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-TAQB rOCW. Am n+XBAMD, iriiiTSBBOtO, 8. C I It! ! I, n Waiutkow. tk« l«tal »ff—io» S , •kill and ^•4 who reader *• a direct coiihc- 4Mbc« r-a efficieiyt ■crvice. For • amber of yean la paklle life, k*r- ta« din barged tbe datlee of eeorjr office be baa ever bold with ctaarac- torlatlc fidelity aad ahimy. aad W- raaiw of the poaaeealOB of theea tref/ gaalitle* one of Colleton Coonty'a aacreitaful legal practitioners, Hon. W. B. Orober Is among the popul ar and progressive citlien* of thla aectiou of the State. The aubje< t ‘ of the present skelt h is a native of Colleton County cod received his education In tbe school* near his home. A* a young man he studied of Um office deMty a Ml | due f ubfle. !• the choice of deatiatry. AccordIngl, eaartnaa. Jadga QrUUm gibllitalki 1 Moafar. aad which aa a law firm to~file $o- wheo hle preltaaiaary educatloa waa ia his official capacity the moat possesses many advat-fagee as the ritlen la Ifld, aiul has la every, completed he matriculated at the pleasant aad satisfactory regions m B { t 0 f T ,i a *fcle experieace, an ex- i on df the! Atlanta Dental Collegd# and with aad aa a cltlaeu ha enjoyu, as he tba duties that diligent application born of a fully merits, the esteem, the conft- terlutic fit laudable ambition {o succeed he genre and good will of all, the wr<ya with attended every lecture and demons- natural results of integrity, fidelity, f^of the tratlon and missed no opportucity and reliability. From 190C to 1910 Walterbor to acquire knowledge und skill. At Judge Griffin represented Colleton Hr. Du Bala has made many friends the end of t’e required period of County In the State Senate, and lb UM community. Increasing his student life he passed his final ex- on the floor ;:nd if the committee popularity through direct persoual aralnations before a board compris- room was always an able advocate relatione with the people of tbe Ing the leading members of the den of measures which tended to bene- ermnty and by method* |n his office tal profession and received hi* de- fit h|v county and his {Mat'.. .that create and foster esteem and gree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. ^ tensive and valuable acquaintance, composed of Influential people, wirt« whom most cpnfldentlal relations are enjoyed, and an established abil ity and popularity as individual-. confidence. FIHHHI’RNK * PAIMiCTT. 't —— Ittorneys tinil t'oiiiiM'lhir* at l.aw. i In view of th* 1 fact that he >* o;<* of Colleton Countj's dlstiti- p.Uished and poptilar <it!7<tis and which admitted him to practice In P.Uk.ktt. LKM.U Kn a MODitKK. among the leading li. vvera <»t Kis 190t», passing the South Carolina _ entire section of South Carolina t DH. II. U. FI.ACK. Su|m rinlructi i )t of Kducatien. Since upon mental and moral train Ing depends solely th'» development of character and ged cltlxenshlp, it tHM-omes at once apparent that the official who acts in the capacity of superintemlert of schools hi.*. If lie estimates properly, and at their true worth the duties of his position, 1 great responsibilities and plenty of work in order lo reach and mainta! 'a standard of efficiency in method from which i!onc the best results can be obtained. As a pupB’and a at udet •: of dentistry and later as a trustee and school commissioner. Dr H. W. Black, Colleton's present su- When tbe occasion arises for the Judge W. K. Gruber. State, soon after which he became B member of the firm of Howell ic perlntendent of schools, has hid ev ery advantage to learn by practical experience the i» eds of the educato and the scholar and the results of wisdom to give preference of this practical experieive are in maiy instances to the services evidence in the steady improvement the young practitioner,* for. if he law In the office* of Howell k ' ,ur that has been iuaugerated during b4 possesses a thorough education In phy of Wallerboro, and wr« fin- inrumbency an Improvement which the theorj and practice of law, his alb admitted to practice Ir- the I* constantly "making for higher contention* are apt to be more