The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-10
OUR STANDARD BEARERS.
Sketches OF the Candidates for STATE on.
GERS.
COrFcVomdcncc NcwS and Courier.
TIE NOMINEE ,.op ,ovrpx,n

. The Hon. Hugh S. Thomson il
native of Grcenville County. and is 4,
years Of age. lie is grandson q
Chancellor Waddy Thompson, who, fo
about twenty. five years was one of TN,
Judges Of the Court of Equity of Soutl
Carolina, and II nephew OF Gen. WoId,
Thompson, who was for Il long tim,
member of Congress from South Carroll
ma and afterwards minister to AIcxic,
during the administration Of Presidcn
liarrIson. Col. Thompson was gra.iua
ted at the Military Academy of this Stat,
III the close OF 1856. A year after hi.
graduation lie was elected by the boart
OF visitors assistant-pTofcssor in the
Arsenal Academy at Columbia, aud rost
oy regular promotion to tho rank OF
captain, having filled the prolcssorships
oi French and be!!c.lettres. During
most of the war hc was stationed il,
Charleston, and did duty with the corps
OF cadets in defence Of the city and at
different points in the State. The cadets
under his command regarded him with
great affection and confidence, both rs q
professor and rs nn officer in the field
| Alter The war he was elected principal of
| the Columbia Male Academy, and, tax.
! ing charge of that institution when il
was in very low condition, he raised it
! TO the front rank Of classical schools in
the State. In the Democratic Conyen.
tion of 1876 he was unanimously nomi.
mated for State superintendent Of cduca.
tion, though not candidate for Office,
and he did not even know that his name
had been thought Of for the position.
lio was unanimously rcnominatcd in
1878 and again unanimously in 1880, and
would certainly have been renomipatcd
without opposition for fourth term by
this Convention, but he withdrew Mt the
request Of leading members of the board
Of trustees of the South Carolina Uni.
vcrsity, who expressed their preference
Tor him as president of the University to
MI the vacancy caused by the resignation
of President Miles. Had he not been
nominated by the Convention for Cover
nor he would certainly have been elected
president at tho meeting of the board of
trustees in August. Ho took charge of
tho public school system of the State
when 1t wa III great confusion and heav-
lily in debt. Under his administration
great reforms have been instituted. and
the public school system of South Caro-.
lima is now rapidly reaching Il high state
OF efficiency. When the military of
Columbia WAS reorganized in 1874 he was
president OF the first rifle club, and it
was under his command that the Cover.
nors Guard attained such efficiency US
to be acknowledged by army officers to
DC equal to any corps in the army.
to not only did not seek the nomina-
.,on ,or So'e@nor' nut IL was we'll known
that he did u desire it, and this fact
wa sf7'''' the floor of the Conven-
.ooL ,,,I'I;'' i;'''''".eu' .'uai Col;
hi. n ,o ruo.. cp'ano', "nu
the t;cke, ''"e' " S''ens'h 10
me N'M' NEE FOX hiEuTENANT-GoV-
khNoN.
John Calhoun Sheppard WAS born in
Edgefield County, July 5th, 1853. He
was educated at the Furman University
in Grccnville, and subsequently read law
in the office Of Butler a. Youmans at
Edgefield. Although young III years he
soon acquired IL lucrative Practice. uo
was ~ delegate from Edge.icld TO the
State Democratic Convention Of May,
1876, and was sent by that Convention to
the National democratic Convention
which met in ST. Louis that year. In
1876 ho was elected to the Legislature
from Edgetield County, and upon the or
ganization Of the Wallace House was
mnde chairman Of the ways and means
committee. He was reelected to the
Legislature in 1873, and was unanimous.
ly elected Speaker of the House. He
was re- elected in 1880, and again rc-clcc.
ted Speaker of the House.
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formed a copartnership with Hon. H.
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