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PUBLISHED WEEKLY WINNSBOR09 S. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27; 1906.ESALHD184 The Passing of Dr. Thos. 0. Douglass. On the 6th day of June at his bome in Fairfield county Dr. Thomas G. Douglass passed away after an illness of some days. At the time of his death he was 71 :years of age, and nearly all his life had been spent in Farfield -county. He was born near Jen kinsville; he enjoyed good school advantages, such as country boys of his time had, and graduated in mediCme at the Charleston Medi -cal College. Not long after graduation Dr. Douglass practised medicine with the noted physician, Dr. Thomas Furman, who lived about three miles south of Monticello. The Furmans were a rich family, of the best standing in the state;, and Dr. Thomas Furman's repu tation as a physician was of the! highest order in Fairfield county. And Fairfield county was in those days rich and beautiful. Splen-! did homes nestled in great clumps of evergreens and flowering bow ers. The prevailing type of archi tecture was colonial- large wooden structures with heavy pillared porches, painted white with green .shades. When the war came on Dr. *Douglass was practising medicine with Dr. Furman. It was no, doubt of incalculable advantage -for a young doctor, fresh from ,college, to be associated with a physician of Dr. Furman's skill and standing. For a few years after the war Dr. Douglass practised medicine in Chester county, not far from his brother-in-law, Samuel Mc Lurkin, who was himself, or came o be, a physician of unusual skill. Later, Dr. Douglass came into possession of a bachelor uncle's estate nine miles northwest of Winns' oro, and here for more than thirty years he lived and followed his profession. The Brice community was settled by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, a peo pie of fine energy and thrift; and this section came to be the rich est farming section in Fairfield fifteen or twenty years after the war. This was partly due to the fne qUality of the land for cotton growiag, partly to the manage ment of a people of fine gifts. For many years Dr. Douglass was very prosperous in his pro fession. My own brother, Charles Babb, who graduated in Charles toe, assisted Dr. Douglass for a time in his practice, which reached from the Charlotte railroad on the east to Broad river on the 'west, from Monticello on the south to the Chester line on the :norty. My brother often apoke of his association with Dr. Doug. lass with great pleasure, for be sides their being brothers-in-law, they wiere always warm friends. Later, brother Charles practised by himself in the Feasterville -- ~~onunity, where he died in Dr. Dodaglass~was called in the most serious eases of fever, men ingitis, accident, pnenmonia, in consultation with other physi cians; or families realizing that loved ones were near dath (ra-. .quently turned whoilly to his skill. I may say that Dr. Douglass was .a splendid physician. I desire to call attention to a ~few points in his life and charac ter, which are worthy of emula tion: Be was a great worker. Dr. Doeglass seldom, in his active career, rode in a buggy-; he was~ in his saddle day and night aM times. He usually rode a ine horse with a good easy gait, and seldom went out of a moderate gait, even in serious illness. He was a nervous man, so nervous at times as to be unable to ex press his thoughts; bu~t he was always in possession of hia pow ers at the bedside. He did not baurry., but went with the decision of a hard worker. No man can tell what an amount of work Dr. Douglass accomplished in the past forty years. He frequently -went to the very limit of his en durance. He was a student. Dr. Doug .lass was always ready to put aside the old for the new, i be nys persuaded that the new was ibe4*t. He read much in his pro fesaion, and succeeded in a mar weless way in keeping abreast of the 'timxes. In company with other doctors, or even with intelligent lay hearers, he was extremely fond of dwelling on new dev.elop ments in medicine. His was an inquiring mind. He was seldom .-dogmatie, bat kept his mind open to suggestion. I am not aware that he was ever accused of '-get ting into ruts." Dr. Douglass was of a hopeful turn. He did not speak of his own trials with freedom. In fact, r do not reall ever hearing him complain of being mistreated, o: of being neglected, though I hav known him all my life and hav been much in his home. He wa not a bitter man. He was no severe, but gentle. He was no crusty. I believe that he alwayi tried to be gentle and tender wit] his patients. He was social, yet prudent He never showed malice, so fa as I knew. He was patient unde annoyances, as a rule. He love< to meet people and converse i3 their homes. And his coming t< take dinner after one of his har< rides was a great treat to hi; friends. I believe that he wai always a welcome guest. I recor( it with great pleasure, that Dr Douglass was a very pruden man in his habits; he was pruden in speech and