The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-31
A VETERAN OF NEW YORK,
Tho I.ntc VIM. T.. badge and His Business
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William T.. Dodge, the noted merchant,
who died suddenly ut his home III New
York, WAS IN eminent representative Of
the religious ucil men who form u con-
siderable and influential class in the
metropolis, sustaining its churches and
It's charities, nor lnckinG to its popular
enterprises; and prominent in national
moral movcmonts-~not always 30 wiso as
they ar earnest.
Mr.. Dodge WAS born in Hartford CT.
September 4, 1868, and when boy ot
13 WIS brought to New York by his
father and madc clerk in Wholesale
store on Pearl street, ut Il time when the
city had but 100, 900 inhabitants and ex-
tended but little ways north of Canal
street.
Mr.. Dodge thus began his business
life very Young; he was II dihgr1't clerk,
and when he set W, III the same line for
himself, with n partner, when % years
OLD, Industry, economy, system and sound
judgment characterized his course. He
married dnuThtrr of Ans0n G.. Phelps,
and i'll 1893 became his partner III The
firm of Phelps, Dodge & Co., importers
OF metals, with which his whole subsc-
Qucnt business life has been connected,
and Which has lnadc him wealthy, his
property being estimated at from 10 to
10 millions of dollars. Mr.. Dodge was
practical bcncfactor Of his kind in the
transformations work Of helping young
men out of bad and habits,
and he was also prominently before tho
public III connection with Il great num-
Der of religious and reforming associa-
TONS, hriuG president of tho National
Temperance Society, during tho wnr
,i,,1, I, ~ |
n director of the Union Theological
Seminary, and of the PRESBYTERIAN Hos.
lital, trustee of Lincoln University.
vice president of the American Board of
Foreign Missions, anG otherwise con-
crrncd in similar organizations too many
, to catalogue here.
He was n Presbyterian, and his re-
! igiOus principles were continually active
iii his business, and he repeatedly scv-
cred his relations with railroad and other
/ enterprises on account of them. But
recently Ill letter written to II Sabhn-
| tartan convention he related how he left
the direction of the Eric, then of the
New Jersey Central, and of other rail
| roads because they began to run Sunday
trains. He resigned from the Union
League Club years ago on the ground
! that the sale OF wines and other liquors
was ono of lis sources OF revenue. He
was Republican in politics, but he
never held IN office except that of mem
hcr of the 39th Congress. He was for
some time President of the Chamber OF
Commerce, and in this connection the
fact that his firm were compelled to pay
nearly $780, 600 to the United States
Treasury for alleged false invoices will
be recalled.
1t was asserted at the time that the
errors in the invoices were accidental and
without fraudulent intent, and that the
money was paid only to cs ape n tedious
litigation, and Mr.. D"dge's frllow-mcr-
chants fully accepted this explanation
Onc-half of this sum went t. tho in
former and officers under the moicty
law n procedure which C2,ply Outrage d
public sentiment and led to th,' abolition
of the practice of giving n moirty of the
sum recovered to the agents of the gov
crnmrmt. Mr.. Dodge leaves IL wife and
seven SONS. His fortune is estimated Mt
from &lO,OOO,OOO to $l2 ,OOO. 900. He
gave away i'll charity over 500, 900 o
wear.