The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-21
FAIRFAX HARRISON OUTLINES
POLICY OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY
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ern Fhilway. with full appreciation
or. and acquiescence In, the persons
tendency o. public sentiment as to
what railway is and should be,
stands pledged to the Southern people
and is proud to declare itself one OF
their own institutions. AS such IL
invites the Southern people to help
1t to become more and more their
efficient servant and at the same
time the object of their pride and
anectton. They need have no fear
OF its future IL It has their confidence.
trust you will permit me to take
this occasion to say finally a word OF
a personal nature: believe in the
South and our Southern people with
all my heart and soul. have given
n ost Of the years OF my manhood to
on earnest though O subordinate, part
In an effort to realize high purpose
OF promoting the regeneration through
industry, OF the !. rosperlty OF this our
beloved Enethe-ias:a. 7 have not
known in my experience the horrors
either OF the military conflict which
left our people PROSTATE. or OF the
drear years political disability and
strophled ambition which followed
that great war between the States,
II one Of the chief theatres OF which
we are tonight, but konw the bit
ternesg OF these things In the tradition
OF my immediate family and have
learned from my parents that there
can be no higher inspiration than be a
part in the realization of the ideals Of
our Southern people. Facing the
future, have then dedicated my life
to that duty and TO Identification with
the Southern peop1e. Many others
have done and we are doing this and
, I am proud to be OF the company
which has accomplished, through
co operation and sustained effort, go
murh In the last quarter OF a century.
I am humbly grateful for the
-'SicS:=cc tsao So1tii iia5 siiTuu me To
my new opportunity for its service.
II has been such welcome as you
Rave given me tonight, cordial and
with every evidence OF good will. Ny
hone is to Justify this to those who
allow HE their. oonfl6ence. wh0 aTa
willing to believe that IL we sons
times fail il Will not be through, lack
Of good intention or. desire to do our
duty, as we conceive It. have no
sense OF personal elation In the
ROTATION todaY OF an omOiCl0n
cherished ever since I entered the
service Of the Southern Railway
"or;pany seventeen years ago. feel
most SOLDERING sense OF hesvy
responsibility. but do not fear the
event. have served under two great
men, Samuel Spencer and William
Wilson Finley. both men OF action.
eager to accomplish conscious always
OF the impei@ollJ summons of today,
and OF the warning OF Ecclesiastes;
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to dol
do 1t with they might" have knowrH
that before all they were patriotid
men, faithful to the South. and with
their example and their ideals be3ord
me my hope now Is to carry OH
their work as to gain the kind ol
public esteem they earned and to aid
In building for the future as theA
built, not only the Southern Railway
but the South itself. In this higA
endeavof I am one OF you, my fellow
oountrylnen who are similarly enf
gagged, and I appeal TO you as col
workers for aid and cooperation.