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3190 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSnow associate editor of the Albany Daily Herald, and himself an able newspaper man.A brief but significant estimate of Mr. Mclntosh given by one familiarwith his career is as follows: "He is a strong and forceful writer who usesclear and attractive diction and speaks with directness and a cogency ofthought in all of his editorial utterances. Through his newspaper he madea remarkable campaign in behalf of what has been effectively designated as'hog. hominy and hay' and that was not only unique as a contribution tojournalism in the state hut brought many beneficial results to the agriculturalindustry and all allied lines of enterprise. He is a stanch believer in andadvocate of scientific agricultural education and advanced industrial policiesij:. in general, as a normal means for the increasing of civic and material prosl;1 perity and incidentally as bearing its measure of moral uplift. His effective! 1 j | , work in advancing the industrial interests of his native state has brought him|j ; ' a reputation and influence far beyond his home locality, and this work marksi| him as one of the really strong and representative men of Georgia."; yji DAVID BASOOM NICHELSON, JR. One of the leading younger members of' ji the Ben Hill County bar, who is rapidly making a name for himself in hisfi, profession is David Bascom Nichelson, Jr., who has been engaged in practice§ at Fitzgerald since 1914. In this short space of time he has displayed thetjj: possession of qualifications which insure him a prominent place among theji ; j , legists of his county, and which will serve to perpetuate in Georgia law thefj name and reputation made by his father. Mr. Nichelson was born Februaryij: : 17, 1886, in Sampson County, North Carolina, and is a son of Hon. David|r Bascom and Katie (Power) Nichelson.jij The parents of Mr. Nichelson, natives of North Carolina, came to Georgiaij in 1895 and settled at Rochelle, Wilcox County. The elder Nichelson, a gradu-;f: ate of Trinity College, has since been known as one of the leading lawyers and:jj!i jurists of that locality, adding to the reputation which he had previouslyif!' gained during twelve years of practice at Clinton, North Carolina. In thatli state, also, he had been prominent in public affairs and had served as a memj!'ber of the North Carolina Legislature. He has served as judge of the Cityj Court of Wilcox, and as solicitor of the City Court for thirteen years, and is« still in active practice, at the age of sixty-three years. Mrs. Nichelson alsoJi survives, at the age of fifty-nine years. Of the six children in the family, fourI survive, as follows: L. P., who is an engineer of Lakeland, Georgia; E. F., anj ; electrician of Americus, Georgia; J. M., a resident of Yatesville, Georgia; andj I David Bascom, Jr. »i, David B. Nichelson, Jr., received a good preliminary education in the pub-'i lie schools of Wilcox County, and, having decided upon the law as his lifel|' vocation, determined to earn the means wherewith to pay his own -way through.i, 1 college. Accordingly, he secured a teacher's certificate and for seven years||!|.i; taught at Morgantown and other places, and in the fall of 1912-13 served asfr principal of the Fitzgerald High School. In the meantime, in 1910, he hadfj' entered Mercer University, from which institution he was graduated in law ini '!! \, 1914, and immediately located at Fitzgerald, where he has since built up anIII excellent practice. He belongs to the Ben Hill County Bar Association, andis counsel for the First National Bank of Fitzgerald and for other large institutions. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, in which heis chancellor commander; the Masons; and the Independent Order of OddFellows. He is a Baptist in his religious faith, and an ordained minister ofthat church. Politically he supports the policies and candidates of thedemocratic party.On October 12,1912, Mr. Nichelson was married to Miss Dixey Jay, daughter of Judge D. B. Jay, a pioneer settler of Ben Hill County who later movedto Irvin County. One child has been born to this union: Mary, born in Febru-