in the nineties and aminister of the gospel whooccasionally filled the pul-pit of the First Baptistchurch. for an opportunity to invest $1,000,-000. Mr. McGuire told him he knewwhere such an opportunity reposed—at Rome, Ga. Lord Beresford may or may nothave had the price of a railroad ticketto Rome; he got to Rome nevertheless,and was immediately taken in tow bythe proprietors of the Etna IronWorks. This concerns properties weregiven in for taxation at about $30,000,but out of consideration of the plightof such an exceptional stranger, hemight have half of the stock of theconcern for $500,000. After negotiat-ing for a week, during which

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