The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-04-20

commands without complaining, and took
infinite pride in serving his country in
whatsoever capacity he was placed. He
was calm and collected under fire, kind
and considerate to his men, and always
at his post.
After the surrender he settled down to
the practice of his profession to which he
is devoted. He has had no partner in
his legal business since the war, and by
strict fidelity to the interests of his
clients, q clear. and comprehensive under
standing of the law, ready and gifted
eloquence, firm adherence to the line
of duty, he has secured a large, lucrative
and extended practice. Of the eight or
ten lawyers at the Kingstree bar when
Mr.. Maurice first began practice, there is
not now single one left. Three law
.yers, admitted to practice under the new
regime, alone contest the ground with
him, and it is fact worthy of mention
that he has one side of almost every case
that comes into court. He has been uni
formly successful in all of his business
ventures; and has amassed quite snug
little fortune by his patient and perse-
vering efforts. AS an instance OF the
prosperity that has attended him, we
may mention that even before the war,
when his profession was not paying any
heavy dividends, he planned and built a
house at a cost Of four thousand. dollars
without aid from any one, and that with
the subsequent improvements the same
dwelling isenow worth more than i've
thousand dollars. ;'a2 X.
Although he has never held any civil
office but that of Magistrate, Mr.. Maui
rice has taken prominent part in the
politics of his county and State both be-
fore and since the war. he has been
and still is on the right side, and cher
ishes deadly enmity to that class of poll
ticians who haye brought the, people into
such, deep and dire, distress. His views
are strongly conservative, but his faith
in the foundation principles of democ-
racy none the less marked. He IS op.
posed to violence no less than fraud, has
saccepted the situation" .superinduced by
the war and its results, and is extremely
anxious that the Government should be
administered for the good of the whole
people. He was member of the con-
Yention of 1860 which met in Columbia,
after the Charleston convention, which
sent delegates to Baltimore to nominate
candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent, which latter convention nominated
Breckenridge and Lane. He has also
been q member of all the Taxpayers
conventions which have met in Columbia
since the war, and in all their delibera-
tions took an, active and influential part.
He is a member. of the State Tax. Union,
and one of its executive committee. He
was appointed by the State Executive
Democratic Committee at its late meet
ing in Columbia to organize the democ-
racy in Williamsburg county, and has
taken the work in hand with vigorous
and jealous determination. His address
to the people of that county and his
earnest appeals through the columns of
his newspaper must carry weight with
them. t,ss r.. .=..
Mr.. Maurice has been frequent con-
tributor to the press of the State under
fictitious names, and has always exhl-
bited great fondness for such work. OF
these fugitive compositions he has col
Iected sufficient to make volume of
more than one thousand pages. His let
ters from Saratoga, Kingstree and Co
lumbia, under the non de plume of IS. A.
NJ" have always been very readable
productions. His closer union with the
press of the State occurred in October,
1874, when he purchased the Office and
good will Of the Kingstree Star, and as
editor and sole proprietor of that paper
has ever since been closely identified with
the journalism of this State. BE is a
ready, graceful and polished writer, a
fair critic, and devoted to the growth
and expansion of country journalism.
He readily supported the call for State
press convention last year, and at the
organization of the State Press Associa-
ton in May, 1875, was elected third Vice
President Of that body, which Office he
now fills with zeal and ability.
Mr.. Maurice is married man. be
was married to Miss Louisa l. Nelson,
who was born, in Charleston, raised In
Kingstree and educated at Columbus,
Mississippi, on January 26, 1860. The
fruit of this marriage has been two chill.
dren-a son born in July, 1861, who died
in 1862, and: daughter born in 1868,
who still lives. e-: ,..3a. -
To sum up, Mr.. Maurice is pleasant,
perfect gentleman, of fully developed in
tellect, genial disposition and consuming
love for country. In the.social circle he
is the. attractive centre of many smiling
groups-sar,s; ;peur ct sana rsproche. go.