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3178 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSMr. Mannheim was born. Mr. Lancaster continued to hold the office until1914, when he in turn was defeated by the grandson of his old opponent.In 1916, Mr. Mannheim was elected for four years without opposition.On April 6,1908, Mr. Mannheim was united in marriage with Miss LeonoraIrene Beinbry, who is a daughter of Mrs. Cora Bembry, a well-known familyof Pulaski County. Mr. and Mrs. Mannheim have three children: Bernhardt,who was born in 1909; Ruth Louise, who was born in 1913; and an infantson, born in 1916.Formerly Mr. Mannheim was a member of Company E, Second GeorgiaState Militia, and was sergeant of the company at the time of its disbanding.He is fraternally identified with the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythiasand the Woodmen of the 'World.N. A. JELKS. Among the men who are lending strength and solidity tothe banking interests of Hawkinsville, Georgia, one of the foremost is N. A.Jelks, president of the Planters Bank. It is difficult to conceive of a moresolid combination for the attainment of financial security than a bank foundedupon the prosperity and landed values of such a rich agricultural section asthat of this part of Georgia. Mr. Jelks is one of the largest stockholders inthe bank and his status as a citizen is typical of the material upon which itrests and which has made the institution of which he is the directing headillustrative of the best type of the bank in a farming community somethingfounded upon a rock, which the peculations and the panics of the metropoliscannot affect.Mr. Jelks was born at Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, September 21,1873, and is a son of N. W. and Mary E. (Bozinan) Jelks. His father,a native also of Pulaski, was engaged here for some time in the cotton warehouse business, but prior to the Civil war went to Florida, where he took uporange culture. He was only sixteen years of age when he enlisted in thearmy of the Confederacy, and at the close of that struggle returned toGeorgia and lived for some years at Hawkinsville. He again went to Floridasubsequently and there died in 1876, aged only twenty-nine years. Mrs. Jelks,who survives, lived at Hawkinsville and is sixty-two years of age. There weretwo children in the family: Mrs. E. W. Goode, living at Hawkinsville;and N. A.N. A. Jelks was but three years of age at the time of his father's death,but he was carefully reared by his mother and was given good educationaladvantages. After completing the course in the Hawkinsville public schools,he entered Moore's Business College, Atlanta, and after his graduation therefrom became connected with the J. 0. Jelks Cotton Company, at Hawkinsville,where he received his introduction to business methods. He remained withthat company for nine years, and then entered the Planters Bank at Hawkinsville, first as assistant cashier, being subsequently advanced to the office ofcashier. With the founding of the Pulaski County Bank, he became its president, and has continued in this capacity to the present time. Aside from hisbanking connections, Mr.-Jelks has been interested in various other enterprises,included among which are the Hawkinsville & Florida Southern Railroad, ofwhich he was treasurer for four years, and the Hawkinsville Compress Company, of which he became treasurer at the time of its inception. Each venturewith which he has been connected has been benefited by his energy and ability,and the fact that his name is connected with a concern places upon it a stampof approval that is recognized and appreciated by the public. His associatesrely absolutely upon his judgment, foresight and acumen. Mr.. Jelks is amember of the Baptist Church, to which his family also belongs. His politicalallegiance is given unreservedly to the democratic party, but he has not beena seeker for public favors. However, he is ready at all times to perform the