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3004 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS1904, at the age of fifty-eight years. There were four sons in the family, asfollows: Col. W. E., who is a successful legal practitioner of Sylvester andone of the leaders of the Worth County bar; Dr. Louis F., a medical practitioner of Americus, Georgia, and a well known specialist in diseases of the eye,ear, nose and throat; Charles E., who went to the "West some years ago and isnow successfully engaged in the mercantile business at Globe, Arizona; -andClifford.The eldest of his parents' sons, Clifford Grubbs attended the public schoolsof Marion County in his boyhood, although much of his earlier education wassecured under the able preceptorship of his father. Later he was a studentat Shellman Institute, Shellman, Georgia, from which he was graduated in1888, and at that time he entered upon a career as a sehoolteaeher. However,his inclinations drew him irresistibly to the field of journalism, and afterfive years of schoolteaching he entered the newspaper business at Ocilla, Georgia, where he founded the Irwin County News. This he conducted for twoyears, and, encouraged by his success, looked about for a larger opportunity.It was found at Sylvester, where he purchased the Worth County Local, apaper which had been allowed to deteriorate until its business was negligible^Soon after the advent of Mr. Grubbs the community became aware of thepresence of a new force, and slowly but surely the subscription list began toattain respectable proportions. As the years have passed the paper has grownwith the city, and has helped the city to develop, and the Local now finds itsway into homes all over this section of the state. It is well edited and wellprinted, contains a wealth of interesting local news, and full reports of theworld happenings, and is clean and reliable in every respect. Worth Countyis to be congratulated that this paper is in such safe hands and that its policyis directed along the line that admits of no "yellow journalism." Mr. Grubbsis the owner of the building as well as the plant, the latter of which isequipped with the most modern and highly improved printing machinery, including large presses and an up-to-date linotype machine.In addition to being editor and proprietor of this newspaper, Mr. Grubbsis proprietor of the Farmers Produce Exchange, a business of considerableimportance, which has to do with handling all kinds of farming tools, tractorengines, etc., and trading in the products of the farmers of this community.This business has also been built up under his direct supervision and standsas a monument to his business acumen and tireless industry. He owns thebuilding in which this enterprise is housed, as well as other property at andaround Sylvester, including his fine residence. In the latter, Mr. Grubbs hasa handsome library of more than 1,000 well selected volumes, and here hespends his leisure time, as he has always been a keen student and lover ofliterature.In public affairs Mr. Grubbs has always taken an active interest, and hasbeen willing to give of his time and abilities to the making of good civicgovernment. He is an ex-member of the Sylvester Board of Education, is aprobation officer of Worth County at the present time, and for several termsserved as oil inspector. His fraternal affiliations include membership inthe local lodges of the Woodmen of the World, the Royal Arch Masons andthe Knights Templar, and his religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a stalwart democrat in politics.Mr. Grubbs was married in August, 1899, to Miss Lilie Martin, daughterof the Rev. John Martin, a minister of the Mission Baptist Church, who hasattained the remarkable age of ninety-six years, and who has been seen in thepulpit of this part of the state for more than seventy years. He is one of thebest known pastors of the county and is greatly beloved and revered whereverknown. To Mr. and Mrs. Grubbs there have come two children: Louie, bornat Sylvester,-who died at the age of fourteen years; and Catherine, born in1900, at Sylvester, who is now attending the public schools. The saddest event