The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-03-07
CHARLESTON TRIBUTE
TO LATE ]. S. FARNUM
ACCOUNT OF NEWS AND COU-
RIER OF THE DEATH OF
FORMER DAWSONIAN.

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The following account by the Char
lesion News and Courier OF the death
of the late ]. S. Farnum will be read
with much interest here at the old
home of the deceased:
Mr.. James Sharpe Farnum died yes
terdav afternoon at 5:07 at his apart
Iments at the Charleston hotel after an
illness of only a few days. He was
taken sick on Monday and almost
from the first moment his physician
pronounced his case serious If not
hopeless.
Perhaps there was no better bust
ness man in Charleston than Mr.. Far
mum. He came here about rs years
ago from Georgia, in which state he
was born, at Dawson, July p, 1867.
lie was thus in his 55th year at the
time of his death. During these rs
years he became an outstanding figure
| in this, his adopted home. 1t is safe
to saw that from the day he came
nothing has been undertaken in the
interest OF Charlestof9l in which he fail
led to play generous part.
Il Mr.. Farnum was the son of DR.. and
Mrs. w. w. Farnum, OF Dawson. He
twas one of eight children, three of
Whom survive-Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs.
| Whitehead, of Albany, Ga, and Mrs:
Wilson, of Dawson. Two sisters and
two brothers have predeceased him.
About nineteen years ago Mr. Far
mum was married to Miss Hanlein, OF
Baltimore, who survives.
The announcement of Mr.. Farnum's
deSeh1came as a great shock yesterday
| to the whole city. He had been man
| OF such robust health, such excellent
spirits that, although it was generally
known he was very i'll, the feeling was
universal that he would recover. 1t
was only the family and his most in
innate friends who were prepared Tor
! the worst AS the news spread, how
ever, messages of sympathy and num-
| berless callers poured into his apart
ments at the hotel. 1t was manifest
| from the grief shown by all sorts and
conditions of people that one who was
most beloved had been taken off.
Nor were these messages Of sympa-
thy confined to Charleston. They flood
ed in from everywhere, Tor Mr.. Far
mum was known and loved throughout
the country and abroad. He was OF a
peculiarly lovable nature. He held his
friends fast; was never known to
wound their feelings; always made ev-
cry allowance for them, and rushed to
their rescue when they needed rel1et. (
He was tenderness and kindness itself
in the bestowal of even the slightest
| favor or attention and in large mat !
tiers gave most bountiful to every
good cause, without, however, the |
| slightest ostentation.
The variety of his charities was
equaled, probably, by no man in Char
lesion He knew no sect nor race IN
doing good His heart and his purse
went out to everybody who needed
sympathy or help and although he
genuinely sought to conceal his bene-
factions those who knew him best dis
covered them out of their very multi
plcity. The good deeds OF the man
spoke out on every side.
! He delighted in good fellowship.
Nothing SO much pleased him as to
/ be in the circle of his friends. Ii he
ever showed any peevishness it was
only when they were ready to go. He
always made one feel that he might
not see him again, and alasl now 1t is
so. While his companionship took the
widest range and his knowledge OF
men and things enabled him to be az
home with anybody he really loved
to live over again the homely ana
household things of life. He loved to
| be teased about his little native town
| in South Georgia. He read the news
paper published there religiously, and
while he seldom talked of death 1t
was there he would sigh and say he
wished to rest in the end. While he
had become loyal citizen OF Charles
ton. had travelled far and acquired
wealth and fame, the greatness OF the
man really shone forth in this touch
i of unsophisticated sentiment and SIM
plicity. He belonged to many soc1e-
ties and fraternities, and was God
fearing man, believing firmly in fu-
ture fife. But somehow he conveyed
the idea that he could find eternal rest
better in the sod whereof he was born
bv the side of his flesh and blood who
await him there to accompany him to
the Great Beyond. His cherished wish
will be fulfilled. Today his devoted
friends and loved ones will start thith~
er on their sad pilgrimage They will
lower him gently in his Georgia soil
and leave him for awhile until they
meet in heaven.
May he rset in peace and may per-
petual life shine upon him.
The local funeral services will be
held at his late apartments in the
Charleston hotel at 1850 O'Clock. Rev.
S. Carey Beckwith, rector of St. Phil
ip's church, will oficiate.
The pallbearers will be: Messrs. Ed
ward w Hughes, w ]. Storen, Julian
Mitchell, DR.. Edward F. Parker, Hon.
John P. Grace, w Gordon McCabe,
DR.. r. S. Cathcart and B. A. Hagood
! J. M. Connelley Company has
charge of the funeral arrangements.