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SOUTH ILLUSTRATED.
THE: ADLER ART. PUBLISHING COMPANY,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year IH'i.j, by A. C. Waters,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
DONOHUE & HKNNEBERRY.
PRINTERS, BINDERS. ENGRAVERS,
PREFflGB.
HE greatest of English historians, Macaulay, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a
record of the lives of its people." In conformity with this idea it has been the purpose in this pub¬
lication to bring into prominence the lives of the men and women who have taken an active interest in the
Cotton States and International Exposition, as well as those who are identified, with the industries and
advancement of the South, and to provide such data and information of a general kind as will enable any
one to comprehend the extent of this Exposition. Much care has been exercised in the preparation, so that it
might be absolutely correct, and in this connection the publishers are greatly indebted to the Officials and
Directors of the Exposition and the Chiefs of the Departments, also to the members of the Press and
business men of Atlanta and the South. It is believed that all Southerners interested as they are in the
Cotton States and International Exposition will hail a work of this character with satisfaction, and will look
upon it as indispensable at this time, and that in the years to come it will be referred to with pleasure and
profit.
THE PUBLISHERS.
THE
ATLANTA EXPOSITION
AND SOUTH ILLUSTRATED.
-■-^-CONTENTS.——
^{iews and Descriptions of the Cotton States and International Exposition, Buildings, Leading Features, Etc.
Portraits and Biographies of the Officials of the Exposition, including prominent members of the Lady
Board of Managers.
Descriptions of the points of interest in Atlanta and other Southern Cities, with views of Public Buildings,
Residences, Etc.
Portraits and Biographies of those who have obtained prominence in Social, Professional, and Business Life
and those who are identified with the industries and advancement of the South.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, ATLANTA, GA.
THE site of the Exposition is Piedmont Park, located two miles from the center of the city of Atlanta, Ga. More than $300,000 have been expended in heightening the picturesque
features of the landscape, and about §2,000,000 have been expended in all to make the Fair. Great inland lakes have been constructed, and nearly all the buildings have a water
frontage. Great credit is due the chief of construction and landscape engineer, in that he has taken advantage of every opportunity to beautify the grounds and give an
artistic effect. It is conceded the grounds of the Cotton States and International Exposition are the most beautiful of any exposition ever held in this country. The park covers 189 acres.
CHARLES A, COLLIER,
President and Director-General Cotton States and International Exposition.
T | (IN. C. A. COLLIER was born in Atlanta, July 19th, 184N. Shortly after his father,
the late Judge Collier, moved to the young and growing town. From early
boyhood he enjoyed the best educational advantages. At the University of Georgia
Mr. Collier more than fulfilled the anticipations of his friends, and when he completed
his education and was admitted to the bar in 1871, it was generally conceded that he was
one of the best-equipped young men in the profession. On the 7th of June he was
married to the daughter of the late William A. Rawson. From this date his real career
may be said to have commenced. Happily married and enjoying the full confidence of
his neighbors and friends, Mr. Collier engaged in various important enterprises, conduct¬
ing them all with signal ability and success. While many temptations were held out to
him to enter political life, he declined every offer, and pursued the even tenor of his way.
One position he could not well decline, and that was alderman. He is Vice-President
and Director in the Capitol City Bank, Chairman County Commissioners, Vice-President
Georgia Loan and Investment Co.
The selection of Mr. Collier for President of the Cotton States and International
Exposition was a matter of course. He was by all odds the best-equipped man in
Atlanta for this great work. He was President of the first Piedmont Exposition, in
which he was co-laborer with the lamented Grady. He has been prominent in the con¬
duct of a number of expositions, and with fine executive ability he is strongly equipped
for the work. He is a man of broad ideas, and it is largely due to his enlightened
views that the Exposition has taken on so great a growth since its inception. Although
one of the busiest of men, he does not give his whole life to business, but is interested in
literature, science and art.
HON. W. A. HEMPHILL,
e-Presldent Cotton States and Internatic
HENRY H. CABANISS is manager of The Atlanta Journal. In 1887 this paper,
then having only a local and limited circulation, was bought by Hon. Hoke Smith
and Mr. Cabaniss, and at once they went to work to extend its influence and make it a
factor in the politics, both state and national.
How they succeeded is well known, not only in Georgia, but throughout the coun¬
try. The Journal has been a leader on the winning side of every political controversy
during the past eight years.
The success of The Journal is due in a large measure to the hard work of a large and
very bright crowd of young journalists, under the active and progressive direction of
Mr. Cabaniss.
Mr. Cabaniss is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and since 1882 has been a
resident of Atlanta. He is a thoroughly progressive and public-spirited citizen, and
takes an active and enthusiastic interest in every movement looking toward the upbuild¬
ing of Atlanta and the development of Southern resources. His business ability has
been exhibited in a marked degree, not only in the successful management of the large
newspaper property which he personally directs, but in the associate management of
several other important organizations. Mr. Cabaniss is a man who gives the closest and
most observant attention to detail, never seeming to tire of personal application to every
branch of newspaper work, from editorial writing to the most exacting supervision of
the mechanical departments of The Journal. It is to this faculty of grasping innumer¬
able matters of detail in so widely diverse ends of a large establishment, more than to
all others, that Mr. Cabaniss' chief characteristic of success lies.
Mr. Cabaniss is a clear and graceful public speaker, with a keen sense of humor, that
spices everything which he says with a particularly interesting flavor. He is a man who
makes and retains friends easily, and than whom few men can claim a career marked by
so little personal hostility.
HON. \VM. A. HEMPHILL is a native of Athens, Ga. He graduated from the
State University of Georgia in 186r. When nineteen years of age he volunteered
in the Confederate service and joined Lee's army in Virginia. He made a fine military
record and was wounded severely at Gettysburg.
He came to Atlanta in 1867, and in a very short while was made business manager
of the Atlanta Daily Constitution, the position which he now holds. He has held many
important public and private positions ; was mayor for two years, which office he filled
creditably to himself and to the advancement of the city. lias been President of the
Board of Education. lie is now President of the Atlanta Trust & Banking Company,
and President of the Bankers' Guarantee Fund Life Association, First Vice-President of
the Cotton States and International Exposition. He is prominently connected with vari¬
ous business and charitable institutions. He is a churchman, and upholds its institu¬
tions. Has been Superintendent of Trinity Sunday-school, the largest Sunday-school
in this state, for many years.
In 1871 he married Mrs. Emma Luckie, of Covington, Georgia, and has an interest¬
ing family. His elegant home on Peachtree is always open to the entertainment of his
friends or for the advancement of any good cause.
HENRY H. CABANISS,
Second Vice-President Cotton States and Interr
CENTRAL TERRACE, EXPOSITION GROUNDS.
THE above view shows the Central Terrace, one of the most picturesque spots on the Exposition Grounds. In the background can be seen the Fine Arts Building and the
United States Government Building. The Central Terrace gives a quaint and natural beauty to this part of the grounds.
W. D. GRANT,
Third Vice-President Cotton States and International Exposition.
WILLIAM DANIEL GRANT, son and only child of John T. Grant and Martha
Cobb Jackson, was born in Athens, Ga., August 16th, 1837, He was educated
at the University of Georgia; was Captain in the Confederate Army, and on June 13th,
1866, married Miss Sarah Frances Reid of Sunny Villa, Troup County, Georgia.
lie moved to Atlanta, Ga., in 1870, at No. 428 Peachtree Street, where he
still resides.
He has two children, John W. Grant and Sarah Grant Jackson. He has been a
prosperous planter and railroad txuilder, and is the largest tax-payer in Atlanta. He is
a Director of the Atlanta National Bank, and takes a deep interest in the Exposition.
EDMUND L. TYLER, formerly General Manager Western Railway of Alabama &
Atlanta West Point Road, entered railway service 1855, since which he has been
consecutively, 1855 to i860, machinist apprentice in Altoona shops, Pennsylvania Road,
fireman and engineer Cumberland Valley Road; i860 to Nov. 1861, member of party run¬
ning experimental surveys and locating the Lorberry Creek Road in Schuylkill County,
Pa.; Nov. 1861 to Sept. 1864, in the war; in 1865 returned to Pennsylvania Road, Philadel¬
phia & Erie division, as assistant superintendent of the western and middle divisions;
Nov. 1867 to May 1870, master mechanic New York Central & Hudson River Road,
western division; June 1870 to May 1S77, superintendent middle division Philadelphia &
Erie Road; June 1877 to April 1881, vice-president and general manager Mobile &
Montgomery Road; Nov. 1881 to Oct. 1889, superintendent New Orleans & Northwestern
Road; Oct. 1880 to Dec. 1889, general superintendent transportation Central Road &
Banking Co. of Ga.; Dec. 1889 to date, general manager Atlanta West Point Road,
Western Railway of Ala., and Cincinnati, Selma & Mobile Road.
Mr. Tyler was elected to the office of fourth vice-president of the Exposition. He
also is chief of department of transportation, in which capacity he has inaugurated an
admirable system.
CAPTAIN EDMUND L. TYLER,
Fourth Vice-President Cotton States and International Exposition.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING, while not very ornate, is a substantial and imposing structure with a Romanesque motif. The floor space is about sixty-five thousand
square feet. The annex added to the original design is 140x80 feet. The round towers on each corner give an additional amount of exhibit room. Each department of
the Government is represented here and is arranged by a commission composed of gentlemen selected for their special fitness and experience in the work of arranging exhibits.
Two hundred thousand dollars was appropriated by the Government for the Exposition Building and exhibits. Charles S. Kemper, of Washington, is the architect of this
building.
Aft R. ANTON L. KONTZ, the Treasurer of the Cotton States and International
i * 1 Exposition Company, is a native Atlantian, one of her best-known citizens, and
his great popularity extends to every part and class of the entire city. His present
home has been the family homestead for nearly fifty years. His boyhood was em¬
ployed on his father's farm near the city; he attended the best schools of Atlanta, and
afterwards, by the advice of his friend Alexander H.Stephens took a course of several
years at the noted school of Richard Malcolm Johnson in Maryland; he is thoroughly
conversant with the German language.
For sixteen years he was with Pullman's Palace Car Company, in which by rapidly
earned promotions he became Superintendent, which position he resigned in 1891, to
give to his private business the attention which its increasing importance required.
His successful administration of large estates has attracted especial attention.
In 1889 he was elected a member of the City Council, defeated his opponent, a
highly respected and worthy man, by 1,900 majority, probably the highest majority ever
given in the same contest. While Councilman he was Chairman of the Committee on
Parks, a member of the Finance Committee, a member of the Hoard of Water Com¬
missioners, and was Chairman of the Water Works Committee. He took a leading part
in moulding the plans which have given Atlanta a water supply unsurpassed in the
country. He has for a number of years been a member of the City Board of Education,
was one of the organizers of the Commercial Travelers Savings Bank, now the Trust
Company, of Georgia. He was prominent in the organization of the Stephens Club,
now the Young Men's Democratic League, the most influential political organization
in the county. Mr. Kontz is not a politician, but interested in every 1
the public good.
GEN. J. R. LEWIS,
Secretary Cotton States and Internati<
GENERAL JOHN RANDOLPH LEWIS was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania,
22nd of September, 1836, and was educated at the Academy of the Philadelphia
Dental College and the Medical Department of the University of Vermont. He first
engaged in the profession of dentistry, coming to Atlanta first in 1867. He was Cap¬
tain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel and Brevet-Brigadier United States Volun¬
teers, and is a retired Colonel of the United States Army. General Lewis was State
School Commissioner for Georgia in 1870-1871, and Secretary of the Atlanta Cotton
Exposition in 1881, and has been Postmaster of Atlanta during 1889-93.
A. L. KONTZ,
Treasurer Cotton States and International Exposition,
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING.
THE WOMAN'S BUILDING is one of the handsomest on the Exposition grounds. It was designed by a woman, Elise Mercur, of Pittsburg, Pa., who contested with over
thirty architects of prominence. In outline it is graceful and symmetrical and the finish is good, both on the exterior and interior. Its style is the Colonial Renaissance,
and has a handsome flat dome. There are two stories and a full-size basement. The approaches are splendid, and the roof can be utilized as a promenade. The building is
almost square in design. Fronting the lake, it offers a picturesque view of the surrounding country, which is of historical interest, since the battle of the 22nd of July was fought
there. Within the arrangement is perfect in detail; there are departments for every art, industry and work engaged in by women, including all branches of science, needle-work,
domestic work and literature. The Congress hall is a beautiful room, where all the noted women of the North, East, West and South will speak and demonstrate in some way the
advancement of woman. The building, with the annex, cost $35,000, that sum having been raised principally by the women of Atlanta. After the Exposition the building will
remain on the grounds, a monument to the industry of the-Woman's Board .and their co-workers.
ALEX. W. SMITH,
Auditor, Cotton States and International Exposition.
ALEX. W. SMITH was born in Habersham Counly, Ga., June 24, 1861. Since 1872 he has been a
resjdent of Atlanta. He won the first honor scholarship from the Boys' High School of Atlanta,
and soon thereafter matriculated at the University of Georgia, from which institution he was graduated
with distinction. After a course of study under Marshall J. Clarke, formerly Judge of the Superior Court,
Atlanta Circuit. Mr. Smith was admitted to the bar. From 187S to 1883 he was a member of the firm of
H. L. Smith & Son. wholesale grocers On the completion of his studies for admission to the bar his
eminent preceptor said:
"He has shown a quickness to understand principles and a facility in the acquisition of knowledge
which are extraordinary. 1 consider him a young man of superior talents and intellectual training, and
with these advantages, aided by his excellent character and engaging manners, as well as his industrious
habits. I think he may justly enter with confidence upon the practice of his profession."
Mr. Smith practiced alone the first two years, but in 1885 formed a co-partnership with the Hon. B.
F. Abbott, under the firm name of Abbott & Smith. This firm enjoyed a large practice, principally in
commercial and corporation law, being general counsel for the Atlanta National Bank, the Georgia Marble
Company, and other large corporations, including local representation of thirty-three banks. At present
Mr. Smith is associated with his only brother, Mr. Victor L. Smith, himself a graduate with the highest
honors from the University of Georgia. His brother enjoys the reputation of being the best real estate
lawyer at the Atlanta bar, Mr. Smith is a well-read lawyer, a ripe and accurate scholar, an eloquent
advocate, and a sagacious counsel. His youth, energy, ability, quickness of perception, and affability
guarantee his success. He has in the past avoided politics, declined public office, and devoted himself
tirelessly to his profession.
He has been connected with the management of the Cotton States and International Exposition prac¬
tically from its inception. In addition to being an active member of the Board of Directors and of the
Executive Committee, he is auditor of the Company, Chief of the Public Comfort Department, and Chair¬
man of the Committee on Privileges and Concessions. The last-named committee is one of the most im¬
portant in connection with the entire management, and has lent valuable aid in providing ways and means
for launching the Exposition. As Chief of the Public Comfort Department, Mr. Smith has accomplished
gratifying results, and within twelve days after taking charge secured contracts for the erection of new
hotels, having an aggregate capacity to accommodate five thousand people. No member of the Board has
been more active and earnest in his attention, or more successful in his efforts to promote the success of
the Exposition, than Mr. Smith.
EDMUND A. FELDER was born in South Carolina thirty-two years ago He received his education
in that state, and later came to Atlanta, where for three years-he occupied the position of Secretary
to Major Slaughter, Commissioner of the Southern Passenger Association. He then went to Chicago to
accept the position of Secretary of the Central Traffic Association of that city. When the Chicago and
Ohio Passenger Association was organized, Mr. Felder was elected secretary of that organization, which
office he held until a position was offered him under Hon. D. H. Burnham, Director of the Works for the
World's Columbian Exposition. It was here that Mr. Felder gained his first experience in exposition
work, to which he has since devoted himself. He compiled the rules and regulations for that department,
and upon the completion of that work was appointed, during the pre-exposition period, in charge of
admissions. When the Department of Admissions of the World's Fair was organized, he was elected
Assistant Superintendent of the Department, which position he filled with marked ability to the end of the
Fair. In this Department he had nearly a thousand men under his direction, and the ability he displayed
in management was so marked that when Director-General Young, of the Midwinter Fair at San Francisco,
was authorized to select a Chief of Admissions for that Exposition, he selected Mr. Felder for that place.
In this position Mr. Felder gained further experience in exposition work, and at the close of the Mid¬
winter Fair was offered the position of Assistant to the President at the Cotton States and International
Exposition, which was at that time being thoroughly organized. For the past year Mr. Felder has been
filling the duties of this position, and his wide experience in exposition work has made him of great value
in the position. He will be Chief of the Deparl ment of Admissions and Concessions at the Atlanta Fair, and
the signal ability which he has displayed in former positions of this character, together with his wide
experience and knowledge in exposition work, assure the thorough management of the department.
Though still a young man, Mr. Felder has proven his ability as an executive officer, and stands high as an
able and competent man in his chosen field of work.
EDMUND A. FELDER,
Chief of Department of Admissions and Concessions Cotton States and
International Exposition.
OFFICERS
OF THE COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
President and Director-General, C. A. COLLIER.
First Vice-President, W. A. HEMPHILL. Assistant to the President, E. A. FELDER.
Second Vice-President, H. H. CABANISS. Treasurer, A. L. KONTZ.
Third Vice-President, \V. D. GRANT. Auditor, ALEX. W. SMITH.
Fourth Vice-President, E. L. TYLER. Secretary, J. R. LEWIS.
Chief of Construction and Landscape Engineer, GRANT YVILKINS.
Supervising Architect, BRADFORD L. GILBERT.
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer, CHAS. F. FOSTER.
General Counsel> JACK J. SPALDING. Chief of the Bureau of Publicity and Promotion, W. G. COOPER.
Chief Departments of Admissiojis and Concessions, E. A. FELDER.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
ADAIR, A. D.
ADAIR, FORREST.
ADLER, M. L.
ALLEN, J. H.
AMOROUS, M. F.
ATKINSON, H. M.
ATKINSON, W. Y., ex officio.
BALDWIN, W. H., Jr.
BLACK, E. P.
BALCK, W. H.
BULLOCK, R. B.
CABANISS, H. H.
CHAMBERL1N, E. P.
COLLIER, C. A.
COLVILLE, FULTON.
COSGROVE, WM. L.
DODD, G. T.
DODGE, R. P.
DOUGHERTY, D. O.
ENGLISH, J. W.
ENGLISH, J. W., J-
EVANS, C. A.
FISHER, H. E.
GRANT, W. D.
HAMMOND, T. A., Jr.
HARALSON, P. H.
HARMON, C. E.
HARRISON', GEO. W.
HEMPHILL, IV. A.
HOWELL, E. P.
HOWELL, CLARK.
INMAN, H. T.
INMAN, S. M.
KING, PORTER, ex officic
KNOWLES, CLARENCE.
KONTZ, A. L.
LIEBMAN, I. W
LOWRY, R. J.
MILLER, J NO. A.
MIMS, LIVINGSTON.
NEAL, T. B.
NELMS, JNO, W.
NORTHEN, C. S.
NORTHEN, W. J.
OGLESBY, J. G.
PALMER, H. E. W.
PETERS, E. C.
RICE, F. P.
RICH, E.
SMITH, ALEX. W.
SPALDING, E. C.
SPALDING, R. D.
SPALDING, J. J., ex officio.
THOMPSON, JOSEPH.
TYLER, E. L.
VENABLE, W. H.
WALKER, B. F.
WEST, A. J.
WILKTNS, GRANT.
WILSON, H. L.
WOODSON, S. F.
WOODWARD, DAVID.
WYLIE, JAS. R.
RANT WILKINS, the subject of this sketch has
been a resident of the city of Atlanta for a num¬
ber of years, is architect of several of the most prominent
buildings. He enjoys an enviable reputation in his
calling. At the beginning of the Exposition work he was
chosen as the most suitable person to be chief of construc¬
tion and was also made landscape engineer.
In this latter capacity he has accomplished wonders,
there were obstacles to overcome that would have turned
a less determined man from his purpose, that was to .make
the grounds of the Cotton States and International Expo¬
sition more beautiful than those of any Exposition ever
held in this country. In the opinion of competent judges
he has accomplished this.
GRANT WILKINS,
Chief of Construction and Landscape Engineer Cotton
States and International Exposition.
A/\ R- BRADFORD L. GILBERT, Supervising Archi¬
tect of the Exposition, is distinguished in connec¬
tion with public buildings and railroad structures. He is
the architect of the New York Central Hudson River
Railroad, and several other important lines in the Eastern
and Middle States. He made considerable reputation on
the Chicago passenger depot of the Illinois Central Rail¬
road, and has done some good work for the Mexican
nation.
Mr. Gilbert is of sturdy, New England stock, and in
his earlier professional life was a prodigious worker. He
has now a great establishment with a large staff of assis¬
tants and draughtsmen. He is affable, genial and popular.
SAMUEL M. INMAN,
Chairman of the Finance Committee Cotton States
and International Exposition.
SAMUEL M. INMAN was born at Dandridge, in
Jefferson county, Tenn., on February 19, 1843. He
received his primary education in and about Dan¬
dridge, and coming from strong Presbyterian family, was
sent to Princeton, where he completed his education. He
entered the army when only eighteen years of age, joining
Company K, of the First Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry.
After the war he settled in Augusta, Ga., but in 1867
removed to Atlanta, which has since been his home. The
business known under the style of S. M. Inman <fc Co, has
grown to be the largest in the country, practically control¬
ling the cotton market. Mr. Inman has contributed from
time to time various large sums of money to charities, etc.
BRADFORD L. GILBERT,
Supervising Architect Cotton States and International
Exposition.
MINERALS AND FORESTRY BUILDING.
THE most picturesque building on the grounds is the Minerals and Forestry Building, with its bark-covered sides and moss-covered windows. The large dome in the center
is reached by a most effective winding stairway made entirely of rough logs. The interior decoration of the building is of the same natural design and it is a veritable
woodland. The south end of the building is the mineral exhibit. The top of this building has been let to the Aragon Hotel Co., and they made of it a typical roof garden
where refreshments are served in excellent manner and one can rest and enjoy the inspiring strains of Gilmore's famous band. The Chief of the Department of Minerals is
D. T. Day. The Chief of the Department of Forestry is B. E. Fernow. Dimensions of the building are as follows: no feet in width and 350 feet in length; no feet in height
at dome.
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CHARLES F. FOSTER,
Chief Engineer of the Departments of Machinery and Electricity
Cotton States and International Exposition.
CHARLES F. FOSTER, born September 26, 1852, he entered the engineering depart¬
ment of the city of Boston, (Mass.) July 1, 1869, being then seventeen years of age.
After three years of persistent application to his duties in this department, he was, in 1872,
appointed assistant engineer of the Lowell & Andover Railroad, of Massachusetts, but was
in this service for one year only, when he became associated with the Water Works Com¬
pany, of Lawrence, Mass., as assistant engineer, and continued in this capacity for the two
years—1873 to '75. During 1875 and '76 his time was occupied in general engineering
office practice in Boston, Mass., which was given up to take the position of consulting
and mechanical engineer for the Manchester Mills, of Manchester, N. H., and this work
continued from 1877 until 1880, during which time the whole establishment was rebuilt
and rearranged. In 1880 he was invited to, and accepted the position of, general
superintendent and mechanical engineer of the St. Louis (Mo.) Cotton Factory, where
he remained until 1885. Then he became associated with the Heine Safety Boiler
Company, of St. Louis, Mo., as vice-president and general manager, and continued
in this capacity for five years, when in February of 1893 he undertook the
stupendous work of completing the construction in the vast power plant of the
World's Fair, and was appointed chief mechanical engineer of the World's Columbian
Exposition. The operation of this plant was also carried on under his supervision, as
well as the dismantling of this enormous aggregation of engines, boilers, and miles of
steam and other piping. For a short period after finishing this work he practiced as a
consulting engineer, and is now chief engineer of the Departments of Machinery and
Electricity of the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga.
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JAMES R. WYLIE was born in Chester county, S. C., in 1831, and is son of David
G. and Martha (Robinson) Wylie. His boyhood days were spent in Fairfield
county until he was thirteen years of age, when the family moved to Cass, now Gordon
county, Ga. He remained on the farm assisting his father until 1851, when he became
clerk in a store at Calhoun, Gordon county, where he remained until 1859, when he
secured a position as traveling salesman for a wholesale grocerv house in Nashville,
Tenn. At the end of the year, he returned to Calhoun and served until 1862, when he
became local agent of the Western Atlanta Railroad and was stationed at Calhoun.
Here he remained until the destruction of the road by General Sherman's forces in the
spring of 1864.
In the spring of 1865 he came to Atlanta and established the wholesale grocerv
house of Wylie, Johnson & Co., but soon after became sole owner of the business. He
was president of the Traders' Bank. Mr. Wylie is one of the original directors of the
State National Bank, now the Merchants' Bank of Atlanta, and for many years has been
vice-president. He is a director of the Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company,
and was a member of the executive committees of the International Cotton Exposition
of 1881, and of the Piedmont Exposition in 1887. and was president of one of the Pied¬
mont Expositions. Personally, Mr. Wylie is pleasant, affable, genial in nature, makes
warm friends and commands the respect and esteem of all who know him. He is Chair¬
man of the Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Exposition, probably the most
important of the many committees, and his past experience in exposition work, com¬
bined with his fine business judgment, has enabled him to discharge the duties of this
responsible position in a manner that has given absolute satisfaction to all.
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JAMES R. WYLIE,
Chairman of the Grounds and Buildings Committee Cotton States and
International Exposition.
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, occupying a position at the right of the main entrance looking down on the plaza, is a large and handsome structure, covered entirely, roof and
sides, with stained shingles. The building has a succession of roofs leading up to a pyramid-shaped tower in the center no feet in height. The windows are large and
the artistic manner of placing the lights heighten the effect. Dimensions are as follows : 304 feet in length and 158 feet in width. At the right end of the building is a broad
stairway leading down in the direction of the Mexican Village and the Forestry Building. The Chief of the Department of Agriculture is James R. Wylie. whose portrait
appears on page nineteen..
JACK J. SPALDING,
General Counsel Cotton States and International Exposition.
JACK J. SPALDING was born in Morganfield, Union county, Kentucky, on the 29th of August, 1856
He is the son of Ignatius A Spalding and Susan Ann (Johnson) Spalding. His father is one of the
most prominent men of that section of Kentucky, and has frequently served the State in public of¬
fice. having been for a number of years Railroad Commissioner of Kentucky and having taken a
prominent part in the formation of the present Constitution of Kentucky as a member of the Constitutional
Convention. J. J Spalding was educated in the home schools of Union county and afterward went to the
St. Louis University and Seton Hall College, New Jersey.
He married Miss Elizabeth Hughes, a daughter of the Hon. D. H. Hughes, of Kentucky.
Mr. Spalding is by profession a lawyer. He commenced the practice of his profession in his native
town in partnership with his father in the spring of 1878. Shortly thereafter, he became the County At¬
torney of Union county and continued practicing law in Union county, Kentucky, until the first of Janu¬
ary, 1882, when he removed to Atlanta, Georgia, where he has been ever since engaged in the practice of law.
On the first of January, 1885, Mr. Spalding organized with Mr. A. C. King of Atlanta, the law firm of
King & Spalding. This firm was succeeded in 1887 by the firm of Calhoun. King & Spalding, and upon
the withdrawal of Mr. Calhoun therefrom in August, i8<)4. the firm again became, as is now. King &
Spalding. Mr. Spalding is one of the most prominent members of the Atlanta bar, and has taken an active
part in and borne the burden of a number of cases whose magnitude has extended beyond mere local
importance. His firm for a number of years was General Counsel in the South tor the railways now
owned by the Southern Railway Company and the Central Railroad of Georgia and a large part of the
burden of that business was borne by Mr. Spalding.
Mr. Spalding has always taken an active part in politics. He is one of the leading members of the
Young Men's Democratic League, having been at one time its president, and has served the Democratic
party, of which he is an active member, upon its various Executive Committees. He was one of the dele¬
gates to the National Democratic Convention at St. Louis, which nominated Mr. Cleveland for president
in 1888. The only public office which he has ever accepted was that of County Commissioner for
Fulton county, and he is now one of the five County Commissioners charged with the administration of
the fiscal affairs of that county, his term expiring in i8y<).
Mr. Spalding is a director of the Cotton States and International Exposition and has been its general
counsel from itc inception, actively engaged in organizing the movement. He took a very prominent part
in securing the appropriation from Congress and the recognition by the Nationa) Government of the Ex¬
position movement. He has also taken an active part in securing the appropriations from the several
States participating therein. Mr. Spalding is a young man in the very vigor of manhood, active and able,
and is one of the coming men of his city and State.
7" ALTER G. COOPER was born at Rome, Georgia, in i860, the son of Frederick
* * and Harriet C. Cooper. After leaving college, he spent some years in commer¬
cial pursuits before entering journalism. For ten years he has been actively engaged
on various newspapers, including the Rome Tribune, the Atlanta Journal and Atlanta
Constitution. On the latter, he served under Henry W. Grady as special correspondent,
and later, under the administration of the present editor, Mr. Clark Howell, became a
member of the editorial staff. This work was largely in industrial subjects, political
economy and politics. In 1894 he was elected Chief of the Department of Publicity
and Promotion for the Cotton States and International Exposition.
WALTER G. COOPER,
Chief of Department Publicity arid Promotion Cotton States and
International Exposition.
FINE ARTS BUILDING.
STANDING on one of the highest sites in the grounds, and to the south of the United States Government Building, this building is one of the most prominent, and
cannot fail to attract attention and admiration of almost every one. It consists of a main central building with colonnade entrances, and two side wings, which are
entered through semi-circular porticos on the north and south sides. The exterior of the building is covered with cement piaster and staff ornamentation, and is very
carefully designed after Italian renaissance motifs. The interior is divided up into three large galleries. The central or main gallery is no feet long, 50 feet wide and
40 feet high, and is surrounded by a 12-foot balcony, under which are a series of alcoves, greatly adding to the wall space for pictures. To the north and south of the
main galleries are wing galleries 50 feet wide and 100 feet long, and 20 feet high ; all three of which are admirably lighted. The total available wall space for hanging
purposes is 30,000 square feet, and the total ground area covered by the building is 21,200 square feet. The chief of the department of fine arts is Mr. Horace Bradley.
AMONG the conspicuous figures standing for strong types of the incomparable pluck and courage of
Atlanta citizenship, there is none more striking than Captain J. W. English. As a public-spirited
and useful citizen, be certainly has a career that is picturesque to an extreme degree and
pleasing to contemplate. He is a director of the Cotton States and International Exposition, Chairman
of the Executive Committee a leading member of the City Board of Police Commissioners, presi¬
dent of the American Trust and Banking Company, one of the strongest financial institutions of the
city, president of the Chattahoochee Brick Company, one of the greatest industrial enterprises of
that region of the South, a member of the Board of Education, and is at the head of many other industrial
institutions which play a large part in the general development of Atlanta and its section. There is that
i the public career of Captain English, throughout the service he has been called upon for years to render
s of civil strife.
Captain English was born October 28, 1S37. in the parish of Oleans. La., and was left a penniless or¬
phan boy at the ageof 13. He came to Georgia in 1852, and located in Griffin, Ga., near Atlanta where
he remained, pursuing an active business life until the first gun fired and sent up the curtain over the
drama of civil war in '6j. He was prompt to enlist in the Confederate army in April, ifcOi, as a private,
and was among the first on the field when the drum tap was sounded in Virginia, and the army of North¬
ern Virginia was mustering its warriors for the dreadful conflict that soon
followed.
Captain English remained with the army of northern Virginia, serv¬
ing with the Second Georgia battalion, Wright's brigade, and breast¬
ing the battle-front in the corps of Jackson. Longstreet and Hill
during the four year's struggle. It is said of him by the officers to
whom he reported that he was only ahsent thirty days from service
during the entire war. and by his fidelity to the cause he won the ad¬
miration of all with whom he came in contact in the campaigns, and at the
close of the war was one of the most popular captains in his brigade. Gen
eral Lee surrendered him at Appomattox with the rest of those faithful fol¬
lowers who had borne the bluntof the entire struggle from beginning to end,
and when Captain English sheathed his sword and faced about toward home,
the same conditions environed him as confronted every other Confederate
soldier—poverty and poor prospects. It was then that he came to Atlanta,
making this his home May 14. 1865. One year afterward he married Miss
Emily Alexander of Griffin. It is in the home-life—the life around the fire¬
side that the study of biographies of men is mostengaging. and there is no
happier homeland no more interesting family to be found than in ihe house¬
hold of Captain English to-day. The family consists of five children—J. W.
English, Jr., Harry L English, Edward English. Mi^s Emily English and
Miss Jennie English. In social life the family of Captain English contributes
no inconsiderable amount to the life and light of Atlanta's realm of socieiy.
Captain English entered the service of the city as member of the general
council ib", and for two years was chairman of the finance committee of
that body. His work in this capacity for the good of the city was marvel¬
ous He found the city's finances in woeful shape, burdened with overwhelm¬
ing debt, and weighted down with terrible financial systems, sapping the rich¬
est tributes from the tax-payers of the town for high interests. He went to
work at once to remedy the situation, and by his shrewdness and ability as
a financier, «oon had arrangements perfected by which the debt was placed
upon a basis of payment that was easy, satisfactory-and safe. His manipula¬
tions along this line are well remembered to day in grateful acknowledgment
by the older citizens of Atlanta. It was during the most important crisis of At¬
lanta's financial progress, and the solution of the trying problem just at that time was in the nature of a God¬
send. Ii was also while a member of the city council that he after a herculean campaign, succeeded with a
state political organization in carrying the election by which it was decided to establish permanently the
capital of Georgia at Atlanta. The former capital city was Milledgeville, and Atlanta seemed to stand poor
chance of securing the state house. Atlanta's interest was p'aced in Captain English's hands, and without
a single penny of the city's money appropriated for the expense of the work, he succeeded in perfecting
such organization as to carry the election in the state by something more than 46.000 votes. The only
campaign fund at hand for postage and various incidental expenses was raised by appeals from him for in¬
dividual subscriptions. This was perhaps the most important work he has ever done for Atlanta, the result
being the permanent location of the capital of that city, climaxed by the erection of the splendid new capi-
tol, which is an adornment to Atlanta and a credit to Georgia. Captain English retired from public ser¬
vice in 1879 for two years, but it was only for a short time, being called to renew his valuable service as
mayor in 1881-82. This was at a time when Atlanta was about to take her first long step to greatness, it
being the year when the first Cotton Exposition was held—an era that stands pre-eminently replete with
renewed energy, life and industry in the history of the town that Sherman burned. While mayor, he
inaugurated a splendid system of street and sewer improvements which has been carried on to the present
degree of excellence. He established the present fire department, changing from the old volunteer fire
service to a paid service. It was during his administration that the fire signal and telegraph service was
JAMES W. ENGLISH,
Chairman of the Executive Committee Cotton
States and International Exposition.
established, that the real estate and apparatus of the department were purchased, including three depart¬
ment houses, two on Broad street and one on Washington street, which were splendid investments. It
was during his administration that the Georgia Pacific Railroad was built, and to his personal manipulation
is due much credit for the successful culmination of this scheme to open up the great coal fields of Alabama
advantageously to Atlanta, The city had subscribed $300,000 for the building of the road; it had been
constructed only a few miles when the movement failed, and the property and charter was purchased by
the Louisville and Nashville, for the purpose of destroying competition by preventing the building of the
road Captain English went to New York, and succeeded in interesting sufficient capital lo wrench the
projected line from the Louisville and Nashville, which resulted in its final completion, the benefits of
which are easily observed in the one fact that steam coal for manufacturing purposes which had cost from
$4 to $6 per ton is now easy of purchase in Atlanta at 81.65 per ton. It was during his adminisiration,
also, that the East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia Railroad was built leading southward to Macon and
northward 10 Rome These railway projects have meant millions of dollars to Atlanta. The Cotton
Exposition of 1881 was a great boon to the city, infusing new life and prosperity to all the arteries of trade
and commerce. Captain English was largely instrumental in securing the building of the Exposition Cotton
Mills, converting the buildings on the fair grounds into an immense cotton factory, which is now one of
the strongest manufacturing enterprises in that region of the South. He has always been enthusias¬
tic in encouraging manufactories, and this was a characterizing feature of his administration as
His work for the promotion of morality and education was striking
and most noteworthy. He is. perhaps, known I etter to-day for the
miraculous achievement of breaking up gambling, which was rampant in
Atlanta, than for any other work while mayor. With his usual determina¬
tion, he ordered the police department to invade every gambling den in the
city, seize their tools by force, if need be. take them to a public square and
burn it. The lawless ones were prosecuted, they carried their cases to the
Supreme Court without avail. Captain English's warfare being thoroughly ap¬
proved by the tribunals. Speaking of his career as mayor, the Atlanta • Con¬
stitution," January 1, 1883, editorially remarked:
"It is seldom that any officer retires from a trust so universally honored
and esteemed as does Mayor English this morning. The two years of his
rule have been the most prosperous years the city ever knew, much of which
is due to the fact that he has been the best mayor within her memory.
"In every sense his regime has been successful. He has put under c
trol at last a lawless element that has heretofore defied city officials,
restricted gambling to a few secret corners, if he has not driven it out al¬
together.
"In a financial sense the result has been quite as happy The English
administration closes its year without having one dollar of debt or a single
bill payable. It leaves a sinking fund of $95,000 where it found only $4°--
000 two years ago. It has reduced the bonded debt $q,ooo. It has spent
Slot.200 on permanent investments, such as $53,000 on pumps, $28,000 on
fire department and $10,000 for a new school house. It has spent $70,000
on streets, besides a levy of $60 000 on citizens against $40,000 a > ear ago.
It has maintained every department well.
"It may be claimed that Mayor English has had the two best years t*
work. We grant that, and claim for him that the mr "
He leaves office without a blot on his name or a
will have the confidence and affection of his people."
In March. iSSj, Captain English was once more called to public
service, being placed prominently upon the board of Police Commis¬
sioners without his knowledge. Here he continued his work building up
the morality of the town, and has continued in such service on the police board ever since. Under the old
regime he was a prohibitionist, but after such municipal policy proved ineffective in Atlanta, he aided in
establishing the ordinances which so perfectly control the liquor traffic in Atlanta to-day. The benefits of
his work for the police department have been marked and considerable. He secured the present signal
telegraph system, largely instrumental in establishing the present station-house and police barracks. In
October, 1893, he offered to resign from the board, but the mayor and council petitioned him to remain in
the work he had so long and faithfully pursued, and he consented, . . , .
If there is one thing that characterizes Captain English as a useful citizen more than any other jt is his
public spiritedness, his charity and his generosity. He is to-day identified with all charitable work that is
started for the good of Atlanta, being one of the promoters of the Young Men's Christian Association,
which was established as a result of several meetings held at his residence; an
Georgia School of Technology; a promoter of the Grady Hospital, of which he v
succeeded him upon his resignation; a pioneer promoter of the Confederate Soldiers' Home;
cate and supporter of the Young Men's Library, and prominent
tional institutions.
With such a career of usefulness and such untiring work for the upbuilding of Atlanta s best interests,
it is no difficult task to observe that few men in few cities can be rightfully credited with such unbounded
praise as Captain J. W. English enjoys.
1 and the
1 his record, and
riginal supporter of the
until his son
_ . an early advo-
1 countless other charitable and educa-
MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.
THE building constructed for the Manufactures and Liberal Arts is notable for its symmetrical proportions, and is the mammoth structure of the Exposition. Within the
building a gallery thirty-one feet wide extends around all four sides. The building is rectangular in form, with towers fifty feet square on each corner ; Romanesque style
of architecture; medallions of the coat of arms of the Cotton States are used in the exterior decoration. Occupying a most conspicuous place on the grounds in the northeastern
part of grounds facing the plaza, it at once commands the attention of the sight-seer. The dimensions of the building are as follows: 356 feet long, 205 feet wide, 90 feet
high, including two and three stories in the towers. The Chief of the Department of Manufactures and Liberal Arts is E. P. Chamberlin, whose portrait appears on
page forty-one.
EVAN P. HOWELL,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
EVAN P HOWELL, journalist and lawyer was born at Warsaw, Milton county, Ga., December 10.
1839. He is, as his name implies, of Welsh descent, the first Howells, who came to this country about
1750. having settled in North Carolina. Several of this colonist's sons served in the revolutionary
war with distinction. Evan P. Howell is the oldest son of Clark Howell, Sr., whose father removed to
Georgia from North Carolina about 1820, settling in Milton county. Evan was raised on the farm,
receiving an academic education and was graduated in 1859 from Lumpkin Law School, now the law
department of the University of Georgia, Athens. At the beginning of the civil war, he enlisted with the
1st Georgia regiment, and participated for twelve months in the Virginia campaign. He then assisted in
organizing an artillery company in Washington county, Ga.f where he had gone before the beginning of
the war. to practice law. He became captain of his company, which was known as "Howell s Battery,"
and which served in the engagements of Fort McAllister and around Vicksburg. and then wiih the Western
army, commencing at Chickamauga and in all the movements of that armv until the end of the war. After
the cessation of hostilities, he located in Atlanta near which city his father had settled several years before.
Arriving there without a dollar he went to work on the farm, building with his own hands the house in
which he li\ed for a year with his wife and two children. In 1S67 he accepted a position on the Atlanta
"Intelligencer" and became city editor of that paper, but soon resumed the practice of law in which he
continued with great success until 1876. He was attorney at that time for the Atlanta "Constitution" Pub¬
lishing Company which was in financial distress Being sent for to take the necessary steps to relieve the
company from pressure, he saw, on examining the books that it was a good piece of property, and bought
a half interest in it From that day the stock of the property has steadily gone up until it is now worth
six for one, while it is not on the market at even that price. It is the most valuable piece of newspaper
property in the South, and occupies a prominent place in the journalistic field of America. Captain How¬
ell and the late Henry W. Grady having been warm personal friends, the first thing the former did on
buying an interest in the "Constitution" was to offer the Jatter, then quite a young man, a position on the
staff, which was accepted. A few years afterward, Mr. Grady bought a fourth interest in the paper, and
became managing editor, with Captain Howell as editor-in chief and president of the company. Captain
Howell's residence, which is one of the most attractive in the state, is located at West End. a suburb of
Atlanta. June 6,1861. he married Julia Erwin. of Barnwell district. S. C. They have seven children.
