The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 21, 1917, Image 9
FUNSTON DIES SUDDENLY
IN SAN ANTONIO HIOIIEL
He Was Attacked by lleni't Trouble
Shortly After Dining and While
Playing with a Little Girl (uest.
San Antonio, Texas, F'eb. 19.---Maj.
Gen. F'rederick 1"unston, elmmanmle
of the soutlerin Ide(patillen t of the
m'niled States armiliy since iebrtulai
1015, (lied uiitenly at a hotel here
tonight a tew, miites after he lit l
flnih;led (hiller. IHe collapsed whilie
ceatecd in tie lobby o!' the hotel liti
ing with friend:; an.i .va, iayling with
little lu nez !berior'g, of Ds 35loines,
lowa, n giiest. with her parent:; at. the
hotel, vhen he fell uneollsclious.
Death\ was almost insjantaneou:.
(ion. innton was I!fly-one year
old. iver sine' March, 1916, when he
was iplaced in command of all l'nitet!
States forces on the Mexlean 1 bor'de,
General Fu listen had wo'or: ed at en
unusual pace. Al. eriical time.; ini
border developments he freincitIy r('
minerl on (dly twenty hours ofl the
twcenty-four. The handl ig of rega
lars, disposed oi at v.airouIs sation.
oi the border; the iershing expe i!
tion and, of late, riear'a1g'ilen1 (
re!gular troop( while frovolig; for
the i011111 of nat ! i:' p.;',i'teei.
have (1111lild :n eniorlliot.4 :t.;('!nt ('
detail work, p rob~ably e'xces-T;. 0hat
w\hlh w\ell to any e'onun:amline ; n- r:"
of the t'lited tSl :tab,-, arnly tin e 1:
civil war.
Only today Geineral l'ntin com..
peItci(d orler'. for ii u ''e ItuIrn
last. of the gtari ant -nIt. lhc;',,
th: annot''sit of \wti it whi'h I .l n
'o him.) ('wrritn
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ciii ni ,a 11'1 ile II", '1ahi- i' I ..Il, ' iid 1 e.a: ( ( i i ii !
veloped.
eTwo wek plll. : ini1 11 n 1 'Ia".
s'l.i reda a alla t; of sil', lonl. To
use his own expression, "I tmlu it
out alone ." I tlaer, he plaes( Ihi im: .:i
under the rl of lLieut. Col. .\I. W't.
diet. ai of the mW ideal corp,: ;,1b
eirn ie partment, and regained llormli'
health1 amd spiiin. " filr'(hre day..'
Col. reland waid h, bn em
sIon had bIeen enih :1.or wel."
Neverthelesa, at dinnnhr toni:t'
( "unston a padlelatl abaed:i
ay ae only sparlsiy of the arteie
diet. No arrangements for tenerae
Funstont's funeral hav e be en ma1'!'.
Col. Irelad, who has ee Gen.
FunstonO physi an 1lor' simec time,
said tonight:
"'Gen. Funs11ton1's death wasI: caused
by angina selerosis of the ar'teries of
the heart. Death was almnost immue
dliate and without pain."
Gen. Fuinston's last works were in
admiration of a waltz the hotel or
chestra was playing.
"'How beautiful It is,'" lie said. Then
he lapsed into uinconsCiouisness.
BesIdes his wife, General Funston is
survived by three children-Frede
rick, Jr., agedl ten years; hiarbara,
nine, and Elizabeth, aged eIght months
, DIES FRtOM MOIIPIIINE.
P'risonecr in Greenw ioodl Jai Fl ids
D~eadiy Tiablets.
Greenwvood, Feb. 1 9.-lIfall Mu rphy,
white, died in the Greenwood hospita
hat 5 o'clock this afternoon from the
effects of morphine tablets taken by
him while in the Greenwood county
jail last night. It is not known
whether MuIIrpihy intendedO to commit
siulsidle or not1.
Sunday Sheriff McM illan had locked
up a white man namied Will I~aven
port, who had run amuck at P'anola
mill v'il lage and ebhasedl his famiily
out of his hiouie. A search for we.a
l)ons 01n DaIvenpIort had been made but
lhe otlicers overlooked a hot tle of mnor
phine tablet '. At bed tiinc lDav~en
11ort oplened Ihis bottle0 to t ake sonme
moreI' ."dope" himself andl a nu1tub ler
of I ablel s fell to Ithe floor of the 0el!
Oi'eiupled by sever'Ial white priisrontr'5
Murphly ilieked up a number of theim
and legani iwalloiwinig themii. li I wes
asked by a ft'llowv pionerI' if he litl
was Ithaltite knew what he wvas 1do1n.,
t hat lhe "'u.0d to uio ''I; " ' In'.
boy's 0('nditioni until this mo illinL.
lie wa'ls hurriiedi to thle hospItal, hIn
nlothing (011( colie done for him I.
Murph'~ly, whlo P was hbout 25 yea rs
old, was ini jaIl on the chtarge of selli
ing whiskey. Hie had been ('onvictedI
by t he iast federal court here and we
to have been; triied in the Sttate eourit
also for the same offenlse. H e was
one of some 20) percents arresCtld or, 0
the ebhargo of selling whiskey Iby
Sheriff MeMillan several weeks ago.
Young Mur'phy was a native of
Gireenwvood, lie 1s surive1id by hI
par'ents and seveial brothersi andl si
inra1
THE OBSTACLE
Viviau-Yes; I was engaged to a
duke.
Violet--And what cruel obstacle
Came between two loving hearts?
Vivian--Ohl nolhing in particular!
We just let the option expire.
HIS CHANCE
. Cs
"Ile's the ti-i : ta s r in town.
"Go on!I"
" es, -1'i. \\ hn'ti i in'.i himg I
couhkIn't rren ber :anyt tiro' any more
he wanltal to borrowr as ten rbtrht otff.
A PRECIOUS POODLE
"Mam ma, may I carry the poodl1e?"
"No, dlear; you are too little and too
careless. But. you may carry the baby
a little way."
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