The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 22, 1907, Image 6
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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.
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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
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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
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DON JUDICIAL ERMINE.;
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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
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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
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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!
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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?
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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.
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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.?
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