For a number of years, he has been, perhaps the strongest factor in Georgia politics, though the only time
that he ever ran for office was as state senator from the Atlanta district, which position he held for three
terms. He was appointed by the governor as one of the five commissioners who had absolute charge of
building Georgia's new $1000,000 capitol, which was completed within the appropriation, and a small
balance turned back into the treasury of the state. He was chosen as a representative of the Georgia
democracy in the three National Democratic Conventions of 1876.1680, and 1884 and was a. member of the
committee on resolutions of eacll. Captain Howell is a man of great personal attractiveness, and an
exceedingly interesting conversationalist, with a great fund of anecdotes, which he tells with remarkably
happy effect. He has probably more warm friends than any man in the state, and never loses one, the
secret of which lies in his endeavor to serve them whenever possible.
CLARK HOWELL, journalist, was born in Barnwell district, S. C., Sept. 21, 1863.
His great grand-father moved to Milton county, Ga., in 1820; his father was
Capt. Evan P. Howell, his mother Julia Erwin. The Howells were Welsh peo¬
ple who came to North Carolina in 1750, and furnished some brave revolutionary sold¬
iers. Clark was taught in the public schools at Atlanta, was graduated from the Uni¬
versity of Georgia in 1883, served a journalistic apprenticeship after graduation as re¬
porter of the New York Times, and telegraph editor of the Philadelphia Press, became
night editor of the Atlanta Constitution in 1884 under Henry W. Grady, assistant man¬
aging editor to Mr. Grady in *887, and managing editor in December, 1889, on the death
of the latter. In 1886, before he was twenty-one, he was nominated for the Georgia
legislature. He was elected a few days after his birthday, re-elected in i88«S and in 1890,
and chosen speaker of the house for 1890-91, being the youngest man to hold this im¬
portant place in the history of the commonwealth. To be at twenty-seven years of age
editorial manager of the leading journal of the South and presiding officer of t'.ie Geor¬
gia general assembly, is certainly evidence of exceptional ability. In 1892 he was
elected by the Georgia delegation at the National Democratic Convention at Chicago,
member of the National Democratic Ex. Committee from Georgia, which position he
now holds. In 1894 he was elected president of the International League of Press
Clubs succeeding John A. Cockerell of New York. In his journalistic relations Mr.
Howell is a strong and fluent writer, and an enterprising and sagacious manager. As a
legislator he possesses a grasp of public subjects, a mastery of men and parliamentary
skill. He has administered his great newspaperanrl the legislative body alike with con¬
summate ease and power. He married, in 1887, Hattie Barrett, of Augusta, Ga., and
has two daughters and one son.
CLARK HOWELL,
Chairman Committee on Legislation Cotton States and International Exposition.
ELECTRICITY BUILDING.
ELECTRICITY BUILDING is 262 feet in length and 85 feet in width. It is an imposing structure occupying an excellent site at the end of the basin. The style
of architecture is of a classic order. There is a large dome in the center of the building and the whole structure is brilliantly illuminated with incandescent lights.
The chief of the department of electricity is H. M. Atkinson, whose portrait appears on page twenty-nine.
ROBERT JAMES LOWRY,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
IN 1861, when quite young, he came to Atlanta from East Tennessee and located.
His father came to Atlanta later, and the banking firm of W. M. & R. J. Lowry was
established, and was carried on under that name until the death of the former in 1887,
when the business was reorganized under a State charter under the name of the Lowry
Banking Company, of Atlanta, he was elected president. The business built up under
his management is second to that of no other bank, besides being the oldest bank in
Atlanta, and he is regarded as one of the ablest financiers in the State.
In 1870 he was a member of the City Council that inaugurated the unsurpassed
system of public schools which has done so much to help build up Atlanta, and had been
a member of the Board of Education some twenty-five years.
In 1882 he, and others, established the Atlanta Home Fire Insurance Company.
He was elected president, and has continued to fill that place up to the present time.
The company has had marked success and built up a very large business.
He was one of the moving spirits in the Cotton States Exposition, held in Atlanta
in 1881, which did so much to bring the resources of the Southern States before the
country, and is now one of the directors of the present Cotton States and International
Exposition Company.
He is one of the receivers of a part of the Central Railroad System, and is one
of the trustees of the Grady Hospital and one of the owners of the Atlanta Consolidated
Street Railway System, and is connected as a stockholder or a director in a large number
of institutions in Atlanta.
With all his duties he finds time for pleasure ; he and his good wife are always
adding something to the pleasure and enjoyment of others, and he is considered one of
the moving spirits in all social events.
THE young manager of the Southern department of the Delaware and the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance
Companies has had a brilliant career in underwriting, as, indeed, he might have achieved in any pro¬
fession, since he possesses those qualities of decision and energy, with the accomplishments that make a
diplomat. Personally Mr. Knowles has long held a foremost place among Southern underwriters. He
was born in Pensacola. Fla., and, after receiving an excellent education, was at an early age selected by
that famous educator of insurance men, Mr. Alexander Stodaart, for a clerkship in his office in New York.
There he remained but a short time, having been ordered South as a special agent. His early successes as
an adjuster excited such favorable comment that he was ordered to Chicago to adjust the losses sustained
by the New York underwriters in the great fire of 1872. He was able to hold his own among old
adjusters of the West who were greatly amazed that such important interests should be intrusted to a mere
youth His unvaried success and great popularity as a special agent are still remembered in the South,
and when the underwriters dissolved their co-partnership it is worthy to note that his services were sought
by both companies composing the agency. So continually has Mr. Knowles filled the public eye that his
history is known to the humblest agent in the Southern field. He was the first pre.sidentoF the S. E. T. A.
and, if he did not originate the scheme which led to the organization, to him is conceded the great work
of organization and the successful conduct of its eariier years. It was his brain that formulated the system,
perfected the details and set this powerful organization on the firm basis which it now enjoys. He is
exceedingly popular, and deservedly so. for there are few young men in underwriting to whom he has not,
at one time or another, lent a kindly hand, His career has not only been succesful, but such is his per¬
sonal magnetism and so well is he liked that none are envious of the favors which fortune has showered
Al
CLARENCE KNOWLES,
Chairman Committee on Department of Fine Arts Cotton States
and International Exposition.
FIRE BUILDING.
OCCUPYING a position to the left of the main entrance, the Fire Building is in one of the conspicuous places on the grounds. The building is for the exhibiting
of all fire apparatus and has also a fire station where the best equipped engine and horses stand ready to respond to the first warning of fire. The dimensions
are as follows : 205 feet in length, 50 feet wide, with two stories.
Chief De
HENRY MORRELL ATKINSON,
t of Electricity Cotton States and Internatio
. Mass ,
IT is very seldom, even in this progressive age, that a man rises by force of merit and
his own unaided effort to so prominent a position in industrial circles as has Mr. J.
H. Allen, whose portrait is given below this sketch.
Mr. Allen was born at Palmyra, New York, in 1860, and at an early age showed an
aptitude for matters mechanical. His father was, and is still, a prominent manufacturer
of the town above named, and it was in the paternal pattern room, foundry and machine
shop that the young man under consideration absorbed much of the information that
he has since given to an appreciative public in many and various ways.
Like many another ambitious youth, Mr. Allen left home while still a boy, and for
years was associated with the Howe Scale Company, of New York, only resigning his
position with them to organize the Southern Scale Company, of Chattanooga, and
later the Standard Scale Company, of Rome, Ga., which latter concern, in the capacity
of president and general manager, he carried forward to pronounced success.
Mr. Allen has also been largely instrumental in organizing and locating some of
the largest industrial enterprises in the South. It is, however, as business manager and
mechanical editor, of Atlanta's brilliant industrial journal, Dixie, that he has become
most widely known, as this field has given full scope to his energy and individuality.
That these qualities are recognized and appreciated, no better evidence could be offered
than the fact that at its inception Mr. Allen was elected a director of the Cotton States
and International Exposition and made chairman of the Committee on Machinery, and
the magnificent display of working exhibits in Machinery Hall is largely due to his
personal efforts.
I Expositit
1'ron, the National Cyclop,. Jin of American Biography.
ATKINSON, HENRY MORRELL. bank president, was born in IJronkline.
was educated in Boston, and was a member of the class of 1SS4 at H
1S85 and located in Atlanta, Ga., becoming one of the leading factors in the progress, identified
with some of her best and most prosperous business institutions, and doing remarkable work of public
utility and development. He was connected for three years with the firm of S. M. Inman & Co. in their
large cotton business. In iSSy he established the Southern Banking and Trust Company of Atlanta, with
$300 000 capital, one of the best conducted and most prosperous financial institutions of that progressive
«icy, becoming first its vice-president and afterward its president. He established in tSyi the Georgia
Electric Light Company, of which he was made the president, which inaugurated the valuable matter of
electric house lighting in the city, and which, under his direction, has become a very successful corpora¬
tion. Mr. Atkinson married, in iKSfi, a daughter of Col. Richard Peters, of Atlanta, one of the early pio¬
neers and most solid citizens of that place, and they have two children. Mr. Atkinson has taken firm rank
among Atlanta's business leaders. Few men of his age have, in the short period of eight years, been able
to take so strong a position, and so signally impress themselves upon public respect. Mr Atkinson has
shown an undoubted capacity for creating and organizing. His labors ha\e been singularly valuable to
the city. He has been actively engaged in developing the general banking business, and has brought
large quantities of money to Atlanta to be invested in manufacturing industries and erecting buildings.
His electric company has become one of the finest electric lighting and power plants in the country, and
has developed the electric interests in Atlanta remarkably in the last two years. He is a member of the
leading clubs, notably the Capital City and Commercial of Atlanta, and the Reform and Harvard of New
York. He is identified with many manufacturing enterprises and takes an interest actively in whatever
benefits his city.
H. M. Atkinson has been connected with the Cotton £
from its inception. Is a member of the Board of Director
Chief of the Department of Electricity, member of the Execu
mittee, as well as several other committees.
and International Exposition Company
lirman of the Committee on Electricity,
member of the Finance Com-
Chief Departme
\. H. ALLEN,
1 Cotton States and International Expositio
NEGRO BUILDING.
THE Negro Building is one of the most interesting on the grounds in that it is the first exhibit of an international character ever given that was devoted exclusively
to the Negro race. The building is situated at the Jackson street entrance in the northeast corner of the grounds. The structure is well made and was built and
paid for by the colored people. At the end of the building are two medallions, one the head of the late Frederick Douglass and the other that of a typical colored
woman. The bass-relief design over the entrance shows the old log cabin, mule and plow ; the companion piece, a neat, modern Negro's home, church and a design
showing the arts which the Negro has now mastered. Building is 112 feet in width, 276 feet in length and 70 feet high.
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EUGENE C. SPALDING,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
EUGENE C. SPALDING, born Selma, Ala., January 16, 1862. Commenced his busi¬
ness career as clerk in a railroad office, was rapidly promoted, and at the age of
twenty-one was at the head of an important department. First made a reputation as
contributor to various railroad journals and is the author of a technical work which
was favorably noticed by various railroad journals in this and foreign countries. Was
elected president of the International Association of Car Service Officers in 1890 at
Mackinaw Island. Left the actual railroad service about five years ago, and has since
successfully been engaged in various railway enterprises. He is now president and
general manager of the Southern Iron Car Line ; president and general manager
Southern Railway Equipment Co.; president and general manager Georgia Car Works;
director Atlanta Trust & Banking Co.; general manager South Eastern Line ; general
manager Iron Car Express Coal Line of Pennsylvania, and is connected with several
local commercial organizations- Mr. Spalding represents throughout his various
companies, the largest freight car interest in the world, and is now operating in this
country over 12,000 freight cars. He is also a director of the Cotton States and Inter¬
national Exposition.
THE subject of this sketch, T. A. Hammond, Jr., was born in Griffin, Ga., March 17,
1861. Three years later he removed with his parents to Atlanta. His father,
Hon. Nathaniel J. Hammond, has a long and honorable career in the service of the
people of Georgia, as solicitor-general, member of the two Constitutional Conventions,
reporter of the supreme court, attorney-general, reviser of two codes of Georgia, and
member of the LTnited States Congress from the Fifth District of Georgia.
Mr. Hammond attended the public schools of Atlanta until 1877, then became a
student of the LTniversity of Georgia, at Athens, from which institution he was graduated
three years later. For a short time after his graduation he engaged in mercantile
pursuits, but believing the law better suited to his tastes and inclinations, he entered
upon the study of law in the office of Judge Marshall J. Clarke, of Atlanta, and was
admitted to the bar at the Superior Court of Fulton county in 1882. He at once entered
actively and successfully upon the practice of his profession, as the junior member of
the firm of N. J. & T. A. Hammond, his firm being one of the most prominent at the
Atlanta bar. They are counsel for several corporations, notably the Atlanta Consolidated
Street Railway Company. Mr. Hammond has had the active charge of this company's
immense business since its organization in 1891, and his industry, skill and ability in
handling its many cases, aside from his other large general practice, has gained for him
the reputation ot being one of the very strongest and most efficient of the younger
lawyers.
Mr. Hammond has been an active member of the Board of Directors of the Cotton
States and International Exposition, and has rendered valuable service as a member of
the committee on Privileges and Concessions.
He was married in 1886, and his home life is an ideally happy one.
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T. A. HAMMOND, Jr.,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
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TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.
THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING is the main building of the Piedmont Exposition remodeled. It has a fine location on the grounds, facing Clara Meer. The
dimensions of the building are 447 ft. long, 150 ft. wide, 60 ft high, with end galleries, each 117x48 ft. In the north-west part of the building is a space set apart for
the fire department. The Chief of the Department of Transportation is Edmund L. Tyler, whose portrait appears on page eleven.
i Department of Tr
J. G. OGLESBY,
nsportation Cotton States and International Exposition.
Mr
[ R. HENRY E. FISHER was born at New Market, N. H., November 20, 1859.
s educated at Lawrence, Mass. After leaving school he started in with
the Pemberton Company, manufacturers of colored fancy cotton goods. Entering the
mill, he passed through various stages and completed his education in manufacturing.
In 1882 he left Pemberton Company, Lawrence, Mass., and went to Norwich, Conn.,
and took the general management of the Falls Company. In 1890 he came to Atlanta,
and is director, agent and general manager of the Atlanta Cotton Mills, and is also a
director of the Cotton States and International Exposition.
AMONG the most prominent of Atlanta's citizens and business men is Mr. J. G.
Oglesby, president of the Oglesby Grocery Company, one of the leading whole¬
sale houses of the state. Mr. Oglesby is a native of Wilkes county, Georgia. He
became a resident of Atlanta in 1865 and has been closely identified with all public
enterprises contributing to the growth of the city and welfare of the people. Mr.
Oglesby was for several years president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and his
service in that connection is recognized as one of the brightest pages in the history of
this prosperous organization. He was one of the organizers and was the first president
of the Commercial Travelers' Savings Bank, now the Trust Company of Georgia. He
also originated and was one of the chief founders of the Atlanta Charitable Association,
a conspicuous institution in its benevolent work of giving help and relief to the suffer¬
ing and needy of the city. Mr. Oglesby is chairman of the Transportation Committee
of the Cotton States and International Exposition, and since its inception has been an
important factor in the work of the Exposition.
HENRY E. FISHER,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA.
JN most of the large cities throughout the land one sees the evidence of Christianity by the large and conveniently arranged buildings that represent the Young Men's
Christian Association. The accompanying view illustrates that Atlanta is not an exception to the rule, and the young men and citizens of Atlanta can well be proud of such
a home for the Association. The Association occupies the entire building. It is complete in every department, the gymnasium particularly so, being one of the finest in the
South. The educational classes have able instructors. The membership is about twelve hundred. It costs about six thousand dollars a year to run such an association, about
half of which is raised by public subscription. The building was erected in 1886. Up to the second story it is built of brown stone, the other stories being of pressed brick.
JOHN A. MILLER,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
JOHN ALEXANDER MILLER was born near Millersburg, Burton county, Ky.
His father was a farmer and large stock-raiser ; at the age of 15 years he joined the
Confederate army, while Kirby Smith was in Kentucky, and although attaching himself
to Gen. John H. Morgan's Cavalry, was with him in his numerous campaigns; escaped
capture in Ohio, and was in Williams' Kentucky Brigade Cavalry until close of war ;
surrendered at Washington, Ga.; was one of President Davis' escort, and guard to
Presidential Department; arrived at home in Kentucky after service of two years and
nine months in time to celebrate his eighteenth birthday ; located in Atlanta in 1881,
the year of the Cotton Exposition, in the stable and stock business with Mr. T. B.
Brady, and the firm has grown until they now command the stock business of Atlanta,
having a stable accommodating 2,000 head of stock and covering nearly two acres, the
largest stables in the South, incorporated in 1890 with §150,000 capital stock, Mr. Miller
the president and general manager. When the Governor's Horse Guard was organized
Mr. Miller, with his old love for the cavalry, became one of the charter members, and is
still connected with it, being promoted from Quartermaster Lieutenant to Captain,
which office he held for six years, resigning last December on account of business, being
placed on the retired list ; was elected to the General Council this year by the largest
majority of any candidate, after a very hotly contested election. His family consists of
wife and four children, live in an elegant home on Jackson street, his surroundings
being the most pleasant.
FORREST ADAIR was born March 24, 1864, just about four months prior to
Gen. Sherman's visit to our city. He graduated at the Boys' High School in
1879 and immediately began business in real estate in the office with his father, with
whom he is now interested, having the details of this extensive business in his charge.
In 1889 he was elected a member of the General Council of West End, which has since
been annexed to Atlanta. In 1894 he was elected a member of the Board of Roads
and Revenues of Fulton county, of which board he is now a member. Was a director
in the old Piedmont Exposition Company, and is now a member of the Board of
Directors of the Cotton States and International Exposition Company, being Chair¬
man on Committee of Public Comfort and a member of the Executive Committee
and the Fine Arts Committee.
FORREST ADAIR,
Chairman Department of Public Comfort Cotton States and
International Exposition.
GRADY HOSPITAL, ATLANTA, GA.
ATLAN l'A can boast of one of the best equipped and well arranged hospitals in the land. It is named after and in memory of Atlanta's favorite son, the late Hon. Henry W.
Grady. Atlanta may well be proud of such an institution, inspired by the life of one that always had at heart the healing of the sick and caring for the poor. He it was
that started the work that has been so well completed since his death. Much of the success incompleting the building is mainly due to the unremitting labors of Mr. Joseph
Hirsch, a public-spirited citizen that has done much toward Atlanta's growth. The building was dedicated* May 25, 1892, with appropriate ceremonies. It is certainly an
ornament to the city and a blessing to the poor.
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
ISAAC LIEBMAN was born in the village of Wankheim, Kingdom of Wuertemberg,
Germany, in 1854. Was destined for a professional life, and prosecuted his studies
in the ancient University of Tuebingen. Left the old country in 1873 and came direct
to Atlanta, where he accepted a clerical position with the Elsas May Paper Company.
Became a partner in the business in 1883. Married., in 1884, Miss Leila Keller of Dalton,
Ga. In the year 1886, when Elsas May Paper Company was succeeded by Atlanta Paper
Company, he became vice-president of that company, which position he still holds. In
addition to this he is president of the Memphis Paper Company, of Memphis, Tenn.,
president of the Southern Tablet Company, Atlanta, Ga., president of the Citizens'
Loan and Building Company, Atlanta, Ga., director Capital City Bank; Atlanta Acci¬
dent Association; member of the local Board of Control, Hebrew Orphans' Home;
vice-president of the U. S. Metal Corner Box Company, New York City; vice-president
of Concordia Association, Atlanta.
MORTON LINCOLN ADLER was born in 1867 at Cincinnati. Being but twenty-
seven years of age, he is the youngest member of the Exposition Board. He
enjoyed every advantage afforded by the fine educational system of his native city.
In 1886 he was offered a humble position by Atlanta Paper Company of this city.
After careful consideration he concluded that with such a corporation and in such
a city he should be able to carve out a future, and here he pitched his tent. Hard
work and the conscientious discharge of the trusts reposed in him won him an interest
in 1890. In 1891 he was enabled to secure a full share of the corporation's stock, and
was chosen as its secretary.
He is also officially and financially connected with the company's branch estab¬
lishments in New York City, Richmond, Memphis and Dallas.
His commercial career has been phenomenally successful, but he attributes this
in no small degree to the hustling city of his adoption. He is an enthusiastic believer
in the destiny of Atlanta.
Mr. Adler is a member of the Committee on Publicity and Promotion and of the
Committee on Entertainment.
M. L. ADLER,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, ATLANTA, GA.
TLANTA cannot claim a more magnificent church than the Second Baptist, situated on the corner of Washington and Mitchell streets. It is in a neighborhood
of churches, and just opposite looms up Georgia's imposing capitol. The church was organized July, 1854, and was rebuilt in 1S9I. The cost of the present
building was one hundred and six thousand dollars. The style of architecture is a combination of the renaissance and the gotliic. It is built entirely of stone,
the body of the church being of pink sandstone from Sawanee, Tenn., while the trimming is of gray sandstone from Cleveland, Ohio. It is finished throughout
in Georgia oak. The windows are of decorated colored glass. On one side of the pulpit is the baptistry, while the choir gallery is.on the other. The large
echo organ, costing about six thousand dollars, is the best made. The basement is most suitably arranged for Sunday-school uses. The tower is 146 feet high.
In time chimes will be put in ; now the bell of the old church is used. For over fifteen years the church has been under the pastorate of Dr. Henry McDonald,
who not only holds the confidence and affection of his congregation, but is universally beloved and esteemed by all. The church consists of about a thousand
members.
HON. WILLIAM H. VENABLE,
rector Cotton States and International Exp<
TTON. PORTER KING, Atlanta's Exposition Mayor, was born November 24, 1857,
* * and received his early education at Howard College, in Marion, Ala.—his old home
—graduating at the age of nineteen with first honor. Inheriting a love of law from his
father, Judge Porter King, of Alabama, and his grandfather, Chief Justice Joseph Henry
Lumpkin, of Georgia, he went to the University of Virginia, and received a B. L. from
that institution after a two years' course. He practiced his profession three years in East
Alabama, and then moved to Atlanta in the spring of 1882. Since coming here his suc¬
cess has been remarkable, not alone in his chosen profession, but in other lines of work
also. In 1889 he was elected to the City Council from the Sixth and largest ward in the
city, and for two years rendered faithful and efficient service as chairman of the Police
and Park Committees. The Public Comfort building at the L. P. Grant Park, the exten¬
sion of the trunk sewers and at present well-regulated condition of the liquor traffic are
due in a good measure to his efforts and influence. He afterward served in the legisla¬
ture, carrying into the work of this body the same determination to do his best for the
people whose interest he represented, as has characterized him in all his undertakings.
Again he was called into public life, and is now mayor of Atlanta, having been elected
without opposition, in a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. The people knew the
man, and felt that such a one was needed to be at the head of the city's affairs at this
time. And we feel safe in predicting that in not the least will their expectation be dis¬
appointed or their confidence shaken. Good luck to his administration.
HON. WILLIAM H. VENABLE. President of the Georgia Senate, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on
April 23, 1853. He was reared and received his primary education in Atlanta, later attending the old
Oglethorpe University, located at Atlanta, Ga., from which institution he was graduated. His father
was clerk of the Superior Court of Fulton county, Ga., for many years, holding that office at the date of his
decease, and the son served as his deputy and as deputy ten years after the death of the father, when he
resigned. In 1889 William H. Venable was elected a member of the lower house of the Georgia legislature,
and faithfully and efficiently represented the interests of the people of the county of Fulton. In March.
ihg2. he was chosen a member of the then newly created police commission of the city of Atl;
retains that position at this time. For several years Mr. Venable was a member of the public wc
mission of the city of Atlanta, and as senior member of that body inaugurated the present admirable
system of street paving, and he also laid the first Belgian block. In the state election of October 3, 1894,
he was elected as Senator from the 35th district of Georgia, and upon the assembling of that body he was
chosen as president. In this high and trying position he has won still greater laurels, having shown him
self to be one of the most equitable presiding officers who has wielded the gavel over that body in years
Though much engrossed in the duties imposed by the presidency, Mr. Venable nevertheless found time t<
devote to the interest of his large constituency; and among other measures, he framed and secured th<
passage of the Venable insurance law. This bill was most urgently opposed by that powerful insuranci
organisation, the South Eastern Tariff Association, but when placed upon its passage it developed a mos
wonderful strength and was accordingly entered upon the statute book of Georgia, now being recognized a;
one of the most beneficial insurance instruments of recent years.
The business record of William H. Venable is most noteworthy. Ever alive to the best interests of th<
city of Atlanta, he organized and built the electric plant now in operation, is the owner, with his brother
of the Gate City Bank building, and is now engaged in the e
apitol building,
ishable monument to the name of its enterprising builder w
>e known as the ' Hotel Venable " The stone used in the construction of this superb hostelry is obtain<
•xclusively from the quarries of Venable Bros., located at Stone Mountain, on the line of the Georgia Ra
oad, a short distance from the city of Atlanta. This mountain is the largest homogenous granitic f<:
nation in the world, rising abruptly from the fertile fields about its base and rearing its blue crest seve
een hundred feet in air.
Notwithstanding the high rank he now sustains in both the world of business and the world of politic
he crucial test as to the character of William H Venable is illustrated in Ihe fact that he was for years tl
nainstay and support of his mother and her family of eight children, that sacred duty devolving upon hir
is the oldest, on the death of his father. How well and nobly he has performed that duty may be best asce
ained by noting the success of those brothers and sisters in after years. His aged mother still survives, at
s prized by him as the idol of his manly heart.
HON. PORTER KING,
■ of the City of Atlanta, Director Cotton States and
International Exposition.
Chief Department of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Cotton States and
International Exposition.
EDWARD PAYSON CIIAMBERLIN, one of the Directors and member of the Executive Committee of
the Cotton States and International Exposition, was born of English parents'in Parishville. N, Y ,
September 16. 1832. His father died in 1836, and he was virtually bound out to hard labor on a farm. At
seventeen years old he borrowed $100 and came South to Lumpkin, Ga.t where he secured a clerkship at
.5150 a year. Out of this he paid back the $100, and in five years was a partner in the business.
In 1S55 the firm dissolved, and a vear later he went in business with W. W. Boyoton. and the fir*n of
Bovnion & Chamberlin was noted for a live business house Ilis partner, Mr. Bovnton. was killed at An-
tielein, Va., during the war and immediately after the lines were opened Mr. Chamberlin went to New
York to settle his firm's indebtedness of $18,500. which he paid in full with interest. During 1865 and
part of l86(S he shipped cotton from Lumpkin to New York, aud did a paying business by floating it on
barges down the Chattahoochee to Appalachacola.
In July, 1866, he removed to Atlanta, where he organized at his present stand the firm of Chamberlin,
Cole & Bovnton, now Chamberlin, Johnson & Co. For twenty-nine years this firm has grown and pros¬
pered, always having at its head Mr, Chamberlin, the wonderful mascot to deduct discounts, watch credits,
and. with his strong financial hand, steer it on to its present financial success. As councilman he promoted
the present excellent system of sewerage. Was director in Atlanta's first cotton factory and the Cotton
Exposition of 1&H1. .\s director and one of the vice-presidents of the Chamber of Commerce he urged a
building, and selected the site where now stands the beautiful house of the chamber.
For over a quarter of a century he has been a steward aud trustee, and for several terms President of
the Board in Trinity Methodist Church. Is a director and one of ihe financial builders of the Y. M. C. A
building. Has declined to allow his name to be used for mayor and many other honors. Was married in
lf>57 to Miss Levisa Catchings, a charming lady possessing rare gifts as a conversationalist, and who has
no superior as a hostess. She is earnest, zealous, and intelligent in church work, always with her purse-
The two are well matched, anticipating a want before it is felt They have two children, Mr. E. P.
Chamberlin, Jr., and Miss Eva, both noted for generous, noble qualities.
HON, FRANK P. RICE was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1838. He
came to Atlanta in 1847, where he has since resided. He has served in the City
Council five terms, being first elected in 1871. He was a member of the Board of
Health of Atlanta for nine years. Was a member of the Legislature from this county
two terms, 1876 to 1883, and during his last term he was the author of the bill to erect
the new State Capitol, which measure he pressed to passage and which caused the
erection of the new State Capitol in Atlanta. In this body, as well as the State Senate,
where he served in 1888 and 1889, he was the author of a number of important meas¬
ures. Mr. Rice served for two years as a director of the Piedmont Exposition. He
served the city three years as an Alderman from the city at large during the veart> 1891,
1S92, 1893. In 1891 and 1892 he was chairman of the Finance Committee of the General
Council of the City of Atlanta. He was a member of the State Democratic Executive
Committee in 1891 and 1892. He is a trustee of the Young Men's Christian Association,
and is now a member of the Board of Directors of the Cotton States International Expo¬
sition and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board. Mr. Rice has been
engaged in a great many different lines of business, all of which have been in the inter¬
est of the upbuilding of Atlanta, and all of his enterprises have been successful. He
was in the lumber business for eighteen years, and later on was engaged for about six
years in the real-estate business Mr. Rice owns one of the finest and best-selected pri¬
vate libraries in the city of Atlanta, and is a thorough and well-read man and can be set
down as an enterprising, successful and most worthy citizen.
HON. FRANK P. RICE,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
EQUITABLE BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA.
THE building which this cut represents stands a monument to the enterprise of Atlanta business men, and tells eloquently of their faith and its realization in the solidity of their city's real estate, covering about one
acre andhaviny nine stories of floor space; it is in reality a city within itself. It is estimated that its tenants distribute more mail than many cities of fifty thousand inhabitants. The exact number of people doing
business within it« walls is not known, but statistics show that ten to fifteen thousand passengers are daily hauled by its elevators. Three-fourths of the general agencies and fire insurance companies doing business
in the South are located in this building. It also contains three banking institutions and the clearing house. It represents one million dollars.
E. C. PETERS,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
P DWARD C. PETERS was born in Atlanta 23d October, 1856. He went to school
in Atlanta and to the Penn Lucy Institute, near Baltimore, Maryland, where he
enjoyed the advantages of the instruction of Prof. R. M. Johnston. At the age of nine¬
teen he received from the United States Government an appointment in the United
States Coast Survey, which carried him to Texas. Thence he came to Atlanta and was
appointed cashier's clerk of the Atlanta Street Railroad, of which he afterward became
superintendent and then president, which position he held till the railroad was bought
out by the Thomson-Houston syndicate. Mr. Peters is now president of the Peters
Land Company, and of the Atlanta Savings Bank, a director of the American Trust &
Banking Company, of the Exposition Cotton Mills, and of the Piedmont Exposition
Company and Cotton States and International Exposition Company.
TAMES WARREN ENGLISH, Jr., was born in Griffin, Georgia, 1867. Graduated
^ at the Boys' High School of Atlanta, and afterward completed his education at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Has been for several years past general
manager of the Chatahoochee Brick Company, director of the State Savings Bank,
trustee and treasurer of the Grady Hospital. Has been for years on the Govern¬
ment Committee of the Capital City Club and also of the Piedmont Driving Club.
Is director of the Cotton States and International Exposition, and in addition has been
connected with various business enterprises.
A. J. WEST,
Chairman of Committee on Amusements Cotton States and InternationallExposition.
COL ANDREW J. WEST had served through the war with distinction in the Confederate Army, set¬
tling in Atlanta, and was conducting a wtiolesale commission business of quarter a of a million dol¬
lars annually before he was twenty years old. His father was murdered in Vera Cruz. Mexico,
in 1S50. when young West was four years old, whereby he was deprived of that fatherly protection and
assistance which necessitated his filling a man's place in the active affairs of life at an early age, His
mother's grandfather was a distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War, and his mother's father, Capt.
Henry Butts,in whose honor Butts county in this State is named.and who lived to the age of ninety-seven,was
one of the most remarkable men in Georgia's history. For a hunted years the Wests have been prominent,
successlul business men, notably in the counties of Elbert. Monroe and Troup of this State., Col. Andrew
J. West is one of the best-known men in Georgia, having strong friends in every city and county in the
commonwealth. Entering the army when quite young from LaGrange. as a member of the Troup Light
Guard, Company E. 41st Georgia Regiment, he followed the fortunes of the Western army through Shiloh,
Bel he 1 Springs, Purda. Tupelo. Perryville, Murfreesboro. Big Black, Yicksburg, Chicamauga, Missionary
Ridge, the campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville and on to the final surrender at Greens¬
boro, N C. Col. West received two terrible wounds, and at one lime was left as a dying soldier on the
field, and no doubt to-day owes his life to one of Kentucky's fairest daughters, now the wife of one of the
noblest men Kentucky ever gave to Georgia, Dr. Amos Fox. Mrs. Fox was Miss Lizzie Everhart, a member
of a distinguished family of the beautiful blue-grass region of Kentucky, Southerner to the core, and after
the battle of Perryville, where young West was wounded, she found him on the battlefield with his gray,
faded uniform stiff with blood, almost lifeless and hope gone, she took him to the elegant hospitable home of
her mother, where plenty abounded, nursed, clothed and nutured him into life, and when the time came for
him to go to prison, she went in person with influential friends to General Boyle's headquarters and inter¬
ceded for his good treatment, furnishing him with money and everything necessary for his comfort.
West's career in the war was full of perils and episodes. He was at the side of the late Judge George
N. Lester, when he lost his right arm. When the gallant Curtright fell, he divided his last drink of water
with him only to pass on a liltle further to sec his brave Col Chas. A. McDaniel fall mortally wounded.
In Cheathatns Memoirs of the* Tennessee Campaign we find the following:
'• At the battle of Perryville. Ky.. while the conflict was raging with deadly fury on the right, the
enemy's artillery pouring destruction into our ranks with well directed shots, a charge was ordered into
what seemed the very jaws of death. The first soldier to reach the enemy's bright, shining brass cannon was
West of the 41st Georgia Regiment, a mere youth, with pale, girlish face, which seemed to infuse enthusi¬
asm, and from that moment victory crowned their arms "
Since the war Col. West served four years as a member of Gov. Gordon's staff. Gov. Northen
appointed him Quartermaster-General, and he served four years on his staff and Gov. Atkinson re-appointed
him to the same position which he now holds. He is at the head of the largest and most success¬
ful real-estate business of the South. He is one of the highest Masons of that order. He was commissioner
from Georgia to the World's Fair at Chicago. He has traveled the world over and is well posted on all
public questions. He has contributed thousands of dollars and much valuable time in helping to build
railroads, churches, monuments and Soldier Homes. It is said that he has procured employment and
started on the road to useful manhood more young men than any man of his age.
TEWART b . WOODSON was born in Thomaston, Upson county, Georgia, August,
!7- XS59' H's father, Win, Daniel Woodson, a native of Virginia: his mother,
Martha Floyd, a native Georgian. Mr. Woodson moved to Atlanta when fifteen years
of age, and obtained employment with the large wholesale firm of William Langston &
Crane. He was admitted as a partner in his twenty-first year ; at the death of Benjamin
E. Crane, in 1885, the firm name was changed to Langston & Woodson. This firm
enjoys a large and lucrative business, and stands very high in the commercial world.
Mr. Woodson was elected vice-president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in 1889,
president in 1893, and has been re-elected each succeeding election Mnce. Mr. Woodson
has had placed upon, him unsought, many other trusts connected with the growth of the
city. He is a director of the Cotto 1 States and International Exposition Company,
besides several other bodies. Is a member of the different clubs in the city, and is ver\
popular with those who know him.
STEWART F. WOODSON,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
LIVINGSTON MI MS,
Chairman Committee on Entertainments Cotton States and International Exposition.
ANY complete sketch of Majoj Mims must necessarily embrace the history of both fire and life under
writing in the Southern States, since he is admitted to be tile dean of the faculty in both branches.
He was born in South Carolina, but removed with his parents to Mississippi in childhood. There,
at the outbreak of the war, he was a prominent and wealthy young planter, engaging conspicuously in the
polities of the time and occupying for some years one of the most responsible positions in any of the
Southern states, namely, that of the supervisory court of chancery for Mississippi. His record during the
war is closely identified with the leaders of the Confederate service, and he was for some time on the staff
of the late General Joseph Johnston. After the war he conceived and carried out a plan for bringing south the
managing agency of one of the large life insurance companies of New York, and visiting that city in per¬
son, he had no difficulty- in proving to the late President Beers, of the New York Life, that his appointment
as Southern manager would be greatly to the benefit of the company. Therefore, in 1868. with his com¬
mission as general manager of the New York Life for Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia in bis
pocket, he returned and formed a partnership with General Joseph E. Johnston and Governor Ben R.
Humphreys. of Mississippi, under the firm name of Joseph E. Johnston & Co. About the same time
General Johnston visited England, and returned with the commission of general agent of the Liverpool &
London & Globe in practically the same territory. The business of the firm was conducted for the time
from three separate offices.General Johnston making his headquarters in Savannuh, Major Mims at Selma,
Ala , and Governor Humphreys at Vicksburg. The Liverpool <Sr London & Globe office was mainly cen¬
tered at Savannah at first, under the direct supervision of General Johnston. The New York Life had been
doing a business in the South for some time before the war, its chief agent being Dr. J. H. Copes, of New
Orleans, and, although there was naturally some question raised concerning the standing of Confederate
policy-holders whose premiums had not been paid during ihe war period, there was no trouble in making
an arrangement for their re-instatement on liberal terms and, to the {satisfaction of the policy-holders. The
1 hree offices above mentioned were consolidated in one at Atlanta in 1877, about which time Governor
Humphreys died. In the meanwhile, or about eight years ago General Johnston had retired from the firm,
leaving Major Mims nominally, as well as practically, manager of the business. A large part of the
territory for the New York Life is still under the management of Major Mims. and since his resignation of
the Southern management of the Home he has been Southern general agent of the Greenwich of New York,
which now occupies a prominent position in the South. A typical Southern gentleman of the courtly school,
his personal courtesy and hospitality are proverbial. He was president of the Southeastern Traffic
Association from 1S67 to 1894, and his reputation as a presiding officer and executive was always
that of an honorable, considerate and exceptionally well-equipped man LTpon Iiis refusal to stand for
re-election in 1894, the companies presented him with a magnificent silver service as a testimonial of
appreciation of his labors. He is president of the Georgia Life Insurance Association. Major Mims is one
of those men about whose life center all the finest traditions of his section.
CHARLES E. HARM AN was born at Forsyth, Georgia, and graduated from the
University of Georgia; was employed in bank of Jno. H. James for several years;
was librarian, secretary and president, respectively, of the Young Men's Library Associ¬
ation of Atlanta.
Entered railway service October 15, 1882, as soliciting freight and passenger agentot
the Western & Atlantic Railroad, at Atlanta, since which time he has been consecutively
General Southern agent, with headquarters at Jacksonville, Florida; general Western
agent, with headquarters at Cincinnati; February to May, 1890, general agent Central
Railroad at Atlanta; May, 1890, to April, 1892, general passenger agent Western &
Atlantic Railroad; April, 1892, general freight and passenger agent; and now is general
passenger agent of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway, lessee.
Mr. Harman was a director of the Piedmont Exposition, and is a director of the
Cotton States and International Exposition Company, and to him as much as any one
else is due the credit for the satisfactory rates which the railroads have granted for the
Exposition, as they adopted the zone basis as suggested by him.
Mr. Harman is a member of the governing committee of the Capital City Club, and
is now serving his second year as councilman from the Sixth ward of the city.
CHAS. E. HARMAN,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
VIEW OF PEACHTREE STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
FEW people have lived in whose hearts the words of " Home, Sweet Home0 have not at some time found an echo, and in all countries and climes, and at all times, the build¬
ing and adorning of magnificent abodes have contained the interest of mankind. Peachtree Street is essentially a street of homes. It is the most beautiful resident por¬
tion of the city. The many elegant dwellings give evidence of the taste and refinement of their inmates, among whom may be found the elite of Atlanta. The above is the view
of the street as seen'from the Hotel Aragon. The most prominent building is the Capitol City Club House. Just beyond, the beautiful home of Col. Abbott; adjoining it is the
Levden House, fraught with historic interest, as being the headquarters of Sherman during the late war. The cupalo seen in the distance belongs to the Governor's Mansion.
This street is paved almost entirely with asphalt, which adds to its many attractions by making it one of the most pleasant drives in the city.
DR. H. L. WILSON,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE subject of this sketch, Benjamin Franklin Walker, was born December 12, 1N34, in Fulton county,
Georgia, on the grounds of the Cotton States and International Exposition Company, his father's
residence being situated on the plaza which forms the center-piece of the grounds, in the immedi¬
ate vicinity of which he has since lived and reared his family, consisting of seven children. While not the
oldest resident in Atlanta, he is by virtue of his citizenship the oldest native resident nf the city, He was
married in early life to Miss Sarah J. Wedlock, a daughter of John W. Wedlock, one of Georgia's pioneer
citizens. He has in later years been closely identified with expositions, having been one of the promoters
of the first Piedmont Exposition. He built and lived in the present Piedmont Club House, upon the site
of which his ante-bellum residence once stood, but now occupies his palatial stone mansion on the emi¬
nence directly north, which is one of the finest suburban residences around Atlanta.
The spot upon which Mr. Walker's home is built is historic, and around it arc clustered some of thf-
most sacred memories of the lost cause, the immediate vicinity being the principal theatre of action of
Sherman's army, and near by was erected one of the strongest fortifications in the famous bombardment
of the city in 1KG4, recalling memories now sleeping and Sherman's ever memorable march through
Georgia.
Mr. Walker, having never yearned for political honors, has lived a conservative and unobtrusive
life, devoting his time to real estate and other interests, except the position spent in the cause of the
Confederacy, when he served as lieutenant in the famous Forty-second Georgia regiment, among which
are numbered some of Atlanta's foremost citizens.
He was for a number of years one of the county officials, where he served in positions of trust and
honor. He has ever taken a deep interest in the progress of Atlanta, and believes firmly that the success
of the Exposition means unbounded prosperity for the city, and his position as vice-president and general
manager of the Piedmont Company peculiarly fits him for the duties as a member of the Building and
Grounds Committee, one of the most important committees of the Directory, and his past experience
in exposition work, combined with his native business ability, makes him one of the most useful arid
influential men on the board.
