The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-07-14
Wednesday, July IA, 1885.
For Congress-

For Congress.
I,y reference to the advertising Columns VI
Tho J,css and Bprlcr it will be seen thnI thv
fricn,,s of Judge Cothran have announced
him rs a candidate for Congress from thc
Third Congressional District
Iudgc Cothran was born in ADbrVillc 'oun'
iv. August $, 1850. He WAS educated IN INC
uold field schools of the county until he was
seventeen ycurs OF age, when he went 10 frs'
kline College for year, and alterwafd Weh'
tn the University Of Georgia, where ne W'S
,rroduated in 1852. In the Fall of that year III
,omc to Abbcvillc Court House to read Ia"
with Ncssrs. McCowan & Perrin, and In DC
.c,nhero or 1851 was admitted to the lar. 'n
,,,, - 1s5, bo was married TO Miss Emma
Perrin. the second daughter Of Hon. 1. {. fer'
rim. lie practiccl law with Inc '''e .o,"i,'
James NJ, Perrin until the breaking out o' 'n'
war when in July. 1851, he volunteered "s "
,riyntc I'm Colonel Pclrin'$ s Company tCouP'
ny Rl in Orr's Regiment, The ltcgimcht Weh1
90 y.;rr,ri, In April, 1862, and became part oI
,,,o Army of Northern Virginia, and remain
.,l North Of James River until the invcstmcn'
Of Petersburg in 1864. During all thls t''he
Mr. t,othran took an &C i've ana hohoraoie
mart in every duty which the Regiment WIS
,ollcd upon to perform, and because "i NE
p,,,antry he was promoted to the comm''''u
nr ,hc Company in which he volunteered rs "
nrivatc. At tho close Of the war ne sulle'''
,,oro1 n;.h his Comrany at AppomattoN.
Duriur The war Mr.. Cotlran was severely
wounded three times, the scars OF WIG" "'
.,.,,I ,,rrics on his person, namely: lie was
wounded in the leg at Manassas, IN inc arm ~
charlottesville, and i'll the face at Noei
Farm.
No man in Abbcville county has pro"oer
war record than Judge tothran out IL Is iio'''-
lIe that he seldom refers to the lact thaS he
,yns in the war at all, and, so far rs he Is con-
,.ernea. his friends would hardly know Oh thiS
,,,ost honorable and most interesting chapter
An his life. But notwithstanding his lack OF
vanity. he must have Il pride Of the fact that
he was one Of the soldiers OF the LoSI tauhe
who. from first to last, discharged every duty
no matter whether OH the tented field, on INC
march. on the outposts, or amid the STORMS VI
shot and shell.
Returning TO his home after the war, lie
found his fine estate gone, and being THROWN
anon his own resources. he resumed the prnc'
,ice of the law as soon as the Courts were
opencd. BY his Willingness to exhaust every
.t,or. OF his superior ability, and by his
fidelity to the interest of the clients, he soon
secured lucrative practice, and continued u
rise in the estimation of the people Oh hlS
native County who had been proud OF him
from carly manhood. In lST6, when inc
peoplc of Abbcville county needed Il
wise and sagaciopS leader, he was clcctei
County Chairman. The history Of the Won
dcrful revolution OF that year is matter OF re-
cord, and the important part which Mr.. CON-
ran took in that ever memorable campaign II
still fresh in the minds Of our people. his
uoldness in advocating the strashtout Dem
ocratic movement, at n time when reason
wo,Id have restrained, and the wonderful
tact which he developed in the art OF manaS-
ing n difficult and hazardous campaign was
20 conspicuous that he was chosen President
of the State Democratic Convention, whose
tactics routed the Radical hordcs that had
been prcying upon the country for years
Order peacc and good government to the
state was the work of that Convention OF
which Judge Cothran was Chairman. Brave
and gallant in war, he was no less SaSaclouS
and daring in the peaceful struggle that freed
the country from tyranny, burdcnsome tax
n,ion. and consequent decentralization. In
him we have one more proof that peace
hath her victories no less renowned thln
war;"
In 1876 he was also elected Solicitor of the
Eighth judicial District, and wasrc.clected to
The same Office in $50. lie was regarded as
one OF the ablest and most independent So
liritOrs that South Carolina. or this Judicial
District, has ever had. Standing high with
the people and with the members Of the Bar,
Governor Hagood in May, ISL, appointed
him to the office of Circuit Judge 10 fill the
vacancy In the Eighth Judicial District which
had been occaSioncd by the death of Judge
Thomson. In the Fall of 1881 the Legislature
elected him to serve four years term. and in
December of 1885, the Legislature reelected
him for another term Of four years, less than
one yearof which term has expired.
Judge Cothran has served the State faith
fully and well in various capacities, namely
AS n citizen, as Il soldier, as q lawyer as q pol
jtician, as Solicitor, and as n Judge.
With these facts before the people, Judge
Cothran needs no introduction from the Press
and Banner, nor docs he need any commen.
iation from us as to his ability and fitness for
the Office of Congressman. The high esteem
IN which he is held by the people of the Third
Congressional District is known of all men
his natural ability as a Politician his splcn-
did endowmentS; his varied and high attain.
ments, all combine TO make him Congress
man of which South Carolina will have rca
son to be proud.