. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. general sales manager for the Liter-national Agricultural Corporation of New York. Samuel C. Dobbs is a man who has made his-tory in Atlanta, and his life is one that is strongin the element of romance. He was born in theWestern part of Georgia, near Villa Rica, onNovember 8, 1869. Financially, his father hadbeen ruined by the Civil War, and he was notable to send this son, the oldest, to school. entire school training w^as little more thanone year, but he studied assiduously each nightby a kerosene lamp, and with his mother asteacher. During
. Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow. general sales manager for the Liter-national Agricultural Corporation of New York. Samuel C. Dobbs is a man who has made his-tory in Atlanta, and his life is one that is strongin the element of romance. He was born in theWestern part of Georgia, near Villa Rica, onNovember 8, 1869. Financially, his father hadbeen ruined by the Civil War, and he was notable to send this son, the oldest, to school. entire school training w^as little more thanone year, but he studied assiduously each nightby a kerosene lamp, and with his mother asteacher. During the short time he spent inschool, he earned a scholarship, but could nottake advantage of this opportunity. His fathers health failed, and when Mr. DobbsAvas fourteen, and he was forced to take chargeof the plantation, and earn a livelihood for thefamily. When he was 21 years of age, he droveto Atlanta, forty-five miles distant, in an ox-cartand w^ent to work as porter in the drug store ofAsa G. Candler & Company, at a salary of one. ^^^
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