in bearing. An it is worth saying, that through out a long professional career o more than forty years no slande: was ever attached to his name. My sister Charlotte was ever i great helper to her husband, Dr Douglass. She has been a brav4 and strong wife to the man o whom I have written. Being 1 woman of splendid gifts shi always sought to be of help it furthering her husband's interests .It New Hope church, uppe: Fairfield, the body of Thomas G Douglass was laid to rest Jun 7th. His was a long and blessei ministry of healing. When i young man he avowed his faitl in the living Christ, and now h( rests from his labore. He leave& a good name, and we who knev him indulge the strong hope tbai the passing from this world t< the unseen world was no disap pointment to him. His memorj is sweet, for his work was wel done. Robert Morris Rabb. Port Norfolk, Va. Editor The News and Herald: I desire to add something t< the brief "but appreciative notic of the death of Dr. Thomas G Douglass, which appeared in i recent issue of your paper. Hi died on the 6Mh day of June 1906, within a quarter of a mil of the plaee where he was bori on the 12th day of August, 1835 his birthplace being now ownec by his son, Charles H. Douglass There he passed the first eighi years of his life, and in 1844 re moved with his parents tQ th( place now owned by his brothe Charles B. Douglass, near Jen kinsville, S. C. He received his early educa tion in the neighborhooa schools, principally in the academy, neal Shiloh church, and afterwards he received a higher couree 4 pen. tal training and instruction in thaz Presbyterian High School al Greenwood, S. C., which was established by "'the Greenwood Association of Abbevilla Dis trict," a corporation chartered in 1833 by the legislature of this State for the promotion of educa. tion. He received his medical educa tion in the. Medical College ol South Cup~Jina, in Charleson, where he graditp.d in March, 1860. He practised ida~ pr~ofes. sion at Long Run, S. C., untii, ijn Mil inspired by the patriotic feeling which then actuated the young men of the Sta~te, he joined Company C of the 6t:h Regimeni of South Carolina Cavalry, and served as a private until he be came a surgeon in the Confederate service, and he served faithfully in this ea'pacity until the close ol theo War Between the States. After thy war he practised medicine esosi~ ip copart nership with D~r. 4nam $. Ng* Lurkin at Halsellville, in Chester county, for about three and a hall yG~rs, their extensive practisG also lidading a considerable sec tion of Fairnid .county. In the latter paae d 1.868, he removed to the place wheke he died, 4nd continued in the active and saceassfal practise of medi cine, inspiring condance in his skill and affection in th~e hear~ts of his numerous patients and patrons. About two years ago, on account of his failing health it became necessary for him to give up, to a certain extent, the active practise of his profession, and to Leave the pirincipal part of the work a4 a~ttending to professional cala and administering to the relief of siek patients tq the skill and active energy of his son, Dr J. E. Douglasse, who for many years has been associated with him in the practise of medicine His father was Charles Doug. lass, who died in 1851, when the subject of Abi sketch, his eldesi son, was sixteen psy pld. His mother was Sarah Grosiby, My survived her husband many years Three siste predeceased him and one brother, David S. Doug lass, who was a member of C'), e wounds received in the battle o Gaines' Mill on the 27th day o June, 1862. He was buried in the cemeter; of New Hope church, of whic church he was a member for man; years; and many, whose heart t had been drawn to him as thei beloved physician, came long dis tances to pay their last sad tribut( e to his memory. r He left surviving him hi I widow, Mrs. Lottie Douglass, i daughter of Mr. Jonathan Rabb > deceased, and four sons, Dr. J. E i Douglass, T. J. Douglass, Chas i H. Douglass and Dr. J. W. Doug i lass, and one brother, Charles B l Douglass, ald two sisters, Mrs Mary A. Chappell and Mrs. Mar Sthia MeMeekin, wife of Mr. Josepi McMeolcin. "Ye sorrow not, even as others wh< who have no hope." "The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease, And life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace." A. S. D. Fortunate Missourians. "When I was a druggist a Livonia, Mo.," writes T. J. Dwyer now of Graysville, Mo., "three o my customers were permanentl: cured of consumption by Dr King's New Discovery, and art well and strong to-day. On was trying to sell his propert; and move to Arizona, but afte: using New Discovery a sbor time he found it unnecessa'ry t< do so. I regard Dr. King's Nev Discovery as the most wonderfu medicine in existenoe." Sures Cough and Cold cure and Throa and Lung healer. Guaranteed bj McMaster Co. and Jno. H. Me Master & Co., druggists. 