The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-14
BEGAN ALL OVER
Career Of caloael Andrews as Related BY
calane August Kaha,
SERVED WITH HAMPTON

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Railroad Service o. the Southern
Railways Famous First Vice Prs
Nenr interrupted BY the War.
During Which He Rendered Com
spicuoas Military Service to the
confederacy.
Seated "a an armchair at the
Met.opoasaa Club in colunhia We'd
neseay night was Col A 3 Az
drews. first vice president of the
Southern railway system Ir. Sam
q. aarcwick and had a Ectle arsu-
usne about Col. Andrews frst rail-
road experience and ne went over 70
Col. Andrews 70 have him settle the
issue. The point was decided in Ia
ror o; the newspaper man and. by
way Of explanation
Col. Andrews took from his trous-
er pocket two well rubbed and shin
ing Mexican silver dollars There
were two Of them and they had
ruboed against each oshe- fog long
time. for there were perhaps no ccn-
panion pieces Ts-se two Mexican
dolarx represented the worldly pos
sessions OF Coz. Andrews when he iefs
tie Confederate army. AZ the close
os the struggle. except two mules.
The mules and two rnspept Mexican
as1lars represented the beginnings
ofhis presers acenmulations.
Bot the point is- When did Col.
Andrews begin his railroad service:
Ee vas before the war. hstc-e 1866.
when IS . Lad 0, seventeen he was
given charge OF the trains that haused
the stone nseasin the construction az
the masonry on tue present Blue
Ridge railroad. running srom Belton
TO walhslIa. VIA Anderson Col. An
drews. rncis had the contract % con-
struse the Blre Ridge rail-osd-the
p.neer road that Eas 20 have pierced
the mountains and provided a
through line from the coast % the
I West
The. .origsaai contract was for COM
paay 20 haul tie stone 30 be used
J Id the construction work. bat the
deliveries ware: so unsatisfactory
that Col Andrews. then a mere lad.
was put "a charge OF the train that
hanieG The rock That was his frst
service as superintendent OF . rsii-
road. Later ne was q real supersn-
teadent and he hiss gone the entire
samrt OF railroad sezyice-actiye
and actnai serv:ee.
Then csne she war and Col. AM
drews. as he Is now caaled--sad he
IS, q real colonel. and not one by
postwar seryics-entered the 1se
North CaroIica cara-y as . iieutena
{ North Carolina cavalry az lierten-
ant. He served IN the Hampton Cav
airy. and Win distinction and cnus-
age. he was IN the stress OF manv
OF tbs serious enessements with
Wade Hampton. and the lest time ne
saw Hampton that distinguished
chiefsaia remarked 20 him: AM
arewS : am going to write something
that 7 hone WIN give full credit .n
syonr North caro'ina men Ia my eom-
mand. Tor I do not think you hare
ever go.te1 nm Justice In recorsed
history Unfortunately that prom
.se wss unfpsalled. for Cen. Hamp-
ton 6'edsabcrt two weeks latsr.
With his two dollars and mnies
Co. Andrews went % wors He saw
the aestrr-.sna that ha6 been
wrought and It occurred TO him tha,
there wonld be money and service IN
rebuilding bridges aslroaF bridges.
He borrowed money and got the Job
os reccnstrrcsins the bridges on the
cid Raleigh and CASTOR rai'rcad. He
remained With the Raleigh and Gas
ron road for ten years. during which
4 tine he was It's superintendent.
then be wsnt with what was for
meriy the Richmond and Dapvi,!e
road: perhaps his devotion TO this
system IS accentrate6 hF the fact that
Col. Andrews. wife Is the daughter
: OF cnI. johnson. who was the first
president os the Charlotte ana An
grsta rsfiroaa- Thirty-ave years ago
Col. Andrews entered the service OF
the nucleus OK shs present great
Southern saifway sy5,tena II has been
i largely due 70 his constructive gem
ins his caoacity for Hock and his
kncwiedge 81 men tha. the weakIinS
roads here and there have been
j oronht toeether unti1 ensay the sys-
tom aggregates orer 5000 miles.
When Samuel soencer and his
predecessors were catherine Ia reaS
roads. pulling them oat OF bankrup:
ceurss and whipping the lines into
shane Col. Andrews was his right
. hand and his sssetr Geek. Col. An
dreHx then as COW wss ers. vice
president OF the system. He kent
increasingly at work to make> the