The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-18
Death Of fudge Wardlaw.

We arc paincd to Learn .of thu
death, at Abbevillc, on Sunda
morning, Of Judge David l.. Ward
law, long known in this State as
learned lawyer, eminent jnrist, ant
accomplished gentleman. We have
no particulars as yer, ana only infcl
that his death was the sequence OF
protracted weak health, which mani
tested itself more particularly in ono
or two raralytic strokes within the
past two years.. 1t is no little loss,
That ofa man trusted and honorcd
throughout a long and busy life in ex.
allied and responsible positions, and
always equal to tho highest c*pcc-
tations. A great and good man has
gone, leaving the memory Of good
deeds, honest and valuable services to
his State and people. and the fra
GRANGE of q CHARACTER pure, Gnsulliod
and amiablc III all tho relations of
life. The following is brief
biography Of the deceased Judge:
"Judge David Louis Wardlaw was
born in Abbcvillc County, in 1899,
and was at tie time Of his death
seventy.four years old. At an early
age he entered the South Carolina
College, whore lie graduated with dis.
tinguishcd bonors. After leaving
college, he was admitted to the bar,
and in 1922 attained considerable
distinction in tho case of Ramsay
as. Marsh, which arose under the will
of Henry Laurens, and in which the
statute Of uses and trusts was first
construed in this State. At that
time he was n copartncr Of the late
Governor Noble. In December,
1886, he was elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives, of which
he had been member for several
years, and he continued to serve in
this position, with distinguished
ability, until December, 1871, when
he was elected to the bench, to sue
coed johnson. His career on the
bench is we'll known in every part of
the State. 1t continued for over
quarter of a century, and was ever
marked by those onnobling traits of
mind and heart which tended so
much to elevate and dignity the
judiciary of South Carolina in the
palmy days other history. In speak
ing of one of his opinions, an annota-
tor to ono Of the late editions Of Chan
color Kent uses these words: sThe
opinion Of Justice Wardlaw is singu-
larly learned and interesting it is a
rem arkablc cXa mplc Of hist storical and
legal crudition.' He was, in all the
relations of lie, man Of answering
integrity and elevated scntimc cnt, and
by his death has beer removed anoth.
cr ono Of those lanl.marks which
bind Us to all that is good and glor..
lous in the past history of our
State. - Phunic.
Ihc Negro at the North and at the South
With that Insulting impudcncc
which has become so conlmon in the
North since the recent war, the
Boston Advertiser tells US of the
South, that "the Northern people"
will never bo willing to see the hand
of the Federal Government withdrawn
from its hold upon tho Southern
States, until We concede to the negro
all his rights--meaning the right to
sit with the whites at hotel tables,
and in theatres, churches, &c. We
care nothing for tile wishes of tho
Northern people. We intend to do
our best to keep Southern society
pure, whether Boston favors one
thing or the other; yet it is Amusing
to read, as we do in tho last issnc of
tho Press, that in Philadelphia the
negro women arc excluded from "tbe