Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life: a Collection of Biographies of Leading Men of the State, Band 1James Calvin Hemphill Men of mark publishing Company, 1907 |
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Abbeville active American Anderson Anderson county army association attended bank Baptist Barnwell Beaufort county became born boyhood captain Cary character Charles Charleston College of Charleston Colleton county Colonel Columbia Confederate Confederate States army convention Cotton mills daughter December degree of A. B. Democratic Doctor early elected entered Episcopal church farm farmer father fond Furman university Georgetown Georgia Governor graduated grandfather Greenville Haskell honor influence institution interest Izlar James John Judge Knights of Pythias lawyer legislature LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS lina living in 1907 Marlboro county Mason merchant mother Newberry Newberry college Newberry county North Orangeburg plantation planter politics position president profession prominent PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR railroad reading reëlected regiment senate served settled society South Caro South Carolina college strong success Sumter Tillman University University of Virginia Virginia Washington William Wofford college Yorkville young youth
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Seite 234 - Kümmel is a Fellow of the American Association for the advancement of Science and of the Geological Society of America, and a member of the National Institute of Social Science.
Seite 133 - Romaine was among the French Protestants who took refuge in England upon the revocation of the edict of Nantes ; he settled in this place as a merchant, and became a member of the corporation, which is a very ancient one.
Seite 24 - H, in which he served two and one-half years, during which time he participated in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged until he was shot in the right elbow during the batlle of Missionary Ridge, which prevented further service.
Seite 256 - Gillisonville for his preparatory work for college; and in 1856 he was graduated with the degree of AB from the University of Georgia, receiving in 1859 the degree of AM from the same university.
Seite 108 - He is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Seite 379 - Confederate army, but was stricken with a severe illness, which caused the loss of his left eye and kept him an invalid for two years; followed farming as a pursuit and took no active part in politics till he began the agitation in 1886 for industrial and technical education which culminated in the establishment of the Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Calhoun's old home, Fort Hill...
Seite 379 - ... culminated in the establishment of the Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College, at Calhoun's old home, Fort Hill; the demand for educational reform broadened into a demand for other changes in State affairs, and he was put forward by the farmers as a candidate for governor in 1890; after an exciting and heated canvass he received the nomination in the Democratic convention by a vote of 270 to 50 for his opponent, and was elected in November following; this was his first political office,...
Seite 379 - ... governor in 1890; after an exciting and heated canvass he received the nomination in the Democratic convention by a vote of 270 to 50 for his opponent, and was elected in November following; this was his first political office, and he was reelected in 1892 by an overwhelming vote; his term as governor was signalized by the passage of the dispensary law for the control of the liquor traffic by the State and by the establishment of another college, the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College for...
Seite 303 - Phi fraternity; he is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the Orangeburg Business Men's club.
Seite 128 - His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is an active member, administering one of its most important educational trusts, as trustee of Hamline University.