Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-25
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DIED-At her home in Gastonia, y,
g., Monday afternoon, October 81. OF
pneumonia. following an attack Of in
nucnZa. Mrs. EDWARD JACKSON
SMITH. Funeral services were con-
Quoted in Glover cemetery on Tuesday
morning by Rev. w. +. Grier, and the
remains were laid to rest there. Be-
sides her husband she leaves five small
children TO mourn her loss. also her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas r
Jackson of Glover, and the following
brothers, Messrs. Herbert. Andy. Tom
and clay and one sister, Miss Hazel.
At Clemson College. on October 90.
If pneumonia. following influenza
ROBERT l. ATKINSON. aged ~
years. The intcrment was at Armenia,
Chester county. on Monday. The de-
ceased is survived by his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Atkinson. near Lowry
vile, and the following brothers and
sisters: Lawrence and O'Neal Atkinson
and Misses Ruth and Edna Atkinson.
Lieut.. James VI. Douglas.
Lieut.. james Mccants Douglas (63rd
Field Artillery. l.. $. A. OF Winnsboro.
=. G., died from pneumonia at Camp
owen Bernia, III Paso. Texas. on OctO-
bcr II. 1918. at about $50 p. m. after
/ 4 brief illness.
He was born in WinnsbOro. =. c..
July IA. 1883. his parents having been
Hon. Alex =. Douglas and Mrs. Sallic
McCants Douglas, both deceased.
Having attended Winnsboro graded
and high schools, ne graduated 1T Da-
wilson college, North Carolina. in 1910.
with hUnOrS. having served as tutor.
He then taught school for one year and
aftcrward graduated in law at the
South Carolina university. subsequent
ly praCticing his profession in WinnS-
bOrO. as Il partner of his brother, w.
-. Douglas. EsI. When his country
needed men for her army he was
among the first to volunteer. going to
the first training camp at Fort OSle-
thorpe, Ga, from which he graduated
nS lieutenant. and was assigned to
Camp jackson. =. c.. where ne was al
tachcd TO the 316th Field Artillery.
on June 18th of this year he mar
ricd Miss Elizabeth Allison of Hickory
Grove. :. c.. and almost Immediately
afterwards WAS ordered to attend the
artillery school, or school OF Fire" at
Fort sill. Okla. thence having COM
pkcted the course. he was ordered 10
III Paso. Texas, and attached to the
63rd Field Artillery.
Taking his young bride, with hope
and happiness beaming in their faces.
he departed for his new post OF duty
on Sept. 10th. and had hardly gotten
settled, when the disease which is now
Scourging the world. Spanish influenza.
claimed him.
Lieutenant Douglas was n Jealous
Christian. being a deacon in the Pres
hyterian church, and president of the
christian Endeavor. and was active in
the duties of citizenship, having been
master of the Boy Scouts. and direc-
tor of the Winnsboro bank before ne
volunteered for the army, and always
ready for any call of his community
and county. II Is impossible In brief
sketch to impart at all fully to Il read
or, unacquainted with its subject, the
impressions that the personality OF Il
friend now no more made upon ms
friends and associates. To those who
knew James McCants Douglas words
or efforts of this kind are unnecessary.
He was one who at once kindled In
YOU the thought of reliability--a man
whom you could implicitly trust, who
through grace and nature would DC
"Steadfast and immovable": kindly.
courteous. courageous. He was schol-
arly. soldierly, solid, sobre. serious but
not sanCtimoniouS. cut OF in the very
inccption OF his career before the cul-
turc and attainmentS of dillGcnt
youth had time to more than snow us
what we might reckon in his maturer
years. the church and state expert
cncc a keen sense of loss for them
selves. In addition to the deep sorrow
and sympathy they cherish Tor thoSc
more sorely bereft.
I,icut Douglas is survived hy ms
wife, two sisters. Mrs Ricd Morrison
(wife of Capt. Reid Morrison, Of U. =
A.. now in France). and Miss Laura
Douglas, and also by two brothers. Mr.
Bycrs Douglas of Gainsworth. Fla
and w D. Douglas of Winnsboro. 5. G..