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GEOEGTA AND GEORGIANS 3153ture of a product, then known only in Atlanta and a few surrounding towns,Coca-Gola. It was characteristic of him that he had such faith in this productthat he sold out a large and prosperous drug business to take up and givevitality to an industry hardly known. In February, 1892, the Coca ColaCompany was incorporated, with Mr. Candler as president, and this industry has grown to be the greatest of its kind in the world.Besides having organized and served as president of the Coca Cola Company he is an organizer and president of the Central Bank & Trust Corporation ; helped organize the Atlanta Warehouse Company; and is a director in agreat many corporations. He is owner of the splendid seventeen-story officebuilding in Atlanta which bears his name. His first investment in Atlanta realestate was made in 1878, and he has gone forward judiciously investing capitaland improving property and has reaped not only a large fortune from suchoperations but has been one of the chief individual factors in the upbuildingof the modern metropolis.His business character, has been described as follows: " He is the veryembodiment of system in his planning and management. Everything he doesis the expression of method. He is broad in his conceptions and while he isa master of detail he is equal to the solution of the most comprehensive propositions. He understands thoroughly how to get his business before the publicand how to secure patronage. He spends each year for the advertisementof Coca-Cola an amount of money that most people would be willing to retireupon. .His whole being is business. It must be distinctly understood that Mr.Candler does not conduct his business in the narrow spirit of objectionablecommercialism. He does not make money just to hoard money with any narrow spirit, as his generosity is as broad as the demands that come to him, andhis gifts and his benevolences are as free as his energies are active toaccumulate." *Like other members of the family he has long been active in the MethodistChurch, having joined the church in 1869, when about eighteen years of age.Since 1874 he has been continuously a steward. In May, 1890, he was electedtreasurer of the Sunday School Association, the next year became secretaryand in 1905 became president of the association. Prom 1895 to 1900 he represented Georgia on the executive committee of the International SundaySchool Association. Since 1900 he has been chairman of the finance committee and is now president of the board of trustees of Emory College, to whichinstitution he gave $50,000 and also gave $75,000 to Wesley Memorial Fund.He is also president of the board of trustees of Emory University, to whichhe gave $1,000,000. In politics he is a democrat. He has served as presidentof the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and in 1909 was presiding officer atthe banquet in Atlanta given in honor of President Taft. He has served aslieutenant of cavalry in the State Militia, and is a member of the AtlantaAthletic Club, the Capital City Club and Piedmont Driving Club.On January 15, 1878, Mr. Candler married Miss Lucy E. Howard, whosefather was George J. Howard, the first employer of Mr. Candler when hecame to Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Candler are the parents of five children.DANIEL IRWIN MAC!NTYRE. Among the important biisiness interests ofthe country is that of insurance, which may well take a prominent place, forit makes a strong and direct appeal both to the moral nature and to selfinterest. One of the leaders in this line of business activity in the City ofAtlanta is Daniel Irwin Maclntyre, a member of the firm of Haas and Mac-Intyre. He was born in Thomas County, Georgia, October 8, 1860, a son ofHon. Archibald Thompson and America (Young) Maclntyre. His paternalgrandparents were Archibald and Catherine (Lawson) Maclntyre, the formerof whom came to the United States from Scotland, first locating in TwiggsCounty, Georgia, and later removing to Brooks County, this state.