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/ 0 SOLICITOR JOHN SNOV RESIGNS AND WILL UETER FIFTEEN TEARS' SERVICE AS BENCH?SUCCEEDS HIS BBOTHE RESIGNS THE JUDGESHIP John S Wilsou of Clarendon *&a8 tendered Gov. Ausel hie resignation as solicitor of the third judicial circuit and will on September 1 don the ermine, becoming judge of the same circuit which he has served for 19 years successfully and faithfully as prosecuting officer. Mr Wilson succeeds his brother-inlaw, Hon R 0 Purdy of Sumter, <who resigned from the beuch during the last session of the legislature. The general assembly elected Mr Wilson to be judge by a very flatter* dag vote and all arrangements have % 'been made for the transfer of the judicial ermine. Following is the letter of resignation handed Gov. Ansel by Mr Wilson: Manning, S C., August 10, TnWic Fvr<?Upn?*r. MF Ansel. - v J ' Coventor, Columbia, S C.? Dear Sir; Having" been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of, Hon R 0 Pur-dy as Judge of the 3d judicial circuit, of this State, I hereby tender my resignation as Solici' tor of said circuit to take effect on the 20th of August, inst. Yours very respectfully, John S Wilson. The vacancy in tho office of solicitor has caused a number of suggestions for the appointment which will be made by Gov. Ansel in a few days. Among those who have had thair names presented by their friends are Senator Walter H Wells of Florence, Mr W F Clayton of Florence. Mr J B McLaueblin of Bisbopville, and Col J J Cantev of Snmmerton, The reaignation of Mt Wilaou was tendered in person, and hia friends in Columbia rejoiced to see that he iiaa about recovered from his recent illaess. It will be a matter of great gratification for Got Ansel to sign the commission of "Judge John S Wilson," for the two were intimate friends when they came here for eight 8uccesaiTe years as solicitors to ' . supervise the preparation of bills in the engrossing 'department Mr Wilson, Mr Ansel and Mr J K | Henry of Chester in all that time had a suite otf rooms together and > their intercourse was mntnally pleas tant and helpful. vG?v Ansel, who is never extravayatft in the use of language, said a few days ago that he considers John jS. Wilson one of the purest, truest *nd highest men in the State. This fact was proved by his having no opposition for so many years in his career as solicitor. The following sketch of Judge j Wilson was prepared for The State by one who has known him for a score of years and has hatched his career with interest: John Snowden Wilson eomea from that good old Scotch-Irish stock, which has furnished South Carolina -with so many of her most honored 9ons and stamped on her civilization so deep an impress. He was born on a farm, forced by the circumstances of war in early life to Work for others more helpless than himcself and learning by self-denial and wirtue to set a true estimate on the thinga of the world. Mr Wilson comes from stock ^wbicb made old Williamsburg county and rescued the soil of the State .from the invading hosts ot England. His great-grandfather Wilson and on ihifi mother's side his great-grandfather Paisley were born in the Revolutionary war and did good service sfoc their country. His grandfather, Col David Wilson of Williamsburg county, represented that county for several years in the State senate, and Iris mother's father, Samuel J Snowmen, both left their impress ou that ^community so well known by the tolder generation of people in that .section of the State as a center of culture and refinement, Indiantown. OLD INDIANTOWN. It was and is an old-fashioned settlement on the border line between ^Georgetown and Williamsburg coun r i Sura J: DON JUDICIAL ERMINE.; b SOLICITOR HE IS PROMOTED TO THE h R-IN-LAW, JUDGE PEROT, WHO * FOR PERSONAL REASONS. f ties noted for high tone and culture, * the education of its people and the li beauty and refinement of its women, t It was iu such surroundings that v young Johu Wilsou was born and from which he drew hi J first ideas of ii life, where the bed rock was laid in t his character. b He was born October 21, 1856, d which make* hioi just 50 years and c a few months old. His father was c SamuelItley Wilson, a well knowu n and iufiueutial citizen of that com- f munity, a farmer and a gentleman t of education and cultuiy.. He was I a graduate of Davidson college, com- p pleting his coarse at the age of 19. t At the outbreak of the war he c joined the Tenth regiment, which j was formed in that sectioa of the a State, leaving his young wife and ? children to fight for his couutry. r He was subsequently attached to <] Tucker's cavalry aod other details. e His mother was Mary J. 8now- f den, who, with her hnsband, as boy p and girl, attended the schools in Indiantown; afterwards she was educated at Bradford Springs and an g institution in Charleston at that Q time very highly esteemed as a j school for young ladies. Samuel Itley Wilson died in the f fall of 1867, leaving his widow with i five orphan children, the eldest of h whom was the subject of this sketch, fi then 11 vear3 old, witn the country n in wreck and the conditions of life t almost intolerable. In spite of this h discouraging condition the little * family bravely faced life and battled a well and successfully against the q /vrlrla frViuf fKrj?