DR. HENRY L. WILSON was born in the Old Dominion, on the banks of the Dan river, in the city of
Danville, July 2, 1S31). His father was the gallant Colonel William T. Wilson, who was killed in the
second battle of Manassas, while fighting several yards in advance of his regiment. At the time the
hostilities began he was the postmaster of the city. He speedily resigned his office, however, and enlisted
as an officer in ihe cause of the Confederacy. Colonel Wilson was one of the first of Atlanta's volunteers
to fall. Dr. Wilson, in the meantime, was not idle, and while his father was fighting in another part of the
field, his same blood was coursing through the veins of his son. in equal loyalty to the cause of the South,
Before the war Dr. Wilson went to LaGrange, where he acquired his academic education. From there he
went to Emory College, at Oxford, where he graduated with distinction in 1858, The following year he
i-btained a second diploma from the Atlanta Medical College, and was commissioned with the title of
"doctor" to go out and heal the sick His success was evinced from the start by his appointment as the
first city physician. After the first battle of Manassas Dr. Wilson went to Richmond, Va., and there,
after a rigid examination, was assigned an important position as surgeon of the Seventh Georgia Regi¬
ment. He held this office until the last two years of the war, when he was made chief surgeon of the con¬
script department of the state of Georgia. After the war he returned to Atlanta and entered his old pro
fession. In 1^72 his popularity was such that he was complimented by his fellow-citizens with an election to
the city council. He was chairman of the Street Committee, and in that capacity was largely instrumental in
bringing Whitehall, Peachtree and Marietta streets to their present grade. Dr. Wilson was elected a member
of the county board of commissioners in 1886, He was chairman of(the committee on public works, and held
the office of commissioner until January, 1893 when he was succeeded by the present commissioner, he
himself not being a candidate for re election. In 1885 Dr. Wilson was thrown from his buggy and received
a severe wound, which terminated in the limp which now characterizes his gait. Soon after he entered
the drug business on the corner of Marietta and Broad streets, and remained there until he sold out to his
successor, Mr. C. (). Tyner. He then entered the real estate market, and has since been engaged in that
employment. For a while he was in partnership with Mr. Frank P. Rice, but is now by himself. Dr.
Wilson was married in i860 to Miss Mary Monk, of Selma, Ala. He has an interesting family of three
children He is a consistent member of the First Methodist Church. Dr. Wilson was one of the original
directors of the Cotton States and International Exposition Company, and is a member of the Executive
Committee, Building and Ground Committee and also of the Live Stock Committee. He is a liberal con¬
tributor of time and money to the Exposition. His home is at No. 655 Peachtree street. He is one of the
largest and boldest real-estate men in the South.
B. F. WALKER,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
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THE ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK, ATLANTA, CA.
GEO. W. HARRISON,
Chairman Committee 'on Meetings of Conventions, etc.,
Appointed by President Collier.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HARRISON, general manager of the Franklin Printing
& Publishing Company, was born in Randolph county,, Georgia. He was edu¬
cated at Oglethorpe ITniversity, at Midway, near Milledgeville. Married to Miss Lucy
Hayden, of Atlanta. He was for years chairman of the Statistical Committee of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; chairman of the Postal Committee of the Commercial
Club. One of the Governor's staff, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Chairman of
Board of Deacons of the First Presbyterian Church. Business manager of the
Southern Cultivator and Southern Educational Journal, and has filled the office of State
Printer for a number of terms.
IN the year 1849, near the city of Karschau (one of the chief cities of Hungary), was
born Emanuel Rich, the subject of this sketch. His father's large means enabled
him to give his son the very finest training obtainable until the latter reached the age
of twelve. At that time, through the duplicity of a supposed friend, his father's large
estate had to be surrendered in order to leave him his good name. His children were
obliged to apprentice themselves out in order to assist in supporting themselves. Young
Emanuel was apprenticed to a shoemaker, but the slavish hours and the oppressive
conditions surrounding his employment were more than his independent nature could
endure. With the clandestine assistance of his mother he made his way to Cleveland, O.,
where he had relatives engaged in the dry-goods trade. At that early age he already
found that business adapted to his taste, and he went at it with a vim. Working early
and late, and by dint of close economy and self-denial, he laid aside a modest little sum
for himself. Somewhat later, an elder brother residing at Atlanta invited him to join
his business here. It is now nearly thirty years since he set foot upon Atlanta soil, and
he has ever had reason to congratulate himself upon that event. His firm here is one
of the largest and most successful in the South. In 1879 Mr. Rich married Miss Bertha
Sartorius, a descendant of the ancient German family of that name. The prudent
conservatism shown by Mr. Rich in his services as director of the preceding Expositions
held here, led to his being chosen as one of the original directors of the present Expo¬
sition, in which capacity he has been rendering valuable services on important com-
E. RICH,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL, ATLANTA, GA.
THIS picture represents the Capitol of the State of Georgia. The bill to build the Capitol in Atlanta was drawn up by the Hon. Frank F. Rice, who was a member of the General Assembly, representing Fulton
county in iSS2-tSP3. To Mr. Rice's energy was largely due the passage of this bill. On November 3, 1882, Mr. Rice presented the bill as it was passed. The bill was referred to the Finance Committee of (he
House and laid there during the remainder of 1882, and was taken up in the winter session of 1883. and finally passed by the House and Senate September 8. 18S3, and was signed by the Governor on that da\.
The site for the Capitol was a donation from the city of Atlanta to the State of Georgia. The ground so donated was worth about half a million dollars, and the bill to build the Capitol appropriated one million
dollars, with restrictions that this amount should not be exceeded in the completion of the Capitol, and the Commissioners who were appointed by the Governor strictly carried out their trust, and the building was
< ompleted within the limit of the contract. Thirty-five dollars remained unexpended of the one million and was turned back into the treasury. The building is admirably adapted 10 the purpose for which it was
erected, and it is in every way thorough in its construction, and is entirely satisfactory to the public. The appropriation to furnish the capital was also carefully handled, the amount of about four hundred dollars
being turned back into the treasury unexpended. Thus it will be seen that a State Capitol can be built and furnished within the first appropriation, as has been demonstrated by the erection of the Capitol. It is
located on a hill and, having the dome three hundred feet high, the view from the top gives a line panorama of the city and surrounding country. K<-nnesaw and Stone mountains can be seen in the distance. The
grounds are artistic ally laid out, which gives a pleasing effect to one approaching the Capitol. In all it is a building well calculated to incite praise and admiration from all, and Georgians have just cause to be proud
of such a monument of the State's progress.
HON. WILLIAM J. NORTHEN,
Chairman Committee on Department of Education Cotton States and International
Exposition.
WILLIAM J. NORTHEN—Thirty-sixth governor of Georgia (iSgo-ibg.}) was born in Jones county,
Georgia. July q. 1S35. His grandfather, William of Scotch descent, settled in North Carolina,
whence his father. Peter, moved to Powellton. Ga.. about 1S00. His mother was Louisa M.
Davis. He was graduated from Mern-r University in 1853: began teaching school in 1854; assisted the
famous instructor. Dr. Carlisle P. Beman in ihe Mt. Zion High School, from 1856 to 185b, and then, on
Dr. Beman's retirement, took control of the school, which he conducted with great success. In the war
between the states lie enlisted as a private in a company commanded by his father, then nearly seventy
years old. Returning to Hancock county after the war, he taughtschoolagain until 1874, when, on account
of ill health, he began farming. He was a member of the State Democratic ('(invention of 1867—the first
political body in this state alter the surrender; a State Legislator in 1877-78: a member of the Investigation
Committee on the Northeastern (Railroad) Bonds in the notable gubernatorial convention of :8So; again
Legislator in iSSo-Si; State Senator and chairman uf the Educational Committee of the General Assembly,
1^4-^5, and governor of Georgia 1890. He has. also been vice-president of the State Agricultural Society,
and was piesident of the same in iK»6. iSh7 and 1 H.sS: president of the Young Farmers' Club of the Southern
States; president of the Hancock County Farmers' Club from its origin, which took the highest prizes for
county displays at the State Fair and Columbus Exposition in J*8S; a trustee for Mercer University for
twenty years; president of the Trustees and Washington Institute for six years; and Moderator of the
Washington Baptist Association for eight years. Mercer University two years ago conferred upon him
the degree of LL.D., and this degree has recently been conferred upon him by Richmond College, of
Virginia. Within the last few months, also, he has been elected vice-president of the Southern Baptist
Convention, and vice president of the American Sunday-School Union, and of the American Educational
Society. He has been an able, wise and trusted leader, and has won success equally as a legislator,
educator, farmer ami as governor of the state. His intellect is clear and strong, his judgment sound,
while his evenness of temper, fine sense of justice, and strictest honesty have steadily elevated him in public
respect and confident e. His public career has been upward, from school teacher to governor, and he has
won the love and esteem of his fellow-cilizens in a greater degree with every step he has made. December
19, iSbo, he married Miss Mattie M. Neel. of Mt. Zion. Georgia. Since the expiration of his term as gov¬
ernor he has been at the head of the Georgia Immigration 6c Investment Bureau, which is devoted to the
development of the stale. This bureau has already succeeded in settling in Wilcox and Irwin counties, in
Southern Georgia, a colony of 40,000 to 50 000 persons from the Nonhern and Western States, and is
bringing numbers of thrifty farmers to develop the surplus agricultural lands of the state. In this work of
material development it is qinte probable that his services to Georgia will be of more permanent value
than his useful and distinguished labors as governor.
GENERAL CLEMENT a. EVANS is a native of Georgia and has lived continually within the state
except during the period of the Confederate War. He began his business life at the age of
nineteen as a lawyer after graduation from the law school of Judge Gould, and practiced with
success in the counties of Southwestern Georgia as a member of the law firm of Worrill & Evans. Soon
after passing the age of twenty-one years he was elected judge of the court of Stewart countv, and at the
age of twenty six was elected to the Senate of Georgia, in which he served until the war began. In the
meantime he had acquired a serviceable knowledge of military life as a member of the Volunteer Company
of his town, and he became somewhat prepared for the duties which afterward devolved upon him,
Gen'l Evans embraced the Southern cause with enthusiasm and energy. The Confederate service at once
promoted him to the rank of major and then colonel, Thirty-first Georgia Regiment. He served with his
regiment in Lawton's, afterwards Gordon's brigade, and being promoted brigadier-general, was assigned 10
the command of the same brigade. He was engaged in the principal battles of the armies of Jackson and
Lee, receiving several wounds, and several months before the war closed was promoted to the command of
Gordon's division, composed of Georgia, Virginia and Louisiana brigades, in which position he served
until the surrender, taking part in the last battle of the Confederate Army at Appomattox Returning
home, he entered the ministry and became a member of the Conference; filled prominent stations in his
church. He has been engaged in several important business enterprises with uniform success, and has
taken a leading part in all public affairs. Accepting the results of the war in good faith, he has urged the
restoration of his state to prosperity and occupied progressive ground in inviting immigration and capital
and in offering cordial affiliation with all good citizens from any part of the Union.
Chairman Committee on Colored Exhibit Cotton States and International Exposition.
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BALLARD HOUSE, ATLANTA, CA.
'THE Ballard House is situated at No. 201 Peachtree street, one of Atlanta's most beautiful streets, opposite the Governor's Mansion. It is a comfortable and well-
*■ equipped hotel. Extensive galleries, large grounds and shade trees combine to make it a most desirable home for visitors to Atlanta. The management is excel¬
lent. The table superior. The prices moderate. Street cars to all points in the city pass the door.
E. P. BLACK,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
A MONO the most prominent of Atlanta's citizens stands Mr. Eugene P. Black.
** He was born in Marion county, Georgia, April 23, 1844. He served in the
Confederate Army during the whole of the late war. Mr. Black is one of the directors
of the Cotton States and International Exposition, and is a member of several
committees. He is eminently successful as a business man, being one of the most
prominent real estate dealers in the city. He was the first man in Atlanta to relieve
the hotel situation of the Exposition period, by building the magnificent Hotel Oriental.
Mr. Black is a useful and substantial citizen, and is held in the highest esteem by all
who know him.
JOHN W. NELMS was born June 19, 183S, at McDonough, Henry county. Georgia. Lost his father
at the age of five years and being defrauded out of an estate left to him and his mother by his
guardian, which caused him to earn his own living at the plow handles until he was able to find
other employment more remunerative. Served the first year of the war as first lieutenant 0/ Company D,
Thirty-seventh Tennessee Regiment and his health failing, he was discharged and came to Atlanta, Ga,, and
recruited a company for John H. Morgan and was assigned to Company A, Tenth Kentucky Regiment
and remained with said company until the close of the war. Was shot through by a bushwhacker while
on a raid in the mountains of East Tennessee in June, 1863, and isstill suffering from the effects of the said
wound. Resumed the plow handles at the close of the war until 1H74, when he was elected to a seat in
the Georgia legislature from Campbell county, Ga., having moved to that county in the year i8fiS. After
two years' service in that body, he was appointed as keeper of the Georgia Penitentiary, over sixty-six
applicants, by Governor Alfred Ho'.t Colquitt; and after six years' service, was re-appointed by Governor
Alexander H. Stephens and again re-appointed by Governor Henry D. McDaniel and remained with him
until June 1, 1885, when he resigned as principal keeper of the penitentiary to accept the United States
marshal's office for the Northern District of Georgia. He was appointed to that place by Mr. Cleveland at
the request of Senators Brown and Colquitt and held the marshal's office until November, 18K9 In March,
1890, he moved into the city of West End, adjoining Atlanta and in December ot the same year was elected
mayor, filling that place four years, when said city was annexed and became the Seventh ward of Atlanta.
Was elected the first councilman from that ward, being in the said position at the present time. He was
also appointed as oil inspector in 1R91 by Col. R. T. Nisbitt, commissioner of agriculture of the state of
Georgia, and still fills that position. His appointments to and retention of the various hifih positions is
sufficient guarantee of his ability and his zeal for the people.
JOHN W. NELMS,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
J. M. HIGH & CO., DRY GOODS STORE,
Atlanta, Ca.
r I "'HE above is a view of the dry-goods store of J. M. High & Company, Atlanta, Ga.,
one of the largest dealers in the South, occupying a space of 60x180 feet, four
stones and basement. Doing a department business, dry goods, shoes, millinery, cloaks,
carpets, crockery and house furnishings.
r I "'HE firm of Chamberlin, Johnson & Company, has been for twenty-nine years at
1 the same corner, Whitehall and Hunter streets. Commercially and financially
they stand at the very top. They enjoy the distinction of being the first and largest
importers of carpets and dry goods in the South. Their business, dry goods, carpets,
furniture and shoes, cover a spare of 3,500 square feet and their business extends over
several states.
CHAMBERLIN, JOHNSON & CO , DRY GOODS STORE,
Atlanta, Ga.
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^A/ILLIAM L. COSGROVE was born in Central Illinois in 1857. When quite a
child his parents moved to Chicago, where he lived until 1890, when he came
to Atlanta to take charge of the commercial department of the Atlanta Gas Light Com¬
pany. He graduated in 1877 at the Pennsylvania Military College as a civil engineer.
Soon after graduating he accepted a position in the Engineering Department of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company, continuing in their service nearly ten
years. Although Mr. Cosgrove lived so long in Chicago and still has property there,
he considers Atlanta his home, having purchased several years ago the place where he
lives on Piedmont «
MARTIN F. AMOROUS,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
i ARTIN F. AMOROUS was born in Savannah, Ga., October, 1858. H
Atlanta, February, 1877, and has been engaged in the lumber busines
years. He was the original promoter of the first electric light works in Atlanta. He
organized the Atlanta Lumber Company in 1885, and is general manager of it. Married
November, 1^87. He is vice-president of Atlanta Railway Company, member of the
Executive, Legislative and Machinery Committees of the Exposition. Been active in
nearly all public enterprises. He was elected a member of the City Council from the
Sixth ward in 1887, and was author of the law regulating the liquor traffic in this city.
He was the pioneer in shipment of lumber from Georgia to the West, now the largest
business in the state.
WILLIAM L. COSGROVE,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition
SWEETWATER PARK HOTEL, L1TH1A SPRINGS, GA.
SWEETWATER PARK HOTEL, the elegant resort and hostelry. less than one-half hour's ride from Atlanta, and was built for invalid tourists and pleasure seekers who come to the famous Bowden Lithia
Springs, which are twelve hundred feet above the sea level It is sufficiently removed from the coast to escape the heavy salt air with its depressing influence upon the delicate invalid. This group of springs
has a national reputation for the curative powers of its waters in a wider range of human diseases than any other known mineral spring in this or any land. The country surrounding the hotel is elevated and
broken, interspersed with pine, oak, maple and cypress forests. From the observatory of the hotel a most magnificent panorama of landscape is spread out for miles at one's feet. To the north lies famous old
Kenncsaw Mt., from whose summit was wafted the memorable message to the beleaguered garrison at Altuna, " Hold the Fort, I am coming," which has been set to music and sung the world over. Beyond is that
stubbornly contested field of Resaca. To the northwest is the famous Lookout Mt.. ever memorable for its " Battle Among the Clouds." This superb hotel has accommodations for five hundred guests. The cuisine is
unsurpassed. The dining room is finished in cherry and curled pine. The hotel is lighted by seven hundred and fifty incandescent electric lights. The porches ranging from fifteen to twenty feet in width are
seven hundred feet long. This elegant hotel was built by E. W. Marsh, of Atlanta, upon the firm conviction that this remarkable water would ultimately attract the attention of the entire country. The hotel is open
h> guests both winter and summer. As an evidence of care taken to make this a true sanitary resort, over a quarter of a million dollars were expended upon the hotel, grounds and sanitary arrangements. This hotel
is under the management of H. T. Blake, formerly of Manitou, Col., and Pass Christian, Miss , at which places he managed similar hotels. He has by his close personal attention to the wants of his guests succeeded
in keeping this house filled summer and winter.
D. O. DOUGHERTY,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
r~"\ANIEL 0. DOUGHERTY, one of Atlanta's representative business men, was
' born in Dalton, Ga., September 25, 1845. His mother moved from Dalton to
southwest Missouri when he was about eight years of age; lived there until August,
1862, when he enlisted in the Confederate Army and remained until the close of the
war. Was paroled June 5, 1865, returned to Missouri and lived there until the spring
of 186S. Located in Atlanta in 1868 and engaged himself as clerk with Silvey &
Dougherty, wholesale dry-goods merchants. In the spring of 1877 David H. Dougherty
withdrew from the firm, at which time Mr. Dougherty, the subject of this sketch, was
admitted as partner in the firm of John Silvey & Company, and has been the general
buyer of his firm ever since then. Mr. Dougherty is a member of the Baptist church
and Director of the Trust Company of Georgia, and one of the charter members when
it was the Commercial Traveler's Savings Bank, one of the Board of Directors of the
Piedmont Exposition, atid also the Cotton States and International Exposition. He is
a man of sterling worth and integrity; although of a retiring nature, he is always fore¬
most in all that is of a public benefaction.
WE are free to say that among the many leading merchants and manufacturers of Atlanta there
is no truer man or more genial gentleman than Augustus D. Adair, the president of the Fur-
man Farm Improvement Company, with headquarters at East Point. He was nof'born in the
purple," but in an honest country home in the vicinity of Talladega, Ala. At the time of his birth and at
no great distance to the southward of the spot of where he first saw the light, there were mutterings of
Indian discontent that broke out in the Creek hostilities of 1X36. When twenty vears of age Mr. Adair
quit the farm to enter the store of Mr. George Butler, at the small village of Chilriersburg in his native
county. From the outset of his mercantile career, he exhibited those excellent business qualities fur
which he has since been distinguished. Not long after, responsive to the call of patriotism, he went to
the front. He attached himself to the command of General Forrest, and henceforth shared in the arduous
campaigning of that far-famed cavalry chieftain. He was selected by the Marion of the Confedi rate
struggle a« one of his body guard, and was near the Hashing of the guns on numerous occasions until that
dashing corps succumbed to the inevitable in the final surrender at Gainesville. Ala. Mr. Adair was
especially conspicuous in the dash at Murfreesboro. Tennessee. Nor was he less so when Forrest played
his big bluff game on Colonel Straight, whose raiders were intent on the beaut\ and booty of Rome—
indeed of all North Georgia. Afterward he was a partner in a large commission hou«-eof Anderson, Adair
& Co. The firm was composed of Andrew T. Anderson, George W Adair and A. D.Adair. This house
did a large business at the beginning of the war. In nfiS, in connection with his brother, Mr. Green B.
Adair, he established the house of Adair Brothers, whose record was one of the best in Atlanta's history.
This firm was located on West Alabama street, nearly opposite the present Constitution office. At this
point they conducted a cotton, produce and fertilizer trade that embraced a halt dozen states. For twent)
odd years they enjoyed great prosperity, and their accumulations were steady and large In t.Si,i Mr.
Green B. Adair retired from the firm and was succeeded by McCartv Brothers, who had been thoroughly
trained under the auspices of the firm. Some years befi.re that firm had purchased the formula of Mr,
Farish Furman. who had won great distinction by his system of intensive farming. Selecting a suitable
site near the junction of the Central and Alabama & West Point Railroads, they erected a spacious t.n ton
with an annual productive capacity of fifteen thousand tons of improved high grade fertilizers, yielding at
the present reduced prices, a gross income of three hundred thousand dollars. 'I his enterprise is now an
assured success with facilities for enlargement as the wants of iheir customers may demand. For ten
years he has been the treasurer of the Home Mission Board of the South Baptist Convention reaching
and disbursing a large sum ot money, purely as a labor of love. If a financial emergen* y arises in ihe
administration of the affairs of Lhis great charity he does not hesitate to draw on his private resourtes tor
its furtherance A Democrat of the strictest sort, he keeps aloof from ward politics, and is heartily opposed
to rings and < liques in the municipal government who serve for revenue only. Leigh Hunt's recording
angel might well write his name on the list of those immortals who show their love of God not by per¬
functory prayers or meagre charities, grudgingly bestowed but by faithful, loving service to their fellow,-
men of ' all sorts and conditions." Nor are such lives measured "by figures on a dial's fate." but rather
by sympathetic heart throbs, issuing in gracious deeds fragrant with the breath of "balm and cassia."
A. D. ADAIR,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
VIEW OF NORTH PRYOR STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
IN these days of business push and enterprise the surging tide of life in a growing city appeals to the interest of many. To these the marts of trade and a hurrying
throng are sources of pleasure. In the above picture we see one of Atlanta's thoroughfares. The rush is scarcely as great there, however, as in other sections,
where the retail stores abound, but on and near this corner are some of the most important wholesale houses in the city. The large building on the left-hand side,
situated to the rear of the block of business houses, is the Equitable, which contains some of the most desirable offices in the city. Beyond this can be seen the home
of the Young Men's Christian Association. The car lines passing the corner connect it with most of the principal portions of the city, and day and night the rest¬
less crowds seem ever hurrying to and fro.
R. D. SPALDING,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
ROBERT DAVID SPALDING, the son of William and Hettie Wathen Spalding, is a native of Union
county. Kentucky. He is a descendant of one of the oldest families of Kentucky. The Spaldings
(if Kentucky are a branch of the Spalding family of Maryland, who came to that province with
Lord Baltimore.
He was educated in the schools of Union county and at St. Mary's College in Kentucky.
He then entered the Louisville University as a medical student, and graduated therefrom in 1856. He
practiced medicine in Union county, Kentucky until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he entered
the Confederate States' service and was commissioned as Regimenlal Surgeon. He served throughout the
entire war with the Western army. Immediately after the close of the war Dr. Spalding moved from Ken
tucky to La Grange, Georgia, and engaged there in a general mercantile business with his brothers, Wil¬
liam F. and Richard S. Spalding. In 1872 he removed from La Grange to Atlanta, Georgia, and entered
into the wholesale shoe business. He has been engaged in this business ever since, and is now the presi¬
dent of the Gramling-Spalding-Kingsbery Company, a business corporation which is one of the largest
wholesale dealers in shoes in the Southern states. Dr. Spalding is among the most public-spirited citizens
of Atlanta and has been foremost tu aid with his means and persona! services all enterprises and efforts for
the advancement of the city. He was a director of the Cotton Exposition of 1881. Has been a member of
the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Library Association and for many years a member of the Board
of Education of the city of Atlanta. He is a director of a number of banks and other important institu¬
tions. From its inception Dr. Spalding has b-en one of the leading spirits in the inauguration and promo¬
tion of the Cotton States and International Exposition to be held at Atlanta in the fall of 1895. He is
among the most active members of its Board of Directors and is vice-chairman of the Executive Com¬
mittee of the Board. No one lias labored more efficiently than he for its success. Dr. Spalding personally
is one of the most genial and companionable of men. He is warm-hearted and sympathetic, and there are
many who have reason to remember his disinterested and kindly acts. Dr Spalding is a man of great
personal popularity He has been frequently called on to preside over public movements and on public
occasions, and in this way to serve his fellow-citizens. Although keenly interested in all political move¬
ments affecting the welfare of the citj.sta'eor nation, and an ardent Demociat, he has resisted many
pressing solicitations to submit his name to the people for any office in their gift.
HPHOMAS BENTON NEAL, born in Pike county, Ga., in the year 1838, received a
A common-school education, went to Louisiana in 1857, where he clerked in a store.
From there he drafted into the army in 186r, under the brigade commanded by Gen.
Forrest. Remained in the field during the whole term of the war. Returned to Meri-
den, La., where he conducted a general store, which he continued for twenty years, at
which time he came to Atlanta, where his father and all of his relatives were then liv¬
ing. The late Mr. Jno. Neal, his father, died in 1886. His estate was converted into
the Neal Loan & Banking Company, Mr. T. B. Neal being made president, which office
he has held ever since, and it is conceded to be one of the most successful banks in the
city, which fact is partially owing to Mr. Neal giving his undivided attention to its
management. In 1894 he was elected president of the Georgia Bankers' Association,
and is president of the Finance Committee of the Exposition. Was married in 1865 to
Miss Mollie Cash, of Louisiana. Have had eight children. Mrs. Louise Douglas is the
only survivor. Mr. Neal lost his wife in October, 1894.
THOMAS B. NEAL,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
RESIDENCE OF HON. FRANK P. RICE,
West Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.
OX one of the prettiest locations on West Peachtree street, and on the hig
point, is located Hon. Frank P. Rice's residence, in a young grove of
trees which give ample shade to a well-kept lawn. Around the front of the house,
at well selected points, are planted a great profusion of geraniums, rose bushes
large palms. The house is a modern one with terra-cotta trimmings. Wide ma
steps enter into an artistically arranged veranda, the circular corner of which car
seen in the picture. The interior is admirably arranged for comfort and convenie
thr first story of which is furnished in hard woods, the decorations and furnishings
superb, and it is one of the handsomest houses in the city. The house and groui
viewed from the street, gives one an idea of comfort and refinement.
JVA R- F- ABBOTT'S residence on Peachtree street is considered one of the finest
and most completely furnished houses, from attic to cellar, in the city, the cost
of same being near seventy thousand dollars. The exterior is of the French chateau
style. The interior, in main, is finished after the German renaissance. The hall and
parlor are finished in oak, the dining room and library in cherry with hand carving, and
as fine as any in the United States. The wood work and carving were done by
Atlanta workmen. The frieze was designed by A. C. Gardner, of Springfield, Mass.
The terra-cotta work was the first made in Atlanta. Mr. G. L. Norman is the architect
of this building.
Peachtree St., Atlanta. Ca.
HUGH T. INMAN, about fifty years of age, was born at Dandridge, Tenn. He is
the youngest son of Mr. S. W. Inman, and one of the three brothers who have
had remarkable business careers; his brothers are Mr. S. M. Inman, of Atlanta,
and John H. Inman, of New York, both of whom are so well known. Mr. Inman went
to New York just after the close of the late war and became connected with the business
of his uncle, William H. Inman. By close attention to business and with an indomitable
energy he soon gave promise of his subsequent career. After accumulating some money
in New \ ork he moved to Savannah, Ga., and there, in the cotton business, added to
his business reputation and to his financial resources. In a few years he came to Atlanta,
and here he has more than realized the fondest expectation of his friends in a remark¬
ably successful career. Of strong determination and great firmness of purpose he lias
long since been regarded as a man ot sound, reliable business judgment and fearless
backing up of that judgment when formed. Mr. Inman has been connected with almost
every successful financial enterprise in Atlanta. He has been a conspicuous factor in
building up the Atlanta Compress and Warehouse Company, the Atlanta Home Insur¬
ance Company, the Exposition Cotton Mills, the Atlanta Trust and Banking Company,
the Kennesaw Guano Company, and other successful enterprises which have been bene¬
ficial to Atlanta. He is practically the owner of the Kimball House, and owns other
large and valuable real estate investments. He has twice been a member of the City
Council, and as chairman of the Finance Committee his skill and care have contributed
largely in establishing the splendid financial credit which Atlanta now enjoys. Mr.
Inman is a devoted churchman, and with liberal hand has helped on in many ways and
circumstances, the cause of religion and public charity. He married a daughter of Judge
VanDyke, a distinguished jurist of Tennessee, and has three children, one son and two
daughters, the eldest of whom married John W. Grant, Esq.
DANIEL WOODWARD,
Chairman Committee on Department of Mining and Forestry.
DANIEL WOODWARD was born June 26, 1856, at Watertown, Conn., and raised
among the Litchfield Hills of western Connecticut. He was at school in New
Haven and graduated when quite young from the Yale Business College. He is
descended from an ancient and honorable family, tracing its descent back to 1700, and
having representatives in the French, Indian and Revolutionary Wars. Going South
in 1S84, looking for investments, he was pleased with Atlanta and, returning the follow¬
ing year, bought out a small firm in the lumber business and built up the concern that
now bears his name, Woodward Lumber Company, and is itself a witness to his success.
He is well-known and esteemed among the business men of Atlanta.
HUGH T. INMAN,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
RESIDENCE OF PHILIP H. HARRALSON,
Inman Park, Atlanta, Ca.
1NMAN PARK can boast of some of the finest residences in and near Atlanta, one of
which, as shown in accompanying picture, is Mr. Philip H. Harralson's residence.
It is built of granite throughout. The design is known as domestic gothic, unique in
outline and detail. The porches and approaches are of marble, which gives a finished
appearance to the house. Spacious entrances open into the reception hall, and a view
of all the rooms on the first floor can be obtained from the hall. From the rear of the
hall one's eyes are attracted upward, where three flights of stairs wind round and
round to the top of the tower, and from the top landing we walk out on a balcony and
view the city in the distance. The house is finished in hardwood. Gas logs are in all
the fire-places, besides the regular grates, which can be used at will; the house is also
heated with hot water throughout.
'THE accompanying picture gives an inadequate idea of the residence of the well-
* known banker and financier, Mr. J. H. Porter. As can be seen, it is located in a
large grove of oaks, which certainly add to the pleasure of such a residence. The house
is built of brick, with stone trimmings. It has a commanding appearance as seen from
the street, giving one an idea of the wealth and refinement of those that reside within
its walls.
RESIDENCE OF J. H. PORTER,
Peachtree Street, Atlanta. Ga.
C. S. NORTHEN,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
TV A R. CHARLES S. NORTHEN, of the Exposition Board, is a member of the
*■ * * Concession and Privileges, Amusements, Subscriptions, and Public Comfort
Committees of the Directory. He was born in Hancock county, in 1859, and moved
to Atlanta in 1872, where lie engaged in the mercantile business. He was in the
wholesale grocery business for fourteen years, during a portion of that time being
the junior member of the firm of Smith, Barry & Company. In 1889 he was appointed
special agent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, by which corporation he is
still employed. Mr. Northen has taken an ever active part in local and state politics
in Georgia for a good many years. In 1892 he was vice-chdirman of the State Cam¬
paign Committee, and also of the National Campaign Committee for Georgia. He
was a member of the General City Council of Atlanta in 1892-3, and was for several
years the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Young Men's Democratic
League of Fulton county. He inaugurated the movement for the monument of the
late Henry W. Grady, and was made permanent chairman of the association that
conducted the work. Mr. Northen at present is assistant secretary of the Georgia
State Senate. He is a young man of fine executive ability,
WILLIAM HARMAN BLACK, the youngest member of the Exposition Directory,
was born in Forsyth, Ga., June 10, 1868. His parents moved when he was four
years of age to Atlanta, where he was educated at the Grammar and High Schools. In
1882 he received the position of stenographer to Mr. Joseph M. Brown, then traffic
manager of the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company. After six months he was
promoted to the place of private secretary to Senator Joseph E. Brown, then president
of the company. He spent six years in Washington city with Senator Brown, being
Washington correspondent for several Southern dailies. During the last year of his
residence in Washington he attended the Georgetown Law School. He resigned his
position as Senator Brown's private secretary in September, 1890, and went to New
York city, where he spent a year at the Columbia Law School, taking the full two
years' course in one year. Returning to Atlanta in the fall of 1891. he spent several
months studying with Hon. Albert H. Cox, after which he was admitted to the bar and
began the practice of law. He is a member of the firm of W. H. & E. R. Black, and
makes a specialty of commercial, real estate and corporation law. Mr. Black is active
both in local and state politics, being president of the Young Men's Democratic League
of Fulton county, and a member of the State Executive Committee. He has organized
a number of enterprises, notably the Piedmont Loan & Banking Company with a
capital of $50,000, the Georgia Security & Banking Company with a capital of $100,000
and the Land, Title, Warranty & Safe Deposit Company, of which he is now president,
with $100,000 capital. Mr. Black contributes occasionally to the papers and takes an
active part in the literary and secret order organizations of Atlanta.
W. H. BLACK,
Director Cotton States and International Eposition.
' I "'HE accompanying picture is the home of Mr. W. C. Hale, on Peachtree street.
* One can but think what the word home implies. Though the house, as now
viewed, is not as elaborate as some others on that street, the interior is pleasing and
quite expensively executed. Mr. Hale has now plans for a more ornate finish by Mr. A. C.
McNixon, and if carried out, it will be one of the most finished houses in Atlanta. As
usual with most of the Southern homes, the grounds abound in varied hues of different
flowers and plants which are pleasing to the eyes.
RESIDENCE OF A. J. WEST.
A T the north end of Peachtree street one can see as elegant residences as anywhere
in the South. The accompanying picture gives one some idea of the prettiest
homes along that street, Mr. A. J. West's. The house is located on a terrace some dis¬
tance back from the street, and has a well-kept lawn in front, with a great profusion of
geraniums and palms planted near the house, and roses of different hues growing at
well-selected points. One enters the veranda by marble steps under an archway of ivy.
A good portion of the porch is protected from the glare of the sun by growing vines,
which make it a cool resort in hot weather.
RESIDENCE OF W. C. HALE.
X /"ILLIAM \ ATES ATKINSON, Governor of Georgia, was born in Meriweather
V V county, Georgia, November io, 1854. His parents, John P. and Theodora P.
Atkinson, moved from Brunswick county, Virginia, to Meriweather county, Georgia, in
1854, a few months before the birth of William Y., the sixth of eight children. Mr.
Atkinson's boyhood gave promise of the brilliant and successful career that has made
him at the early age of forty one of the most powerful of the young political leaders
of his day. The rugged honesty, stubborn adherence to convictions and wide range of
intellectual powers that gave him leadership in his college classes, in later life, at the
bar, in the legislative halls and as .chief magistrate of his state, have identified him
with the growing interests of the Georgia of today, and her most progressive post-
bellum legislation. After completing his education at the State University at Athens,
he commenced the practice of law in Newnan, and within six months after his admis¬
sion to the bar was appointed by Gov. Colquitt county solicitor of Coweta. He was
married in 1880 to Miss Susie Cobb Milton, of Florida. Six interesting children have
blessed their union. Mr. Atkinson was elected to the legislature from Coweta county
in 1886, and for eight years represented that county in the House. In 1892 he was
chosen Speaker of the House. During his long term in the legislature his ability
was recognized throughout the state, and his impress felt on all the important
legislation of the day. As chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee
during four years, when Populism was in the zenith of its power in Georgia, his
executive ability and wise and aggressive leadership stemmed the tide of third
partyism, and rolled up in the hardest fight between Democracy and Populism a
Democratic majority of 80,000. He has been the devoted champion of woman's cause.
When Speaker of the House he appointed a woman postmistress to the legislature.
One of the first acts of his executive favor as Governor of Georgia, was the appointment
of a woman to the position of Assistant State Librarian—the first time in the history of
Georgia that a woman has held a salaried position in the state service. He was the
author of the bill creating the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, at Milledgeville,
where poor girls can fit themselves for honorable independence in the working world.
Four hundred girls from this institution witnessed his inauguration as Governor of
Georgia. He has been the friend of disabled Confederate soldiers. He took an active
part in the enactment of the present pension laws on the statute books of Georgia.
Gov. Atkinson belongs to the class of self-made men whose names illumine the brightest
pages of our Republican history. Coming from the common people he is in close touch
with their interests and happiness. The contest of the wagon boy of Georgia, for the
gubernatorial chair, with the patrician hero of "a storm-cradled nation that fell"—
throned in the hearts of Georgia chivalry—attracted attention from the Great Lakes
to the Mexican Gulf. After the most brilliant campaign known to the hh-lory of
Georgia, Mr. Atkinson was inaugurated as Governor in October, 1894.
"THE HALCYON "-DR. J. B. S. HOLMES' SANATORIUM, ATLANTA, CA.
r I 'HE HALCYON is a private Sanatorium, erected by Dr. J. B. S.
-I Holmes. It contains all the comforts of home with all the anti¬
septic safeguards of a modern surgical hospital. It was built to ac¬
commodate sick women who did not care to enter a public hospital.
The building is a handsome one, constructed of brick and stone, and
was designed and built especially for the uses to which it is dedicated.
It is finished throughout with hardwood, and the walls are hard-finished.
Every precaution has been taken in every detail of construction to ren¬
der it, with proper care, absolutely clean and aseptic. It is heated
throughout with hot water, and in addition all the bedrooms have
open grates The rooms all have side windows, have gas and electric
lights and electric call-bells (day and night system). An electric ele¬
vator connects the floors; in short, the building is as near perfect in
every detail as architectural skill can make it. The location is in one
of the most beautiful spots of Atlanta, one-half block from Peach tree
GREEN T. DODD,
otton States and Internatlon
HON. R. p. DODGE, one of the directors of the Cotton States and International Exposition, is one ot
the best known citizens of Atlanta. He sprang from illustrious ancestry, being a descendant on
his mothers side of Jesse Mercer, founder of Mercer University, while his father was one of a
notable New England family, which can trace its lineage back two hundred and sixty years. The Mercer
family can also be traced back for a period of over one hundred years His father came to Georgia from
Boston, Mass.. some years before the war. Mr. Dodge was born August 15. 1S50, in Columbia county,
Ga.. and there he spent his boyhood days, living with his grand-parents until he was twenty-one years
old. His mother isstill living, but his father died when he was only sixteen years ofage. He was educated
at Harlem, and for three years he had charge of a general store in that place, but in 1875 he there began
his railroad career in the road-master's department of ihe Georgia R R, In 1S77 he was in the irarsporta-
tion department, and afterward he became train-hand on a local and through freight train on the Georgia
Railroad, until 1879, when he acted as conductor on a freight train. His home up to this, time was in Harlem,
but in 1881 he was sent to Atlanta as vard-master .if the Georgia R. r. which position he retained until
1KH5. From this period until 1889 he was passenger conductor on the Georgia R. R. At this time he became
general yard-master of the Georgia R. R, in Atlanta, which position he still holds He is a member of the
order of R. R. Conductors and in iSRK was Chief Conductor of the order, Augusta Division No. 202, for
one year. The popularity with which he is favored took a substantial form when he was elected to the
City Council for the Third ward in 1893 He is still a representative in the Council for the people of that
ward. He is also chairman V>f the Cemetery Committee, and is a member of four other Council Com¬
mittees. He was married December 18. 1S73, to Miss Few, of Madison, and has one daughter. Mr.
Dodge's past record is without a spot or blemish. Mr. Dodge is a relative of the late Wm. E. Dodge, of
New York, who at one time was the sole importer of all the tin-plate sent into this country. His oldest
brother is Dr. W. A Dodge one of the best known Methodist ministers in Atlanta and N'orth Georgia.
His other brother is engaged in railroad work.
TO every Atlantian the name of G. T. Dodd is familiar, he being one of the oldest and most successful
grocery merchants in this city. He was born in St. Clair county, Alabama, July 7, 1834. In 1853
he came to Atlanta and clerked for J. R. & C. H. Wallace, corner Whitehall and Alabama streets.
His first business experience was such as would have discouraged a young man of less pluck and energy
than himself. He received only fifty dollars and board for his first year's work, but the next year dawned
with brighter prospects, and his salary was increased to two hundred dollars and board. The following
year he and his brother Phillip entered into business together, and formed the old and well-known firm of
P. «fc G. T. Dodd, which for forty-one years stood as one of Atlanta's land-marks, and which co-partnership
was only broken by the death of his brother which occurred June 30, 1894. After this the business was
continued under the name of G. T. Dodd & Co., and at the present date it is known as the G. T. Dodd
Grocery Co., Mr. Dodd being president. Mr. Dodd held, for a number of years, city and county offices
He was for eighteen years County Jury Commissioner, and in 1873 was a member of the City Council for
the Second ward. He has been chairman of the Finance Committee, and in 1874 was elected first Police
Commissioner of the city of Atlanta, and held this office for ten years, nine years as chairman of the Board
with M. Mahoney, and Dr. W. T. Goldsmith. He was County Commissioner for five years serving with
Col. Clark Howell, Judge Hoyt, Col. G. W. Adair and Richard Peters. Each one of Ihese offices he
resigned. Mr. Dodd was first married in 1859 to Miss Calloway of Henry county, Ga. Four sons and
two daughters blessed this union. His wife died in January, 1883. He has since married Miss Chapman
of Dooley county, Ga., and by this marriage he also has two children. Mr. Dodd became a member of
Trinity Church in 1863, and for twenty-five years was a steward in this body. He has shown great
liberality, having given ten thousand dollars toward the erection of this church, while many other churches
have been forwarded in their building by his generous assistance. He is a thorough-going business man,
and possesses in no small degree the esteem of his fellow citizens.
R. P. DODGE,
rector Cotton States and International Exposit
LELAND HOTEL, ATLANTA, GA.
THERE is no boarding-place in the city of Atlanta more desirable from every standpoint than the Leland House, Nos. 29 and 31 Houston street. In structure the Leland is
superb. It is built of brick with granite facing, and the large balconies in front afford ample means for pleasant promenades and wholesome fresh air. The rooms are
of convenient size, with all the modern fire and water services. The arrangement of the house is peculiarly adapted for hotel or boarding purposes. It combines, in fact, all
of the promptness in service of hotel life with the sweet privacy and careful fare of a big home. This tact> in management is due to the wonderful skill of Mrs. L. C. Dunn,
who has charge of the house. There is a motherlike solicitude about this charming woman for those who come under her roof that never fails to attract and impress. She
takes a personal interest in all who come to the Leland. In her youth Mrs. Dunn was acknowledged to be a state beauty, and there was no one among the sand-hills of South
Georgia more popular than she. With age this beauty has not faded, and she still preserves the pristine charms of other days; she is now, however, scarcely past middle age.
