The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-16
DEA1T Or COL LEivELL.
One OF Ncwberry's Nest Mon Haa Passed
Aw.y.

! ness now rests from his labors and has
| gone to the reward which awaits fo,
| the best Of the sons of the earth. II"
| was u!eful in all the higher, purcr aud
better walks Of life. The Influence of
good career, together with work foI
! the welfare OF others, will be rich dia-
dems in the crown he will wear in th"
, life upon which he has just entered.
/ When this editor was Il journcyman
| printer, and much Younger than he is
today, he spent year in the town OF
| Newberry. The recollection of that
! ly year that | ever spent away from
| Abbeville County. Leaving home IN
1856 with the blessings and prayers OF
q pious mother, found good friends in
the new home to which had gone, aud
| loved no man there more than Col
| j. II. Leavell.
From my earliest infancy have been
, a Jealous worker in behalf Of temper
ancp, and because of my love for work
, in the temperance cause, L was thrown
with Col. Leavell, where he was q lead
er in he good work
The Sons of Temperance had Il four
ishing lodge in that town that yea', ,
and Col. Leavell was never absent from
the meetings " hich took place in the
| evenings twice Il month.
He WAS perhaps more elective than
any other man in making the Lodge all
attractive, and pleasant resort for
young men. His own chcerfulnCss OF
disposition, and the example of cor
rect life, together with his constaut
effort to elevate and to keep Young
| men In the paths OF morality and so
briefly WIS not without Il lasting hrnc-
! fit to those who fell under his influence.
Colonel Leavcll's death leaves very
| few of those men o. 1886. with whom |
was thrown. Md the death of no mnl,
| in Newberry has more seriously i'm
| pressed me, not oulS because | loved
| him, but because | am myself rcmiu':.
ed OF the fact that am Fastening on t.
the same fate which he has just met.
After q man has passed his three
score years, when his comrades or bis
| seuiors fall ~ the wayslde, he is rc-
minded of the fact that the final chap
ter in the career OF his own existence
may be soon fl ished. aud that he may,
at any day, retire from the busy scenes
of life, where his prese"ce viii not he
missed nor will his absence be known.
-Abbevillc Press and Banner.
| a BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE FCoM y GREEN
WOOD MAN.
The death of Col Lcavrll is not only
| loss to his county, but TO the entire
State; for the influence of such Il man
cannot be confined by county lines or
even St .e lines. He was one of TN"
most luvable, Christian gentlrmon il
has ever been my. pleasure to meet, SC
affable and gcntlemanly in his name,
as to win, at once, the respect aud ad
miration of all who came in contact
with him.
X X
| None ever doubted his devotion t.
the cause Of truth and religion. HIS
purity of life and character made m'n
, feel that religion was not n sham. but
a living reality; for he exemplifcd il in
his goodly walk and pious conversation
He attended not only his associations
but the State and Southern Baptist
conventions, and 20 he WAS widely
known in religious circles.
Col. Leavell spent most Of his life ir
a town which has given the State som,
of her best citizens. AS | write these
lines, | am reminded of the words .
Dr. James Fl. torlisle, which he useC
in great speech in the city of Green
vile over twenty five years ago In ,
burst uf eloquence he exclaimed: 81
have stood by the grave of John Beltol
O'Neall, in Newberry. and uept fol
more men like him upon the bench ii
South Carolina" So might we all stant
BY the new made grave of John II
Leavell today and weep for more mel
like him to bless this poor world by hi
spotltss life and character. T hav,
| known VI. lJedScii lot YEARS, tut
though | met him onl. occasionally Il
religious meetings, / loved him a.
father, and it always did me good t,
grasp his hand and to receive his k 'p(
salutations. Tall and commanding II
appearance with gray curly locks h
impressed you at once as prince and
patriarch. The last time remembr
seeing him was two years ago VT
Zion church, in Newherry County
wherr he WAS attending the session q
the r. 'edS River Association. 7 exten,
hearty sympathy to his children, to hi
church, to his town and 20 his country
"Know We not that there il a prince an
great man fallen this day in Israel
And as David and al Israel wppt owe
the death of Abner. 80 will many son
and daughters weep over the drnartur
of this good man.--Editor Gardner, |