The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-08-14
ANDREW CARNEGIE DIES

phiianthropist, died at his summer
home near Lenox, Mass, at 7:1O
O'Clock last Monday morning.
Mr.. Carnegie, who was i'm his S4th
year, had recently suffered from two
attacks of pneumonia. 1t was a rec
urrence of this trouble, augme nted
by bronchitis, that brought on the
end.
DR.. Paddock, Dir. Carrcgic's pby-
sician, saw the approach Of death and
remained With the aged man all of
Sunday night. Also ac the bedside
we're Mrs. Carnegie and nurse.
Hr. Carnegie was conscious until near
the end of his life. He knew he had
but a short time to live and spoke
frequently with his wife.
Andrew Caregie was bolG in
Scotland in 1885. His father BROUGHT
him to America when he was IL wears
old. The family settled in Allegheny,
'ehnsyIvania, across the river from
Pittsburg. Being poor, Andrew was
put - work in factory a. SI.2n ;.
week. Fifty years later he was worth
half billion dollars.
While still in. Scotland younp
Andrew had learned to read and a
gentleman named Anderson, who had
books, invited Tom Carnegie and his
brother, Andy, to make use of his Ii
brary. Andrew Carnegie always
spoke Of this benefaction Of Mr.. An
derSon as the most helpful one he
mad ever known, and in his later years
he showed his appreciation of it by
founding of libraries.
From the factory he became q
telegraph messenger boy. AT the age
Of Ia he was telegraph operator. lie
became expert in this field and when
the Pennsylvania r. r. put in its own
telegraph lines Andrew Carnegic was
given job at $35 month. During
his 3 years with the Pennsylvania he
passed through all the Offices to Su-
ertendent of the Pittsburg division.
Whlie In that Office he put into use
tn" block system. Having borrowed
some money and invested in a few
shares of Adams Express, he began
to look for other ways Of investing
money. Investing $4,000 in a farm
IN Pennsylvania he struck oil and
cleared about $5,OO0,OOO.
The war between the states broi,c
out and Andrew Carnegie was placed
in charge of all the Government rail-
roads and telegraph lines. Almost
thc/first task that fell to him was to
reopen the telegraphic communication
between Washington and Annapolis.
He was also the last Government Off
cial to leave the Bulls Run battle
field, being in charge of the railroad
communications with Alexandria.
In 1866 Mr.. Carnegie married Nj IS
louise Whitfield, daughter Of New
York merchant, after Il courtship of
fifteen years.
The war being over, he organized
The Keystone Bridge Co. and be-
gan building metal railroad bridges
in place of the wooden structures tn;
were then the only ones in use. lhis
was the start of his real career as
"lronmastcr." He made trip to
England and learned the Bessemcr
process of converting iron into steel.
Returning to America he applied this
principle to railroad metals and its
success was instantaneous. He soon
had bought up most of his rivals.
He was shrcwd financial man.
he met and defeated in business deals
John ID. Rockefeller and j. p. Morgan.
Firing of the burdens of business he
sold his steel holdings to the Morgan
concern for $300,00O,OOO. 1t was
then he began to give away his mil
lions. In November, 1911, list of
his bcncfactions showed that he had
made gifts in excess of 1920, ,OO0, 900,
most of it for the erection of librar
les
Andrew Carnegie owned Skibbo
Castle in Scotland: He built the
Temple of Peace at the Hague, so
that the Hague tribunal of Interna-
'ional Arbitration could hold its scs-
sicns.
His pet charity was the Carnegie
Corporation, Of New York, which he
:ave ell told $l25, 100000. The OBJ
jcct of this gigantic institution was to
provide places of learnign, lit
1rary, scientific and technical, so that
igonrance might be dispellcd from the
the United States, that poverty should
be no bar to education.
When he retired from business and
began giving his fortune away he was
worth about $500,0OO,OOO. When he
died he was worth $25, 1000, 900. Thus,
he had pivpn awau 10 tuontiotb. az