The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08

of Georgia. having been born at Mar shallville, Macon county. At an early age he entered the services of the Southern railway and for several years was executive secretary to the late Col. J. S. B. Thompson, by whom he was promoted to the position of as- sistant. When the Southern railway placed a representative in Cuba. it sent Mir. Edwards there as freight and pas senger traffic agent, which position he filled with ability for a number of years.
 ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE
 Upon his return to the United States he became executive secretary to Vice President J. N. Culp, who had charge of the entire traffic of the Southern railway system, with headquarters in Washington. It was while he was filling this position that he, was given leave of absence and. coming to Bir gham. was associated with one of the coal companies.
 When Mir. Lamb was elected presi- dent of the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic he appointed MT. Edwards as traffic manager of that road, which position he held from 1912 to January 1. 1918. when the government took over the road.
 Soon after the United States govern ment took over the operation of the railroads the broad and progressive work which the AtiaI,a, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad had done in de- veloping it's territory having come to the favorable notice of the traffic of f'cials of the United States Railroad Administration, Mir Edwards was nat urally selected for an important posi- tion in the central organization and was assigned to the important duty of managing the agricultural develop ment work, in the division of traffic, with headquarters at Washington.
 In this broad field of endeavor he found ample opportunity for the exercise of his splendid executive ability, having juris- diction over every state in the Union
 Conscious among the achievements of the agricultural section of the United States railroad administration was the publication of booklets describing the agricultural resources of each of the states. These booklets. published by MT Edwards department, elicited universa praise. Not the least among them were those on Georgia and Alabama Personally, Mir. Edwards is a charming gentleman. His tastes are literary anc musical and he frequently finds pleasant relaxation with his piano
 NEW CHIEF CLERK A. V. B. Gilbert, the new secretary, i' dI present. eACCullNe tLltl tlcfh III Aii' office of the general manager of the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. He has held several responsible positions in tho traffic department of the road and priol to his transfer to the geenral offices was division freight agent at Fitzgerald, Ga.
 w. E. Paschall, a preesnt secretary an6 treasurer of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, was elected treasurer a the meeting of the board of dired@brs. H. has been connected with this road for { number of years and is highly esteemed by the officials.
 The reorganization of the Atlanta, Bir mingham and Atlantic Railroad Com pany effectually disposes of the rumori sometime ago in circulation that the entir' system was to be scrapped and sold l traverses some of the best sections O Alabama and Georgia and tapping th Birmingham mineral district and the At | lantic ocean at Brunswick, Ga, is said t be one of the potentially great railwa! systems in the south