vlg- *!:iwlards along educational lines, orous and aggressive and hi* advo- A i.alive of Colleton County, having cacy of a cause more ecenest and been born at Smoaks Cross Hoads painstaking, for he makes every Gruber, the senior member of which ln t>,52. Dr. Black grew up on a case his own, devoting his beat was Haa. M. H Howell, father of . farm aid received his ecrller edu- energies to the careful consideration the present junior member, irfid one {cation at the country school in his of jts every phase from a legal cwd of the most widely-known and bril-.home neighborhood His father. Judicial standpoint and being palua- llaat lawyer* of his day It whs < *l>t R. R. Black/mving died whe taking in the preparation of legal thas that he nettled down in Wal- »>»■ » *•«» “‘d. the Innlrumerda preliminary to procO- terboro to build up a clientele in . W««r entered a dental office In dure. The foregoing obaervatloaa -• ■profession p'hicb he I Orangeburg, and In 18«4 panned the are auggested by the educational ad eminently aarcemiful. »*««* a, ** e Bo * r 'l of v»ntagea and professional equlpmen tag the legal adxtser for * number Kxamlrora, locating at once of Dan4el Byrd Peurifoy, one of of Colleton County, influential clt- i * Ualte.bcro. where he has since Colleton County's you«:« attomeya, practiced hts profession. In 1885 he Kid Junior member of the law firm „ eleq^Ml a achool trnatee, which of Peurifoy Bros Born In Edgh- iuU matters, readerlng'a aervlce that position he resigned, In 1890 wi:« ««ld County |n 1887, his earlier Is noted tor its fidelity to the In- *lccU*d school comnils*|oner, a po- was spent in the schools here, tereuts of Wls elfeals aad for Its , *llion aimUar to the one he now , afterwards- attend!: g the schools at ! tills In tb- election of 1908 he w% the choice of the citizen* of-Colle ton * ouitty for # he position h« now I nlds himI the il.i.: <i of which he .diKelai'gml will, ’hilt commendable aUliiy ;iiul ctfniem.v which deroons- trctcit rtitlsfiv’torlly -he wisdom of his WelcHlioa, sncl wh'ch resulted 1-1 a n-electijii In l"lt* fof a period of four yearr Dr lilin U is a self-mad man for his opportnitles were llm- ilted, hut he never fulled to take advr-ntage of them. Today he is ainbng the popular and progressive Icllib'ns of the community und pos- iwurcs fully the esteem and eonfl- State Board the same year. « Dr. Anderson , returned to his home at Hendersonville in this coun ty where he remained a few months t Walterboro at that time presented abundant evidence of the develop ment whi«h has sir-.'e characterized every day of its carm^ej^o Waiter- boro was his choice, which he has never liud for a moment any rea son tb regret, having during ihe in tervening years built up a »el«ct an growing practice and an excellent standi:*; in the profession, being a nietuher -if the South Caioliiiu State Dental Association. In the pr ictice • of his profession, Dr. Anderson's skill ami experience antieipates a:-J supplies iili demands that eom*) 1 wiihin the province of med* rn den tistry, lieing equally proficient in the operative and- mechanical de partments. lie is among Walterbo ro s popular and esteemed young , citizens, w ho possess* s that eom- * I m< nduhle public spirit ai-d eiiter- piise which lies ever prompted him i to support every legitimate meas ure or proposition that would be services of the lawyer it is the part for the upbuilding of his town or in ' co it it t v or the general welfare of y along permanent and \tl«»riv ys-nt-l.avv. In tlie t-i let lint successful career of t’apt los. M M.mrer one plain ly discerns those qualifications, hot natural and acquired, that destines him in future month:- und years to rank amoiv; the prominent lawyers of South Carolina, for already dur- D. H. PKI KIKOY. Of I'eurifoy Bros., Attomeys-al-l.au ( county of the would be at: unpardonable omissii i t«i iverlook the name and career -if Col. W. J. Fishhurtie. in The i're s niiel-h’taneiiir^'t' Trail*- <«nd lndustri.il Kdition for lie is p* rfians as vital ly interested in Walte ria-ro and ‘ -!- let:n County as any u.;-:i iMiion.