The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-08-03
Lawrence W. Y0umans.
FAIRFAX, S. O., July 19, 1899.

FAIRFAX, s. o., July ~, 1879.
To The Editor of the Saate:; AS my
,neighbor, Col. L. W. Youmans, has been
denied respectful hearing at some of
the campaign meetings and treated as
though he were an enemy to the interests
of the people, I feel constrained to write
q brief sketch of his life and what he has
done for South Carolina, which I hope
every white voter in the State will read
and then consider whether or not he has
been fairly and justly treated.
Lawrence Winkler Youmans was born
at Gillisonville, s. e., the 18th day OF
October, 1874. At the breaking out of
the war be was 8 student in the South
Carolina College. In 1852 he stood at
the head of his class, but left the college
without graduating to enter the army.
he entered in Capt. II. @. smart's COM
parly as volunteer April IA, 1862, which
company afterwards was Company F.,
Third Regiment South Carolina Cavalry.
After remaining with this command
(which was on the coast near Blufton)
for some time be was, at his own request,
transferred to Company N, First Regi'
ment South Carolina Infantry, Mellow
ans Brigade, then in the trenches at Pc
teruburg, Va, where he remained in
tive service until the surrender at Ap-
pc nattox, stacking his rife with a bayo'
net on it and with an unhealed wound
upon his person.
After the surrender he walked to his
home near Black Creek, Beaufort county,
where he arrived late in the spring OF
1866, and shortly afterwards married
Miss Mary A., the beautiful daughter OF
Mr.. Russell Stokes, to whom he had been
engaged for some time, and commenced
the battle of life as farmer. Sherman's
army had destroyed and carried OF
almost everything in the shape Of stock
and provisions, but his father.in.law let
him have q mule and he set out with his
crop, doing almost everything with bis
| own hands. He would plough all day
and cut and peel pine poles for house
until late at night, and finally built a
"two pen" log dwelling and clubhouse
| mostly with his own hands.
He succeeded we'll with his farm,
which grew larger in course Of time, and
by 1871 he had accumulated some money
and bought plantation in this commu'
nifty Cover edge of Barpwell County,,
and commenced farming on a larger
scale and also commenced business In
copartnership with his brother A. P, the
latter attending to the store and l.. W.
the farm.
Both branches of the business succeed
ed remarkably we'll, and the two brothers
have kept buying land from time to time
until they now own about 1000 acres OF
the best in this section.
Col. Youmans has 1000 acres under
cultivation this year that he works with
wages hands, over 600 acres of it in cot
ton, the first crop of its extent ever raised
in this section, much of it being FIVE feet
high and some higher. he also has
over 800 acres in corn that is very fine,
and besides this be has tenants who are
cultivating 600 acres Of his land this year
Col. Youmans took an active part in
politics in 1874 when R. Z. Scott was
running for second term as Governor,
but his party was defeated. In 1876 he
again threw himself into the campaign
with all of his might and soon became
the recognized leader of his party in
lower Barnwell.
He was nominated for the House o1
Representatives that year with Col. Rob
ert Aldrich, Maj. John W. Holmes ano
Messrs. I. S. Bamberg and NJ. A. Roun-
tree, and they were elected after the
memorable Hampton campaign anc
became members of the famous Wallace
House. During the sessions of the Leg
| islature of 1879 and 1877 Col, YOumans
;ntroduced the hill that became q lar