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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3081and firm belief in the best tenets of his profession soon made him a factor tobe reckoned with, and in the course of his. professional life many of the mostimportant eases in this part of the state have received his support. In political affiliation Mr. Saffold is a democrat and it has been his destiny to playan important role in the local deliberations of his party. In 1905 and 1906he represented Emanuel County in the Georgia Legislature, his service inthat body being made noteworthy and gaining him country-wide reputationbecause of his great conflict with Hon. Joseph Hill Hall in regard to the Anti-Pass Bill, a debate which was chronicled daily in all the leading newspapers.In 1914 Mr. Saffold was nominated for judge of the Superior Court of theMiddle Circuit, but because of political conditions prevailing at the time metwith defeat. Mr. Saffold is esteemed for his many admirable qualities ofheart and mind, for His thorough knowledge of the theory and practice oflaw, and for a public spiritedness which has ever prompted a sane and practical interest in those measures which tend to greater stability and good government. He is division counsel for the Central Georgia Railroad, a positionwhich he has held since 1909, as well as for the Wadley, Southern Georgia &Florida Railroad, and attorney for the Bank of Emanuel County at Swainsboro.As senior member of the firm of Saffold & Jordan, he belongs to a combination the practice of which extends over fourteen counties, the clientele ofthe firm reaching into the Dublin, Oconee, Middle and Augusta circuits. Therare gift of eloquence, a splendid voice, a personal magnetism, and the facultyof making people see through his eyes and share his aims and enthusiasms,make Mr. Saffold one of the most effective public speakers in Emanuel County.Recently he stumped the state in behalf of the candidacy of Gov. Joseph M.Brown and Dr. J. W. McNaughton. Mr. Safi?old is a well known Mason,being a member of the Mystic Shrine at Savannah, and belongs also to theIndependent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. His religioussupport is given to the Methodist Church, in the work of which he has beenactive, having for many years been a teacher in the Sunday school.Mr. Saffold's first marriage was to Miss Mollie Manson, daughter of Dr.James M. Manson, a well known physician of Jefferson County, Georgia. Shedied leaving one son: James H., who died at the age of twenty-one years, atSwainsboro. Mr. Saffold was again married to Miss Gertrude Coleman, ofEmanuel County, daughter of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Wiggins) Coleman. Mr. Coleman, who is now deceased, was for ten years clerk of the Superior courts of Emanuel County.Arthur "W. Jordan, junior member of the firm of Saffold & Jordan, whohas been associated with Mr. Saffold since 1912, was born in WashingtonCounty, Georgia, March 28, 1885, and is a son of William A. and Mattie(Kelly) Jordan, natives respectively of Washington and Glaseock counties.The father, born in 1855, has passed his life in agricultural pursuits andis now living in retirement, while the mother died in Washington CountyApril 5, 1907. The fifth of a family of nine children, Arthur W. Jordanreceived his education in the public schools of Washington County, the University of Tennessee, at Nashville, and the law department of Mercer University, where he was graduated in law in 1910, with his degree. He began hisprofessional career at Ocilla, Irwin County, where he remained for three years,and at the end of that time came to Swainsboro and became th*e partner ofCol. F. H. Saffold. He is a legist of ability and is steadily winning his wayto the forefront in his calling. Mr. Jordan is a democrat, and a member ofthe Knights of Pythias and the Masons, being a Shriner in the latter order.With his wife he belongs to the Baptist Church.Mr. Jordan was married May 26, 1913, at Ocilla, Georgia, to Miss AnnieSaffold Lord, daughter of Claude and Julia (Saffold) Lord, and granddaughter of John Lord, LL. D., whose "Beacon Lights of History" has madehis name famous among American historians. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan have one