The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-10-31
DILLON LOSES GOOD CITIZEN.
Mr.. p. b. Sellers Died at Florence
Inffrmary Sunday, Following
Brief Illness.

Dillon's most highly esteemed citizens.
died at the Florence Infirmary Sun
day at noon following a ten days
illness. 1t was known early in the
week that attending physicians had
given up all hope and the family had
been summoned to the bedside, but
the news of his death came as a shock
to the people Of Dillon and the sur
rounding community.
Two weeks ago Mr.. Sellers was en-
5oytng his usual good health when he
developed a carbuncle. Notwithstand-
Ing the pain he was suffering he con-
tfnued to come down to his office,
but finally was forced to take his bed.
The Sunday preceding his death his
condition became 80 alarming that
1t was deemed advisable to take him
to a hospital where an operation was
performed Immediately after his ar
rival. He did not respond to the
operation and a few hours afterwards
1t was discovered that he had devel-
oped complicated case of Bright's
disease, a disease which had given
him some slight trouble for the past
several years. BY Thursday the physi-
clans had abandoned all hope and
Sunday at noon Mr.. Sellers passed
away. being conscious up until the last
moment when he fell away into what
appeared to be a gentle slumber.
Mr.. Sellers was a man OF high
ideals and always took an uncom-
promising stand for those things that
make for purity and righteousness
in the social and religious life of the
community. AS lawyer. he was de-
voted to his profession and as stud
ent he had few equals. Long after
he reached that age when most men
cease to read for profit Mr.. Sellers
continued his studies and researches
and he was probably at the time of
his death one Of the most wide
ly read and best informed men
in the state. His mind was
a veritable storehouse Of facts and
figures and incidents of historic and
political note, and it was a common
saying among his friends that 'if
you can't find it call up Mr.. Sellers
and ask him about it," His faculty
for recalling dates-even the day of
the month-in which things of or.
binary interest happened years age
was something remarkable and STAN
ped him as a man of extraordinary
mental powers.
AS a man, a citizen and a christian
his life perhaps is best summed up
by his pastor, Rev. DR.. Duncan. who
spoke in part as follows at the fun
eral service:
I'VE are assembled this afternoon
to pay our tribute of respect to the
memory of good and clean and val
liable citizen. The occasion Is one
of peculiar sadness and suggests
some important things the considera-
tion of which may prove profitable
to us at this hour.
We must ever remember that a COM
munity's real wealth lies in the char
acter of its citizenship.
There are many standards by
which men measure a community. For
instance there is the purely material.
According to this standard. a COM
munity is great when it has massive
buildings. huge enterprises, flourish
ing banks, and dividend-bearing
bonds. Such an ideal exalts money
above manhood, cash above character,
and erects it's most glittering altar to
ManImon. Measured by the material
standard, Egypt was great nahum.
She embodied her ideal in the Pyra-
mids. But vast resources do not guar
antee the perpetuity Of a nation.
Then there is the standard of the
density of population. Often a COM
munity is measured by the bulletins
from the Census. .Bereau. According to
this, China, with her four hundred
million huddled together in her con-
gested districts, is the greatest nation
on the globe. And India, with her
multitudes of ignorant and supersti-
tious people, may be numbered
among the great But the real wealth
of a people may be in inverse ratio
to the density of the population.
Sometimes the greatness of a ma
ton is measured by the extent of it's
territory. Inspired by this ideal, the
Caesars led on their conquering ar
mics until Rome was mistress of the
then known world and the Roman
Eagle spread its wings everywhere.
Under this consuming greed for ter
ritory, Alexander exhausted the cata-
log Of possible conQuests and wept
because there were no more within
his reach.
Culture is often the standard Of
m measuration. Estimated by this,
Greece may be numbered in the list
OF the great, for she reached the sum-