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DEATH CLAIMS BULLOCK.Former Governor of Georgia. Brave Soldier and Erstwhile Noble Citizen, Dies at Albion, N. Y.Bullock, and lie resigned. Two in dlctments were found against him— one for alleged conspiracy to defraud the state, the other for failure to account for certain bonds said to have been delivered to the executive de» part men t by the city of Atlanta. For seven years he announced himself ready and tried to secure trial. He was finally vindicated by formal verdict of a jury.In 1803 Governor Bullock took up his permanent residence in Albion N. Y., where he resided until the day of* his death. Bis wife died two years ago. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Leonard Kendall of Greenwich, Ga., and two sons, Freeman Bullock of Omaha, Neb., and V. V. Buliock, assistant postmaster of Atlanta.Governor Terrell of Georgia, upon the receipt of hews of Governor Bullock’s death, issued a proclamation ordering the state flag at half mast and that the executive offic es lie closedduring the hours set apart for the funeral.EIGHT WORKMEN LOSE LIVESIn Collapse of Pier at Locust Point onBaltimore Harbor,With a roar that terrified thousands,and a rush that drove a wave 6 feethigh to distant parts of the harbor of Baltimore, nearly half of the newpier under construction at Locust Point Saturday broke away from theshore and nlunsred int.* th^ uut^r n.,-Former Governor Rufus Bullock, of Georgia, died Saturday at Albion, N.Y., the family homestead, lie had been in failing health for some time. Hit f«i 73 years of Age.Few Georgians, whether by birth or adoption, did more real good for the state than he. Fewer still had a more f thrilling, sensational and eventful career or led a Hie more strenuous, more nerve-racking or more soul stirring.Governor Bullock was born in Beth lehe^^|MPY county, New York, on March 28, 1834, but when only sevenyears old his parents moved to Albion,N# Y., where he graduated from Albion Academy in 1850.At this time the development of theelectric telegraph was just begun in New York, and Governor Bullock,though only 17 years of age, soonmastered the art. U is said that hewas tiie first telegraph operator ableto read by sound.lie installed the printing telegraph systems in New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Utica, Albany, Springfield anil Philadelphia. He took charge ot a rival concern in Philadelphia, which broke down the monopoly and caused more general use of the telegraph for business and social intercourse.In 1857 President''JLMnsmore of the Adams Express company sent Governor Bullock to Augusta, Ga.( to take I I general charge of the business in the | tsouth. Here he caused the construction of telegraph lines to interior points, and when the civil war earn© on this proved most valuable to the Confedereates, as coast lines ail fell Into the hands of the F derala.Over these wires communication was maintained between President j cDavis and Generals Lee, Beauregard and Johnston. The Southern Express company transported all contributions of supplies and food to the confederates without cost.He was appointed acting assistant quartermaster general of the Confederate army, with the rank of colonel, and as such served to the -surrender.A: the close of the war he devot 'd his energies to material development of GeorgiyGoing to New York, he secured capital to open a national bank in Augusta. Later he became president of the Augusta and Macon railroad, and when ho went $0 New York to secure funds for improvements was told that Georgia had not yet come into the Union. This caused him to go Into politics.A constitutional convention was called and he took a prominent part in it. Atlanta was made the capital and he was elected governor from 1S8 to 1871. He recommended the lease of the Western and Atlantic, and it was leased for twenty years, the state realizing $*,000,000 from it.lu the election of 1870 it became apparent that the general assembly 5was overwhelmingly against Governor S
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Homer Banks County Journal
Homer, Georgia, US
Thu, May 02, 1907
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