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3324 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSthan is that as a -business man and public spirited citizen. The members ofthe Savannah Cotton Exchange, a business organization that carries upon itsroll every cotton man of importance in Savannah, has twice chosen Mr. Bellas its head, and as president he did much to perfect the organization andinfluence of this body and carry out the essential purposes for which is wascreated.Much of his time has been given to church and charitable organizations.He is a member of the. board of trustees of the Independent PresbyterianChurch, but in this direction his chief work has probably been accomplishedas president of the Young Men's Christian Association of Savannah. He givesmuch personal time and attention to the affairs of the Young Men's ChristianAssociation, and this organization has certainly meant as much as any otherfor the welfare of the youth of the city. His own splendid efforts have beenably seconded by his associates on the board of trustees and by many officialfriends of the organization. During his term as president the Young Men'sChristian Association built its magnificent home, regarded as one of the bestequipped and best managed institutions of its kind in the entire country. Mr.Bell is also a member of the Oglethorpe Club, one of the leading social organizations in the South.The family life of Mr. Bell is ideal. He married Miss Kate Maxey, who wasborn in Beaufort, South Carolina, but was reared and educated in Jacksonville, Florida. She came to Savannah in 1881. Mrs. Bell died at her Savannahhome, April 8, 1915, at the age of fifty-four. To their marriage were bornfour children: Anna. Kate, Charles Grandy, Jr., and Suzanne, the threeyounger being still unmarried and at home. The oldest daughter, Anna, isthe wife of John L. Cabell of Richmond, Virginia, a member of the prominentCabell family of that state.LITCIAN LA MAR KXIGHT. The writer of this sketch is not unmindful of thedifficulties which beset him in preparing for publication even a brief biographyof the distinguished author of this work. Hence, a foreword of explanation.Realizing from a personal knowledge of Mr. Knight's character, in its variedaspects, how difficult it would be even for one gifted with the most subtlepower of analysis, to do it full justice, he approaches the task with honesttrepidation. It is not an easy undertaking this labor of love, but the themeis so delightful, and the work so engaging, that he gladly essays the hazardoustaskİt matters not from what angle we view him, Mr. Knight is a fascinatingstudy; he invites approach; nor does he cease to be magnetic with immediatecontact. Instead of diminishing, he grows. His charming personality is apassport to universal confidence, radiating a glow which makes every one happier and better. At the same time, his high order of intellect, and his splen-.did type of character, command the respect of all. He is a many-sided man,equipped for success in a dozen spheres of achievement. Conscious of mylimitations at the outset, I therefore, crave the indulgence of the reader,while I briefly sketch the distinguishing features of Mr. Knight's character andcareer.SAMUEL W. WILKES.Lucian Lamar Knight, historian, scholar, poet, orator, and man of affairs,was born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, on the 9th day of February, 1868. His father was George Walton Knight, a distinguished lawyerand educator. His mother was Clara Corinne Daniel, a sister of two gallant Confederate officers, Capt. Wilberforce Daniel, and Dr. John B. Daniel,the latter, one of the South's leading manufacturers. The ancestor of Mr.Knight, bearing the father's name, came to .America from England earlyin the seventeenth century, soon after the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia,