Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-02-13

received from him. Colonel Palmer
was wont to put the boys Of the fam
lily through the manual of etiquette as
carefully as an old soldier would have
drilled them in the manual Of arms.
DR.. Moore was, at very early age,
sent to school to the Rev. Mr.. Walker.
He was their preacher as well as teach
er, and highly beloved by all. There
was a feature common to schools at
that period called exhibitions" in
which the boys acted plays, usually a
good comedy. followed by a farce. 1t
was in the latter that Maurice Moore
school fellows would say, long after
ward, If he had chosen the stage for a
profession he might have rivaled the
elder Jefferson in comedy. He had the
faculty Of throwing himself into the
part he acted, for the moment, making
it to him a reality.
His quick sympathy. joined to a
passionate nature and high temper,
suddenly ended his early schooling,
At 16 he was a tall, undeveloped lad.
One day his father, then in broken
health, came home very much agitated
and excited. He told Of an alteration
with two neighbors, in which he said
they had taken advantage of his ply
sionate young son, in a transport Of
rage, pursued the men and attacked
them both with the blind purpose of
avenging the indignity offered his
father. Fortunately for him there was
not then in use the ever ready pistol Of
today. He only had natures weapons
Of stick and stone. Of course two full
grown men were too much for the
youth; but in retaliation they swore
out a warrant against him for as
sault and battery with intent to kill"
His friends thought it advisable for
him to avoid the possible results of the
law by his leaving the state. He went
to Mecklenburg county, N. c., and
taught little school for three months.
He always said, in afterlife, that he
would rather maui rails for a living
than to teach. After this he went to
Charlotte and clerked in the store OF
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Andy Springs.
While residing in Charlotte he was a
member of a militia company, at the
time of the war Of 1925. When men
were called to fill the quota of the state,
IS was the contingent required OF his
company. The men were drawn up In
line, the order read and volunteers for
the war requested to step out ten
PAGES in front He was the tallest
man in the company and stood at one
end of the line; the smallest man, 1T
tie tailor, was at the other end. The
two alone marched out. Their Valor
did not count for numbers. They were
ordered back in line and a draft was
ordered to obtain the Is. He would
have insisted on going anyhow, but for
the advice Of friends.
In 1921 he determined to study medi-
cine. He used to say that it was ow-
81 Nf hi oil
that he did so, and also that he was
q man of temperate habits. One
christmas he was with lot Of conviv-
ial friends and drank too much. He
went to his brothers in this state. The
next morning his brother said to him:
Maurice, you do not care for IL
quor?"
mot a bit" he replied.
"Well promise yourself right now
that YOU will not touch n drop for a
year. Then promise yourself that you
will not DO so until you are thirty. Al
ter that you will be SAFE" m
He made the resolve. and after ~
made q new one, never to take drink
except when he wanted 1t. he was
wont to say that most men acquired
the need of stimulants by at first tax
ing a social glass, when really they did
moi want II. 1t was during the same
visit that his brother suggested his
studying medicine. and he was always
grateful to his brother James for the
interest and counsel. which he felt d.
rected the course of his life for good:
He read medicine in Wadesboro, ~
G.. with an eminent practitioner. Dr
William Harris. and finished his medl-
cal course at the University of Penn
svlyania. He located in YOrkville and
went into co-partnership with his
brother-Dr. William MoOre-who had
already established a fine practice
there.
In 1924 DR.. Moore married Miss Ade-
line Allison, a sister Of Albert Allison.
she was a very beautiful woman and
died two years after their marriage
After her death his health was poor
and he spent sometime in Cuba to re-
cuperate. He was fascinated by the
climate. and always believed that IN
time it would be annexed to the Unit
ed States, in which event he was deter.
mined to make it his home. Even at
that period the tyranny of the Spanish
government and the corruption OF the
PRIESTS was so great that he said nelth-
or life or property were safe. and there
was no law for redress. Life was so
cheap that he never went out after
dark without the feeling that he might
be stillettoed in the streets.