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VOL. V. NO. 255.
ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, APRIL 27,1907.
PTCIfTEl* ,n Atlanta: TWO CETT*.
XrXVXVyJ2i. On Trains; FIVE CH.VTa.
Watch for the Masonic Edition of The Georgian—
—It will appear on May 8th, the day the cornerstone
of the new temple is laid.
PUSSES jffflf-
FAST MAIL
Former Chief, Execu
tive/of Georgia Is
Dead.
LEAVES DAUGHTER
AND TWO SONS
His Health Had Been Fail
ing For Some Time and
Death Was Expected.
ATLANTA’S TRIBUTE TO DIXIE’S HEROES
Piled Ties on Track
in an Attempt to
Wreck Train.
CREW OPENED FIRE;
OUTLAWS FLED
Special to The Georgian. ,
Charlotte, N. C. ( April 27.—An at- j
tempt was made to wreck No. 43,1
the southbound fast mall train on the*I
Southern road, 10 miles north of Char
lotte last night. The engine ploughed
Into a pile of crossties that had been
placed on the rails by unknown par
ties, narrowly escaping a fatal catas
trophe.
The train crew sprang out In time to
see several men fleeing away.
Several shots were fired, but none of
the wreckers were caught.
Atlanta’s Memorial Day parade in 1907 surpassed all previous pageants in the number in line.
giment of pupils from the public schools were
WITH WORDS OF WARNING
ON HIS LIPS MINISTER
FELL FROM HIS PULPIT
RUFU8 BROWN BULLOCK,
Former governor of Gporgln, who
died at. Albion. N. Y., Saturday
morning.
Buffalo. X. 'Y., April 27.—Former
Governor Rufus Bullock, of Georgia,
died today at Albion, r He had been in
failing health for some time.
Mr. Bullock died at the family home
stead at Albion, where he had resided
since the death of his wife, two year*
•fto.
He was 73 years of age and leaves a
daughter. Mrs. Leonard Kendall, of
Greenwich. Ga., and two sons. Freeman
Bullock,,of Omaha, and Volney Bullock,
of Atlanta, Ga.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE
OF GOVERNOR BULLOCK,
Rufus Brown Bullock was born In
Bethlehem, Albany county, New York,
March 28, 1834, but when only 7 years
old hla parents moved to Albion, N. Y.
where he graduated from Albion Acad
emy In 1850.
At this time the development of th
electric telegraph was Just begun In
New York, and Governor Bullock,
though only 17 years of age, soon mas
tered the art. It Is said that he was
the first telegraph operator able to
read by sound.
He Installed the printing telegraph
systems in New York city, Buffalo,
Rochester. Utica, Albany. Springfield
and Philadelphia. He took charge of a
rival concern In Philadelphia, which
broke down the monopoly and caused
more general use of the telegraph for
business and social Intercourse.
With Express Company.
In 1857 President Dlnsmore, of th<
Adams Express Company, sent Gov
ernor Bullock to Augusta, Ga., to take
general charge of the business In the
South. With the formation of the
Southern Express Company the busi
ness of the Adams Company in the
South passed Into new hands. Gov
ernor Bullock held an Important post
with that company, and while President
Plant was abroad the management, of
the company was practically In his
hands.
He caused the construction of tele
graph lines to interior points, and when
the Civil war caine on this proved most
valuable to the Confederates, as coast
lines all fell Into the hands of the
Federate.
Over these wires communication was
maintained between President Davis
and Generals Lee, Beauregard and
Johnston. The Southern Express Com
pany transported all contributions of
supplies and food to the Confederates
without cost.
Served the Confederate Army.
He was appointed acting assistant
quartermaster general of the Confed
erate army, with the rank of colonel,
8nd as such se.rved to the surrender.
At the close of the war he devoted hie
energies to material development of tho
■tate.
Going to New York, he secured capi
tal to open a national bank In Augusta.
