Georgia and Georgians - the Digital Library of Georgia

3138 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSL. D. FAVER. Less than thirty years ago L. D. .Faver was working as aclerk in one of the small stores of Wilkes County. He lias brought unusualenergy and enterprise to his business activities, and is now proprietor of awholesale grocery establishment at Washington and through hi%s salesmen distributes groceries all over that section of the state.He is a native of Wilkes County, where he was born October 29, 1867, ason of Dr. L. D. and Martha (Howard) Faver, both natives of Georgia. TheFavers originally came from Virginia, settling in Wilkes County in the earlydays. Dr. L. D. Faver practiced as a physician and surgeon in Wilkes Countyuntil his death in 1873 at the age of forty. He had served as a surgeon in theConfederate army during the Civil war. The mother died in 1910 in WilkesCounty.The fourth in a family of six children, L. D. Faver as a boy attended thepublic schools of Wilkes County, and gave up his studies in order to learn themerchandise business in the store of a Mr. Green. In a few years he hadacquired the experience and a modest capital which enabled him to start a business for himself, and since 1898 he has conducted a wholesale concern at Washington, and has made it one of the largest jobbing firms in that part of Georgia.He is sole owner, and has several salesmen distributing goods on the road. Mr.Faver is also a director of the Planters Exchange Bank, of the Pope Manufacturing Company, and the Central of Georgia Railway Company. He is nowserving as mayor of Washington, is an active democrat, and a member of theBaptist Church.EUSTACE C. BUTTS. A lawyer with a large practice and a high standingin the Southern Circuit of Georgia, E. C. Butts not only represents a largeprivate clientage but is also a man of affairs in the City of Brunswick, and isnow serving as president of the Chamber of Commerce.Born at Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, May 11, 1875, he is a sonof Dr. Judson A. and Sarah (Wilson) Butts, both of whom were natives ofGeorgia, His father is an old school physician and a man who has endearedhimself to two generations of people in Decatur and Glynn counties, and isstill in active practice at Brunswick, being now seventy-seven years of age.During the war he went out as a Confederate soldier at the beginning andserved until the close of hostilities. He was a lieutenant colonel in his regiment and also served as surgeon with the rank of major. His wife died atBrunswick in 1905 at the age of fifty-five.Fifth in a family of nine children, E. C. Butts acquired his early education in the common schools of Glynn County, and read law under Thomas D.Brantly and also with Mr. Bennett at Brunswick. Admitted in 1899, he hassince been in active practice at Brunswick, and has handled a large amountof important litigation. He is general counsel for the local street railwaycompany and for the Brunswick Light and Water Company. He is a memberof the Brunswick and the State Bar associations.In 1902 and again in 1906 Mr. Butts was elected a member of the GeorgiaState Legislature and be served as mayor of Brunswick in 1911-12. He haspassed all the chairs of the local lodge of Elks, is a Mason, is a member of theKnights of Pythias and is first lieutenant in the Brunswick Rifles, Company Gof the Georgia Militia. He takes much interest in military affairs and is doingall he can to promote adequate preparedness in the military organization ofhis home state. Mr. Butts served as a member of the board of education from1910 to 1914. He is unmarried and lives at his father's home.FRANK L. ESKEIDGE, PH. G., M. D., is regarded as an expert authority onmany branches of medicine and pathology, and is well known in the nationalorganizations and scientific bodies.A native of Atlanta, he was born January 31, 1886, a son of Albert Pinck-