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3114 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSprinciples and policies of the democratic party and is known as one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of Warren County. Though he has notsought political office he has been vitally concerned with governmental affairsin his native state, and it is specially worthy of note that he secured a decisionfrom the Supreme Court of Georgia which makes railroad companies liablefor damages when proper protection from the elements is not given at stationsor otherwise to human corpses offered for transportation.Mr. McGregor is a member of the directorate of the Planters and MerchantsBank of Warrenton, and is affiliated with the local lodge and chapter of theMasonic fraternity.On the 22d of November, 1905, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.McGregor to Miss Annie McAndrews, who was born and reared in Alabama,their marriage having taken place at Union Springs, that state. Mrs.McGregor is a daughter of James and Sarah (Thompson) McAndrews, bothnatives of Scotland, but who resided at Union Springs, Alabama, up to thetime of their death. Their marriage was solemnized at Columbus, Georgia.Mr. McAndrews was reared and educated in his native land and was a youngman at the time of his immigration to America, his wife having been threeyears of age at the time when she accompanied her parents from Scotland tothe United States, the family home having been established at Columbus,Georgia, where she was reared to adult age. Mr. and Mrs. McGregor havesix children, all of whom were born at Warrenton, and their names andrespective years of birth are here noted: Janie, 1907; Robert, 1908; MaryLou, 1910; James, 1911; and Sarah and Benjamin, twins, July 29, 1914.LUTHER ZEIGDER ROSSEE, who has practiced law at Atlanta since 1884,has been identified with many important-causes in Georgia. He is a nativeof Gordon County, that state, where he was born December 31, 1859. Hegraduated from Emory College in 1878, was admitted to the Georgia bar in1880, and spent the first four years of his practice at Fairburn. He is nowa member of the firm Rosser, Slaton, Phillips & Hopkins.EX-GOVEBNOR JOHN M. SLATON is a native of Georgia, born in MeriwetherCounty, December 25, 1866. He graduated from the University of Georgiawith first honors in 1866, and was admitted to the bar in the following year.He served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1896-1909and of the State Senate, in 1909-13, during these periods being honored withthe speakership of the Lower House for four years and with the presidencyof the upper legislative body for another four years. He was acting governorfrom November, 1911, to January, 1912, to fill the unexpired term of HokeSmith, who was elected to the United States Senate, and in October of thelatter year was elected chief executive of Georgia for the term extendingfrom June, 1913-15.EMORY SPEER,' of Macon, Georgia, has served as United States judge forthe Southern District of Georgia since 1885 and dean of the law departmentof Mercer University since 1893. He is prominent as an orator at memorialcelebrations and as an author on judicial and constitutional topics. JudgeSpeer was born in Culloden, Georgia, September 3, 1848, and served as aprivate in the Fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry of the Confederacy. Hewas admitted to the bar in 1869, having graduated from the University ofGeorgia the same year. In 1873-6 he was solicitor general and served in theForty-sixth Congress in 1879-81, as an independent democrat. He was returned to the succeeding Congress as a straight independent. He was UnitedStates attorney in 1883-85, and in February of the latter year ascended theFederal bench having jurisdiction over the southern district of Georgia. In1906 he was appointed lecturer on the Storrs Foundation of Tale University.