The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-11-17

1t seems that he attributes his long
life to the obedience of the fifth COM
mandment. Verification of this he
has and is proud to tell of his dying
fathers injunction and commendation
of acts toward him. AS an apprecia-
ti'on Of this long Iea1thful life, Cap
tain Ward has in mind to live the re-
mainder of his life in peace and good
wilt oward all, in benefactions and to
substantiate this fact he has placed
in the cemetery a beautiful n1onu-
ment and presented it 70 the town
representing a stump Of a once huge
tree, and lying at it's base dog couch
ed for rest. Upon this shaft are carv-
ed these words:
Martha and Clint Wards
Good will, friendship and love
To everybody, and every
Living creature!
God bless all
by the side of the statue of Cap
tain Ward stands an elegant monu-
ment to his wife, Martha Ward. No
face in South Carolina could look
down more lovingly in marble cut as
an angel of mercy than Martha Ward.
This could have been so but for her
unostentatious nature, that recoils at
any public display of good works, but
believes that the left hand must not
know what the right hand doeth, and
at her urgent request the simple mon
ument is there to mark her last rest
ing place.
Mrs. Ward is utterly ignorant OF
this sketch that is now appearing in
the public press, but Full many a
gem of purest ray serene the dark un-
fathomed caves of ocean bear, full
many flower is born ito blush I'M
seen and waste it's sweetness on the
desert air Now, while the hair is
si1vered and many of tie worlds
charms are but trifling toys. we lay
this worthy and we'll deserved tribute
at her feet, while life fingers and her
heart and soul can enjoy what the
world thinks of her. Her grandfather
was Ensley Lott and laid down his
life in the Revolutionary war. -Her ia
ther was Ensley Lott, bearing the full
name of his father. He was married
twice, his last wife being Dimpsey
Barronton, the mother of Mrs. Martha
Ward, the subject of OUR sketch, who
was born and reared at the old Ensley
Lott home, of Revolutionary fame,
where now lives Mrs. Nancy Lott, on
the suburbs of Johnston, S. C., Edge
field county. She was left fatherless
at the age of nine months, but a
mothers love and devotion reared and
trained her until the age of 22, when
she became the wife of Clinton Ward
Only one little one was theirs to add
to the joys of home, little Josephine,
who lived with, them only six short
years.
"Fortv-six years have passed by
since t;is link in the family chain
was broken, but her gentle face and
childish sayings are indellibly i'm
pressed upon the hearts Of her par
ents. God did not see fit to bless the
mother was there to admonish eleven
orphan boys and girls. Six were rails
ed from youthful years and the eleven
educated from this home What
grander mission could be ones than
that Of Martha Ward? Is she not
worthy of the title angel of mercy, Of
a mother of fatherless and mother
less.
Mrs. Ward united with the Dry
Creek Baptist church at an early age,
and her Christian character has never
weakened Through severe trials,
when many would have tainted by
the way, her faith in God kept her
mind and heart most sanguine, and,
though she passed through the waters
of afaiction, most severe, her Lord
was with her, and there is waiting for
her, without shadow of doubt, in