The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 10, 1915, Image 5
DR. SHEPtRD DEAD.
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Waa Owner of Widely Known Tea
i n mi. the* Vint In Armi-lcu?Inter
metM In Brooklyn.
Charleeton New? und Courbr.
Whan Dr. Charles UphAm Shepard
dlad guadap night at bin Sumiiwrvllle
home there passed away the man to
who#a> CtiaaHavtun and Houth Carolina
ar* Indabtad more than to any other
for founding and promoting the only
auccegaful tea farm In tho United
States* and the one man 10 whom the
fertiliser and phoaphate Industry in
thin strata uwea Its growth.
The funeral eervlcea over the re
ma Ina of Dr. Shepard will he held at
fit Paar? Bpiacopal Church, at Sum
rntrvllTe this afternoon at 4.SO o'clock.
The body will be ahtpped to Brooklyn
for mterment In Greenwood cemetery,
by the n!de of the wife of Dr. Shep?
ard. who preceded him to the grave by
many veare the body will be brought
hera by the J. M Connelley Com?
pany before dhlpment to Brooklyn.
Dr. Shepard waa born In New Hav
sa. Cohaectlcut. October 4. 184 2 thud
being In hla 73d year at the time of
his death. He waa tbe aon of Dr.
Charlea Upham Shepard, an eminent
mineralogist, who filled the chair of
chemist at the ChaTleaton Medical
College before the war, afterward lec?
turing at the college
After being graduated from Yale
untvereJty In ltt3 Dr. Shepard went
to Ooettlngen, where he was graduat?
ed with the degree of doctor of medi?
cine In' 1M7, taking very high honors
la his claaa. It In said that had his
final thesis been written In Latin In?
stead of German, as It waa, Dr. Shep?
ard weifld have had conferred upon
him the highest degree (hat was pos?
sible for a Oermnn university to be
e *. He received a degree only
slightly lower.
In the year of his graduation from
Qoettlagen Dr. Shepard waa elected to
the ehalr of professor of chemistry at
tbe Chwleetnn Medical college. He
was on the faculty of thia Institution
until ahortly after 1*90, when he re?
tired te devote hla time to hie research
work In the phoaphate beds of South
Carolina, later doing similar work In
Huron- I nd Canada a* well as In va
? enetlens of the United States
Verjs^oon aCer s<?vertng eowliec-'
ihm wtfh the Medical ( dlege Dr.
jnsanflf became Interested In the
I growing of tea. Prior to that date
IlM fact that tea could he grown In
ihm State KueceHHfuUy had heeu known
for fully a hundred years, hut it had
never been thought that n eoniiner
t ially profitable industry could he
t'ullt up, what tea being produced be?
ing grown in small gardens and In?
tended for domestic use.
With a view to demonHtrating that
tea could be produced on a large scale
Dr. Shepard began his tea farm at
I'mehurst. Hegun and continued by
the proprietor for most of the twonty
vi irs at his own expense, in recent
years the tea farm has been given
some attention and assistance by the
1'nlted States department of agricul?
ture.
While there have been other tea
plantations that were successfully
started and which throve for a time,
the Plnehurst tea farm, at Summer
vllle. is the one farm in the United
States that has proved to be of any
consequence in the commercial world.
It is known far and wide, and for the
last several years has been a tnaf.net
for thousands of summer and winter
tourists, who would not think of visit?
ing this section without paying a visit
to the tea farm.
Dr. Shepard's work makes him
stand out as the most prominent figure
in the development of the phosphate
industry in South Carolina. He was
never connected directly with any of
the Industrial concerns springing out
of the growth of this Industry, prefer?
ring to refrain from making any par?
ticular attachments of the kind for
fear that they might interfere with his
larger usefulness to the phosphate in?
dustry generally.
His work in the phosphate beds be?
gan shortly after his retirement from
the faculty of the Medical College.
He established the first complete lab?
oratory to be used for the upbuilding
of the phosphate industry. He ex?
plored the phosphate beds of all the
South Carolina rivers producing this
rock and made the map of the phos*
phate regions of the State which is
now used by the United States gov?
ernment, and furnished by it as au?
thoritative. He examined during his
services in behalf of this industry
practically all phosphate deposits In
the stats.
