The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-15

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) Charles Henry Barron, senior men,
bcr of the law firm Of Barron, Frier.
son, McCants & Elliott, and one of
the best known business men in South
Carolina, died of self-inflicted gun
shot wound about / o'clock yesterday
afternoon at his pond and farm about
five miles out Of Columbia on the
Two Notch road. Mr., Barron fired
one bullet from .3S caliber revolver
into his head, death resulting in
stantly. ~
]. H. Lee. caretaker at the pond,
was near Mr.. Barron at. the time of
the fatal shot and gave the alarm.
When officers reached the scene Mr..
Barron had been dead for some time
and his body was removed to Colum-
bin as soon as an ambulance could
reach the pond. Business depression,
Inability to pay his debts and a de-
sire to turn his insurance money
over to his creditors in an effort par
TALLY to meet his obligations are be-
lieved TO have prompted Mr.. Barron
to end his life. Mr.. Barron is said to
have had life insurance in excess Of
100000.
Friends and business associates had
not noticed any dependency about
. Mr.. Barron's attitude and knowing
his bouyant spirit were shocked at the
act. He had been attending to bust
ness as usual and yesterday he was
3 at his Office, between IL o'clock and
-11i36n. atr6ndfng to- his busineas- ss-
sociates, leaving the Office about 11:S0
o'clock supposedly to go to the Loan
& Exchange bank to attend to bust.
ness, j. Nelson Frierson, member Of
the firm, said. Mr.. Barron had q
business engagement at 4 o'clock and
his associates were trying to locate
him when the news of his death
reached the city.
The History of South Carolina"
(Cutler) contains the following sketch
of Mr.. Barron's life.
Charles Henry Barron, senior
member of the law firm of Barron,
Frierson, McCants & Elliott Of Co.
lunbia, is son of the late Jacob
Thomas Barron and has exemplified
many of the distinguishing qualities
which made his father one Of South
Carolina's most eminent lawyers.
He was born at Columbia, Septem
ber 16, 1880, and received his early
education in the graded schools OF
the city. On completing the ninth
grade he entered the University OF
South Carolina and continued in the
academic department for two years
For a year he was out Of school or
account of an attack of typhoid fever
He resumed his studies in the Law
schools of the university and was
graduated with the degree OF LII. b
in 1902. Immediately upon his ad
mission to the bar he began practice
as a member of the firm OF Barron 6
Ray, composed of his father, Jacol
4. Barron, Duncan c. Ray and Chas
II. Barron. Later Mr.. Ray withdrew
and the firm was Barron Il Barron
w. II. Moore, then professor OF Law
at the University of South Carolina
entered the partnership, the nam
being changed to Barron, Moore 4
Barron. In 1910, after the death o
the two senior partners, the firm be
came Barron, Mckay, Frierson
q. Moffatt. The present association wa
formed a year ago. Nothing need b
said of the evident high standing an
talent represented in this firm. The
are attorneys in South Carolina TO
the Pullman Company, the Souther
Express company, the American Raj
way Express company, the Atlanti
Coast Line railroad, the Associatio
Of Life Insurance Presidents, the Lit
erty National Bank and other corpe
rationa.
Mr. Barron Is a director OF tn
Liberty National bank and the pres
- dent of the Carolina Bond an
Mortgage company. The latter o.
panization acts as leading agent fft
b.. a large number Of life irnurant
companies and for the New Englar
Savings bank In North Carolin
South Carolina, Georgia.
Mr.. Barron, Ike his father, ha
never put himself In the way OF ho'
ors and responsibilities Of political o
fee, and hiss never been a candidat
However. for Ave years he was clel
Of the judiciary committee OF Il
house of representatives OF the &c
eral assembly and was then appoint
assistant attorney general by ATTIC