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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3151' purpose of supplying a complete business and commercial course for boys. Thishas also been very successful and is now the largest Catholic boys' school inGeorgia, at the present time having 160 pupils.Rev. Patrick McMahon, pastor of St.. Patrick's Church, Augusta, was bornin. Savannah, Georgia, March 19, 1855, son of James and Hannah (Healey)McMahon. His parents, both natives of Ireland, came to America in 1849,being' married in Savannah in 1852. There James McMabon became a wellknown business man, and a well known and popular citizen. During theCivil war he served in the militia under Capt. James Brown, and was himselfpromoted to the rank of captain. He died in 1889 at the age of sixty-eightyears. His wife Hannah passed away in 1883 at the age of fifty-eight. Sixof their eleven children are now living, namely: Sister Mary Rose, a Sisterof Mercy in a cbnvent at Savannah, Georgia; a daughter living at Jacksonville ; Mrs. Anna Burke, residing at Port Arthur; Kate, unmarried, a residentof Jacksonville, Nora, of Atlanta, and Rev. Patrick MeMahon, of Augusta.Rev. Patrick McMahon in his boyhood attended both public and parochialschools in Savannah. His education was then continued in a college at Dublin,Ireland, and subsequently at St. Mary's University. Baltimore, Maryland,where he was graduated in 1878. After his ordination he was sent to St.Joseph's Church at Macon, Georgia, of which he had charge for nearly twoyears, afterward becoming pastor of the Catholic Church at St. Albans. thisstate. In 1882 he was sent to Atlanta to found St. Peter's and St. Paul'sChurch, of which he was subsequently pastor for nine years, this being afterwards called the Sacred He^t Congregation. Father McMahon's next assignment Was to St. Patrick's Church at Savannah, where he remained seven years.From there he came to St. Patrick's.in Augusta and had charge of this churchand parish for several years, being subsequently transferred to Washington,Georgia, and from there, five years later, to Albany. After two years as pastorin the latter place, he returned in 1914 to St. Patrick's Church in Augusta,and has since been stationed here, his parishioners regarding him as an oldand tried friend. He has now been in the priesthood for thirty-seven .years,during which time he has been a hard worker, always devoted to duty, and hasbeen successfu^in increasing the growth of the parishes over which he has hadcharge and stimulating interest in the religious services. As pastor of St.Patrick's his duties are many and onerous, but he discharges them with fidelityand has won the respect and esteem, both of his own congregation and of thecitizens of Augusta generally.ASA GRIGGS CANDLER. The seventeen-story Candler office building inAtlanta is only one of the various monuments to the enterprise of A. G.Candler in the business metropolis of the Southeastern states. Perhaps hisgreatest distinction in a business way was in supplying the genius of thebusiness builder to the Coca-Cola industry, and there are probably few peoplein Georgia who are not aware that Mr. Candler is president of the Coca ColaCompany.This foremost Georgia capitalist and man of affairs was born in Villa Rica,Carroll County, Georgia, December 30, 1851. His parents were SamuelCharles and Martha (Beall) Candler. He is one of several brothers who havegained high distinction in different avenues of Georgia life and affairs. Hisbrother W. A. Candler is a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.Another brother John S. Candler was formerly a justice on the GeorgiaSupreme bench.All the Candler boys have ascribed much of their success in life to thefine training and influence which came from their -early home. Theirfather, Samuel Charles Candler, was a merchant and farmer, possessed ofsuperior business ability, and was noted for his honesty of purpose andpromptness of action. He had most positive convictions on all moral ques-