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DIED at his residence, Beach Island, S. c..
on the 25Ih ul,no, in the Goth year Of his age,

DIED at his residence, Beach Island ). Z.
on the 25Ih ul,ino, in the Goth year Of his age,
DAWSON ATKINSON.
TIE subject Of this notice was by birth n
Virginian, in early life he remuved To North
Carona and thence shortly after to Augusta,
Ga. Here he engaged in mercantile business,
but, in few yeats, having formed u matrlnIo.
nial connection in the ncis shborhood of his lale
residence, he there settled and spent the resi-
due Of his life. This marriage was Of short
'cnnlinuance. Within not many months of lis
formation he was called to part with his be-
| loved companion, and 10 commit her sacred
dust to the keeping of the grave. Eminently
domestic in his disposition aud habits, the lone
| ly condition in which hc was lett was too ouer-
Ous and painful long to be endured. A second
matrimonial alliance was now formed with
oSe. witt, whom he spent one half of bis earth
ly pilgrimage, and who sill lives to cherish his
m,mory, and 10 mourn over the rupture of Il
lie which has been the source of so many hap
py hours. and of so many earthly enjuynents.
lie inherited from the land Of his'blrlh those
many noble aud endearing qualities of temper
and Of heart which Distinguish her sons He
was courteous in his manners, hospilabIe in his
disposition, aud generous even to his own in
jury. Moved by powerful sympa,hics the en-
baIrassments of others awakened his deepest
feelings, aud his hand and his purse were equal
Iy open to mid. and beiriendthem. Could he
have been actlated by mere selfish regard to
his own interests, he would have hcen spnred
many of the Cares and anxielies which were
experienced. But such course was one too
completely opposed 10 all The promptings Of
his generous nature TO be pursued
The illness which preceded his death wos
long continued and Iris sullerings often intense
y painful. During the last Autumn he rccev>
ed a severe fall, from which he never entirely
recovered; there were, indeed, some seasons
of relaxation, awakening the warlnest hopes Of
his family and friends. but a speedy relapse
soon dashed thuSe hopes. aud alarmed their
fears. 1t was norunt more than seven months
of greater or less suffering had elapsed, that he
fell asleep.
The ubjcct Of this memoir was for many
years niemper Of the Baptist Church; bni
details respecting his christian experience, i; is
not i'll the powerof the writer t. furnish; his
knowledge in this respect does not pass beyond
the last lew months ol his earthly existence
During this period circumstances made it his
duty to be often at his bedside Ii was his de-
lighful privilege duriug this time to direct his
attention TO the blessed invitations Of Gods
word to lead his dcvotio3s, to suggest TO him
that course of meditation and of sef,sxaminp'
ton which his state seemed 10 require. and TO
bring before his mind those gracious promises
which are the designed supporters Of the af.
flicled child of God. II is his grateful conf
dence that The All Wise laid him aside during
many weary month Of suffering in order to
prepare him for the change which he was soon
to experience. Those who waited upon him
during his long prntractcd illness can find 10
bear testimony to the patience. genteness ana
resignation which lie ever manifested. His
earnest conicssions-llis affaclionaie apprecia-
ton Of the PROMISES, his willingness to surreu
der all into The hands OF alaithful and cOyepent
keeping God, seemed to inspire the pleasing
hope that he was under The rod, sweeIly ripeu-
ed lnr the presence of hIs God and his Judge
The deceased was elected by his felInw cil.
zens in 1910 to represent them in the Leeisla
tire. where lie discharged his public dulies
with that marked fidelity that distinguished him
In private life.
There are some condolences connected witt,
the period Of his decease. so remarkable as TO
enti!Ie them to Il notice in this record. The
day Of his death wa. the anniversary of his sc.
c0nd marriage. Jus, thirty years before he had
entered int" that relation which was TO rerm
naie only with lis life. The da; of his burir
was the sixuelh anniversary Of lle day Of his
birth, just double the period Of his secund
mu,rininna connection.
lie has left widow and fonr children to Ia,
n,enl the loss of an alleclonaie husband and Il
deeply attached parent. That those who have
heen thus deeply smiilen may hear the voice of
the rod and of him who appoiulelh it, is the
earnest prayer Of the writer.