50a ani $1. Trial bottle free. White Oak Notes. Capt. T. D. Moore has beer sent back to the White Oak see tion. He moved his family thiE week. His many friends here are glad to have them back. Miss Julia Patrick is improv ing and will spon be able to come home, tf she continues to ig4 prove. Mr. Jno. H. Neil has gone to the mountains of Chester foi several days. Miss Julia Wren of Wrens, Ga., is visiting the Misses Patrick Mrs. Susie Graham of Chester and ias Lizzie Raines of Mit ford are the guests this Wep9 o1 Mrs. J. E. Nichols. Mrs. Titman of Lowryville Ii visiting Mrs. McDowell here. Mrs. Ed. Woodward and chil dren of Roanoke, Va., are witk her brother, Mr. C. W. Mobley for a tew days. Mr. Will Bakhag and mothei of Winnsboro spent one day lggj week with Mr. M. Y. Bankhead Your cf.orrespondent spent a very pleRast 4ay la.s wegh at "Oakland," the bonatifgl hoi ol Capt. T. W. Traylor. -There I saw some very fine crops and a fine garden. In a few days he will have roasting ears plentif'ul. The captain was mounted on a harvester cutting grain. Horace and little Claude were piling and o;gngunder the scorching sun, though Th gp e to enjoy it. His daughter, ya gibap' 4n4 her daughter, Miss Leila, of Boe# Hill are visiting them. N June 23, 1606. Deaths from Appendicitis decrease in the srme ratio that the use of Dr. King's New Life Pills increases. They save you from danger and bring quick and peinless release from constipa. it. Strengt aug pgoy 9 eys follow their use. Guaraj e by McMaster Co. and Jno. H. Mc Master & Co,, druggists. Try them. 4nEssay on Girls. Girls are the sisters of boys aiid 1has long hare, wares dresses an' powder, Te' ffrst girl was called Christmas Eve, thioiggh I never cud see why. Most every family has one girl and some o 'em that is in hard luck has two or three. We have girls in ourn who is my sisters. Girls can grow older and yet younger. My sister has been twenty-five fur three years, and someday we may be tWins. Girls play the pianer and' talka~ shpp gther. Fat girls want to be thin and thin girls want to be fat and all of 'em want to marry doods. Why the Lord makes girls no-body nos, but I think it were to go to church and eat ice cream. They are three kinds of girls, brunet girls, big girls and them that have money. ~irig ls qgf~i4 of mict and bogs, which makes it ign tg put them down their backs.-Er change. [ Cheap Rates via Southern Railwa; f - On account of the followin special occasions, the Souther Railway will sell tickets to poin named below at extremely c rates, as follows: r To ASHEVILLE, N. C., AND R TURN.-Account Annual Confe ence Young People's .issiona Movement, June 29th to July Stl Tickets on sale July 26th, 27* and 28th, limited good to retu: until July 10th, 1906. Rat< One fare plus twenty-five ceni for round trip. To ASHEvILLE, N. C., AND R: TURN.-Account of Conventio Commercial Law League c America, July 30th to August 4tl 1906. Tickets on sale July 25t1 26th and 27th limited good . return until August 8th. E' tension of limit to September 30t may be obtained by depositin ticket with special agent at Ashe ville and payment of fee of fift cents. Rate: One fare pit twenty-five cents for round tril To KNoXvILLE, TENN., AND Ri TURN.-Account Summer Scho( of the South, June 19th to Jul 27th, 1906. Tickets on sale Jun 17th, 23rd, 24th and 30th, an J-ily 7th, 14th and 15th, limite good to return fifteen days fror date of sale. An extension c limit to September 30th may b obtained by depositing ticke with special agent and paymen of fee of fifty cents. Rate: On fare plus twenty-five cents fo round trip. To LEXINGTON, KY., AND BE TiN.-Account National Gran< Lodge United Brothers o Friendship and Sisters Myterienu Ten, July 30th to August 3rd 1906. Tickets on sale July 29t] and 30th and August 1st, limite< good to return August 5th Rate: One fare plus twety-fivi cents for round trip. - To MEMPHIS, TENN., AND Re TURN. - Account Internationa Convention Brotherhood of S Andrew, October 18th - to 21st Tickets on sale October 15th t< 18th, limited to return Octobe: 30th. An extension to NoyezT ber 00th may ba btained b depositing ticket with speola agent and paying a fee 'of fift cents. Rate: Gue fare plu. twenty-five cents for round trip To MILWAUKEE, Wis., AND RE TURN. -- Account Grand Aeri( Fraternal Order of Eagles, Augusl 14th to 18th. Tickets on salE 1th, 11th and 18th limited good to return Agusl 22nd. Rate; One fare plus $2.0( for round trip. To WASHINGTON, D. C., AND RE TURN. - Account Negro Young People's Christian and Educa tional Congress, July 3rd to 8th Tickets on sale June 30th, July ga ad 8rd limited good to re turn until J'1y 14th1 14Ofj. 4z exensp of imit to August Hlt: may be obtained by depositmng tighet with speoial agent and paying a fee of #fty cents. sate: One fare plus twenty-five cents for round trip. The Southern Railway is the best way. Superior passengsi accomodations. Best coaches. Most convenient through sleep. ing-car service and best dining car-service in the world. J'gr par ea, in gire of R. W. .unt, 4v ion gsenger agent, Charleston, S. C., Brooks MXorgan, asst, general passengei Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Postmaster Robbed. G. W. Foutz, postmaster al Riverton, Ia., nearly lost his life and was robbed of all comfort, 'according to his letter, which rgs flyor (Q yeare J~ 1had chroni liver' cophput, which led to such a severe case of jaundice that even my finger nails turned yel low; when my doctor prescribed Electric Bitters; which cured me and have kept me well for eleven years." Sure cure for Bilious. ness, Neuralgia, Weakness and gli ||opich, River, Kidney anc] #1a4sier 4erangemsate. 