Browse Items (1 total) Tags: Republican County Central Committee chairman Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Charles S. Hankins Photograph of Charles S. Hankins (d. 10/1/1933). He was the former owner and operator of the Decatur Independent Telephone Co., which he sold to the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. in 1907. He was a pioneer in the use of underground telephone cables,… Tags: 1897, 201 N. Main St., biography, Charles S. Hankins, City Council, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Independent Telephone Co., Illinois Bell Telephone Co., nomination for mayor, Photo File: Biography, real estate, Republican County Central Committee chairman, underground telephone cables Featured Item Photo of Post Office Mural with Abe Lincoln. Photograph of Post Office Mural taken from Herald and Review negative collection.