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Abel A. Shuford Dies SHUFORD MEMORIAL NUMBER THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT Established 1899 HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1912 Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 streamed through, itself lessened; ces. Still another was his readi- by the clouds outside, for Nature ness to help people, especially'-JOHN M. SHUFORD. herself was in a mournful mood, young men and start them in bus- and mingled her tears with those iness. 'Here is a letter thatjtjSplendid Citizen Passes Quietly DIES of not gives say. A. he SHUFORD human friends. Had it me comfort', would Away to His ABEL Rest. been a rainy day the congrega- It would be from some young tion outside would have been lar- man whom he had helped to getst Mr. John M. Shuford died ger than the 200 or so who could a start in life. He believed inni May Ist at the Richard Baker not, as it was, get into the young men and has always toldd Hospital, which was built within SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME church. me that they yielded him the bestst che past year by his gifted son, ; Shuford, Grief bowed its head behind investments he ever made. He£ Or. J. H. He bad lin- When Mr. Chase went to Alaba- its black crape but Hope, the loved best to helpHhe old veter-r- *ered for long months with a negro assumed a sanctified; Dobson ma, the business was closed outj anchor in leif's storms, ans, and always sent a substi- i_ wasting disease, which pitiously Hickory's Giant Figure and one of the State's' look when he took the parson's horse. every tapped his strength. Nothing With the failure of the old throbbed and thrilled in tute to the reunion when he couldd Farewell to the old farm. It has sentence of the pastor's mes- not go himself. cheered him more h* his last days now passed into the hands of others. Schuler bank, Mr. Shuford asso- j. Greatest Captains of Industry Passes sage, and the fragrant flowers, Another ornament was his de- ' than visits from his brother May it be to them a pleasant home, j ciating with himself K. C. Men- massed in variegated glory, for sire for peace, and he lived thee Abel. to His Well Earned Rest?City He wa3 a powerful youth phys- zies, 0. M. Royster and others, three tiers high in front of the the beatitude that makes one a Mr. Shuford's pure kindly ically when he first came to Hick- organized the Citizens' bank, chancel, themselves the herald- child of God. face under a shock of snow- the forgot- Terribly Shocked Over ory in an unsuccessful effort t( vvhich was later merged into the ing archangels of Year's res- His CHURCH LIFE. white hair will never be trade. Therf urrection from the death of win- ton by those who knew him as learn the tanner's present First National bank. ter, in letters of beauty answered "In his church was where thee neighbor and citizen. He was an News of His Death. ire traditions afloat of his great) This was in 1890, and Mr. -Shu- "Yes" to life's greatest ques- beauty of his character was most)t industrious and successful busi- power to lift. ford remained its president until tion: "If a man die, shall he live strongly manifested. This churchh ness man and a modest but earn- again?" organized years ago privilege HIS WAR RECORD. lis death, Today it is one of was 43 andd est Christian. The rare Messers. he Hee enjoyed by few 2 DAYS AFTER HIS BROTHER JOHNi the strongest institutions in Rev. Harte of the was a charter member. men m this life FOLLOWS As no new boy was needed at Baptist and Garth of the Presby- never would consent to beingg was his of having his entire un- the tannery, he secured a position western North Carolina. terian churches were it the pul- made an elder, insisting that hee broken family grow up and ; neighbor An Immense Congregation Attended the Funeral Sunday Mornin; 48 clerk in the store of Lev Mr. Shuford was connected pit with Dr. Murphy and with could serve best as a deacon. Hee live to him till his most Rev. Messers, Peeler, of Lenoir always taught a Sunday school>1 death. Church, Many Coming Elias, father of the late Kopt vvith of the business in- at the Reformed from a Distance. terests of the city. He was and Rowe of Newton. The Re- class, and for the 22 years thatit The Reformed church was Elias. When the war came on. formed ministers, after the sing- been pastor he r filled to overflowing on president Hickory Manu- I have never last