The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-01-24
MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
IN HONOR OF THE LATE HON.
ALTAMONT MOSES.

IN HONOR OF THE LATE HON.
4ALTAMONT MOSES.
The Senate and House of Representa-
tiyes Met in Joint Session to Pay
Tribute to Worthy and Honored
South Carolinian.
Columbia, January 19,-Yesterday
at noon the Senate was announced
and the memorial services in respect
to the memory Of the late Mr.. Alta
mont Moses were held. Resolutions
indicating an adjournment in respect
to the memory of Mr.. Moses were pre-.
sented by Mr.. Clifton, of the Sumter
delegation.
Mr.. Clifton, of Sumter, in speaking
to the resolution, stated that the
death of Mr.. Moses had been a per-
sonal loss to himself After giving a
brief sketch of Mr.. Moses public
career. Mr.. Clifton told Of his charac-
teristics as legislator. His impress
has been felt on all forward legisla-
ton.
Senator Manning also paid a tribute
to Mr.. Moses. He feels that the
State Of South Carolina has expe-
rienced the loss Of this loyal South
.Carolinian. He told Of the many
ways in which the people Of Sumter
had expressed their interest in him.
He attended the South Carolina Mil
itary Academy in 1868, and at the close
of the war he was a telegraph opera
tor for the Confederacy.N From then
until 1876 he shirked no responsibility,
and his neighbors felt so much conf
dence in him that they elected him
a member Of the city council, and re-
peatedly as intendant until 1886, when
he was elected to the legislature,
where he had served continuously for
nineteen years. Mr.. Manning also
paid a very beautiful tribute to his
unvarying good temper, his kindly ma
ture, and a sense Of loss comes over
the hearts of his friends. In the years
gone by, when he was member Of
the State Democratic Executive COM
nnittee and three times delegate to
the National Convention, he was given
evidence Of the confidence Of his
friends. He stood as the advocate Of
peace and with rare tact endeavored
to heal the wounds Of party strife.
Mr.. Fraser. OF Sumter, seconded the
resolution. He had known Mr.. Alta
mont Moses from earliest childhood.
frequently they did not think alike on
political questions, and did not vote
alike or for each other, but nothing
disturbed their personal relations. For
five years they had sat side by side,
sometimes voting differently, but never
did he receive an impatient word from
Mr.. Moses. And yet his jamiability
was not an indication Of wantNof con-
viction. In his life high position had
been open to him, and yet he would
accept nothing which required a sac
rifce of firm belief.
Mr.. Dabbs, who now occupies Mr..
Moses seat, told of the fact that the
first ballot he had cast in 1886 con-
tained the name Of Mr.. Moses, the
first year he had offered for the Legis-
lature.
Mr.. Mcleod, senator from Lee coun-
ty, and formerly representative from
Sumter county, paid fine tribute to
Mr. Moses He possessed the attrib-
ute of a legislator a strong and Wig
orous intellect, a heart which beat in
unison with those Of his people. He
rendered efficient service, and they
appreciated it. He had deeper hold
on the affections of tae people of Lee
county than almost any other man.
Senator J. B. Black, Of Bamberg,
told that he and Mr.. Moses came to
the legislature together, each for the
first time, in 1886. Very soon he
learned to admire and appreciate Mr..
Moses, and to love him as friend. In
his long service Senator Black had
never met more honest, more pains
taking and more upright man than
Col. Moses. South Carolina can i'll
afford to lose such a man.
Mr.. ]. G. Richards, chairman Of the
ways and means committee, told of
their association for eight years, and
he had learned to respect and honor
Mr.. Moses for his nobility Of charac-
ter and his profound thought. The
greatest work OF Mr.. Moses was in be-
half Of education. Mr. Richards con-
cluded by saying: "Rest, thou true
hearted gentleman