The uplift [serial] . and with his pencildrew a faithful reproduc-tion of the Harris engraved itand two days later it appeared in the was thirty-two yearsago and a country schoolteacher, living on adaily mail roui e and a regular readerand subscriber of the Observer sincethat time, well remembers not onlythis Tompkins-Harris engraving, butothers that in those days appearedas marvelous feats in journalism. This is the way Mr. Tompkinsstarted in Charlotte—doing some-thing. The town began to takenotice of Mr. Tompkins, his capabil-ities and his determinati
The uplift [serial] . and with his pencildrew a faithful reproduc-tion of the Harris engraved itand two days later it appeared in the was thirty-two yearsago and a country schoolteacher, living on adaily mail roui e and a regular readerand subscriber of the Observer sincethat time, well remembers not onlythis Tompkins-Harris engraving, butothers that in those days appearedas marvelous feats in journalism. This is the way Mr. Tompkinsstarted in Charlotte—doing some-thing. The town began to takenotice of Mr. Tompkins, his capabil-ities and his determination havingcome into recognition, and his rapid rise as a developing factor in com-munity life is a matter of both localand state history. There never wentto Charlotte a person who entered in-to the life of the town in a moremodest or unassuming manner thanMr. Tompkins. He pressed himselfon no ones attention. It was notlong uutil the people were impressingthemselves upon his may be those who will won-. DANIEL A. TOMPKINS. der at the character of the picturewe have run across for service of il-lustration of the subject of thissketch. If we were picturing a gentlemanof ease, a sport, just a plain couponclipper, or some one who was livingand having his being off a legacylong since established, we would becareful to get one adorned in a prop-er bib and tucker, and a pose to awe;but we are thinking of Mr. Tompkins as he is, as he has been, as hewrought—a civil engineer by pro-fession, but by nature and intellect amaster of details, a student of causesand effect, all of which he studiedwith a decision and a precision andaccuracy as if usiner his compass andrule and chain. His manner of thinking and observ-ing, coupled with an extraordinaryenergy and ability, put Mr. Tompkinsin the very first class ofbuilders and leaders inthe state. His positions:>n public questions havelot always been popularand have not always beenaccepted, for one reason,if no other, he was an
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