The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-28

out if we had to. But one thing which
 our hearts do have to have is friendship,
 in order to satisfy something that God
 Almighty put into us. Mir Ford, it ap-
 pears to me. has always had a peculiar faculty for friendship. He seems to have been absorbed both day and night in a subtle seeking for new friends and ce- menting closer the old ones. On that account he has been an ideal Rotarian. The Rotary motto is. He who profits
 most serves best and MT. Ford has al-
 ways been a man of service to his friends
 and to lis neighborhood and to his city.
 And now 1 have little box of cigars
 to present to him as a token from this
 club It is a box of cigars of the kind
 Dick Burnett does not sell. It is a token
 of the esteem and friendship in which
 MT. Ford is held by the Rotarians of Bir- rhingham.' And he handed to MT. Ford the great box which when opened con-
 tained the silver set.
 Ford Given Ovation
 MT. Ford was given an ovation when he arose. It was some minutes before
 he could speak. Gentlemen he said and fellow Rotarians, l can't make a speech. My heart is too full. I have been
 deeply touched by this occasion and can not muster my scattered thoughts sufficiently to properly thank you. This is the finest thing than I will or can taRe
 away with me from Birmingham. I would rather have it that all that money or anything else could buy. 1 have tried to
 be what you have too kindly said I have been. You have overshot the mark, but you have hit at my ideals for I have always tried to be good friend, and a good citizen My heart is full and you
 have made me perfectly happy"
 l The letter read by MT. Shelby is as | follows:
 l Birmingham, May H, 1914 l To MT. A. H. Ford, Birmingham, Ala: 1 Dear Sir: We, the undersigned mem
 bers of the Rotary club of Birmingham and fellow citizens of yours, desire tc express our profound regret at your de- parture from our midst.
 l Coming as a stranger to the head oi our greatest public service corporation seven years ago, you assumed a task tha,
 was gigantic and difficult.
 l Your unfailing courtesy, backed by a 1 rectitude of purpose and earnest desire to serve the best interests of the com munity as well as the great corporation l you represented, won the esteem, sym | pathy and friendship of our people. Your administration of affairs has beer l signally marked by a spirit of fair treat l ment and a square deal to all. Your un. | selfish efforts and warm interest in every l movement for the moral upiift and civic l welfare of Birmingham was publicly ap l preciated by your unanimous election as 1 president of our Chamber of Commerct | in 1910, thus proclaiming the high conf dence in which you were held py tnt l business world.
 | We feel keenly the loss sustained by l this community and especially this clut l in your removal to another section, ant | desire to hereby express our most affec | donate regard for you and the wish that 1 your career may be crowned with stil
 greater achievements in the future.
 | We shall greatly rejoice if the pathway l of success should lead you back to Bir. 1 minRham in the not far distant future. i John E. Shelby. president, Cables Shel- by-Burton Piano Co.,; H. E. Wheelock
 vice president, architect, John w. Sib' Hey, general manager Southern Face Brick exchange; w. D. Nesbitt, War rant Warehouse company; John H. Ed
 monson, physician; R. A. Colsum, Fur
 ner Electric Supply company; Herman
 M. Beck, Beck Candy and Grocery com pany; R. A. Mullin, superintendent R
 L. Pork & Co.,; l.. w. Lee, Alabama
 Grocery company; Thornton Estes. Els
 tes Lumber company; F. A. Ribble
 Southern Ad company; D. c. Pott. vet
 ertnarfan; Harry Jones, and old hard
 ware; L. Sevier. Southern railway
 John Sporrow advertising; E. E
 Jacobs. heating engineer and contrac
 tor; B. D. Bailey, M. D., eye, ear nos
 and throat; John s. Pearson. the Pro
 gressive Farmer; J. D. Mcleod, plaster ing contractor; Henry M. Edmonds
 South Highlands Presbyterian church
 John W. Griffith. Jobe-Rose Jewelr,
 company; F. J. Kimbrough. Americai
 Art works; Jack R. F. Connor. Col;
 Nip; John D. Turner, electric supplies iJ. D. Moore, -Handley Hardwar, company; R. T. Anderson. Roberts q Son; Hale V. Harrant, Motion Realt, Co.; E. L. Awnings. R. F. Koden Grocer, Co.,: E. w. Moore. Otis Elevator Co.; V
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