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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3303alderman of the First Ward, and he was elected by a large majority, and in1886 became mayor pro tern, and chairman of the police board. In 1881Colonel Printup was detailed on the staff of Governor Colquitt and accompanied the governor's party to the centennial celebration of the battle ofYorktown. On the election of Governor Alexander H. Stephens the governorappointed Colonel Printup as aide-de-camp, with rank of lieutenant-colonel,and he also served on the staff of Governor H. D. McDaniels on several occasions, and was appointed by that executive a member of the military advisoryboard of Georgia, a position he held four years. In 1886 Colonel Printupwas elected colonel of the Eighth Georgia Battalion, composed of the Hill CityCadets, the Rome Light Guards, the Cove Spring Guards, and AdairvilleRifles. In. 1887 he organized and was captain of the division of Uniform Rankin the order of Knights of Pythias, was later elected major of the First Georgia Regiment, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and one year later electedcolonel of the same regiment. In 1897 he was elected a commandant of theSons of Confederate Veterans of Floyd County. On January 26, 1906,Governor J. M. Terrell appointed Colonel Printup lieutenant-colonel of theNational Guard of Georgia.Colonel Printup has long been prominent in fraternal and social orders.In 1883 he was elected grand commander of the American Legion of Honorfor the State of Georgia, and also supreme representative of Georgia for theUnited, States. The same year he was elected grand dictator of the Knightsof Honor and in 1884 was elected supreme representative of Georgia for theUnited States.In 1896 Colonel Printup took up the practice of law. In 1898 there cameto him, entirely without his solicitation, appointment as referee in bankruptcy,this honor having been prompted by the desires of a large number of thebar and of the people. Judge Newman subsequently reappomted him to thisposition, and his administration as referee was one of most satisfactory performance, and marked with the carefulness, the impartiality and splendidknowledge of general business details which are characteristic of all ColonelPrintup's official performances. "While referee he had the handling of anumber of delicate and important cases, in the successful administration ofwhich he received the compliments of the Federal judges. In 1900 ColonelPrintup was appointed by Hon. Don A. Pardee as deputy clerk for theUnited States Circuit and District courts and judge of the United StatesCommissioner's Court, and in accepting these positions he resigned his workas referee in bankruptcy. For fourteen years Colonel Printup has continuedhis duties as deputy clerk of the Federal courts at Rome, and has performedthe functions of his office with credit to himself and with high-minded, efficiency. As a comment on his record in this office a brief quotation from aletter from the attorney-general is pertinent: "The department is pleasedto note the examiner states that your office as a whole is well conducted, andalso considers its personal organization and supervision to be exceptionallycreditable."In October, 1873, Colonel Printup married Miss Virginia T. Elliott, daughter of Capt, James M. Elliott. The two daughters, Alida Cornelia and AvaSchemmerhorn Printup, both live with their father in one of the mostattractive residences of Rome.GEORGE T. CANN. From an early period in Georgia the ancestors ofGeorge T. Cann have been closely and worthily linked with the annals of civicand material progress in the state. Each successive generation has given tothis commonwealth men of strength, ability and high civic ideals; women ofloyalty and gentle refinement. In his time George T. Cann has done muchto uphold the prestige of the name which he bears. He has been prominentas a lawyer, in .the judicial office, in the military affairs of his native state,and his career is one that reflects honor upon his native city.