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2966 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSresponsibilities have been placed on him. In December, 1905, he becameassistant general counsel for the Southern Express Company, in December,1907, becoming general counsel and so continuing, and is also counsel forthe Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, for the Penn Mutrfal LifeInsurance Company and for the Anderson Hardware Company.Mr. Alston was married January 1, 1900, in Christ Episcopal Church,Savannah, to Miss Caro Laruar Du Bignon, a daughter of Hon. FlemingGrantland and Caro Nichol (Lamar) Du Bignon.Active and earnest as a citizen, Mr. Alston entertains profound viewson public questions, supported, he believes, by the facts of history.He particularly enjoys the study of history and is something of an authorityon the early history of Georgia and other states. His heavy practice hasengaged his time closely for a number of years, practically precluding hisacceptance of political office, even if his inclinations lay in that direction,but he consented to serve one term as president of the Young Men's Democratic League. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias and retains mem'bershipwith his old college fraternity, the Sigma Nu, and finds additionalrelaxation as a member of the Capital City, the University and the PiedmontDriving clubs, all of Atlanta. Public enterprises, especially of an educational character, are apt to claim his interest, and he has served as a trusteeof the Carnegie Library Association. Since 1907, when was created theDiocese of Atlanta of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Mr. Alston hasbeen its chancellor, and it was under his supervision that the division offunds was accomplished between the new diocese and the Diocese of Georgia.Gifted with inborn ability and character, he has cherished his heritage andhis life is satisfying and interesting, representing and illustrating as itdoes, a proper use of talents, acknowledgment of human responsibility,helpful sympathy for those in need and a brotherhood that seeks to giveeach and every one an equal chance in life.HENRY J. FULLBRIGHT. Fully justified is the high popular estimateplaced upon Hon. Henry Jackson Fullbright as a representative member ofthe legal profession in his native state, as a legislator of distinctive loyalty,progressiveness and constructive ability, and as a citizen whose course liasbeen guided and governed by the inflexible principles that ever give assurance of sterling character and full sense of personal stewardship.Mr. Fullbright is a recognized leader of the bar of Eastern Georgia,and is engaged in the general practice of his profession at Waynesboro,where he is serving as city attorney and also as county attorney of BurkeCounty, besides which he has been continued in service as one of the aggressive, alert and influential members of the Georgia Legislature since 1907.Such are the strong, upright and public-spirited citizens who speciallymerit consideration in this history of the Empire State of the South.Mr. Fullbright was born in Columbia County, Georgia, on the 26th of November, 1870, and his advancement has been gained through his own ability andwell directed endeavors. He is a son of Green L. and Mary (Granade)Fullbright, both likewise natives of Columbia County and both representatives of old and honored families of Georgia. Green L. Fullbright was asou of Levi and Elizabeth (Roberts) Fullbright, and his father, a native ofMacon County, North Carolina, settled in Columbia County, Georgia, in theearly thirties, there becoming overseer of a large plantation. Elizabeth(Roberts) Fullbright was born and reared in Columbia County, this state,where she passed her entire life, her parents having been pioneers ofthat county.Green L. Fullbright was born in the year 1842 and died in his nativecounty of Columbia in 1914. His entire active career was one of closeidentification with the basic industry of agriculture, and he was a loyal and