he volunteered at the age of 19 of the ing of Nearer my God, to Thee, missed a service except whenn Thursday afternoon when the greatly enjoyed facturing Co.; Hickory Electric A CHRISTIAN SOLDIERJ Mr. Shuford in Co. F., 23rd N. C. Regiment, read Scripture lessons, when Dr. indisposed or absent from theeßfuneral was preached by his Bank, the recent Laymen's Missionary tie was quickly promoted to cor Co., and Shuford National Murphy offered the following city, and then he always made ittlpastor, Dr. Murphy, who had prayer: to Convention in Hickory and die )oral then ser- Newton; secretary and treas- a point give me his reason. l.fjbeen summoned from Classis at a Farm and by His and to second was always in on to perform He Came off In-j not miss a meeting. battle, urer the Ivey Mill Co., and "Oh, God, our Father, and the He chutvh thee|3t. Matthews church geant. In his first of coldest or the hottest day or theellthis last sad honor, as he was dustry and Ability Made a Great; While Mr. Shuford had Granite Falls Mfg. Co.; God and Father of our Lord and accum- Williamsburg:, he carried thf treasurer Savior Jesus Christ, we look to darkest night. summoned again a few days lat- Which was Invested >{ Co., Fortune inj ulated a splendid fortune by hi? 30 ors of the regiment. Tbrougf the A. A. Shuford Mill Thee, rejoicing in the great love "The other day he became e ar to do. Nearly all the Chief Industries of business ability, his greatest in- Pines, the Seven Days md director of the Piedmont thou hast manifested toward us tired and went to sleep, wakingg The following is a biography Seven up presence Onlyy 3f Mr. prepared by his vestment, he always declared, campaignto Cold he went >Vagon and Mfg. Co.; Dudley in providing redemption through in the of God. Shuford This City and Section?His Great- Harbor a few days before he had said too brother, Rev. Julius H, Shuford, was in young men. A score of Shoals Mills, the blood of Christ. We thank est Investment was in Young Men Sere he was wounded. He re- Cotton First Nat- for manifesting Thy father- his brother, 'John, cheer up. Youu }fKing's Creek, in his book "A these, at least, Thee he started into turned in time for Fredericks- lional Bank, of Morganton; Jef- ly care for us, and that Thou will get better and we will gcc Historical Sketch of the Shuford Beautiful and Just Tribute Paid by among careers of usefulness, burg and Chancellorsville. At ferson Standard Life Insurance hast revealed to us that there over into Alexander county to0 Family." Dr. Murphy. them such men as the Chases, Gettysburg was one of Greensboro fire remaineth a rest for the people the Springs and take a good 1 Shuford. he wounded and Co.; the long together.' John M. 24 hours after at- of Huntsville, Ala.; Mr. C. E. captured, and was held at Pt companies; of God, and a life beyond this rest The broth- t- Less than insurance the Lenoir ers indeed have gone off togetherj- John M. Shuford is a son of Jacob Graham, of Greenville, S. C.; Mr. Vale of Tears, better, sweeter, tending the funeral of his broth- Lookout for 21 months. He was Telephone Exchange. nobler, purer, and where all is to rest forever in that rest thatt |H. Shuford. Jacob EL Shuford is a A. A. Whitener, of this city. Hi? jxchanged, on a years [ laon of Jacob Shuford, who died in er John, Mr. Abel A. Shuford. and was home i He was also for a direc good and upright and true, and remains to the people of God,t ,1 11844. Jacob Shuford is a son of Mart- Hickory's premier citizen died judgment in this line of invest- furlough when the war closed. | tor in the Morganton Hospital, where there is no need of the.' and they are drinking from those jv « n Shuford, who died in 1780. Martin suddenly ot heart failure as he ment seemed to be as accurate During a truce between the i and Catawba and Claremont col- physical sun, because the glory! springs of living water that flow light thereof. We out from the throne into theelshuford is a son of John Shuford, who reclining on a lounge as in buying cotton or selling and Confederate pickets leges. of God is the 1790, was up-| Yankee | thank the iriver of life." \u25a0died in home, one o'clock yarns. And letters of gratitude Thee for all sweet; ? Shuford born in Cataw- in his at ince, package of t I John was stairs he took a J Mr Shu ford was a Democrat from promises of Thy word, full off After a tender prayer by Mr. M. last Friday.
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