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Johnny Vardeman: Banks County wanted immigration to escalate
Johnny_Vardeman
Johnny Vardeman
Johnny Vardeman
Published: Jul 27, 2019, 12:00 PM
The Banks County Observer, owned by Jno. Barton and edited by Dr. V.D. Lockhart, worried about the county losing population in the 1880s. The Banks County 1880 census counted 7,377 residents. The 2010 census showed a population of 18,395, ranked 95th among Georgia’s 159 counties.
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Column: FDR and the South helped each other out
Ronda Rich
Ronda Rich
Ronda Rich
For The Times
Published: Apr 8, 2025, 10:33 PM
Most admire Franklin D. Roosevelt, a crafty, pleasant, get-it-done type of President. He had been raised as an only child to his mother and father, though he had step-siblings. He was tremendously spoiled, but not in the way that turned him mean.
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