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The Sunday Outlook.Georgetown. S.CI88UKD Sunday Morning by theTHE OUTLOOK PRINTING CO.J. Walter Doar,Editor.▼.LhLonaa i Business Office \ 74leiepnones) editorial rooms i/iTerms—Subscription Rates:One Copy, One Year$1.50One Oopy, Six Months.75One Copy, Three Months.50Advertising Rates:One Inch, One Insertion$1.00as being of interest to old time» •Georgetouians and to near rela1Ictives of this grand old gentleman, j {who has just passed to bis eternalreward.ffBut the sketch is still incomplete, and though we are awarethat all display and ostentationwas abhorent to his nature, it is€V1only meet and fitting that somefacts relative to the life and history of the late Thomas P. Smith,of Charleston, should be mentioned bv one who knew and reveredhim.Mr. Thomas P. Smith was bomin Georgetown 88 years ago, at theold Smith homestead on PrinceJEach Subsequent Insertion.50Business Locals 10 cents a line forthe first insertion and 5 cents a linefor each subsequent insertion.Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Notices of Thanks and all communications of a personal nature are chargedfor at the rate of lo cents a line.Liberal reduction on Three, Six andstreet, and was an elder brotherof our late lamented and honoredcitizen, Mr. David Henry Smith.His father was Maj. SavageSmith, who, for many years, wasa most prominent and usefulmember of the social and civiclifeof Georgetown, holding,1f.ccIAatf1tctIfaamong other high offices, that ofTwelve Months’ advertising contracts, the third president of the WinyahItWe are glad to publish news letters Indigo Society, then an institu-and articles pertaining to subjects of Ui0ll of great social and education-c«eneraI °r.?.Z^ al influence throughout the State.they are accompanied by the name andfaaddress of the writer.He was a direct descendant ofWe disclaim responsibility for the Landgrave Thomas Smith, one of L-views of correspondents.the first Governors of South Car-Addresb all letters toTHE OUTLOOK,olina.gGeorgetown, 8. C.Inheriting from this notable tline of forefathers the clear-head- 0SUNDAY, FEB. 1, 1903. ed judgment, unswerving iuteg- itrity of character and highest elt;Mr- Thomas P- Sfriith.ideals ot duty, it is no matter of tsurprise that success crowned his d“Mr. Thomas P. Smith, one of life, that honor and reverence11the oldest and most respected cit- cling to his memory.tlizene of Charleston, died suddenlyMr. Smith joined the Baptist tlat his office yesterday afternoonchurch at an early age, and for ieof heart failure. Ho went tomany years, until his death, was S{work as usual during the day anda deacon in the Citadel Squareapparently was in ino best ofBaptist Church of Charleston I bhealth, despite his eighty-eightHis faith was steadfast and hiswyears. The end came withoutgood works abundant. No man n;warning and he literal I v died incould leave behind him a purer orharness. The new3 of his unexbrighter example of what a ChrisIIpected death caused genuine re-tian character should be.wgret among his wide circle ifCultured and intellectual him* Niriendsself, he sought by helpful words j8and generous deeds to advance the 1Mr. Smith was president of the cause 0f education in a large senseThos. P. Smith Mclver Company, throughout the State, FurmanHe had served in that businessUniversity,at Greenville,honoringtlcapacity for a number of years hjm ag one 0f jfg greatest benefa'Vwand previous to the organization81of that company he was with thetors.bihouse of Thomas P. Smith-MclverIn these latter days, when them Co., cottou factors. Before thegreed of money, the rush for dlt;war he was a member of the firmpower, and the mark of the “new-aly rich” is 011 every hand, this 1C1of Nailer, Smith Co.noble life of one who belonged toFor years Mr. Smith took an the .,old regime,” when honor81active interest in the educationalPiinstitutions of this State. He wasa trustee of Furman University,in Greenville, and one of the memorial windows in that institutionwasputiu to commemorate hiskindness and bis generosity. Hewas one of the most liberal citi;enp of Charleston, and throughranked before riches, and ‘‘manners made the man,” stands outin bold relief—an object lesson,indeed! Of him it can be trulysaid what is in itself an epitah,‘He bore without reproach, thegrand old name of ‘Gentleman.$ 99ifo he made it a rule to give oneenth of his income to educationmd charity. There are manyiromineut young men of this cityiho owe their success today totssistance from him and be neverailed to advance the interest ofhose who showed themselvesThe Age of Faith.The Master Mason throws across life’sstreamA frame of Faith, that all to frailtfad(wmPlt;diofmrntftlwould seem,Did He not bid us work ttiereon tomfilt;layThe shaped and solid stones, that daydfworthy of it. Mr. Smith was aby dayood man , was constantly work-Are ever firmer knit and form anelitng for the aid of his fellow citi-archnlt;ens and has left behind him a reO’er which from land to land may my- 01ord heyond reproach.riads march.itHe married the} daughter ofThis is the age of faith, an ageblaniel Townsend, of Edisto Is- aheadages in its su-tiand, and left two sons and three blimer, broader hope and sereneraughters to mourn his death. UrQ8t jn a destiny worked out un-eine of hu none, Prof. D. T. Smith, def tfae eye of ]oying father_11as connected with Furman Uuiarsity for a number of years, andspeakinghte other son, Benjamin Pressleymith, has been associated aswe do not forget tlat in this as in all ages some are progressivejbusinesssome are motionless, some are re-VwTheological Seminary in trogressiveYet no matter whatLouisville9 9holding backbackabove istaken from the working back there may beNew* and Courier ot Jan. 16th, i part of tome portion* of human.bIftlKu
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