Mrs. Dunn has gathered about her a number of the most prominent people in the city. Her house is conspicuous and notable for the cultured class of boarders entertained
there. The location is all that can be desired. It is situated in the heart of the city, and only a five-minutes' walk carries you to the depot; yet it is within easy reach of the
Exposition grounds and several lines of electric cars going direct to the grounds run right before her door.
H. E. W. PALMER,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE HON. H. E. W, PALMER was born in Burke county, Georgia, October 19, 1854. His father, Prof.
J. E. Palmer, was one of the prominent educators of the state during his life, and at the time of his
death was a professor of Latin in Emory College. His mother. Mrs. Mary M. Palmer (nee Miss
Weaver, of Greensboro, Ga ) lives with her son and daughter at their home in Edgewood, a delightful
suburb of Atlanta. Graduating from this institution in T872, he taught school for about two years. He
was admitted to the bar in Greensboro, Ga , September, 1874. In 1S76 he removed to Waynesboro. Ga.,
and there he practiced law until 1883 when he removed to Atlanta. He was appointed judge of the County
Court of Burke Co., by Gov. A. H. Colquitt, in the early part of 1677. After holding this office for about
a year he resigned and resumed the active practice of his profession. In 1883 he was, without soliciting
it, appointed by Gov. H. D. McDaniel. secretary of the Executive Department, which caused his removal
to Atlanta. He held this position under Gov. McDaniel for nearly five years and then resigned and was
appointed Assistant U. S. District Attorney for the northern district of Georgia. This was during Mr.
Cleveland's first administration. Hon. B H. Hill being the U. S Attorney, before the expiration of his
term he resigned, and represented the Thomson-Houston Electric Co , for about five years, as the Southern
manager of that company, before the organization of the General Electric Co . of which latter company
he is now the attorney at Atlanta. Ga- When the Cotton States and International Exposition Company
was organized, he was unanimously elected Director-General, without solicitation. He visited the Louis¬
iana Legislature in the summer of 1894. the interest of the Exposition, and secured the passage of a
resolution by that body authorizing a state exhibit As this was the first legislature to act, its influence
did much good. While in Louisiana he contracted fever and after his return home was ill of typhoid fever
for nearly two months, and upon his recovery resigned his position as Director-General, on account of his
sickness, and returned to the active practice of law. He is a member of the law firm of Palmer & Read,
the offices of which firm are in the Equitable Building. Mr Palmer was married in 1877 to Miss Emma
Stone of Oxford. Ga , daughter of Prof. G. W. W. Stone, who for many years and until his death was
professor of mathematics at Emory College. He is a director of several local companies. He is a member
of the First Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Atlanta, and is superintendent of the Sunday-school,
and also chairman of the Board of Stewards of that church. He is also an Alumnus Trustee of his Alma
Mater, Emory College. Mr. Palmer as a lawyer stands among the foremost of his profession. His ver¬
satile talents enable him to become eminently successful in any and all undertakings, while his pleasant
and genial manners have won him many friends among whom he is deservedly popular.
/V\ ^ HARRALSON, the subject of this sketch, came to Atlanta in the early
seventies, where he began his commercial career in the position of traveling
salesman for the Georgia Tobacco Company for two years. A few years later he pur¬
chased an interest of Messrs. Harralson & Company, wholesale tobacco dealers, and
continued in this line for ten years, when he sold his entire interest in this firm and em¬
barked in the real estate business, stocks, etc. Mr. Harralson lives in Inman Park and
has one of the handsomest homes in the beautiful suburb. Mr. Harralson is alderman,
director in the American Trust and Savings Company, and also vice-president of the
East Atlanta Land Company. He is connected with the Exposition as director, and is
on several committees.
PHIL HARRALSON,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition
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GRADY MONUMENT, ATLANTA. GA.
IN all lands travelers will see monuments erected in honor of illustrious heroes,
the one here illustrated is to the memory of one that is dear to all true
Atlantians and Southerners. It stands essentially as a tribute of the young men
of Atlanta, of Georgia, of the South, and of the country at large, to the memory
of a man who was at all times, and under all conditions, a friend to young men.
The base of the monument and the pedestal are of Georgia granite. The monu¬
ment itself and side figures are of bronze. The total height of the monument
from ground to head is twenty-five feet. The statue itself is ten feet high, the
side figures seven, sitting. The inscriptions are peculiarly appropriate. On
the front of the monument one sees these words:
HENRY W. GRADY.
Journalist. Orator, Patriot.
Editor of the Atlanta Constitution.
Born in Athens, Ga., May 24, 1850.
Died in Atlanta. December 23, 1889.
Graduated at the State University in the Year 18M.
He Never Held or Sought Public Office.
When He Died He Was Liberty-Loving a Nation Into Peace.
Below this in large letters is the name, Henry W. Grady.
On the rear west side of the pedestal are quotations from his various
speeches. The bronze statue was cast at the Ames foundry, at Chicopee, Mass.
Mr. Alexander Doyle, of New York, was the sculptor. It was built by public
contributions from all over the country.
\\7 H. BALDWIN, Jr., the second vice-president of the Southern Railway, is a man
of great executive ability. He was formerly general manager of Flint &
Pere Marquette Road, office at Saginaw, Mich. Prior to June i, 1888, he was division
freight agent of Union Pacific Railway, at Butte, Mont.; June I, 1888, to February,
1889, he was assistant general freight agent of same road at Omaha, Neb.; Febru¬
ary, 1889, to September 30, * 1889, he was manager of Leavenworth division of
same road at Leavenworth, Kan.; September 30, 1889, to August, 1890, he was general
manager of Montana Union Railway; also for a short time president of same road;
August 1, 1890, to June, 1891, he was assistant vice-president of Union Pacific Rail¬
way, at Omaha, Neb.; June 27,1891, was general manager of Flint it Pere Mar¬
quette Road. He has been prominently identified with the Cotton States Exposition,
and has established one of the most complete terminals (at the grounds) for handling
the crowds that was ever given at any exposition. Mr. Baldwin is also one of the direi -
tors of the Exposition.
JOS. THOMPSON,
• Cotton States and International Ex
AMONG the pioneer settlers of Atlanta was Dr. Joseph Thompson. At an early date he left his South
Carolina home to locate in Decatur, Ga. He was the proprietor of the Atlanta Hotel, a buildinS
which stood on the present site of the Kimball House, and from him the land was
first leased to the Kimball House Company. Mr. Joseph Thompson, his son. who is the sub¬
ject of the present sketch, was born June 6, 1841. He received his education in Atlanta,
and he early developed the aptitude for business that has since so characterized his life. His first position
was that of book-keeper in the old Fulton Bank, from which has subsequently sprung the Atlanta National
Bank. When the war between the states arose he entered the Confederate army and served the entire
time in the quartermaster's department. After the cessation of hostilities, when Atlanta was struggling
for existence, and was endeavoring to rise from the charred and blackened embers of her former self,-Mr.
Thompson identified himself with the interests of the nearly demolished town. He first entered the cloth¬
ing business, and afterward he became a member of the firm then known as Cox. Hill & Thompson, but
which has since become the Potts-Thompson Liquor Company. Mr. Thompson, although one of the
County Commissioners, has never taken an active part in politics. He has always been a popular man of
easy approach He'is endowed with strong attachments, and to his friends he is ever loyal. As a busi*
ness man he is most successful. Mr. Thompson was first married to Miss Augusta Hill, of this city. His
second wife was Miss Emma Mimms, daughter of Maj. Livingston Mimms Mr Thompson is one of the
directors of St Philip's Episcopal Church He spends much of his time at Brookwood, his beautiful
home, three miles from the centre of the city, on the Peachtree road. He entertains largely and is pro
nounced by his friends a most desirable host. Much of his leisure is spent in the cultivation of rare and
beautiful flowers, among which can be found many varieties of orchids, and his conservatories and hot¬
houses merit the largest praise. Mr. Thompson is also one of the Directors of the Cotton States and In¬
ternational Exposition.
W. H. BALDWIN, Jr.,
■ Cotton States and International Expositic
POST OFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE, ATLANTA, GA.
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE. In all cities one can judge of the business energy of the people by their attendance at the Post Office. One of the most bustling localities in the
city is the Post Office corner, at the intersection of Marietta and Forsyth streets. Some idea of Atlanta as a business city can be learned from the fact that in 1894 nearly two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
were received at the Post Office. Fifteen years ago the receipts only amounted to about thirty thousand dollars, showing that Atlanta has had a phenomenal growth.
HON. R. B. BULLOCK,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
RUFUS BROWN BULLOCK was born at Bethlehem, Albany county, New York state. May 28, 1834.
When six years of age, his parents moved to Albion, New Orleans county, in the same state, where
his education was completed, so far as graduation from the then celebrated Albion Academy. Just
at the time of his graduation, the electric telegraph was being constructed and operated through the
state. He became interested in the intricate and scientific apparatus of the House printing telegraph
system; he rapidly gained'the mastery of this process, although only seventeen years of age, tooka leading
position as an expert. We find in " Prescot's History of the Telegraph," and in Ried's "The Telegraph in
America." extended notices of Mr. Bullock as an expert operator and successful'organizer. It is said that
he was the first operator to be able to read by sound. Under his direction telegraph lines were constructed
by the express companies on the interior routes. It was over this line that communications were kept up
between President Davis, Generals Lee, Beauregard and Johnston and that the restraining order was tele¬
graphed from Gen'l. Sherman, after the surrender of Johnston to the Federal forces in Georgia, which were
marching to destroy Macon and Augusta. Was president of the Macon and Augusta Railroad Has lived
in Atlanta for a number of years past. His influence and efforts led to various important investments in
the city and state. Was president of the Atlanta Cotton Mills and since the mills changed ownership he
has been president of the new company Mr. Bullock was elected governor by the people under the
reconstruction laws, and was inaugurated July 4, 1868. He resigned this office in November, 1871. Since
that time he has taken no active part in politics. Ex-Gov. Bullock socially and commercially stands high
in this community. He was one of the projectors of the Cotton Exposition, director of the Piedmont
Exposition. The city of Atlanta has been largely benefited by the steady support which she has received
from Ex-Gov. Bullock. In every measure for her promotion, he has been foremost since he cast his lot
with us to the present day and much of her progress and prosperity is due to his personal efforts and
encouragement.
MR. FULTON COLVILLE, a Director of the Cotton States and International Exposition, is not only
a young man, but has only been a resident of Atlanta since 1884. He came here from Cedartown,
Ga., where he was reared. He was born in McMinnville, Tenn., his father dying when he was
only a few months old, his mother was returning to her father, Hiram Phillips, who then lived in Eas-
Tennessee upon a large plantation, in the County of Polk, upon the Connasauga river. He was a Kent
tuckian, his father having come from Virginia to Kentucky and married a Miss Buckner, a member of
that distinguished family of that State. He attended college first at Emory, Oxford, Ga , afterward com¬
pleting his education at Vanderbilt University in 1882. He returned to Cedartown, where he practiced
law a short time, from thence he moved to Atlanta. Mr. Colville has never held but one politi< al office, hav¬
ing devoted himself entirely to the practice of law. He held the office of Assistant City Attorney for an
unexpired term, and then filled a regular term for two years, at the expiration of which he retired from
this office in order to devote himself entirely to the large practice he had acquired. He, like most Atlanta
citizens, is public-spirited, and always ready to do his part in the upbuilding 01 the city. He was one of
the committee of young men who succeeded in raising $21,000 in thirty days to erect a monument to
Henry W. Grady, and was one of the orators at the unveiling ceremonies. Mr. Colville is a member of the
Gentlemen's Driving Club, and the Capital City Club; he is also Past Master of Fulton Lodge F. A M.
Mr. Colville's mother is still living, also his elder brother, John Colville, who is a lawyer and resides in
Texas. Mr. Fulton Colville, like most young men of the South since the war, " when he arrived at man'*
estate, it was about all the estate he had." The fortune of his grandfather, Hiiatn Phillips, was never
received by his heirs, as the executor was a man of notoriously bad memory, and forgot to distribute it.
His father, likewise, left a fortune at his death, but, in paying security debts and mismanagement, it was
nearly all lost. Fulton came to Atlanta to make it his home. He had very little money, and no friends,
not even a relative in the State. What he has accomplished has been due solely to his own efforts.
FULTON COLVILLE,
Director Cotton States and International Exposition.
/"~\UR country in recognizing the abilities of the feminine mind has done all in her power for the higher development of woman, by providing unexcelled educational advan-
tages. In Atlanta the Girls' High School is one of the best of its kind. The situation is everything that can be desired, for at the same time it combines health, beauty
and a most desirable neighborhood. Both structures seen in the picture are at present occupied by the girls. The one to the right is the High School proper, while that to the
left, with the tall columns, is occupied by those taking a business course. This building was erected in 1857 by Mr. John Neal, who, desiring to keep his large family united,
planned it as a home for all. At that time his commodious residence with its cupola of colored glass was a point of interest to many who came from a distance to see it. After
the siege of Atlanta it was occupied by Gen. Sherman. In 1872 it was sold to the city for the Girls' and Boys' High School. The increase of population, however, was such
that in a few years it became necessary to erect a new building and provide other accommodations for the boys. It is to be doubted if there is an institution in Atlanta whose
influence is more widespread, and as proof of its thorough and wholesome training, we point to the many noble and useful women who claim it as their Alma Mater.
LUTHER STItRINGER,
Consulting Electrical Engineer Cotton States and International Exposition.
¥ UTHER STIERINGER is well known to every one who has had any experience in
' Exposition work. He has attended all the great Expositions within the last
decade, including those in Paris, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Chicago. He designed
the electric fountains at the World's Fair, is an inventor of great fertility and resource,
and is the owner of a number of patents from which he derives a large royalty. He was
consulting electrical engineer of the Columbian World's Fair, and now bears that
relation with the Cotton States and International Exposition, and for which he specially
designed the tc Twin Luminous Fountain Atlantis." His opinion is highly valued by
electrical companies.
7\/l R- CLINTON M. FELDER, Chief Inspector of the Cotton States and Inter-
1 1 national Exposition, was born in South Carolina in 1861. His first experience
in business was in the commercial world. He was connected with the World's Fair as
chief of passes, and held this responsible position with much credit to himself.
Soon after the Cotton States and International Exposition was organized Mr. Felder
was appointed special agent to solicit exhibits throughout the country, and his success
in that line speaks for itself. When sufficient exhibits had been obtained, he was
appointed Chief Inspector of the Exposition by the Director General, being in charge
of the ticket agents, gate keepers and all the guards on the grounds and in the
buildings. He was in charge of the Exposition officers in Chicago, Cincinnati, St,
Louis and other leading cities. Mr. Felder possesses the faculty of handling and
controlling large bodies of men and attendingto innumerable details without the slightest
friction. He is of quick perception and it is to this one great quality he owes his won¬
derful success in this line of work.
CLINTON M. FELDER,
Chief Inspector Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE LATE HENRY W. GRADY.
J
HENRY WOODFIN GRADY.
HENRY WOODFIN GRADY, the famous journalist and orator of the New South, was born in Athens, Georgia, May 24, 1850. His boyhood was not particularly eventful,
and as soon as the war closed he entered the State University, and later took a post-graduate course at the University of Virginia. At both institutions he ranked high in
his classes. He gave special attention to Anglo Saxon literature, and rhetoric and belles-letters, and at both universities made a reputation as an orator and as a writer. When
little more than a boy his letters in the Atlanta Constitution won the favor of the public, and his early ventures as a journalist in Rome, where he edited The Courier and The Com¬
mercial, brought him to the front rank of Georgia's newspaper men. In 1872 he came to Atlanta as managing editor and part owner of The Herald, which, under his conduct, was rec¬
ognized as the most brilliant and enterprising newspaper in the South. A few years later he did some fine work as the New York Herald's Southern correspondent, and in 1880 pur¬
chased a fourth interest in the Atlanta Constitution, at the same time assuming the managing editorship. With his associates, he made The Constitution in a few years the leading daily
of the South, and its weekly edition became so popular that its circulation ran up to one hundred and fifty thousand copies. As a writer Mr. Grady was noted for his luminous,
graphic and epigrammatic style, and as a managing editor, his bold feats of enterprise excited the admiration of his contemporaries. He was one of the busiest men in his pro¬
fession, but he found time for the pleasures of society, and he was a leading spirit in organizing the Southern Chautauqua, the Piedmont Exposition, and other great enterprises
promotive of the welfare of his section and the city he loved so devotedly. During the last three years of his life, Mr. Grady's speeches at the New England banquet in New
York, at the Texas State Fair, and before the Boston Merchants' Association, gave him world-wide fame. These addresses were read by millions of people, and on both sides of
the Atlantic Grady was hailed as the apostle of the New South, and the pacificator of the sections. Returning from his Boston trip in December, 1889, he died, as John Temple
Graves eloquently said, " loving a nation into peace," and his funeral on Christmas day caused the largest and most touching demonstration of a people's love that was ever wit¬
nessed in Georgia. His statue in the center of Atlanta is visited every day in the year by tourists from all parts of the world, and his golden words are still so widely quoted that
his genius mav still be regarded as a potential factor in the circles which once knew and loved him. It will be a long time before Henry Grady's stainless name, brilliant intel¬
lect, eloquent tongue and loyal heart will be forgotten by his fellow countrymen in whose service he came to his untimely death.
ATLANTA
IN the year 1845 Georgia Railroad was seeking a northern terminus, Augusta being the southern, when the builders of the road reached Decatur the citizens were so fearful
a railroad would mar the beauties of the place, and otherwise disturb their serenity that they decided not to encourage the project, it became necessary to move on, and the
railroad came to Atlanta, then known by the not poetical and less suggestive name of Marthasville. Here the northern terminus was determined upon, and was so made.
Marthasville contained about two hundred inhabitants, with two stores and a saw-mill. The railroad gave an impetus to the village, and an air of importance sat upon the faces
of the inhabitants. In 1847, after much careful consideration, the future great city of the South was named Atlanta. Nothing of great import marked her growth up to the
beginning of the war, when the population was thirteen thousand. There was a feeling of confidence, however, in Atlanta's future growth, and notwithstanding the war, it grew
until, at the surrender, 1864, the population was about the same, not counting the soldiery. Phoenix, like Atlanta, arose from the ashes of her desolation at the close of the war
full panoplied for the struggle for first place of all Southern cities. The population in i860 was about ten thousand, to-day it is one hundred and ten thousand. In all that goes
to make a progressive and wonderfully great place, Atlanta is not wanting. Well-paved streets, a fine system of sewerage, perfect transportation throughout the city and in
every direction to the suburbs, an enequaled fire department and good city government are contributing to the well-being and growth of this ''Chicago of the South'' The
elevation of Atlanta is one thousand and fifty feet above the sea level. No epidemics have ever been engendered or can prevail here. The mean annual temperature is sixty
degrees, the maximum above zero being ninety-four, and the minimum thirteen degrees. The death-rate is unusually low, being in 1894 21.81, that of the whites being 14.18.
Transportation facilities enjoved by Atlanta are surpassed by no city of equal size. No less than ten railways radiate from here in every direction, in their ramification permeating
and connecting with every state in the Union. Her hotels are the best, both in quality of service and size of any city in the South. Twenty banking institutions have a
combined capital of $3,315,000, and the surplus is unusually heavy. The water supply is pure and abundant, the main reservoir having a capacity of two hundred thousand
gallons, thus making lew rates of insurance. The attractions of the city are always the pride of her people. In every direction are parks, magnificent boulevards, cemeteries of
great beauty, lakes and other pleasure resorts, all of which are reached by suburban transportation lines. The streets are well-paved with Belgian blocks, asphalt and brick,
there being over sixty miles of street paving. Church edifices to the number of about one hundred for every phase of religious belief are found all over the city. The Public
School system is unsurpassed, the seating capacity being about ten thousand, but the value of school property is half a million dollars. The private schools are conceded to
be of the very best. There are in addition to these three well-established medical colleges, a Technological Institute and many business colleges. It is well-known that the
institutions of learning of Atlanta are surpassed by those of no other city of equal size. New buildings are added from year to year to accommodate the increased demand.
Nothing has seemed too great an undertaking for Atlanta, Like her prototype, Chicago, Atlanta has stopped at no half-way grounds, everything like an obstacle has been swept
away by the indomitable push and energy of the people, as an evidence of which is the Cotton States and International Exposition, second only to the World's Fair in size and in
import.
JOSEPH KINGSBERY, Atlanta, Ga.
MR. JOSEPH KINGSBERY, president of the Piedmont Exposition, on whose grounds the Cotton
States and International Exposition is held. Henry Grady, in writing up the first Piedmont
Exposition held on these grounds, wrote of Mr. Kingsbery thus: "To Mr. Joseph Kingsbery,
president of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, Atlanta owes the Piedmont Exposition, But for the work done
by this gentleman the Exposition would have been impossible. Mr. Kingsbery devised the plan of a
gentleman's driving club, and went to work among his friends, selecting such members as he desired, until
he had secured one hundred He then called them together, and an organization was effected. He was
unanimously elected president of the Gentlemen's Driving Club From first to last his rare judgment con-
irolled the driving club until it was ready to offer the Exposition a home." What Mr. Kingsbery accom¬
plished for the Piedmont Exposition is a matter of history written in Atlanta's growth and prosperity and
making possible now the present grand undertaking, with iis far reaching aims, calling forth the wonder
of all the world at the vast courage and enterprise of this Southern city. Mr. Kingsbery was born in this
state in Carrol county. His parents moved iherefrom Vermont and were pioneer settlers of what was then
a new county, now one of the best and most prosperous in ihe State. He followed agriculture in his
youth ; served in the Confederate Army during the entire war. He went into business in Newnan after
the war. He came to Atlanta in iS7r and became a member of the firm of Moore, Marsh & Co., then the
largest dry-goods house in the South. He was their buyer of dry goods when their business went up into
the millions. He withdrew from the firm five years ago. He is now treasurer and credit man of the
Gramlmg, Spalding, Kingsbery Co., wholesale shoe dealers. He has brought the same rare judgment,
of which Henry Grady spoke, into his management of credits, so that in the face of two years of financial
depression their business has steadily increased, and they have lost but little by bad debts. Mr Kings¬
bery is the owner ot the old Kingsbery homestead in Carrol county which he has converted into a model
stock farm, with race track for breaking colts, etc. Having always taken a great deal of active exercise
Mr. Kingsbery is vigorous in mind and body. He is strictly temperate, and aman whose word is as good
as his bona. He is one of Atlanta's most solid citizens in every way, weighing over two hundred. He is
fifty-four years old.
T TARRY C. STOCKDELL, the well-known insurance man of Atlanta, was born
May 1, 1854, in Wordfort county, Kentucky. He began his career in insurance in
the office of J. W. Cockran & Son, who were then agents of the Franklin, Philadelphia.
Mr. Stockdell has been a resident of Atlanta since 1875, when he began business here as
special agent of the Georgia Home. In 1882 he was appointed special agent uf the Brook¬
lyn, and on January r, 1885, he was made general agent of the southeast department of
the Phenix, which position he has held ever since. He has served as alderman in the city of
Atlanta during several terms, and was made chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners,
in which position he was largely instrumental in establishing a paid fire department. Mr.
Stockdell has always been conspicuous in Georgia politics, and has a strong following;
he stands high in Masonry, having received every degree in both York and Scottish
rights, being at this time a 33rd degree Mason.
HARRY C. STOCKDELL, Atlanta, Ga.
JACOB HAAS, Atlanta, Ga.
JACOB HAAS, banker, was born near Worms, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, May 31,
1844. His father was a farmer and small trader. He was educated at the public
schools of his native village, and came to America in i860, locating in east Tennessee.
He was a Confederate soldier one year, removed to Philadelphia after the war, married
there, in 1871, an Atlanta-born lady, and has seven children. He removed to Atlanta in
1876, where he projected and became secretary of the Capital City Land and Improve
ment Company, which, through him, was chartered and organized October 15, 1887,
into the Capital City Bank, with §400,000 paid capital, of which he is cashier. He is
president of the Germania Loan and Banking Company, secretary and treasurer of the
Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company, president of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation,
and director in financial and charitable institutions ; was elected alderman of Atlanta in
December, 1887, for three years, and was chairman of the Sewer, and member of the
Finance, Tax and .Sanitary committees. Mr. Haas, by his solid sense, clear honesty,
and managing power, has become a foremost man in his city. His ability has been sig¬
nally shown in building up the largest land company and the strongest bank in Atlanta.
As an alderman he inaugurated a permanent, scientific, and perfect system of sewerage
for the city. Fearless, conscientious and polite, Mr. Haas is a pillar of private worth
and a champion of public progress.
J\ /I R. J. H. PORTER, president of the Merchants' National Bank, of Atlanta, is well-
* * * known as one of the leading financiers of Atlanta, and in that line he has done
much to further the prosperity and success of the South's most enterprising city.
Mr. Porter was born at Madison, Ga., in 1829, and at the same place he received his
early education. In 1847 he entered the railroad service and continued in the same,
holding different positions, until 1859. He was at one time agent of the Georgia Rail¬
road.
He honorably served in the first part of the war, in the Army of Virginia, and came
to Atlanta in 1862.
From that time he has been prominently connected with different business interests
of the city, and to-day there is no better known man than he, nor one that has done
more to increase the prosperity of Atlanta.
T"-)AUL ROMARE, vice-president Atlanta National Bank, was born in Torekov,
Sweden, November 20, 1828. His career and success in life have been remarkable
in many respects. His ancestors being sea-faring men, that was his vocation for many
years; his first trip being in the capacity of cabin boy with his father, Capt. Paulus
Romare. He gave up the sea on account of ill health and accepted a position as clerk
at the Cooperville Iron Works in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, and afterwards
removed to Chester, South Carolina, where he was book-keeper in the Bank of Chester
for several years. When the war began he enlisted as a private and served two years—
until he was detailed for service in the War Department, which position he held until
the evacuation of Richmond. After the war he came to Atlanta and took the place of
book-keeper in the Atlanta National Bank, where he has been ever since, rising step by
step to his present position. Mr. Romare is justly proud of his success, and the Swedish
cabin boy has by his own earnest efforts become the respected, honored and trusted
vice-president and resident head of the leading bank of the "Gate City of the South."
WILLIAM L. PEEL, Atlanta, Ga.
7\ /T R. WILLIAM L. PEEL is one of the best known business men of Atlanta. He was
* * * born November 29, 1849, Webster county, Ga. Up to the age of twenty-one
he lived on a farm; after he was of age he left his home and started life as a clerk in a
country store, and continued in that occupation for one and a half years. He next ac¬
cepted a position as book-keeper in a bank at Americus, Ga., on November 8, 1871. He
steadily advanced in that bank, filling different positions, until the year 1876, when he was
made cashier of the Bank of the State of Georgia at Atlanta, Ga., which caused his re¬
moval to that city. In 1880 he resigned to take an interest in the banking house of Mad-
dox-Rucker Banking Company, in charge of the credits, and also as vice-president. The
bank is now known as one of the stanchest in the South. They are also large dealers
in cotton and fertilizers. Mr. Peel was married in 1874 to Miss Lucy Cook, daughter
of Gen. Philip Cook. Mr. Peel is deservedly one of the most popular men of Atlanta,
is easy to approach, pleasant and agreeable to all alike, his position assures one of his
good judgment and executive ability as a financier. He is connected with several busi¬
ness institutions in Atlanta, and is a member of the First Methodist Church South.
PAUL ROMARE, Atlanta, Ga.
TEMPLE COURT, ATLANTA, GA.
NE of the first things that attracts a business man's attention on a visit to Atlanta is the great number of large, well-built and commodious office buildings. The accom¬
panying picture gives a good idea of one of the principal office buildings, known as Temple Court. The Capital City Bank is on the first floor.
J. FRANK BECK, Atlanta, Ga.
MR. J. FRANK BECK is the pioneer in the laundry business in Atlanta, having been
established for thirteen years at the same location, corner Forsyth and Walton
streets. He holds the position of president and manager of the Beck Steam Laundry
Company, incorporated with a capital stock of §25,000, and owners of the Troy Steam
Laundry, Atlanta Towel Supply Company, and Atlanta Carpet Cleaning Company.
Mr. Beck is associated with Mr. G. Bates as proprietors of the Southern Dye Works.
Beginning with a capital of a few hundred dollars in one room, the business has grown,
under skillful management, until now the concern does a business of $50,000 a year, oc¬
cupying the entire building, with several others adjoining, and employing sixty people.
It requires eight wagons constantly for the collecting and delivering of goods. The busi¬
ness is probably the largest of its kind in the South, its phenomenal growth being due
to untiring energy, good management, and skillful advertising, together with the repu¬
tation constantly upheld of doing a high grade of laundry work.
It is one of the younger industries of the city built up by young men. Mr. Beck is
thirty-two years of age and is thoroughly identified with the interests of the city. His
home, situated on the boulevard, is one of the handsomest in the city. He has been
honored with positions of responsibility, being closely identified with the work of the
Young Men's Christian Association as a member of its Board of Directors, and formerly
its president, an officer of his church, the Central Congregational, and an officer in sev¬
eral business corporations.
THE father of Charles J. Haden was one of a number of vigorous young Virginians who left their
home in Albemarle county and settled among the picturesque valleys around Huntsville, Alabama,
over fifty years ago It was near this place that the subject of this sketch was born, His mother
was a daughter of Joseph Andrew Pickens, of the distinguished family of that name, of old Pendleton
Court House, S. C., who served under Andrew Jackson in the early Indian wars and afterward settled in
North Alabama. Young Charles developed a keen interest in books and public affairs very early, and
gravitated into a printing office al Gadsden, Ala., at the beginning of his teens. He served all along the
scale, from printer's case to editor's desk. While connected with the press he contributed occasionally to
the magazines. During this period he traveled widely throughout the North and West and in Europe. In
his boyhood he read law at spare moments and after abandoning for several years his purpose of entering
that profession, took it up again and completed his law course at the Atlanta Law School in 1892, being
elected orator of his class At the age of twenty-four he was employed by the town of Gadsden, Alabama,
to perform the responsible task of visiting large corporations and capitalists in the Eastern cities, to
interest them in that portion of the mineral belt of North Alabama of which Gadsden is the center. He
has been for many years heavily interested in timber lands and saw-mills in South Georgia, and since his
admission to the bar has devoted his practice largely to companies operating in these lines. A company
of which he is president is now constructing a railway through Tattnall and Montgomery counties. Mr.
Haden worked zealously in behalf of Gen. Evans in the gubernatorial campaign in 1894 and was elected a
member of the State Democratic Executive Committee for the ensuing two years. He was elected presi¬
dent of the Alabama Society of Atlanta, Georgia, last winter to succeed Hon. Porter King, when the latter
became mayor of Atlanta. In 1892 Mr Haden made his second trip to Europe in behalf of a number of
owners of South Georgia lands, himself included, looking into the question of getting immigrants to settle
upon these lands. Upon his return he was invited by the Georgia State Agricultural Society to deliver an
address at its annual meeting at Augusta and his speech madesuch an impression upon the society that he
was invited to deliver a second address at its semi-annual meeting at Stone Mountain six months later.
He was one of the pioneers who agitated the immigration sentiment.in Georgia, which sentiment has lately
borne rich fruit through the direct efforts of ex-Governor Northen and others. Mr. Haden, who only
jately turned his thirtieth year, is one at the best known young men in Georgia. He is an enthusiastic
and progressive worker in the state's upbuilding. In this work his wide acquaintance with men and mat¬
ters renders his efforts peculiarly effective.
CHARLES J. HADEN, Atlanta, Ga.
CAPT. W. D. ELLIS, a native of South Carolina, is a prominent lawyer of Atlanta
and has long; enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. His standing in his profes¬
sion, and as a citizen, has placed him in the forefront of that energetic and progressive
set of men, who have done so much to build up Atlanta. He entered the Confederate
Army as a mere boy and by his gallantry and faithful performance of duty won a com¬
mission. Four years after the war he married Miss Prioleau, a descendant of Rev. Elias
Prioleau, who led the Huguenot Colony from France into South Carolina. Capt. Ellis
has six children, his eldest son being a prominent young attorney, the junior member of
his firm, Ellis & Gray. The subject of our sketch has never sought political preferment,
but has been a member of the City Council of Atlanta, and was in 1884 a prominent
member of the legislature, where he was largely instrumental in providing means for
building the capitol of the state. As solicitor of the City Court of Atlanta he made a
reputation for an able, conscientious and fearless discharge of duty, but declined to
apply for reappointment in order to devote himself exclusively to his growing law
practice. Capt. Ellis has an elegant residence on Washington street, and there may be
found the elements that go to make up an ideal Southern home where the graces of the
old South and the aspirations of the new are harmoniously blended.
MR. FRANK BELL was born in the state of New Jersey, received his education
in the New Jersey schools and colleges, and was afterward admitted to practice
law in that state. He has represented several large corporations and is still counsel
for them. He located in Atlanta several years ago and is largely interested in Atlanta
enterprises and has done a great deal in building up the city to its present status. Mr.
Bell is, and has been, the moving spirit of a great many large enterprises connected
with Atlanta's growth. He is well and favorably known in Atlanta as a public spirited
citizen. He is a perfect gentleman, polished in manners and courteous to all. Any
city is fortunate in claiming as a citizen men of such ability and sterling worth.
FRANK BELL, Atlanta, Ga.
HON. HOKE SMITH, Atlanta, Ga.
HON. HOKE SMITH was born in Newton, N. C., September 2, 1855. His father,
Hildreth H. Smith, is of New England stock and Revolutionary ancestry, while
his mother, Mary Brent Hoke, comes from a family that has been famous in Virginia
and North Carolina since the foundation of the government. Mr. Smith came to
Georgia in 1871, taught school in Waynesboro and in 1872 moved to Atlanta, where he
s'udied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1873 beginning his career as a lawyer
before he was eighteen. He took a lively interest in politics, and before he was of age
was chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Fulton county. His success
at the bar dates back almost to the time when he began to practice law, and during
the past ten years he has been engaged as counsel in many very important suits. In
June, 1887, Mr. Smith organized a company and purchased the Atlanta Journal, which
under his direction has grown into the leading afternoon newspaper of the South. Mr.
Smith was an ardent advocate of President Cleveland's nomination in 1884-1888 and
1892, and to his influence was largely due the action of the Georgia Democratic Con¬
vention in the last named year in electing a majority of Cleveland delegates. He was
appointed Secretary of the Interior March 5, 1893. Mr. Smith married the youngest
daughter of Gen. T. R. R. Cobb, of Georgia, and has four children. He is a man of
strong intellect and great force of character. What he has already accomplished justifies
the belief of great expectations of his future. He is young, able, strong in mind and
body, and active in affairs.
IT ON. ROBERT U. HARDEMAN, treasurer of the State of Georgia, was born at
A * Macon, Georgia, November 22, 1838. His first education was acquired at Macon,
Georgia, and afterward he graduated at Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in 1859. He
first entered mercantile life as partner with his father-in-law, Mr. G. W. H. Murrell at
Covington, Georgia, and remained thus from 185910 1861. At the beginning of the
war Mr. Hardeman enlisted in the Confederate Army with the Second Georgia Bat¬
talion, but was soon promoted as quartermaster in the 45th Georgia Regiment, under T.
J. Simmons, now Chief Justice of Georgia. At the close of the war he was acting
adjutant-general of Thomas' Brigade and surrendered at Appomatox with Gen. Robt. E.
Lee. After the war Mr. Hardeman returned to Macon, and accepted a position as book¬
keeper with Mr. Hardeman Sparks, at that time the largest cotton factor in
Georgia. From 1S76 to 1884 he was book-keeper in the office of the Comptroller General
of the State of Georgia. In 1884 he was elected treasurer of the State of Georgia, and
has had that office ever since. Since he has been treasurer he has floated for the State
of Georgia eight million dollars of bonds, and has reduced the rate of interest from
7 and 8 per cent, to 3^2 and 4*2 per cent. In 1859 he was married to Miss Martha Eu¬
genia Murrell. He is a member of the Methodist Church South, and is a Mason of
good standing; also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Hardeman is a man
well known throughout the State, and is in every way capacitated for the arduous duties
that he has performed so faithfully and satisfactorily for the people of the State.
HON. ROBERT U. HARDEMAN, Atlanta, Ga.
FULTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, ATLANTA, GA.
HPHE city court rooms are in the building; also several city offices. Before the present court house was built this corner was known as the "Shades", having a great many
* large mulberry trees there. The location was known as a kind of public park for some time before it was sold to the city, but the trees were infested with a great many
martins which became so disagreeable to the people who enjoyed the shade of the trees that boys were employed to constantly keep after the birds until they were driven
away. The granite that is used in the trimming*, and foundation of the building was quarried from ground that is in the present city limits. The court bouse was erected in
1881 at a cost of ninety thousand dollars. Mr. Pat Lynch was the contractor.
WM. M. PENDLETON, Atlanta, Ca.
WM. M. PENDLETON, the subject of this sketch, was born at Sparta, Hancock county, Ga.,
August 29. 1849. He is a son of Dr. E M. Pendleton, now deceased, the noted physician and
scientist, and author of Pendleton's Scientific Agriculture, the only text book of scientific agri¬
culture in the English language, being used either as a text book or reference book by all the colleges of
the United States and Europe. He was also Professor of Agriculture and Horticulture in the State Uni¬
versity at Athens, Ga. He, the subject of this sketch, together with his father, formed the Pendleton
Guano Company about twenty years ago, he being elected president and manager and bis father chemi¬
cal director. He was also president and manager of several other large mining and manufacturing com¬
panies. He formed the Copenhill Land Company, being manager of same, and originated the Nine Mile
Circuit, securing over S40.000 of the first subscriptions to same, running about one mile through land for¬
merly belonging to himself, but afterward tothe Copeuhill Land Company. He disposed of the Pendleton
Guano Company about seven years ago and moved to New York city,as manager of a large Alabama land
company, at which place he formed the "Corporate Sale Syndicate." was elected secretary of same, and
was sent to London in the interest of this company, where he resided with his family about one year. His
business frequently called him to Paris and other European capitals. He placed on the English market a
number of large American enterprises, which were actually underwritten by large and responsible trust
companies, but owing to the failure of the Baring Bros., the second largest bankers of the world, the com¬
panies were not brought out, but postponed until times improved. Mr. Pendleton returned to New York
with his family and embarked in the life insurance business being appointed Eastern manager of the Cov¬
enant Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Illinois, with headquarters in New York city. He did the
largest individual business, probably, of any person in New York, writing in one month, May, 1893, $451,-
500 of insurance As he had considerable interests still in Georgia, he induced the company to make him
Southern manager instead of Eastern manager, with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. The first six months
after coming to Atlanta he wrote in that city alone over $600 000 of insurance, and is now securing agents
throughout the state as fast as possible, and expects before the year is out to have largely increased his
agency force and amount of business. Mr. Pendleton is still in the prime of life and full of energy and
determination, and will place his company at the head of insurance companies in the state before another
year has rolled by. His Southern headquarters are 211 Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga., where he would
be delighted to see his many friends from almost every state in the Union.
R. CLARENCE ANGIER was bora in Atlanta, Georgia, forty-one years ago. He
studied law under the Hon. Alexander H. Stevens, and was admitted to the bar
at Nashville, Tennessee, where he practiced for several years. In 1S72 he returned to
Atlanta and entered into the Cotton Fertilizer business. In 1874 he entered into
partnership with his father, under the firm name of L. N. Angier & Son. Becoming
local agents for the fire companies, as well as continuing their former business, Mr.
Angier accepted the Georgia General Agency of the Mutual Benefit Life of New York,
and has built up their business so that its annual writing amounts now to more than a
million dollars in this state.
CLARENCE ANGIER, ATLANTA, GA.
JOSEPH JACOBS was born on August 5, 1859, in Chicago, 111. In i860 his father,
Gabriel Jacobs, removed to Jefferson, Jackson county, Georgia, and entered the
Confederate Army in the Sixteenth Georgia Regiment. Soon after the close of the war
his family removed to Athens, Ga., where at an early age Joseph Jacobs was appren¬
ticed to Dr. Crawford Long, of that place, who was the discoverer of the use of ether
as an anaesthetic. He took a special course in chemistry under Prof. H. C. White, of
the University of Georgia, in 1875 and 1876, and graduated from the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy in 1879, taking honors in both the junior and senior courses. His
graduation thesis, an "Analysis of Melia Azedarach or Pride of China," one of the
common plants of our Southern country, was published in all of the leading pharma¬
ceutical and chemical journals. In 1879 Mr. Jacobs entered the drug business in his
old home in Athens, Ga., and remained there until 1884. In January, 1884, he removed
to Atlanta, Ga., buying the drug business of Walter A. Taylor. In the latter part of
the year he entered into a plan simultaneously with a few of the leading drug men of
the United States, notably Evans of Philadelphia, Rickerof New York and Robinson of
Memphis to conduct the drug business on a commercial basis, to add a legitimate profit
on staple articles and druggists sundries, and in this manner to increase business. This
was met with violent opposition, but the plan has proven to be a correct and successful
one. At the University of Kansas, situated at Lawrence, in the Pharmaceutical
Department a scholarship has been endowed by Mr. Jacobs known as the "Jacobs
Scholarship."
AMOS G. RHODES, Atlanta, Ga.
A MOS G. RHODES, born in Henderson. Ky., December 29, 1850, where he remained
until twenty-one. Came to Atlanta, Ga., October, 1875, where he engaged in the
picture frame business which gradually developed into the furniture line. In 1889,
formed a partnership with Mr. Havertv, which continued for two years, then going to
St. Louis, where they remained about three years, returning to Atlanta and resuming
business here under the firm name of Rhodes, Snook & Haverty, Mr. Snook being
admitted to the firm. Mr. Rhodes is a man of great public spirit. There is never an
enterprise started for the good of the city that he does not give his substantial support.
Married April 12, 1876, Miss Dorathy. They have two children. He is a Mason of high
degree, and is also an Odd Fellow. Is interested in about thirty stores throughout the
South and West which form branches of his Atlanta business.
JOSEPH JACOBS, Atlanta, Ga.
\A/E present here a likeness of Mr. Robert Dohme, who is president of the Pohme
and Corrigan Grocery Company, at No 88 Whitehall street. Mr. Dohme was a
member of the firm of Dohme and Duffy from 1879 until 1883, when he bought the in¬
terest of his partner and continued the business in his name up to 1892, when he organ¬
ized the above named company and was elected president.
This necessarily brief mention goes to prove that Mr. Dohme is one of the retail
merchants who has contributed so largely to the commercial prosperity of Atlanta.
The Dohme and Corrigan Grocery Company enjoys a reputation second to none in
the South for the variety and excellence of fancy groceries carried by them. The
choicest productions of American and imported, as well as the best quality of staple
groceries, put up in the handsomest style, can be found at this store.
