The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-12

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backed III" Pittsburgh "r'h'N''h
RI th,, Allied r:usin,..rS S'rniy h'
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Icrrs amounted To- SOM, &tn.""h."Nh. n
man LEFT 1t, hy death such an UnVu"
and such a ~,lit,r'G S'r'"' "i imi'u'
.m,nt>; t. r.rp,.'unlr his memory.
In the Background of thvs" tiii"'h
Years IT phnau'hr"rhI there IL IN" IA
,milIar story VI Scotch ihrift li'"
Iu.k and steel which mad" such E"n"r-
lr>iiy unsS.hIr
t'Irtri,,r was fond VI telling III" story
himself Randy covering II WAS this:
Ills frs, u..nuv Ia. earned unexpectedly .
~ = child when hr aSluniShrd hIS school
master III punirrml!nC by rrcltlnS
Rurrs' long poem. Man Was Mad" Ia
! Mourn" without "A break. Thor" - i
anrcdutc Of how. when asked III Sunday
SrhrnI To- rcc.lr Il prov"rh from S'riI-
turr. the young Scot unwIlth&lE f"i'-
cast his own forum" 10y giving tn" h"n"-
,ly adviCo-''LooK after IN" pence ana
the pounds Will take care 81 Them .
selves"
Andrew was l. when his fnth"r.
master weaver WAS brought almost I"
dcstitutiOn. TIL" steam looms dr"H"
him out Of business. The family nu'n-
bcrcd four, including Andy ana ms
younger brother. William. me parents
decided 10 cmigrate TO America whence
some relatives mad preceded mem WIZ" &
success. They settled NJ Ail"Eheh! '''!'
Ia. across the river from IlttSpurSh' IN
lSiS. The father and Andrew found
work in 4 cotton factory. the son ms mob
bin boy 1t was his first work. The
salary was sl@0 n week. He was soon
! promoted at n slight advance. to en-
Eineer's assistant. lie stocked the boilers
and rah the engine III thu factory cellar.
In those dinEy quarters. where he
worked lively" hours II day. cam" the
inspiration tina, later led To his library
re bcnCfac,ions h" said. \ Colony Amber
son, possessed rt som" 400 books. an
J., nounrcd nc would open his library every
-, weekend and allow boys To borrow any
=, book they pleased. Carnegie was ono
of the most eager readers.
4, "Onlv he who has lungcd as did for
- Saturdnys To Co,nr'' he said "Can under
:, stand what Colonel Anderson did for me
= and other boys Of Allegheny. Is it any
wonder that | resolved, if ever surplus
II wealth came to me, ! would use il lmi
t. Eating nv hencfactor"
| ~ I,rrcrio emerged from tho on
D. zinc COLLAR and bccanc a TELEGRAPH mes
ic Scufcr 7 DnurIos Reid. a Durfrrm-
OF limo non who had come 10 America
Up na,,,. MS Lc,d Of Tho nrrIc, and he
BY ,,,a1, Ardr,u hi, nr,,,rc Trlrrranhy
~ "0 ~ o,r,or, NOW tbinc Enholy
r. was mn "'i''" , ~ ~ ",T i.aho, NV
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10 90 d,,. daotb NASSAU. s,,,nal
X ~, roio,oa "hofnr' tho ,,r,.r.
id. | 80. ri,,nI r. ,hoso dovs d,nib ms
Is. s.Cos 1vare tho most important mos
ne 80 ,yo hondlod vcnturcd 10 lake
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a .a 49,. 49, rna,,,or fnrcc ,,,s
,r- ~ Smt,. ~ ali 7, won him nromn,iou to
al tba Eny and sonnder, When The Penn
svIvanja railroad nut I'm n telegraph
On go ~ ITO own ha hecomo clerk unJcr
n. Di,.isiono Suncrint endcpt Thomas A.
n. SCOTT His s.av iumncd 10 s35 n month
ma M Scott " ho observed. was then re-
= coi,,;ng sIo5 month and I used to
NO vi N on n
NJ On noncb money"
ia Andrew was ls whom his father died
and no became M once the brrad-w!nucr
70 ~ tho FAMILY and a true caniialis,. He
m had been told by his trusted employer
N that ten shares Of Adams Express stock
I'd could be had for $500. and it was n
or good investment. At family council
~, that night Carncg!c's mother decided she
n would mortgage her little home for $500.
On The stock was bought and It brought
monthly dividends Of ono per cent.
a. IT can SEQ that first check Of ten dol
~ lars dividend money now" he said.
Oh when he became a retired iroNmastcr
H. with millions. 1T was something new
"a TO all Of u.s. for none Of us had ever re-
~ ceiycd ANYTHING but from toll"
IL The next step toward independence
~ and fortune came when T. r. Woodruff
the inventor Of the slccrinE car, APP
- nroachcd him with a model Of tho in
oS yention. HE had not spoken to mo a