“ Entered railway service by organizing the Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad Company, December, 1883, since which time, up to October, 1899, he acted as Director and General Counsel, and since then as President, Director and General Counsel. In 1898 purchased Oconee and Western Railroad Company and acted as President and General Manager until February, 1899, when consolidated with Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad. July 1, 1906, bought Dublin and Southwestern Railroad and consolidated it with Wrightsville and Tennille in 1907. ”

“ He was commissioner from California and vice-president of the World's Columbian National Commission in 1892 and 1893, and was the originator of its classification plan; was president of the International League of Press Clubs in 1893, was projector, organizer and director-general of the California Midwinter Exposition at San Francisco in 1893 and 1894; organizer of the Midwinter Fair Memorial Museum, 1894; commissioner-general for California at the Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition in 1898, and president of the United States Commission at the Paris Exposition in 1900. ”

“ Botany. Born at Hartland, Vt., April 27, 1864. Educated at public schools. Ed., "W. Am. Scientist" and "Am. Plants." Davenport Acad.; San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. West American Molusca; Cactaceae; botany of western America. Botanical Collector with Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Mexico City, Mexico.
Page, Samuel Davis, lawyer and financier of 281 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa., was born Sept. 22, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1886 he was appointed assistant treasurer of the United States at Philadelphia. Since 1891 he, has been director of the Quaker City National Bank. ”