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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3177He has been a zealous worker in behalf of the principles and policies ofthe democratic party. When in September, 1915, the office of city recorderwas created in connection with the municipal government of Amerieus, hewas elected the first incumbent of that position, and has continued to servethere with characteristic loyalty and efficiency. He is a member of the boardof stewards of the local Methodist Episcopal Church South, and a popularteacher in its Sunday school. He is identified with the Georgia State BarAssociation, and is affiliated with the Chi Phi college fraternity. Mr. Marshallwas married November 14, 1916, to Miss Mattie Hunter, a daughter ofDr. T. W. Hunter, of Quitman County.ISRAEL MANNHEIM. One of the leading men of Hawkinsville, Georgia, isIsrael Mannheim, now clerk of the Superior Court of Pulaski County. In thetrue sense he is a self-made man, having depended' on his own efforts fromhis entrance into business life, despite youth and inexperience making rapidand nonorable progress and winning the approbation and confidence of thepublic thereby. No young man placed as was Mr. Mannheim, could havebeen elected to so important and responsible an office as clerk of the SuperiorCourt without having proved the possession of sterling character.Israel Mannheim was born at Hawkinsville, Georgia, August 7, 1883, andis a son of B. and Mattie (Burch) Mannheim, and a grandson on the maternalside of E. A. and Mary (Beard) Burch, the last named belonging to one ofthe old affluent families of Floyd County, Georgia.B. Mannheim, father of Israel Mannheim, was born in the City of Berlin,Germany. From that country he came to the United States when a boy ofseventeen years and at the time of the outbreak of the war between the stateswas a resident of the State of New York. There he enlisted in the Federalarmy and subsequently became a sergeant in General Sickles' brigade, theSixty-sixth New York Volunteers. His service as a soldier continued for fouryears but after peace was fully restored he made his way to Georgia, doubtlesshaving become acquainted with its many advantages during his militaryyears. He chose Jlawkinsville for a home and for forty years thereafter wasengaged in a mercantile business in this city, where his death occurred September 11, 1914, at the age of seventy years. He was a man of solid worthand frequently served in public capacities and for several terms was amember of the city's aldermanic body and a member of the board of education.His marriage took place in Georgia, to Mattie Burch, who died at Hawkinsvillein 1905, at the age of fifty years. They were parents of five children : M., whois a business man of this city; J., who is a farmer in Pulaski County; Edward,who is a salesman; Israel; and A., who is in the tailoring business at Hawkinsville.In bx>yhood Israel Mannheim attended the public schools of Hawkinsvillearid was creditably graduated from the high school at the age of seventeenyearsi From choice he decided upon a business career, becoming a salesmanin the clothing line and for twelve years was manager of a well-known house.In an interview with a prominent public man concerning his early businesslife, he said: " I never made a trade with a man who I had to dodge the nextday because of that trade.'' This remark deserved quoting in this connectionbecause Mr. Mannheim has conducted his business in just this way, honestybeing the sound foundation on which he has built.In politics Mr. Mannheim has always been a democrat. In 1914 he waselected clerk of the Superior Court and in this connection there is an interesting story told. For a period of sixteen years the maternal grandfather ofMr. Mannheim served in the same office continuously, as clerk of the SuperiorCourt of Pulaski County. Following the Civil war many changes came aboutand one of these was the defeat of Clerk E. A. Burch and the election ofJ. W. Lancaster as clerk of the Superior Court, in 1883, the year that