The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-26
CHARLES PEARCE PELHAM.

The fears expressed In our Issue of yesterday N
to the critical condition Of our ediloin-chief have
alas proved but too true; and to-day 2ne Register
goes to our readers draped In mourning and carry
ing the sad tidings Of his decease. He expired at
O'Clock yesterday morning, without pain, quietly
and calmly resigned to his Departure Mt peace with
God and man.
Charles Pearce Pelham was born In Marlboro
County. South Carolina, November ii, 1916. At
BennetsvilIe, Its county seat he received his carly
education. He was prepared for college, however,
Mt the excellent academy In the charming lttlo
town Of Cheraw, where he had the invaluable Az
sisance among other teachers OF note OF tho celc-
brated DR.. Thornvell, principal Of tho academy,
then and always his friend and admirer. He en-
tered the South Carolina College In 1886, gradua-
ting with distinction In 1885, The memories of
some OF his unpublished productions during his
undergraduate course, yet llnger among his con-
temporaries. Such was bis proficiency in the Greek
and Roman Tongues, and great the estimate In
which 1t was held by his instructors that immedi-
ately upon his graduation he was elected by tho
faculty tutor in the department Of languages ths
duties of which important position he discharged
with signal ability until the summer OF 1S43 when
he vacated the ofice. In May, 1914, he started
upon nm outward-bound voyage, for the realization
OF an enjoyment to which he had been looking for
ward with pleasure-thc visiting In person. the
scenes with which his intimate knowledge Of the
classics had made him familiar as household
words. He travelled through England with the
lively Interest and the observcnt eye of ON aduca-
ted American, proud of the glorles and fsmiligr
with the history Of that grand old country Whencs
we derive so much Of our Literature and lfe social
and POLITICAL and In whose living ganguage were ut
tered the GEst broken sentences Of constitutional
liberty; thiuusi, France with the zest of one In
tensely enjoying the novel revelations of continen.
tai ie and reveng In tho art treasures of the gay
est and most gorgeous Of modern capitals through
Switzerland with tho appreciation of the grand and
beautiful, so keen in nature so fresh and taste
SO cultivated Is his. But In Italy and Greece ie
fingered with the veneration Of a worshipper and
the gratitude Of child. His pleasure was like the
qualification of the pilgrim who nj length with
his eyes tho farof shrines OF his early idolatry
and he realized to the full the truth of the remark
ofatraveler ofa few years befc to the classic
scenes, the prime English Herdfem of the century:
Surely 1t s better to travel IN mature years. with
all these recolections In ones head than to rush
over inc continent wnie still noy.' In the piiiy
language OF tha graceful historian of the college,
"at his mature age, and familiar With the great a-
thors Of antiquity, It may readily be believed that
It was truly school of wisdom, and in very spe-
cial sense important to the life which he was dea-
tined to lead upon his return TO Carolin.." The
exotic grace impaired to his style by his delightful
soJourn In these lands of song and story was per-
ceptlble to the last. Immediately upon his return
from abroad he called to the classical chair of
Mount Zion College, at Winnsboro, so long and 20
widely known rs the training school OF the upper
country for the State college. But conspicuous rs
was this position, tho Trustees OF the South Caro-
lina College, the pride and glory Of the State In her
better days and the nursing mother OF so many of
her sons, "whose names aitertimes will not will
ingy let die" regarded him necessary among Its
corps of professors, and In November 1sis, elected
to the chair Of Roman literature, In which he con-
tinued until September, 1857, when he was elected
ftoieor iiistoTy i.voIon,y anu Fviii-
ieal Philosophy, which he held until November e.
OF the same year, whom his career In tho COLLEGE
ceased.
The bent OF his natural and acquired tastes, his
high culture and foreign travel all peculiarly tted
him for the appreciation of whatever Is elegant.
commanding, graceful lovely In tho vide domain
of the Latin tongue. All OF that brilliant GALAXY
who with him In 1850 illustrated iaicrsiiras aeada-
MS whatever there was Of classic or scientific In
South Carolina. hsvo preceded him to the grave.
Preainn tha praaidsnt thA 6rei nf 7isins. A...o.-
whose unstudied talks to his classes were worth
more than they found In hair and Knmes; Llebcr.
whose knowledge OF history seemed almost univer-
cal, and whose fazno extended to both hemispheres
Brumby, most nctta end 1nthus.siis Of chemists.
(aesis priep, OF all Americans who in thess later
years hive foilo%ed Calvin and bowed down 10
Aristotle; Williams guiIele&s child most exact
OF matbematicians; Henry, who alied with ease
cay f6sss s sssss AszseI.1s OF professor nfessed-
ly hrat Of GTecIans and LaHoNae, most asniable
Of men, most a6eotionAte OF instructors, to vhou,
twas vonshsAfed to photograph forsycr the life OF
that ai1la mdtsr with which his own was boand ua.
before he vas hornc 10 tAe grave amid the tears Of
three decades OF stuieIfs had sat Mt his feet
ana now tho last survivor of that select eoYrs Is
Sone. His services ane theirs arc recorded In the
history of the celego and live in the memory OF Its
graduates.
Among the critlques and contributions to period
ieals curing the period Of his professoriato Is an
article Ia the SOv Qxdrisriy Rerit,V for 1855. on
Cicero 08eiis. which shows so thorough An appreci
alton Of that great bd5E called by high authority
the foundation of all modern equity, and of its