Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-12-18
GOOD MANWAS HONORED
Mr.. S. E. Burkhead, Who Gets Promo
ton In Railroad World, Gets Re-
membrance From Friends.

One of the happiest, yet saddest,
events in the history of the city, was
that of last evening. when at o'clock
a company of railroad engineers, fire
men, and others, assembled at the
Knights of Pythias hall, to present Mr..
S. E. Burkhead a token of remem-
brance, this gentleman having just ac
cepted call to go with the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad as a division SUI
perintendent
Mr. Burkhead was with the I. & G.
N from his boyhood. first in the shop,
then as fireman, engineer, and re-
Gently one of the official family of the
road having attained the position of
assistant superintendent of the gulf
division.
The token is a very handsome ring,
with beautiful, large diamond set
ting. Mr. E. O. Griffin of the general
offices was master of ceremonies, and
Mr. Chas. Reitch made the presenta-
ton in the following words
Mr.. Master of Ceremonies, Gentlemen
and Friends:
never was accused of being pub
lie speaker. The gift of oratory is
vouchsafed to but few, and realizing
my weakness along this line I have
put what desire to say this evening
in writing, for which 1 wish to apollo
gize. With this preliminary, l will
now address the guest of honor on
this occasion.
Mr. Burkhead:
For twenty years or more you have
stood shoulder to shoulder with other
employees of the l. & G.. N railroad,
fighting the battle of life, and in all
this time, with its trials and tribula-
lions, its pleasures and sorrows, you
have remained the same old Ed. You
have been weighed in the balance and
not found wanting From an humble
beginning to the final finish as an of
fetal, you have proven yourself a
| gentleman, and staunch friend of your
associates. This has endeared you to
all, irrespective of persons. AS a
co-worker you have been true to every
ligation-generous, charitable, and
every ready with good advice AS
Fever ready with good advice. AS
| interest called upon to represent, and
| toward the employees in matters of
discipline you have ever been just and
fair. You have set magnificent eX-
am pie of what constitutes a man, and
- las won for you the undying friend
- 1SsS1iSsall But there comes a
or nSez--r,.y ll.s2 -nr-
fained it, and you go into other fields
of labor to continue the battle begun
with us. But before you go, and in
token of the high esteem your friends
on the l. e G. N. railroad have for
you, it is my privilege, as well as
pleasure, to present to you in their
behalf this diamond ring, and 1 would
ask you to accept it, not so much for
its intrinsic value, but for the spirit
in which it is given. May its luster
ever remind you of your friends in
dear old Texas. Now Mr.. Burkhead,
as you pass from this field of action
into another, may Gods richest bless
ings go with you and yours into the
land of the stranger, and may He
make for you friends such as you have
here.
Mr.. Burkhead responded in a few
words. So filled with emotion was he
that he could not speak at length; and
it was emotion of the true kind, too.
Burkhead is one of those good, true,
sincere sort of men, void of all sham
and seeming. He feels things. When |
he takes you by the hand and says he
is your friend, or when he promises to
do a thing for you, it is as good as
done, and his words are as sincere as
positive manhood can make them. He |
thanked the givers for the gift and |
told them he would ever cherish for
them a great love, as he had learned
to know and love those who had been
loyal to duty, and they were ever
loyal men, as comrades and as en-
ployes in their various departments.
Following Mr.. Burkhead a number
of the men present spoke briefly tell
ing of their regrets to lose Mr.. Burk-
head, and at the same time their pleas
ure to pass such a man along to
greater things.
And all felt proud of the fact that
a real man was making his way up
the ladder in the railroad world, and
they expect great things from Burk-
head in the near future.
Mr.. Burkhead and his family expect
to leave Palestine tonight for Pueblo,
Colo, where he will assume his new
1uties.
=or That Dull Feeling After Eating.