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2788 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSexperiences and opportunities of a Georgia boy reared in a fairly well-to-dofamily, and afterwards by his own efforts he gained a college education. Hewas graduated A. B. from Emory College in 1887 and then took up the studyof law under Col. J. A. Brannen at Statesboro.On being admitted to practice in 1891 he at once located at Statesboro andthere is hardly a lawyer in that section, of the state better known and morehighly esteemed for his ability and worthy attainments. Many years agoMr. Moore represented his home county in the State Legislature, was mayorof Statesboro in 1899, but rendered his most important service to the publicin the office of ordinary, which he filled from 1900 to 1912, and has recentlybeen elected for another four years' term in the same office, beginning January 1, 1917.Besides his large law practice he is vice president of the Sea Island Bankof Statesboro and is one of the board of trustees of the First District Agricultural College. He is a democrat, a member of the County Bar Association and of the Masonic order. His church is the Methodist Episcopal.On October 8, 1891, in Screven County, he married Miss Mary L.Edenfield, a daughter of the late Alien Edenfield. To their marriage havebeen born four children: C. L. Moore, who was born at Statesboro in 1894and is now attending the medical college at Atlanta; Sadie M., born in 1899,and a student in the Milledgeville College; Mary Lou, born in 1905 and S. L,,Jr., born in 1908, both attending the public schools of Statesboro.ROBERT R. GUNN. The feeling of self respect arising from the consciousness of talents well employed, is, in itself, an assurance of success. "When achoice of the law is made by a young man, it means not only years of themost careful and diligent study but the assumption, later on, of responsibilities which mean as his life work, the balancing of might and right and oftenof life and death. There is little ease in the life of a busy lawyer and when ayouth deliberately puts aside the allurements of a life of leisure that wealthand social environment make possible in order to devote every effort to becomea useful and vital factor in the great scheme of life, he deserves some measure of credit and usually is abundantly rewarded. Among the thus situatedyoung attorneys of Crawfordsville, Georgia, is Robert R. Gunn.,Robert R. Gunn was born at Crawfordsville, September 23, 1893, and is ason of Ulysses S. and Olive Belle (Allford) Gunn. The father of Mr,, Gunnwas born in Georgia and for many years has been the leading merchant atCrawfordsville and a representative citizen. He is a member of the schoolboard and is prominent in all local movements of moment. He married OliveBelle Allford and they have had six children, the eldest of whom was RobertR. and the other survivors, Mary "Olive and Gladys, reside with their parentsat Crawfordsville. On both sides the family connections are of high character, and the family home is' a center of the pleasant social activities of thecityḞollowing his graduation from the Crawfordsville High School, in September, 1910, Robert R. Gunn entered the University of Georgia at Athens, andin June, 1914, was graduated from the law department with credit. He wasadmitted to the bar in the same year and on returning to Crawfordsville wentinto the offices of Alvin G. Golucke. He has demonstrated his legal abilityon many occasions individually, and enjoys an honorable reputation as alawyer, and controls an important law business of this part of the county.Mr. Gunn is a Royal Arch Mason and belongs also to the Knights ofPythias. In college he enjoyed his connection with the Sigma Chi fraternityand retains his membership in the same. In politics he is identified with thedemocratic party but so far has given comparatively little attention to thefield of politics, his profession closely claiming his time and interest. It isnot too much to say that he seems to have a brilliant future before him.