We refer to the fact, with pleasure and pride, that for fifteen years Atlanta has sus¬
tained a high-class grocery business like the Dohme and Corrigan Grocery Company.
GEORGE E. JOHNSON, Atlanta, Ga.
SOME twenty-seven years ago George E. Johnson came to Atlanta from Richmond with his father He
was a mere hoy about twelve \ ears of age For a short while he went to school, but being anxious
to earn his living, he did not finish his education. He began the struggle for success at two dollars a
week Eight dollars a month wasn't much, but a foothold was all that the ambitious youth wanted.
Jn three years' time he was the head clerk at a salary of eighty-five dollars a month. This position did
not quite satisfy voung Johnson and he gave up the place to learn the candy trade bv becoming one of the
workers in thr* manufactory. This was done at a sacrifice of salary, for as candy maker he received only
fort> reii s a day For nineteen months he toiled among the workers and then he felt that he had mastered
the trade. He began business for himself on a small scale, having only one employe. He bought out
his employer Mr Jack, and remained on Whitehall street until 18S1, when he removed to No. 24 Alabama
street, and afterward to his present stand No. 59 E. Alabama street. All the while his bu-iness was con¬
stantly growing arid he was reaching out for a larger trade and more profits. To day he employs twenty-
five people, and in the fall his force is sometimes as many as sixty. It is generally thought that a man
who has gone deep into the struggles of the business world has done so at a sacrifice of much pleasure
and happiness. Not so with the subject of this sketch. There is not a more genial man in the city and he
enjoys life to its fullest extent. Even tempered, always in good humor, pleasant, sociable and jovial, he
has won a host of friends, who admire him for his sunny nature as well as for the success he has attained.
His home life is the acme of happiness. His wife was a Miss Eleanor Morgan daughter of Mr. D Mor¬
gan. Three children have blessed the union, two girls and one boy. Without any effort on his part to
enter politics he was elected a member of the Hoard of Police Commissioners and is now chairman of that
important body.
ROBERT DOHME, Atlanta, Ga.
HOTEL JACKSON, ATLANTA, GA.
THIS new and elegant European Hotel has just been completed and thrown open to the public. It is decidedly the finest European Hotel in the south. Modern in all
its appointments and perfect in every detail. Heated by steam and lit by gas and electricity, has call and recall bells. The entire front floor is laid in marble. The
rooms are large and well furnished, the bath rooms have porcelain lined tubs. This elegant hotel is located at the corner of Pryor street and Union Depot, diagonally across
from Temple Court. Mr. W. A. Camp, an old time Atlantian, formerly of theAnniston Inn, will be manager of the Jackson.
Df
. WILLIAM ABRAM LOVE was born in Camden. S. C. of parentage descended on both sides
from colonial families. His father, William Love, having suffered much for his patriotism as a boy,
His mother, granddaughter of that King on whose property was fought
the f;
William Abram Lov
. Love became the especial
t the hands of the Tories.
5 battle of Kings Mountain, was early left a widow, being the second wife of Williai
i only child, by the death of his father and the second marriage of his mother,
it care of his Grandmother Childers—Sarah Kin>> —and this true daughter
of the sturdy militiaman of King's Mountain reared the young boy with more than usual watchfulness.
At the age of thirteen years Dr. Love had chosen his life work, finished his academic course of study and
entered a drug-store and physician's private office, preparatory to the study of medicine Before he was
twenty-two, April 3 1846, he was graduated from the Medical Department of Ihe University of Pennsyl¬
vania, having passed three years in the city of Philadelphia, devoting his summers to hospital work, a
course of training under the auspices of the Lying-in Charity and Nurse Society and attendinc lectures at
the Locust Street Summer School. Immediately upon graduation Mr. Love came lo Georgia, since which
time he has been a successful practitioner in the state. January it, iS6r, at the outset of the Civil War,
Dr. Love entered the Confederate States Aimy. On the field and in the hospitals he served as surgeon the
entire four years, and while never once wounded he was often so exposed to danger that more than once
the bullets burned through his clothing. In 1871, after removing to Atlanta from Albany, Ga , Dr. Love
was called to the Chair of Physiology and Pathological Anatomy in the Atlanta Medical College, which
position he still holds, being now the senior professor and president of the faculty in this old school In
the Georgia Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the International Medical Con¬
gress he has been honored by his colleagues with official recognition. For half a century Dr. Love has
been an active worker in the Masonic world. In Symbolic. Capituler, Cryptic and Templar Masonry he
has taken high rank; and in the Scottish Rite of the'Southern Jurisdiction he has risen to the Prince of the
Royal Secret or Thirty-second degree. In his own state, and bv Georgia's Sister Jurisdictions, Alabama,
Ohio, South Carolina. New York and Vermont, as well as in National and Internalional Masonic meetings,
he has been honorably recognized as a Mason worthy on whom to bestow offices of trust and responsibility.
DR. J. B. S. HOLMES, Atlanta, Ga.
ONE of the most useful and most notable men in North Georgia is Dr. J. B. S. Holmes, as citizen,
host, friend and pre-eminently as a physician. Joses Billington Sandres Holmes was born in
Early county, Georgia, on the banks of the Chattahoochee, on May i, 1852. He was the son of
Dr J B. S. Holmes and Mrs. E. J. Holmes, and received his father's full name, whose profession he
adopted In iS6q he came to Rorrfe and commenced the study of medicine under Dr. G. W. Holmes, his
uncle. In 1870-71, the young student attended his first lecture at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
and finished his course handsomely, but was refused his diploma on account of his extreme youth (nine-
teen vears), which was under the limit of Jefferson's graduation. He graduated from the Atlanta Medical
College the same year without the question of his age being raised After eight years of successful practice
at Rome hespent'the winter of 1884 in New York city a^id came home with added distinction of an honor¬
able diploma from the famous New York Polyclinic. He is director in the Tribune, the Rome Land Co.,
the Street Railway and Dummy Line, the Rome Railroad, and the Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Rail¬
road to which President Williamson says he furnished the original inspiration. At the early age of thirty-
six he has attained a magnificent practice, the largest enjoyed by any physician in the South, not a
specialist. In 1H81 he erected a large sanatorium in Rome. Ga., for the treatment of diseases of women.
This institution, after a successful career of eighteen months, was burned in January, 1893. In order to
be entirely freed from general practice and devote his professional work exclusively to diseases of women,
and to have a larger field, he decided to remove to Atlanta, and began in the spring of 1894 the erection of
a sanatorium for the diseases of women in that city. The institution opened in October of the same year,
and is now being successfully conducted. In July, 1894. he was elected adjunct Professor of Obstetrics
and Gynecology in the Southern Medical College of Atlanta. He held this position and lectured during
the winter of '94 and '95. in that institution, but in the spring of '95, in order to devote his entire time to
an increasing private practice, he resigned his professorship. Dr. Holmes has been president of the
Georgia State Medical Association ; the Tri-State Medical Association (Ga., Ala. and Tenn ) and vice-
president of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association. He is now a member of the American
Medical Association and of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He has never
held civil or military office of any kind—always declined io order to give his entire time to his profession.
DR. WM. ABRAM LOVE, Atlanta, Ga.
MAJOR W. F. SLATON, Atlanta, Ca.
MAJOR W. F. SLATON, the subject of this sketch, was born in Meriwether county, Ga., March
<>, 1S31. With good training at home, he started to school in Augusta county, Ala., whither his
father had moved. He was sent to Dr. Carlisle P. Beaman.at Mt. Zion, the most thorough discipli •
narian of the country. Dr. Beaman often complimented him for his excellence in scholarship, and honored
him with expressions of personal esteem and confidence. Thus equipped with the best education of his
time, the young graduate began his professional career by teaching in Oak Bowery, Ala. There he built
and maintained a school distinguished for its popularity, size and thoroughness. At this time he met a
young lady of beauty, wealth and aristocratic lineage and prestige, Miss N. J. Martin, the daughter of
Rev. W. D. Martin, of Greenville, Georgia. The young couple were united in marriage, December 6,1853.
Thence Major Slaton went to Auburn, Alabama, where he established a large and successful high school,
and also taught applied mathematics in the college at Auburn. When the war broke out he was among
the first to enlist in the cause of the South and the last to receive his freedom from a Northern prison. He
won the confidence and commendation of his superiors in rank, while his men honored him for his courage
and his prudence in leadership. In 1S71 Major Slaton was made principal of the Sam Bailey Male Institute,
located at Griffin, Georgia, and won universal praise for his discipline and scholarship. In 1874 he was
railed to the principalship of the Boys' High School, at Atlanta, Georgia. In 1879 he was elected Superin¬
tendent of the public schools of Atlanta, over a number of competitors, and has held the position ever
since. The schools have grown in number and thoroughness since his management began. Maj. Slaton
has often lectured in Peabody Institute, under Dr. Orr, State School Commissioner, deceased, and under
Judge Jos. S. Hook. He is an excellent speaker, possesses a fine presence and erect, military carriage,
wields apowerful pen, and is a vigorous thinker. In conclusion, he has distinguished himself in every role
as a soldier, a thorough teacher and strict disciplinarian, a faithful and efficient superintendent of the
public schools, a stanch and devoted friend.
THE Berlitz School of Languages of Atlanta, Ga., 15 E, Cain street, P. O. 451, gives
full and thorough instruction in modern languages. By its well-known method,
the students learn the foreign languages, to speak, read and write in a short time and
an easy way, so as to be independent of interpreters in business transactions or when
traveling. The proprietor is Herr Eckart Von Walther, whose high connections in
Germany by birth, and his equally high connections in Atlanta, Ga., and Savannah, Ga.,
by marriage, may serve as assurance that gentlemanly teachers only will be employed
The school stands under the laws and by-laws of all Berlitz schools.
HERR ECKART VON WALTHER, Atlanta, Ca.
JAMES ROBERT COLLINS, Atlanta, Ga.
JAMES ROBERT COLLINS was born in Cobb county, Georgia, December 28,
1866, where he remained until fifteen years of age, when he came to Atlanta where
he received his education, When nineteen years of age, he was elected assistant city
marshal, which office he held about six years; was elected city tax collector in 1892,
which office he held until a few days ago. In 1891 he organized the Home Bank,
becoming its president, and is also vice-president of Fidelity Banking and Trust Com¬
pany. His grandfather, James A. Collins, was one of the first merchants to locate in
Atlanta, and a member of the first City Council. His uncle, James D. Collins, was
clerk of the Superior Court and also was county commissioner for ten years. Mr.
Collins was married June 26, 1889, to Miss Catherine Carey of Atlanta, who died in
January, 1893. Mr. Collins again married in March, 1894, to Miss. E. Sullivin, of San
Antonio, Tex., whose father, D. Sullivin, is a banker in that city. The Home Bank of
Atlanta, of which Mr. Collins is president and Mr. Albert L. Beck, cashier, has a capital
of $50,000 and has an elegant banking room on the corner of North Broad and Walton
streets.
AMONG the leading young business men of Atlanta, none is more successful than Mr. John T.
Moody, of the Moody Loan & Banking Co. Mr. Moody was born in Gadsden, Ala . May 25, ibfi8,
and when quite young moved with his father to South Alabama, where he remained two or three
years on a farm; returning to the place of his birth, he attended the public schools for a short while. In
August i8$4, at the age of sixteen years, he went to Rome, Ga., where he accepted a position with
Hamilton it Co.. wholesale grocers and cotton factors, here he remained until the fall of 1S87, when he
came to Atlanta to accept a more lucrative position with Maddox-Rucker Banking Co., Having been in the
constant employ of this firm for five years, and being desirous of entering business on his own responsi¬
bility. in September. 1892, he formed a co-partnership with Mr. G, S. Brewster, for the purpose of handling
real estate, and so successful were they, that il was only a short while until their firm emerged into the
private banking business. In September, iS93, the Southern Pacific Guano Co.. was formed and Mr.
Moody was made general manager; under his personal supervision the business of this company has so
prospered that it has berome one of the leading fertilizer concerns in the state. On January 1, 1S95, Mr.
Moody organized the Moody Loan & Banking Co., with ample capital and a general knowledge of bank¬
ing. The business has rapidly increased and will soon be known to the world, as one of Atlanta's leading
banking institutions. Mr. Moody was married October 30, iSSS, to Miss Mabel, the beautiful and accom
plished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo H. Holliday, of this city, and has resided in Atlanta since, where
he is well and favorably known Mr. Moody always had " an eye to business," and long before he had
reached his majority had established an enviable reputation for business sagacity, splendid judgment and
an extraordinary financiering ability. He is now only twenty-seven years of age. but his wonderful record
has attracted the attention of the business world, all his business enterprises having been signaled with
unparalleled sutce.'-s, with his present high standing in the business and commercial world, with an indom¬
itable will and untiring energy, Mr. John T Moody is destined to become one of Atlanta's foremost men
JOHN T. MOODY, Atlanta, Ga.
'"pHE view below represents the interior of the spacious office of that sterling old
* company, the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Detroit, Mich. In
this, as in most other lines of business, Atlanta is headquarters for the Southern Depart¬
ment; and the life insurance men of that city are among the conspicuous business
and personal leaders of that commercial capital. Mr. H. H. Cobb, Agency Manager
of the Southern Department for the above company, is no exception and the sucessful
business that he has built up for his company is sufficient proof, not only of the superi¬
ority of the policy forms issued by the Michigan Mutual, and their high financial stand¬
ing, but also of his capability and business qualifications.
THIS company was established in 1865 and incorporated in 1891. C. W. Hunnicutt,
president; J. E. Hunnicutt, vice-president; L. L. Hunnicutt, secretary and treas¬
urer; A. Bellingrath, manager mechanical department. This company is the largest of
its kind in the South. They carry a full line of hardwood mantels, tiles, grates and
fire-place goods, combination gas and electric chandeliers, stoves, ranges and house-
furnishing goods. Jobbers of wrought iron pipe and fittings, and. plumbers supplies.
They make a specialty of steam, hot water and hot air heating, sanitary plumbing and
architectural sheet metal cornice work. In this line they have fitted up the Kimball
House, Equitable Building, State Capitol, Hotel Marion, Kiser Building, U. S. Custom
House, Venable Building and nine-tenths of the fine residences of Atlanta, besides many
hotels, colleges, asylums and government buildings throughout the South. The com¬
pany has built up an enviable reputation for fair dealing, first-class work, and the best
of everything in their line.
INTERIOR OF THE OFFICE OF MICHIGAN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.
Atlanta, Ga.
DR. THOMAS HENRY HUZZA, Atlanta, Ga.
THE subject of this sketch enjoyed a remarkable career as a school-boy and college
student. His success in his chosen profession has been no less marked. He is
devoted to his work as a physician and surgeon and has built up a reputation by success¬
ful results in apparently hopeless cases. His skill in handling all diseased conditions is
wonderful. His friends are legion. Dr. Thomas Harry Huzza was raised in Atlanta. He
attended the public schools here, and graduated with first honor from the Boys' High
School in 1879. Going then to Emory College at Oxford, Ga., he bore off first honor
again in 1883, with the proud distinction of having been the only student of that insti¬
tution to attain 100 in every thing. After teaching a year in Tennessee, he began the
study of medicine with Dr. Robert Battey at Rome, Ga. He graduated in 1887 at Jef¬
ferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, with honors, receiving the prize of $100
in gold. He returned to Rome to Dr. Battey's Private Sanitarium, and practiced there
for a year and a half. Then he returned to Atlanta, where he located for the future to
practice as a physician and surgeon. He has steadily risen, till to-day he ranks as one
of the foremost of our younger surgeons, and enjoys the confidence of the community
and a growing patronage from among our best people. He has steadily extended his
work into his particular lines, making a specialty of surgery, abdominal operations,
obstetrics and the chronic diseases of women and men.
/^"\NE of the most prominent men in the South is Dr. J. Harvey Moore, the well-
^ known eye. ear and throat specialist of Atlanta. Dr. Moore is a native
Georgian, whose ancestors figured prominently in the early history of the Southern
States. His grand-parents on both sides of the house came into North Georgia from
North Carolina at an early day. His parents removed North soon after the late war
and he obtained his education in the finest institutions of Philadelphia and New York.
He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1882. He took a special
course there in 1886, and another in New York in 1888. He practiced his specialties with
eminent success in Northeastern Pennsylvania for a number of years, but came to
Georgia two years ago on account of his health. He is now a resident of Atlanta, where
he has a large and ever increasing practice, and his name is known throughout the
entire South.
DR. J. HARVEY MOORE, Atlanta, Ca.
AW. FARLINGER was born in Dunder, Canada, July, 1861, where he was brought
up on a farm. He early showed an inclination to enter mercantile life, and in
the fall of 1883 he located in Atlanta and opened a grocery store on a small scale, at
No. 325 Peachtree street, where he is still located. By close attention to business and
courteous treatment toward those with whom he came in contact, he has advanced so
rapidly that to-day he stands as one of the foremost grocers, not only of Atlanta, but of
the South; he also carries on, in connection with his grocery business, a vegetable farm
in the suburbs of the city from which he draws his daily supply of fresh vegetables.
He is also the largest stockholder in and president of " the Kangra Valley Tea Com¬
pany,''" who are sole American agents of the famous Clach-Ha-Cuden Tea Estate of
India. Their firm import their teas direct and do an extensive business throughout the
entire South. Mr, Farlinger, although still a young man, has amassed considerable
real estate in the city and is enthusiastic on the future prospects of the city of his
adoption and the South.
JOHN M. MILLER, Atlanta, Ga.
SUCCESS most always follows those who have the determination and aim to forge
ahead in whatever line of work, and that kind of determination that does surmount
all obstacles and overcome all opposition, can but be admired, no matter by whom pos¬
sessed. Self-made men are always an interesting study. Mr. John M. Miller, the sub¬
ject of this sketch, is a native of South Carolina, was born near Walhalla, S. C., Novem¬
ber 1, 1X61, and at the age of four years he moved with his parents to Illinois. After be¬
ing there only a few years he moved to Atlanta in 1870. Soon after coming to Atlanta
he started to earn his own living as a newsboy on the streets of Atlanta, and continued
at that work until the year 1888. He always had the aim to be in business for himself,
and being a saving boy and young man, managed to save a little from his sales of papers
up to the year 1881, the year of the first Cotton Exposition. That was his opportunity,
After the fair was over he was the proud possessor of six hundred dollars, when he
started a news stand for himself at his present location under De Gives' old Opera House,
now Columbia Theatre. From that beginning his business has grown to the large busi¬
ness he has to-dav. As a newsdealer Mr. Miller probably stands in the front rank. His
mammoth store is conceded to be the largest and best equipped retail business of the
kind in the Southern states. He also carries a large line of office stationery of every
description. Mr. Miller is well and favorably known by Atlanta people. He is a man
of pleasing and affable manners and liked by all that know him. His business quali¬
ties and sterling worth are conceded by all.
A. W. FARLINGER, Atlanta, Ga.
CAPTAIN DAVID G. WYLIE, Atlanta, Ga.
CAPTAIN DAVID G. WYLIE, the subject of this sketch was born in South Carolina, in the yeari840
of Irish parentage. About the time he reached his young manhood the sound of warfare reached
the quiet home of Mr. Wvlie, and he enlisted as a private in the First Georgia Regulars on the gth,
day of February, 1861. During the four years of strife no hero fought more gallantly or achieved a more
honorable career than he. Capt. John Millege and Mr. Frank Myers say of him: " He was enlisted in
the First Georgia Regulars early in February of 1S61. Was appointed sergeant under Capt. Walker and
later was appointed ensign for the regiment and distinguished himself by rallying the men again and again
on many contested battle fields; so conspicuously that he was then transferred to the Fortieth Georgia
Volunteers as first lieutenant, and shortly after that was honored with the captaincy of his company and
soon won for himseif the esteem and confidence of his command.'7 " Near the close of the war when
shattered regiments were reorganized, Capt. Wylie was made major, and served in that capacity until the
close of the war. In all the duties as a soldier he was brave and intrepid whether in front of the enemy or
in camp."
After the war, in November, 1S65, Capt. Wylie became connected with the Western and Atlantic
Railroad and held a responsible position with the management of that road for twenty-six years. In iScjahe
was announced for the position of Commissioner of Public Works and was elected by the City Council. The
next election for the same office brought him before the people and his re-election was a flattering one, and
a triumph over all opposition. Mr. Wylie is connected with the best families of the State. Personally he
is broad minded and generous of heart, possessing that rare quality of charity that overlooks the failings
of others and offers a helpful influence by its own amplitude of strength and goodness.
CAPTAIN BROTHERTON was born in Polk county near Benton, East Tennessee, on the 8th day of
February, 1839. His first introduction to the business world in which he was destined to
figure with such marked prominence, was at Varnell Station, not far from Dalton. Here he began
to clerk for a merchant by the name of John F. Centre, and it was here that he began to realize and under¬
stand the solemn responsibilities of a man. Soon after he entered the establishment of Mr. C B. Wei born,
a popular and prominent dry goods merchant, who took a deep interest in him. Mr. Welbom was a mem¬
ber of the state legislature from Whitfield county. Through political influence, Capt. Brotherton secured
a position as clerk in the depot which paid him $60 00 a month, an excellent salary for those days and for
a young man of his age. When the road changed hands, his salary was reduced, as were the salaries of all
the other employes, and he left them. He then went to Tilton, near Dalton, and purchased the small dry
goods stock of Humphreys Bros., where he succeeded in doing a big-business, a thing that no other mer¬
chant had ever done. When the war broke out, Capt. Brotherton was one of the first to enlist. He went out
from Dalton under the flag of the Thirty-ninth Georgia and as second lieutenant in Capt. Ford's company.
After the command of Gen. Kirby Smith, who was in charge of the army of the West, returned from Ken¬
tucky, the young lieutenant was promoted to the rank of captain. He was in the seit>e of Vjrksburg and
remained there until che surrender of that division of the army in 1863. After the exchange of prisoners,
Capt. Brotherton was assigned to post duty in Atlanta, Albany and West Point. He was stationed at the
latter place when the war closed. Directly after the surrender, Capt. Brotherton came to Atlanta. He
started in business for himself in the rear of where he is now located and by strict attention to business he
has built up for himself a magnificent business- Capt. Brotherton has several times been honored with a
seat in the legislative councils of the city, and has always filled the position with marked ability and devo¬
tion to the city's interest. For two successive terms he has filled the office of police commissioner, in addi¬
tion to an unexpired term and is now filling a regular term. Capt. Brotherton is a member of Trinity
Methodist Church and is also a trustee and a member of the board of stewards. His example as a citizen,
a merchant and a Christian deserves to be carefully scanned by the youth of the city, as it appeals to the
best endeavors and the highest impulses of true manhood.
CAPTAIN W. H. BROTHERTON, Atlanta, Ga.
INTERIOR BLOODWORTH SHOE CO.'S STORE, ATLANTA, CA.
r I ""HE accompanying picture gives some idea of one of the most popular and up-to-date shoe stores in Atlanta, the Bloodworth Shoe Co., located at 14 Whitehall street. The
*■ walls are painted in a delicate blue tint, the boxes, shelves and chairs are in white and the trimmings in gold, which give a striking effect to the store. The concern is
composed of four well-known business men of Atlanta, Messrs. E. C. Brown and John D. Allen, of the drug firm of Brown ic Allen; Mr. Graham Street, the manager of the
manufacturing establishment of A. K. Hawkes, optician ; and Mr. Jas. M. Bloodworth, an experienced shoe man, who is manager. All four men are enterprising and
progressive and are sure to keep in the front rank and continue leaders in supplying the wants of all patrons.
CLARENCE E. MOORE, Atlanta, Ga.
A /"ICTOR H. KRIEGSHABER, born in Louisville, Ky., March, 1859, went to the
" grammar schools in Louisville up to his fifteenth year, then went to Germany to
study civil engineering. Was at the Polytechnic Preparatory School in Frankfort-on-
the-Maine for two years, and the University of Hessia in the city of Darmstadt for
three years, until 1880. With the Louisville & Nashville on maintenance of way and
construction of the Knoxville Branch, then with Louisville Bridge & Iron Company
until 18S5. Appointed engineer maintenance of way of the Central R. R., and later
chief clerk to general manager and to general superintendent transportation of Central
R. R., until 1891. Then he entered commercial career in Atlanta and is now in the general
building supply business also president of the Atlanta Terra Cotta Company. The
Atlanta Terra Cotta Company furnished the ornamental staff work for the Fine Arts
Building and the Woman's Building—two of the prettiest buildings on the Exposition
grounds. Mr. Kriegshaber is also interested in the Phoenix wheel which will be one of
the popular attractions of the Midway.
ONE of the most popular city officials of Atlanta is Mr. Clarence E. Moore, clerk to the Department
of Public Works. As a lawyer, politician and writer he stands high. Coming from a fine old
Southern family and a long line of distinguished ancestry, he has inherited, to a great degree,
their talents and brilliancy and. added 10 a genial and pleasant address, has succeeded in surrounding him¬
self with hundreds of stanch friends. He was born in the town of Portersville. Alabama on the Gulf of
Mexico; his father was Dr. Thomas Polk Moore, the eldest son of Dr. John W. Moore, a well known phy¬
sician of Mobile. His mother was Augusta G. Ellis, the second daughter of Wm. D. Ellis of Charleston.
S. C., who was a wealthy capitalist largely interested in contracts with the Confederate Government. His
sister is the well known journalist and author, Lollie Belle Wylie. After the death of his father which
occurred when he was barely two years old, Mr. Moore moved to Georgia where he was reared and
educated by his maternal grandfather. After leaving school, Mr. Moore accepted the responsible position
of car accountant and mileage clerk of the Air Line R. R. from Atlanta to Charlotte N. C,, and. at the
first comenticn of mileage clerks ever held in the South, he represented his company with credit. During
his connection with this railroad, he began the study of law. studying at night and to such good purpose
did he burn the midnight oil that when he finished his law course under Mr. Hoke Smith, now Secretary
of the Interior, he was admitted to the bar after passing a brilliant examination in open court before Judge
Geo. Hillyer and a committee of lawyers consisting of such men as Judge H. K. McCay Col. L. J. Winn,
Hoke Smith and B. H. Hill, Jr. Soon after his admission to practice, he was elected secretary to the
"Young Men's Democratic League," and jumped immediately to the front as a political organizer. It was
during'his administration as secretary that the League was put on a permanent basis and the membership
raised from 67 lo 1.200 and is now a power in Fulton county. His ability as an organizer has won him
the title of "John Kelly." He was urged to run for president of the League, but declined In 188S he
was elected clerk to the Department of Public Works, defeating his opponent, a very popular man. easily.
In 1S90, he was re elected without opposition, again in 1X92 and 1894. In 1892 and 1893, he served as
secretary to the Fulton County Democratic Executive Committee and did some effective work for Cleve¬
land and Stevenson. He has taken an active part in municipal politics and wields a strong influence
among the voters of the city. Mr. Moore is the promoter and organizer of the "Alabama Society," one of
the largest and most flourishing of the State societies in Atlanta. Mr. Moore is a member of the St.
Phillip's Episcopal Church and an Odd Fellow. He is a man of liberal and earnest views and his future is
full of the promise of a long and useful life in the flourishing city where his life has been spent.
VICTOR H. KRIEGSHABER, Atlanta, Ga.
CHARLES F. DODGE, Atlanta, Ga.
CHARLES F. DODGE, the remarkably successful manager of the Aragon Hotel,
has had a long and successful career in the hotel business. In 1873 he was with
the Grand Pacific Hotel of Chicago at the time it was opened, remaining until 1875,
when he was in the office of the Palmer House for a lengthy period. Mr. Dodge is a
native of Montpelier, Vermont, but began his hotel career at the Gardner, Chicago, in
1872. After leaving Chicago he went to San Francisco to open the Palace Hotel. Two
years later he came East again to New York at the Hotel Bristol, and afterward held a
responsible position at the Fifth Avenue. It is therefore apparent that he came to the
Aragon in 1893 with the very cream of hotel experience, which accounts for his success.
Mr. Dodge is one of the few men who can be a jolly hail fellow with every one and at
the same time maintain the strictest discipline in everything that pertains to the
management of this hotel palace. This accounts for the wonderful smoothness that
characterizes the service at the Hotel Aragon.
A LBERT B. WALKER was born in Somerset county, Pa., April 28, 1862. He was
■* *• well born; in the best sense of the term, born of good stock. His parents, George
Y. and Sarah Cramer Walker, combined those sterling qualities which command the
admiration and approval of mankind: Good sense, wit, firmness, strength of character,
sympathy, deep piety and activity in Christian endeavor. His success in life is due to
inheriting such qualities. Having passed the usual course of study one can receive in a
small town, he accepted a clerkship in a hotel at Portland, Me., his father's birth-place.
After one year there he accepted a better position at West Newton, Pa. After a year's
time there he came South, locating in Jacksonville, Fla., going in Hotel Tony as a clerk.
The summers being so warm in Florida, he came to Atlanta in 1885, accepting a position
as manager of Hotel Grant, remaining there nine consecutive years, after which he
assumed proprietorship of the Ballard House, situated at No. 201 Peachtree street,
Atlanta, Ga.
PROF. WM. M. SLATON, Atlanta, Ga.
"THE cut below is a true likeness of Mr. V. W. Cleveland, president of the Atlanta
Tile Company, which is one of the largest manufacturing interests of Georgia,,
and is doing much to add to the beauty and attractiveness of our city. The company
is well known, needing no other commendation than to witness the many beautiful
walks that grace Atlanta on our principal and fashionable streets, Mr. Cleveland is a
New Yorker by birth and education, was born in the old Astor House, March 6, 1883,
is a stanch Democrat, has lived South thirty-five years, becoming thoroughly identified
with Southern people and their interests. His father was Palmer A. Cleveland, an
eminent lawyer of New York city. His mother was Miss Catherine Livingston. The
name is well known in New York city as one of the old Knickerbocker families. Mr.
Cleveland has been in Atlanta only four years, yet during that time has made for him¬
self a host of friends by his integrity of character, uprightness in all his dealings, and
at all times being ready to espouse the cause of right and justice.
PROF. WM. M. SLATON is a native Georgian and, like mariv of Georgia's sons, he can boast of the
most honorable ancestry on both sides of the family, His father is Maj. W. F. Slaton, superinten¬
dent of the public schools of Atlanta, and his mother is the daughter of the late Rev. W. D. Mar¬
tin, of Meriweather county. He was born November 27. 1S54, in Meriweather county, Ga., and his home
was in Auburn. Ala., until his seventh year, when he moved to Meriweather county, Ga,, and lived there
until his sixteenth year. He received his academic education under the able instruction of his father, and
at an early age entered Emory College, where he spent one year. He _ihen attended the University of
Georgia at Athens, where, after a course of only one and a half years, he graduated with the degree of A.
B., but an A. M. degree was subsequently conferred upon him by the same college. Since graduating
there in 1S73 his time and energies have been most successfully devoted to the vocation of teaching. His
first field of labor was at the Samuel Bailey Institute, of Griffin, Ga., as first assistant, and the next year
he filled the position as first assistant in the Griffin Female College. After one year's teaching in this in¬
stitute he was fleeted print ipal of the Male and Female High School at Sparta. Ga., which flourishing
school rapidly increased in popularity under his efficient management and for five and a half years reaped the
benefit of his firm and able discipline. In 18S1 lie became identified with the Boys' High School of Atlanta,
and as the first assistant teacher he gave entire satisfaction to both pupils and patrons. That his work has
been appreciated by the Board of Education is evident, inasmuch as he has risen to the principalship of the
school, having been elected in 1882, which position he now holds. Prof. Slaton's abilities as a lecturer are
of no common order, and he has frequently been appointed as such in the Peabody and Teachers' insti¬
tutes We can but predict a bright and prosperous future for him. Few men have been happien in their
home life than he. and not many natures have been capable of stronger attachments. He was married
April 29, 1886, to Miss Mattie Grant Jackson, the youngest daughter of the late Chief Justice James Jack¬
son. The three little boys who grace his home are extremely interesting children. Prof. Slaton is most
active in both church and Sunday school work, and makes an invaluable member of the Methodist Church
South, to which he belongs.
V. W. CLEVELAND, Atlanta, Ga.
EVAN P. HOWELL,
President Constitution Publishing Co.
and Editor in Chief.
THE CONSTITUTION was established in 1868 by Col. W. A. Hemphill, its present
business manager, who was a gallant Confederate veteran, locating in Atlanta imme¬
diately after the war. It look its name from its defense of the Constitutional liberties
of the people in the stormy days of reconstruction agitation. It at once became the leader
of the Constitutional Democrats of the state and from that day to this has held the foremost
position among Georgia newspapers. Since its establishment it has buried five daily
morning competitors, the death of one of these giving it Henry Grady who. full of the fire
and enihusiasm of youth, joined the Constitution when the Herald, his paper, suspended
in 1876. Captain Evan P. Howell bought an interest in the paper in 1876, he having been
attorney for the paper. His first work was to engage Henry Grady and from that day
until the death of Grady in 1889, the two men were more like brothers and friends
than business partners. About this time Joel Chandler Harris, who had refugeed from the
yellow fevei at Savannah, came to Atlanta and was engaged by Captain Howell for the
7 and he has been on its editorial staff ever since, and it was in the (<>u\ti-
columns that his famous "Uncle Remus" stories and most of his work of fiction
Mr. Clark Howell who had served a journalistic apprenticeship afier grad¬
uating from the University of Georgia in 1883, with the New York J imes and Philadel.
phia Press, became night editor of the Consti tutiou in 1884. and in 1887-8, served as
assistant managing editor to Mr. Grady, whose time as an orator was in great demand
during those years 'throughout the country. On the death of Mr. Grady in 1889 Mr. Clark
Howell succeeded him as managing editor, which position he now holds. Mr. Frank L.
Stanton, a poetic genius of national reputation has for several years been on the Constitu¬
tion's staff associated with Mr. Harris and Mr. Wallace P. Reed, well known for his excel¬
lent liteiary work throughout the country. The Constitution's proudest work is that which
has made it a most conspicuous factor in the development of Atlanta. It was established
when the city had but 10.000 inhabitants and has taken the lead in every public enterprise
inaugurated since then. It has been unceasing in its labor for Atlanta and it was through
its columns that the Cotton States and International Exposition was first suggested as a
panacea for the depression arising out of the panic of 1893. It called a public meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce which received enthusiastic response from the leading business
men of the c'ny and the result speaks for itself.
The plant of the (onstitution is unexcelled by that of any newspaper in any city of
Atlanta's size in America. It has two of Hoe's modern perfecting presses, the last one
purchased a few years ago. costing $40 000 and printing twenty-four pages, eight columns
to the page, or any multiple thereof. The composing-room is equipped with ten of the
most improved Mergenihaler linotype machines, and every part of the plant of the paper,
from engine-room to com position-room, is provided with duplicate machinery to meet
emergencies. The daily Constitution e
the weekly Constitution of twelve pages
pages, eight columns to the page, and
growth of the weekly Constitution has been the
paper since 1835. The weekly edition increa»
> years it had gone beyond ioo.ooo,
the union, more than 30,00
in the Southern states than
sippi, 19,000 in Alabama,
pages of seven columns to the page;
ay (on dilution is always twenty-four
hirty two pages. The phenomenal
triking feature of the progress of the
circulation which covered every state in
the largest of a
inj; north of the Ohio River. It has a greater circulation
paper published in the respective states, and now, in 1895,
Texas, 18.000 in North Carolina, 15.000 in Missis-
over 30,000 in Georgia, with a total circulation of 156.C00,
ekly edition of any newspaper published on this
CLARK HOWELL,
Managing Editor Atlanta Constitution.
COL. W. A. HEMPHILL,
Business Manager Atlanta Constitution.
CONSTITUTION BUILDING, Atlanta, Ga.
MR. C. W. MOTES, the subject of this sketch, is Atlanta's most distinguished artist photographer.
His reputation is not local, but he is known throughout the States. His work has been reproduced
as art studies in every photographic magazine in this country and several in Europe. He has
exhibited his work in competition with the best photographers in ihe world, at the National Photographic
conventions, and has been awarded many convention prizes for superiority. Mr. Motes is a native of
Union town, Alabama; his parentage was not marked by affluence, but by integrity and industry. At an
early age he embarked in the study and practice of the ambrotype art, exhibiting from the outset a rapac¬
ity that foreshadowed his future success In 1859 he established a handsome and well-equipped gallerj in
Athens, Georgia. Here he had great success, being highly appreciated in that cultured community, as a
gentleman and an artist. But these flattering business prospects were overshadowed by the breaking out
of the Civil War. A thorough Southerner in politics he did not hesitate to stake fortune and life on the
issues of the impending struggle. He promptly went to the front in the famous Troup Artillery, the first
company to leave Athens. In every engagement of that gallant company, he was conspicuous for courage
and undaunted bravery. He served his country faithfully in this company until the struggle was ended.
Returning to Atalanta his reputation at once placed him in the front rank, as a most thorough and skillful
photographer. Two lines of artistic work, in which he is eminently successful, are at oppositeextremes. His
portraits of distinguished men and women, and his photographs of children.speak volumes for the artist who
has so admirably succeeded in transferring their likenesses to paper. He is well and favorably known, not
only as an artist, but as a useful and patriotic citizen; one whose conception of honor and right is too high to
permit him to condescend to do a mean thing. In his social relations he is a universal favorite; selfishness
does not enter into his heart, that always beats in response to the woes and sufferings of his lellowmen.
He is a loyal and consistent member of his church, and devoted to the cause of Christ. Beautiful gems
that adorn his life and crown his character, shine brightest in his home life. As a husband and father he
is thoughtful and tender in the highest degree. He is generous and hospitable to his friends, for in his
home life they are always made happy in Ihe benediction of his welcome.
J. B. SMITH, Atlanta, Ga.
MR. J. B. Smith, the well known grocer of Atlanta, was born in Franklin county,
Ga., May 13, 1861. He was left an orphan at the age of seven years. Both of
his parents died within one week of each other and he was left to battle for himself,
and earn his own living as best he could. He worked on the farm until he was twelve
years of age, without having had any schooling, but being an ambitious boy he deter¬
mined to get an education. Having no one to pay for his tuition he saved from his
small pay one year to go to school the next. By patient determination and fixedness of
purpose, he was enabled to attend the county school every other year, until he had a
common-school education, and was better able to cope with the world for a living. At
the age of sixteen years he removed to Atlanta, and clerked in his brother's grocery store
for about six years. Soon after reaching the age of twenty-one he came to the conclu¬
sion that he could best succeed in life by entering into the same business for himself,
and did so in a small way, with a determination to succeed if steady application and
honesty would count for anything; and, as usual with all who have these qualities, with
a stickedness of purpose, his success in his chosen business is an assured fact to-day, for
he is one that stands at the head in his line of business. His store is one of the largest
and he caters to the best trade of Atlanta. Mr. Smith's past record is of the best,
and he has been always a God-fearing man, one always ready to respond to any case of
distress that is brought to his notice, and he is known as a liberal contributor to any
charity His host of friends always have a good word to say about him, and he is one
of the best-known business men of Atlanta to-day. He was happily married in 1884.
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MR. J. QUINTON ADAMS, one of Atlanta's principal photographers, was born at
Lynchburg, Va., February i, 1859. His early life and schoolboy days were spent
in that historic city. At the age of twenty-two he moved to Washington, D. C., and
commenced his profession at the National Capital. In 1889 he moved to Atlanta, Ga.,
to work with Mr. C. W. Motes, the well-known photographer. In 1893 he bought out
the old Atlanta Photo Company and started for himself. To-day his gallery and
reception rooms are conceded to be the best arranged and coolest in the city; being
reached by an elevator, they are practically on the first floor. As an artist of the highest
order, his work always speaks for itself, and is considered as fine and as well-finished as
any in the South. Mr. Adams was married in 1892 to Miss Branson, of Raleigh, N. C.
In his social life, Mr. Adams has many friends, and is admired for his affable and pleas¬
ing manner to all alike.
A. K. HAWKES.
HPHERE is probably no one in this country who has gained the reputation and fame
*■ in the manufacture of spectacles and as an optician that Mr. Hawkes has. He began
his career in a very small way twenty-eight years ago, and has built up his business on
merit alone until it is now the largest wholesale and retail optical house in the United
States. To give an idea of the extent of the business, the statement that his glasses are
for sale in 8,000 cities from New York to San Francisco is sufficient to show the magni¬
tude of his business. Mr. Hawkes is the author of several valuable works on the use
and abuse of spectacles, and is the inventor of several patents which have made his
name famous. His plant is replete with the most modern and best machinery, and is
operated by experienced and skilled lense grinders. One point in Mr. Hawkes' business
that may seem of no significance is the fact that his glasses are never peddled, but
when it will be understood that the personal attention of a reliable optician is necessary
to prescribe for the eyes, it will be seen that Mr. Hawkes has thrown out this safeguard
against imposters, His headquarters for the United States is at No. 12 Whitehall street,
Atlanta, Ga.
J. QUINTON ADAMS, Atlanta, Ga.
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LAURENT DE GIVE, Atlanta, Ga.
MR LAURENT DE GIVE, the owner and manager of the " Grand" and Marietta St. theatres, of
Atlanta, Georgia, was born in Belgium in 1828, and there resided until thirty-two years of age. He
applied himself studiously in schools of his native country and graduated from the University
of Liege in 1853 with the degree of LL.D., having passed with highest honors through the Law Depart¬
ment. He began the practice of law in Namuz, Belgian, and continued for four years, meeting with steady
and growing success. During this period he was for four years a member of the Provincial Council, an
elective body corresponding to the State Legislature in the United States. In i860 Mr. De Give was
appointed by his government, Commissioner to assist in establishing direct trade with the South. For the
performance of the duties incumbent upon him in accepting this honor, he was compelled to cross the
Atlantic, and fixed his residence in Atlanta, where a Belgian consulate was created for that purpose,
bince i860 Mr. De Give has resided in this city, where he still occupies the position of Belgian Consul.
On arriving in Atlanta he had in his possession a considerable fortune and, believing in Atlanta's future
growth to a metropolis invested largely in real estate. After the war he sold to the Masons the site of
the Opera House on Marietta St,, their intention being to erect a magnificent Masonic Temple. Buttheir
plans failed to materalizeand Mr. De Give was compelled to repurchase it, and subsequently built Atlanta's
first complete theatre on that location. In 1837 Mr De Give was married to his present wife. This union
has been blessed with seven children, three of whom died in infancy, and one, Paul, passed away in Febru¬
ary, 1894, at the age oi twenty-seven years, on the very verge of manhood. His death was deeply deplored.