Dr. Shepard's work in this region
spread his reputation abroad, and he
spent a number of years in doing sim?
ilar work in Europe, becoming wide?
ly known in the countries of that
continent. At tin.-. i Im m;ut. investi?
gations uf phosphate deposits in Can?
ada
It Was the worn; of th:* eminent
rmmb-t ihnl produced iho foundations
of the now important fertilizer Indus
try ol* this vicinity. His research
work made possible the rapid growth
? ?I the industry to tirst place among
tl?e enterprises of Charleston.
it is believed that Dr, Shep'urd's un- j
tlrlni efforts In behalf of the phos
phati Industry contributed to some
extent to bis death, lie had been 'til?
ing for a eonsiderablo time, but his
death was sudden. His condition be?
came' serious about a week before the
tnd, the crisis coming only two days
bet?re the death of the distinguished
Chajdestonian.
One of the reasons for Dr. Shepatd s
removal to Summerville about twenty
years ago was his failing health. He
attributed his condition to a certain
degree to the work in the phosphate
U-ds of the world, which impaired his
digestion and thus contributed to his
general weakening.
No immediate family survives Dr.
Shepard. His wife, who was Miss Nel?
lie Humphrey, of Brooklyn, died
shortly after their marriage, and there
were no children. Dr. Louis S. de
Forest, of New Haven, is a nephew of
Dr. Shepard, and Miss James and Mrs.
Richard Wallach, daughters of Judge
C. P. James, are nieces who survive
him. 4
In addition to his works for the
phosphate and fertilizer industry and
the tea farm at Summerville, Dr.
Shepard was a public-spirited citizen,
who always manifested a desire to
help in the maintenance and begin?
ning of worthy public enterprises.
The St. Rarnabas' Episcopal Mis?
sion at Summerville was founded
largely through the efforts of Dr.
Shepard, and he was always one of
the principal supports of the institu?
tion.
LI UK AH Y WAS NKEDKI).
Sumtcr People Were Not Slow to Take
Advantage of l'Vee Reading.
That the public library, recently
created by reason of the city's dona?
tion to the Civic League for that pur?
pose, was a needed factor in the civic
life of Sumter has been amply demon?
strated by the amount of patronage
given the library during the past
month. During this period over 135
new subscribers were taken into the
library, and nearly 500 books were
loaned out. Patrons of the library
are becoming more numerous each
day, and there is no doubt but that
the action on th?? part of the Civic
league In having City Council make:
the dbnatton to have the library made
a free one etM a step hi the light di?
rection and one" that should, and evi?
dently is, meeting ?villi the approval
of the public as a whole.
"HOT M?T SltS MR.
VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL IX THE
CASE A(i.\I\svr BOGGAN C.
Tiuri?r/rr.
time Completed With Unusual Swift?
ness, Commenced on Tuesday Af
trmoon. it Wont to Jury at S.05
tlVdnosday Night und Verdict Was
Returned at 1.50?Big Crowd in the
court iloom When Defendant Told
His Bide of Affair wiih h Resulted
In. Killing of W. S. Jones, Jr.?Says
That He is Sorry He Was Forced to
Kill other Man.
From the Daily Item, July 7.
The Trippv.it case was called on
Tuesday afternoon and after consider?
able difficulty the jury of twelve men
were drawn to try the case. At the
completion of the drawing of the
jury the court recessed until Wednes?
day morning. ?
Today Dr. S. C Baker was the first
witness for the State. He told of the
wounds inllicted on the deceased, W.
S. Jones, Jr., and of a statement made
by him on the morning after he was
shot and repeated that afternoon. One
objection of defendant's counsel this
statement was not admitted as evi?
dence.
J. Arthur Haynsworth, A. Lou
Bradford and Julian H. Seaie were
other witnesses who told of the inci?
dents just preceding the killing and
at the time the fatal shots were lired.
The testimony was practically the
same as that given heretofore at the
coroner's inquest and already publish?
ed in this paper. Words were passed
earlier in the night at the Armory
Hall. Trippett later called out W. S.
Jones, Jr., from a cigar store, and,
after words hail passed, shot him
according to the witnesses' testimony.
Following the completion of its
case by the State, the defense put up
a number of witnesses who testified as
to the bad character of the deceased,
W. S. Jones, Jr., and to the good char?
acter of the defendant, Boggan C.
Trippett. The case was at this stage
when recess was taken for dinner.
From The Daily Item, July 81
With, almost unprecedented rapidity
(the case against Boggan C. Trippett,
charged with the murder of W. S.
Jones,' Jr., on the night of March. 6th
on West Liberty Street in the heart o*
the City ' nter, JTM toui'.-K'U d on
Wednaytj] Ming end left at 8.Qo
o*cloes w .<? jury' of twelve tnfvf,
who tretu trt< \v verdict of not
guilty at fees last night.
