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10,1925
The Palmetto Leader Saturday Oct 10 1925 front page
Father and Son Suffocated In Well From Poison Gas
Last Saturday morning perhaps one of the most startling tragedies occurred on the Winnsboro Road just beyond Hyatt Park. William Harris Sr, age 45; and William Harris Jr. age 18; were suffocated by poison gas in attempting to clean out a well. They had gone to the well Friday to clean it out, but discovered that there was a large amount of gas in the well. They had burned the well out; and supposing that the gas had been consumed, went back Saturday, and the elder Harris went down into the well, but as soon as he reached the bottom, he called to his son for help. The son descended on the rope and he was immediately overcome also. Another man who was assisting them gave the alarm. Members of the Columbia Hospital Staff rendered first aid with pulmotors, etc., but life was extinct in both.
The funeral was to have been held at Second Nazareth Baptist Church, but long before 3 o'clock, the time appointed for the funeral, the church was crowded to overflowing and the services were removed to the Tabernacle next door.
The elder Harris is survived by a wife and 10 childrens. There were approximately about 4,000 or 5,000 people in attendance. Rev. R. M. Meyer, the pastor preached the funerals, and was assisted by Rev. John Myers. Johnson Bradley were the Undertakers.
The Palmetto Leader Saturday October 10 1925 front page
Colored Woman Buried In Elmwood Cemetery
The Plot on Which She Was Buried Was Purchased By Her Husband in 1870, From Elmwood Cemetery Company
Mrs Mary S. Smith, the wife of Mr. William Smith (deceased) since 1885, died at her residence 1114 Huger Street, Monday at 11:00 o'clock. She has been a resident of Columbia for over 80 years. She was possessed with a reasonable portion of this worlds good, and was one of Columbia's leading business women. She attended to the collection of her rents, etc.
The funeral services were held from Ladson Presbyterian church of which she was a consistent member Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev I. D. Davis the pastor officiating. She is survived by three grandchildren, Purvis Smith, Mrs Nellie Mouzin, and Miss Jennie Smith. The firm of Johnson Bradley Morris had charge of the funeral arrangements.
Palmetto Leader March 20 1943 front page #1
Seymour Carroll Succumbs After Protracted Illness
Funeral at Late Residence Last Saturday
Seymour Carroll, field representative of the American Humane Education Society of Boston, Massachusetts, and life-long resident of Columbia, passed away at the Veterans hospital where he had been a patient for several weeks last thursday. Mr. Carroll was the son of the late Reverend Richard Carroll, prominent educational, social and religious leader and founder of the South Carolina State Colored Fair Association and personal friend and confidante of the late Booker T. Washington, who came to Columbia quite often during the lifetime of the sr Carroll. The late Seymour Carroll was a veteran of the first World War. He served with the Red Cross. Later he served as chairman of the Negro committee of the South Carolina Natural Resources Commission. Under the direction of the late John K. Aull. This committee traveled throughout the state carrying the message of South Carolina's plethora of iodine content in its soil and its consequent health sustaining qualities. The leading figures in the educational, professional and religious worlds served with Mr. Carroll on the committee, and their work was regarded as having been highly significant.
The deceased was actively affiliated with the last Republican presidential campaign, having been a delegate to the convention at Philadelphia and a member of the committee which visited Salem, Oregon, home of Senator Charles L. McNary to notify him of his nomination for vice-president at the Republican convention. To the very last he evinced keen and intelligent interest in the problems of his country, his state and particularly in those problems peculiar to his own people. He enjoyed the warm friendship of all classes of people, among white and colored alike. He was a forcefully dynamic platform speaker, and his utterances carried great convincing power for whatever cause he chose to espouse. Protection of dumb animals and solicitude for the underdog among his fellow human beings concerned him most intimately.
Many friends and acquaintances gathered at the late residence Saturday afternoon to pay their last tribute of respect to what remained of the late Seymour Carroll. A lengthy procession made the trip to Randolph cemetery, where the body was interred in the family plot. Immediate relatives of the deceased are his widow, Mrs. Bessie Burley Carroll, his sister Mrs. Harmon T. Taylor, the former Miss Mary Crozier Carroll, of Washington, D.C.; his step mother, Mrs. Corrie Carroll, and adopted sister, Mrs. Eunice Clark, of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Cortez Sims, first cousins. Mr. Carroll was founder of the Brookgreen Welfare Conference, which is held annually at the Brookgreen Gardens in the lower part of the state.
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