Later he became president of the Au
gusta and Macon railroad, and when
he went to New York to secure funds
for improvements was told that Geor
gia had not yet come Into the Union.
This caused him to go Into politics.
A constitutional convention was
called and lie took a prominent part in
Boy Evangelist Was
Stricken By Heart
Disease.
“Prepare to meet thy God!"
A* these words were uttered by Rev.
(1. T. Rowe, pastor of McDonald Bap
tist church, during a revival seriflon
Friday night, he pitched forward In his
pulpit In a fainting and apparently dy-
Intt condition.
Officers of tho church who were sit
ting near rushed to Ills assistance ami
caught the almost lifeless man a. he
sank to the Boor. He was quickly re
moved from the church to the front
porch, where what restoratives as
could be found were administered until
he had revived sufficiently to he re
moved to his home near by.
At a late hour Friday night he was
said to be resting comparatively easllv.
and It was thought that his complete
recovery would he'speedy.
Had Heart Trouble.
The very exciting ending of the ser
mon of Rev. Mr. Howe was the climax
bf a scries of revival service, which he
has been conducting at McDonald Bap
tist church, where the Interest has been
great, and many conversions made.,
During the day Friday he had he-n;
suffering Intensely from heart trouble ,
and was confined to his bed the greater
portion of the day, but as such great
Interest had been manifested In the
meetings and as a number of people
had congregated to hear the "Boy
Kvangell.t," a. he Is called by many,
he attempted to conduct the services
rather than disappoint (hem. It was
clear to those present that he was not
In a condition to preach, but he arose
bravely to the task, and had progressed
for some twenty minutes, when he fell
on the rostrum. _ , , ,
A peculiar feature of the breakdown
and one thnt impressed hiS*hearers, was
the fact, that Just previous to the col
lapse he said: „ . _ ,
“Are you ready for the call of God,
beloved? I am. If God should eall me
before this sermon was finished, and I
trust the call will be soon. 1 nm ready.
> u. ..... d tlmnnCA m«Af itlV (Iflfl I
OF GEORGIA T, PI
NAVIES OF WORLD’S NATIONS
GATHERED IN HAMPTON ROADS;
STATE GOVERNORS ENTERTAIN
Are you? Prepare to meet thy God
Then lie lurched forward and was
taken from the church.
Rev. \V. B. Barrow, pastor of Sharon
Baptist church, was fortunately pres
ent and continued the services, and the
meeting was Impressively closed
By JAMES HAY, Jr.
.Tiuiiputntvn Kxpo*ltl<»u. April 27.—Hm fee-
oik! duy of the Jniiwntonn expoiltlou wo*
■peut on the water. luitenU of ou land, by
the thousand* of ▼isltom to the big show.
On land there was nothing to* see save
unfinished buildings, Ineomplete exhibits
nnd stretches of tin paved streets, on which
tho dust lay an Inch deep. On the water
there Were battle ships of the nattous, their
masts and rigging transformed Into n wil
derness of tings and bunting.
pn the deeks of these dogs of war the
seamen uml marines marched nnd executed
orders, the aim light shining gaily ou their
I arms uml accouterment*. The sea craft of
I he iieighlMiriug cities carried the visitors
to the very mouths of the cannon of the
j war ships, nnd erulsed up and dowu the
triple line of the mouster lighters through
out tho day.
The maritime sight was grander * today
than yesterday. Every hour tho launches
from the warships carried uniformed offi
cers to nud tro. The bunds played the na
tional airs, the. strains flouting ncross the
; waters to the plney shores whore 300 years
np th« only known race was the lu
Women, gowned In bright spring cos
tumes, climbed the ladders leading to the
decks of the battle ships. Kverywhere
there was brilliant color, uinslc and the at-1
mosphere of festivity.
The work, though slow. Is well done. *
The grounds are laid out like n city. There
are streets, boulevards nnd alleys. There
are sewer,jro*. water nud electric lighting
systems. There are building lines and n
telephone central office.
Governors Entertain.'
