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3122 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSD. C. ALBERT. At first glance the life of the ordinary man of businesswould not seem to contain material appealing to the general public. However,if we take into consideration the effort, concentration, stability and perseverance which are necessary concomitants in elevating a man from obscurityto prominence, from mediocrity to established position, his career may proveto be not without its interesting features. In the career of D. C. Albert,cashier of the Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Georgia, these features pertain. Ithas been his fortune to have recognized, appreciated and grasped his opportunities, to have moulded his abilities to fit his needs, and to have firmlyentrenched himself in the confidence of his business associates.Mr. Albert was born in Rockdale County, Georgia, in August, 1878, and isa son of John S. and Amanda (Deal) Albert. His parents, natives of Georgia,were reared and educated in this state, and passed their lives in RockdaleCounty, where John S. Albert was engaged in agricultural ventures. Hebecame well known as a successful planter, an energetic and industrious manof business who made his acumen count in commercial circles, and a citizenwho contributed his full share to the welfare and development of his homecommunity. His death occurred in 1901, when he was sixty-two years of age,Mrs. Albert having died in the year previous at the age of sixty-five years.There were three daughters and five sons in the family, of whom two sonsare deceased, the survivors being: E. S., W. M., A. J., Mrs. M. B. Sorrow,Mrs. T. M. Rowan and Mrs. A. T. Bishop.The fourth in order of birth of his parents' children, D. C. Albert passedhis boyhood on the home plantation in the same manner of other lads of hisvicinity and time. He was given a good education in the graded schools, following which he took a high school course at Conyers, the county seat ofRockdale County, and after his graduation therefrom, in 1890, entered a commercial college and prepared himself for a business career. His first experience in a business way was in connection with a mercantile establishmentat Conyers, where he remained for ten years, and in 1901 came to Ashburn,where he engaged in business in the same line and continued therein until1909. In that year Mr. Albert began his connection with financial affairs asbookkeeper of the Citizens Bank, and in the year following was advanced tothe position of cashier, which he has since retained. Mr. Albert has an excellent reputation in banking circles, and is known among his associates as a manof keen judgment and much executive ability who has mastered the fine pointsof banking and who combines in his operations the qualities of banking cautionand progressive principles. While merchandising and financial affairs haveattracted the greater part of his attention, he has also had experience in otherlines, for prior to entering business college he was engaged in teaching schoolfor two years, thus gaining his start. Politically a democrat, he has not beenidentified with public matters as an office holder, but has always been interested in the things that affect his community and has given his moral supportand financial aid to progressive measures. In fraternal life, Mr. Albert is aMason of high standing, having passed through all the orders up to and including the Shrine, and is likewise a member of the Benevolent and ProtectiveOrder of Elks, the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias.In July, 1897, at Conyers, Georgia, Mr. Albert was united in marriagewith Miss Alice Hollingsworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Hollingsworth,and a member of a family well and prominently known at Conyers.They are the parents of two children: Louise, who was born at Ashburu. in1904; and Sarah Willy, who was born at Mansfield, Georgia, in 1908. Mr.and Mrs. Albert are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, andhave many friends in religious as well as social circles.W. L. ROEBUCK for the past thirteen years has been one of the leadingbusiness men of Cordele, where he is one of the executive officials in the