The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-05-05
IN NENORY or KnRyN!W,
Eit'z'a3 Ut Kershaw CUuuty
H0uOr Il dead Chiel.
IhG IdtlreSS Of Gcm Kennedy o. T.rl o(
nc Resot"'jo"S -I"tercstiny Coiuci-
dence, Increment for n NioH,tD,en,-
A Dispenser Drdws pay.
Special to the s. ATE.

Gam zen. Aprll 30 The mem
"'lal meeting IL which the clt zen
kershaw county were caIicd ia
gether G pas su ta5'e re.oLSron
IN the death oF Gen J L kerhav
was held on the 25th. afternoon
Mayo a ID Kennedy was reauest
cd t. act rs chairman, and Dr. Jnc
W Eorbctt acted as secretary.
The chairman addressed the
meeting as o lows:
We have nsse nbled this dav
my fellow citizens, as YOU have
been made awarc. to do homo. tc
inc memory OfOur dcGea.Gd friend
anu lc'ow eli zen. Con J Il Kar-
'haw, who departed this nfc IN
the l2rh day o. April, at his home
IN Camden | esteem it an honor
10 preside over a meet ng d this
char"ctc", not only because it IS
repre- cntativ gnthafiu,, i [ he.
cause o IT'S aVowel object, that
Sln pas appr ate reSp Ut .0aS
mp n he ife and ch racer 0'our
dist'hgui he'd dead III meoti. q
bears tc tlmOny % tn" love an
re pect We have for .'arolua's no,
b @ Ion. Gen Kcrshaw will 20 n
AMI out from among,t Us no mo G.
lie has crossed over the river and
now rets under the shade of the
trees with those grand o'd heross
Lee, Jackson and host Of 9th
erS, S,'who have gone on before: his
LIES work is dom. he rests from
his labors, but the influence of
that life must go resounding thI 0
the ages. Gen Kershaw wa, in
all essentials great man and. his
m desty alone, kept hum from
reaching the highest pinnacle, of
fame. lie wa a great sold er, a
pure MAJ an upight Judge, and
the GROWING 9 'ory Of all an huns
bic follower OF the Lord Jesus
Chrl.t. Hts ia tn. e,pooiaNy in
the latter part nf hs life, in a kind
over-ruIing Providence, was beau,
tiful and sublime lie wa, the
irien | Of the poor and hi, nan,
deeds Of charity will never b..
krown save TO himse'f and his God:
for his right hand dill not know
what his left hand did 1t was nv
privilege to know HIM all my life:
he was m7 fathers nei,hbot for
many, many years. and when a
boy aud then youth | was ffe~
quent'y in His home; then and
th=re | learned to honor and
respect him; beautiful in IL, home
life, kind. cpn'iderate and Iov;n Q
to ali about him His watchword
was duty-duty TO G d, duts to
his country. Well may we
mourn the departure Of such a
man. a loss to our community,
our State and our country
oou'h Oaro'ira never had more
devotep son May the ,t,ry OF
his life be impress ed upon the
minds of ths youth of the State
as a mode; South Carolinian, and
one in whose steps they should
follow.
In the an,uag. OF the Greenyille
New: The knIghtiy o'd solder
has gone to his rest as he would
have chosen with universal I'VE OF
his people surrounding him with
sounds Of their sorrow fillln. the
air of the State he io,ed 20 we'll,
With al the strife and difference
forgotten in one common Impulse
of mourning for so good life end.
ed, Cfpride in life so well and no
ly lived.'"
The following committee wa
then appointed to prep are suit>
alb e reso utIons GeaeraI J D
Kennedy, Col p Fl NeLsIn AID
Major j l. Hail. In a short time
the committee reported through
Gen Kennedy with the resolutions
below, the al pt!on Of whici was
sec pndel by Me,srs. Trantham
Clarke. Mills, Shannon, Kirkland
and Wink or, after VIII CT thew
were adopted by a rising vote.
Whereas, The people of this
county have been called upon to
mourn the loss of its most distin-
guished son, Joseph Breyard Ker,
shaw. which sad event occurred
on the l2.h day of April 1891 at
Camden, and this meeting is as
sembled to express their sorrow
at his death and appreciation of
his devotion to its best interests
InriY,