3 There were several minor functions on the
grounds today. At noon the Maryland
state commission formally opened the Sfary-
In ml building. At noon, the Connecticut
March to the Beloved
Strains of
“Dixie.”
GREATEST PARADE
IN CITY HISTORY
Oakland Cemetery Scene of
Impressive Cere-
HENRY ST. GEORGE TIJCKER,
President of tho Jamestown
Exposition.
“ : : ' i — “
■ siting state governors and officer*. At
holloing was aim. opened, nnd s reeeptlnn -4:,to n. in.. Ilori-rnor Warfield will bold a
, «lven l.y the governor of Connecticut to the receftlnn In the Maryland building.
With cheers and flowers for the llv-
Ing and tears and flowers for the dead,
Atlanta's clttiens gathered Friday to
pay loving tribute to the memory of
the veterans of the gray.
Never In tho history of Memorial
day exercises has such witness been
borne to the love and reverence In
which the battle-sOarred defenders of
state's rights are held by those who
understand and appreciate the hard
ships they endured, m\(l the fleree lights
they waged against'overwhelming odds,
as that which was borne Friday In At
lanta when men, women and children,
with one accord, vied with each other
In perpetuating the memory of the Con
federate soldier.
From all parte of the city and county
the people came, If not to take part
In the parade, then to stand as specta
tors and cheer and wave a friendly
hand to. the old veterans who, with
halting step, marched once more In
battle line to the atlrrlng strains of
"Dixie."
Never In 'Atlanta have such crowds
been seen upon the streets on Memo
rial Day. As the vanishing years throw
a brighter halo over the memory of
the days of civil strife and as the tradi
tions which cluster around the heroic
and gallant struggle of the Sixties be
come still more dear to Southern
hearts, greater Interest Is taken In com.
meminoratlng the live* and worthy
actions of the men who now rank In
uljitnry with the heroes of Marathon
nnd the Pas* of Thermopylae.
Never In Atlanta has such a great
Memorial Day parade been seen. The
Inspiring spectuble presented by that
host of marching men and boys, some
of whom were living In Ih* memory
of the glorious post while the ehadowe
of life's evening ure gathering and
{others who hold thp past as a glorious
i memory who hold the past on the
1 threshhold of life and face the more
glorious future, has never been equalled
and perhaps will never been excelled,
i The parade formed at Ersklne's foun-
] tain at the junction of Peachtree anil
West Peachtree streets. With Grand
Marshal Joseph F, Burke riding at Ita
head, preceded by a platoon of mount
ed police, the long line movod down
Peachtree strtet nnd .took up the line
of march to Oakland cemetery.
Ranged along Peachtree etreet from
E
OF BIC PIER
More Than 100 Men
Thrown Into
Sea.
FOREIGNERS LEAP
TO SAVE SELVES
Accident Occurs at Locust
Point, Md., Near \
Baltimore.
Waehlngton, April 27.—Nearly 100
people are reported Injured or killed
by the collapse at 11:30 o’clock this
morning of a mammoth flre-proof steel
Iper near the Immigration station at
Locust Point, near Baltimore, Md.
Bo great was the crash of the falling
structure that the North German Lloyd
steamer Cassel, lying at the Immigra
tion pier 200 feet away, with 1,100 Im
migrants aboard, rolled and tossed
helpless In the waves. Spectators
thought an earthquake lmd come.
Homo of tha Immigrants on board
Jumped Into tho water out of sheer
terror and wore rescured with diffi
culty..
The pier that collapsed was In course
of construction and waa near comple
tion. It was to have been used In con
nection with a big ware house. Morn
than 100 men Were at work on the pier
above the water. It fell with a deafen.
Ing road, nearly all of It disappearing
with Ita human freight under the water.
Four bodies have been recovered
from the water, and debris. Six men.
badly hurt, have been carried to places
of safety. It If feared that the big
•tone Wall which fell has become the
tomb of a great number of those who
were at work on the pier.
