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2956 GEORGIA AND GEORGIANSelusive, and in 1904 and 1906 was chairman of the democratic congressionalcampaign committee.WILLIAM J. NEEL. The late William J. Neel was a lawyer, writer andreformer, residing chiefly at Rome and Cartersville, and though he died inearly middle life, made a deep impression 011 the best life of the state. Bornat Adairsville, Georgia, in 1860, he received a department appointment underthe Cleveland administration and while performing its duties at Washingtoncompleted a course in law at the Georgetown University. With the retirementof President Cleveland he resigned his office and commenced to practice atRome. In 1892-93 he represented Floyd County in the General Assembly,where, as well as a member of. the City Council, he co-operated with all theopponents of the liquor interests. The saloons were driven from Rome andMr. Neel pushed through the Legislature his state-wide prohibition bill. Afteran unsuccessful search for health, in 1905 he located at Cartersville, wherehe died March 24, 1908. It was during this period that he was sent to thelower house of the Legislature and had the satisfaction of seeing the prohibition bill pass, upon which he had set his heart and mind.CHARLES S. CULVER. So universally is it recognized that education isthe key with 'which to open the door of opportunity, that every civilizedcountry has an established system of public instruction, and there are butfew communities in the United States that have not provided intelligentlyfor the book training of their. young. In the last few years, however,the conviction has grown that mere book knowledge is not enough to insurethe future usefulness of the mass, with the result that here and there progressive educators and public-spirited citizens have united in the organizationof schools in which may be taught the laws and principles of the industrialarts. A notable type of this class of school is found in the TechnologicalHigh School of Atlanta, Georgia, of which Charles S. Culver, a trained andexperienced instructor, is principal.Charles S. Culver was born December 5, 1883, at Atlanta, and is a sonof Milton Taylor and Caledonia (Reid) Culver. Both parents were born inGeorgia, the father in Hancock County, in March, 1848, and the motherin 1853. The latter still resides at Auburn, Alabama.Milton Taylor Culver for many years after the close of the war betweenthe states, was prominently identified with the business interests of Atlanta,and was senior member of the firm of Culver, Eiseman & Company, machinists and contractors. In 3894 he removed to Auburn, Alabama, which isstill his home, in order to take advantage of the educational opportunitiesthere afforded for his children, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute locatedthere, being one of the finest schools of its kind in the United States.Mr. Culver enjoys the distinction of having been one of the youngest soldiersof the great Civil war, having entered the Confederate service three monthsbefore his fourteenth birthday. He was engaged as a courier and his commander was General Joseph E. Johnston. He passed through many hazardous experiences and many times was commended for bravery by his superiorofficers.Charles S. Culver spent the first eleven years of his life at Atlanta, andattended the public schools and after the family removal to Auburn, Alabama, entered the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, with two ^>f his brothersand one sister, all of whom were there graduated, he, with the degree ofBachelor of Science in 1903. In 1904 he received his degree as Master ofScience, and in 1906 the same institution conferred on him the honorarydegree of Mechanical Engineer.For one year after securing his first degree, Mr. Culver was an instructorin the Polytechnic Institute, in the department of mechanical engineering.