Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-01-03
FUNERAL OF DIR. THoRNWELL.

The funeral Of DR.. James II. Thorn-
we'll took place at Fort Mill on last
Wednesday. The statement that DR..
Thornwell had expressed desire to
be buried at Ebenezer was a mistake.
The following account Of the funeral
exercises is from the Columbia State
of yesterday:
For the first time In the history OF
historic Fort Mill an old year was
passed into eternity and a new year
was ushered into existence without
ringing of bells and the shouts Of New
Year greetings. The first day Of jan
uary, 1908, will long be remembered by
the people Of Fort Mill as the day on
which they laid to rest their first
citizen" Even the small boy forgot his
fire cracker. The day was noticeable
for it's stiffness. DR.. Thornwell Is dead.
Is that not enough to cause every heart
in Fort Mill to pause and mourn? He
was everybody's friend, from the gray
haired old veteran who hobbies on a
wooden limb to the young child, which
COOS on its mothers knee.
The body Of the beloved pastor was
carried to his Fort Mill church at IL
o'clock today, where 1t lay in state up-
til after the funeral service, at 3 p. m.
The funeral service was in charge OF
Rev. Alexander Sprunt, D. D., Of Char
lesion, assisted by the following minis
ters, Reverends Chalmers Frazier OF
Lancaster; E. S. Reaves, pastor Of the
local Baptist church; w. c.. Owens Of
the local Methodist church; r. A. Mil
ler Of North Carolina; J. K. Colt, Rock
Hill; ]. M. Holiday Of Winnsboro; j.
B. Mack, Atlanta, Ga; w. S. Bean OF
Clinton; w. M. McPheeters Of Column
bia.
The funeral procession formed at the
public square and marched to the
church in the following order;
Active pallbearers: w. B. Ar1rey, Dr.
]. B. Elliott, K. Shannon Of Fort Mill;
B. D. Springs Of Charlotte, N. q. and
-. Knox and R. F. Fewell Of Rock Hill.
Honorary: The elders and deacons OF
Fort Mill and Ebenezer churches, camp
of United Confederate veterans. OF
which DR.. ThornWell was chaplain;
Catawba Masonic lodge, Electra lodge,
knights Of Pythias, White Oak camp
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orders throughout South Carolina. A
large representation Of Knights Tenn
plars Of the Chester lodge was present.
The uniformed knights, with barred
heads and presented swords, formed on
the aisle through which the family
passed.
In round numbers the procession
consisted of 1000 people, each Of whom
knew and loved DR.. Thornwell. From
the church the procession marched to
the cemetery, where the last sad rites
were held over the body.
The grave was completely covered
with the most handsome display OF flo
raj tributes ever seen here. Especially
beautiful were those Of Tahara tenn
pie, D. o. K. K, home and foreign
missionary societies, w. o. W. grand
lodge, K. of p, Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company, Myrtle
lodge, Columbia, and those Of the fac
ulty Of the Presbyterian College Of
South Carolina, and K. Of P. lodges Of
Charleston.
Among the out Of town people pres
ent at the funeral were: Capt. w. G.
Jordan, Winnsboro; Rev. ]. M. Holla-
day. Winnsboro; A. E. Spencer, w. S.
Bean and daughters, and Misses Liza
and Katherine and Mrs. w. G.. Neville
and son, D. Wyatt Of Clinton; Mr.. and
Mrs B. D. Springs, Mrs. ]. r. Irwin
and daughter, Miss Mary, Mr. and Mrs
w. A. Watson Of Charlotte, N. c.;
Mr. Davidson Pharr and sister, Miss
Daisy, and Miss Julia Stirewalt OF
Mooresville, N. c.; Mr.. ThornWell An
derson, Mrs. Jennie Anderson and Mrs.
Pattie Hogue, sisters OF Dr. ThornWell,
of Morganton, y. c.; Rev. Chalmers
Frazier of Lancaster: Rev. Alexander
Sprunt of Charleston: Miss Hattie
Sloan and w. NJ. Lyles Of Columbia;
Rev. +. H. Wardlaw Of Greenwood, and
the following representatives Of various
lodges in North and South Carolina;
Davidson, K. T. Mason, A. N. Sample,
w. O. Knox, ]. C. Robinson, s. D.
Scarborough W. e. Sledge, ]. c. Walk
er. L. D. Childs, w. F. Stricken. w. 0.
Guy, J. P. King and ]. G. Husband
of Chester: the following officers OF
grand lodge Past Grand Chancellor j.
A. Summersett and Grand Vice Chan
cellor l.. S. Mattison. Columbia: Grand
Prelate Prof. ]. G. Rembert, Spartan,
burg; c. D. Brown, chairman ways and
means committee Col. f. H. Aull, edi-
tor Carolina Pythian, Newberry; Myr-
tie lodge. Columbia-J. +. Williams,
Robert Steele, Charles Fetner; Chester
lodge-W. Z. Welborn and r. L. Cum
ningham: Blacxstock lodge-Jas Nc
Keown and Dr. Durham; Kershaw
LODGE. w. Hamer; about fifty MEM
bers Of Oakland lodge of Rock Hill;
Rathbone lodge, Charlotte, N. C.-B. D.
Springs and w. A. Watson; Tahara
temple. D. o. K. K, Columbia-Royal
Vizier A. NJ Deal and Geo. Fishburne.
Practically the entire Ebenezer con-
gregatiOn and 300 people from Rock
Hill were present.
When the services commenced the
church. which seats 700 people, was
packed. including aisles and gallery.
Fully 300 people were unable to enter
the church. Two special cars were
attached to No. 26, which accommo.
dated the delegations from Chester and