Police from Baltimore have charge
of the rescue work. Ambulnnces from
the city hospitals are on the scene
carrying the wounded to tho city for
treatment an fast as they are rescued.
Carnegie Way several blocks northward
the old veterans Jn their worn and
faded uniforms of gray and holding
the flag they once followed through
four years of strife, saw the mammoth
parade pass In review. Then, falling
n behind, the Old Guard of the Oats
City Guard, they took up the march
to the last resting place of their com
rades.
One of the most Interesting features
of the whole parade and one which
elicited cheere from the veterans was
the hundreds of school children, most
of them little tots, who kept step to
the mualo and marched llko veterans
of many ware. There were at least
Continued on Peso Five.
CARY T. KING,
New state president of Georgia
State T. P.- A.
a 4363
lease
he was elected governor from
1871. He recommended the
the Western and Atlantic, and It was
leased for twenty years, the state real
ising $6,000,000 from It.
Indicted, But Vindicated.
In the election of 1870 It became, ap
parent that the general asaembly was
overwhelmingly against Governor Bul
lock. and he resigned. Two Indict
ments were found against him—one for
alleged conspiracy to defraud the state,
the other for failure to account for
certain bonds said to have been deliv
ered to the executive department by
the city of Atlanta. For seven years
he announced himself ready and tried
to secure trial. He was Anally vindi
cated by formal verdict of a Jury.
In 1893 Governor Bullock took uo
his permanent residence In Albion. N.
Y where he resided until the day of hU
death. Hie wife died two years ago.
He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Leonard
Kendall, of Greenwich, Ga., and two
sons. Freeman Bullock, of Omaha, and
V. V. Bullock, assistant postmaster >f
Atlanta.
Special to The Georgian.
Rome, Ga.. April 27.—Atlanta was
chosen ns the next meeting place for
the Georgia State Travelers’ Protective
Association yesterday at the annual
meeting held In this city.
, W. T. Ledbetter, of Rome, was elect
ed delegate to the national convention.
O. L. Stamps, of Atlanta, alternate.
State chaplain, Rev. 8. R. Belk, At
lanta.
Carey J. King, of Rome, was electeJ
president and James H. Andrews, sec
retary and treasurer.
The other officers elected were: First
vice president, Richard Howard, of Co.
lumbue; second vice president, J.
Mason, of Albany; third vice president,
C. C. Vinson, of Savannah; resident di
rector*, R. J. Thomas. R. A. Broyles,
W. P. Anderson, C. J. Hollingsworth
and J. B. Blaterman; from Post C, Co
lumbus, Max Banner; Post A, Savan
nah, Jerome Exsteln; Post D, Macon,
G. O. Carmichael; Post 11 Augusta.
George W. Tlmmona; chairman rail
road committee. Max Krauss.
The convention closed at 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. 4
BIXGER HERRMAN
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Washington, April 27.—The jury in
the case of Blnger Herrmann, of Ore
gon, former land commissioner, Charged
with destroying governments records,
returned a verdict of not guilty today.
The Jury has been out (luce yesterday
afternoon. _ -
WILL PROBE TRUST
COMPANIES IN N. Y.
New York, April 27.—A* a consequence of
the looting of tlie Trust Com puny of Amer
ica by Its loan clerk, William O. Douglas,
Superintendent Keep, of tlio state banking
department, will orerbaul alt the trust com
panies In the city, with particular regard
to the condition of their trust funds.
These aggregate fabulous tutus. A alugle
company, for Instance, the L'rfted Htstes
Trust Company, has funds In Ita care
nmounting to IIOO.OUO.OOO. The major part of
this Immense sum Is represented by aecurl-
ties.
The thefts of Douglas have shown how
easy It la for u trust company clerk to ex
tract huudreds of thousutnU of dollars of
securities from one of rbe strong boxes, and
to keep on thieving for a year ‘Without de
tection.
