The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 21, 1924, Image 2
AN OLD TIME TEACHER
The following aketch of the life of
l.enlie Mt Candle**, for many yeara a
teaehet in thie etty, mm<! who its still
iciiiii?l>crc<l by many of our older
ritixen appeared in the "Georgia
1/odge Tiding*," a monthly pamphlet
published in Atlanta and devoted to
Ma .-i nry Mr MeCa?<Ue.s* was i)iu
fir- 1 Senior Warden of Georgia
l/nlg e, And members of the lodge re-'
HUe^tui Mr. It. M Clarke, of this eity,
a rm-inbt- of Kernhaw lx>dge No, 29,
<? K'-' them Mime information con
ernnvj Mr MaCandle-..-, and we
'jiwiw that many of ku: older people
vil) read th*- life utory of the old
naii with a tent, l deal of inlereal.
The .--kft? h ai?'l l ie Im-Iow . ?? u^ed'by
iK'rmi'ficu <! the Georgia Ijodge
? T*?ng*;
"Vet t doubt m?t through the
" ~7>ne increasing purpose i una,
AuU the. thoughts of men are wide-n'd
with lh?; pnuc.ss of the suns,"
Th ik truth, so vet II expressed by
Lord Trnnyron, t~ 1 1 1 u~T r n T(^ fct>V I fie
high mark icnehed in . humitn en
deavor. ( > vi i preaching now has less
<>f bigotry mid dogmat ism and mure
'of spirituality Our laws. mostly the
product of tra iited a.ttoi neys and
eminent- jurist.;, nou embody the
I'SMiici' <i| human wisdom; our .skill
? o m?*dieine and surgery is truly mar
vi.dous, an?l alleviates much i>f human
pain an I misery; our statesmep have
' widened tlx* hounds of human lil>erty
;i s never before; our mechanics, engi
neer?. and sc ientists have changed the j
mat? ? ia! aspect.- 'of the world, ami
have enslaved the mighty forces of
Vature for the betterment of man.
The preachers, lawyers, doctors,
statesmen, mechanics, engineers,
architects and scientists have helped
to carry out the "increasing purpose,"
hut n??t ,rrmre than has the honest,
upright, moral arid efficient school !
teacher l<? whom I i ; i ^ heen entrusted
the care and education of the young.
"Knowledge is power," and when this
power is transfused from the mind
of the teachei to the minds of the
young of a community, a mighty
force is set in motion well, nigh as
irrciiii table as fate. Such whs the
( use in ''amden, S. ( when Professor
I/4'^ltf Mei'nndlcsj;, the subject of this
-ketch, taught school then mam
\eais ago.
Hwthei- Mc( landless was hoi n .Ian
uarv'JI. 1N20, and dit*d Septemhei 27,
IS'.'S Hi' was of Scotch parentage,
lh patent-. left Scotland during his
early hovhood, and under the leader
- h 1 1 ? I' lioberl Kmmett went over
n!o ; I i nortln-iii part of I inland,
uhi 1 1 his fatliei jui n< d the I'nitc.l
1 1 ? hni' r On ; i i i nj nt ?if this alliance
f.i'nei wa> nmpeili ?l In leavi
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Manning if ruin .>.1 <:u k \ ?ung. '>
later v.a.s name !. ' m \l.tim rg
M ' iiclie?? I , and mi :: \s ho
.ir,> w a rd ?? became / ? ? ? ' . ? ? hr
*i: i if their .-'a'? \r ->- .? hi
mates he formed ma ?? ?, .?>?<
-,i i !-. and was ev e i mvi .1 i : j
- 1 i, i ).?, them ,
fh -ing of a studious nature, and
natural loser of hooks and learning,
he decided to devote his life, hlF
i/nergr ? a? tivities to the high nnd
noble calling of education, which he
always considered as sacred an that
of the pulpit. With that purpose in
view he was influenced by his Cam
den friends to locate in that town to
carry on his chosen profession. There
he met and afterwards married Miss
Ffcnnie Augusta Coleman, who cheer
fully joined hand and heart with him
in his noble calling, both of them
becoming noted educators in South
Carolina. Indeed, his achievements
soon attracted the attention of hit*
'i nut ho i college, and ho wan offered the
pjufearfoi ship of languages in South
Carolina College, which ho declined,
believing that he could accomplish
mm. 1 1 good his country and to the
| community by u continuation of his
own work, which he and his good wife
carried on without interruption until
the War between the States.
