The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-03
READ THIS, BOYS
4 LEAF FROM TIE LIVES or
TWO iHE:AT C.iROLINliNS.
How DR.. James II. Carlisle Discover
.-d in Little Boy a Great Man
and Eailrpad Manager.

From watcr-carrier AT 30 cents d
week 10 general manager o! great
! railway system. i; salary o. manS
: thousands or dollars q year. IS ca
| r..r one doesn't hear OF every day
/ bu, ;ha, was :h- achievement, o: !
! South Caro!iLa boy who grew VI
in Columbia and who became well
known al, over the South. IhA;
bov was William II. Green. who was
general manager OF the lines nos
controlled by Ii. Southern Railway
system for number OF years.
This s,a.eme.; was made 20 the
Washington correspondent OF me
Spar,anbu:g Herald recently By Mr.
Is. n. Hardaick Hh". as passenger
traic manager. is Al the head OF tue
entire passenger buSireSS OF the
! Southern. The story OF Capt. Gre-n :
remarkable success was mentioned
bv Mr.. Hardwick in an accidental
way. On the desk OF the busy rail-
way mans Office lies a stack Of rath-
er heavy volumes. whose appear
ance indica,es that they are th.'
WORK Of printers and binders CT
many wears ago. Closer eNam.na-
ton revealed the fact that the books
were bound volumes OF a weekly
magazine. printed in London. during
the years from 1870 TO 1852. Across
the frst page OF each weekly issue
were thu words. The Railway
Times : directly beneath this
captain vas crude picture OF a
railway train Of thxt date. Trailing
along behind de.Satc looking liz
lie locomotive tra.o OF cars was
repaeneed. the singh. passenger
coach being very much liz the old
time '.car.y-ali' drawn .: n-rs.s.
Mex; 10 this in tae train wa car
loaded with cattle. while at tae ea-
treme rear was a aat-car. loaded
with boxes Of goods. trunks and ota-
er kind Of traffic.
The issues appearing during the
period mentioned has been bouao
into a dozen sturdy volumes. pear
ing the mark Of an enterpTisin1
bookseller Of Southampton. Eng
land. MT. Hard"lcK was "S"e"
where he ran across these books.
which were apparently OF mnch
value and 10 reply he 'oia ihe io'-
lo"ihS sior!.
Why. about FIVE or SIX Years aES
in 1905. I believe il @.S--l mao,
a talk down AT Glenn Springs. > &.
ON the subject which WAS aii-a"s
in: at that time. not on!= in SOUTH
Carolira. but all over tac oouh''!
the railToa i-raie question ->'ieF ID.
address vas finished. Or James II
Carlisle. president emeritus OF "o'-
foT5 College. Spartanh.!%. go w.:
spending while II G!rnns. an.
who ha! heard the talk came 10 me
and spoke most HlHoi. o. ia. 'e'"''
effort. He declared that he had oe"f
interested in what sara. ana seem
ed deeply impressed Win 'He .''
poitance OF 'he 'p'op'e"" % "'.'
rate adjustment. As WI do '"'
recall ms woros-aho '"eH ."
p'eSSi'". CAN a>Su'
! i"ri 'na' u u s'ea' q"eS'
regret ih"' ha'e ''''
more carciu! siu.'!.
DIR. Carlisle TIN told me taa. -
had in his libra., III he Honot"
College campus s-vei-! Dound 70.
umeS OF an English ra!i"e' mag.
H!Rt "pi".a a'''' a'ou' ''e
'Ne .,,
49, 80 nod ,;,,. r.
n'''' - '"' 9" ;, .,,Io
ca" y, -. .o,, h;,,
| I,I -, ;,d,s 90 ... .b..y,
od fo- hin. IN s.rG
-, - ,,. h.ra Those are n.
-. -. ,ro MO Mos; nconl.
.,s ,,. d..,,roved ;hc,, A.
,,, .,r, ,-o ,r. hay,. u,
,o,.h, ~, M c,-,;x,c has prcs-ry
49, ..,rs r,;.;u- 10,
:, o,>..,,;,, - r;xa ,h.n
,.,om ,,.v could b.
.,,,, nv. forn,
.o,,r,
! ! ,,..., ,,,.;,.s. ~ s,y,,
.,,, 49,. -, ,,,d.., an,
~. ~, c,-,;... h.s ,ass,,
~, ,.i, NJ .ho,. books :,
h ., az, ., ,b, -.,rn o
|
continuing ."'. ma" !" y '"'"
Il SuppoS. YOU kne" OF the CLOS
friendship that existed for so man
years between Dr. Carlisle and Cap
Green. our la;. general manager
Well j, is not so generally known
bu, they were great friends until ~