The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-11-21
In Memory Of Walter Dewitt King.

ME. EDITOR: | have just received
lhc SAD news that Walter King, one of
my former school mates, and one whom
! highly esteemed us Il friend, is dead.
Having been raised in the sumo com
in'Inlty with Walter, had an OppOr-
tnnity of ass0ciating with him a great
dcal-Our homes being in sight. Ever
since we have been large enough to 70
to school we have been closely attach
ca 70 each other. both on our way to
ana from school, and ut the school
house us well. Our first school days
were spent together at Trinity-better
known to some as Town Creek Acadc-
my, Dnt the ones, of which my memory
mas the swcctcr and moro pleasing re-
colicctlon were those spent together at
liopcwcll school, under the Instructions
0t our esteemed friend and teacher.
Alr. l.. NJ. Mahaffcy. Our memory car
riics lis back to many pleasant hours
that were spent in Walters company
on ollr way to school, for on many
mornings we met-as it seemed almost
prov!denItial! at the cross roads near
MIR. a. w: GuytOn's, and from there we
would talk over tho lessons for the
gay and after we gave out our spell
ing lessons to each other. At school
we were dcsk-matcs, as we'll rs class
mates in all our studies. While there
vas never between us Il spark of ill
feeling, one toward the other, there
WAS spirit of competition or emula-
tlon, which should be in the hearts of
all class mates, in our studies, teh try
ing to get ahead of the other by hav-
ing ing petier @ lessons, and ] think I can
trntnfuliy say that we both succeeded
admirably i'll this point, for, probably,
on one day one of would be n little
ahead, and on tho next day the other;
SO 1t could be said that on IN average
We E"rt :;11st abreast in our studies.
Among all his school mates Walter
was favoritc, for he was always
Pleasant, and ready to participate in
almost every game that might be sug-
Ecstcd for amusement by tho other
. 5G$s H,s,at at recess. IN choosing sides for
ually ono of the first TO be chosen on
one or the other sides. In attendance
at school he was plnctual, in rccita-
tions he was attentive, his deportment
was uncxccllcd, and lie was never
known to use any unfair means in any
way to secure for himself Il reputation,
or for sake of self gain, but was hon
est in his dealings with all his com
Rani0ns and acquaintances. In early
llfe he united himself with tho Hope
well Baptist Church, of which he was
q consistent member Mt tho time os his
death. In the Sunday School no was
an earnest worker, always ready to
perform any duty that was assigned
him in either School or Church. The
last two years of his life were spent as
student Mt Clemson College, in which
NC was studious young man, standing
nigh IN his classes, and loved by both
al his Professors aud fellow students.
mat he was loved by his Professors
Hn1n0On - &C
his former Professors with whom had
Il pleasant conversation during arcccnt
visit to WOfford College. at Clemson
he made reputation of INTEGRITY and
nObleness OF character that W Il live in
the hearts of all his fellow cadets and
Professors % long rs memory shall
serve them. He will bo greatly missed
in tho Sunday School, in the Church,
and in his community, but in neither
rs much rs in his own home, where his
footsteps shall be heard no more, and
his accustomed place around the
hcarth-stone and at the table will be
vacant forever, and the pleasant smiles
and kind words to his syOunger brothers
and sisters shall bo heard no more
But while it is hard for his friends and
loved ones to part with hin, hero on
earth, there is Il sweet consolation in
the assurance which he gave before
ms ucath, that he was prepared to meet
his Master and that he is now sweetly
resting lin places all heavenly" and
singing and rejoicing and praising God
with those who have gone on before,
and there waiting ON the other shore
with bcciioning hand for us all to
come on and join with him in the heay-
cnly host which surrounds the throne
of the Lamb of God" 1t is with a
sorrOwful heart that the above lines
have been written, but it is done with
the greatest respect to the memory OF
the friend who has been taken from
our midst, and with the greatest feel
ipgs of sympathy to the bcrcaved
stricken family, for Walter has al
ways seemed to me nearly rs dear Il
friend as though he had been one OF
my own brothers.
ROBERT A. GENTRY.
Furman University, Grcenville, S. G.
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