The threeother children areas follows: Louise, wife of Edward Horine of Atlanta; Henry, agraduate of the
Troy N.Y. Polytechnic School, who is at present a civil engineer; and Julius, a graduate of the Technological
School of Atlanta and a mechanical engineer. Mr. De Give has frequently been interested in large busi¬
ness enterprises, and has demonstrated a capacity for financiering that has placed him among the moneyed
men of the city. He is a Roman Catholic by faith, and a member of the Elks. Mr. De Give has been
twice honored by his Sovereign the King of Belgium. In 1880 the Order of Leopold was bestowed on him,
and later the rank of Knight, in the Order of Merit Civil, was added to the first. The " Grand " theatre,
which ranks among the first in America for beauty and exquisite finish, is proudly spoken of by Atlantians,
and stands a monument to Mr. De Give's pluck and energy, and his exalted opinion of Atlanta's culture.
He has the development of his city at heart. He built the first railroad to Ponce de Leon Springs, the
Pavilion there now in existence, and transformed the swampy bottom into the well-known grounds. For
years he was president of the Clifton Chemical and Phosphate Works.
TH. MARTIN was born in Griffin, Ga., 1861, his father moved to the North when
• he was an infant, and the subject of this sketch was raised on a farm in Western
New York. At the age of eighteen he went to New York city and entered the employ of
the Direct United States Cable Company, then operating one of the Atlantic cables.
Under the close inspection and severe discipline of this company he developed a line of
business routine and thought that has served him well in after years. After leaving this
company he entered the employ of the Fairbanks Manufacturing Company, the largest
scale manufacturers in the world. He was with this company a number of years and
was finally given the responsible position of Southern manager, having charge of the
Southeastern States. In 1832 he severed his connection with this company and pur¬
chased the Dixie Paper, which is devoted to the advancement and upbuilding of the
industrial South. The success of this paper has been phenomenal. It was through the
efforts of Mr. Martin that the National Association of Manufacturers was organized at
the beginning of this year. He was also organizer of the State Association of Manufac¬
turers in Georgia, and it was through the work of this association that the Georgia's
Manufacturing Building has been erected on the Exposition grounds. The energetic
manner in which Mr. Martin has taken hold of the industrial problem of the South
shows his infinite faith in the successful outcome of this country for commercial
supremacy.
T. H. MARTIN, Atlanta, Ga.
J. K. OHL, Atlanta, Ga.
'PHE assistant managing editor of The Constitution is Mr. Josiah Ivingsley Ohl, a
*■ young man who has won notable success in Southern journalism. Mr. Ohl is a
native of Pennsylvania, spent his boyhood in Ohio, and almost since he reached man's
estate has been a resident of Atlanta and a member of the Constitution staff. He began
as a reporter on that paper and worked up to his present position through the different
departments, as city editor, telegraph editor and night editor. He makes a specialty of
dramatic criticism and state politics. He does a good deal of correspondence for
Northern newspapers, representing the New York Herald and others of the leading
newspapers of the country. Mr. Ohl is married, his wife being Maud Annalett Andrews,
the most brilliant of Southern newspaper women. They have one child, a daughter
five years old. Mr. Ohl is a man very popular with all who know him, and his acquain¬
tance is large. He has few equals in his line of editorial work.
WALLACE PUTNAM REED, one of the editorial writers of the Atlanta Consti¬
tution, was born in Wilcox county, Ala. In early boyhood he came to Atlanta
and has resided here continuously since. He has been identified with nearly all the
leading newspapers of the city for a period of twenty years. Mr. Reed essayed the
practice of law, however, at an early age, and before he was twenty years old was
admitted to the bar, and during the brief period he was in practice at the bar he was
solicitor of Rockdale county under Governor Smith's administration. Mr. Reed is
widely known as the author of many short and interesting stories and sketches, which
are popular here and in England. His versatile pen is never idle, and while constantly
on duty on the Constitution, he finds time to write sketches on various subjects for other
papers and periodicals. Mr. Reed is a natural-born newspaper man, and is in love
with his profession. He is just in his prime, hale, hearty, and withal modest and
unassuming. He bids fair to wear the mantle of the lamented Henry Grady in all
respects save one, Mr. Reed lays no claim to oratorical pretensions, yet he is a pleasing
speaker. His pen is more eloquent than his tongue.
WALLACE REED, Atlanta, Ga.
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R. C. A. RAUSCHENBERG was born at Russelville, Franklin county, Alabama,
March 15, 1059. His first schooling was acquired at Barnell, Whitfield county,
Ga.,and he finished his education at Chattanooga, Tenn. He moved from Chattanooga
to Atlanta in 1869, and in the following year he began a meat business and continued
the same until October, 1881. From then until the fall of 1883 he was chief mailing
clerk of the Atlanta Post Office. In 1884 he again started a business for himself and
now he has one of the largest manufactories in the South for smoked, pickled and all
kinds of manufactured meats. Mr. Rauschenberg is a man well known in Atlanta. He
is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Empire Encampment No. 12;
Capital City Lodge No. 33, K. of P.; Gate City Division No. 5, U. R. Iv. of P.; Royal
Arcanum, Golden Chain, National Union, Knights of Damon, and Atlanta Turnverein.
He is also a member of the First Christian Church of Atlanta. He was first married to
Miss Anna Pope of Kentucky, August 29, 1881. His second marriage was to Fannie
Renfroe, of Edgewood, Ga., in 1890. His home is blessed with an interesting family of
three boys and one girl. What success Mr. Rauschenberg has acquired in life has all
come from his own efforts; he has had to earn his own living since the age of ten years,
and now his integrity and credit are without question. He is fully identified with the
commercial life of Atlanta. He is very charitable, giving to those who are in distress
and are brought to his attention, and, in fact, never turns anyone away that he is satis¬
fied is deserving of any help.
S. BOVKIN TURMAN, Atlanta, Ga.
SAMUEL BOVKIN TURMAN, the subject of our sketch, was born in Columbus,
Ga., April i, 1866, and is the son of Harriet Boykin and William Richard Turman.
He was named for his grandfather, Dr. Samuel Boykin. He moved to Alabama in 1878
and spent eight years in assisting his father in the manufacture of lime, when not at
school. Coming to Atlanta in 1886 he entered the Real Estate and Loan business, enjoy¬
ing a full share of public confidence and patronage. He is also president of the Atlanta
Lithographing Company, manufacturers of fine stationery and blank books, with a trade
extending throughout the South.
C. A. RAUSCHENBERG, Atlanta, Ga.
JUDGE WM. LOWNDES CALHOUN, Atlanta, Ca.
JUDGE WILLIAM LOWNDES CALHOUN is a descendant of the celebrated
family of that name of South Carolina. Judge Calhoun is Ordinary of Fulton
county, having been elected in 1880 to that responsible position. He was mayor of the
city of Atlanta for two years, a member of the Legislature for several terms, and has
been eminent in his profession, as attorney. He is a prominent member of the Confed¬
erate Veteran Camp, having been president of the association for several years. Judge
Calhoun served as a member of the Forty-second Georgia Regiment and was con¬
spicuous for his honorable action. He was severely wounded in the fight at Resaca in
1864, and also at Vicksburg during the siege. He is at present a conspicuous figure in
all matters pertaining to the growth and upbuilding of Atlanta, and indeed of the whole
South. Broad-minded, genial and always agreeable, Judge Calhoun counts his friends
by the score. He is the friend of every man, but does his duty fearlessly and without
*avor. He is one of the Gate City's eminent citizens, always ready to serve her, and
never failing in any duty to his fellowman or to his country.
AC. BRISCOE, the subject of this sketch, was born in Wilcox county, Ala-
• baraa, July 21, 1853. From 1870 to 1872, he attended Oglethorpe University, at
Atlanta, Ga., afterward went to Richmond College, at Richmond, Va. Mr. Briscoe
is president of the Southern Shorthand and Business University which is situated in
"The Grand" on Peachtree street, in the city of Atlanta. Mr. Briscoe organized
a small school in 18S1, in addition to his other duties, being at that time
secretary of the Railroad Commission of Georgia. In 1890 the school had grown to
such an extent, the book-keeping department was added ; both branches growing so
rapidly that in 1893 the Southern Shorthand and Business University was chartered
under the laws of the State of Georgia. There are in attendance, at this time, about two
hundred pupils. This University is considered one of the leading universities of the
country, The pupils are taught both theoretically and practically in shorthand, type¬
writing, bookkeeping, arithmetic, spelling, grammar, correspondence, commercial
law, etc., so that at any time when its graduates go out into the world, they are fully
capacitated for all practical requirements. Mr. Briscoe deserves great credit for having
established such a large, useful and influential institution, which is fully appreciated
by the public, as is evidenced by the fact that it numbers its graduates by the thousand.
A. C. BRISCOE, Atlanta, Ga.
WILLIAM C. HALE, Atlanta, Ga.
WILLIAM C. HALE, came to Atlanta eight years ago with but little to aid him,
except an excellent business training, high letters of recommendation and an
undaunted will. Mr. Hale has in this time achieved success rarely won in so short a
time. He was born at Columbus, Miss., in 1858. During his early life, Mr. Hale was
educated by private tutors, and at the age of thirteen was sent to a preparatory school
prior to entering college. Financial reverses prevented this, and at the age of sixteen
he entered his father's office. A few years later he was selected confidential clerk for a
-cotton commission house, which position he held for six years, until his removal to
Atlanta. Realizing the growth of Atlanta as a financial centre, he organized the
Southern Mutual Building and Loan Association, and was elected secretary and general
manager. He is now the president of said association. In 1881 he organized the State
Savings Bank of Atlanta, and was elected vice-president of that institution. In October,
1894, he was elected president. Mr. Hale is also vice-president of the Union Loan and
Trust Co., and is a director in other financial institutions. Mr. Hale's life is another
illustration that persistent application to his work brings success in the financial
world. One can but predict a bright future for a man who has had such success.
CAPT. ISAAC S. BOYD, a native of Alabama, came to Atlanta in 1871, since then
he has been one among that remarkable coterie of men who have believed in
Atlanta and made it. For years he was prominently identified with the insurance
business of the city and ot the South, being manager and general agent for several of
the leading American and foreign fire insurance companies, but at a propitious moment
he seemed to realize that the need of Atlanta was permanent industrial development,
and he, with his excellent associate, Mr. Thomas W. Baxter, projected plans for a
furniture factory, which was soon to send its goods to the very heart of the Eastern
market as well as to the West and in Mexico. In 1892, having a favorable opportunity
to lease the entire plant for a term of years to a Northern company, who would maintain
the success of the business and character of the work, he determined to take a long-
needed rest, and left for a lengthened stay in Europe. LTpon his return, in the fall of
1894. he purchased the piant of the Southern Saw Works, reorganized a stock company,
and as president and general-manager is fast bringing this new enterprise into successful
competition with the great concerns of the North. It is the only perfectly equipped saw
manufactory in the South and, situated in the heart of the great Southern forests and
lying nearest to those of the West, has a great future before it, and in its accomplish¬
ment is already far beyond the experimental stage. The conservative, liberal Christian
private life of Capt. Boyd is too well known to be here referred to. His handsome home
on Peachtree street is a resort of culture and refinement, being presided over by his
gracious and charming wife, who, as Miss Nannie Seawell, of Nashville, Tenn., was
well known ar a woman of artistic culture and unusual literary attainments.
CAPT. ISAAC S. BOYD, Atlanta, Ga.
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LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE was born on the Gulf of Mexico at a little French town called Bayou Copue
d'Inde. Her father was Dr.Thomas Polk Moore.who was a close kinsman of President James K. Polk.
Her father and mother were South Carolinians of the distinguished families of Richardsons, Manings,
Wheelers, Moores and Carringtons On the maternal side she descends from the Scotch clans of Mcintosh and
Neil Mrs. Wvlie is also a daughter-in-law of James R. Wylie,who is one of Atlanta's most prominent bankers.
CM this talented woman, Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, says she is one of the finest newspaper women
in the South Mrs. Wylie held a responsible editorial staff position with Mr. Smith on the Journal for years.
Her paper which she owned and edited for three years was one of the most brilliant newspaper ventures ever
established in the Soulh. For fifteen months Mrs Wylie held a place as special writer under Col. John Cocke-
rill, who said that Mrs. Wylie's talents were more brilliant and pronounced than any other Southern news¬
paper woman's. Mrs. Wylie with Mrs Elia Goode Byinglon nrganized the Woman's Press Club of
Georgia and held the place of vice-president for six years. No other woman in the South has had the
honor tendered her of a membership in the Psychical Researchers' Fellowship of London, a notable
scientific society. Mrs. Wylie has received the compliment and has contributed valuable scientific papers
to the archives of that society. Mrs. Wylie is a modest gentlewoman, broad-minded and free from pro¬
fessional jealousies. When questioned as to her most praiseworthy achievements in life she will answer
"The success I have in developing the spiritual, mental, moral and physical growth of my little girls,
Augusta and Hart," They are her inspiration. Mrs. Wylie has contributed to many magazines and has
written regularly on many popular daily papers. She has besides published a number of popular musical
compositions, written both words and melody, and has a novel and book of sketches ready for publication.
She is one of these women selected from Georgia to be especially honored at the Exposition as a type of the
brainy progressive and womanly women of the South. Her work is finished and clean and her character
strong and vigorous. The foremost artists and authors of the day here honor her friendship, and her
delicate appreciation of all that is good and pure has made her a heroine in the hearts of the people who
know her.
DR. SUSAN M. HICKS, Atlanta, Ga.
SUSAN MARY HICKS, M. D., born October 19, 1848, in Howard county, Mo.
Father Edward H, Dennis, whose ancestors from England landed in this country
in 1630. Mother, Margaret Monroe. Ancestors, Monroes and Harrisons of Virginia.
Educated in a Quaker school in Illinois. Graduated in medicine at Ann Arbor, Uni¬
versity of Michigan, 1883. Came to Atlanta same year and has practiced here ever
since. Member American Institute of Homeopathy, Southern Institute of Homeopathy
and Atlanta Medical Club. The oldest graduated woman physician in the city, having
practiced here twelve years.
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LOLLIE BELLE WYLIE, Atlanta, Ga.
MISS MARY MILLER, the subject of this sketch, affords one of the many illustrations of what a
woman with brains and energy can achieve in this favored land. Miss Miller was born in Phila¬
delphia. but removed to the Southwest with her parents. A few years' residence in an unhealthy
climate resulted in the death of both father and mother, within one year, and she was thus left an orphan
at an early age. being the eldest of four children. Returning to her native city, without means and with
no friends to aid her, she began the hard battle of life which many an orphan has had to fight, and which
contains a great deal more of the prose than of the poetry of life. Coming to Atlanta a number of years
ago, on account of impaired health, a stranger in a strange city, and under circumstances of great discour¬
agement, she soon made friends who recognized in her a strong character of marked ability. With a del¬
icate physical organization, apparently unfitted to cope with the world as a " bread winner," she has
quietly but steadily won her way to a position of honor and trust, having been for several years the
successful manager of an important business enterprise, where she has been abl«- and willing to assist
others who started in life with far better opportunities than herself. Discouragements and obstacles have
only inspired her to greater effort and so served eventually as " stepping stones" by which she has risen
higher. Those who were fortunate enough to secure her services found their interests were alwajs ♦on-
suited before her own, and the result has been rapid advancement and deserved promotion. In dis< ussing
the success of women in business, Miss Miller always insists that it can only be aaomplished bycons< ien-
tious work; whether that work seems to be appreciated or not. it has its reward in the end, and her advi< e
to young women who have their own living to make has ever been, to do conscientious and painstaking
work from principle and not to be afraid that they are giving more than they re<.<-i\v. She has great taith
in the future of business women. While strongly in favor of any move for the advancement of her sex,
and having proved by her own success woman's ability to compete with men in business life, when < ir-
cumstances force her to do so, she is one who would never consent to part with the sensitiveness and
refinement belonging to the perfect lady. Gifted with the pen of a read}' writer, her friends are hoping for
the day when she will enter Ihe field of journalism, for which they are conscious that she is especially fitted.
MISS MARY MAY FIELD,
Business Woman of Atlanta, Ga.
MISS MARY MAY FIELD was born in Thamesville, Canada, in 1872. Her parents
on both sides were musicians ; one of the first families of a long line of grand
ancestry greeting her on her entrance into the world. She inherited the musical talent of
both parents, and to-day stands master of several instruments, her favorites being the
piano and the violin. The common school was hers to enjoy and she is a graduate from
the Business College of Sullivan & Creighton, of Atlanta, which places her at the front as
a shorthand and type writer. A hard student with a love for journalistic work, she gives
to the public her maiden efforts of poetry and song. The future can only be estimated
by her rapid progress of the past. Being a member of St. Philip's Cathedral, she meets
the best of Atlanta's society, for which she is justly proud. In preparing law manuscript
the Supreme Court has recognized her merits. Her father is T. S. Field and her
mother was Elvira Myrick. Both are living and were born and bred in Canada.
MISS MARY MILLER,
Business Woman of Atlanta, Ga.
PRE-EMINENT among the professional women of Atlanta is Miss Elizabeth Cogs¬
well, whose picture accompanies this sketch. Miss Cogswell was born in Warren
County, Pa. In 1882 she removed to New York city where she studied chiropody and
the delicate art of manicuring the nails under Dr. Arnold, who gives her the highest
encomiums of praise for her skill and knowledge of her profession. Miss Cogswell has
traveled much, and is a woman of wonderful energy and menial and physical force. In 1890
she removed to Atlanta and at once established for herself a business that is phenomenal.
Her parlors at Xo. 73^ Whitehall street are cosy and comfortable and are always thronged
with the up-to-date woman from the wealthiest and most influential circles of society.
Her suite of rooms includes a parlor, an operating room, a hair-dressing parlor under
the management of Miss Drew, a competent young woman brought from New York bv
Miss Cogswell, an apartment where face steaming is conducted, and a massage room,
where an able woman is in charge. This brave, intrepid young woman has won to herself
the admiration and friendship of hundreds of people, and her success has been remark¬
able. She has taught the women of Atlanta to take a pride in their hands; she has
shown them that fragrant, glossy, well-kept hair is a crowning glory to a woman; she
has with her skill at chiropody relieved hundreds of suffering men and women, for it is
she who first introduced these combined treatments in the South. The presence of Miss
Cogswell is inspiring as any wholesome, clear-minded woman's is, and her personality
is more than interesting.
SEVERAL years ago there came to Atlanta a woman—brave and hopeful—who engaged in the art of
photography. That woman was Mrs. L. Condon. She made child studies her specialty at the out¬
set, believing that in this branch of photographing lay the most pleasant and monetary rewards. In
this line, she displayed at once such rare good taste and so much artistic aptitude that her work bounded
immediately into high favor and she was a success And how perceptibly her work has changed for the
better in the years that have followed her advent into the art centers of Atlanta' To day she stands fore-
most in the matter of style and that refined, subtle feeling of form which emphasizes the work of a true
artistic and poet tone, The best patronage in the State goes to Mrs. Condon. Her studios which are
centrally located at 2^'2 Whitehall St., are always thronged with the fashion and culture of the city, and
she finishes hundreds, of pictures every week that show that the artist has an innate conception of ihe bear¬
ing and accoutre of her subjects. Mrs. Condon was selected to make the official photographs of Mrs. Joseph
Thompson and her Board ol Lady Managers of the Cotton States and International Exposition and surely
she must have transfused some of her own soul and feeling into her camera to have given the picture of
Mrs. Thompson the breathing, living light it holds. Also did she make the life size portrait of Mrs, Lollie
Belle Wvlie that is to be unvHled at the Exposition and that of the Ladies of the Woman's Suffragists who
met in Atlanta in 1R95. Prosperity has not spoiled the woman. She looks upon the world with gentle
sympathetic eyes and responds to its woes with a heart that is strong and womanly. She is ne\er mute in
the presem e of sorrow and her ears are quick to the falling of tears. Her home life, which is a thing
apart from her work rooms, is ideal. She owns a comfortable and beautiful residence in the fashionable
part ol the city and her doors are ever hospitably opened to her friends who seek her presence with grate¬
fulness and pleasure. The walls of Mrs. Condon's studio will show that all the noted belles and beauties,
all the children from the most exclusive families and hundreds of prominent professional men and politi-
(ians have sat for her and with excellent results. In every branch of the art is she proficient. Her styles
d.re always the latest, her finish the best, and her poses beautiful and calculated to bring out one's best
points and expression. Socially she is recognized as a charming woman and has now the love and affec¬
tion of the best people of the city and the unlimited respect and admiration of all who have watched her
steady advancement and financial growth. Mrs. Condon lias resided in Atlanta five or six years and each
succeeding year has crowned her efforts wilh new su< < ess and triumphs Recently she has added to her
photographic implements the largest camera ever brought to the South, by the means of which she can
make life si/e portraits.
MISS E. N. COGSWELL,
Business Woman of Atlanta, Ga.
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MRS. M. L. CRANDELL,
uslness Woman of Atlanta, Ga
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RS. M. L. CRANDELL,
"Jew York cii
Crandell, then a jewel'
the young people
a desire for the same
back as a mining expert
/\/I RS. N. N. ARCHER, the subject of this sketch, was born in Washington, Wilkes
county, Ga.; she took up her residence in Atlanta at the beginning of the late
war. She was one of the few who remained during the conflict, boarding a number of
Federal officers, who gave her protection during the time. When Atlanta was in ashes
and ruins she was the first to offer accommodations to those returning to it. She has con¬
tinued in her profession until the present day as proprietress of the Hotel Grant, one
of the leading hotels of the city; she is well known at home and abroad for her genial
hospitality. By careful management and strict attention to business she has made a
reputation for her popular house second to none in the city. Time has uealt kindly with
Mrs. Archer; she is still in the prime of her life and bids fair to continue many years as
one of the most popular hotel women in the state.
: of Atlanta's first milliners, was born and educated in
the year of 1S66 she married a Southern gentleman, Mr.
e metropolis. In 1873 the pioneer spirit caused
the Pacific coast and enter into the millinery business,
g inherited. In 1885, her husband having been called
the South, she again opened her millinery store, and her
taste and aptitude for colors won her the distinction of first in fashionable circles. After
closing out her business three times, expecting not to enter it again, the death of her
husband called her to take the old stand and wield the lovely miracles of beauty to the
fashionable world. Her only child, L. A. Kendall, is her partner, and her mantle will
fall on equally competent shoulders. Nos. 58 and 60 Whitehall street have been her
permanent headquarters for a number of years.
MRS. N. N. ARCHER,
jiness Woman of Atlanta, Ga.
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MISS MARY E. GILBERT.
Business Woman of Atlanta, Ca.
MISS MARY E. GILBERT, one of Atlanta's business women, is at the head of one
of the most fashionable dress-making establishments in the city, located at No.
621 j Whitehall street. For the last four years she has been catering to the tastes of the
ladies of Atlanta, and to-day counts among her customers a great many of the best
p-ople of this city. She also has quite a number of customers from other places. The
evening dresses that she turns out from her establishment are marvels of beauty and
MISS LIZZIE J. EDGE was born in Pickens county, S, C.; her great grandfather,
Aaron Edge, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His home was originally
in Maryland, but he afterwards emigrated to North Carolina, and there his home was
known as the Red House, from the fact that in those early pioneer days it had been
built of logs and the cracks filled with red mud. However, a handsome dwelling was
subsequently built and painted red, so that its well-known appellation might still be
retained. One son, Maj. Edge, moved to Spartanburg, S. C. The family consisted of
three sons and one daughter, of whom the youngest, Littleton A. Edge, was born in
1824. This son in his early manhood married Miss Caroline McCav, and to this union
were born three sons and three daughters, the subject of this sketch being the fourth
child. In her earliest childhood she was characterized by an obedient disposition and
a conscientious spirit. When quite young her father moved to Abbeville county, S. C.,
locating near the Savannah River, on the banks of which she spent her childhood. Miss
Edge was always a diligent student. After completing her education she taught for a
few years in the public schools. Finding this employment very trying she decided to
enter more congenial work, and accordingly devoted a portion of her time to the model¬
ing of handsome toilets, for which occupation she possessed decided talent. After her
father's death in 1890 she made a study of her beloved art, and has since so perfected
herself in it that to see one of her dainty and beautiful creations is to be convinced that
none but an artistic hand and an artist's eye could elaborate such an exquisite combina¬
tion. Desiring a better field for her work she came to Atlanta in 1894 and opened busi¬
ness in room 716 of the Grand, where she has succeeded in building up an extensive
patronage. Miss Edge is a woman of strong personality and striking appearance.
MISS LIZZIE J. EDGE,
Business Woman of Atlanta, Ga.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
S~> HARLESTON, S. C-, is the second oldest city in the United States of America, and is the largest in South Carolina, one of the oldest and most historic States in the Union.
This city is a place of great historic interest, and is annually visited by a large number of tourists, drawn hither by its genial climate and many noteworthy attractions.
It was settled in 1670 by an English colony, and was named after Charles If. of England. It was noted as the centre of a large rice trade soon after it was founded. The first
rice ever planted in this city was planted in a private garden about two hundred years ago; the seed was brought from Madagascar. Rice and cotton soon became the staples of
South Carolina, and thus this city gtew and prospered as the Metropolis of the State. The city has a population of about 63,500, and contains manv old and historic structures,
some of which are the old Post Office, St. Michael's Church, County Court-House, Market, Old Scotch Presbyterian Church, United States Custom House, South Carolina
Military Academy, College of Charleston, Enston Homes, Battery, etc., etc. Diagonally across from old St. Michael's is the County Court House, also an old colonial
structure, used in colonial times as a State House. On the southwest corner of Tradd and Meeting streets stands the old Second Presbyterian Church, an imposing structure
with two dome-topped towers. It was erected in 1814. The public Market extends from the Custom House westward to Meeting street, and is worthy of a visit. The South
Carolina Military Academy, on the side of Marion Square, is an educational institution famous in the history of the State. The structure is an imposing one, and an ornament
to the city. In the near vicinity of George street is situated the College of Charleston. On Calhoun street is built the Charleston Orphan House, which has sheltered and
nurtured thousands of helpless orphans. Morton Square intersects King and Calhoun streets, and is a park of some five acres. A .monument has been erected on this square to
the memory of Hon. Jno. C. Calhoun, Carolina's greatest statesman. The statue is of bronze, and was cast in Rome. At the northwest corner of the square is situated the
Police Station of Charleston. This is one of the best and most comfortable and conveniently equipped police quarters in the South, and the city is justly proud of it. Colonial
Lake, situated on Rutlege street, at its intersection of Broad, is a water park of great beauty. Higher up Rutlege street is Cannon Park, recently opened. The city has recently
purchased some 517 acres on the Cooper river, about three miles north of the city, and has converted the same into a public park. Charleston is possessed of great natural
advantages, its roomy docks, its splendid harbor, having an area of fifteen square miles, can accommodate the merchant fleet of the world. Its terminal facilities are most
excellent. Three lines of railway enter the city and connect it with the great cities of the country. The first continuous line of railway ever built in the United States was the
South Carolina Railroad, extending from Charleston, S. C., to Augusta, Ga., about one hundred and thirty-eight miles or more. The commercial advantages of the city are
great, it being built on a peninsula strikingly like New York in shape. She has ten miles or more of river frontage. The city is much closer to the Western trade centres than the
great Northern ports, and her broad harbor is never closed by ice. The industrial enterprises of Charleston are numerous. She has an immense cotton factory. Her fertilizer
production is the largest south of Baltimore. South Carolina leads this country in phosphate mining and the manufacture of artificial fertilizers, and Charleston is the centre
market of these great industries. The city has fifteen or more banks, national, state and savings. Historic Fort Sumter lies in plain sight of the city at the mouth of the harbor,
and on the opposite shore of Sullivan's Island is located Fort Moultrie, which gave name to the battle of that name fought in 1776. A short distance up the Ashly river are the
far-famed magnolia gardens, whose wealth of magnolias has been the admiration of thousands upon thousands of delighted visitors. Charleston's wealth per capita will rank
with the richest cities in the world. Some of the greatest heroes, statesmen and men of letters have lived and died within her borders Deeds which caused the formation of
this Union, and brought forth the praise and honor of the world, while compelling the respect of all nations, are part of her history. Charleston's future, like her past, will be
a glorious one as the outside world becomes aware of her great advantages. Her people have quietly, without letting the outsiders know what they were doing, amassed a greater
wealth per capita during the past twenty years than any other city. They have so far succeeded in keeping this fact to themselves, but now it is becoming generally known, hence
there will in the near future be a rush to Charleston by people seeking a good business centre.
SERGEANT WM. JASPER MONUMENT, AT THE BATTERY, CHARLESTON, S. C.
/""■"vF THE many'attractive'points in Charleston, White Point Garden or Batter)' is one of the most beautiful. A splendid park situated at the extreme south border of the
city on the shore of its]beautiful harbor, it is one of the grandest of promenades, protected from the inroads of the sea by a massive granite wall. It overlooks a capacious
harbor studded with sails of every description, with all kinds of vessels bearing the flags of all the different nations, and every style and make of boat passing and repassing back
and forth. Near the center of the park stands the beautiful bronze monument on a granite basis erected to the hero, Sergeant Wm. Jasper and the other defenders of Fort
Moultrie on June 28, 1776. Inscribed on a copper plate on one side are the ivords of Gen. Charles Lee of them: ''No men ever did and it is impossible that any can behave better."
On the reverse side are the words used by that hero, Jasper, when he did that world renowned act of bravery, "Don't let us fight without a flag." The monument was erected
by the Palmetto Guards on June 28, 1876.
HUGH FERGUSON,
Sheriff of Charleston County, Charleston, S. C.
THE subject of this sketch was born in the County of Mayo, Ireland, in 1824, and
came with his parents to Charleston in 1835, where he has lived ever since. He
was educated in the public schools of Charleston. His sterling qualities in every respect
procured for him the unbounded respect and admiration of not only his own people-
but all with whom in his varied business services and political life he has been
from time to time thrown. He is a born leader and is one of the most influential men
in this part of the state. He entered the Confederate service in 1S61 and served as lieu¬
tenant of artillery in A. E. Kanapaux's Company, White Battalion, through the war, after
which he was for some time captain of the Palmetto Fire Company which, being a
volunteer organization, required not only self-sacrifice but brain and nerve, with all of
which he was well endowed. After holding different offices of trust he was in 1880
elected sheriff of Charleston county, which office he has filled with such signal ability and
general satisfaction to the present time that it is doubtful if he will ever have a successor
as long as he wishes the office himself. He is a member of numbers of different socie¬
ties, among which are the Hibernian Society, Mechanics' Union, German Fidelity, etc.
COL. JAMES ARMSTRONG was born in Philadelphia, and came to Charleston
with his parents when he was two years old, where, with the exception of two
years passed in Europe and four years in the Confederate Army, he has resided ever
since. He was one pf the first to volunteer when South Carolina seceded from the
Union, and served on the coast until after the surrender of Fort Sumter by Maj. Ander¬
son, when he went to Virginia as a lieutenant of the Irish Volunteers, which became
attached to the First Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers, which company lie after¬
ward commanded. Col. Armstrong was wounded at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
Spottsylvania, and at Southerland Station in April, 1865. where his right leg was badly
shattered. He was the last man in his regiment that was captured and was sent to Wash-
ington, where he was confined to the bed for nearly twelve months. Col. Armstrong is
harbor master of the port. He has been president of the Survivors' Association and of
Branch No. 152 Catholic Knights. He is a member of the Executive Committee Caro¬
lina Yacht Club, and of the Confederate Home; he also belongs to the different Irish
organizations of Charleston. He was a member of Gov. Hampton's staff. Col. Arm¬
strong has frequently addressed Confederate veterans at re-unions in different parts of
South Carolina. He delivered the opening address at the dedication of the Florida
Confederate Home, and responded to the toast, " The Irish-American Soldier," at the
semi-centennial of the Irish Jasper Greens of Savannah. His voice is frequently heard
at the banquets of the Andrews Society, German Fidelity Society, New England Society
and Hibernian Society.
COL. JAMES ARMSTRONG,
rbor Master of the Port, Charleston,
THE "NEWS AND COURIER" BUILDING, Charleston, S. C.
THE A'7i'.f an i G'tirii • has always enjoyed the distinction of being one of the most influential and able daily newspapers in the South. It is nearly as old as the century, having been established in Charleston
the metropolis of the State, in 1803. It has always been active in promoting the social, political and industrial welfare of the Palmetto State, and of the City of Charleston. One of its most remarkable achieve
ments in late years has been the introduction of the cultivation of tobacco as a money crop. The first tobacco seed planted in the State since the War, ^vas distributed by the Ne-.vs and Courier with printed cir¬
culars as to how it should be cultivated. At this time tobacco is probably grown in moie than half a dozen counties in the State, and in this way a new element has been added to the agricultural resources of the State
The introduction of this new crop was pre-eminently the work of the A'eros and Courier. The News and Courier has always kept in advance of the march of progress in the South, and its opinions are most liberally
quoted all over the country. It publishes three editions, daily. Sunday and weekly: the weekly edition being published on Wednesday of each week, and having a large circulation throughout the State independent
of the daily and Sunday editions. Its publication office is at No. 19 Broad street, Charleston, S. C. It is a three-story granite building, properly adapted to the business of making a newspaper, and is well equipped
in all its departments for the work of publishing a great daily journal. The News arid Courier office is equipped with Morgenthaler Type-setting Machines, and a new stereotyping press. The New* and C>nrit> is one
of thi' charter members of the Southern Associated Press, its editor being a director in that organization. It receives its telegraphic service over a special leased wire, and in addition to this service, which consists of
about twenty thousand words a day, it has a well selected and wide-awake corps of special correspondents throughout the State and the principal commercial and industrial cities of the country. The A'aiotand Courier
is owned by the News and Courier Publishing Company, the stockholders of which are all residents of the State. The following are the officers of the corporation: President, the Hon. James Simons; secretarj', James
H. LaCoste. Directors: The Hon. James Simons; H. A. M. Smith, Esq.; the Hon. G. Lamb Bui«t; John S. Horlbeck; J. C. Hemphill. The staff of the AVr.-f and Courier is composed as follows: J. C. Hemphill,
editor and manager; Carlyle McKinley, editorial writer; R. T.Logan, night editor; Jas. Armstrong, commercial editor; Yates Snowden, exchange editor; John A. Moroso. city editor. Reportoriai staff: J. H.
Marshall, Frank G. Ravenel, G. Hoyt Smith; marine reporter, Joseph Armstrong; stenographer, Miss L M. Alexander. On the afternoon of August 31. 1S86, the great Charleston earthquake shattered a great many
houses and injured the Xtw and Courier building to some extent, but with the usual energy of the managers of this enterprising paper, the next day they issued a copy which had been printed amidst the trembling
cf the continued shocks Also the great cyclone of August 28, i3<>3, did not prevent the paper from coming out the next day, although at that time that part of Broad street was covered with water to the depth of
several feel.
HON. JAMES SIMONS,
President of the "News and Courier" Company, Charleston, S. C.
THE HON. JAMES SIMONS was born in Charleston on November 30, 1839. His
early education was received at private schools in Charleston, and in the South
Carolina College at Columbia, where he matriculated in 1856. Two years later he went
to the University of Leipzig, where he completed his classical education. He returned
to Charleston in i860, and was admitted to the bar just at the opening of the war. He
volunteered for the war and was elected first lieutenant of the German Volunteers,
which became Company H, of the famous Infantry Battalion of Hampton's Legion.
The company was afterwards changed into an artillery com pan)', and served in Virginia
until near the close of the war, when it was ordered South, at which time Mr. Simons
was in command of the company. After the war Mr. Simons again practiced law with
his father. Gen. James Simons, and upon his death became a member of the firm of
Simons & Seigling. Mr. Simons was elected to the State Legislature from Charleston
in 1878, and in 1880 was re-elected chairman of the Charleston Delegation. He was again
returned to the Legislature from Charleston county, and was elected Speaker of the
House in 1882, which position his distinguished father had filled before him, and the
duties of which he continued to discharge until 1890. As Speaker of the House, Mr.
Simons presided with marked ability, high courtesy, and unvarying impartiality. Mr.
Simons is regarded as one of the strongest lawyers of the Charleston bar.
T AMES C. HEMPHILL, the editor and manager of the Netvs and Courier. is a native
^ of Abbeville county, S. C. He was graduated at Erskine College, at Due West,
Abbeville county, in 1870, and in 1871 he began with his brothe'r the publication of the
Abbeville Medium, one of the most prominent weekly newspapers published in the state.
In 1880 Mr. Hemphill became a member of the reportorial staff of the News and Courier,
In 1882 he was appointed resident correspondent of the Neta and Courier at Columbia,
the capital of the state. A year later he was recalled to Charleston. Two years later
he was made city editor of the News and Courier, and upon the death of Capt. F. W.
Dawson, in 1889, he was made editor and manager of the News and Courier, which posi¬
tion he now holds.
JAMES C. HEMPHILL,
Editor and Manager of the "News and Courier," Charleston, S. C.
GEORGE B. EDWARDS,
President of Exchange Banking and Trust Co., Charleston, S. C.
GEORGE H .EDWARDS, president of Exchange Banking and Trust Company, and first vice-presi¬
dent of the Charleston, S. C. Chamber of Commerce; is a typical Soulherner, his great grand¬
parents on both sides having been born in South Carolina. He is of Welch and English stock,
his forefathers having emigrated to South Carolina with grants of land in the colony from the crown of
England. He is a native of South Carolina, born in 1851, and is just forty four years old. The close of
the war between the States found him a fatherless boy of fourteen years of age, \vith his wide property so
completely wiped out that there was nothing left him. He entered an insurance office as office boy, and
after several years obtained a position a« out-door clerk in a bank, from which he became book-keeper in
a large wholesale house, but at the age of twenty-two he resigned his position and started in business for
himself. First he was a merchant broker, and afterward a general commission merchant, in which he
•continued until five years ago. when he organized the Exchange Hanking & Trust Co., and became its
president He is to-day one of the leading business men of Charleston, and a leading financier. He is
actively engaged in all business enterprises looking to th>- pushing of Charleston to the front in the race
for cominerc ial supremacy. Mr. Edwards is a living exponent of the theory that brains and ability are
transmitted from one generation to another, as all of his family who have preceded him have been remark¬
able and successful men, and took an acti\e interest in the welfare of Charleston. Mr. Edwards, besides
holding a number of other positions of honor and trust, is first vice-president of the Charleston Chamber
■of Commerce, of which body his great-grandfather, John Edwards, Jr., was one of the founders in 1784.
Mr. Edwards has traveled much, and is a highly cultivated gentleman, showing that a young man
deprived of the opportunity of obtaining an education in earl> life may obtain it later on if he possesses
ths necessary in< lination, determination and perseverance.
CAPTAIN JAS. F. REDDING was born in Charleston, S. C\, December 0, 184S, and is now in the
prime of life His father, Jno. Redding, a resident florist, and mother, Elizabeth Redding («»vTierney>,
came to Charleston from Tipperary, Ireland, over half a century ago. At the age of fourteen
he left school and tried to enlist in the Confederate Army, but owing to his size and age was peremptorily
rejected. He then went to work in the Citadel making cartridges for the Confederate Army. After twelve
months' service he secured a place on board the steamer " Fannie," one of the most successful blockade
runners of the Bee Line, and made twenty-four trips, some of them extremely perilous. He was on board
the " Pannie" when she went to the bar of Charleston with a torpedo on her bow for the purpose of
blowing up the "Ironside," an attempt which proved unsuccessful. The steamer returned to Nassau
after a trip to Scotland for extensive repairs in 1^65, when he learned that the war was over. He returned
fin Hilton Head to Charleston, where he has lived ever since. He was employed some years as * lerk and
in 1S70 opened a real-estate office on his own account. He has continued in this business whit h has grown
steadily and now he conducts a very large and successful banking, real estate, slot k and bond and insur¬
ance business. He served nineteen years in (he state militia of South Carolina and rose from private to
captain. He <ommanded the Montgomery Guards during the memorable campaign of 1+76, and hv his
personal courage, judgment and prudence showed himself to be a born leader. About five years ago,
much against the wishes of his military friends, he retired. He served for three successive terms, < over-
ing twelve years and embracing the trying earthquake period, a<= a member of the City Council, and
discharged the exacting and important duties of the office ably and acceptably. Captain Redding is presi¬
dent of the Winnsboro Granite Co., and the Southern Fibre Co. He is a director of the Peoples' National
Hank, the Hibernia Trust & Savings Bank, and in many of the large enterprises of the < ity. He is a
member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Young Men's Business League. The popularity of
Captain Redding is proverbial. In l8~2 Captain Redding was married to Nora M., daughter of Mr.
Tierney. of Charleston, S. C., and has seven children, all living. His eldest son, Charles Julius, was
graduated from the College of Charleston as valedictorian of the class of I he >4, and will practice law in
Charleston
CAPT. JAS. F. REDDING, Charleston, S, C.
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CHARLESTON HOTEL, Charleston, S. C.
* I "'HIS magnificent building was built in 1839. and has from its opening been the resort of the elite and wealthy. It has from its incipiencv been furnished and run in such a
A manner as to place it in the front rank of all Southern hotels, and it has to-day an enviable reputation all over the Union for its elegance of appointments and hospitable
reception and entertainment of its guests. It is centrally located, and is one of the largest hotels in the South. It has one hundred and seventy bed-rooms, and can comfortably
accommodate two hundred and fifty guests at one time. It has two large and commodious dining-rooms, parlors, reading and reception-rooms, bath-rooms, shaving-saloon, etc.,
etc. The building fronts one hundred and fifty feet on Meeting street, and extends from Hayne to Pinckney streets, and has in its employ about one hundred and twenty-five
attaches. Messrs. Cart & Davids, the proprietors of the Charleston Hotel, are young men of means and marked ability; their character and temperament are such as to make
them peculiarly adapted to the hotel business. They have just spent one hundred thousand dollars in having the building remodeled inside and out, and rearranged and
furnished from top to bottom with the handsomest and latest improved paraphernalia for the comfort and convenience of their guests. Its parlors, reading-rooms, hallways and
offices are certainly models of comfort, luxury and convenience. It is, in short, a model hotel in every particular. In location, arrangement and service it is excelled by none in
the South.
FRANCIS G. CART,
President Charleston Hotel Co., Charleston, S.C,
FRANCIS G. CART, the well-known president of the Charleston Hotel Company,
was born at Charleston, S. C., August 3, 1864. His connection with hotel life and
business dates from October, 1885, when he accepted a position with the Charleston
Hotel, with the settled aim and purpose of making hotel-keeping his profession. Except
during the summer of 1891, when Mr. Cart was chief clerk at the Pacific House, White
Mountain, his connection with the Charleston Hotel has been unbroken. In June of the
present year Mr. E. J. Jackson, after thirty years proprietorship of the Charleston Hotel,
retired from business, the hotel then passed into the hands of Mr. Cart. His energy,
acquaintanceship, and the confidence inspired by his ability and character enabled him
to organize the Charleston Hotel Company, of which company he was elected president.
