The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-21
H. E. WOODSIDE

since:
While writing a letter to his be
loved daughter. Harry E. woodside
"a years old. general agent for IN,
Massachusetts Life Insurance Com
Pany. dropped dead in his once. or
the eighth floor Of the Tennessee
Trust building. Madison avenue, al
7:15 O'Clock last night. Mr.. Wood
side was seated at a typewriter when
his heart failed him and he toppled
headlong to the floor from his chair.
He was dead before medical aid could
reach him, although two physicians
in the building hurried to his side.
In the office with Mr.. Woodside at
the time was J. H. Smith of Nashville,
Tenn, his partner in the insurance
business. Not five minutes before he
turned to his typewriter the doomed
man said:
Smith, there is not much in this
life. | think I'll quit the insurance
business and join the ministry"
Mr.. Smith had noticed that during
the entire day his partner seemed op-
pressed, as If he had a premonition
that something would happen to him
before nightfall. When he said what
he did, Mr.. Smith jocularly passed off
the remark and told him to wait few
minutes for him, as he intended to
write letter to his wife, who is out
of the city Mr.. Woodside remarked
that he would write to his 4-year-old
daughter, Mildred Ellis Woodside, who /
at the present time is visiting her |
mothers family at Sacannah, Tenn.
Turning to his typewriter, Mr.. |
Woodside had written the following |
before death claimed him as a vic
tim:
Miss Mildred Ellis Woodside:
my Darling Baby Girl-Your dad
got home this morning and misses
you. Oh, so much. wish that
could see you and have a few kisses.
Mother is going to the hospital to-
morrow, and as soon as she is well we
are coming over to Savannah. l want
you to be a good girl until then, and
mind what Aunt Johnnie, Aunt Kinney
and Aunt Ethel have to say to you.
Be as good as you can and l will
bring you whatever you write me you
want"
This unfinished letter is now the
cherished possession of the deceased's
family Z
Gasped For Breath.
MIR Smith was seated at his desk j
With his back turned to his partner,
when he heard him suddenly gasp for
,reath, and on swinging around in his
hair, saw the already unconscious
nan fall from the chair to the floor
eside the typewriter desk.
Rushing to him, he turned him
yer on his back and placed book
nder his head for pillow. He then L
an into the hall and cried loudly for .
elp. A number of occupants OF the Il
.antic calls, as they realized that a Il
-anti calls, as they realized that a u
alamfty had occurred. q
Drs G. r. Livermore and Louis Y
eroy were among the first to reach q
,e side of the stricken man, but their "
srvices could avail nothing, as he was =
zen breathing his last. He never J u
eturned to consciousness, and the u
st words he spoke were those to his as
lsiness partner, in which he an III
,unced his determination to devote a'
e balance of his life to the work of IN
s Maker. y
Or w. F. Clary, his family physl- 10
an. was summoned, but did not ~
ach the building until some few al
Inutes after he had been pronounced 81
ad. To a representative of The 81
Appeal DIR. Clary said last
ght:
Il was shocked when heard the ~
d news, as I did not expect that tn
arry's heart would give away so Da
on. / have been treating him for lo'
me time and told him on more than 70
e occasion that he was likely to die Kn
any moment. va
His heart has been affected for ms
ne time, and he responded very 30
WY to treatment His death was ma
issd from heart lesion"
The other two physicians con-
red in this opinion from DR.. Clary. me
all of the symptoms of the dread pre-
ease were visible to their trained zen
IS. o-N
Mrs. Woodside was summoned TUG
m her home, Al Stratton avenue, An
arrived shortly after her husband car
She received the news from coii