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3144 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSevery way was an active and working member of the state body and took aleading part in the work of the judiciary and other committees. Mr. Faircloth.undertook the management of the campaign of Hon. J. L. Kent in hisrace against strong opposition for the judgeship of the Superior courts ofDublin Circuit, and had the satisfaction of gaining a splendid victory forthe judge.Mr. Faircloth has since 1909 been a member of the firm of Faircloth &Claxton, his partner being Charles S. Claxton, a lawyer of ability and broadknowledge, and this combination is one which has gained the respect of thelegal concerns of the county. He is a member of the Georgia State Bar Association, with the members of which he is popular, as he is with all his acquaintances. Aside from his legal practice, Mr. Faircloth is largely interested infarming in Johnson County, where he is the owner of a valuable property.Mr. Faireloth is well known, in fraternal circles, being a past master inMasonry, a past noble grand in Odd Fellowship and chancellor commanderof the Knights of Pythias. With his family he belongs to the MethodistChurch.On November 16, 1893, at Wrightsville, Mr. Faircloth was married toMiss Lena Kennedy, of this city, and one child has come to this union: Aiiton,born at Wrightsville, May 29, 1896, and now a student of Gordon Institute.WILLIAM CALH'OUN THOMPSON, M. D. The efficient modern doctor doesnot depend entirely upon his own skill, but surrounds himself so far as possiblewith every personal and material agency that will aid him in accomplishingthe essential purposes of his vocation, and avails himself of the facilities foundin equipment and such institutions as hospitals.It was as a result of acting upon this principle that Dr. William C.Thompson undertook and built up a work since 1914 for which the communityof Dublin owes him a lasting debt of gratitude. Realizing how much thepeople among whom he and his brother physicians practice needed the superior equipment and facilities which only an institution can give, DoctorThompson, against the advice of his fellow practitioners, who believed his plannot feasible or at least premature, and would not shoulder the burden withhim, alone started out to build and equip a hospital. It was called Thompson's Private Sanatorium and has been more than an ordinary success.After Doctor Thompson had done the pioneer work his fellow physiciansrecognized its value and four of them are now actively associated with himin hospital work. The institution is now called the Dublin Sanatorium.Doctor Thompson, head of this institution was born December 16, 1883,near Anderson, South Carolina. He gained his early education in theschools there, later going to Clemson College where he graduated Bachelorof Science in 1906. Then choosing medicine as his vocation, he entered theAtlanta School of Medicine from which he graduated in 1910. The following eight months he spent as interne at the Tabernacle Infirmary in Atlanta.For one year he was a member of the state board of health engaged in investigation work.In 1911 deciding to locate permanently he chose the enterprising littleCity of Dublin. Going there a total stranger, he soon had a large followingdue to his thorough training, special qualifications and personal characteras a gentleman and scholar. Many times in critical cases he has most ablydemonstrated his ability, as practitioner, diagnostician and surgeon and henew enjoys the fullest confidence of the people. Heretofore every body hadto go away for operations and hospital treatments, but now they come fromfar and near to Dublin, thanks to the farsighted, energetic, and competentyoung doctor.But Doctor Thompson is not content to rest on his laurels. He is anearnest student and active thinker, always on the alert for new and improved