The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-04-19
COL. A. l.. RlVES.
PRESENTED WITH AN EXCEEDINGLY HAND

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SOME TEA SERVICE.
Mobile Register, llth.
Last evening the employees of the
Mobile and Ohio road assembled in
the general office of the company and
presented Col. r yes, the retiring
vice> president and general manager,
with an elegant silver service. This
handsome present was ordered by Mr.
Zadek, the well-known ieweler, and
was manufactured by the Whiting
Manufacturing Company, of New
York. The style Of the service lis
etruscan, the entire exterior surface
being hand-engraved in arabesque
design. The service consists of five
pieces and an immense and hand>
somely- engraved salver, the whole
enclosed in q box of polished walnut,
lined with satin of pink aud old gold.
Mr.. e L. Russell, the general so
licitor of the road, made tina present.
alton speech.
Mr. Russell spoke as follows:
| "Colonel Rives--I have been commits,
stoned BY the Officers and employee s of
| the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to perform
Il very sad and at the same time n pleas,
ant duty, sad, because the duty inn Osed
upon me to Oerform is the evidence of
our final separation in the service Of The
Mobile and Ohio Railroad; pleasant, be-
cause am selected MS the agent to con
gey to you the expression OF affection
and admiration entertained for you by
the employees OF the road in the form OF
the following resolutions:
Mr.. Russell then read as follows:
Whereas, Col. A. L. Rives has been
General Manager Of tie Mobile and Ohio
Railroad for the past ten years, and has
arranged to sever his official connection
with the service thereof Oh the 18th
inst. for the purpose of assuming IL
high and prominent position in the Rich
mond and Danville system; and whereas,
the employees engaged Ill the service of
the Mobile and Ohio Rail- Dad desire to
| give some expression and token Of the
esteem and attachment i'll which Col
| Rives is held, both rs an officer ard
man,
Therefore, be ii reSoieed, That all
| heartily and cordially testify that the
highest respect and warmest personal re-
| gard are entertained for him, and that
| he has had our absolute confidence dur
ing these ten years Of service. and thai
the more We have seen Of HIM and known
| of him it has served to increase our ad
miration for him us nm officer ana as IL
man; his creative and executive abilities,
coupled with his personal magnetism,
| stimulating the humblest of us to greater
txertious in the performance of drty.
| d .gnif"d aud courteous in lis official
intercourse with all, but all distinctly
recognize chat he Is firm discipliuariau
| insisting upon and maintaining II strict
| and faithful oh, dience to fixed rules and
/, gulutions; but all us cheerfully recog-
nize that in administering discipline, il
was in the spirit of justice and the prin
| ciples of equity, each and all feeling
| perfectly secure in our respective posi-
lions az long MS we devotedly and faith-
| fully performed the duties contdrd to
each, respectively. We therefore 81 ecal-
ly commend him to those with whom he
will be associated in his new field of
duties, Ms being worthy of their conf.
dence in eyory relation of life.
We sever our relations with Colonel
Rives with many regrets, and rs an evl.
dence of the attachment, appreciation
and hold he has upon our hearts, We
herewith present him a testimonial which
is an Offering from all engaged in the
service, and to which each has esteemed
it prlvil,g to contribute.
In conclusion, we invoke the protec.
ton and blessings of kind Providence
for him and his, and assure him that the
warmest and best wishes of his old em-
ployees will follow him in his future
career, both as Il railway official and as
citizen.
Colonel Rives spoke his thanks in
nm earnest and touching manner, He
said:
MY true and tried comrades of the
Mobile and Ohio | know not how to
thank you sufficiently for your friendly
resolutions, and most acceptable present.
We have worked together for Ton
eyentful yeas and 1t will ever be to me
a source of the greatest pride and graft
ticltion, that l carry into my new life,
your cordial good wishes, OF which this
beau irul present will be perennial
remindar--H present not only beautiful
in itself, but doubIy SO to me, from the
associations which will ever cling around
and hallov it.
Never. in the new Ids to which L go,
can hope to find ruer or Drawer hearts,
and often in the future, when oppressed