The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1914-06-12
Postmaster Robert p. Carter Dies.

Hospital at 1892 Saturday night.
About week ago Mr.. Carter COM
menced complaining about 'his hip,
and an abcess seemed to be forming
and he gradually grew worse, and the
last time hew at his store and in
the post Office was Wednesday even
ing Of last week. Thursday he re-
mained in bed all day and he never
really got up again. he grew worse
Friday aud on Saturday he consented
to be taken to the hospital. Satur;
day about ] 100 p. m., Karl Utz, ., G.
Miller, Dick Manard, Scott Merrill
and DR.. Edmonds took him to the
Winner Hospital in the formers auto
mobile, arriving at Winner about five
o'clock, and be died there the same
evening.
Rabert p. Carter was born at Shir.
ley, Virginia, or May 8, 1874, and was
therefore aged 40 years and 30 days.
He was the youngest of family of
four children, his three sisters, Mrs.
D. Miller of Catonsyille, Nd, Mrs.
Chas Reid of Baltimore, Md, and an
other sister living in Scotland survive
him. AS the age of seven years he
was afflicted with terrible disease
which caused him to spend three
years in the John Hopkins Hospital
at Baltimore, and later he was COM
PEELED to return to the same institu-
tion for another period of three years,
and later he again returned to this
hospital for year, making a total of
seven years of his life that he spent
in this hospital under the care of phyt
siciaus and surge SONS, and during
which time he underwent number
OF operations leaving him a cripple
for life sRd more or less of a physical
wreck.
Notwithstanding that he was
great sufferer all his life be was of a
remarkably cheerful disposition, and
was possessed of witty and active
brain. He enjoyed good joke, was
honest in his business dealings with
mankind, and true and dependable
friend. He was good business man
and has been very successful in the
mercantile business here. He came
to the Rosebud from Baltimore, Md,
about five years ago and entered the
employ of the late A. K. Wood. he
acted in the capacity of assistant post
master, and some two years ago he
received the appointment of post
master here which position he has
ably filled ever since. Considering
his physical condition, we doubt. if
there is another person who coud have
filled this trying position with more
general satisfaction. After he re-
eeived the appointment as postmaster
he engaged in business for himself
and'built up good business. He
had large number of friends both
among the whites and Indians. The
Indians had christened him "Wanbli-
ciqala" meaning "Little Eagle"
Deathwas directly due to peritoni.
tis, brought about by tuberculosis Of
of the bone, of which disease be had
been sufferer for some time. He
died with smile on his face.
A. Graham Reid of st. Louis, Mo-,
a nephew, arrived in Winner Sunday
evening, and left Monday for Peters
burg, Va, near Richmond, with the
body, where the remains will be laid
to rest in the family lot beside those
Of his parents.
Mr.. Carter will be greatly missed
by the people of Wood. and it will be
long time before the niche left va
cant by his departure will be filed.
To Celebrate The Glorious Fourth.
At the basket picnic held at Peter;
sons Grove south of town last Sunday
a movement was started 10 have
community celebration of the Glori
Gus Fourth with an appropriate pro
gram, and an old fashioned basket
dinner and a strictly sane celebration.
A program committee was appointed
consisting ofthe following personal:
Rev. j. b. Keepers, Cody, chairman;
Frank WtJarboe, Happy Hollow and
Pure Water; S. r. Langley, Rosebud
Vallsy; Mrs. j. IT. Hooking, Wood;
Mrs. j, G. Cofdeli, Butte Valley;
Pred Hamelton, Berkley. The sele-
bration will be held in some grove,
centrally located and righ. good
old fashioned celelratienis anticipats
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