-. i - i citizenship, lending ai way s his b>- T I energi* s to their de>*“!opine nt c- '. Kisliliurnc v.as lion: m Unit'll' in ISfH, lie spent In- I*. \ I x-d ia in attending the* se he ils h. re, . - | tering the military si r . ice* in |v-;t. when a mere hoy. ;.s • .vtet 1; i the c'oee of the . r ie* entered j the I'uiversity of t-’ juth Caro!' where he remained *wn :ir- !! turning to Walterboro he took ;* the study cf law it - '**• office t !*he late O I’. Willia j ed ruch know 1* dye ;d'ire as qualifhd I before ‘he courts and acquit < r 1 pal pro*. 11 it) to practi . «.t the Stat* Ken:oving to Maryland ie acquired still greater knowlt dgt of affairs generally and return* u b* re in l v .*i He embarked on his professional ca reer at Walterboro during the same year, and as a member of various legal, firms his ability as a lawyer and his popularity as a citizen be- ••ropressive lines ( apt. J. >1. Moorer. be lag coastautly con •ultad kr the cel* ral public la le- M. I*. H»wHI. Jr. proniptneaa and efficiency Ir draw lag up legal instruments and pro eedure generally denre of the people as a whole. H. W. DC IMrIH. County Autlitor. Th< duties of County Auditor saf'guard tin* interests of tlie cotn- txunitv as R- whole and Ihe tax l-iytr as an iivlividual by keeping a complete record of all claims for I i.gainst the county, and by cer- Mfying to their correctness before jcymeht. So that the position is came thoroughly established. Col. Fishburne has twice served the State ir* the legislature from i^vv ing but two years practice his repu-'-to 1900 and from 1‘.iu4 to 1900 tat ion as an able iegal practitioner I A year ago he formed a partner- hgs reached throughout Colleton ship with Mr. H. K. Fadgett. under County broadening dally and be com j the firm name of Fishburne A. ing constantly more atrxl more luflu- Padgett. en ila) | From early* boyhood up to the Born in that section of Colleton ; present moment there runs through County which was later made a part the life of H. R. Padgett, a com- of Dorcheater County, (’apt, Moorer received the first rudiments of an education at St. George Mid later attended the Citadel, graduaticc in 1906 in literature and the sciences, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Returning to his home here he studied law in the offices mendabie ambition to acquire such educational accomplishments as would equip him for a professional life, selecting as his ultimate goal the practice of law\ it being the most congenial to hfe tastes and temperament and abounding In op- port iroitlea for advancemet •*, whf<h of Padgett and Remarks and in ; latter depends almost entirely upon 1909 was taken into the firm as Itfttvldual effort and ability. ' V a partner, the firm mune beiiqg changed to Padgett, Lemack* ft nativ^ of Colleton f'ounty, H. ,:R. Padgett gradvated at the Citadel Moorer. Capt .Moorer is one of and acquired his knowledge of law Walterbaro s most active young me under Prof. J. 'K Breeden, at Or- befng a member of the Town Board angeburg. As a member of the of Aldermen and cr.plain of Com-j firm of ' Fishburne & Padgett he JITH.'K J. H. GRIFKIX. Ju<.f<»* l*n»b#te Court. It is, indeed, a wise provision on ;*ie part qf the State to step in at the moment of death to safe guard the interests of the widows, , the orphans hr heirs or legatees generally and to take care of the person ai.vl property of th*-se men tally incompetent. Such matters, come within the jurisdiction of the I’robate Court and because of the very helplessness or inexperience of the beneficiaries of estates it is evident that this departmer*t -hould l»e presided over by men Learned in the requirements of the j law and who adhere to and enforce Hon. John H. IVurifoy. ii H spirit es well as letter in a Fairfield. He next entered Clem-I m * n n«T that is a h.,ppy blending of son College taking up literature , f ' r,nf '*' 88 Mlu * benevolence. It ai:*d the sciences. Mid graduating In | parl , * 1 ' 8 VHar Judge J 1907. He then entered the law de- i 0p,ff,n wa * < aR o1 ,h ‘ H pany K., Third Regiment, South Caroling ItYantry In which position he discharges his duties witli that the .8. I HON, J. D. At KKHMAN. ami J. C. I<eiuacii*t. Parti,.eat of the University of South | < ‘ ourt ' ,0 aucceed ,he la, ‘* ro1 - Judge Uraber was elected to the ' an<1 , 8 aurrounded with r, ‘ ro,,na . completing his studies lU| John D . Et,war,1 », ‘Irt eased. aud ! 