Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-21
CHARLES MANNING NIELD DEAD
Stricken by Paralysis, the End Came
Within One Week.

Last week the citizens Of Wal
halla were grieved to learn that
former citizen, Charles NJ. ,Nield, OF
Vicksburg, Miss, had suffered
stroke of paralysis on Saturday,
April 10th. Last Sunday the news
came that Mr.. Nield had passed
away, without having regaired con-
sciousness, during the previous
night, Saturday, April 9TH The
hope here at his old home and
among his old friends, was that the
grave fears as to lis condition from
the first would prove groundless
and news of his improvement was
awaited anXiously by friends and
came soon, and it is not an exagger-
| alton to sa! hat deep sense Of sor-
row came to the heart Of every one
who had known Mr.. Nield, even
slightly, when it was known that he
was no more. He was loved for his
worth as man, as citizen, as neigh
Dor, and in his death this commu-
nifty, though he had been absent
from it for a number OF years, feels
a deep loss.
Charles Manning Nield
was born in 1850 in Ash House,
Shropshire, England, where he re-
| ceived his education and training.
When young man he came to the
United States on a prospecting trip.
After visiting numerous points North
he came South, and for a short while
| stopped in and near Walhalla. Go
ing farther South he located at Dun
edin, Florida, but did not remain
there very long on account Of cli-
matte conditions. He returned to
Walhalla in the summer of 1885,
his former impression of the climate
and Of the general outlook being
sufficiently pleasing to cause him to
locate here He purchased a sub /
urban home and engaged in grape,
culture, then quite an industry in
Walhalla. At about the same time
he entered the mercantile business in
partnership with Frank E. Harrison,
OF Anderson, under the firm name of
Nield & Harrison. This firm con-
Quoted a large business for twelve
years. Later the hotel business en-
gagged Mr.. Nield's attention, and he
became owner and proprietor of the
hotel then known as the Norman
Park. This he conducted for several
years and enjoyed a large patronage.
Later he removed to Alabama, re-
mai".E" there for only a short time,
locating hHally at Vicksburg, Miss,
where he very ably represented
large wholesale grocery house, which
position he held up to the time of
his death.
Charlie Nield was a man who
stood for something. He had
great and wonderful personality, and
1t was by this charm of manner tact
and courtesy that he so readily made
friends, whose name Is legion. To
know him was to remember him al
ways, and he inspired confidence in
stantly. He was of unquestionable
integrity, gilt-edged-a man whose
word was his bond, and loyal to the
core. II was not in the nature of
this broad-minded and liberal man
to commit a small act or mean
one. He was far removed from
such. All his dealings and busi-
ness transactions with his fellow
man were Of the cleanest and high
est order, and he merited the high
est tribute that could ever be given
him.
Mr.. Nield was an earnest member
Of the Episcopal church of Walhalla,
and as citizen he was prominent
always, taking a deep interest in the
welfare Of his town. He became a
naturaliZed citizen OF the United
States soon after locating in this |
country He was a member of the |
order of Knights of Pythias and re-
NAMED so until the end. He was
Past Chancellor of Walhalla
Lodge, No. CT. AS a husband and
father his devotion to his family,
and likewise theirs to him, spoke
louder than words.
In early life he married Miss
Alice Sayre Boulton, Of Coburg, Can
ada, who died in Walhalla a number
Of years ago. To them six children
were born, Of whom two daughters,