>ana/1 fn n?orwhelm n VUU9 VUUb UUlbUbVUbU W v v* ? p tbern. Schooling was difficult id b those days, but ic was possible to get ? it if the right determination existed, & and it did exist in the case of this family. The children were given lj advantages of all that the country d afforded and they used them well. C John S Wilson, after training in the ii Indiantown academy, attended school a in Manning, where he lived with a a relative, the late B Preasley Barron, ? Esq., the school being a well known tl institution under the management of c John Witherspoon Ervin, one of the 1 real masters of the art of teaching 1< the boys; later he attended the acad * u emv of Rev Robt Lathan. afterwards n V * D D, and head of Erskine college. "V Although well prepared for college E the young man, then withiu a few o years of his majority, Waa obliged to c forego his ambition and cat short his education and return to the farm ? to work, where he remained one year, g Of the brothers and sisters of Mr a Wilson, ail are living, except one, h Mrs Munnerlyn. The other aisteis g are: Miss Annie and Mrs Dinkins, a all of that Indiantown section of e Williamsburg, aad the brother, Da- n vid Itley Wilsou, now a well known i and influential farmer and business s man at the old home place, where c thev were all born and raised. Mrs r Wilsou was subsequently mariied to c John W DuRant and by this mar- a riage there were five children, all li well known in that section of coun- k try and all most highly esteemed for c their virtues and public spirit. ii John S Wilson was one of the fe bo;s who wore the red shirts in the memorable Hampton campaign of s 1876 and 1878 and helped as best he c could to work out the redemption b of the State. t Returning to Manning after his r experience of a year on the farm he I read law with his kinsman, B. Pres- s ley Barron, Esq, and was admitted to t i f ha Vva v V\ rr avaminatiAn Ijafrtfa fV?a n tuc uai kjj cAauuuauvu ucivic IUU YI supreme court in 1880 and beg*.n c the practice of hie profession at v Manning, forming a partnership with Joseph F Rhame of that bar \ and later with Col B Pressley Bar- ii ron, Esq. He was later appointed t trial justice at Mauning and served t several years with credit to himself p and satisfaction to the community, g He resigned and practiced law alone o until 1888, when he became a can- a didate and successful one for solici- n tor. He has never had opposition t in that office and has been re-elected t! 1 / ich time, though twice he was hoseu when factional politics raged ery fieicely in the Stale ami many ood men were rejected because they owed not the knee to idol of the our. In the case of Solicitor Wil on, however, though known to be a Conservative in politics, he enjoyed he confidence of the people to such u extent that both sides endorsed iicn and he wus again and again reurned to the place he had ollei nth so much ability. As solicitor Mr Wilson has met n the forum the beat lawyers and he hardest fighters in the State and le has always acquitted himself with istinction. He has won in many a sea celebrated m the annals of the ourt, notable among which may be aentioued the Brownfield appeal rom Georgetown, which was an atack before the supreme court of the Jnited $tates on our jury laws, the ilea being made that they violated he constitution in that they disrimiaated against negroes on. the uries. This case Mr Wilson won fter a most dogged fight. In civil rork he has had many notable cases, epresenting some of the largest iniustries and most prominent men in astern Carolina and he has appeared rom time to time before the suirerae court in hard legal battles. Mr Wilson for ten years, up to ast summer, had been in partnerhip with Charlton DuRant at Manting, under the firm name of Wilson i DuRant. As solicitor Mr Wilson was careol and paiustaking. He sought he truth and served the 8tate. It ias never been considered that his rst object was to convict, and he erer overreached. He was aue of he fairest fighters that ever put ance in rest in a legal battle. He ras painstaking in his duty, careful nd accurate, quick to grasp the sigificance of the smallest detail and rompt to use it. It would have to e a mightv well practiced liar who ould lie under John S Wilson's earching eye. Mr Wilsan was married in early fe to Miss Elizabeth Ingram, auehter of Dr John I Ingram of Ilarendon, who has been a helpmeet adeed in the journey through life, charming woman of highest charcter. most highly esteemed in the ommunity in which sbe lifea. To his uniou hire been born eight hildren, six girls and two boys, 'he eldest, a graduate of the Colige for Women in this city, is a ?acher in the pnblic school at Maning; the next, a son, John Ingram Wilson, is principal of the school at [ickory Grove, York county; the thers are still students