The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-04-16
MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
MAJOR MARION NOISE EULOCI.
ZED YESTERDAY.
sumter Bar Association FIttingIy
Honors the Memory of One of the
Members of the Bar Who Held the
Honor and Respect of All.


business of court was completed, Col.
Col. Richard D. Lee, chairman of the
Sumter Bar Association addressed the
court and called attention to the fact
that since court last met that one of
the members of the Sumter bar had
oeen taken by death and it was his
duty as chairman to report the fact
Col. Lee spoke of Major Noise az
boy, as a man, as a business asso-
clate, as an attorney and a patriotic
citizen.
space will not permit a detailed re-
port OF what was said. Eulogies were
spoken by Messrs. R. o. Purdy. e. G.
Haynsworth, Mark Reynolds, A. B.
Stuckey, A. A. Manning, w. Fl. In.
gram, T. B. Fraser, r. D. Epps. l.. d.
Jennings, r. J. Bland, Geo. d. Levy
and M. j. Frederick.
They spoke of Major Marion Noise
as man, citizen, an attorney. either
NouhSei Ut as opponent,
as friend and advisor, as a patriot
ana accomplished gentleman. TruIy
Sumter has lost one of her best and
most useful citizens, and each men,
Der of the bar valued friend.
Judge Davis paid a deserved tribute
TO the memory of the distinguished
dead and ordered the following reso-
lutions transmitted to the family of
the deceased and a page in the min
utes of the court transcribed to his
memory and as a further mark Of re-
spect adjourned the court sine die:
Touching and affecting as he did.
every phase of the Civil life of the
community, to comment even briefly
upon the life of Marion Noise. in its
fullness, would be to deal in some
measure with the history of the COM
munity for a quarter of a century or
more.
Since early manhood, Major Noise
was a CONSPICUOUS figure. Coming of
an lllustrous and gifted ancestry.
being we'll equipped to enter upon the
duties of life, he almost at once came
into Prominence as a lawyer. Gifted
py nature, with the added grace of
culture, supplemented by industrious
habits, he easily attained and held q
place in the front rank of his pro-
fession.
Earnest and thorough in his prepa-
ration of causes, he was ALWAYS
prepared, with promptness and zeal.
to dispose of the causes committed to
his hands. Faithful and diligent at
MS office, the measure of his success
was equal to, and greater than his
physical capacity to execute, and he
died in the full tide of success. having
for years reaped the reward of I'm.
tiring effort.
MAJOR Noise was a patriotic citizen.
himself the son of a great patriot
he cheerfully and literally met the
vi iiIo CITY ana or the State.
AS a legislator, he was wise in
counsel and foremost in promoting
the interest of the State, serving in
that capacity for as long a time as
his business interests would permit.
AS a citizen, he was foremost in
every enterprise for the promotion
OF the growth of the cit- and county.
not only lending his great financial
resources but his time and energy
as well, and today, many of the en-
terprises Of the city and county, owe
their existance to his support.
When the news went abroad.
Marion Noise is dead!" the commu-
nifty stood aghast; it could not be real
lied that one of the most powerful
factors in it's midst had been taken
away; nor can it yet realize the full
extent of the calamity. Hundreds of
MS fellowmen have already missed
the stay of his hand in the times
OF trouble and of need, the whole
community misses him, and not only
misses him, but mourns his untimeIv
death.
The Bar of Sumter desires to record
IT'S sense of the great loss sustained by
It's individual members and by the
profession at large, and it is therefore
Resolved: That a page of the min
u'es OF the Court be inscribed to the
memory Of our departed friend and
associate and that a copy Of these
expressions of esteem be presented to
the bereaved family.
r. o. Purdy,
A. r. Stuckey,
f. c. Haynsworth.