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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3017in the Battle of Malvern Hill. Mrs. Larsen's mother was born in EmamielCounty, Georgia, in 1836 and died at Swainsboro in 1905. Four childrencomprise the family circle of Judge Larsen and wife: Walter Driscoll, bornat Swainsboro, January 2, 1900; W. W. Larsen, Jr., born at SwainsboroSeptember 23, 1905; Christine, who was born while her mother was visitingher parents at Sherman, Texas, October 28, 1907; and James Evans Larsen,who was born at' Statesboro, Georgia, 'October 3, 1909. Mrs. Larsen is activein the Baptist Church and' the Missionary Society, and is a member of theDaughters of the Confederacy.PAUL P. LANE, M. D. As general superintendent and chief surgeon of theAtlantic Coast Line Railroad Hospital at Waco, Doctor Lane has very heavyresponsibilities and is qualified for them not only by sound ability and skillin his profession but by a personal administrative capacity.The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Hospital is one of the model railwayinstitutions of the South. It was established at Waycross in 1891 and is themain hospital for the service of employes of that large railway system. Thebuilding is modern in all its appointments and equipments, and contains anumber of private rooms together with a large ward room, operating roomand is complete in every department. This hospital is maintained for thebenefit of the sick and disabled employes and all those who receive severeinjuries in the service of the railway are cared for here. The buildings occupya beautiful'site, with spacious lawns and parks surrounding it, affording anideal place for convalescents. The institution is conveniently situated as tothe Waycross Station of the Atlantic Coast line and also the shops, whichhave about 1,500 men employed.As general superintendent Doctor Lane has gained the confidence andgood will of the hundreds of railway men who have at different times beeninmates of this institution and with the help of his able assistants, DoctorDodson and Doctor Alexander ha^ been able to maintain and build up thefacilities of the hospital and has given its surgical department in particular ahigh reputation for effective skill and efficiency.Paul P. Lane was born at Wilson, North Carolina, January 5, 1887. Ason of B. F. and Clara A. (Faircloth) Lane, both of whom were born inNorth Carolina and still living there, the father at the age of fifty-eight andthe mother at fifty-four. His father was for some years a farmer, but in- lateryears has been engaged in the cotton, oil and tobacco .business. The motheris a cultured woman who finished her education in Virginia. There were threechildren, Doctor Lane being the oldest. His brother J. J. Lane is connectedwith the North Carolina Fire Insurance Bureau and lives at Raleigh. RosserLane is still pursuing his studies and his home is at Wilson, North Carolina.As a boy Doctor Lane attended the Wilson High School and spent sometime as a student in the University of North Carolina, and was graduatedM. D. in 1908 from the University of Medicine at Baltimore. For two yearshe served a$| an interne in James Walker Memorial Hospital at Bloomington,North Carolina. His ability brought him early favorable attention, and hewas SOOH called to the post of chief surgeon of the hospital and superintendent of the institution at Waycross.He is also well known among the general profession in the state and ispresident of the Ware County Medical Society, a member of the Southern,the Georgia and the Eleventh District societies and the American MedicalAssociation. He is a Master Mason and is affiliated with Ali Temple of theMystic Shrine at Savannah. He also belongs to Waycross Lodge No. 369 ofthe Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In politics he. is a democrat,and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. Lane isunmarried.