It was only natural that "a beauti
ful system of morality, veiled in alle
gory and illustrated by symbols,"
should have appealed to one of. his
disposition and training. Having a*
his associates many members of the
Masonic fraternity, and having
learned to hold its fame in high
esteem throughout his life, it was
logical that in flue time he offered
himself for the degrees.
His application for membership
was received by Kershaw Lodge No.
211, Camdqn, on .December 27, 1863,
and a committee of investigation was
appointed. The committee reported
favorably February 14, 1HTW, and he
was elected to take the K. A, Degree.
He wns initiated March - 14, 1H51;
passed March 21, 1H54, and rained to
the Sublime Degree of Master Mason
May 18154, which was, coincidently
just six months before the first
Master of Georgia Ix>dge received the
Mallei'* Dogre?t in i>l-. ? Andrew?s
Nw. <j*i, Winsied, t/onn. Evinc
ing a genuine interest and zeal for
the work, ho acted its Junior Warden
December 27, 1 JSf?4 . a y?*ar to a day
after his application was received.
On tho same date he was appointed
and installed Senior Deacon of the
lod^e and served one. year. On
Decern la* r II, 1 H ,r> f? , he was elected
Senior Warden, was installed Decem
ber -7th. and served a year in that
office. On May l.'l, lSaK, he acted as
W. M,. pro tcm., and on December 18,
was again elected Senior]
Wat den for the ensuing year. Then
on "December l.'l, 1864, he was re
elected to that office, and served two
years in succession, acting as W. M ,
pro tem., on November 14, 1864, and
December 12. 186f>. At the urgent
call of hiii brethren he again accepted
the office of Senior Warden on
Deeember 10, 1S67, and served part
of the ensuing year. His last attend
ance as Senior Warden was on
August K, 1K6N, soon after which he
procured a demit preparatory to
moving to Atlanta.
Although exempt from military
service on account of his profession,
In immediately enlisted as a private
in the Army of Northern Virginia,
when war was declared, and served
with honor until ill health compelled
hi in to take a furlough home, where
he again took up his former occu
pation
Suffering the losses and privations
of the war a.s did many another resi
dent of that section, which was in
by the l:mnn t'nrrrs. he decided
to move with his family to Atlanta,
tK:; a young arfi ruined city, just
I--.- inning to recover from the
of tin war Arriving there
:r ' hi followed hi> i hosen pur
-i:::- v. *h much difficult <>n account
?1 <!? triutuii: i.f tin city l?eing
? r ; '? ,-r.d sHr- educational funds
? ! t f'.e ; i 1 1 p 1 1 so dc pleted.
l";< I>< ? ? in . :;g established in At
:< !.i h< affiliated with Atlanta
I. . i I* . X i. he exact (late Ix-ing
f'.'s ? al>!t . i a- count of the !os<
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wh' . a i.umbc!' of p.-ominer.* %
am "g them the nr?t Wor-h.pfi::
M is',. ilr?>the?" W:l(iam Her. ry Tu.
< r. un i<" the guidan- e and d:reiti..n
?>( Master Snmur! Lawrence of
'he Grand Lodge of Georgia, organ
ire J and applied for a charter for a
riw lodge to be- named Georgia
f.odgi N<? M, F. &. A. M . he was
earnestly solicited by the brethren to
join with them as charter* members
in the* application. When the dispen
sation for the lodge was received
Trom the' Grand Master he was unani
mously selected to serve as the first
Senior Warden of the new lodge.