Mr. Cart has found time during his busy life to inform himself on all public matters of
importance to his profession, and to form opinions based on his observation and study.
He is in favor of high license for hotel bars, and that the business of hotel-keeping
should be protected by uniform inter-state laws and legislation. Mr. Cart is a member
of the Hotel Keepers' Mutual Benefit Association. His energy and enterprise in making
the Charleston Hotel what it is to-day, will prove a boon and blessing to the city that is
so popular with winter tourists. Mr. Cart, although young, has demonstrated the truth
of the saying, "there is always room at the top." Mr. Cart is a man of frank sincerity
of manner and courteous cordiality of disposition, which are the characteristics of the
flower of the Southern chivalry. With the traveling public he is deservedly popular,
and we can but predict a continued prosperity and bright future for him in his chosen
profession.
/\/l R. W. IRVING DAVIDS, formerly manager of the Coleman House, Asbury Park,
* * * N. J., now one of the managers of the Charleston Hotel at Charleston, S. C.,
had his first experience in the hotel business at the City Hotel, Hartford, Conn. He
has since been connected with the Old Orchard House, Old Orchard Beach, Me.;
Narragansett Hotel, Providence, R. I.; Massasoit House, Narragansett Pier, and Union
Square Hotel, New York. Mr. Davids is vice-president and treasurer of the Charleston
Hotel Company, of Charleston, S. C., which bought the famous old Charleston Hotel,
the property of that veteran and respected boniface, E. J. Jackson.
W. IRVING DAVIDS, Charleston, S. C.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL, Charleston, S. C.
THIS well-known commercial and tourist hotel was placed under the management of G. T. Alford June i, 1895. It has been thoroughly renovated, and will be conducted on-
the American plan. The St. Charles is located at the corner of Meeting and Hasell streets, on line of street cars to all parts of the city and railroads. The hotel has all
the latest improvements. The management will be liberal. Rooms, single or en suites, with or without baths, can be engaged by wire or letter.
G. T. ALFORD,
Proprietor St. Charles Hotel, Charleston, S. C.
GT. ALFORD, the subject of this sketch, was born in McDuffie county, Georgia,
• near Augusta, Ga. Before he entered into the hotel business-he was a pas¬
senger conductor and at the time well known and popular. In 1S72 Mr. Alford assumed
the management of the old Parillian Hotel, now the remodeled St. Charles Hotel.
Ever since his entering in the profession of hotel keeping he has shown himself a man
peculiarly suited to that profession. Mr. Alford is a man that is popular with the
traveling public, having many a true friend amongst them.
A /I R- E. H. DODD, the head clerk of the St. Charles Hotel, is one of the most
* * * accommodating, competent and energetic young hotel men in the South, one
who in the near future is bound to make for himself quite a name in the hotel world.
He knows your wants almost before you can express them, and is just as quick to have
them supplied. To be brief he, like the proprietor, G. T. Alford, is a natural born hotel
E. H. DODD, Charleston, S. C.
Pa.
RESIDENCE OF GLENN E. DAVIS, Charleston, S. C.
CHARLESTON is a city noted for its historical houses and locations; quite a history
could be written about the many pleasures and sorrows the different genera¬
tions have had within those sacredly-held buildings. To be told a house has been built
a hundred or more years ago starts one's imagination, and we let our thoughts wander
back in the past and think what tales those walls could unfold if they could only relate
what happened in all those past years. The accompanying picture is one of the
oldest wooden houses in Charleston, S. C., and is still in a perfect stale of preservation.
It was built in 1721, on land that was granted from England to John Stevens in 168;?.
The house is built entirely of cypress and cedar. One can see the boards where they
are cut out by an axe, and not by a saw, as is now done. The mantel-piece in the parlor
is of one piece of wood and hand-carved. It is said such a one as is in this house at
that time took a man one whole year to make. The house is located at No. 23 King
street, and is owned and occupied by Mr. Glenn E. Davis.
ONE always has the idea of pleasant associations and remembrances connected with
homes, no matter where located or in what clime. The accompanying picture
gives some idea of one of the pretty homes of Charleston, S. C., located on Broad street,
owned and occupied by Mr. John M. Phillips, head book-keeper for the firm of Geo-
Steftins' Sons. It is a modern house, built with ever}" convenience.
RESIDENCE OF JOHN M. PHILLIPS, Charleston, S. C.
GLENN E. DAVIS,
City Sheriff, Charleston, S. C.
A j\ R. GLENN E. DAVIS, City Sheriff of Charleston, S, C., was born in Fairfield
*■ * * county, South Carolina. Several of his ancestors were officers in the Revolu¬
tionary Army. His family moved to Charleston during his infancy, and he received his
early education at the High School of Charleston, afterward at the Military School near
Nashville, Tenn., and at the South Carolina Military Academy. Leaving the latter
institution in 1862, he entered the Confederate Army at eighteen years of age. Choos¬
ing the cavalry branch of the service, he was attached to the command of Gen. Wade
Hampton, and participated in all battles that this command was engaged in until its
surrender with Gen. Johnston's army at Hillsborough, N. C. After the war Mr. Davis
returned to Charleston and engaged in business He was elected by the City Council
of Charleston City Sheriff in November, 1883. He is the present incumbent of this
office, the duties being the collection of delinquent city taxes. He has been unani¬
mously re-elected at each expiration of his term of office.
CONCERNING the subject of this sketch, who was elected city surveyor of Charles¬
ton, S. C., in January, 1894, the News and Courier of the morning following the
election says, under the head of "An Efficient City Official": "Mr. James Henry
Dingle, who has just been elected city surveyor, is a young Chaiiestonian of ability and
promise. He was born in this city just twenty-five years ago, being the eldest son of
the late G. W. Dingle. Mr. Dingle attended the Charleston High School and there
obtained an excellent grounding for a technical education. In 1884 he entered the Col¬
lege of Charleston, and four years later was graduated with the degree 'A. B.' The
same year he was admitted to Cornell LTniversity, Ithaca, N. Y., as 'resident graduate,'
and after pursuing the regular course he was graduated as ' civil engineer' in 1892. He
then returned to Charleston and in 1893 was appointed 'assistant city engineer/ which
office he has satisfactorily filled up to the present time, January, 1894, when for certain
reasons the name of the office was changed from 'city engineer' to 'city surveyor,' the
duties and responsibilities being identical with those of the old office. Mr. Dingle's
selection to fill such an important and responsible position is entirely in recognition of
his thorough training and his ability as an engineer," Among the various associations
and societies of which Mr. Dingle is a member may be mentioned, "American Society
of Civil Engineers,"of which he is a junior member; "Association of Engineers of Cornell
University;" "Pythagorean Lodge No. 21, F. A. M.; " " Union Chapter No. 3, R. A. M.; "
"South Carolina Commandery No. 1, K. T." Carolina Lodge No. 9, K. P.," and
" Catalpa Camp No. 9, W. of W."
JAMES H. DINGLE,
City Surveyor, Charleston, S. C.
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CITY HALL, CHARLESTON, S. C.
THE City Hall is another of Charleston's links to old historical times. It was built at the beginning of this century, was originally built for and used as a branch of the old
United States Bank. It was conveyed to the city in 1818, and has ever since been used as a City Hall. Some of the most prominent men this country has ever produced
have sat in council and spoken from the floors of this honored old building, such as John C. Calhoun, Hayne and others too numerous to mention. In the spring of 1882, on
account of pressing needs and for convenience sake, the City Council decided to remodel and enlarge this hall. The work was begun in April and finished in November. The
first meeting of the Council thereafter was held in the new chamber November 14, 1882, Mayor Courtney presiding. At this meeting some memorable resolutions were adopted,
among them the placing of some of the historical busts and paintings, for which this Council Chamber is noted, some of which have a remarkable history. From the steps of the
building LaFayette spoke on his second visit to this city. The building was considerably damaged by the earthquake of August 31, 1886, and, although since thoroughly
overhauled, it still bears the marks of the same.
CAPTAIN J. ELMORE MARTIN,
Chief of Police, Charleston, S. C.
CAPTAIN J. ELMORE MARTIN, Charleston's chief of police, came of a very old and widely con¬
nected family, originally of England, which has numerous branches in many of the States of the
Union, notably in New York, Virginia, South Carolina, etc., etc. The subject of this sketch was
born in Allendale, Barnwell county, S. C., May 30, 1S59. He is a son of the late Captain John Vincent
Martin, a gallant Confederate officer, who married Miss Mary Harriet Bostick, a daughter of Mr. B. R.
Bostick, who was conceded to be one of the wealthiest planters of Beaufort District. He is also a grand¬
son of Judge W. D. Martin, formerly member of Congress from Beaufort District, and afterward a Judge
of the Court of Appeals; he was universally esteemed and beloved and is prominently referred to in
O'Neils' " Bench and Bar of South Carolina." J. Elmore Martin received his early education in Mont¬
gomery, Ala., while residing there with his uncle, Col. John A. Elmore. He moved to Charleston in 1881
where he has resided since. Until 1S91 he was engaged in various lines of business. In the exciting
municipal campaign of that year, he was elected alderman of Ward Eight by a handsome majority. In
the obedience with the solicitation of friends he resigned the office of alderman and accepted the position
as chief of police, under the new administration, which he was largely instrumental in bringing into
power. His career as chief of police is a record of the highest efficiency, and of strict and satisfactory
performance of duly. At the time when laws of the most delicate and disagreeable nature were required
10 be put in force. Under his administration the criminal classes of the city have been reduced to a mini¬
mum. lottery shops and gambling dens have been eradicated and an enviable degree of peace and good
order has been attained. Chief Martin is a man of commanding presence, affable and accessible in man¬
ner, brave and uncompromising in the discharge of his duty, and deservedly popular with all but the evilly
disposed classes of the people. In one of his speeches delivered at a mass meeting during the political
campaign alluded to elsewhere, one of the Charleston papers made the following allusion: " Mr. Martin
is a natural orator, he puts his whole soul into words of which he has ready command, and never fails to
create in the minds of his hearers an impress of his own convictions. He was at his best last night and
gave a burning resume of the work of the movement. He is a vice-president of the National Chief of
Police Union of the United States, and a Knight of Pythias of eminent degree; and is held in high esteem
by the members of the order.
/\/l R* JAMES H. MOORE is a native of Charlotte, N. C., and comes of the noted
* " * strain of Scoth-Irish people who settled in that section of the old North State in
the eighteenth century, and who, in addition to declaring their independence of Great
Britain in 1775, made it so warm for Lord Cornwallis that he dubbed it "the Hornet's
Nest of America." Mr. Moore was educated at the Carolina Military Institute, located
at Charlotte, under Col. John P. Thomas, and afterward studied law and was admitted
to the bar. His life work was journalism however, he having been trained in all its
departments from his earliest youth, and with few intervals he has been constant to
his favorite profession. His legal training is manifest in his editorial work, which
renders him at home on all public questions into which matter of law enters. He
removed to Charleston in 1882, and has since been connected with journalism in
this city. As a writer he is bold, vigorous and aggressive, and under his editorial
management the Charleston Daily Sun has taken a high stand among its contemporaries
as an able, fearless and independent newspaper. His style is marked by a degree
of polish and high literary finish which few newspaper writers can boast, and the future
promises for him still greater prominence in the ranks of journalism.
JAMES H. MOORE,
Editor Charleston " Dally Sun," Charleston, S. C.
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A. H. MOWREY, Charleston, S. C.
CAPT. J. H. DEVERAUX, the subject of this sketch, is a man of commanding
ability, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1840, and came to Charleston,
S. C., in 1849. He has been actively engaged in business as an architect and practical
civil engineer for thirty-five years, and is now superintendent of construction of the
noble and imposing granite Post-Office and Court-House being built in Charleston,
S. C. He first attracted public attention in 1856 when, for the production of many art
works of considerable merit from his chisel, the South Carolina Institute urged that he
be placed for instruction under the best European masters. He attained the rank of cap¬
tain in the Confederate Army in 1862, serving to the end of the war. After the war he
resumed the practice of his profession, acquiring a large and successful business, con¬
structing some of the finest public and private edifices in the state. The U. S. Custom
House, piers on Cooper river, the plans for which he prepared by order of the govern¬
ment, will remain a monument to his engineering skill, the foundation of said piers
being considered the most difficult work of its kind in America. His talent as an archi¬
tect has been lately called upon for designing and superintending the construction of
an addition to the Charleston High School, for heating, ventilating and generally
improving the building, also in putting in an artistic chancel at St. John's Lutheran
Church. As a whole, few Southern minds can excel our subject in his skill and pro¬
fession.
AH. MOWREY, postmaster of Charleston, was born in Charleston. July 2, 1847, and is descended
from Rhode Island's oldest and most distinguished citizens of that name. His grandfather, Smith
• Mowrey, came to Charleston, S. C., from Smithfield, R. I., in 1816. He was quite a young man
at this time, but his business ability and spotless character, soon procured him a prominent place among
the leading merchants of his adopted home. To his efforts the city is indebted in a large measure for one
of its present railway lines, the South Carolina Railway. He w^s a director in the same as he was also in
the Northeastern Railroad at the time of his death. His eldest son. Lewis Dexter, was born in 1824 and,
at an early age, entered his father's factorage business and soon became president of the Union Bank, and
for his energy and public spirited deeds, became famous in Charleston and the South in the memorable
campaign in 1876, when gloom and darkness were felt everywhere on account of the inability to raise the
necessary funds to carry on the same, he, with usual generous patriotism came to the rescue and out of his
private purse and influence with a few others, furnished the amount necessary; such was the father of the
present postmaster, A. H. Mowrey, and like father, like son, strange would it be were he not thought of as
he is by the people. He is now in the prime of life. His education was procured in his native city and
the Cheraw Institute. At the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the Confederate service in Company D, Sixth
S. C. Cavalry, Butler's Brigade, Hampton Division, of Johnson's Corps, and did not lay down his arms until
finally paroled at Hillsborough, N. C,, April 26.1865. He returned home and took a clerkship in his father's
business, which he held until he became a member of the firm in 1869. When this business was wound up
in 1884. he accepted the position of secretary of the Congressional Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds; this position he held fifteen months and resigned it to take the appointment of postmastership of
Charleston, which position he still holds. This appointment was not solicited by him, but was made through
the recommendations of such men as Senator Wade Hampton, Congressman Samuel Debblin, HughS.
Thompson and others. Mr. Mowrey is a prominent member of the Washington Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M.,
Delta Lodge of Perfection No. 14. and Rose Croix, Chapter. He is also a member of the K. of H. and the
K. and L. of H. of Congresswall Lodge N. U. of Washington, D. C , of the Port Secretary, St. Patrick
Benevolent Society, the Hibernian Society, the New England Society, and of the Charleston and Queen
City Club of Charleston. In 1869 Major Mowrey was married to Emma, daughter of H. M. Manigault,
Esq., of Charleston, and had fifteen children born unto them, most of whom are still alive.
CAPTAIN J. H. DEVERAUX, Charleston, S. C.
GEO. W. STEFFENS' SONS' WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSE, Charleston, S. C.
GEORGE W. STEFFENS started business in Charleston in 1847 on the small capital of $105, but his business ability was such that he very soon built up a very large and
lucrative business ; so much so that at the breaking out of the war he had five stores in operation, three in this city and two in the country. During the war his health
gave way, and that with the general depression of business all over the South, caused him to lose everything he had but his good name. But with undaunted courage, at the
close of the war his good name enabled him to again start in business, and, as before, he soon had a large and flourishing business established. The firm name has undergone
several changes, but he has each time continued senior member of same. In 1894 he purchased the present quarters of the firm, which are located at No. 211 East Bay street,
and are large, commodious buildings. The store is three stories, the warerooms which adjoin it are four stories, and contain 18,000 square feet of floor space. For convenience
and adaptability they cannot be excelled in the city. On July 1st, 1895, George W. Steffens, the senior member, withdrew from same, his two sons, George W. and Frank C.,
succeeding him in the business. They are both young mfen of firm business ability. Being capable, with a great deal of energy and push and advanced business ideas, they have
already in the short time they have been in charge made a wonderful increase in their already large business. They do a strictly wholesale grocery business that extends over
the greater part of the South.
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N. MASTIN BATCHELDER, Charleston, S. C.
NMASTIN BATCHELDER was born in North Reading, Mass., on the gth day of February, 1861,
being endowed with the virtues of the old Puritanical stock, so closely connected with the New
England states. Educated in the schools of his nativity and graduating from the High School of
same, with some distinction, and at an early age manifesting a desire for painting, he enteredias an appren¬
tice at the nominal sum of four dollars per week at carriage painting; following this branch of painting for
a short period, being informed by his employer that he had better pursue some other avocation which might
prove more remunerative. With a spirit which usually accompanies a man of distinction he determined,
in spite of protestations, as soon as the opportunity afforded to still pursue the art of painting. Soon fol¬
lowed other opportunities and his apprenticeship days and the foundation of his artistic abilities were laid
in the famous old city of Boston, Mass., afterwards launching forth into this world of oblivion to complete
his studies and make a fortune, if one could be made. His associations with some of America's most
famous artists in fresco have won for him many laurels, and his work has been pronounced by artists of
credit as superb and in keeping with up-to-date work of modern decoration. He is of the modern school-
brainy, and clear-headed. He understands the different styles of decoration, and is thereby enabled to com,
bine styles in original ways with unbounded success. During his travels for information and business he
visited the famous, old, and historical city of Charleston, S. C., known as "The City by the Sea." In
1887 he married one of Charleston's fair daughters, and made that city his home thereafter. Work of note
and comment which has been designed and executed under his supervision may be found in several large
and prominent cities. Some of his noted work here is: The new Charleston Hotel, a master-piece of work
and done at an expense of almost ten thousand dollars, also the Mineral Water Palace of the Chicosa Min¬
eral Water Company, a place pronounced by tourists and the public generally, as the finest piece of work
of its kind, which combined with fixtures and general furnishing, places it in the front rank as a soda water
or mineral water palace in the United States, and should be seen to be appreciated.
JE. E. BERNDT was born on the 20th of October, 1867. He is one of the most
. enterprising and prosperous young merchants of Charleston to-day. After
finishing his school education he traveled through France, Spain, England and Scot¬
land. At the age of eighteen he embarked in the retail grocery business, and after a few
years of ardent and zealous work purchased a business of his own in 1888. During four
years of labor his^business dimensions had taken such proportion that he was compelled
to seek a larger and more lucrative field to operate upon. His business is now located
at the Northwest corner of King and Spring streets, and is one of the best in the
up-town district of Charleston. Mr. Berndt is one of those young men who believe
that the old "City by the Sea" will cast her apparent lethargy away ere long and arise
like a Phcenix out of her comatose state, with direct railroad connections to every part
of the prosperous West, and a large line of steamers carrying her commerce to every
part of Europe. On account of his activity and progressive ideas he is a valuable and
active member of almost every business and social organization. Outside of his busi¬
ness connections the literary field has the greatest attraction for him, and his leisure
moments are devoted to his own progression up the literary ladder, to mental develop¬
ment and fame. A brilliant future opens to this young man who has the pluck and
go-ahead vim suitable to the present progressive age. " Excelsior!" is his battle cry,
and it will lead him on to where victory crowns her followers.
J. E. E. BERNDT, Charleston, S. C.
OG. MARJENHOFF, chief of Fire Department of Charleston, S. C., was born in
• Bremen, Germany, in 1S45. He learned the trade of a baker in Augusta, Ga. At
the age of sixteen he joined the Confederate Army in the German Artillery, Company
B, of Charleston. At the end of the war he found himself penniless, like so many others
at that time. He started to work with a will and succeeded in building up a flourishing
wholesale and retail bakery, confectionery and general manufacturers' agency business,
which is now prospering under the charge of his son. He joined the Volunteer Fire
Department in May, 1865, and held all of the different offices in the German Fire Com¬
pany, except that of president, which he declined to accept. On the organization of the
paid Fire Department, he applied for and was elected foreman of Engine Company No.
i, his old engine, and resigned in February, 1885, to devote his entire time to his increas¬
ing business interests. His interest in watching the affairs of the department never
flagged, however, and he kept himself thoroughly posted on Fire Department matters
through the periodicals and journals published for that purpose. In January, 1894,
having his business in good shape to intrust to his son and with trusty foremen in the
different departments of his house, who had been with him from five to ten years, he
again offered his services to the city, and was intrusted with the office of chief. He has
since then introduced several reforms and changes tending to the reduction of losses.
His superiors have honored him with their confidence, and the officers and members of
the department are vieing with each other to assist him in upholding the standard and
reputation of the department as being the best in the South.
O. G. MARJENHOFF,
Chief of Fire Department, Charleston, S. C.
O. G.-MARJENHOFF'S WHOLESALE BAKERY, Charleston, S. C.
G. MARJENHOFF'S Wholesale Bakery and Manufactory Agency is situated on
• Church street, nearly opposite the old St. Philip's Church. Mr. Marjenhoff
first started business as a partner with George Koester & Co.; after a few years he
bought Mr. Koester out and changed the firm's name. In August, 1886, the earthquake
came and utterly shattered Ms establishment, like many others, and seemed to paralyze
trade, but as soon as things had " settled down " Mr. Marjenhoff made arrangements
for building his present factory. By strict attention and energy Mr. Marjenhoff has
built up an extensive business which has steadily grown, now having five delivery
wagons in constant use for carrying goods to depots and wharfs in the city. Mr. Mar¬
jenhoff also keeps in stock all kinds of baker's machinery; his " utensil " department is
a new feature of the business in the South. Everything can be bought here, from the
largest to the smallest piece of machinery at factory prices.
T T LEIDLOFF'S Ground Floor Art Gallery is one of the best-equipped and most
1 • handsomely arranged places of the kind in the South. Here every improvement
and convenience for the making of the very best work will be found, and not only the
facilities, but the artists themselves are among the best of the country. Mr. Leidloff
himself is one of the best photographic Artists, as his work well shows. The gallery is
situated at No. 263 King street, Charleston, S. C., is centrally located and will repay
any one to visit it while in the city. The interior is a work of art, the paintings, photos
and views of prominent persons, places and things of interest are numerous.
H. LEIDLOFF, Charleston, S. C.
INTERIOR OF H. LEIDLOFF'S STUDIO, Charleston, S. C.
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E. W. PERCIVAL, Charleston, S. C.
EW. PERCIVAL was born in Charleston county, S. C„ August 12, 1850, and is a direct descendant
of James Percival, of England, who came to America in 1670 and settled near Cape Cod, Mass.,
where some of his descendants still reside. His father, John Percival, came here from Sandwich,
Mass. He was a cousin of James Gates Percival, the poet. The subject of this sketch, Mr. E. W. Per¬
cival, is a cousin of Mayor Strong of New York city. He was educated in Charleston, served his appren¬
ticeship in a Charleston factory, at the end of which time he was appointed superintendent of same. He
served seven years in this capacity; and then resigned to engage in business for himself. In 1878 he rented
a small shop at the foot of Columbus street, and entered into the manufacture of sashes, doors and blinds.
He had but little machinery, and therefore employed but three boys, and worked in the factory himself.
His thorough knowledge of the business, his capacity and trustworthiness being so well known, soon
began to tell, and business came. His work gave such satisfaction that he soon became known, not only
in this city, but throughout the State; his increase in business being so great, he was enabled to increase
his capacity by putting in machinery at short intervals, and increasing his force accordingly, until at the
end of two years he found his buildings and yard entirely too small, so in 1880 he purchased the present
property on Meeting street, near Line, now occupied by the Percival Manufacturing Company, which he
organized, and of which he is at the present time president and general manager. The factory building is
80 x 100 feet and two stories. The warehouse is of brick, and 43 x 43, and two stories. The lumber shed
is 25 x 100 feet. The office is 15 x 25 feet. Has all the latest improved machinery and employs fifty
hands. There is no work turned out from any factory in this country gives better or more satisfaction
than that which is turned out here, while the transaction of business with the courteous gentleman at the
head of this concern becomes indeed a pleasure.
PERCIVAL MANUFACTURING CO., Charleston, S. C.
FM. HIGHT, is mayor of the thriving city of Anniston, Ala. Anniston is a beautiful city of ten
thousand industrious, frugal and enterprising people; it is the seat of some of the greatest manu¬
facturing establishments in the South, and has more capital per capita invested than any city in
Alabama It is picturesquely situated at the foot of Blue Mountain, in the heart of the brown ore region,
making it most advantageously located for manufacturing the higher grades of iron products. The town
was opened up to the public in 1884. It is distinguished not only as a manufacturing town. Its churches
are numerous and costly, its schools and colleges sumptuous in construction and equipment, and its
climate the best in the world. Anniston is situated about equidistant fromAtlanta and Rome, Georgia,
Montgomery, Selma and Birmingham, Alabama. Mayor Francis M. Hight was born in Augusta, Ga.,
August ii, 1843. He spent an uneventful childhood, and was educated at a private school. When ready
to enter upon a collegiate course the tocsin of war sounded, and true to his duty he volunteered at the age
of seventeen and a half and, as a private in the Oglethorpe Infantry, First Georgia Regiment of Volun¬
teers, served the first year of the war. In March, 1862, he re-entered the service as a First Sergeant of
Company C, Forty-eighth Georgia Volunteers, and with this company rose to the rank of First Lieutenant.
After the war he planted in Baker county, Ga., and like many others was induced by the disastrous season
of 1867 to enter other lines of business. Having been engaged in banking and iron making for several
years, in 188J he made a connection with the Woodstock Iron Company at Anniston. and remained with
that company for the succeeding ten years, occupying in succession the position of cashier, manager and
treasurer. He has twice been councilman of the city, for several years superintendent of education, and
three times elected mayor. He has always been with the advance guard in every movement looking to the
upbuilding of the South. He is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, and believes in the free and unlimited coin¬
age of silver, at 16 to 1..
O. S. PORTER, Covington, Ga.
OLIVER S. PORTER, the subject, is the only son of James M. and A. J. Porter, born the 18th day
of June, while his father was serving as adjutant of a regiment in the war against the Creek Indi¬
ans in Southern Georgia. He was born in Green county, was educated at Mercer University, then
located at Penfield, Green county, Ga. Before the Civil War, after the completion of his education, he
taught school and practiced civil engineering. When the war broke out he joined Captain G. B. Knight's
company at Madison, Morgan county, Ga,, as a private and was afterward appointed adjutant of the
Infantry Battalion of Colonel (afterward General) T. R. R. Cobb, Georgia Legion. He was in a number
of battles—Sarage Station, Malvern Hills, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Salem
Church, Gettysburgh, Chickamauga, Knoxville, was wounded at Knoxville severely, Wilderness, Spatsu-
ranick, Topratary Creek, Cold Harbor, and was captured in a skirmish on the 16th of August, 1864, near
Front Royal in Virginia, and was detained at Fort Delaware as a prisoner until the 18th of Juae, 1865. Mr.
Porter can trace his ancestors on either side back over a period of 200 years. After the Civil War he came
home having lost everything. He taught school at the Male Academy at Covington, Ga. for three years,mar¬
ried Mrs. Julia A. Camp in 1869, went into the manufacturing of cotton and has made that his business up
to now. Was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1877, has never sought and does not seek
office. Has three sons, only daughter had died just as she was fifteen. His sons are being brought up to
understand the cotton manufacturing business, a growing business for our section, are bright, smart boys
and will do well in the business. He went into the business of manufacturing cotton with D. W. Spence
under the firm name of Spence & Porter. Mr. Spence died in 1875. Porter bought his interest and
improved and enlarged the business. In 1890 he sold out to a company, the Porterdale Mills, which greatly
enlarged and improved the business of manufacturing cotton twines, cords, small twines, fish line, small
rope, etc., and at present is agent and manager of the Porterdale Mills, the most complete mill of this
sort in America and the largest of the kind in the South, manufacturing all sorts and sizes of the goods,
plain and tarred, in greatest variety. He was appointed by Gov. McDaniel one of the board of commis¬
sioners in the organization of the Georgia School of Technology and is still serving on it.
S. H. FISHBLATE,
Mayor of Wilmington, S. C.
Q H. FISHBLATE was born in the State of New York in the year 1845. He came
to North Carolina in 1865, and being very much pleased, decided to make that
State his home. In 1869 he came to Wilmington, and was first elected alderman in
1872. Since that time he has served as alderman seven years, and as mayor four terms,
or eight years. Mr. Fishblate has always been a stanch Democrat.
J A. DE GRUYTER, Mayor of the city of Charleston, W. Va., was born January 9, i864, in Mont¬
gomery county, Va., where his parents and their children refugeed.from Kanawba county, Va., now
West Virginia. His grandfather, M. F. de Gruyter, emigrated to this country in 1854, but was
born in Netherlands, now Kingdom of Holland. He espoused the Southern cause in the late Civil War-
In 1857 he married Julia Crockett, the daughter of Col. J. B. Crockett, an old pioneer of Kanawba county.
After the surrender, the family having in the mean time returned to Kanawba county, owing to the results
of the war moved to Covington, Ky., where the subject of this sketch received his first schooling. In 1873
the family returned to Charleston. W. Va., where they have since resided, and where J. A. de Gruyter in
due time graduated in the public schools. He was in 1885, when only twenty-one years of age. elected
city clerk, and re-elected in 1887. In 1889, upon retiring from city office, he was employed by Charleston
Water Works Co., and also the Gas and Electric Co., and he is now in their employ in the capacity of
treasurer for the Gas and Electric Co., and cashier of the Water Works Co. Between the years 1885 and
1889 he served as mayor ex-officio during the absence of that official, which surely aids him in his present
position, to which he was elected last March, on the Democratic ticket, overcoming two hundred and fifty
or three hundred Republican majority. He is quite an enthusiastic fly fisherman for black bass and trout
and is very fond of quail shooting. He married Mary V. Noyes, daughter of Wm. A. Noyes, May, 1889,
and is the father of two lovely children—a little girl four years of age, and a little baby boy eleven months
old. The Noyes family, if not the oldest, is at leasl one of the oldest as well as the most substantial and
esteemed families in this valley.
Mayor of Charleston, W. Va.
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DAVID TALBOT DAY,
Chief Department of Minerals, Cotton States and International Exposition.
DAVID TALBOT DAY was born in Rockport, Ohio, September 10, 1859, where his
early boyhood days were passed. His parents moved to Baltimore when he was
about thirteen years of age, and he received his early education in the grammar schools
of that city. Having completed his preparatory studies he entered John S. Hopkins
University at Baltimore in 1877, and graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1881. Chem„
istry was always his favorite study, and during his course at the university he acted as
assistant to Prof. Ira Remsen, the eminent chemist who still occupies the chair of chem¬
istry at John S. Hopkins. After receiving his degree of Bachelor of Arts, Mr. Day con¬
tinued his studies for three years longer, taking the degree of Ph. D. in 1884. Upon
the resignation of Mr. Albert Williams, Jr., from the editorship of the "Mineral
Resources of the United States" in 1886, Dr. Day was appointed to that position, and
has ably filled the position since. Upon the organization of the Census Bureau, in
1889, Dr. Day was naturally and properly appointed special agent, in charge of the
division of mines and mining, and has had general supervision of the work performed
by the special agents in charge of the different investigations; and in this important
department of the census also, as might be expected, he has given valuable service.
Professionally Dr. Day has made a specialty of industrial chemistry, and is considered
a high authority on the subjects to which he has devoted attention. Personally he has
many friends, gained by his affable and considerate manner, and is one of the most
widely known scientists in this country, having visited nearly every portion of it in the
discharge of his duty.
BERNHARD EDWARD FERNOW was born in 1857, in Prussia, where his father
occupied a high official position. He studied forestry at Munden, and law at the
old University of Koenigsberg. He entered the army during the Franco-German war,
being at the taking of Metz and serving through the whole campaign in northern
France. After the war he served for eight years in the Prussian Forestry Department.
In 1876 he came on a visit to this country; the Centennial Exposition, and the fact that
he had engaged himself to an American lady being the excuse. He was persuaded to
stay and engaged in an electro-metallurgical facturing process, but the panic of 1878
caused a failure in this enterprise. He then took charge of the timber lands belonging
to Abram S. Hewitt in Pennsylvania, acted as expert in valuing timber lands, etc., and
later he occupied various clerical positions in New York. In 1882 he participated in
the first American Forestry Congress, whose secretary he became the following year;
in this character he carried forward the reform for better practice in forest utilization,
until 1885, when he was called to occupy the position of chief of the Division of
Forestry in the Department of Agriculture, which position he now holds. He has been
connected with the Expositions at Cincinnati, Paris and Chicago, thus gaining experi¬
ence in this line. He is also the author of many reports, bulletins and addresses on his
branch of work.
BERNHARD EDWARD FERNOW,
Chief Department of Forestry, Cotton States and International Exposition.
EXPOSITION SCENIC RAILROAD.
AT THE entrance of Midway Heights is the Scenic Railway, one of the favorite attractions of the Exposition. Its popularity, however, is well merited, for one cannot fail to
be delighted with a run taken through the gloomy yet at the same time picturesque covers. On the left are the tall smokestacks of Machinery Hall, and in the distance
the Phoenix Wheel, always patronized, looms into sight. In fact Midway Heights is attractive in many ways. Throngs of visitors are continually passing back and forth, among
whom can be noted people of every nationality.
MRS. J NO. P. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner for Louisiana, Cotton States and International Exposition.
MRS. JNO. P. RICHARDSON, commissioner from Louisiana, and honorary mem¬
ber of the Board of Lady Managers of the Cotton States and International
Exposition, is a native of Louisiana. Mrs. Richardson is a dark brunette type,
with brown eyes and glossy black hair. The child of wealthy parents, every advan¬
tage of education has been hers, to which a varied experience has been added during
extended travels in foreign lands. She is of pleasing address and endowed with rare
conversational powers. Her beautiful home in New Orleans has been the scene of many
notable gatherings. Her husband, the late Jno. P. Richardson, was the son of Col.
Edmund Richardson, the "Cotton King " of the South. Little Edmund, a child of rare
promise and a wonderfully beautiful face, gladdens the life of this lovely woman, into
whose life the rain has fallen, and more shadow than sunshine; the result being a sweet
chastened character and a heart filled with sympathy for those who suffer, or who
have known sorrow. Her rare tact and wonderful charm of manner make her ever the
center of a charmed circle.
MISS LILY IRENE JACKSON, a member of the Board of Lady Managers and
National Commissioner of the World's Columbian Exposition, and representative
of West Virginia to the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta,
is a native of West Virginia and resident of Parkersburg. She is the daughter of Hon.
John J. Jackson, Judge of the United States Court for the District of West Virginia
over thirty years,and highly distinguished as a jurist of great ability. She is closely
related to Stonewall Jackson, and claims distant connection with Andrew Jackson. She
has traveled extensively, and has enlightened views on all subjects relating to the suc¬
cess and advancement of women. She is an artist of decided and recognized ability.
Her work has been praised by the best critics, and secured favorable notice at the
World's Fair. She is a woman of splendid intellectual attainments, and of her disposi¬
tion and beautiful character too much cannot be said. She is loved and esteemed by
the high and lowly, an enthusiastic worker in all charitable movements, and by her
influence and refinement the community is better because she lives in it.
MISS LILLY IRENE JACKSON,
Commissioner for West Virginia, Cotton States and International Exposition.
MACHINERY BUILDING, COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
MACHINERY BUILDING is situated in the extreme east end of the grounds, and has a full lake frontage. It is very large, 500 feet in length and 118 feet in width.
The colonnade entrances with the excellent bass-relief designs over the porticos are the most notable features in the decoration. Exactly in front of the main
entrance of this building in Clara-meer is the Electric Fountain, which is probably the largest and finest ever erected in this country. The chief of the department of
machinery is J. H. Allen, whose portrait appears on page 29.
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MRS. MILDRED S. MATHES,
Commissioner for Tennessee, Cotton States and International Exposition.
MRS. MILDRED SPOTSWOOD MATHES of Memphis, Commissioner for Ten-
nessee for the Cotton States and International Exposition has worked up an
exhibit from her State with great zeal and success, although the legislature declined to
make an appropriation. Mrs. Mathes secured the co-operation of the press and many
friends and awakened much interest. The work, however, fell mainly on the ladies of
Shelby and Knox counties, and the exhibit will speak well for itself. The programme
for Tennessee Day was arranged by Mrs. Mathes, and to her great personal popularity,
energy and magnetism of character is largely due whatever credit may be given the
volunteer State at the great Exposition. She is one of the noted women of the South
by reason of her ancestry as well as individuality. Her mother was a Dordridge, a
lineal descendant of Sir Gen. Alexander Spotswood. She organized the Daughters of
the American Revolution in Tennessee, and is now serving her third term as State
Regent.
TV /I RS. JOHN L. MOREHEAD, one of the Lady Commissioners appointed by Gov.
* * * Carr, is a native of Georgia. She is a daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Brantly, so
widely known throughout the South as an eloquent divine, and a great-granddaughter
of the Chevalier d'Antignac who left the Household Guard of Louis XVI. to aid
America in the war for independence. Her husband is a son of Gov. Morehead of
North Carolina. Their elegant home is in Charlotte, but they live in the winter at the
Shoreham, in Washington, where Mrs. Morehead's apartments are a favorite resort for
the Carolinians and Georgians. At the time of her marriage she was considered the
reigning belle and beauty of Georgia, and is now a very pretty woman.
MRS- JOHN L. MOREHEAD,
Commissioner for North Carolina. Cotton States and International Exposition.
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THE AUDITORIUM BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE Auditorium Building occupies one of the loftiest points on the grounds and has a seating capacity of over 3,000. Its acoustic properties are scientifically accurate and
the building is large, commodious and airy. The music dais stands at the east end. Beneath the building are located the police headquarters, cells, &c. The building
is < overed with stained shingles, in harmony with the other structures. The exterior is highly ornamental, with bas-relief designs. The dimensions are 200 feet long, 135 feet
deep, and four stories high, with'mezzanine stories.
THE subject of this sketch, Mrs. Sarah E. P. Tillinghast, is a member of the Board
of Lady Managers for the South Carolina Exhibit at the Cotton States and Inter¬
national Exposition; appointed by the Governor of South Carolina bv reason of the
•'confidence reposed in her ability and integrity." She was the daughter of Ed L. Pat¬
terson of Barnwell, S. C. He was, before the war, a large slave owner with plantations
in Louisiana and South Carolina. A man of most estimable character, a genuine type
of the polished Southern gentleman. Mrs. Tillinghast's mother was a very lovely
woman, highly educated and cultured. She belonged to the Myers family of Revolu¬
tionary distinction. They were of Swiss and German extraction, and legitimate and
recognized relations of the Royal House of Hapsburg. Mrs. Tillinghast's grandfather,
Hon. Angus Patterson, was a lawyer of profound ability and prominence in South Caro¬
lina. Her sweet amiability, refined grace and cleverness fascinate and endear her to
those who know her. She is a lady of culture and fine intellectual attainments and
numerous accomplishments, an artist, a musician, a graceful writer with charming and
magnetic personality. Mrs. Tillinghast has recently been tendered a Regency for a
Chapter of the Society of Daughters of American Revolution, into which organization
she was admitted through her mother's ancestry (Myers). Mrs. Tillinghast spends
the summer in her beautiful residence in West End, Atlanta, Ga., and winters in their
South Carolina home. The position on the Board of Woman Managers, which requires
personal supervision in Atlanta, was assigned Mrs. Tillinghast as most convenient for
her. She is a member of the Episcopal Church.
MISS ELISE MERCUR,
Architect of the Woman's Building, Cotton States and International Exposition.
IT is by this time pretty generally known that Miss Elise Mercur of Pittsburg has
been the successful competitor for the plan of the Woman's Building for the Inter¬
national Cotton States Exposition. This honor was won over double as many women
architects as competed for the Woman's Building of the World's Fair. Miss Mercur has
the advantage of having been well-born. She comes from a clever family. The late
Chief Justice Mercur was her uncle. Her mother, Anna Hubbard Mercur, has poetical
talents well known in literary circles, particularly through her Columbian Exposition
souvenir, "Cosmos and Other Poems." Another daughter, Lillian Mercur, has earned
a reputation as a clever contributor to the current literature of the day. Dr. Mercur
of Pittsburg, well known in his profession, is of this family. Mrs. Mercur gave each of
her children the advantage of European education, living abroad and studying with
them herself. Miss Mercur received her education from the best teachers in France
and Germany, and speaks both languages. Of Elise Mercur as architect it must be
said that in the six years she has devoted to the work she has gained a wide and envia¬
ble reputation, and one that would have turned the head of a less well-balanced
MRS. E. P. TILLINGHAST,
Commissioner for South Carolina, Cotton States and International Exposition.
BOARD OF WOMEN MANAGERS
OF THE COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
President, MRS. JOSEPH THOMPSON.
Ftrsl Vice-President, MRS. W. C. LANIER. Secretary, MRS. A. B. STEELE.
Second Vice-President, MRS. S. M. INMAN. Treasurer, MRS A. E, THORNTON.
Hon. Vice-President, MRS. W. Y. ATKINSON. Auditor, MRS. A. H. COX.
Hon. Vice-President, MRS. HOKE SMITH.
Chairman Executive Committee, MRS. YV. H. FELTON.
Vice-Chairman Executive Committee, MRS. N. P. BLACK.
Chairman Finance Committee, MRS. W. G. RAOUL.
Representative-at-Large, MRS. LOULIE M. GORDON.
Representative, at Washington, I). C., MRS. R. S. BARRETT.
HEMPHILL, MRS. W. A.
OHL, MRS. J. K.
DICKSON, MRS. W. H.
PETERS, MRS. E. C.
HAGAN, MRS. HUGH.
O'NEILL, MRS. JAS.
CABANISS, MRS. H. H.
LOWRY. MRS. ROBT.
TYLER, MRS. E. L.
WILSON, MRS. H. L.
SERGEANT, MISS NETTIE.
POWELL, MISS ELLA.
GUDE, MRS. A. V.
PAYNE, MRS. CARROLL.
COLLIER, MRS. CHAS.
HOWELL, MRS. CLARK, Jr.
WRENN, MRS. B. W.
KING, MRS. PORTER.
TRAYLOR, MRS. GEO.
WILKINS, MRS. GRANT.
HILL, MRS. RHODE.
TOMPKINS, MRS. H. B.
BRANDON, MRS. MORRIS.
