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Show j YOUTHFUL BANK PRESIDENT r , John H. Kdwards, who resigned tho position H jfyr" "Nw of assistant secretary of tho treasury to becomo H f. !gS president of tho Mercnntllo National bank to H j9'" succeed F. Augustus Heinz, who was forced out H iSvMV during tho Hurry thnt followed tho collnpso of H If j J tno cornur In United Coppor in October, Is a H vj littlo past 30 yenrs of ago. Ho began lifo ns n H '2,. $ lnn, c,ork I" olllo nnJ l,y tho tlmo ho reached fl l- '' QJ voting ngo ho had been elected assistant sccro- H 1 I " tary of tho Rankers' association of Ohio. Con- H 1 gressinnn Weaver of Sprlngflold, O., offered him I I the position of prtvnte secretary somo ten years H J X ago, and Edwards accepted it and went to Wash- H V-i-- Vw Ington with him. Thnt position ho held until H vZ rfflnV 1901, when tho congressman wns retired. His H k, Au" itHIIIIIIIM work hnd attracted tho attention of Postmastor H Goncrnl Payno, who offered him n similar post- " H tlon. Edwards nccoptcd. His duties brought him frequently into contact with Sncrntnry of tho Treasury Shaw, nnd when tho latter was looking for a prlvato H secretary ho "borrowed" Kdwnrds from Payno and novor paid him back. Whon Horaco A. Taylor tendored his resignation of tho position of assistant Bccre- tary of tho treasury ho recommended Edwards. Ho suggested that tho an- nouncemont bo made on Washington's birthday, then but n few dnys off. fl "It Is tho birthday of Edwards' good old mother," ho Bald, "and tho birth-day birth-day of Ills young son. I would, llko to toll him of his promotion on that day." "Capital!" shouted tho president, enthusiastically. "I will go you ono H hotter and sond his nomination to tho senate on that day." H Ho was as good as his word nnd Edwards got the appolntmont Dccauso H tho prcsldont of tho United States and tho secretary of tho treasury In thcso H commonplace, practical nnd materialistic days, wero sentimentalists, h6 was confirmed In a position which ho did not assumo for sovoral wooks lator, |