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NOTED PRESBYTERIAN DEAD Dr. Samuel M. Smith, of Columbia Passes Away.-Stroke of Apo plexy Gause of Death. Columbia, Jan. 10.-Dr. Samue M. Smith, pastor of the First Presby terian Church, of this .city, one of th most eminent divines and scholars i the State, died suddenly at 11.31 o'clock this morning at his hom here. The news of Dr. Smith 4eath was a severe shock to Colum bians, for he has labored in thi community for more than twent; years, and it is with a feeling of per soaal loss that his death is regretted Dr. Smith arose this iaorning feel ing unwell and complained of a se vere pain in his che t. He sent fo his friend and family physician, Di R. A. Lancaster, and while eonvrs ing with Dr. Lancaster in his be -mom at 11:30 a. m., he arose to g into an adjoining room. He fel dying instantly. Apoplexy was th cause. Dr. Smith is survived by his wif and one son, Prof. Reed Smith, Tioi engaged in teaching in Cincinnat Mr. Reed Smith iwas at home fo 'he Christmas holidays, and left onl, one week ago to return to his work. Dr. Smith was a beloved man i Columbia and throughout the State lis reputation was not local, how ever, for he was known and revere< i4 many parts of the -country. H< had travelled extensively, and wa called upon frequently to delive: addresses in many pulpits and be 6Dre many organizations in every see tion of the land. Columbians and visitors to tho city for -the occasion recall that mas terpiece of oratory by Dr. Smieh oi the unveiling of the Gonzales monu ment. At other times on specia occasions the work of Dr. Smith wa: the subject of unstinted praise, fo: he was a deep thinker and the word he spoke came from a master mind. But it was in the First Presbyte rian Church, of this city, that th gems of thought came often. Di Smith's sermons ,were rega:ded higb ly, and it was considered a privileg to beaY him in the pulpit. Only las right Dr. Smith spoke before hi congregation and he apeare3 to b i-n perfect hea,lth.+ His Ancestry. T]Ihe Rev. Samuel Macon Smith. I A,was born at Haripden-Sidae: Prince Edward county, Virginia, Jul .26, 185.3 He was the son of ti Rev. ,Meob BHenry Smith, D. D., an Catherinie Malvina (Miller) Smit] TEis father was for forty years-o of the most popular and effectis preachers in the~ State of Nort CUarolina. His grandfather, genrich Schmid emigrated from Hanover, German; to Maryland, removing later to Ai .gusta county, Virginia, where he bN came a successful planter. The ar estors of his mother came fro] .England, and the Miller -fa.mily ha for generations been prominent i middle and Southern Virginia. Hi maternal ancestors .were also prom ineat. .Among them.was Gen. Crale Scott, of the Revolution, after whor Scottsville was named. The family was intermarried wit] the Custis and Washington famnilies Senator Nathaniel Macon, of Nort] Larolina, was of the sam' stock. .His Education. B ~ amel Macon Smith was taugh1 ~by his father unti. he was fourteer .years of age. He thehi attended th< xrGeensboro (North Carolina) Higi -School, and the famous Binghan ~school. He took elective courses ai the University of Virginia in Latin Greek. German, mental and- mora philosophy and ehemistry, becomine especially fond of Greek under thal celebrated teacher of classics, Pi Basil L. Gildersleeve.. Ministerial Career.. Hewas ordained to the mninistry by the Orange Presbytery in Octo ber, 1876. He spent a year as evan gelist .in Ohatham county, Norti Carolina, residing at Pittsboro. It the summer of 1877'he accepted a call to the pastorate of the Presby terian charch in Washington, N. C. ~which he served until September 1889. While in this charge he re. eeived calls to larger churches, bu: ideclined them, until a change of lo. ecation was necessitated by the sta+i of his wife's health. In 1889 he ac cepted a -ea.ll to the pastorate of th< ]First Presbyterian Church of iCo lumbia. ..!