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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3009toffice of the Tattnall Journal, at Reidsville, he began his career in a minorcapacity, and after six months was made traveling representative of the Tattnall Times, published at Hagan, with which he remained two years. At theend of that time he became the owner of the paper, by purchase, and conducted its affairs successfully for eight years, then selling out and coming toMillen, where he arrived September 2, 1913. Here he purchased the MilieuNews, which has become justly known as the leading organ of Jenkins County.It has rapidly increased in circulation, owing to its reliability and progressiveness,as well as its many interesting features, and is therefore an excellent advertising medium. In 1914 Mr. Burkhalter began an active campaignin county fair organization,- arid now represents as manager the interests offive associations, all of which have proved a great success. Mr. Burkhalter isa democrat and has taken an active part in civic affairs, although rather as aninfluence than as a seeker for. personal preferment. He supports both personally and through the columns of his newspaper every movement whichpromises to promote the welfare of Millen and its people, and his publicspirit as well as his straightforward manner of doing business have gainedhim many friends and the esteem and regard of his fellow-citizens. Mr.Burkhalter is a Pythian Knigh't, and a member of the Baptist Church.On June 27, 1906, Mr. Burkhalter was married to Miss Eddie Hutchinson,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hutchinson, formerly of Morgan County,Georgia, but now residents of Atlanta. They have three children, namely:J. K. Jr., born April 14, 1908, at Hagan, Georgia, and now a student in thepublic schools of Millen; Edward Hutchinson, born in December, 1910, atHagan; and Lucille E., born May 20, 1914, at Millen.JOHN H. JJUMPKIN was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, June 13, 1812.At the conclusion of his classical studies at Yale he studied law, was admittedto the bar, and began practice at Rome, in 1834. In 1835 he was elected amerfiber of the General Assembly. In 1838 he was elected solicitor-generalof the Cherokee Circuit. He served in that capacity for several years, andin 1843 was elected to the Twenty-eighth Congress as a democrat. He wasre-elected to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth congresses, and as a representative to the Thirty-fourth Congress in 1855, making a total service ofeight years. He also served as judge of the Superior Court for his circuit.He died at his home in Rome, Georgia, on June 6, 1860.AUGUSTIN S. CDAYTON, for whom Clayton County was named, was bornin Virginia, November 27, 1783. When a small boy he became a studentat Richmond Academy, Augusta, Georgia, to which state his parents hadremoved, and later came under the tuition of that distinguished lawyer andstatesman, William H. Crawford. While a student of the Richmond Academy,before he was eight years old, he made a speech before .General Washington,at that time President, which so pleased the general that he presented himwith a copy of "Sallust," There is a picture of General Washington pastedin the book, which is still a cherished possession of'Judge Clayton's descendants. He entered Franklin College, now known as the University of Georgia,and was a member of its graduating class, in 1804, being admitted to the barat Washington, Georgia, two years afterward. In 1808 he located for practiceat Athens, Georgia, and in 1810 was appointed by the Georgia Assembly tocompile the statutes of Georgia from 1800. In 1810-11 he served as a memberof the lower house of the Georgia Legislature, and in 1812 was a member ofthe Georgia State Senate. In 1813-14-15 he was clerk of the Legislature.Between these intervals of public service he was active in the practice oflaw. In 1819 he was elected judge of the Western Circuit, re-elected in1822, served until 1825, was then out of office until 1828, when he was againre-elected judge of the Western Circuit. He was a member of the Electoral