The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-02-05
IprCiN to- Nova md CourIrr |

t"rnoon Within tho shallow II tho homo
hr loved II" much, and III II fearful
d"wnpour OF rain, the lupt itcs were
performed "vcr George ID. rilmnr, u
nhnu with independent aplrit uf h,a fnm
| ily. II was II pimpln pcrviCc IT, uutrt
community. for many ycn,u tIark a
| I'm, nnd George - rillmnn hnvc been
| ina"pnrnhlr, and In recent years hc lua
| boon know na tho "Sngr uf Cinrk Il
| ll,ll.' Frw, indeed. are the mon or
wom"n who nrc loved moro ut their
h"m'a. Tut Hurh wnp tho rnan with tol.
| & orgr - Ttllman. llia wns ~ memory
d""rly lnrrd hA th"sr a,nrnrst whom
| II" lived, llis family waa " dcvo, cd
| one, 'nd hia "ld friruh, the Rev john
T. Mrnl,nR. told IN his funr,nl oru,to
how constant WA tho thouSht " MIR.
illman Tor others. aud how cagcr aud
w'IinN II" was to hrlr IN duinH kind.
nHss. especially whore hr could htuc
| h's identify II WAS thtr Thought for
| Whrrs that mndr his ur!Nhhura and
trirnds f"r milcs around so to the uuirt
tunrral through tho frnrful rntn. aud
witch moved good old Mrs. Merit
weather.. " dor than Col. Ttllman. to
walk from homr tn tho funrr,l. aud 80
il wna with others. Tho rrrwuinE Nlo.
| ri"s Nt tho lifr " Cot. rtllm N, said the
EraN hatred rld minis rr who had
k"rwn him Tor li(r timr. were that
hr WAS hnnvSt. thruSnttu and. alovr
alt mrrrltul ~ Others
ltow II did ratn: certainly II must
have hrrn the worst " the year. and II
mover ceased raiuinE all day lo"n.
Qnttrn number fCul. TU,man's 'ricpUs
nnd admirers were ON tho morn,nE
train from Augusta to pay last trih-
u'o "t respect to their distinguished
frlrnd. They were mot ut the station
ny Lieutenant Governor jam, y II Tit
man and George ID Tnlman, Jr SONS
| OF Col. Tillman, nnu Judge O. ". Bu-
chnnn", DR. Grrrgo y. Bunch aud Mr..
| Th"nns Bailey, Sons-in-luw Of Cot. fill
| Iunu.
fhr party went to the rillmnn homo,
which stands on tho crest OF tho hin, II
short distance from tho railroad sta
/ on. Hero they reviewed. tlo ro 0Lin
Of ho distinguished dead, and not long
mflcr were seated around tho large
wood fires singing tic praises Of Gorge
ID. rillman, tho citizcn, tho thinker
aud the Statesman They told Of his
h"ppy homo life, Of his fortunes and
up- aud downs, OF his doctrin,s s and his
dreams They told how he loved and
how hG hated, how no worked, how he
loved to work and OF how II WAS all
his lifrn child OF II Iurr, who loved c
be Natural and dcspis,'d aud u, vnr wore
SNOWY clothes or u. ovorcn,t. Their
they told of ,hu things which made h II
such favoritr with his people. How
ho brnvcd uln"st an, lh'n-. low he
wont Into the Walker Nicara an TX.
poditiOn; how hu served his SLn,c ir
the Confederate war, and how, rs 6
representative In the constitutional
convention, and for almost score O
years he represented his State aud dis.
Lrlct In Congress, and how many Of his
pla' forms OF early days ro now accept
cd.
Then thcy told how in tho days of II
he fatherrd tho shotgun policy for tn,
) low-country. How no stemmed The
lido ut Midway, whero he mot anC
dared Chamberlain. aud how he organ
lied and rallied the Red-shtr's IN Edge
} field, Barnwcll, Coilcton, Beaufort anC
J 0thor counties.
His was an cvcntful and stormy life
80 closrly identified with Carolinn's
history OF recent years that recital II
unnecessary. He was the father anC
/ carly advocate Of small county ideas ir
this State. He wns the father of tb
present primary system. his distin
guished brother, Senator B II Tillman
acknowledges, and, incidentally It ma,
: hc noted that tho expedicncy OF the
= sub treasury fight and how best 10 max
1t, and tho dtspensary, were the only
serious Issues on which the two broth
0 era differed ut all.
, Col. Tillman was tireless work @,
and student, and they say mover u,n er
took, what SO many do, to discuss
question without first hcing fully in
, form II. Perhaps no o,her man /,
, ) 'a'h Carolina has had such long an.
continuous public service as Col. TIL
man, and during al that time he ha.
y tho credit OF being IL hn. d and homes
! contestant.
/ lo died ut tho ripe old age I nearly
. IS, Il loav surviving him, out u1 ,
family OF eleven, ., brother, tho pres
ent Unitcd States s, nrtor Is. II. Till
D man, two sisters, Mrs Swcaringen ant
, hrs. Simpson, and ak brothers. Tw,
b brothers arc dead So ,ator Tillman
! who attended tho funeral, with Mrs
Tillman and their children, MAS dee J.,
altuchod to his elder brother and feel
Kcenly tho loss.
SO hard and continuous was tho rail-
that 1t was thought best to have tht
ma part OF the service at home. Th.