of school or ollege. Aa a man, John S Wilaoa poaseaea peculiar magnetism. He is re. arrluri thniip who know him best a being of pure gold, the soul of lonor, a fit ecion of that sturdy Icotch-Irish stock which set truth ,nd honor and integrity above all lse in the world. He has never nade much money, he never seemed o be working for the particular peronal interest of John S Wilson; one lever associated him with moneynaking, but one could not dis-assoiate him from patriotism and justice ,nd ' square dealing. His friends ove him because he has a wealth of ;itidly feeling; thev respect him be? ause he has a breadth and depth of ntellect and they trust him because te has never ye^ failed any man. His peculiar personal force was ho vu some years ago when he was ailed to his old home.in Indiantown iv the murder of a cousin in a store here by some negroes. The outaged citizens were determined to ynch the negro, but John S Wilson toodfor law and order and he took he negroes whose hands were red nth his kinsman's blood and the rowed gave him up to the man for rhom they had so much respect. As a citizen the life of Solicitor Vilson has been devoted to the best uterests of the community, the furherance of the community, the furherance of the education of the peo* * ? i r il j ile, tne upouuu'ng 01 me county enerallv. He has never been a man f means, but so far as he has been ble he has assisted materially and lorally all movements looking to he development of the resources of he section in which he lived. He haa taken an active interest in all political and social cnattei 3 and has frequently bean in tne Suite coun cils of the Democratic party where h ability and clearsightedness have been of va'ue?The State THF PULLMAN CAR MONOPOLY Ought to Be Regulated Along with the Railroads. This reform legislation will soarcily have completed its work with the transportation agencies of our time until it gives a little attention to the Pullman far company. The Pullman company has always been '"the spoiled darliug" of the railroad world. It has been pet? i J i 1 1 Ui cea hdu numoreu anu uuugut aiwrx and pampered to by the railroad systems of the country from its first entrance into the field of transportation. % The Pullman company does not pay the railioads of the country for hauling its cars, bat it is paid by the railroads for permitting them to haul its cars along its lines. We do not know the present fee, but it was at one time the custom that the railroad systems paid the Pnllman company 3 cents a mile for every car that traveled over their lines. While an essential comfort and a genuine luxury, the Pnllman has also been a great money-maker and an absolute monopoly* Tnere are two things which the public would like to see done and which onght to be done by the Pullman company. It onght to be required by law that nnless it is necessary the upper berths shonld be left up when a passenger is sleeping in the lower. The preaeut custom is to confine a passeuger who pays $2.00 a night in the lower berth, and, even if he is the only passenger in the car, to couflne dim by lowering the upper berth upon him to inclose him in a narrow, stuffy area like a box for the entire nigbt. Of coarse, when the company has other passengers, and can sell the uper berths, they cannot be blamed for doing so, but the law ought to interveue to prevent this discomfort to passengers when it is not necessary, No man sleeps in a stuffy, oar .a a TV ii_ J ; row oercn or a rnuiuan car curio# a tedious night without feeling some life and vitality gone ont of him from sheer lack of oxygen. Of course, when it is necessary it ha; to be done, but the law ought to prevent it wheu it uot necessary. What one State has done, another may do. Wisconsin has already passed a bill requiring Pullman companies to put up the npper berths n sleeping cars when they are not occupied, and this progressive action of Wisconsin may be very wholesomely considered in Georgia. It is also perfectly jnet that sleeping cars should charge less for upper berths than for lower berths. Every hotel charges for its rooms in proportion to comfort, eligibility and convenience, and the passenger who has to climb a step ladder to a narrow, little cabby hole up against {he roof ought not to pay as much as the passenger who can retire with greater facility and larger conveni 1-1 euue ueiuw# If the lower berth cost* $2 a night the upper berth ought to be sold foi |ll.50. Such a measure would encourage the use of the upper berths by persons who would take them for economy'* sake. Here is a thoroughly practical reform which we commend to onr lawmakers in session at the present time. It is practical because it has already been put into effect in other enlightened commonwealths, and the State of Georgia should certainly have the benefit of a similar law.? Atlanta Georgian. Let me mail you free, to prove merit, samples of my Dr Shoop's restorative, and my Book on either Dyspepsia, The Heart, or The Kidneys. Address me, Dr Shoop, Racine. 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