The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-10-02
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! / don't think that Mr.. Earle was
ever member of the Legislature
of South Carolina, although he
served in both the State Conven-
tions, as already mentioned. He
was once n candidate for the Stat.
Senate in Greenville, before he
moved to Pendleton, and was beat.
en- by his kinsman, Col. Elias
Earle, who afterwards represents
cd the District in Cong ess for a
great number of years. Col. Elias
Earle was a great and most sue.
cessfnl electioneerer. He treated
bountifully, which Mr.. Samuel
Earle refused to do. There was
but one place of voting then in the
whole District, and that was at the
Court House. Col. Elias Earle
came riding into the village, with
several hundred of his voters, on
horseback. When Mr.. Samuel
Earle saw this strong array of
partisans, and heard them hnzza.
ing for the Colonel, he cried out,
"Hazza for the half-pint tickets -
After his removal to Pendleton,
he was elected Sheriff of thar Dis
trict by the Legislature, and serv.
ed in that office four years. The
business was all transacted BY his
deputies, and he lived Is or 20
miles from the Court House, on his
farm. Mr.. Earle was a man rf
high and pure character. and |
don't think his honor and integri-
ty were ever questioned through
ont his long lite. BY nature he
was a great man, but endowed
with a mostaunfortunate and hvpo.
chondric disposition. At times he
was almost crazy. l heard Mr..
teeder, a worthy neighbor of his,
say that he came to his house one
night, in one of his troubled and
despondent moods, about twelve
O'Clock, and woke him up. 1t was
a cold, frosty night, and Mr.. Rec.
der discovered that lie was bare
tooted. He said, " Where are
your shoes. Mr.. Earle 2" The old
gentleman looked down at his feet
and replied Il did not know that
L had not my shoes on !" If there
happened to be dry spell in the
summer, Mr.. Earle would imagine
that he and his family would GER
tainly starye the next year, and
made himself perfectly miserable
under the delusion. lie was q so.
Der man all his life, and seldom
tasted spirits. Not, however, he
would say, because he did not like
the taste of spirits. He had an
apprehension, | suppose, that with
his temperament it would be dam
gerous for him to drink at all. He
had too much good sense and phi. .
losophy to think Of drowning his
sorrows or imagining distresses in
liquor, which fools and weak-
minded men are apt to do. Mr..
Earle was a pious member of the
Baptist Church for many years, in
the latter part of his life, and died
a comlnunicant in that Church.
| have heard il said, that when he
joined the Church, his "experi-
ence," as it is termed by the Bap.
lists, was a most impressive one.
In his younger days, Mr.. Earle
was no douot fine looking and
handsome man. All of his chill
dren were exceedingly fine look
ing and handsome--seven SONS and
five daughters He was tall and
well proportionod, but in the lat.
ter part of his life, had an unfor-
innate habit of blinking one eye.
He was very negligent in his dress,
though a man of very large for
tune. He was appointed one of
the commissioners, OF the part of
South Carolina, to settle the boun
dary line between this State and
Georgia. When the commissions
ers met, one from Georgia said af
terwards, that Mr.. Earle surprised
him twice-tirst, by his humble,
rustic dress, and appearance and
secondly, by the good sense and
wisdom which he displayed in all
of their discussions. He showed
himself man of talents, ability
and information, which his ap.
pearance did not .indicate to tile
polished Georgian, who could not
well separate mind and character
from dress and appearance.
In conversation, Mr.. Earle was
very pleasant and agreeable, ex.
cept when his melancholy fits were
on him. No one in the upper
country knew SO well as hc did the
Revolutionary history Of the Stat e,
and the early settlement of the
back country, as it was termed
/ am indebted to him for great
deal of information on those sui
jects. He knew well all the pro