Dennet’s statement brings Into the case
tho name of Joshth Quincy, former mayor
of Boston. Qulucv himself explains that
he was approached hy Dennct before the
robbery became known and asked to accept
a retainer to begin negotiations with the
tpirft company for the return of the stolen
securities. Having located nil of the miss
ing bonds, the trust company Is concerned
now with the plan to get back the $140,000
which brokers, who accepted the securi
ties. paid to either Douglas or Deuuet
ns locus.
The amount whltlt Dougins Is said to
SHOT HIS SISTER
BY AN ACCIDENT
Special to The Georgian.
Joneshoro, Ga., April 27.—W. S. King,
son of J. L. King, county treasurer of
this county, accidentally ahot and Itja
believed fatally wounded hla Hater,
Miss Jennie King, aged 18 years, here
this morning.
The accident occurred In the King
home at 8 o'clock this morning.
W. K. King, who la an unmarried
man, waa attempting to fix the parlor
rifle, when it waa discharged, tho bad
entering the left side of hla slater, who
waa In the room, nnd ranging down
ward.
Burgeons have been summoned and
an operation will be performed. O j o'clock i>. m 77 degrees O
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the accident Is greatly regretted among
their large circle of friends.
Dr. McRae and all local physicians
are In attendance and an operation has
been found necessary.
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Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here etch day mat
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
Atlanta, the capital city of the good old cotton state of Georgia, lays
claim to being the most metropolitan city of the South.
Those who have never been there have heard It spoken of as a
hustling, bustling, Northern sort of a town—the llvest thing In Dixie.
In picturesque New Orleans on the sleepy Creole coast, one hears of
Atlanta as a live wire beyond the pales of “manana,” a city on the qul
vlve and quick commercial Jump; New Yorkers even havo heard of At
lanta us a good thing and Atlanta does not resent the soft Impeachment.
She admits It alh she does, end she has some right to. ■
Yet Atlanta Is not a Northern town, despite the large amonnl of East
ern capital Invested there.
A quaint commingling of ox-cart and automobile, lolling negroes and
well-groomed business men. modern apartmenta and old colonial housea.
tells the tale -of a progress-invaded Southern stronghold, and Atlanta la all
of that—Southern in all her fibers, with a pushing trade and traffic Inter
fering with her native. Inherited tastes for “doles far nlente.”
Unfortunately, or fortunately, the geographical position of this huh
of the South compete activity and active people are pushing and rushing
along the business enters in a congested mass of humanity—white and
black—until one thinks of lower New York end a stalled surface car near
Wall street, when he la fighting hla way along Peodbtree In the famed
“heart of Atlanta" district.
And by the by, the "heart of Atlanta” la an Imposing thing. It wouldn't
look so bad set down on Broadway with II* nine sky scrapers shooting up
Into the clouds within a few blocks. Its crowded- cars, bright shop win
dows, electric signs and moving throngs. Its motor cars, ox-carts and mula
teams Jostling each other.
Atlanta real estate probably today offers the moat favorable oppor
tunity for remunerative and permanent Investment of any class of
Southern Investment*. From 1887 to 1*92 .there was a most phenomenal
expansion In real estate values; In fact, Atlanta and vicinity shared In
the boom that swept the entire country. Atlanta then had a population
of 60,004 to 70,000 people; In conjunction with her immbdlate suburbs
within a radlua nr eight mile*, from 176.000 to 200,000 people now live.
During the expansion from 1987 lo 1992. the city'* only mode of transit
was horse cars and dummy line*, only two of which ware built beyond a
point of one and a half mile* distant from the center of the city; priced
were pushed up In some sections where these car lines were located, al
most as high ns present values. The building of many eftctric lines ex
tending In all directions within a distance of four miles from the center of
the city has had a tendency to equalise values and scatter the population
more uniformly. Under the regime of the horse car lines, there u ere
but three or four main residence streets, whereas now there are
Formerly there were no residence parka, now a large number of extendi.-
and expensive residence parks and suburban settlements exist In and
around the city.—North and South, Louisville, Ky.