Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-08-26
Charles. T. O'Ferrall.

lcll tpOl1 LID yONtOli1 III oAAOutoCAo. AAC
was appointed clerk pro tempore of
Morgan county to fill the vacancy
caused by his fathers death. When
only seventeen years of age he was
elected by a large majority to the
clerkship.
At the breaking out OF the war lie
enlisted in the Confederate army, en-.
tering the famous Ashby Cavalry as
q private. In 1862 he was made cap
tain and rose from rank to rank I'M
til he reached that Of colonel OF the
Twenty-third Virginia regiment,
which he commanded with distlnc
ton to the end of the struggle. His
regiment, under his command, held
the last line, fired the last shot, and
captured the last prisoner on Vir.
ginia soil.
As badges of his heroism and of his
patriotic devotion to the cause OF his
State, he bears upon his body the
marks of five gun-shot and three sa.
bre wounds. When Colonel O'Ferrall
came out OF the army he was without
means and accepted the first business
engagement that was offered him.
Having secured the necessary money
to pay for completing his education,
he entered Washington College in
1868 and was graduated in law in 1865
under General Robert E. Lee.
He began the practice of his pro,
fession at Harrisonburg, his present
home. In 1871 he was elected to the
House of Delegates from Rocking
ham, and since that time his career
is part of the history of the old Dom.
monwealth. He entered Congress
from the seventh district in 1882. after
serving as county judge of Rocking.
ham for six years. He has been re.
elected five times and is now the old,
est member of Congress, i'll point OF
service, from Virginia. He distin,
guished himself in the contested
election case of Langston VS.. Vena.
able and also in that of Moves VS.
Rockwell, though his speech in the
latter made him many bitter enemies
in his own party.
AS to Col. O'Ferrall's record il
Congress and his service to his party
in Virginia here is what a friend has
written about him:
Entering Congress comparatively
unknown outside of the State, Col
O'Ferrall has risen to the position Of
one of the foremost leaders OF the
Democratic party on the floor of the
House. He has done this by hard
and unremitting toll, by sound judg.
ment, by eloquence, by that absolute
fearlessness in debate which has
always been one of his chiefest char
acteristics, and last and best by a
sturdy, incorporating honesty
which has poverty for its badge and
a clear conscience for its reward"
This estimate of Col. O'Ferrall's
ability and this knowledge of his
spotless character was and is shared
by the Democratic leaders, by his
constituents, and by the entire news
paper fraternity in Washington. who
have never yet misjudged a mans
ability. During the ten years of his
service in Congress the name OF
Charles T. O'Ferrall has never been
associated with job, his vote has
never been cast for a measure unless
both his head and heart approved, MOI
for one which the Democratic party
in Virginia would not indorse.-Inde1
Appeal.
Robert c. Kent.
Mr.. r. G.. Kent. the nominee fol
Lieutenant Governor, was born in
Wythe county, Va, November 2Sth
1898. He attended the grammar
schools of Wytheville until he was
sixteen years of age, then entered
Georgetown college, where he studied
two years and a half, and then went
to Princeton and was graduated il
the class of 1910. Subsequently, thai
institution conferred upon him the
degree OF master of arts. After leav
ing Princeton Mr.. Kent studied law
and in 1852 opened a law office il
Wytheville, where he continued tx
practice until 1884. Since then h,
has been devoting his attention tx
his landed interests. In 1852 Mr.
Kent was elected Commonwealth
attorney of Wythe county and served
in that capacity for ten years. n,
was a member of the secession con
vention of 1861, has served two terms
in the Legislature and was a Cleve
land elector in the last national cam
paign. He is prominently identified
with the farming interests of the
State and is widely known as the
patron of the Kent railroad bill.
Major Robert Taylor Scott.
Major Robert Taylor Scott, the
nominee for encouragement, is sol
Of Hon. Robert E. Scott, who wal
ruthlessly slain by Federal maraud
ing party in Fanquier county in the
month of May, 1862 He comes of 4
family distinguished for it's legal tai
ent. His father was regarded as the
ablest of all the wing politicians o.
his day in the State. He graduated
at the University of Virginia. served
with distinction in the Confederate
army, first as captain in the Eighth
Regiment, commanded by the gallant
Eppa Hunton, and afterward as ar
officer on General Pickett's staff
For some time Major Scott served il
the Legislature with ability. HI
has canvassed the State at large in 6
number of campaigns and rendered
great service to his party on the stump
Major Scott is fiftyeight years of age
having been born in 1885. During
his incumbency of the office of attor
ney. general Major Scott has had &
vast deal of work to do in connection
with coupon cases, and his advice
had to be sought frequently in arrang
ing the debt settlement. One of the
most vital cases to the Commonwealth
in which he was engaged was the
Carrico case, involving conflict o.
jurisdiction between the State anC
Federal courts. He carried the issue
into the United States Supreme
Court and won.
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