The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-28
. A MANLY<kfAN,
Free from Fear and Shame and
= - Fear. =
BY "FlintiOcK.'l Perry.

having at all C1mS$ gtLne courage OF
his convictions; answering fidelity
to his engageAents. yrigorous integ-
r1ty, pursuing a course Of life. and
conduct that admits nf no question,
and possessing, withal, delicate
consideration for. the rights and
| opinions of. others..y4 -. .'.@a.
=, Is there. an: Individual known to
US who better fills this outline than
| our fellow citizen, Addison NJ Scott?
His name carries With it a general
acknowledgment Of his usefulness as
a citizen, his public spirit as a bust
ness man, his eminent capacity in
carrying to successful completion
the permanent Improvement OF the
navigation Of. the Great Kanawha
rdyer, and his high Moral, intellect
uaT and social Qualities. Mr.. Scott
is "a man whom 1tsWould be hard to
oKerestimate.,, ~ =: TX. = !. =. -
5tAbout twenty-five years ago, when
q young man.: he came to our city as
Civil Assistant. of Golt,;s M rrill, OF the
" S.. Engineer Corps, who had in
charge the Improvement Of the Kan
aNsha river. He did mot come with
1feconceiyed ideas asIto the work to
he done. On the CONTRARY, he studied
/ the river, 1T. needs, dts possibilities,
and this he did carefully and Indus
triously. He at once put himself in
touch with pilots and other river
men, with shippers, with business
men. He became Thoroughly famil4
lar with our great WAter way. I1av-
ing faith in it's. becoming an import
ant artery of commerce, he had a
| pride in making it such, and to this
end utilized the originally scanty
government appropriations to the
! greatest advantage He exhibited the
soundest judgment. III accomplishing
as much AS possibIeT#ith the means
at his disposai!!''N'!. ~ ''}r~'
t.. Afterwards , 'CConligsif'eess d. tern,ined
to lock and dam thhes river, and, from
time to time, made, adequate appro-
priatfons Hfor' that ,apurpose.,j ,Our
Senator's and ,Reprsse ntativees* who
tsecured these appfBbt iations;; " used
the obwionslWa 99psei'vatfve1, and
thorough S:rep6tt$, ofpEng ineet Scott
fasi. the basis Tor. 1tHeif 3arnain6rds tor
such, aFplPJirroprttagtdts9ps, and they, one
land al, bore, wflMng testimo19y to. the
great SERVICE frepdered this section
or. the state by the character of, the
offictal %Eeperts submitted by Mr.,
ocptt'' M1i> rOlrIN. ~.i1 5nA4a II
l. For years Mr.. Scott 4abpred, upon
1.-THE work Of. improving our river un~
der successive chiefs Of !department,
whose respect and confidence he en-
1oyed in the fullest measure. No pub
lie works were ever conducted more
honestly or more Gapably. The mag
innocent waterway Of the Kanawha
river stands as a monument to the
engineering skill, the executive abil-
lty, the business tact and the fidelity
or Addison M. Scott. who as a. GOV
eminent official never forget that he
was a servant of the people. No
wonder that he possesses the respect
and esteem Of the people Of the en-
tire kanawha Valley. WE are glad
that he calls Charleston his Home,
lIhough born in another State, we
teel that he belongs to US And he
really, does, for nothing that looks
TO the substantial growth and pros
perdty Of the City Of Charleston fails
10 enlist his interest and co-opera-
tlon; and no one Of OUR citizens is
more liberal and public spirited than
| ne III contributing to whatever NAV
promote our welfare . It. was in
recognition Of aU this' that no ,,,,e