The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-02

Thursday AftsrA ltsvsmbs.
DEATH uAI1lx
! FAllOU u|TIlh'0R 4
R,cArsood N. Nh Ih0mas
s11alesm Psess &pasaaat snd
Eisgeysr, disl suddsnly today In to
Isardsn II hia boyhqoA home. Oak
land" tn HAnoyM Sahtys -aituatsd
Ihvca sn erigipt Grak ifrom the
|csown Of Ensaed - the colonial
mssnate, ThdM Nslasn-" !" Nearby,
at the Old FIX shnrchs tvhers he was
christensd. ssmpls isanesat ceremonies
win be hid at 10 O'Clock Friday
morning; he. toay will - mt aboard
the northbensid train ut Ashland at
noon and at 1 O'Clock & fAe same day
the American snbess oF 80 Italy.
|durins the txsublous dsys of the.
World war viii be laid q sstsrnal rent
bsside hia wife in vi htrston.
+ Mr.. Pare died of .tacyfs ssrdiac ai-
lation.' He returned NINE ances-
trail home Saturday, AppSrsntly IN
his normal health and ~ his time
In having It put In - with ths
view to speeding his rsning years
there. He spent this rning In dr.
rscttne work in the garin Between
Etinaes he would 60 tcyths, house TO
Eindulne IN his beloved fksEary work.
lon his return from the 3ask Of these
trips TO the house hin tisssr-in-law,
Mrs. Rosswell Pags, Saecempanied
him. They stopped whss y party Of
workmsn were rearrans5hg NJ fow-
or beds and, apparentla 2hfs ;active
spirit ssttihg the better3sk him, Mr..
| Page stopped to pick up q spade. He
Strengthened up, turned 70 an old en-
ployee Of the households With the re.
mark: Here, take this spade," and
collapsed. Physicians satd death was
almost instantaneous.
Although Mr.. Page was regarded
as enjoying the best Of health, close
relatives seated tonight that he prob
ably still WIS feeling the effects OF
an attack of pneumonia last winter
His condition was regarded as seri-
Gus at that time, but his indomitabie
spirit would not let hina give up and
within a few weeks he was back at
work on "Dante," biography Of the
immortal poet, which ht recently
completed. It was only I yesterday
that Mr.. Page received a.letter fron
former President Wilson Sompliment'
ling him on this work, i III;
Thomas Nelson Psge. Sae et "a,
E6hsssSS ks6~n 11deeSs s9eel
lians, had a varied cafeer a. lawyer
1author and diplomat. He was berI
ut Oakland" on April %, 1859, thu
son of Maj. John and Elizabeth Bur
we'll Nelson Page. Both his faths'
and mother were grandchildren o.
Thomas Nelson, signer of the Dec
laration Of Independence, one OF tn
early governors of Virginia and com
llmander Of the Virginia forces q
Yorktown. With his brothers b.
learned the responsibilities Of lif
within the sound of the gums OF tn
bloodiest campaigns of the Confed
crate war. These experiences he Lat
er described in 1.-TWO Little Confed
crates"
l, Until the breaking out Of ths wal
however, the boys spent their tim
after the manner of happy Souther
hildren of that period, playing abou
the fields with the young negroes 9
the plantation as their companion
or listening to the tales of their elt
) ers around the cabin fire. When Sur
day came marbles, tops and string
were put away and, "rain or shine
the family carriage with four horse
or as many mules attached we
> brought out to take them to TT
Forks" church.
: After attending school in Hanov'
- county, DIR. Page went to hanov'
academy, later to Washington co
!. llege, now Washington and Lee an
yersity, and In 1873, he attended Il
g law school at the University OF vi
!. ginia. Just before taking the La
= course, Mr.. Page taught school
70 Kentucky. He practiced' law.
- Richmond until 1898 when he moy'
to Washington.
stl DR.. Pages first attempt ut autho
t. ship was an acrostic, written when
,e was child and published In Il
X lSouthern Churchman, the appearan
n. of which in IT'S printed form was
cel once a source Of pride and disappoir
e. ment him. While at college
ce again essayed to write, contrtbutil
to The CoIlegian, a paper gotten o
by the students Of Wa aington G.
Ilege. He did little literary work
ter graduating in law but In ls'
t. with his marriage to Miss Anne sc
agl don Bruce Of Charlotte county, v
lis ginia, came a renewal Of the htera
xroi cI1 oo~Al fnr atnr3aa n