The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-04-16

IE{It lOEh5EION-
Mr. James e. Stevenson. one OF lhl
best known business men of Winning
Ton. and q citizen held il the hi~heS
esteem by all who knew MN, 1a5&@t
away yesterday shortly alter neon al
his home No 419 South Third street
and the news Of his death, which came
as a shock to nearly every one, caused
a very general feeling Of sorioW
throughout the city. The immediate
cause of death was heart failure, re-
sulting from a disease Of the kidneys.
MIR. Stevenson had not been enjoying
his usual good health for several
months past, but he was not forced
to give up until about ten days ago,
since which time he has not left the
house. It has been realized for several
days past that he was a very sick nan
but there was nothing in his condition
to occasion alarm among his friends.
lshe turn for the worse seems to have
occurred about midnight on Friday
and from that time until the end he
continued to sink rapidly. The low
ing ministrations of a devoted family
and the heroic remedies Of the DhHsi-
clans we're of no avail to Stave off the
visit of the grim reaper.
To say that the news of Mr.. Steven
sens death shocked the community is
putting it mildly. Few men of Will
Mington have been more actively idtn-
titled with the life of the city than has
tAe deceased. He spent his entire life,
af more than 60 years, in this city and
he was always identified with some
leading business firm, at the time Of
his death being president of the J. g.
Stevenson Company. He had never
asoired to any public office but his
Influence was always felt in any move
Aent that tended for the uDbuilding
Of the city. In church work he had
Iabored faithfully and earnestly for 4
SUeat number of years and his presence
i'm the First Baptist church, Of which
he has long been a consistent memGer,
will be sorely missed.
MIR. Stevenson many years ago vas
l1EtI W 11lSS CilLdDcll y.
and the grief-stricken widow and foHr
children are left to mourn their less. |
Fhe children, two Of whom were away |
from home at the time Of their fathers |
death, are Messrs. James NJ, and Res |
ton, and Misses Christine and Almcria !
Mr.. James NJ. Stevenson has for several |
years been associated with his father |
in the J. c. Stevenson Co., being vice |
president OF that organization Mr.. |
Reston Stevenson is an assistant in |
chemistry in the college OF the city of |
New York, and in answer to the sad |
t1dinGs Of his fathers death, he will |
arrive from New York tonight. Miss
Almeria Stevenson is a student at !
Miss Stuarts in Washington and she
will arrive in the city this morning
Aside from his immediate family the
deceased leaves an aged mother TO
whom he has always been most teu-
derry and constantly devoted, and two
sisters. Mrs. c. C. Brown and Mrs.
John T. Rankin, both Of this city
To the members Of the bereaved fam
wv '4tASo- y III Ii<IIIS VI IiItC trIi III Z
will be extended The loss
OF man Of such strength Of chara eter
and strict integrity is 4 loss that will
be keenly felt. A close friend speaking
OF him last night said that in every re-
ia'lon or life he was q gOod man: ne
5eu2ht Tor and worked for the hesr AMI
his high sense of honor was known |
among all men.
James Chapman Stevenson was hrrn
on April 1st. 1847, and hence vaS in
he 61st year Of his age. His patents
were James Martin and ChrIstiana | I
sanders Stevenson. Although only a |
ad he enlisted in the Confederate SER
vice and sew strenuous time lung
he closing years Of the civil war. For
some time he was on the noted blCcIl-
'ae runner, the Advance, and then ne
vas with the signal station COLDS in
bis city. He was in the 36th North | /
arollna regiment, heavy artillery Mr..
stevenson was familiar with all the {
e"olhS events and occurrences Of the
lVll war and occasionally. to the de- S
lsht OF his friends, he could be IL V
rced to tell of some of the thrilling t
experiences of those days. Some wears
go he became member of Cape Fear
amp, No. 254, United Confederata 8
eteTans and he always took an active il
aterest ia the affairs of that orpan:,a
OIL
Shortly after the war Mr.. Stevenson u