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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3007mended by editorial expressions in the daily papers. He seems to have thefaculty of investing dry subjects and old and staid principles with rare humorand interest. In a recent editorial commendation of a series of articles' byhis pen, the Atlanta Constitution said: "Mr. Golucke is a clear thinker, andan earnest and magnetic speaker.''Mr. Golueke is a valued member of the State Bar Association. Whileentitled to the title of "Colonel," having served on the staff of his kinsman,Governor Terrell, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, he prefers the plainappellation of "Mister." And this is a good key to the man-plainness, simplicity, and a believer in fundamental truths, which "vagaries" and "isms"never affect.LAWRENCE JAMES COOPER is president of the First National Bank of Waycrossand is recognized as one of the leading financiers and business men ofthe Southern section of Georgia, having just completed two terms as representative from Ware County. He represents one of the most prominentfamilies of South Carolina, in which state he was reared and received hisearly education. He was bofn December 1, 1871.His father was Noah B. Cooper, who was born at Cool Springs, HorryCounty, South Carolina, March 4* 1835. He died at his home at Mullins,Marion County, South Carolina, August 5, 1897. The Coopers were distinguished both in England and in America. Ashley Cooper, who was bornin Dorsetshire, was made Earl of Shaftsbury on April 23, 1672, by patentfrom King Charles II. Lord Shaftsbury was the son of John Cooper ofHampshire and Annie Ashley, daughter of Sir Charles Ashley. The Cooperand Ashley rivers between which the City of Charleston, South Carolina,is located, were named for Lord Ashley and members of the Cooper family.The Ashleys and Coopers were prominent among the colonists of the Carolinas.The great-grandfather of Noah B. Cooper was John Cooper, who cameto Virginia from Dorsetshire, England, and was a kinsman to Sir John Cooper,father'of Lord Shaftsbury. The great-grandfather died in Virginia, andafter his death his widow and two sons, Ezekiel and Aaron, moved to South'Carolina and located at Cool Springs. Aaron had three sons: Bartamaus,Hes and Aaron, Jr. Ezekiel Cooper, grandfather of Noah Cooper, marriedSarah Martha Magby, and of their five sons Noah and John died in youth,and the three who grew to manhood were Ezekiel, Timothy and William.Grandfather Ezekiel Cooper was born in 1761 and died in 1828. He servedas a patriot soldier in the army of the revolution, was a farmer and stockman,and also a local Methodist preacher. His wife died in 1839. vWilliam Cooper, father of Noah B., was born in 1814 and died in March,1848, at Cool Springs, South Carolina. He married Lucy Skipper, and theirchildren were: Noah Bryant; Ann Lard and Sarah, twins, born August 31,1837; William Ebenezer born June 1, 1840; and Charlotte, born May 30,1844.After the death of the father in 1848 Noah B. Cooper, then thirteen yearsof age, remained with his widowed mother and helped to rear the familyon the farm until his mother's death. He then lived for several years withhis uncle Timothy Cooper at Socastee, South Carolina. Having accumulatedby industry and self denial a small amount of capital he became a'travelingsalesman, carrying his own stock of goods, and sold merchandise in varioussections of South Carolina until 1858. He then bought his father's old homestead with his earnings and settled down to a career as a farmer and to themanagement of varied interests, especially the turpentine business.In 1860 he was elected tax collector of the Kingston Parish. A year laterhe resigned the office to join the Confederate army and was a member ofCompany B in a South Carolina Regiment under Capt. W. L. Wallace inTucker's Light Cavalry until April 19, 1864. Having been re-elected tax