- i He married Miss Ella Friend Dan iel, of ''Ingleside,'' Charlotte courn ty, Virginia, daughter of John W O)aniel, a leading planter and a mber of the distinguished famil: of that name, who survives him. As Writer and Speaker. In his early career Dr. Smith wa a frequent contributLr to the thec logical ''quarterlies.'' his article bneing widely read and some of ther reprinted in Europe. He was select ed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church to deliver the address on "The New Theology" in the great celebration on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of 1 the Westminster Confession. He also - delivered numerous commencement 3 addresses and baccalaureate sermons 1 in the States of Virginia, North Caro ) liha and South Carolina. He was a selected to deliver the oration at the 3 unveiling of the monument to the - murdered editor, N. G. Gonzales, in s Columbia. The degree of D. D. was , conferred on him by Davidson col . lege in 1888. Dr. Smith has several times declined . a professorship in a theological sem - inary or a college. His Brothers. The five sons of Dr. Jacob Henry - Smith have all become eminent. The i four brothers of the subject of this D sketch are Dr. Henry Louis Smith, t,j widely known as the ,president of e Davidson college, North Carolina; Dr. Charles Alphonvo Smith, pro e fessor of the English language in v the University of Virginia, recently . professor in the University of North r Ca-olina, and author of several wide f ly used school books in his depart ment; Dr. Egbert Watson Smith, i for many years past a minister of eminence in North Carolina, and at - present pastor 'of the leading Pres j byterian Church in Louisville, Ken a t'eky; and the Rev. Hay Watson 3 Smith, the youngest of the brothers, e now pastor of the Congregational church at Port Chester, New York. A Brilliant Son. Dr. Smith has one soon, Reed Smith, who follows the lines of his forebears, having degrees with dis tinction from the following institu tions of learning: Davidson college, the South Carolina college and Har vard University. He was elected in 1905 to the hair of English in the Alabama Preoyterian college Abr Men. Last year he was instructor in English at the University of South Carolina, at present he holds the position of- assistant profesor of English in the University of Cincin e nati, a post of high honor for a' t teacher of his years. s e The Language She Knew. Two eity mission workers passing through the foreign dttlement in Sthe McKees Rocks district met a re porter and a newspaper photogra pher. Near by was a house the Ssqualor of which was striking. It dwas determined to take a picture of Sthe place. The mistress of the house bwas standing in the doorway and ewhen she saw the photographer set h his camera she ran in, slamming the door after her. The elder mission t, ary, who speaks a dozen ,different rlanguages and dialects, volunteered to coax the woman to stand for a photograph. When he rapped on the door she came out and he started to address her. 'He began .in Polish,, but she shook her head. He then tried in suecession Magyar, Lithuanian, 'Rus sian , Bohemian, Hebrew, Greek, French, German and others,- but it ~was of no use; ,the woman kept shaking her head that she did not 1understand. "It is no use," he said to the three standing at the gate. . "I have ex'hausted all my languages, but -she does not understand any.of them." "I '1l try her,", said the other missionary, and he' went~to the wo man. In a moment she was laugh ing and nodding 'her head, that it~ was al.l right.. When the pictu.re. had been; taken the missionary who had failed asked him in what language he had spoken' to her. "English," was the reply.-Pitts-' burg Gazette-Times. THE DOCTOR'S QUFESTION. Some Advice Against the Use of Harsh Purgatives and Physics. A doetor's first question when cosled by a patient is, "Are your' bowels regular?" Hie kno~ws that 98 per cent of illness is attend.ad with inactive bowels and torpid liv er. This condition po' ons th~e sys tern with waste matter and cause I accumulation of gases which :nuist be removed through the bowels be fore health can be restored.I Salts, ordinary pills and cathar tie~s may be truly likened to dyna. -mite. Through their harsh, irritat ing action they force a passage thog the bowels, causing pain' and damage to the delicate intesti nal structure which weakens the whole system, and at ,best only pro duces temporary relief. The re peated use of such treatments causes chronic irritation of the stomach and bowels, dries and hard ens their tissues, deadens their nerves, stiffens their muscles and generally brings about an injurious habit which sometimes has almost, if not fatal results. We have a pleasant and safe rem edy for constipation and bowel -dis orders in general. We are so certain of its great curative value that we promise to return the purchaser's money in every case where it fails to produce entire satisfaction. 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