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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3181the Hardman-Covington-Neel bill. He is a prominent democrat and has beenoften suggested for the governorship.J. H. CALDWELL. Among the younger element of financiers in PulaskiCounty, one who during his comparatively short career has impressed himselffavorably upon the people of his community and has reached a position ofsubstantiality and prominence is J. H. Caldwell, cashier of the HawkinsvilleBank and Trust Company. A lifelong resident of this thriving and prosperouscity, he is a product of its schools and a representative of its training, as wellas being the bearer of a qfame which for many years has been an honored onein commercial and financial circles.Mr. Caldwell was b'orn at Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, August27, 1882, and is a son of S. M. and Anna (Henry) Caldwell. S. M. Caldwellwas born in Georgia, was reared and educated in this state, and thirty-fiveyears ago entered upon his career as the proprietor of a mercantile establishment. During this long period he has continued to maintain a reputationfor integrity.ahd uprightness of character, while as a citizen he has performedevery duty thoroughly, conscientiously and well. He still continues in business, in the prime of life at the age of fifty-five years, this fact evidencing alife of sobriety and probity. He was married here to Miss Anna Henry, alsoa native Georgian, who is now fifty-three years of age, and who, like her husband, has many friends and well wishers. There were five children in thefamily, J. H. being the first born.J. H. Caldwell was given good educational advantages, in a family whosebelief in the value- of a good early training was firmly instilled. After attending the public schools, he took a full course at the Hawkinsville High School,and then entered the Georgia Military College at Milledgeville, where hiseducation was completed. Almost immediately after leaving the latter institution, he became connected with the banking business, securing a position asbookkeeper with the Hawkinsville Bank and Trust Company. He soon displayed ability, energy and faithfulness in such a degree that he was promoted,and in 1910 was made cashier of this strong and popular financial institution,a position which he has retained to the present time. He has not only wonthe confidence of his associates in the bank, but the esteem and friendship ofthe patrons, having combined business ability and energy with a genial andcourteous manner that has made him many friends. His entire time andattention are given to the business of the bank, which has left him no time forparticipation in outside affairs. In politics he is a democrat, while his religiousconnection, and that of .his wife, is with the Episcopal Church.Mr. Caldwell was married July 14, 1910, at Spartanburg, South Carolina,to Miss Anna Tennent, the daughter of S. S. and Marion (Martin) Tennent,of a well-known family of Asheville, North Carolina.R. A. PATE. In the financial history of Pulaski County, the name ofR. A. Pate has a"n honored and prominent place. A native son of Hawkinsville, his entire career has been passed here, and his record is typical of theaccomplishments that men of sturdy and persevering industry have attainedwithout the aid of outside influences. Since his entrance upon the field offinance he has been identified with the Hawkinsville Banking Company, withthe growth aifd development of which institution he has been intimately associated, and at the present time is vice president of this, one of the leadingbanking concerns of Pulaski County.Mr. Pa^e was born at Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia, January 7,1869, and is a son of Maj. John H. and Zilpha Anna (Boatwright) Pate.His father, a Georgian boy by birth, was brought up as a farmer, and was soengaged until war was declared between the South and the North, when heoffered his services to the Confederacy, was accepted, became a member ofVol. VI 28