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3026 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSGraves, of Tift County; and L. L., of this review, who was the fifth in orderof birth.As a boy and youth L. L. Ford duly profited by the advantages affordedin the schools of his native county, and this discipline was supplemented bya course in Roanoke College at Salem, Virginia. Thereafter he was a studentin historic old "Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, andafter leaving this institution he followed the course of his ambition and beganreading law in the office and under the preceptcrship of the well known firmof Pope & Bennett, at Albany. He made rapid and substantial progress in histechnical studies and in 1908 was admitted to the bar. He has since continuedin the successful practice of his profession at Albany, where he retains arepresentative clientage, the same having involved his appearance in connection with important litigations in which he has won victories that have greatlyenhanced his professional prestige.As a young man of well fortified opinions and distinctive progressiveness,Mr. Ford has taken a lively interest in governmental affairs and has been anactive and effective advocate of the principles of the democratic party. In1912 he was elected state senator from the tenth district, in which he servedone term, and that with characteristic verve, loyalty and efficiency. Hetook a prominent part in the work on the floor of the Senate and in the deliberations of the various committees to which he was assigned, including therailroad committee, the general judiciary committee, and the committee oncommerce and labor, of which last mentioned he was chairman during a periodin which the matter of child labor was being made a subject of vigorous consideration in Georgia.Mr. Ford is identified actively with the Dougherty Bar Association andalso the Georgia State Bar Association, and in a fraternal way he is affiliatedwith the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, his popularity in whichrepresentative organization is indicated by the fact that in 1916 he is servingas exalted ruler of the lodge at Albany. He is a communicant of theProtestant Episcopal Church. -Mr. Ford is an appreciative student andreader, a forceful and effective public speaker, and a vital, generous andoptimistic young man whose popularity in professional, business and socialcircles is of unequivocal order. His name is still enrolled on the list ofeligible bachelors in his native state.J. M. BAKNETT, M. D. A devoted follower of the noble and humane workwhich his profession implies, Dr. J. M. Barnett has proved faithful, and hasnot alone earned the due rewards of his efforts in a temporal way, but hasproven himself worthy to exercise the important functions of his chosen calling, through his ability, his abiding sympathy and his earnest zeal in behalfof his fellow men. His mastery of the science of medicine and surgery isbroad and comprehensive and the profession and public accord him an honorable and distinguished place among the medical practitioners of Albany andDougherty County.Doctor Barnett was born at Newton, Baker County, Georgia, October 12,1878, and is a son of Robert L. and Laura (Miller) Barnett. His father,also a native of Newton, passed his entire life in Baker County, and theredevoted himself to agricultural pursuits. "When he entered upon his careerhe was possessed of but few advantages and only small capital, but was aman of energy and industry, capable of making the most of every opportunitythat presented itself, and ambitious and determined to succeed. With theseattributes, and through them, he worked his way to a competence and becameknown as one of the substantial men of his community. As a citizen he wasever held in the highest esteem, and at all times gave his support to themeasures calculated to benefit his community. When he died, in 1902, at theage of fifty-two years, his community lost one of its helpful men. Mrs.