Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Farewell.

The Frostburg Opera House was well
filled Thursday evening by people repre-
senting all elements OF this cosmopolitan
community, the occasion having been
arranged by committee of Consolida-
ton Coal Company employees to tender
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Randolph formal
goodbye. Stage, floor and gallery We're
we'll peopled, considerable sprinkling
of ladies giving due tone to assemblage
and scene
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph sat in the
first tier of chairs on the stage, the latter
carrying huge boquet of roses placed
in her hands by the Reception Com
mittee.
The Arion Band opened with a
lengthy, but rafting medley, beginning
with "kee mo, ki-mo" and closing with
"Dixie."
Daniel Krapf, jr,, of Eckhart, was
chairman, and in introducing the orator
of the occasion, Capt. r. H. Gordon, of
Cumberland, made a graceful speech.
Capt. Gordon S address, historical and
biographical, was most complimentary
to the enterprise of the Consolidation
Coal Company and commendatory of
Mr.. Randolph in all his relations and
environment as its superintendent nearly
20 years. What the company's growth
in facilities and development had been
under his administration were told-al-
most with the precision of mining ex-
pert and the experience of practical
miner.
Mrs. Randolph, too, came in for eulogy
as an active benefactor-privately in
many ways, publicly as promoter and
fiduciary of the Western Maryland Hos
pital, Cumberland.
Both Messrs. Krapf and Gordon were
earnestly applauded.
At the close of his address Capt. Cor
don read the following paper as reflect
ing the sense of the meeting;
WHEREAS, This meeting having been
called by the Employees of the Consolidation
Coal Company and the public is here as
sembled to give some expression repre-
sentative of the popular esteem in which
Mr.. b. S. Randolph, late Superintendent, is
held in this community; therefore, re-
solved
!, That all the industrial and business ele-
ments of the populous territory covered by
the Company's operations bear cheerful
testimony to Mr.. Randolph's able, enter
prising and consistent administration of his
great trust; to his impartial yet courteous
bearing toward all the interests of the COM
munity, and the employment of all oppor-
tunities that came to him to advance the
popular welfare.
=, That so estimating his record and
worth, we do not hesitate to declare that his
removal to another field and sphere of use
fulness is loss generally to the good citizen
ship of this community and distinctly to the
town of FrOstburg.
3, That in expressing this conviction we
tender to him warm assurance of both the
sincere regret we feel over his departure and
our genuine wish that his future Lines may
be cast i'll pleasant places"
A, That for the purposes of giving this
paper wider reading and more permanent
form, the chairman of the Committee in
charge of this paper be requested to provide
a copy for county newspaper publication,
and one for presentation to Mr.. Randolph
JOSIAH FORD, Chairman.
G. +. PEARCE, c. S. JEFFRIEs,
NJ. Is. TYLER, T. G. DILLON,
C. +. TUCKER, JOHN S. BRoPHY,
DAN. KRAPF, jr., DR.. G. A. SMITH,
Committee.
That the addresses and paper had
deeply touched Mr.. Randolph was visi-
BILE in his effort to make commensurate
response. The vigorous applause which
followed his rise to speak was also i'm
pressive. With an effort characteristic
of the man, however, he became him.
self and spoke with fluency and feeling.
He responded generously to the tributes
paid to both himself and Mrs. Randolph,
and closed by commencing the new
management of the company to the con
fidence of employees and community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph descended to
the floor, the large audience filed by,
each shaking hands and bidding good
bye.
1t was an experience they will never
forget; indeed, one they can always re-
member with pleasure and pride.