The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-03-04
DEATH OF DIR. o. r. BRoYLEs, ST.

DEATH OF Oft. y. ~. DIV I A~0'''
Our community has again experienced the
loss of an old and valued citizen-one whose
long career had been upright and honoraoie'
sn.pnblic and private life. DR.. 0. K. bfoyles'
Sr.. departed this life on Thursday morn,ne'
o5tk of February, after an illness OF more 'nan
twelve months, in the 77th year OF MS ago
His sufferings were painful and protracteo' you
Iorra with natience and fortitude until the emu
came.
70, prov,es was born ct Calhoun, in Ander-
,o-, co,,,tv nm the 10th of November, 1873, and
tho oraater norton of his life was spent in this
County. When young man, just en'erlne
upon the practice of medicine, ne was resl-
dent of Old Cambridge for two or three years,
when that place was among the noted towns OF
the up-country. He lived afterwards in the
neiehborhood of orrville, and subsequently
removed to Pendleton, where he remained un-
I'll about the year 1851, when he became citl-
zen of this place. he was always regaroeo
with much respect by his fellow-cltizens' anu
at various times represented Pendleton ano
Anderson Districts in the Legislature, Wnere he
won the confidence and esteem of his assoclaees
by faithful, intelligent and assiduous service
His last term in the Legislature was curing
the war. when he was called upon to serve tne
neosle. which he did with answering hdehty
and natriotism. His most conspicuous labors
in ,iSe however. were devoted to the pursuit OF
aariculture. and as writer upon agricultural
topics he was extensively known throuenou'
the Southern country. Bis taste In thls oltec-
ton led to the abandonment OF the meolcai
profession many years ago, and Tor a long unie
he was contributor to the leading periodicals
devoted to farming interests, always attracting
attention by the force and vigor OF his wrltlngs'
and impressing his ideas and convictions upon
the multitude. He was regular and cons1ant
contributor to the Farmer and Planter, for
many wears published at Pendleton, and edlteo
by Mai. George Seaborn. BE was the inventor
of subsoil plow, which received the highest
awards wherever exhibited, and for when ne
declined to take letters patent, on the grouno
that he wished to dedicate this production OF
his genius to the public welfare. Of late years,
DIR. Broyles had not employed his pen to any
preatextent, and the last service rendered the
public in this capacity was series OF artcies
written for the Anderson Intet1gemcer on tne
subiect Of the fence law, which appeared IN
these columns two or three years ago. THESE
articles were extensively copied into other
journals. and were regarded as an exhaustive
argument in favor of changing the present sys-
tenn of fencing. AS writer, he was torclble'
pointed and exact, never relying upon meretrl-
cious surroundings but awakening the popular
mind by his clear reasoning and sound argu-
ments. His labors were those OF the philan-
thropist, seeking to amehorate the condition OF
his fellow-men, and earnestly desiring to pro-
mote the improvement and advance the stan
dard of agricultural progress, as the basis OF
genuine prosperity among all classes OF the
people.
The funeral services Of the deceased took
place at his residence, in the southern part OF
town, on Friday afternoon, and were conduct
ed by Rev. w. w. Mood, assisted by Rev. T. r.
stevens, in the presence of large concourse
of people, who had assembled to do honor to
his memory. His remains were deposited LII
q spot of his own selection. beneath a spruce
pine. in the beautiful grounds adjacent to the
residence,