There was applause as the clerk
read the verdict acquitting Trippett
ol the charge which has been hanging
over him for the past four months,
but this was speedily silenced by the
court Official!. Court was adjourned
and the crowd, which had hung
about the court house and gathered j
when it was announced that the ver?
dict would be announced, gradually
Withdrew from the court room and
building. Many of his friends made
their way to the side of the defendant
to extend their congratulations. An
order was issued by the court dis?
charging the defendant and the case
which has elicited more interest in
this county than any other in recent
years was at an end.
All day long the court room was
thronged with friends of the. defen?
dant and other interested spectators.
Many times the constables and sheriff
had to make the crowd stand back
from the rail, where they gathered so
that they would not miss a word of
the testimony, as it was given by the
witnesses, who were called in rapid
succession and allowed to give ..heir
testimony and leave the stand with
very little cross examination. The de?
fense seemed mainly during the lirst
part of their evidence to place depen?
dence on the testimony of numerous
witnesses that the deceased was of
bad character and that the defendant
was of good character. The morn?
ing's testimony was mainly by the
State, which closed its case shortly
before the time for the usual midday
recess. Several witnesses were put up
at this time by the defendant to tes?
tify to the characters of the two men,
Boggan C. Trippett and W. S. Jones,
|jr,.? Several other witnesses were put
up later in the day to tell of words
having passed between the defendant
and the deceased and of alleged
threats made by the deceased against
the defendant. Interest reached its
keenest when the defendant took the
stand late in the afternoon as the last
witness In his own defense. He told,
in a halting manner, of Various meet?
ings with the deceased prior to the
time of the shooting when Jones ask?
ed him about certain things, which he
endeavored to settle satisfactorily to
the deceased. These meetings con?
cerned something said to a third
party and there were a number of
them, all of which, according to the
defendant's statement, ended In . an.
amicable manner.
Cornier? rearer to the tir^o of the
kiULntr, be fold -?f threats made
against him on the night or the Mil
ling by Jones in (he Armory Hall. He
told of the all< -;od manner Jones aad
I Gregg Wright had of going together
rand fighting together, and his efforts
to avoid them and to prevent trouble.
After leaving the Armory Hall, he
said that he went to the Y. M. C. A.,
where he roomed, and waited on the
portico there for several minutes for
Arthur Haynsworth, but as Arthur
did not come, he went oeck to look
for him. He stated that he did not go
to his room at this time, but that he
had the pistol in his inside overcoat
pocket, where it had been since he
returned from a trip a week before.
He failed to tell why he wanted to
see Arthur Haynsworth that night,
although )>*? was repeatedly asked the '
question on cross examination by th?J
solicitor. On being told that Hayns?
worth was in the pool room, he went
in there and called for Arthur, ask?
ing him to come outside, as tie wanted
to see him. He then turned and
started out the back door, and it was
not until then that he knew Jbnes was
in the room, he having left him some
minutes previously at the Armory
Hall. He did not say anything to
him, but Jones got up and followed*
him outside. He started toward the*
Y. M. C. A., but Jones got ahead of
him and commenced to abuse him.
The others of Jones* friends, he stated*,
then came out and he started to leave
in the direction of Main Street.
Again Jones cursed him, he said, and'
stated that he would "fix him-" He
tnrned and saw Jones advancing with*
both hands up and his knife in ,ht?
right hand. Trippett says that he
stepped back against the wall of the*
store and as Jones was close up on
him, he tired at his leg. Jones con*
tinued to arpproaeh and' cut at hint
with the knife, catching him w1tn h?
left hand at the same time. Trippett
said he then fired the second shoVahd*
Jones fell. His pistol was knocked^
from his hand and he stooped, picked
,it up and gave it to Julian Seale. He
jthen went to give himself up to an'of
| fleer. In answer to questions by his
'attorney he stated that he was very
j sorry that he was forced to kill W. 8*
| Jones, Jr., and it was only because' he
believed that his life was threatened"
that he shot Jones.
IJttle more than two hours were'
taken by the arguments of the so?
licitor and counsel, when Judge Maul
din made a full and impressive charge
to the Jury on the law in the case;
The jury retired at 8.05 and it wag at
a few minutes before 10 o'c'.oofc that
court again convened and the verdict
of "not guilty" returned.,
(?rlfliu* Rejrenteneed to tteste*
Chester. July 8.?The GrtlT- .oth*
ers, Crosby and Bryce, were resen
tenced to death here today.
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