The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-02
he Girard=
Hawkins Plant
How It Was Saved
From Ruin
n BARBARA PHIPPS

2 large manufacturing plant
lNn11 Girard. son of the head of tn
ION after the work was begun
y0e broad for tour previous to set
CT 0own to his life's career. On his
eop he was to enter the service OF
- Glfard- Hawkins company. He had
l no&tboon away long when his father
49, @nddenly. After several cable
Detween Edward and his moth
- ms decided that he should finish
~ ur. Mr.. Hawkins was abundant
" 49, to supervise the erection Of the
aneey and to start its operation.
Months later Edward received a
J,ek nom his mother announcing the
doath q Mr.. Hawkins just as the
woEke were finished and were about to
- ogated. Mrs. Girard was much
w0kz4 as to the further development
Of - Girard- Hawkins company. 1t
w. possible to find a good business
mqn With experience in the same line
r. take an interest in it and run it.
hut Hawkins' share had fallen to his
only child. Isabel, who was still a
minor She was under the control of
her guardian, brother of her father.
who seemed bound to wreck the enter
prise He had failed at numerous
business efforts and was now bent on
tabdGhing himself as full manager of
the Glrard- Hawkins company. This
49,. G1rard believed would bring the
company to grief, and she would not
consent to 1t. The consequence was
raoad1ock, with the prospect of a fore
cl0e under a mortgage on the prop
pQ an irresponsible gadabout Ned
0Az1E0 suddenly found himself called
upon ~ extricate valuable property
4 - tuin. Many a man has been de-
Of lep44 by such situation. and young
0G& had in him the makings Of a
mcoful man. Realizing that he had
mo0o0IH been plunged into a great re-
Qity, he sat himself down to
j 1nk THAT he should do.
- II6ofo are persons who have the fac.
,ufIHAk diving into questions and TAX
m The meat while others are look
NJ ~ Il in the substances which con.
Where was the kernel Of the
mt Al this instance? One-half Of It
~ a himself, the half owner with
~ Mether. What constituted the 9TH
\ AA1e3 The guardian uncle? Ned
0oe1 beyond him and straight at
- nor daughter heir Mrs. Girard
'po0 ucribed her as schoolgirl, sew
PEARS old. She was being edu-
broad, and at the time of her
atM1 death was at school at Gene
4, X1tzerland.
Y WN44 Ned began to study the prob
49, nQeore him he was packing to re-
,urn ~ America. When he finished
- 0ell peratons he was packing to go
o QQ0eYa, his object being to get con-
rol a his business partner. That is to
Aimed to get such an influence
ivxer IS as would enable him to cir
e uumt her guardian uncle and there.
U4@ the Girard- Hawkins company
fron1 Wreck.
MI on his arrival at Geneva, made
a lqu4D as to Miss Hawkins and
n un hat she had received news Of
ttlo 9TH Of her father and was look
wag ~ m escort to return to America. |
'ted once wrote to some American
i len 0f his who were at Lucerne and
Fero 1oout to leave for home These |
eroqQwere two maiden ladies whom |
e h90 Known since he was a boy. He
JkeQ them to stop over on their way
3uo - Geneva. where he would Join |
lem md escort them to the United |
tate0.
Only TOO glad to have his assistance |
a - company. they did as he de- |
red When they reached Geneva he |
d tnem he had heard that young
- - orphan, who had Just lost her |
tt b America was anxious to find |
lepeogt across the Atlantic. The la.
g. INT word to the school where
~ Hqwkins was, stating what they
q n41kd and Offering to take her IN
49, care. The offer was accepted.
felt that he lad made be-
sNoW these ladies had engaged pas.
Seol1 4 steamer that was TO saH from
Therefore Miss Hawkins, to
IN eseif of their care, must aise
- - Naples. 1t mattered not to
port she sailed from, and the
- ed included. left Geneva for
~ V1a Milan. Florence and Rome.
- Nv that the vessel on which
~ - engaged passage would not
u ~ several weeks. which the Ia.
- lid put in between Florence
Il 1ee. His advantages were thus
e. q to the time he would spend
avlHG with Miss Hawkins, but far
81 m trebled in another respect.
- ing lady might be confined to
fN1D by seasickness on the voyage,
$M0N0 land this was not to be ex-
Ct Ind a couple with nothing to
but % see sights are in a fair way
{ IN Zach under the others fnflu-
IL Eortnership between the late Mr..
uf1 md Mr.. Hawkins was purely n
Attn 81 business. and their families
a ~ met. Indeed. there was only
q poEEon in Mr.. Hawkins family. his
uG|6Qe. whom he had left abroad
~ 10 WAS fuoIyo voars old Cho ,