This office he filled with signal ability
and wuh re-elected for the second
term in December 1869.
It should be noted here that his
son, Edward S. McCandless, destined
to become a Master of Georgia Lodge
at a later date, was then a young
man, just out of Achooi and ready to
embark upon a business career. On
September IK, 18()H, nhortly after
arriving in Atlanta with his parents,
he procured a (position with the At-i
National Bank a*. a general'
meswngvr boy,,' collecting drafts and
notes for the bank from the various
merchants. Here he made the ac
quaintance of Worshipful Brother
Tuller, who was the first cashier of
that bank.
Brother Le.fiie McCandless never
forgot the sweet bonds of affection by
which he was bound to his friends in
Camden, so after about two years in
Atlanta he docided to return to his
old home and his old friends and thn
brethren with whom he had labored
for so many long and trying years.
On September 12, 1871, he applied to
Kershaw Lodge No. 29 for afTiliation;
n committee was appointed, consist
ing of Brothers .J, I). Kennedy, W\ L.
DePnss and II. F. Hodgson, which re
ported favorably, and he was elected
at thy next meeting. He had visited
the lodge at different times prior to
affiliating, for the records show
"visiting Brother Leslie McCandless
was present at the meetings on Jan
uary 7th, February Nth, June 24th,
when he acted as Junior Deacon, pro
tern., and on August 8, 1871."
The records of Kershaw Lodge?
from December 30, 1871, to 1902,
-U-UT4J ? in - the Itrt- of 11*02,'
as were also the records of the Chap
ter. However, it is known that he
was a Royal Arch Mason, Und the
older brethren of Camden recall with
what fervor, zeal and power he
acquitted himself in the Chapter
work, especially as Principal So
journer.
Hrothc) Mc( 'andle-< "ns " wornler.
fully k i t??<l man, endowed by nature
with a keen and penetrating' mind,
and possessed of a remarkably re
tentive memory. The acquisition of a
vast amount of knowledge was the
natural result of his love of learning.
He had a perfect command of En
glish, a profound knowledge of the
Greek, Latin, French, German and
Spanish languages, and was thorough
ly familiar with the best literature oi
all of them. This was obvious in his
spoken and written words, with which
he always clothed his ideas in the
best expression, free from grammat
ical error ami ambiguity, and exactly
conveying his meaning.
His eyes, which gleamed under
great, shaggy brows, were bright and
piercing; his voice was full-toned,
deep and rythmical; he had a fine
figure and an easy, graceful carriage.
There was unassumed and natural
dignity about him. In any crowd he
commanded recognition and respect.
In the school room he was supreme,
and he never knowingly submitted to
any indignity at the hands of a re
fractory scholar.
The companions of his boyhood and
manhood were the cultivated sons of
wealthy planters. Many of hi.s
pupils became statesmen, heroes,
business men and orators, and were
possessed of noble sentiments, gen
crou- hospitality, and unspotted
honor, no doubt inculcated by their
great preceptor, who believed in
moral and spiritual as wcil as intel
lectual training. That he could have
won deserved distinction on the stage,
at the bar. or a> an author is un
doubted, but he never would have
been moie useful, or have accom
plished more good than he did in h'
.hi. c.-. profession of teaching
lb u t -i i (it voted member of the
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I :t : . .* \ '.ew and lo'.J \? e. Mrf "and
j r- ? >s - ? ; and lmdiated he ft,:;
1 ' h a h?- -- i; ? ' r ? * < a ' or > ! i < ? > be
j a'.j?.-e nf rhe hrtunt .ng thought of hi
i * ' ; ' ' l-' -hi' eiiiiiuc'. Mr. Mc' and -
| e h art v..t? so touched by what
r.e 1* t vr i genuine fHTiitenC"
j lhaL he it r.t lh?* debtor enough money
| :?! j ay the judgment which he he 1. 1
! against h i na !
