The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-30
DAVIS IS NAMED
ACL EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT
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K. Borden, of Goldsboro; H. L. Bor-
den, of New York; George c. Cut
Ter, of Baltimore, Md; c. Med. Da.
Wis, of Wilmington; Lyman Delano,
of New York; George B. Elliott, of
Wilmington; Roland L. Redmond,
of New York; Daniel G. Roper, of
Washington, D.. c.; Buford Scott,
of Richmond, Va; and H. Lane
Young, of Atlanta, Ga.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the company will be held
in the office in the Richmond Rail-
way station at Richmond, Va, on
Tuesday morning, April 16, at II
o'clock for the purpose of:
Receive the annual report of the
company for the year ended De-
cember 81, 1889. No action by the
meeting constituting approval of the
report is contemplated.
To elect officers and directors.
To transact such other business as
may properly come before the meet
ing.
Only stockholders Of record at 8
p. m. Monday, April 1, 1910, will be
entitled to vote at this meeting. The
stock transfer books will not be
closed. Stockholders unable to at
tend the meeting may vote by proxy,
as illustrated in the circular mailed
out by H. L. Borden, secretary.
Champion Mcdowell. Davis was
born July 1, 1879 on a farm near
Hickory, in Catawba county. His
parents. were Robert Burns and Cor
nelia Jones Dixon Davis.
He was educated in the public
schools and began his railroad ca
reer as a messenger boy with the
Wilmington & Weldon railroad (par-
ent railroad of the Atlantic Coast
Line system) on March 1, 1893. He
subsequently held various clerical
positions in the freight agency here,
and was later clerk and steno-
grapher in the freight claim depart
ment, clear in the passenger traffic
department., rate clerk and chief
rate clerk, successfully in the
freight traffic department, and on
July /, 1902 was appointed chief
clerk in the traffic department, all
at the general Offices here.
On January 1, 1906 he was ap-
pointed assistant general freight
agent of system at Wilmington;
November 81, 1911, general freight
agent Oines south of Charleston,
S. CO. at savannah, Ca; February
1, 1916, general freight agent of sys'
tenn, at Wilmington; May 1, 1918,
member, Southern Freight Traffic
Committee, United States Railroad
Administration, at Atlanta, Ca;
March 1, 1920, member, Southern
Freight Rate Committee, represent
ing Southern Carriers, at Atlanta,
Ga; January 1, 1911, assistant
freight traffice manager, Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company, at
Wilmington; August 20, 1925,
freight traffic manager; December
20, 1928, vice-president in charge
Of traffic; May 1, 1899, jurisdiction
as vice-president extended over all
departments.
December 20, 1928, traffic man
ager, Charleston & Western Caro-
lima Railway company; January 2
1929, traffic manager, Columbia
| kToryhorr,y q. To,,ranS roi1rno6. Mo Y
20, 1886, vice-president, Atlanta
Birmingham & Coast Railroad com
pany. Director, Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, Charleston & Western
Carolina Railway, Fort Myers
South Railroad, South Caroline
Pacific Railway, Moore Haven 6
Clewiston Railway, Sast Caroline
Railway, Tampa Southern Railroad
Belt Line Railway company Mont
gomery, Ala.). Volunteered April %
1898, as private in Wilmington IN
c. Light Infantry for service il
Spanish-American War, which uni
then became Company "K", Second
North Carolina Regiment, U. S
Volunteers, and later promoted tt
Corporal. Unit discharged for serv
ice November 10, 1898, and subse
quently he became First sergeanr
of Company co., Second Regiment
North Carolina State Guard, an6
later promoted to First Lieutenant
Battalion Adjutant, Captain ane
Regimental Adjutant; resigned 1901
He holds at present the position
Of vice-president, Atlantic Coast
Line; vice-president of the Allan
ia, Birmingham & Coast Railroad
company; traffic manager of the
Charleston & Western Carolina Rail
way company; and traffic manager
of the Columbia, Newberry & Lau
rens railroad.
He is a bachelor and an Episco
palian and votes the republican
ticket nationally and the democratic
ticket in local and state elections