The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-25
DEATH OF JUSTICE LAMAR.
The Only Southern Member of the Supreme
Court OF the United States Dies Sud-
denly in Macou, Ga.

MACON, GA, January 23.-Jnstice
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
died here at $50 o'clock this evening.
It is terrible shock to the community.
His death was sudden in the extreme,
for, although be had been ailing for
some time, Justice Lamar appeared to
be gradually gaining in health.
He came FROM Washington to Macon
about a month ago and has been Wis.,
iting at the residence of Mr.. w. A.
Virgin, in Vineville, a suburb of this
city. This afternoon, spout 8 O'Clock,
Justice Lamar took hiS overcoat, in
tending to 20 to the city, but was met
at the door by his friend, DR.. Llewellyn,
with whom be returned to the sitting
room. At that time and during all
the afternoon be was in good spirits,
and at dinner at $50 this evening he
seemed to have good appetite. Dr..
Llewellyn left the house abouS 8o'clock,
and a few minutes later Justice Lamar
was seized with violent pains il the
heart and died at the hour mentioned.
Bright's disease with angina pectoris
was the direct cause of Lamar's death,
and is given by physicians as being
the chief complication in the case.
Lamar came into the city this after
noon and called at the Office of Col. r.
E. Pardee, where be conversed pleas
antly on several topics. He was ac-
companied by DR.. Llewellyn on his
return to the residence Of w. II. Vir-
gin, who married Lamar's daughter.
The attack was very severe while it
lasted and -Dr. A. II. Parker, who has
been in attendance, arrived only a few
minutes before death. At this time
Justice Lamar was unconscious and
beyond medical aid. Restoratives were
at once administered, but were entirely
without avail. He died with his head
on Mr.. Virgins hands and apparently
without pain, the spasms having passed
off at that time.
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
was born in Putnam County, Ga, Sep
tember l, 1925, and after his fathers
death was taken to Oxford, Miss,
where he received part of his educa-
tiop. He graduated at Emory College,
Georgia, in 1845, studied law in Macon
and was admitted to the Bar in 1847.
In lS49 he returned to Oxford, MISS,
and for a year held a professorsbip in
the University Of Mississippi. He re-
signed and resumed the practice of law
in Covington, Ga.
He was elected to the Legislature in
1858, and in 1854 again returned to
Mississippi and settled on his planta-
ton in Lafayette, being shortly after
wards elected to Congress as a Demo-
crat. He served from 1857 until 1850,
when he resigned to take seat in the
Secession Convention Of his native
State. He cast his fortunes with the
"Lost Cause" aud left the army with
the rank of colonel, after having shared
in many engagements. He was again
professor in the University of Missis-
sippi, an again took a seat in the
House of Representatives and was
elected to the Senate on March 5, 1877.
On March 5, 1885, President Cleve-
land appointed Mr.. Lamar Secretary
of the Interior and afterwards elevated
him to seat on the Supreme Bench.
Mr.. Lamar was perhaps as prominent
a figure as any that has occupieda seat
on the Bench of that august body, but
for months back be bas been almost
too i'll to take more than perfunctory
Interest in the proceedings.
Justice Lamar delivered the Grafton
at the unveiling of the Calhoun mon
ument in Charleston, an grafton which
attracted the attention of the whole
country and added much to his repu-
tation as thinker and statesman,