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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 2935during the two years in. which he -was a member of the Georgia HospitalCorps. In 1915, when the office of postmaster became vacant, there were several strong candidates for the office, men who had shown their worth andcapability in official position, but Mr. Adams was the choice, being appointedby President Wilson, August 1, 1915, and taking his office October 1, 1915.He has demonstrated the possession of qualities which make him an excellentofficial, and few men have been more popular with the people. It has beenhis constant endeavor to give the public the best and most expeditious serviceof which' the postoffice is capable and in this ambition he has succeededadmirably. Mr. Adams is a member of the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America. His religious faith is that of the Christian Church, in whichhe is now serving as deacon.On April 23, 1904, Mr. Adams was married at Fitzgerald to Miss DorothySelby, a native of Texas, who was reared from childhood at Peoria, Illinois.Her parents, James A. and Candus (Frederick) Selby, are now residents ofJacksonville, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have three children, all born atFitzgerald: Fay, born March 20, 1906; James Quinton, born February 17,1909; and Elizabeth, born July 21, 1911. Like her husband, Mrs. Adamstakes an active interest in affairs in the community. She is an active leaderin the work of the Christian Church, is president of the Loyal Daughters andof the Missionary Society, and has taken an important part in the movementsof the Woman's Improvement Club of Fitzgerald.LEONTPAS F. LIVINGSTON, of Newton County, for twenty years representative in the Federal Congress for the Capital City District of Georgia, wasborn in the county where his entire life was spent, on April 3, 1832. Heserved throughout the Civil war with the exception of a brief period, whenhe was absent on sick leave, and at its conclusion resumed farming. He wasprominent in agricultural matters both as president of the Georgia StateAgricultural Society and as head of the Farmers' Alliance of Georgia. From1876 to 1880 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives andserved one term as senator from the Twenty-seventh District. During thesix years of his service in the Legislature he was recognized as the specialadvocate and leader of the farmers' interests. In 1890 he was unanimouslynominated and elected to the Fifty-second Congress and served continuously,by successive elections, until 1910.JOSEPH S. STEWART, professor of secondary education in the University ofGeorgia since 1903, was born in Oxford, Georgia, September 23, 1863. FromEmory College in 1883 he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts,and in 1897 from the University of Georgia received the degree of Masterof Arts.Professor Stewart began his educational career as principal of CherokeeInstitute, Cave Spring, Georgia, in 1883, and for six years directed theaffairs of that institution most successfully. The two succeeding years weredevoted to the presidency of Harwood Seminary, in Marietta, Georgia, andafterward spent four years as the founder and superintendent of its systemof public schools. From that position Professor Stewart was called in 1897to the presidency of the North Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahlonega,Georgia, where he served for six years, and in 1903 he was elected professorof secondary education in the University of Georgia. The creation of thisprofessorship by the University of Georgia marked a new era in educationaldevelopment in this state, and incidentally in the entire South. Largelythrough his labors, also, the plan of accredited high schools in Georgia wasperfected; in 1897 the governor appointed him to assist in organizing theeleven district agricultural schools of the state and he is the originator ofthe Boys' Corn Club movement of 1905-06. In that year he was president