The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-07-12
Local News.
WEDNESDAY. JULY T., 1891.
Death OF Captain Hill.

tlttl III ! tSIlltlS. y. ' E. l'tSt ''iiIIti'is
ait,luouu III 800 o'clnrk lie had been
IN feeble health ion Il year on more,
brin-, afflicted with consumption, and
>l.nt ii .Ood pOitiuii ui tic past winter
III Southwest Gc"i-Ia. When the hot
weather came on he returned home and
inttr went tUCa>hirIs. where he Sratlu-
all, .lrv weaker until death came to
his lcli,I. Tie announcement OF his
dcati therefore. wl- no shock to his
friends and relatives.
Tie remains were brought to Wal
ll.llA Monday. and that night. through
rli' kindness OF Superintendent Ander-
>oll. u special train brought them from
Naliialla to Anderson.
TN Yesterday Afternoon ut 4 o'clock
Tic funeral services were held in the
First Methodist Church, and were con
Daniel. assisted by the Presiding Elder.
Rev. j. y. Wilson. and Rev. w. Il.
tapcrs. of the Episcopal Church. after
which the remains were laid to rest in
Silver Brook Cemetery with the honOrs
al the Masonic fraternity. the knights
al I'ythiaS acting as :n escort. the de
ceased being IN active and devoted
mcmhrr of both organizations.
The order oi The funeral procession
was a$ follows: Mounted police, City
Council. Inarsr. active pail bearers.
honorary pail hearers, MasUlls, Oilciat
ing clcrgynnn. knights of lytilins,
members of family. friends and ct-
zcn~
Captain Hill was the third son oi the
late Col. Richard :. Hill, and was born
in Hart County, Ga. Feb. ., ls5'i. lie
was therefore in the litli year of his
age. IN 1S61 his father moved to An
drrson and he has resided here ever
since. In his Young manhood Capt.
Hill began business ns Il clerk in The
drug store ni Simpson. Hill 4 Co. his
Father lcln" member of the firm.
lie >tu,lir, pharmacy and passed Il
very rrctlitablr examination before the
state Board in 1851. Three years later
he opened business for himself. BY
careful attention to his work he built
mp Il large trade. In the fall Of 1896 he
purchased the interest of Mr.. +. J..
Sloan in the firm of Orr * Sloan, and
the IIill-Orr Drug Go. was formed. In
October. 1887. he married Mrs. Ottie
Saddlci, of L0wndesvillc. who with
two children survive him.
Capt. Hill was Il genial, progressive
and active citizen, % fine business man.
and took an active interest i'll III the
home enterprises. He worked at all
times for the upbuilding of Anderson.
He was Il member of the City Council
for several terms. and was elected
trustee Of the City Graded Schools
when they were established. For II
number of years he served rs Captain
Of the Palmetto Riflemen. He was
considered one Of the brightest MasOns
i'll upper Carolina, and was IL Past Mas
ter of Hiram Lodge. For several years
he has served as District Deputy Grand
Master of the Seventh Masonic District
of South Carolina. lie was IL devoted
and jealous member and officer of the
Methodist Church. He was noble
man and 81 fine type of the Southern
gentleman. lie was endowed with an
unusually fine mind, which had been
well trained in the schools and III the
experience OF his business relations.
and his social qualities were of Il high
order His true Christian life. his uni
form kindness, his gentle, lovely dis
position, drew around him Il large circle
al apprcciativc friends from all classes,
who will ever cherish his memory.
Anderson never had more popular
citizen. and the removal of snch IL man
by dcatl, causes Il loss that will be felt
not only by IL bcrcnved family but by
his Church and the community. While
the shadows of sorrow have gathered
over the lonely home and our entire
city, he is mot lost but gone before
and at Heavens gate he will greet the
loved ones left behind.
AS mark of esteem and respect all
the business houses were closed during
the funeral and the bell at the City
Hall was tolled.
At 4 called meeting of the City Coun-
Gil OH yesterday morning the following
resolutions were proposed by the Mayor
and unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Capt. Thos. r. Hill, now
deceased, was prominent and public
spirited citizen of this community, and
was II xealous and upright member of
the City Council from August 18, 1886,
to August Il, 1889, and also from Au-
gust ID, 1894, to August IA, 1896, and
Acting Mayor in the absence or disa-
bility 0f the Mayor; now, therefore.
he it
Iiesolred, That the City Council, as
work of its high regard for the intcg-
rity and purity Of life of the deceased,
both as u citizen and public official do
attend his funeral this afternoon in
body.
Resolrcd, further, That the Chief of
Police and one assistant, mounted,
attend rs M escort to the remains.
Rcs0lrcd, further, That the City Hall
be closed for the day and Grape be
attached to the doors, and that the
]anitor toll the city bell from O'Clock
until the remains reach the Methodist
Church, and again from the leaving of
the Church until the remains reach the
Cemetery.