The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-06-20
OF INTEREST TO WOVEN
Correspondence Between Bismark
And Late DR.. King Of Flat Rock
Reveals Most Cordial Friendship
Germany's 'Iron Man" Formed Fast Ties With One
Time Resident of Section When They Were
Students at German University
FIAT ROCK June 2O.-Ap-

FLAT ROCK, June 2O.-Ap-
pointment Of Prof. VIM. f. Dodd
as United States ambassador to
| the Hitler government Of Ger
many recalls another North Caro-
'linian, who, while a country doc
! tor instead of an ambassador, was
Il warm personal friend Of Ger
many's "iron man" of the 18th
century, Otto Won Bismark.
Letters received by the late DR..
Mitchell C. King, Of Flat Rock,
from the great Empire builder
with whom he was classmate at
the University Of Goettingen
! Germany have been placed III
the National Library at Washing
ton. But photostat copies are III
the possession Of son Of DR.,
Kings half-brother, Major Gen
eral Campbell King, Of Flat Rock,
who until recent retirement, was
commandment Of the United States
Infantry school at Fort Benning,
! Ga.
! An intimate closeup Of Bis
mark, the man, afforded through
these letters, portrays Il fighting
and drinking" friend of UnlverS-
| ity days who never grew too I'M
portant to recall those happy
times and to plan for a reunion.
xxx and now find myself
in an independent situation and
having scarcely more wishes than
Il am able to satisfy-eXcept u
wife" he wrote DR.. King. II
Think" he added, that | must
/ try next summer if under tn"
clearer sky of Carolina, l. s.,
can find fairy whose spell is
powerful enough to cure a heart
which, if not broken, is sorely
rent" ,
In General Kings Flat Rock
home, his wife, d granddaught II
of Dr.. King, proudly displays two
extremely interesting silhouettes
| of Dr.. King and Won Bismark
made while students at Goettin-
gen. Upon that of Bismark is in
iscribed "Seinen Mitchell King,
Won Bismark."
Judge Mitchell King, Dr.. King :
father. was one of the very first
| distinguished South CarOlinianS to
establish summer home at Flat
Rock. A brilliant member Of the
Charleston bar, he was also man
of large means for those days, be-
ing a rice planter and an extern
| i've landowner Of the three states
# South Carolina, North Caro-
J ina and Georgia.
His eldest son, Mcmillan, was
~ent to the University of HeldeI-
BERG, and Mitchell and Henry
| King entered the University of
ioettingen. A fourth son, Kirk
: wood. studied medicine in France
and lived for many years in PANS,
Upon DR.. Mitchell Kings re-
turn to the United States, he ma
ried Elizabeth Middleton, Il mem
Der of that distinguished SOu.n
Carolina family. After his mar
riage, his father presented HIM
with a fine property in Flat Rock
near the Judges own home OF
"Argyle." DR.. King built upon
! this property a handsome home,
"Glenroy," and divided his time
between this place and his Savan-
nah river plantation Red Knoll.
Except for the colony Of South
Carolinians who spent their sum
mers in Flat Rock, Dr.. King
practice was among the then
primitive mountaincers of IVES
tern North Carolina, and was
largely of a charitable nature. No
sick person who required his ser
vices ever asked in vain, no ma
ter how inaccessible the place,
The unremitting care and su@col
that he brought to this isolated
people throughout the years earn.
ed for him an abiding respect and
affection. Upon his death at ST
years of age at his home, Glen
roy" they flocked in such nunl-
bers to pay last homage to then
told benefactor that his caSket had
to be placed on the lawn, and al
day long they filed sorrowfulIy
past.
Plans to lay him to rest in the
picturesque Episcopal churchyar(
of St. John's-in-the- Wilderness ii
the midst of the community t.
which his lfe-work had been ded'
icated were changed for famll!
reasons, and he was buried II
Magnolia cemetery in Charleston
beside his wife. A tombstone, ;
rough slab of granite, bears the
simple inscription, A well be
loved physician"
GAS | knew him in his later
years." recalled General King
che was an extraordinarily hand
some and venerable figure. His
hair was white, his features reg
lular, complexion ruddy, deep-set
(eyes, bushy eyebrows and flow
ing white beard. He Away:
dressed in black, wearing a long
black coat"
| Another classmate of Won Bis