The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-14
COL. (. P. BALL IS DEAD
PROMINENT CrfrxEN or MoNr-
 GOMERY PASSES AWAY. /
Had Been Active as Railread OMcial Untu Ills Health Failed--Was Gallant Confederate
 Soldier.

shortly after o'clock yesterday morning. death called Colonel Charles Pollard Ball. one of Montgomery.s most prominent and beloved citizens and he passed away into everlasting
 slsep after q long illness which he bore patiently until the end. His
 death was not unexpected and he wns
 surrounded by his family when nc
 died at his residence 405 Adams Street.
 Few men had more friends or better
 friends than Colonel Ball, or fewer
 enemies for those who knew him loved him in proportion to their knowledge of his character and disposition. A
 man of high character. superior mem tai forces and a genial nature, he made friends wherever he went and he kept them for his friends knew the value of his friendship.
 Two years ago Colonel Ball retired from public life on account of his failing health. At this time he was Superintendent of the East and West Railroad with headquarters in Car tersville. Ga., a position which he had held for a number of years. Before his connection with this railroad. he had been Assistant Superintendent of the old Mobile and Montgomery Rail- road and later in the same capacity with the Western Railroad of Ala i, bama.
 Since the closc of the war between the States he had been prominently con- nected with railroad affairs in the South and was one of the best railroad men fr., Alabama. He was appointed | to serve on the first State Railroad l Commission and. was recognized as an authority on the development of rail- road enterprises.
 Colonel Ball was born and reared iis Montgomery and with the exception of the time he spent at college. at the | front ip the war and at different points necessitated by his railroad af- fairs. he had spent his entire life in | this city.
 He was born August 1s, 1887. and re- csived his primary education here.
 He was appointed to the United States | Military Academy at West Point ano was graduated from that institution | der and before Colonel Ball had been | the war, he was the first of the South ern young men to leave the service ct | the United States and cast his for- | tune with his people of the South. He left Montgomery for the front as Colonel of the Sth Alabama Cavalry and performed valiant service through out the war. He was several times placed in command of a brigade and showed such valor as a soldier that | he was promoted to the off1ce of brig adiet general but the appointment
 was made shortly before the surren- and began his business career here. commissioned as a higher officer. He
 returned home at the close of the war
 was devotedly attached to the church | Though Colonel Balls health had been extremely poor for two years, his conditio mad been precarious for three months and 1t was thought sew eral times that he could not survive the course of a day. A stroke of | paralysis some time ago had caused his friends continuous anxiety about
 his condition.
 l Colonel Ball was a lifelong member
 of St. Johns Episcopal Church and was devotedly attached othe church
 of his religious faith. .-... {.
 He is survived by his wife who was
 before her marriage. Miss Anne Mary seibels and two daughters, Mrs. Philippa stratford and Miss Mary Sei-
 bels Ball one brother, Major George l c. Ball of Atlanta, Ga, and two sis- ters, Mrs William Allen. of New York and Fannie Mumford of Annapolis.
 Maryland are also surviving members of his family.
 Major Ball will arrive in Mont gomery this morning to attend the l funeral of his brother which will take tplace at 1l.S0 o'clock from the resi- dence, 40s Adams Street. Rev. Ed-
 ward B. Cobbs. rector of St. Johns
 Episcopal Church will conduct the ceremonies.
 Interment will be made in oakwood | Cemetery.