PEEL, MRS. W. L.
ANGIER, MRS. HUGH.
GRANT, MRS. W. D.
HAMMOND, MRS. W. R.
KNOWLES, MRS. CLARENCE.
KEELY, MRS. JOHN.
MRS. JOSEPH THOMPSON,
President Board of Women Managers Cotton States and Internationa) Exposition.
MRS. JOSEPH THOMPSON was elected President of the Woman's Board of the Cotton States and International Exposition by a committee of five, appointed by the
Exposition management. Mrs. Thompson has borne the honors of her position with dignity and grace. She is the wife of Joseph Thompson, a wholesale liquor dealer,
and an only child of Livingston Minis, a prominent insurance man of Atlanta. Mrs. Thompson is at the head of social affairs, and is a woman of keen intellect and i^reat tact.
Her home is at the Kimball House, where she has pleasant apartments. In summer she resides at Brookwood, a picturesquely situated suburban flower farm belonging to Mr.
Thompson, which lies three miles north of Atlanta on the Peachtree Creek road. Brookwood is often the scene of brilliant gatherings of brainy people. The duties attendant
upon her presidency have been onerous and unappreciated, but her desire to please and her exquisite skill in managing the affairs of the board have constantly remained with
her. In person Mrs. Thompson is quite handsome, with demi-blonde coloring and fine eyes of a deep brown color. Her charm, however, lies more in the fascinating influence
she throws about her than in the physical beauty that characterizes her. Since her election to the high office she holds with the Exposition she has had many public compli¬
ments paid her, and has been brought conspicuously before the people in a pleasant way. Mrs. Thompson's duties will be to attend to all distinguished women who visit Atlanta
during the Exposition, and entertain them either at her own pleasant home or at the Capital City Club, the president of which is her father.
ADMINISTRATOIN BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE design for the Administration Building is a composite of the old baronial castles, those strongholds of our ancestors in the feudal age. The principal entrance is reached
under the portcullis. The entrance archway is entered by a circular doorway hewn from rough stones thrown together. It is a model of the old door of the Bloody Tower, a
part of the famous Tower of London. Those who have wandered on the banks of the Avon will recognize the corner representing Warwick Castle, that magnificent specimen of
ancient feudalism. The Administration Building has a fronting of 240 feet on Piedmont avenue, is 50 feet wide at center and three stories high.
MRS. A. B. STEELE,
Secretary Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
pOREMOST in the field of pluck and foresight is Mrs. A. B. Steele, the charm n^ Secretary of the Woman's Board. Mrs. Steele has a trying position, and one requir¬
ing unyielding determination and strength of purpose., but she has proven herself entirely competent in fulfilling her duties. As the wife of a wealthy citizen she
has been a leader in high society circles, and by her own sweet individuality she has won to her a great many personal friends who admire her womanly nature extremely
well. Mrs. Steele has kept a desk in the Woman's Department, and has sat there daily since the incipiency of the scheme of holding an exposition, answering letters,
directing important matters, and giving her time unstintingly to the work.
THE MYSTIC MAZE, COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
r I " HE MYSTIC MAZE: Here one finds himself in a veritable labyrinth. Glasses, glasses everywhere. At last he sees his way clearly through this maze; but no. when
* he is most hopeful of being extricated he is suddenly confronted by a solid glass wall, whose end he can only find by groping along with his fingers. Here things
are not what they seem, and sight is the most deceptive of the senses. And yet he is charmed with this cunning device, and perhaps on his very next trip to the grounds
he desires to spend more time in disentangling himself from this puzzling and intricate contrivance.
MRS. W. C. LANIER,
First Vice-President Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
j\ J\ RS. W. C. LANIER.—As first vice-president of the Woman's Board, Mrs. Lanier
' * has proven herself a valuable worker in the interest of the Exposition. Her hus¬
band, Hon. W. C. Lanier, of West Point, has co-operated with her, and being a rich
and influential mill owner and banker in that town, has lent his wealth and influence
toward developing her interesting plans. In connection with the vice-presidency, Mrs.
Lanier is chairman of the floral exhibit, and it was through her pluck and management
that the largest sum from any home entertainment was raised; said sum resulting from
the memorable flower show held in Atlanta in the spring of 1894. Mrs. Lanier is highly
connected and is an advanced woman of the womanly, motherly example, who is a great
power in the regulating of the affairs of to-day.
7\/T RS. LOULIE M. GORDON.—Becauseof her far-reaching sympathy, her womanly
* V * responsiveness, Mrs. Loulie M. Gordon is the most widely-known woman in the
South to-day. Her name is known alike in the mansion and the hovel, and with the same
feeling of divine kinship does she clasp hands with the society queen and the earnest
bread-winner alike. Her position on the Board of Lady Managers is representative at
large and chairman on congresses. Mrs. Gordon was also the first woman ever elected
to any high office on the official board of the International League of Press Clubs. In
1893 she was elected vice-president, and at the last meeting was re-elected. Her work
with the Exposition has been of inestimable value, and a work of unselfish love. It has
been left with her to arrange all the congress programmes, and to write all influential
women to participate in the exercises to be held in the Woman's Congress Hall. Mrs.
Gordon is handsome, but beyond a physical perfection is a nature as exquisitely inter¬
woven with good deeds and beautiful thoughts as the pattern of some fine lace work.
MRS. LOULIE M. CORDON,
Representative at Large Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
SHOOTING THE CHUTES,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
MOST people take a delight in doing something which seems exciting while at the same time it is not really dangerous. We like to feel ourselves brave; but as self-
preservation is nature's first law, we do not deem it prudent to take too great a risk upon our lives. Probably no one who has felt himself shooting at break-neck
speed into a sheet of water below can realize how terrible and how fatal such a descent might be. Shooting the Chutes has been one of the most popular features
of the Exposition and none have had cause to regret a trial made upon it.
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MRS. W. Y. ATKINSON,
Honorary Vice-President Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
MRS- W. Y. ATKINSON comes of a family distinguished in the political history of Florida. Her father, Hon. W. H. Milton, is a leading citizen of that State. Her
grandfather, John Milton, was for many years Governor of Florida. Her great grandfather, Homer Virgil Milton, served in the Revolutionary War as an officer of
distinction, was Georgia's first Secretary of State, and received a part of the electoral vote of Georgia in 1789. Mrs. Atkinson was educated at the Lucy Cobb, Athens. Ga.,
and in a brilliant class, one of whose members was Miss Bertie Cobb, now Mrs. Hoke Smith, bore off the brightest honors. Mrs. Atkinson has been the inspiration of all her
husband's splendid work for the educational advancement of the women of Georgia. She secured a petition to the legislature, signed by ten thousand Georgia women, urging the
establishment of a Normal and Industrial training school for Georgia girls, and persuaded her distinguished husband, then a member of the legislature, to introduce a bill, in 1887,
for the founding of such an institution. She was married to Mr. Atkinson in 1880, and during the fifteen years of their married life, has been in the highest sense, the helpmate
and comrade of her brilliant young husband, sharing and assisting in his plans and ambitions. Her devotion to his political fortunes in the recent contest for gubernational
honors, without sacrifice of the womanly graces that have made her the admiration of her countrymen and women, will be treasured as a bright part of Georgia's political
history. Mrs. Atkinson is loyal to confederate memories. While she was president of the Memorial Association of Coweta county, marble headstones were placed over
the graves of all the confederate dead interred in the Newnan Cemetery. She raised by private subscription in 1893, money to erect a handsome Episcopal Church in Newnan.
She is a devoted wife and mother. As mistress of the executive mansion she has made it a place where the humblest citizen is as sure of a royal welcome as the rich and favored.
ON THE MIDWAY, COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
ON THE MIDWAY there is much that attracts and pleases, and many things that prove interesting on account of their novelty. Here are representatives of some
of the greatest nations of the world, and these are seen, not as visitors, trying to adapt themselves to the habits of a strange land, but in the garb, and following
the customs of their native clime. Here, too, the enterprise and genius of our own country makes itself manifest in the many novel and interesting entertainments which
merit and receive the highest appreciation from the crowds of visitors.
MRS. HOKE SMITH,
Honorary Vice-President Board of Lady Managers Cotton States and International
Exposition.
J\ /I RS. HOKE SMITH, the wife of the Secretary of the Interior, though always quiet
* and never effusive, has proved one of the most useful members of the Woman's
Board. Modest almost to a fault, shrinking always from the glare of public view, she
is yet in everything she undertakes a potent factor. She works through others, and by
suggestion rather than in a direct manner. Her official position in Washington City,
and the friends of influence and power that she has throughout the country, gave her
exceptional opportunities for benefitting the Exposition, and with tact, dispatch and
effective good taste she has improved them all.
\ I O woman on the Board can more understandingly demonstrate how to conduct a
home than Mrs. Albert Cox, wife of one of the prominent lawyers of Atlanta.
Mrs. Cox has the chairmanship on the department of Household Economies, and by
practical demonstration she will illustrate how the domestic affairs may be conducted
with regard to the laws of the physical, mental, moral and spiritual nature. Mrs. Cox
is regarded as the best parliamentarian on the Board. Certainly she has a clear,
clean thinking mind, and a dignity of character that has made her own idea! home life
the success that it is. Mrs. Cox comes of a noted family, and is a prominent member
of the Daughters of the Revolution. Her work for the Exposition has been as broad
and far-reaching as her influence for good has been in her private life.
MRS. A. H. COX,
Auditor Board of Lady Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
SOUTH FROM GOVERNMENT BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
ONE of the most elevated positions of the Park is occupied by the Government Building, from which can be obtained a most desirable view of the grounds. Not
only are many of the important buildings here visible, but we get a very correct idea of the plan of the Park, and just in view are many of the most attractive
features of the Exposition.
MRS. W. H. FELTON,
Chairman Executive Committee Women Managers Cotton States and International
Exposition.
MRS. w. H. FELTON is peculiarly well fitted for holding the high office on the
Executive Board that she does, having been one of the managers of the World's
Fair. As a writer, speaker, politician and woman she is forceful, deep and clear
sighted. Nothing of importance has been done on the Woman's Board that has not
been approved by this brainy woman. Consequently much credit is due her for the
success of the Woman's Department. As a politician, Mrs. Felton has given valuable
assistance to her husband, who is well known throughout the South as a leader of the
Third Party. As a writer she has won an enviable reputation among the literary, and
as a woman she stands pre-eminent.
IV /I ORE fitted for work of charity and deeds of kindness than any other woman in
* * * the city is Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, therefore it was wise to put her at the head
of the Hospital and Charity department. Mrs. Black, a philanthropist, a humanitarian,
a woman of broad sympathy and kindly impulses, has succeeded in accomplishing more
real good in Atlanta than any other woman of to-day. She has worked among the poor
and friendless, giving to the hopeless hope and to the suffering comfort, in a sweet
womanly strong way. She will have demonstrated in her department every modern
improvement known in hospital work and trained nurses will be in readiness to attend
to any one unfortunate to be ill or hurt on the grounds.
MRS. N. P. BLACK,
Vic3-Chairman Executive Committee Women Managers Cotton States and International
Exposition.
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INTERIOR MANUFACTURES' BUILDINC, COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
MANY of the great powers of the world have vied with each other in making this building attractive, and it falls short of the praise due them when we say that the
foreign exhibits reflect the greatest credit upon the nations that they represent. As we view the display this building contains we cannot help being impressed by
the thought of how much better off are we, so far as luxuries are concerned than were our ancestors, and we feel thankful to that civilization which has placed within
our means so many conveniences, and even superflueties.
MRS. E. L. TYLER,
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
MRS. EDMUND L. TYLER, the beautiful young wife of a prominent railroad
official of Atlanta, as Chairman of the Decorative Arts Committee, has been a
hard worker. With a fine artistic nature and every resource for its cultivation, she has
wisely chosen to take the lead in matters of art connected with woman's work, and she
has accomplished a great deal. In her department will be shown all the interesting
work of women in the way of laces, tapestries, designs, wood carving and other things.
Mrs. Tyler is one of the most popular women in the city. Her home is the centre of the
most refined and cultivated people of the city, and beyond her high social position she
is a woman rarely sweet and exquisitely moulded.
r"pHE wisest appointment to a chairmanship was that of Mrs. Wm. A. Hemphill,
who is at the head of the Professional Woman's Department. Mrs. Hemphill
is the wife of Hon. Wm. A. Hemphill, ex-Mayor of Atlanta, and business manager of
the Constitution. With her broad, heart-reaching sympathies, her quick appreciation
of woman's needs, she has accomplished more good than other women in her field.
She is a philanthropist in its full meaning, and is a woman of a beautiful Christian
character. Her elegant Peachtree home will be opened frequently to the distinguished
visitors who visit Atlanta during the Exposition. Mrs. Hemphill has the reputation
of having had the best organized and most systematically working Committee on the
whole Board.
MRS. W. A. HEMPHILL,
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
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VIEW FROM THE ART BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
/"~"\NE (if the prettiest views of the Exposition Grounds is from the Art Building. Here one sees stretched out before him the grassy slopes, which so enhance
the beauty of the scene, the plaza with its picturesque arrangements, and many of the important buildings. The most conspicuous structure in this picture
is the Woman's Building, which occupies almost a central position. On the left, the Manufactures' Building looms up before us, while on the extreme right the
Phoenix Wheel cannot fail to be recognized.
MRS. MAUDE ANDREWS OHL,
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition,
MRS. MAUDE ANDREWS OHL, Chairman of the Atlanta Press Committee for the
Cotton States and International Exposition, is the most prominent woman writer
in Southern journalism. She is a member of the editorial staff of the Atlanta Constitu¬
tion, having charge of the woman's department. Her Sunday Chat is one of the most
notable features of the South's great daily. She contributes a great variety of matter,
and is a woman of remarkable ability and versatility. In addition to her regular work
she finds time to write a good deal of poetry, which finds its way to the high-class mag-
zines, being of a very high order of merit. Indeed, it is in this branch of literature that
she finds her greatest fame. Mrs. Ohi uses her maiden name, Maude Andrews, in all her
work. She is a member of one of the famous families of Georgia. As a mere child
Maude Andrews began writing poetry, much of which was printed. She became a con¬
tributor to the comic papers and magazines, and six years ago was given a place on the
Constitution, as a result of some exceedingly clever letters sent by her from New York.
Mr. Clark Howell, assistant managing editor, was attracted by her ability, and Mr.
Grady at once gave her the position she has held since.
A/l ^O^ERT JAMES LOWRY, only daughter of William Markham. deceased.
* V A Born in Henry county, Georgia. When quite young her parents moved to
Atlanta. She received her education at the Synodicai Female College in Griffin. All
that know her love her for her good qualities of mind and heart. She is never happier
than when adding sunshine and pleasure to others. She is President of the Grad>
Hospital Aid Association, and very much interested in securing means to build a
children's ward, which is very much needed in this hospital. She is also a member
of the Woman's Board, and on the Finance Committee of the Cotton States and Inter¬
national Exposition Company. The cheerful hospitality dispensed by her and her
husband in their comfortable quarters at the Kimball House is well known to Atlantians
and visitors to our city, all given out with that gentle dignity that characterizes her.
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
INTERIOR OF ART BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
'""pO most people an art exhibit is one of the most attractive features of an Exposition, for the love of beauty and symmetry is planted in the hearts of almost every one.
1 Atlanta has succeeded in collecting a most creditable display of pictures and statuary, and few people who visit the Art Building have cause to be disappointed.
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MRS. HUGH HAGAN,
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
/I RS. HAGAN is Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. She has been
*■ * * active in her methods and has accomplished a vast amount of work. Taking
hold enthusiastically of the brilliant idea of having a Creole Kitchen, which originated
with Mrs. Edward Barnes, she has devoted much energy toward making that scheme
a paving success and an interesting feature of the Exposition. Mrs. Hagan prides
herself on her aristocratic lineage, being a niece of General Thomas R. R. Cobb. She
is a handsome woman of the brunette type.
PEW women have shown as unselfish and loyal an interest in the Exposition work
as Mrs. Edward Peters has done. She, as Chairman of the Building Committee,
has displayed a charming fitness for architectural and artistic work. At the laving of
the corner stone of the Woman's Building, Mrs. Peters received from the Masons the
symbolic implements of architecture, a signal honor to a woman. As mistress of Ivy
Hall, a beautiful home on Ponce de Leon Avenue, she is an ideal woman, and gracious
hostess, and many of the first society people are entertained by her. Although a
young woman, Mrs. Peters has displayed a wonderful amount of business tact, and has
made herself a valuable member of the Board.
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
INTERIOR OF THE ELECTRICITY BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
C LECTRICITY is one of the greatest factors in the world's progress, and this later part of the nineteenth centuty may well be called the Era of Electricity from the
rapid strides that have been made in this branch of science. In this hall are collected many of the most recent of the modern inventions, and in viewing the numerous
and intricate appliances here exhibited, we can form some vague idea of the influence this mighty power exercises over the wellfare and happiness of all the enlightened
nations of to-day.
Board of Won
MRS. CHAS. COLLIER,
i Managers Cotton States and Inte
national Exposit
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INTELLECTUAL, quick of thought and superior in brain force, it was but natural
that Mrs. Porter King, wife of Atlanta's most competent mayor, should have been
chosen Chairman of the Library Committee. From the origin of the thought Mr:-.
King has taken an interest in the woman's work, and her department is beyond ques¬
tion one of the most perfectly arranged in the Woman's Building. Her collection of
books, manuscripts, music and verses is a splendid example of what one woman can
do. The arrangement of her exhibit is artistic and good. Mrs. King is a beautiful
type of the aristocratic Southern woman. She has a finely organized mind and a nature
as womanly and refined as the most exacting critic could demand.
i RS. CHARLES COLLIER, wife of the President of the Cotton States and Inter¬
national Exposition, is chairman of the original drawings department. She will
show in her exhibit all the interesting dfetails of art, from the time the picture leaves the
hand of the artist until it falls fresh from the printing press. Mrs. Collier has influential
artists interested in her work, and through them has secured some valuable additions to
her exhibit. Few women on the Board have worked as systematically and earnestly as
she has, therefore few have had their efforts crowned with such brilliant success. Mrs.
Collier is a delightfully piquant woman, and is extremely pretty and refined.
MRS. PORTER KING,
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Ex
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
NOTHING stands more as an evidence of the rapid strides of civilization at the present day than the numerous railroads which traverse our country, and nothing adds more to the increase of that civilization than
these same railway systems The Southern Railway stands pre eminently among the foremost in the couritry. It extends from Virginia to Florida, and frorrt the Atlantic seaports it stetches out to the Gulf
of Mexico and the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The region traversed by it has no superior in point of natural resources, and it needs only to be developed to be the richest portion of our cbutttry. This section
is now attracting the attention from all classes of home-seekers, and business men, and persons seeking new locations, and capitalists desiring to make profitable investments should see it, Corporations, manufac¬
turers or individuals lorating along this line and expending considerable sums in enterprises looking to the development of the country, will receive liberal encouragement. Pleasure-seekers cannot fail to be pleased
with the many delighiful resorts to which this line gives access, and the beautiful and sublime scenery which presents itself to the eye of the traveler. The Southern exhibit at the Exposition is especially fine, and the
specimens of the products of the country through which it passes are there displayed.
MRS. B. W. WRENN,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
7\ yT RS. BEVERLY WRENN has been very useful to the Board. She has succeeded
^ * in securing many costly exhibits for Mrs. Tyler's department, and has done other
work of value. She is the wife of one of the most popular railroad men in the South,
and has much influence among her circle of acquaintances. "Dixie," her country
home in New York, is a hospitable place where she entertains in happy fashion during
the summer months. Mrs. Wrenn is a woman of good taste, and what she undertakes
is sure to be done well. No one has worked more disinterestedly and earnestly than
she in the interest of the Exposition.
r I "*HIS dainty, beautiful woman is the wife of Clark Howell, editor of the Constitution.
* As Miss Barrett of Augusta, she was a great belle and very popular because of
her sparkling vivacity. She has been one of the most enthusiastic workers of the Expo¬
sition, and is in charge of the department of "Practical Illustrations of the Industrial
Arts." She has had no co-worker, and has executed all her plans without aid. Mrs.
Howell is the mother of three interesting children, and presides over a beautiful home
at West End. She is a favorite in the most exclusive society circles, and is altogether
a rarely lovely woman.
MRS. CLARK HOWELL,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States and International Exposition
THE GERMAN VILLAGE,
Cotton States and International Exposition
/"~\NE of the most attractive features of the Midway is the German Village. One can almost feel himself transported to the Faderland on entering this delightful resort,
which, under the management of Messrs. Lambert and Michaux, stands without equal for prompt attention and courteous treatment of its many patrons. A unique feature
of this village is the band of lady musicians who delight the visitors by their pleasing rendition of the most popular German airs. Both men and women have donned the
pleasant garb of their country, and the pretty bar-maids look especially attractive in this bewitching costume.
MRS. JAS. O'NEILL,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
A LTHOUGH she has worked quietly and modestly in the background, Mrs. O'Neill
has not worked without glory to herself. She has been an influential member of
many important committees, and her zeal and interest has been unbounded. She is a
clever woman with good judgment, and has had a voice in regulating many of the
affairs of the Woman's Board. She is a handsome woman with an earnest purpose, and
has made many friends in Atlanta, where she has an enviable position in cultured
society.
r I "'HIS woman is a member of the Board, and perhaps its must attractive member.
A She is beautiful, graceful, and thoroughly captivating in speech and manner.
Her physical beauty is equally as pronounced, and as Miss Nora Palmer, a grand niece
of the famous Gen. Robert Toombs, she was a noted belle. Her marriage with Judge
Henry B. Tompkins, of Atlanta, removed her from Washington, Georgia, and set her at
once at the head of social affairs in the most cultured circle of Atlanta's gay world.
Mrs. Tompkins has been an active worker in a quiet way, and has been an inspiration to
other workers.
MRS. HENRY B. TOMPKINS,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE ARACON ROOF GARDEN, FORESTRY BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
ONE of the pleasantest ways of spending an afternoon at the Exposition is to visit the roof-garden, situated on the top of the Forestry Building. Here the inner man is
refreshed by the most delightful viands, served with the choicest of beverages, and at the same time the ear is charmed by the melodious strains of popular and soul-
stirring music, beautifully executed by the Mexican band. This place is lit up by electricity, the globes of the incandescent lights being of many and varied hues. Mr. Frank
Bell is the proprietor of this garden, and his efforts have done much to secure for it its well-merited popularity.
MRS. A. E. THORNTON,
Treasurer Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
E duties of treasurer have been assigned to Mrs. A. E. Thornton, and while they
* have been at times taxing and tiresome, this bright young woman has fulfilled
them with faithfulness. Mrs. Thornton is also the originator of many novel schemes
that have raised money for the Woman's Building, and she has given her personal
attention to much of the work, thereby insuring its success. Mrs, Thornton is an intel¬
ligent woman and writes with a strong, flashing pen. Her home is attractive and pre¬
sided over with grace and tact, and has now from Northern critics the title of "The
Madame Rambouillet of her native city—Atlanta."
J\ /I RS. W. G. RAOUL is a conspicuous and untiring worker on the Board. In the
responsible position of Chairman of the Finance Committee she has brought into
play a consummate knowledge of business. The personality of this woman is at once
inspiring and energetic; with that peculiar adaptability to people and affairs she has
pursued her plans with most happy results.
MRS. W. G. RAOUL,
Chairman Finance Committee Women Managers Cotton States and
International Exposition.
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WEST FROM TRANSPORTATION BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
\A/E could not wish a more desirable view of the grounds than that obtained from this position. Just in front of us in a broad expanse lies the lake, the Clara Meer, which
adds so much to the beauty of the park. Nearest us on the left is the Woman's Building, and the Japanese Village is situated just in front. Beyond this, to the far
right is the Government Building, and in the center of the background we recognize the Art Building, The New York Building to the left of this, and that of Pennsylvania to
the extreme left of the picture, are both imposing specimens of the enterprise of these States.
MRS. H. H. CABANISS,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
MRS. HENRY HARRISON CABANISS is one of the prominent members of the
Woman's Board, and although she declined to accept the position of chairman
on any particular committee, she has never failed to lend what assistance she could to
the woman's department, and through her personal influence has succeeded in aiding
them in many necessary and beneficial ways. Mrs. Cabaniss is a beautiful woman, and
her manner impresses one immediately with the sincerity and cordiality of her nature.
She is gifted with refined and retiring tastes, and her home is the scene of her chief
activity, where she vindicates daily the loveliness of her character as mother and wife.
Mrs. Cabaniss is a charming hostess, and in all entertainments at her hospitable home
is assisted by a gifted daughter who has enjoyed the best educational advantages of
this country and of Europe.
PEW women on the Board of Lady Managers, deserve such unstinted praise as does
Mrs. Wilson, Chairman of the Horticultural and Agricultural Committee. Mrs.
Wilson is the wife of Dr. Henry Wilson, a retired physician, and is a member of the
Lumpkin and Mours families, of Georgia. So deeply interested in the successful culmi¬
nation of her work has this loyal woman been, that she has, at her own expense, made an
enlargement to the space assigned her in the Woman's Building. Besides she has pub¬
lished as a souvenir a most excellent cook book, containing valuable old Southern
receipts from Ante bellum days, that have been almost lost in the ignorance of the up-
to-date cook. In her department Mrs. Wilson will have a beautiful display of cordials,
wines, fruits, flowers, and all those interesting things belonging to the household,
domestic, and agricultural pursuits of women. In person this excellent woman is inter¬
esting and pleasing.
MRS. H. L. WILSON,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States"and International Exposition
rT"*HE old Keystone State is always among the foremost in every enterprise or under-
taking. Not only has it contributed many interesting specimens of its products,
wealth and resources to the Exposition, but the building it has erected is one of the
most striking and artistic seen anywhere. Fortunate in the possession of a most pleas¬
ant location, it commands an admirable view of the grounds, and tastily constructed, it
in itself forms one of the most pleasing pictures at the Fair. In this building rests
the old Liberty Bell, which so many years ago proclaimed Freedom to a struggling
nation, and is now fondly enshrined in the hearts of a younger generation, whose
rights were firmly established through the dauntless courage of those early patriots.
GEORGIA STATE BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition
EORGIA is one of the most progressive of the Southern States, and among its
exhibits can be found many interesting specimens of the products of its lands and
the industries of its people. The building itself is a pretty and attractive one, sur¬
mounted by the coat of arms of Georgia. It is admirably located near the entrance of
the Park, and the surroundings are particularly attractive. One of the unique features
is a building containing many of the Confederate relics. The exhibits here shown
attest the flourishing condition of this State, whose growth since the war has really been
phenominal.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
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MRS. W. D. GRANT,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
MRS. WILLIAM DANIEL GRANT, Chairman of Committee on Patents and
Inventions, is admirably qualified for her work, and its result will be a most
interesting display, the lack of space and not of inventions being its only limit. It is
but recently that woman has entered this field of science, but in this short time has
accomplished much. Mrs. Grant, by a personal visit to Washington, and by energetic
t orrespondence, will be enabled to show what women have done as inventors, and this
display will prove one of the most interesting in the Woman's Building at the Cotton
States and International Exposition. Mrs. Grant, as Miss Sallie Fannie Reid, was a
noted Georgia belle and is a prominent figure in the social life of Atlanta.
POREMOST in all matters of importance has been Mrs. William Lawson Peel, Chair¬
man of the Colonial Committee. She has worked untiringly and with a steady
purpose constantly in view. Her methods have been good, and she has accomplished a
great deal. Through her influence New York appropriated ten thousand dollars, and
other States were alike liberal at her suggestion. Mrs. Peel is a biainy woman, and
much credit is due her in the success of the woman's work. She is the wife of a banker
and the daughter of the late Gen. Philip Cook. Mrs. Peel was a member of the Board
and was on many important committees, but owing to the death of a beloved son she
resigned just as the Exposition was about to open.
MRS. W. L. PEEL,
Lady Board of Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
PLANT SYSTEM BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
ONE building on the grounds which proves attractive to almost every one is the
pyramidal structure containing the exhibit of the Plant Railway system. It is
erected on the highest piece of ground at Piedmont Park. The site selected is the best
on the grounds. This building is sixty feet high, with base one hundred feet square.
The exhibit room is lighted bv a three-foot belt of ground glass, set in twenty feet
from the ground, and by electricity at night. The exterior of the building is covered
with Florida and South Carolina phosphate, and with as many of the exhibits as possible
will be left as a permanent exhibit in Piedmont Park. The exhibits are collected
from along the line of the system and embrace a large and interesting display. Florida
owes much to this road for her recent development, as it was the first to attract tourists
thither, and has proved instrumental in building up the popularity of that State.
NOT half the people in this world know how the other half live, and we who dwell
in a mild, genial climate, whose winters are pleasant, and whose summers are
not too intense, would find it difficult to adapt ourselves to the oppressive heat of a
tropical region. The products, the industries and modes of living are all different from
ours, necessarily so, and in this building we find a variety of things that please us
through their very novelty. The building itself is a typical one, and one that is sure
to excite the interest of all who visit it.
COSTA RICA BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
MISS ELLA POWELL,
Honorary Member Board of Women Managers Cotton States and
International Exposition.
MISS ELLA POWELL, daughter of Dr. P. P. Powell, of Atlanta, was first selected
as Chairman of the New York Musical Committee, but was afterward elected an
honorary member of the Board. She is a bright, up-to-date young woman, full of
ambition and energy, and is a vocalist of some merit. She has written two novels, and
has a third under development. The work of this enterprising member has kept her
constantly before the public, and she has won much praise by her untiring efforts to
succeed in her department. Miss Powell has been instrumental in securing some
valuable exhibits for the Woman's Building.
MRS. CLARENCE KNOWLES, Chairman of the Reception and Entertainment
Committee, is a woman well selected for the position. She is also Chairman of
the Miniature Exhibit Committee, and is a leader of the most exclusive and fashionable
circle of society. She is a handsome woman, a perfect type of the high-breu, aristo¬
cratic Jewess, and is deeply learned in matters of science, languages and literature. As
Miss Judah, of Florida, she was a great belle and beauty. She is the wife of a promi¬
nent insurance man, and presides over an elegant and artistic home on Ponce de Leon
Circle.
MRS. CLARENCE KNOWLES,
Board of Women Managers Cotton States and International Exposition.
ARKANSAS EXHIBIT,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
ON the shelve*? at the south end are globes of fresh grain and seed. There is rice in this display and
peanuts and twenty-six varieties of beans. The highest grades of patent flour known to the miller's
arc is made in Arkansas, and is exhibited in the Arkansas space in handsome white sacks. Across
the north end of the entire space, a depth of sixty-six feet, is a series of arches decorated with the products
of Arkansas soil and surmounted with native deer heads. Running along the main aisle of the building
the length of the Arkansas space is the horticultural exhibit. It is difficult to do justice to this fine displav
ot fruit; there are over two hundred varieties of apples arranged on the stands in plates and on sloping
pyramids that stand to the front Seventeen varieties of pears are shown, fifty-six varieties of grapes and
twenty-one of peaches. The gamut of Nature's reds from mahogany to the most delicate peach blow,
from lussetto the faintest green is run by the fine fnrts of this display. The background of the horti¬
culture exhibit is prettily decorated with a grape-vine design and a jardiniere of domestic grasses done
with corn shucks, corn cobs, millet, elc. Sheathes of grain and grasses surmount the corners of the
space between the arch ways. One hundred buihels of corn eleven bundles of oats and large quantities
of the grains and grasses above mentioned were used in decorating the Arkansas space. Twenty-six
varieties of native wines form an important part of the horticultural exhibit Scarcely less delicious than
these wines is tue carbonated potash sulphur water from near Hot Springs. The fortunate vistors who
were given a taste of it pronounced it refreshing and exhilarating A generous hospitality was dispensed
bv Commissioner Vincenheller and his assistants to the visitors at the Exposition. Thousands of
apples were given away, many were permitted to taste of Arkansas delicious fruit of the vine, and for all
who .vanted if there was a resting-pla< e in the pleasant, large offiie, furnished with rocking chairs, and
the other accessories of a comfortable, cozy sitting-room.
THE display of the Southern Saw Works, in the Georgia Manufactures' Building,
is a revelation. But few people know that right here in Atlanta as perfect t ir-
cular saws are made as any in the world. The company was reorganized and incorpo¬
rated last January with ample capital, and managed by some of our most successful
business men, with Capt. Isaac S. Boyd as president, who is known throughout this
section as a successful manufacturer. The Southern Saw Works factory is well equipped
with modern machinery, skilled workmen, and is prepared to make from the raw steel
plate all sorts, sizes and kinds of circular saws, both solid and inserted tooth, which they
guarantee to give perfect satisfaction. They give special attention to repairs of all
kinds and makes of saws, and can make burnt saws as good as new. They are conven¬
iently located, and will save time on all work entrusted to them. They are giving the
trade general satisfaction, their orders are daily increasing, and we predict for thrm a
most successful future. Their saws are as good as any in the country, in fact there are
none better, as the saw-mill men that have tested and used these saws certify tu their
superiority.
SOUTHERN SAW WORKS,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE LAWSON CATERING CO.'S RESTAURANT IN MANUFACTURES' BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE Lawson Catering Company, of Chicago, III., are the principal concessionaires in the restaurant line at the Cotton States and International Exposition. The officers of
this company are: W. G. Lawson, president; G. H. Morse, treasurer; C. M. Lawson, secretary; Jas. F. Bohen, manager. These gentlemen have made the restaurant
business a studv, particularly in connection with expositions, their greatest success being achieved at the World's Columbian Exposition.
This is an interior view of the Manufactures' Restaurant, which is located on the second floor of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. This is the largest res¬
taurant on the exposition grounds, having a seating capacity of six hundred and fifty on one floor, covering an area of five thousand feet. The Lawson Company have spared
no expense in the equipment of this restaurant, and it has already become famous for its exclusive patronage. It is also conducted on a-la-carte and table-d'hote styles.
Connected with it is a German cafe, where one can get imported beer and dishes served in true German style, also a full line of choice wines.
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untry through which this road passes, as the produ
e enter this display we first see spread out before u:
most complete and showy map of the section of the country traversed by this road, upon
which is portrayed the entire road, with cars running upon it in both directions. We
see around us many bottles containing specimens of the different kinds of soil along the
line. The hardwood display is excellent. There is a collection of all kinds of small
fruit, the greater part of which has been sent from Southern Pines, N. C., by Northern
settlers. Every day four kinds of Lithia Water from an artificial spring are here served
SEABOARD AIR LINE EXHIBIT,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE GOLDEN LEAF TOBACCO from Vance County, N. C., near Henderson, is
used for wrappers. We see here a splendid representation of a tobacco barn.
There are also samples of peanuts from Virginia, which are produced fifty bushels to
the acre. The exhibition of silk goods is especially fine, also the cotton exhibit. Here
we can see cotton growing, and the process of ginning and baling. There are here
samples of granite, marble and coal, and grains have been brought in from all along the
line. Passing through a country so rich in resources, the rapid growth and popularity
of this line can to some extent be accounted for, but beyond this fact the corporation
that owns this road is known to be one of the most progressive and enterprising in the
South.
SEABOARD AIR LINE EXHIBIT,
Cotton States and International Expositior
U/HEN Cortez landed his army on the shores of this continent lie found in Mexico
* * a most advanced state of civilization. Whose hearts have not thrilled with
sympathy for Montezuma in reading of his fate and the destruction of his fair city?
Instead of advancing, the Mexican Indians seem to have retrograded in < ivi-
lization. Their wants are simple and their modes of living primitive. Yet the Indian
characteristics, so prominent in every tribe, are also noticeable in these. In the Mexi¬
can village there is much that pleases us, but there is nothing that appeals more to our
interests than these remnants of a noble race.
THE SIOUX INDIANS,
At the Cotton States International Exposition.
IN the midst of our civilization and comforts, surrounded by everything that can
* insure safety and protection, we view the descendants of the aborigines of our coun¬
try with feelings of interest and sympathy. Perhaps if we were subjected to the incon¬
venience of a Western camp, where a sudden war-whoop from these savages may be the
signal for instant death or bloody warfare, our sentiments might be enlisted otherwise.
However, it seems most natural to us to throw a halo of romance about these sturdy
tribes that have come to us from ihe far-away Dakotas, and we like to attribute to them
the lofty bearing and noble stoicism that has characterized so many of our favorite
chiefs in Indian lore.
S. GRABFELDER & CO.'S EXHIBIT,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
THE firm of S. Grabfelder & Co., Louisville. Ky., is ont of the most substantial in the " Falls City." The exhibit here shown is that of this enterprising firm, and is located in the southeast end of the Agricultural
Building. The arrangement of the wares in this exhibit is very unique, being a pyramid of bottles of various sizes. The decorations are rich and appropriate the floor is carpeted, while chairs and tables arc
arranged throughout the exhibit for the convenience of visitors. This company has traveling representatives possessing fine business qualifications, polite and polished manners, in ever) stale and territory < f
the Union; of them the strictest degree of integrity is required, and hence their representations nevercause dissatisfaction and disappointment to their many customers; aside from this their mail orders are increasing i'in¬
stantly until the sales from these alone would furnish a handsome business to an ordinary house. They are the distillers of the famous '"Echo Springs" ami "Woodford County" Bourbon and Rye, both of which
have taken a firm hold among the best dealers in the United States and Mexico. They are also proprietors of Dun's Monogram Rye, Kentucky Belle. Rose Valley. Oakland. Silver Brook and Horse Shoe, as fine
brands as are produced anywhere in the country. Their products are guaranteed and noted for their absolute purity and mellowness, and this firm has done much to perpetuate the fame of Kentucky as the finest whis¬
key market in the world Their case goods are bottled under their immediate supervision, and in handsome packages can be found in every first-class drug store, saloon and club in the countrv.
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/"—VUR sister State has contributed much to the interest of the Exposition, and a visit
to the exhibit from Alabama will be sufficient to convince one that the resources
iif this State are among the best in the Union. Alabama, "Here We Rest." This
translation of the sweet Indian name greets us as we enter the door of the building.
The palms and other native shrubbery give it an unmistakable Southern aspect.
" I 'HE Mexican Cafe and Roof Garden is one of the most delightfully situated restau-
^ rants on the grounds. Here one may dine in full view of the electric fountain, and
from its roof-garden an almost unobstructed view of the entire Exposition can be had.
A-la-carte and table-d'hote styles are served, and Mexican dishes are made a specialty.
The seating capacity is five hundred.
THE LAWSON CATERING CO.'S MEXICAN CAFE AND ROOF GARDEN,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
GENERAL MIDWAY VIEW,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
MOST especially does Midway appear to don its holiday attire for the gratification of visitors. Here the waving of the flags and the halloing of the spielers, mingled with
the other sights and sounds of this pleasing thoroughfare, attract the crowds from all directions. It is with this place that many of the visitors are most charmed, and
the array of novel sights and entertainments that is here spread out for the delectation of the public well merits the great popularity that is bestowed upon it.
'THIE progress of Georgia for the last quarter of a centuiy lias been rapid, and most especially fine are the manufacturing facilities of this. State. This building is exclusively
* devoted to the exhibition of this branch of industry, and the display of gingham's, hosiery, wood-work, machinery, saddlery, furniture, and other articles too numerous to
mention is unsurpassed. All of these exhibits go to prove that there are no better factories in the country than there are in Georgia, nor should this be surprising, as the pro¬
ducts and resources of this State are of the kind to offer the greatest encouragement to such enterprises.
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hill which overlooks a particularly fine view of the g
York has erected one of the handsomest building at the Expoj
building is used as a rendezvous for the visitors from New York State
Exposition is over it will be left upon the grounds, and will be given ove
of the Piedmont Driving Club.
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ILLINOIS STATE BUILDING,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
: State of Illinois are always in the front rank with the motto
They participate in all the successful expositions., and here we
find their building in Georgia and the Illinois people flocking there to help make the
South's great show a grand success. The Illinois Building is a handsome affair, and
probably has more visitors than any other State building.
NEW YORK STATE BUILDING.
Cotton States and International Expositio
STREETS OF CAIRO,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
OO many historical associations have hovered over the Egyptian race that we feel as if we were ushered back into ancient times when we behold the represen-
^ tation of this time honored city. The dromedaries which may be ridden for a small sum, the donkeys with their leaders, the bespangled maidens, all seem
to carry us away from our bustling world and nineteenth century civilization. The theater, where the coocha-coocha dances are gone through with, proves an
attraction to many. Numerous booths are scattered around upon which Egyptian wares are vended to the passers by.
THE PHOENIX WHEEL,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
NO one* who \ isits the Exposition needs to be told of the famous Phoenix Wheel. It speaks for itself, for from all parts of the park it looms into view, tail and imposing, and exciting the wonder and admiration
of the crowds. Hut such an attraction cannot but be spoken of in the highest terms, for all who have availed themselves of the opportunity of obtaining a delightful ride, and at the same time a < harming \ iew
of the grounds and its en\ironments, are loud in its praises. This wheel is located on the highest part of the grounds, seventy-five feet above the lake, and is one hundred and twenty-five teec in diameter, so
that one is tarried fully two hundred feet above the general level of the country. It was built by the Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville, Pa., and is made entirely of steel and is of the best and safest t nnslrui lion.
It contains nearly a quarter of h million pounds of metal, the huge axle alone weighing about ten thousand pounds. Among those interested in this enterprise are Messrs. Jacoli Hasx, D. Kaufman. \ icor H.
Kreigshaber and others. It is the largest wheel of its kind ever built in the world, and will rival the famous Ferris Wheel of the World's Fair, as its location is more commanding and the view more extensive.
THE HYGIENIC REFRIGERATOR CO.'S EXHIBIT,
Cotton States and International Exposition.
ONE nf tin* great benefits derived from an International Exposition is the opportunity presented to every one for obtaining the newest and the best ideas, and of drawing
i omparison between recent inventions and those whose uses have grown familiar to us. The refrigerators displayed in the above exhibit will stand the most careful
examination. Their superiority in every point is most obvious. First and most important, every part used or coming in contact with food or ice can be thoroughly and
perfectly cleaned. Besides, each compartment is entirely separated, thus allowing all food to be kept in one refrigerator with no risk of tainting one another. This also per¬
mits of the refrigerator being cleansed, one compartment at a time without disturbing its service, and aids considerable in preventing waste of cold air. Except in very large
sizes all compartments can be removed or taken out like a drawer, from front or top. Drain pipe is also removable. The walls, covers and doors are made of one solid thick¬
ness, of the best non-conducting material known, styled "woodnoid." These refrigerators are manufactured by the Hygienic Refrigerator Co., 35 Hanover street, Boston, Mass.
Mr. Bell is the manager of the exhibit.
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