The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-29

New York, Jan. 13. Andrew Car
negie has given away forty million
dollars inl19O1, says the New York
World.
This has been the first year that
Mr.. Carnegie has been able to devote
undivided attention to giving away
his money'in line with his declared
intention not to die rich.
When Mr. Carnegie wrote his ia
nous letter saying, ITO die rich is to
die disgraced," the public was incredu-
lous. That was seven years ago.
Nearly two years ago when the quota
lion from his oHn pen was shown him,
with the query: Chow is it to be ac-
complished?" Mr.. Carnegie said
through the World: "Watch and
see."
In 1899 Mr. carnegie gave away
$4,000 On New Years Day il
1901, his gifts aggregated s2o, ,00O, 1000.
In 1901, as Mr.. Carnegie had nothing
else to do, he has multiplied the
amount Of Gil his former gifts by two.
Small and wiry, taking excellent
care Of himself, with no business wor-
ries, aud engaged in the pleasant pas
time Of making his SOUL" Andrew
Carnegie bids fair to live beyond the
soriptural seventy years. He was "a
years old on the 25th of November.
At his present rate Of giving he will
be comparatively poor Eve years
hence. Up to the present year Mr..
Carnegie had no. given away more
than his income, estimated at s15,-
100000 q year. Now that he hes
broke into his principal, the income
Of course has been reduced as we'll,
and this will continue to grow smaller
until Mr.. Carnegie is an ordinary mil
lionaire. ~
WIS WORTH $3.50, ,OOO. 900.
TIE sxaot amount Of M. Carnegie's
wealth has never been made public,
but the estimate Of $3.50, 900, 600, made
at the time he sold his steel proper
ties to the United States Steel Corpo-
ration, late last winter, is accepted as
conservative by Wall Street men and
inanciers.. The backbone Of his
wealth was $3.50, 600, 900 in 5 per cent
gold bonds Of the corporation and il is
those bonds which Mr.. Carnegie is
giving to the cities of America and
Great Britain for libraries and educa-
tional purposes. The balance of Mr..
Carnegie's 8 wealth is made up of Uni
ted States steel stock, Of British war,
loans, Of United States government
bonds and gilt edged railroad invest
ments, besides sreal estate in New
York City and Pittsburg, prominent
among the buildings being the Car
negie Music sHsii siii in This city and Che
mansion now being finished in Fifth
Avenue on the block bounded by
Nineteenth and Fifty-frst streets,
on which there is no expense being
spared. ~
Gifts Of SIG. 200, 900 are now beins
reported from Mr.. Carnegie and once
a hint is given that an institution is
to be benefited by his generosity it is
accepted as true and generally turns out
to be so. !
Only one other man in America
could duplicate Mr.. Carnegie's gifts,
and he isJohn ID. Rockefeller. For any
other man or family to give $40, ,O0l ).
600 in one year would be to cripple
the giver.a
The handsome house at No. 5 West
Fifty-first street, which was given by
Mr.. Carnegie to his wife when he took
her there q bride, will have an added
interest through associations connect
ed With Mr.. Carnegie's great benefac-
tions.
WHERE HE GAVE AWAY $40, 900, GOO.
Here have been planned ahe gifts
which have astonished the world-the
$4,000, 600 library Of New York City,
the $40, 100000 gift 60 Washington for
national education, the $4,000, 900
gift TO Scotland for her universities,
and the $4,000, 900 to Pittsburg for
old Carnegie employees who need
pensions. At least $50, 600, 900 have.
been given away from the private Ii
brsry in which Mr. Carnegie enjoys
his Shakespeare and other standard
works. s
On the walls are these notices;
The present movement is our aim;
tho next wc never see.
he that dare not reason is slave;
he that cannot, afool; he thatwill not