Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-27
pARKsVILLE M0URNs.
of the Funeral Of Mr..
Dorm. Barsca and Philathea
Class Organized, Hap
py Marriage.

Dorm at trenton on tuesday, and
the rext day, Wednesday, We laid
to rest until the morning of the
resurrection all that was mortal of
our beloved friend and brother in
the Parksville cemetery beside his
three little children, who had pre-
ceded him several years ago. 1t was
a, sad occasion. Parksyille was in
tears; the surrounding county for
miles was weeping, while the tele-
grams. and letters from far and near
showed that the whole state to some
extent felt the shock.
The Masonic fraternity, and the
Woodmen of the World had charge
of the funeral, while the Revs.
White, Bussey and Bass of McCor-
mick talked, well Of his life's work,
and offered words of sympathy to a
heartbroken family, and a stricken
community.
Rev. Mr.. Bass read appropriate
scripture and offered a tender prayer
to Almighty God for strength under
this heavy dispensation, and the pas
tor filled with emotion, spoke Of him
as Mhusband, father, friend, bust
ness man and Christian. Bro. Dorm
was kind and considcrate as hus-
band and father, true as, steel as a
friend, and was a fine business man
as everybody knows, who WAS ac-
quainted with the many kinds OF
business of which he was at the
head or in some way connected.
President Of the Bank, trusted
local manager of the Twin City
Power Company, the proprietor OF
Il large mercantile establishment, a
large farmer, and was thoroughly
identified with everything that
looked to the upbuilding of his
town, county and state. He was a
very resourceful man, which made
him a leader i'll every emergency.
As a Christian he was constant,
generous, active and prompt. He
gave literally of his means, had.
large secular interests, but was
never too busy to attend his prayer
meeting or church conference. He
would leave his work when miles
from home in the Twin City inter
est, and drive home to be at the
prayer meeting. He honored God,
and God prospered him.
Rev. G.. w. Bussey spoke of him
as a very remarkable man. He knew
him as a boy, when he rode a little
mule named "Sallie;" baptized him
and married him to Miss Sallie Nix
on, nearly 30 years ago. He had
watched him with great interest, as
he broauened and developed. He
had no education, except what the
very poor common schools Just after
the wal were able to give, and yet
he got to be an educated man, not
so much in books, az in the broader
scope Of experience and observation.
He had time not only to attend
his local church, but was a constant
attendant upon our state conven-
tons, and four times we remember
ed his having attended our southern
Baptist convention. He was timid,
but his determination to be useful
would not allow him to refuse any
work the church put upon him, and
he began to grow and develop until
he had grown to be recognized as
a resourceful, useful vigorous man,
that the community, county and
state could i'll afford to lose.
He was buried with Masonic
honors and his casket was covered
with an avalanche of beautiful flow
ers, the prettiest | have ever seen,
aiven By the fraternities and friends
who loved him in Augusta and adj
joining towns, whichm must have cost
hundreds Of dollals.
At none of our general meetings:
have I ever eel as many people III
Parksyillc. The church was literally
packed, while several hundred ne
groes stood Mt the windows weeping
as the ministers talked. And when
the large crowd had takenoa last
look at tie face Of our dead brother,
commencing at therear, and passing
out a very pathetic scene was i
acted. Some II suggested thasShe:
negroes, to whom he was always a
friend, be allowed to look upon his
remains and lo3 passed through the
church which showed that they too,
realized to somd extent what we had
lost in the untimely death of Broth
err Dorm.
The Sunday school on yesterday
passed Suitable resolutions, offered
by Hon.T G. Talbert, relative to his
untimely death and expressing the
irreparablc loss sustained by IL
school, recounting with e~learness
the many phases of Christian work
in which he was almost without a
peer.
On Yesterday, Mr.. Williams, field
secretary of tie state Baraca-Phila-
thea union, visited Parksville and