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some of the children did not have little
toys and playthings tucked away.
Recently when Mrs. Gallogly returned
with her little son from Honolulu, where
her husband, Major Gallogly, has been
stationed since he left the army recruit
ing station in Atlanta some time ago,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray went to meet her at
San Francisco. and to give her a sur
prise they did not let her know they
were going to be there on the dock
when she came down the gang PLANK
from the steamer.
This incident was typical of his devo-
ton TO the members of his family. His
two sons, Inman and Dick" have been
his chums from their childhood up. He
played marbles with them when they
were little, and later he hunted and
fished with them. golfed with them, TOOK
them with him to lunch every day. The
bond of comradeship which bound them
together was one of the finest traits
of Mr.. Gray's character.
His room at home, his office in The
Journal, are hung with pictures of the
members of his family. He kept them
close to him always, and when they
were absent he visited them as often as
he could be spared from the papers
affairs. No man was ever wrapped up
more completely in his loved ones.
LOVED BY EMPLOYEES.
Toward the members of The Journal
organization his spirit was the same as
toward his family, and in his death they
feel a similar sense of loss. His sim
plicity and kindness of manner made
everyone feel at ease. An Office boy
or a cub reporter could take matter
to him as easily as could the head of a
department. He was the head of the or
ganization, closely in touch with all the
papers affairs, and yet he never
intruded into any department His the
DRY of organization was to place men in
charge on whom he could rely, and then
to rely upon them absolutely.
Any Journal employee in trouble Of
any kind went to him instinctively, and
no one ever came away without his
sympathy and his help. He was genu-
inely interested in their welfare. He
felt toward their families a regard
that was natural to one so fond of his
own loved ones. They gave him pres
ents at Christmas, and he Joined with
other members of The Journal family
in giving them presents whenever occa-
sion arose.
Not only this warm feeling of Jour
nal employees toward Mr.. Gray contrib
uted to his success as an editor, but
their faith in his character. They knew
him for a man of absolute honesty and
absolute courage. and they stood by him
and the paper as soldiers stand by be-
loved commander.
A record of Mr.. Gray's career as edi-
tor Of The Journal would be a record of
Atianta's growth and progress during
that time. His unvarying policy was
to throw the full weight of the pa
pers influence behind every movement
in the public interest Under his lead
ership The Journal has fought with and
for Atlanta in one campaign after an
other. He espoused no cause, sup
ported no enterprise, which he could
not take up with his whole heart; and
his associates of The Journal, as well
as the people of the community, always
knew that when he launched the support
of his paper in any movement he was
in it to the finish.
Among the first enterprises to enlist
his support was the organization of the
Atlanta freight bureau, of which he was
charter member and a director for
many years. and which has been a very
important factor in the upbuilding Of
Atlanta as the distributing center of
the southeast.
He was one of the original movers in
the building of Atlanta's auditorium
and was president of the corporation
formed to build it and turn it over to
the city.
He was instrumental in launching the
movement for Atlanta's first spring
music festival which later developed
into Atlanta's annual week of grand
opera by the Metropolitan. His enthu-
siasm and energy, coupled with the
support of The Journal, contributed
greatly to the raising of the guarantee
fund for the first grand opera season.
He was a subscriber and the paper was
subscriber to the fund, and he had
served as a director of the Atlanta Mu-
sic Festival association since it was
organized.
WORKED FOR OGLETHORPE.
The great enterprise of establishing
Oglethorpe university in Atlanta as a
revival of the old Oglethorpe that per-
ished in the Civil war, was another
undertaking which engaged his whole
hearted support. He was the first pres
ident of it's board OF trustees, and ever
since it's organization to the time Of his
death was chairman of the executive
committee. In the raising of an endow-
ment fund Of $3.50, 900 for Oglethorpe he
took a leading part through the news
and editorial columns of The Journal.
The raising Of an endowment for
Agnes Scott college, and the raising of
a fund to erect the new Young Men
Christian association building, likewise
enlisted his whOle-hearted support.
In the recent campaign to raise $780,
600 for Emory university he placed The
Journal at the disposal of the Emory
Founders club. and every day through
out the two months of that notably sue
cessfui campaign The Journal carried a
front page editorial supporting the
Emory fund.
Both as a man and an editor, the SYM
pathies of Mr.. Gray were always demo-
cratic He was a born liberal. He saw
the line OF distinction between the pub
| lie interest and a special interest with
unerring instinct, and his support was
always on the public's side.
While he took an active interest in
politics as an editor. he never enter
tanned the slightest desire for public
/ office His paper fought many political
battles under his leadership, but his fight
was always a fight in the interest of a
cause, and not of a person.
! In the councils of the Democratic
party he was prominent for many years.
| He was chairman of the delegation that
| nominated Alton b. Parker for the pres
idency in 1904. In 1912 he announced
his support of Woodrow Wilson long