4 wans derful Tonic. At Moctaster Co.'s and Jno. H. MoMaster & Co.'s drug stores. 50 cents. A Daily Thought. If any little wcrd of ours Can make one life the bi ighter, If any little song of ours. Can make one heart the lighter God heli us speak that little And take our bit of singing, And drop it in some lonely vale To set the echoes ringing! For a painful burn thera is nothing like DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. There are a host of imitations of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salva on the mar ket-see that you get the genuine. Ask for DeWitt's. Good, too, for sunburn brieand es eially recoi IJeWtt~ 6 Ohp~ is on ever~ r. What Hurry Does. g "The unwise man is always it n a hurry. He eats in a hurry and .s gets apoplexy. He talks in a w hurry and says too much. Hec does business in a hurry and goes broke. He reads in a hurry and is superficial. He votes in a hurry y and produces corruption. He i. marries in a hurry and gets a h divorce. He train. his children n in a hurry and hurries them into 3: evil ways. He gets religion in a ; hurry and forgets it in a hurry. He makes his will in a hurry and leaves a legal contest. He n dies in a hurry and goes to the f devil and his tribe increases. 1, Ex. o A torpid, inactive liver can produce more bodily ills than almost anythiug else. It is good to clean the system out bI occasionally. Stir the liver up. and get into shape generally. The best results are derived from the use of De Witt's Little Early Rise-s. Reliable Y effective, pleasant pills with a reputa s tion. Never gripe. Sold by all drug >. gists. Keeps His Eyes Open. Y An up-to-date twentieth cent ury farmer reads his local paper He wants to know what his neighbors are doing, what is I happening in the world around him and he wants in many cases to study the advertisements and t find where he can buy goods the cheapest. He don't say much about it perhaps when he goes to the store to do his trading, but just let a merchant advertise a special bargan and see if the up to-date farmer don't find it out and take advantage of it, A Mountain of Gold could not bring as much happi ness to -Mrs. Lucia Wilke, of Caroline, Wis., as did one 25c box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, when it completely cured a run ning sore on her leg, which had tortured her 23 long years. t Greatest antiseptic healer of Piles, Wounds and Sores. 25c at McMqster Co.'s and Jo. H. McMaster & Co.s drug stores. Solitude for Two. r Solitude is a matter of taste. i It hae been the subject of much discussion. Volumes have been written in praise or condemna tion of it. But perhaps the real value of solitude has never been so subtly and so acciurately ex 1 pressed as by the girl who was asked if she liked being alone. "That depends," she answered sweetly, "on whom I am alone with."-Ex. GO-FLY keeps fliea off Horses and Cattle. Where GO-FLY goes flies will not go. Use it on your Horses and Cattle. Sold py Jno. H. McMaster & Co., Wlnnsboro, and Kennedy Mer' Simply Larceny. The colored physioian not having been able to locate the Imalady and check it, a white physician was called. After looking at the patient a short while, the white physician in quired: "Did Dr. Jones take your tem perature?" And the old colored aiantie an~ sweped, '94 don't know2 sabi ah ain't missed nothin' 'cept mah watch." Sciatica Cured After Twenty Years of Torture. For more than twenty years Mr' I. B. Massey, of 3322 Clinton St. Minneapolis. Minn., was tortured by sciatica. The pain and suffering which he endured during this tibge is beyond comprehension. 1otkhing gave him any pernzanent relief- unil he used I rb.exJain'.s hain Bairn. One *pplication of that limlment relieved ~he pain and made sleep and rest iossible, and less than one bottle has ~ff'ected a permanent cure. If troubled with sciatica or rheumatism why not try a 2.5-cent bottle of Pain Balm and see for yourself tw quickly it relieves t.he pain. For sale by Obear Drug Co. and all medicine dealers. The Same Old Sort. Robbie-..hat are his political convictions? Jobbie-Oh, he's liable to be iionvicted at any time. - The I;?unster. Have you weakness of any kind i.tomach, back, or any organs of the body? Don't dope yourself with ordi nary medicine. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is the supreme curative power, 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Jrio .1. McMaster & Co. 1%Itorl~atly 'Speaking. "Why didn't you retaliate when that fellow struck you?" 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