Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-26
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STATES HEROES GET REWARDS,
South caroIinians Given Medals by

South CaroIinians Given Medals BY
Commission.
| Greater love hath no man thar
this, that a man lay down his life fol
his friends"
Struck solidly around the circum'
ferance line of gold, silver and bronzs
medals, such a motto significantly
indicates the fundamental principles
Of the Carnegie hero fund. Establish.
led on April Is, 1904. by Andrew Car
negie, the hero fund commission has
up to January 81, 1912, recognized BY
award of medals and by financial
compensation, 5S3 individual acts OF
heroism; and has expended altogeth-
er, in rewarding heroes, in relief fol
disaster sufferers, and In special edu-
cational purposes. sS54,51S.96. This
| is a brief outline of the complete re
port upon the work Of the commission
recently published.
The b83 cases of heroism come
from all parts Of the United States
Some of them are from South Carroll
ma. In each case medals are award
ed by the commission, and this is gen
orally accompanied by some financial
gift. In case the hero dies In his ef-
fort, the medal and donation are
awarded to his nearest kinsman, Not
all the applications made to the com-
mission, however, during this time
have been granted. On the contrary,
the commission has had during its
existence, up to January 81. 1913.
1925 applications. OF these only bS3
were granted, 1,159 were pending up
on that date, and 6,0S4 have been re-
fused.
"I do not expect to stimulate or
create heroism by this fund, knowing
we'll that heroic action Is impulsive;
but do believe that If the hero is in
jured in his bold attempt to serve or
save his fellows, that he and those
dependent upon him should not suf-
fer pecuniarily thereby"
ing to twcnty-onc men Uf high stanG .
ing in the United States, constituted
into a commission for this purpose,
five million dollars of first collateral
five per cent bonds of the United
States Steel corporation, to be used In
the rewarding Of heroic acts, accord
irg to stipulations laid down In the
deed of trust. This deed Of trust was
made March IL, 1904, and the accept
ance. of the trust, by the commission.
was made on April Is. 1904. At a
meeting of the commission on October
10, 1904, regulations were adopted, de-
fining the scope of the fund, as apply
ing to heroic acts.
South Carolina Cases,
There are several cases recorded In
this report, In which residents of South
Carolina have been rewarded by this
commission for deeds Of heroism.
The first of these on record is that
to Wade H. Plummer. At the time Of
the occurrence, May Z, 1904, Plummer
was a schoolboy, Is years Of age. He
saved John M. Gibson. aged 19, la
horer, from drowning, near Lamar, S.
C. Plummer, having reached goal in
swimming race, swan to his COM
petitor, who had been taken with
cramp in the middle of Lynches river,
and after two attempts rescued him,
despite the commands of his father to
desist. Wade Plummer was awarded
a silver medal and 5000 for educational
purposes, as needed.
The second South Carolina case is
that of James B. Goldman, aged 81, a
railroad foreman. He saved Warren
Finley, colored, aged 80, laborer, from
being run over by train, near Water
loo, S. c., on June 29, 1907. "Becom-
ing frightened at the sight of an ap-
preaching train, Finley jumped from
a handcar, in which he was riding, and
fell in front of it. He was held to the
ground by the handcar, and just as
Goldman released him, they were
struck by the engine, both being in
jured. Goldman sustaining bruises on
the body and a cut on the cheek"
Goldman was awarded a silver medal
and $1,000 toward the purchase Of a
farm.
The third case from South Carolina
Is that of John r. Graham, aged 36,
a telegraph OPERATOR and station agent.
Graham saved George w. Thomason,
aged 80, farmer, and attempted to
save Lee Lipscomb, aged 81, farmer,
from drowning, Thickety, S. c., May 8,
1910. Graham, fully clothed and car
rying a meal sack at his side con.
tanning five pounds Of fish, swan thir-
teen feet to Lipscomb, who, unable to
swim, had stepped into water over his
depth, while he and Thomason were
seining in Little Thickety Creek.
Thomason had attempted to pull Lips
comb out by grabbing the seine, but
he also got into deep water and strug-
gled by himself. After being grabbed
and taken under twice by Lipscomb,
Graham freed himself with difficulty,
rose, and in a weakened condition.
swan to an overhanging branch Of q
tree Lipscomb did not come up. Gra-
ham saw Thomason go down about six
feet from him, and holding to the
branch, managed to catch Thomason's
hand. Dragging him to the branch he
showed him partly upon the bank. A
man arrived and helped both to the
bank. Thomason was revived" Gra-
ham was awarded bronze medal and
$1,000 to liquidate his debts and for
other worthy purposes as needed.
Another South Carolina case is that
of Albert ]. Appleby. aged IS, farm
hand. He saved Ruthella M. Harbe-
son, aged 40, from being run over by a