"Kt?rgi\e u.t ou i d*-bt> a- we t*f r
K'iWe t.w debtors" was not only on
h:? hps morning and evening, but
emanated from his heart. He for
gave the penitent aw h?* trusted that
he would be forgiven.
Among the friends of a Ion* and
jm-ful life be continued his profession
to the time of hie death, when he waa
laid away beneath the silent clods of
the valley, leaving many a' heart
broken with grief at hi* passing!
There in the beautiful cemetery at
Camden all that remains of Leslie
McCandless \ rests under a little
mound, surrounded by like mounds
which mark the resting-places of
many of his illustrious pupils. Hut
what he taught lives in Camden still,
ennobling her citizenship, and. attract'
ing the attention of good people all
over our broad land. t And in Georgia
Lodge, which he helped to establish,
eyes are dimmed, and loving hearts
swell with pride as the vision of this
noble brother passes before them.
It. W. Heath Dies in Charlotte.
. Mr. IJ. VS. Heath, son of the late
Jl. I). Heath, of Charlotte, died in
a Charlotte, N. C.f sanatorium last
Thursday night of pneumonia and
complications. He was a fine busi
ness man and for a number of years
was secretary-treasurer of the Mar
netta Cotton Mills at Lando, S. C.
Surviving are the following full Sis
ters: Mrs. J. C. Montgomery anil
Mrs. John Crawford, of Charlotte,
and Mrs. C. D. Jones, of I>ancastor,
S. C., full brothers: H. B. Heath,
of Charlotte; G. B. Heath, of Lando,
S. CM and W. J. Heath, of Monroe;
half sisters: Mrs. Odom Alexander
and Miss Lucy Heath, of Charlotte;
half brothers: B. D. Heath, Jr., Wes
ley T. Heath, Jack Heath, Morgan
Heath and Lee Heath, all of Char
lotte. Mr. Heath was born March 5,
1872,. in Lancaster County, S. C., thus
making him 52? years old. As a
youth he attended Gingham School
at Mebane and later attended the A.
and M. College at Bryan, Texas. Af
ter spending several years in Texas
lie moved to Monroe, which, was his.
Iiuiiii' timing; i~ne decade 1880 to 1890.
His mother was the first wife of. his
father, B. I>. Heath, who died in 1919,
being Miss Mary Wilson, of l^ancas
ter County. She died about thirty
years ago. Mr. Heath was a member
of Tryon Street Methodist church,
Charlotte.
nary examination into the sanity of
Laura Eva Winchester, religious
fanatic, held jointly with her daugh
ter, John Eva, for the killing Thurs
day at SefTner, of her husband, John
Edwin Winchester, Saturday, was
made by a lunacy commission com
posed of Dr. W. M. Rowlett, I)r. W.
E. Bitzer and Barton Smith. Some
evidences of insanity were noted, the
commission reports, but a more
"B EST IN THB LOHO RUN
When you have used
* '
up the last miles in
your Silvertowns you
will lay them aside
knowing that^ only
Silvertowns can re*
place them. . . * ? "
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Goodrich
Silvertown
CORD
Camden Service Station
thorough investigation, it is declared,
will have to be made by an investiga
tion next week. John Eva Saturday
changed her original .statement made
to officers and, reporters Thursday
and admitted that her mother had
struck her father, driving him from
the. house; also that her mother had
assisted her to stamp the devil from
her father. Officers are of the
opinion that the woman also struck
her husband at the automobile, where
he first took refuge, rendering him
somewhat dazed, when he left aWil
wont to the field, where he was later
stamped to death, according to the
woman's admissions.
' New Secretary From California.
San Francisco, March 13.? Curtis
I). Wilbur, chief justice of the Cali
fornia supreme court, announced to
night he had received a telegram
from President Coolidge offering him
the secretaryship of the navy, re
cently left vacant by the resignation
of Edwin Denby. . He has accepted.
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