Schley-Coweta County GaArchives News.....NEGRO SUCCEEDS WHITE OFFICER-Hawkins, Moses 1898 January 4 1898
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The Atlanta Constitution  
The Atlanta Constitution  
 
NEGRO SUCCEEDS WHITE OFFICER
Another Big Change Has Been Made In Custom House.
 
DONE YESTERDAY MORNING
 
The Republican Bogan His Duties at the Opening Hour.
 
MR. L.T. MOSES STEPS DOWN AND OUT
 
His Successor Is A.W. Hawkins, of Ellaville, Schley County--Created Much 
Surprise.
 
The coming of the new year brought with it one important change in the 
official staff at the custom house.  A negro now holds the place, which up to 
Saturday was held by Mr. L.T. Moses, the brother of ex-Congressman Charley L. 
Moses.
 
Yesterday morning when the offices of the internal revenue department were 
opened for the day's work, A.W. Hawkins, a negro man from Ellaville, in Schley 
county, walked in and took Mr. Moses' desk, and assumed the duties which had 
formerly been assigned to the white man.
 
The place held by Mr. Moses was one of the most important in the government 
service.  There is no technical name for the position, but the duties are 
those of an office deputy clerk.  The place pays about $1500 a year.  Mr. 
Moses resigned because he did not want to work under republican 
administration.  When Mr. Trammell, the democratic collector, was put out of 
office, and Henry A. Rucker appointed in his place, ten of the deputies 
resigned, because they did not want to work for a negro.  Mr. Moses did not 
then resign.  He has continued to work for Collector Rucker and has been well 
pleased with the collector.  His brother, ex-Congressman Moses, however, urged 
him to resign, and ever since the change in the administration Mr. Moses has 
been pressed by his family to leave.  He finally filed his resignation and 
yesterday morning the change was made.
 
Mr. Moses has gone to his home in Turin, Coweta county, where the Moses family 
lives.  He has not yet made any plans.  
 
Hawkins the man who succeedss Mr. Moses, is a very large black man.  He has a 
good education and is said to be well fitted for the position.  He was 
appointed to cure the soreness existing among the south Georgia negroes.  This 
is, perhaps, the latest change that will be made in the office force of the 
internal revenue department.  There is one other change which may be made, but 
this is not certain.  If the favored republican can be placed elsewhere no 
other office clerk will be removed.
 
Several changes in the force of outside deputies are scheduled for the next 
two weeks.  The list of civil service elegibles has been received some time, 
and five emmergency appointees have been notified that they will have to give 
up their jobs.  Their successors will probably be named this week.
 
 

Additional Comments:
I find this article interesting and would like to receive input on the the 
situation, persons involved and history of this event.  Customs house, iternal 
revunue department?  Apparently this was all in Atlanta.  There was no IRS in 
1898?

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