1909 and being admitted to practi*e' no better evidence of popularity and fidelity w hich hjA* secured him an In the (ourts oi the State. Set- r ® n fitl*nce could be offered than is enviable reputation as a la.wyer and tihift in ’.Valterboro he wue adtult-t t ' on * a '* ned , * , ** Preference. cititen. ted t«» parti ciship in the firm of A nR, ‘ v * of Co,,e,o n county. Ju« J, Peurifoy* Bros., composed of John '^•riffit' born In the days when Btate ilraate in 1898, serving until j* •,»*, responsibility, to he assumed rswi* and on the floor and in the only hy met.* of established integ- commlUee rooms he was ever iJert ,liv. ability and reliability, Colle- aad active In the introduction and ^ t ui; County'* prenent County Audl- •appart of meausm calculated to ,or H. W. Du Bol*. powaeases the advance the 4aterrata of tbe whole named qualifications people. He baa alao geted as spec- pronounced degree and U1 Judge oc several of the circuit. (lhe pff | c . conducted in a highly of the State. winning unstinted saiisfactory manner and with who U ‘® elaewhare in praiae through hU deelMoas. which that *s Intelligent, courteous ,,wu * ,n * h « wo « k of were alwayw noted for their fair- atd always accommodating Mr. ,,,, * r,, ^ n ^l* H* B. Peurtfoy has Col. J, G Padgett, the senior he wee admit-i t ‘ on,ain, * d » n ,ha in the firm of A n,l, ‘ v, * of C maesse* the * of John ! Griff “ * ^ #1 , , . , . » H. P.urlfuy, u.Ucl.or for thl. Cr.;" 1 *" »“ l1 '"- «PV>r'«nl.> .. .0- "'<•""><■* •" '* * •< | h „ r „ „„ as a result cu,,> E Peurifoy, pre8i-' qu,re • n educatiou—the days imme- Colleton County and graduated In , ( , on of , in a highly dent of th * Fi^, ‘ , Niutloiul Bank. dl * te, l r P^^dlng the Clval War. literature and the science* at the received Fanner. Saw Mill (t|Mciitor State Senator. Having at the age of fifteen years th** support of a family »f a mocker and six children thrust upon hinl. through the deal it of his father while in the mill,art m nice of the o State; two years later **i*'is,i,tg a soldier in the same cause and Serving ,o the end of tit** war, to day one of Colleton County's most honored citiZattg. This, in brief, tells the life ^ory of Hon. J. D. Ackerman, a sell- educated man, a popular official and eitizei and a progressive farmer. It Is a record of which any man can justly be proud, showing as it does. Indomitable pin* k. energy and peraeverance. The subject of this sketch was * a farm in the Kound-O se<*- ’olleton Coin <*v in 1847 .and discharges his duties with that fi delity and ability which is character istic of all his efforts, n,«d which have secured for him an enviable reputation as a lawyer and a citi zen. Du Bols Is a native of Colleton mad '* moa, 8a,, * f * ctor >' Proitre**, M P Howell. Jr., the other mem- County, having been born near WII- for above ,l,, ‘* , ‘ w •nJ®y» • reput herof tbe firm. U t. native of Wal- Hairts. After attending a number terboro and received his preliminary uf schools in the county he gn iu- •wl Beat Ion u the ach«>o| in this place „, od from King's Mountain Military graduating in at the .Unlver- yvi.ool at Yorkvllle, In 1872 Re alty of South Carolina ,n 19«*. Up- llirll -; nK to hlj , honie he tnuuht on the death of his father in 1905 Return, for awhile. which posi- he waa elected county chairman' , tlon he made many friends among of the Democratic party, which po- .he parents of his pupils because sltion he has since filled w ith honor he v i; * paintaking, thorough and to himself and with satisfaction kindly in his methods and secured to his friend* Progressive and pub- splendid results in mental and mor- lic spirited, both menit>ers of tlon for his fidelity born of his strict I integrity of character and which can ever be relied upon to safeguard the interest* of clients under all circumstance* and condi tions ..... „ _ --- --- , .