The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-06-11
NUMBER 46

u'i eh'o"ii'eHtS OF his pure ana elevated Char
actcr. The knowledge of these, and deep i'm.
preston they have made on the public mind,
VII! iT'.art much greater interest to an I'm.
adorned narrative OF his life than any elaborate
vulogium could posses.
:':arklin Harper Elmore was born in tbc
car 1873. i'll the District of Laurens. State Of
, ,'"Gth Carolina. lie was tic second ann NJ
C'H. iolN Elniore, WHO served in the war Of
the !,evo!utioE, under Gen. Greene. He re-.
ccir"d Lis education in his native STATE and
was graduated at the South Carolina College
in the year 1919. In 1921 he was admitted
to the bar, and the year after he was elected
by The Legislature Solicitor, or States Attor
ney, for the judicial circuit which included
teiam3la, the seat OF government The duties
ol ti.n ohlcc he continued to discharge with
ability and distinction Cor fourteen wears, hay.
ing been successfully reelected at periods Of
four years. From this office, he was in Deccm.
Aer 1896, transferred to the House of Repre-.
scntatives ofthe United States, to fill the vacan.
cy occasIoned by the resignation of tho Hon.
james II. Hammond, subsequently, distin-
gulsied Governor of South Carolina. He was
again chosen Representative at the next regular
election. The whole Period of his service in
this body was three years. He was here known
ana marked as the man of thought, and coun,
sci, and action. He but seldom mingled in de-.
bate, though he was gifted with parliamentary
powers. lie was, however, destined to pass to
different sphere
In 1899 the Presidency OF the Bank of the
State of South Carolina became v;.cant. This
Bank, owning Il large capital, and being fis.
cal agent OF the State, holds responsible DO.
sliIon relative to neiglboring monetary institu-
tons: ISe weight of this responsibility had
been, increased By the general crash and de.
rangement Of 1878. Circumstances made it
PrecHl'afy necessary to place at its head man
OF deep and comprehensive mind, capable of
discipline and system-of complex combinations
and full OF circnmspection and forecast. Col.
Eimore was the individual fixed upon. For
upwards OF ten years he continued at the hoad
ni the institution, unceasing in assduity and
lndeiatIgable i'll labor. 1t was mainly during
this period that ne achieved his regulations as u
fnancier and commercialist. And if results
were not altogether as favorable rs could have
been desired, the explanation, doubtless, will
be found in the reflection that there are condi-
lions which impose limit upon possible sue
cess IN al! affairs, and no degree of human tai
cnt or effort is capable oftrlnscendng this limit.
It is confidently believed that the laborious
career uSt referred to undermined his consti-
tuition, disabling it to withstand fl,e assaults of
an accidental malady. He is believed to have
died OF erysipelas.
1t wonid hardly seem appropriate to detail
the circumstances, so recently conmemorated.
uTde: which he appeared amongst us as Sen,
atof from his native State. | cannot, however,
refrain from remarking, how striking and inn.
prrssve is the thought, that, having been called
50 unexpectedly to take the post of ofhis great
predecessor, he should also have been called SO
~pe"tiilyt to follow his footsteps to the grave;
as if drawn by some strong affinity for the one
who had gone before him; as though he bad
been bechoned still onward to happier state
bE the friendly spirit ofa just man made perfect,
believe that Mr.. Elmores voice was heard
but once i'll the Senate, and that was in answer.
ing to his name when called by the Secretary,
The intellectual endowments of Mr.. Emore,
his mental culture and requirements, his eleva-
ted character, the purity Of his morals, his un.
acc'r'ion;il'ie good breeding, and the perfec.
!ion OF his social qualities all conspired to bind
Ais t"!!"w-nan to him; some by one law of hu-
wtan sympathy, some by annother
:,or nmfrcquent!y engaged in the honorable
rampctioms of life, lie was of course, some
times the object OF those igritations of feeling
which riva'rics are apt to engcnder. These
hrarlhnTnings, however, coulA scarcely ever
s:'i;.I Il social interchange of ten minutes, or
rt.,.. :. Transform trrrntu,r uuCn l, str,,+ A,J