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THE LATE COLONEL A. B. ANDREWS. New York.-The board of directors of Southern Railway Company paid a high tribute to the memory of the late Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice-president and for many years a member of the board, who died at his home in Raleigh, N. C., on April 17, 1915, in the following resolutions: "In Memoriam, Alexander Boyd ? Andrews. "Alexander Boyd Andrews was born in Franklin county, North Carolina, on the 23d day of July. 1S41. He tendered his services to the Confed eracy in April, 1861, and in June * of that year, before he ;was 20 years of age? was made a second lieutenant In Company E of the First regiment of North Carolina cavalry, Confed erate States Army. He served with distinguished gallantry until, in Sep tember, 1863, he was shot through the chest and lung by the fragment of a shell at Jack's Shop, near Gordons vllle, Va. After recovering from this serious wound he found, when peace was re-established, the whole indus trial life of the South prostrate as ft result of war and the people among whom he lived confronted with the task of rebuilding their social, and of creating an industrial, system on new lines. He became a factor of their descendants through all the coming years will be, enjoying the conveniences, the opportunities and the blessings made possible by this great piece of constructive work. The Western North Carolina Railroad will remain a monument to the useful and honorable achievement of Colonel Andrews, who was its builder. "His life was not an easy one, for It was his lot to encounter and over come great difficulties. His activity, his positive and purposeful character and his touch with great things brought him into sharp conflicts with important forces. In the midst of them all he bore himself with a cour age and virility which commanded universal respect and enabled him to crown his efforts with notable suc cess. In every trust and in every re lation of life he was loyal and faith ful and true. On the Personal Side. "On his personal side he was a man of compelling and attractive person ality and was greatly honored and beloved. He married in 1869 Miss Julia M. Johnston, daughter of Col. William Johnston, of Charlotte, N. C.,'| who was president of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com pany. With her as his helpmate he prime importance in this creative and \ built np au exceptionally happy and constructive work. Realizing the ne cessity for transportation in any plan of reorganize!tion and reconstruction, he entered railroad life. His first service was with the Raleigh and Gas ten and with the Raleigh and Au gusta railroads, and as their superin tendent for eight years he was the principal factor in their rehabilitation after the ravages of war. V With the R. and D. "His efficiency in this work brought beautiful home life, which he distin guished by the most cordial and liberal hospitality. "He was a devoted husband and father and followed his children, even after they were grown, with undimin ished parental tenderness and solici tude. "He took a deep interest in the welfare of Confederate veterans and in the establishment and maintenance for them of the Confederate Soldiers' him an offer of promotion from the i home in Raleigh. Richmond and Danville Railroad Com- "Although himself deprived of the pany, and in 1S75 he became super- j benefits of a college education, he intendent of its North Carolina di- was an earnest friend and supporter vision. He remained with this and of the University of North Carolina, other predecessors of Southern Rail-1 being for many years a member of way Company and with the South- its board of trustees and of its ex ern itself un interruptedly until his ? ecutive committee. death, a.period of forty years. Be ginning with the office of superin tendent, he worked his way up through various intermediate grades until he became first vice-president and a director of this company, which position he held at the time of his "He came to realize the value of a religious life and connected himself as a communicant with the Protest ant Episcopal church, being an active and zealous member of the Church of the Good Shepherd of Raleigh, for which in the latter years of his life his munificence helped to provide a .death and had held for many years. "His active railroad work had thus new and stately place of worship, extended over a period little short of j Devoted to Native State, half a century. | "He was devoted in his attachment "During that time the principal ' to the state of North Carolina. No construction and organization work I exigency of business or of personal in of the railroads of the South has been j terest was strong enough to persuade done, and the industrial life of the1 him to make his home elsewhere. He South itself has been reorganized and: believed in the sturdiness, the sense rebuilt. In this accomplishment Col onel Andrews was a vital force. Pos of justice and the patriotism of its people, and if at any time they, in sessing a strong and dominating per- j his judgment, erred, his faith in the sonality, virile and commanding in, ultimate triumph of their sense of character and intellect, he threw him-1 right was unwavering and supreme, self into his great work with irre-j He was always willing to leave his .sistible will and purpose. His name and fame in their keeping, in achievements, which were many, | the confidence that their ultimate richly entitle him to a place among judgment would correctly appraise the great constructive forces of his and appreciate his purposes and his State and section. Completed Western Road. work. "His death has brought universal J' "Among these achievements was sorrow and regret wherever he was the completion of the Western North known, but especially in the South, Carolina railroad, from Old Fort, over where his life was spent and his work the mountains, through Asheville, to j most largely done. Paint Rock, and its branches. Thus "The secretary is directed to ex through his efforts was opened up press to the surviving members of| the great Industrial section of western Colonel Andrews' family the respect North Carolina. Population and de- ful sympathy of this board and to velopment and industries followed his transmit to them a suitably en p:oneer act, and every person in that grossed and attested transcript of this | rich and inviting territory is now, and | minute." Tired, Aching Muscles Relieved. Hard work, over-exertion, mean stiff, sore muscles. Sloan's Lini ment lightly applied, a little quiet, and your soreness disappears like magic. 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