™. his only education at the when ‘“e "hpo* were few and far Citadel In 1892. He Is one of the | old field school, where the facilities in* was a.rnu.^ K ; rOUn,T ’ > ‘ #,ld,n * C4,d *“* rV -,^-irlng knowledge were very a Jm ..AwMUn nt ! w" ,0 °* '** * Uff ° f GoVer,,or Hey- limited, but where by* hard work he AmbR oi to ^e n * ward hla >«r. ’ obU.ned the nucleus for the hrmul- Ambltlou* to take up a professional member of the bar of |'oileton | er knowledge which he later ac- Z7: r i" »: ^urVtr 1 ”- r °" M> hP hH * “ perhaps qmred by a system of home stmly oared himseU hi J Pr ‘" , " U " ^,n, oX ^ T which he pursued Like » majority par.d himself by* a thorough course in the county. In criminal cases he of the hoys of his dav he was am- of Htiuly In the law office of Wm hiiK a rontitrMrin m’hiih hnm e vvnv nas a reput., ion which has spread bilious, but the war coming on mad* and throughout the Slate, having ap-' a condition in his Ufe win, h is pa. He pea rad In more murder trials than allied in lives of hut a few‘'hoy. and in most DR. A. 4. ANDFItsov lhnti**t. J Fishburne In Wr*!terboro was duly admitted to practice. opened up a law office in 18*n and at*, other attorney fallowed Imh prnfcHsion sit**** chs^^s sfN'iirliiR i\* that time. Judge Griffin s services representing the prosecution or the : Stat comprise a general practice of the State. Owing to rol Padgett's ah law, in which so a counsellor he is his careful and years the laws' vexations and expensive Thoroughly established in fin* are *1 nl *‘aining. alwayw combining both profession as a result of five render effeJne^o^mauT'anv !o t/^’vr, <hHr0C,er ° f of P^rtice in this com- delay* where possible and advising measure or proposition tending to v r n n\ '"“J 1 !*” 1 **"'" ,,<7 * ^ A - Anderson con- , he more strenuous measures only advance the litereet, of the people *Vich h , to offer ta those seeking the when it would he clearly so if-Jus- - - ,, * 1 Tnr P w IMe w hi* h has been his chtvf oecttpai Ion benefits ‘ or roiieion < ourky. Risinf in de worl' Is ., modern dentistry a skill- tlce to tbe client not to“ ta*,. ac- n*. >:s life although he has spent fnl and an experienced service along Hon During court proceedings h** nn» o >IUe . , nie r ,n ^ rchandi » ln K aI *»l the most approved ■cleutiflc Uros i 8 alert to take advantage of every an’ how ter keep yo' head w en v t ‘u Urp ‘* n,ln< ‘ ^ ,,s,,w * 8a ; " i,h ^om early year* Dr Anderaot point that will tend lo further the ns* 1* another an do* t ferrtt i , * ^ ,K>,,ulari,y Krt ‘ w winced a pronounced d*alre for an Interests of his clients, citing pre- de alrabla look* mighty antall w en 1 ^ *** fr ^ l “‘ n,ly ®<'«’»P«tlon which would Involve aci-cedents and noting exceptions with tV iteW 12 to / auditor b, entlflc skill and knowledge for Its the purpose always to b.* f,, r ac, TKXnlTi?^ r , ^ a, ‘ 4 U,eir P»rs«lt and as he gW*w win when hi* cause deserve, |, The rormtlttloa. combined wU> personal older bU ambition crytalUed iato G.nserv.rtv, Consortartom* .nd Jl His father who bad et* ered th*' verdict, whether Con federate army at tlt** call of his died when young \ekermi»n was fifteen years old and the sup conservative m ‘ n *r i " ’he'.Northwest |, was lm- port of the entire familv fell upon , onservative, avoiding possible to secure his photograph his sh utlders for be . lh , ol.l. s* for this edition. !®f the boys. Helmtmdlat.lv took , Tm r,m ' ‘ 8 ‘ , * aK,a ' ,rd h "1 <he up farming and two years later * n- ot.*-, vork. and he has acqulr-d tered the service hims-jf, re.naiaing a rcrut .Uon in the preparation of u.itil the clow* of thv^ar eight ’“'' T'.w n ^ ,,,,r > ,0 pr<s*‘dur** months later, wher he al.io relt.rn- and in the searching and writing turned to the farm ..nd ,ettl,d do,!. ^ {to his life's work He has never J I Lemacks Is also a native of aspired to publh offhm. . has he county ard^n attorney of dl.-*.erved nearly tw.nty years ns a "'ll r.Kt ' s«ltool trustee. \ year ago his k J combination of ability friends brought him out as a ent- whlch has made popular the firm .RdeM for the 8tkle 8, imU- and" \> • t*.