The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
HON. JOSHUA LFVERING.
"A Sketch OF the Prohibition Nominee
for the Presidency.
Baltimore Sun.

loT Clc IrcS1uGnCy.
Baltimore Sun.
Joshua Lever1ng is one OF Balti-
more's most highly respected citizens,
as we'll as one of her most prosperous
buslneSc men. He Is a member of the
importing anI--eXporting firm OF E.
Levering & Co., engaged chiefly in the
Brazilian coffee trade, the thouse
having branches at Rio Janeiro ana at
Santos. The members OF the firm are
Joshua lowering, Eugene Levering,
his twin brother, Leonidss Levering,
Frankling w. Levering, and Eugene
Leveripg, Jr.
Since 1884 Mr.. lowering has been a
member Of the Prohibition party. hav-
ing before that time been an Indepon-
dent Democrat. In 1884 he voted for
st. John for resident. He was chair
man of the Maryland State Prohibi-
tlon Convention in 1887 and again in
1893, and delegate to the national
conventions OF 1888 and 1892. He de-
clined to allow the use of his name for
the Vice Presidency in 1888 and, in
fact, also in 1892. His friends insisted
In the lattor year, and on the first
ballot he received a majority OF votes,
but on succeeding ballots the vote was
changed sufficiently to nominate DR..
Cranfield.
Mr.. Levering has been vice presi-
dent of the State executive committee
for several years, and in 1891 was the
candidate for State Comptroller, re-
ceiving 6,443 votes. Previous to the
State Convention last fall he refused
the use of his name as a candidate for
Governor of Maryland, but, being
nominated by the Convention by ac-
clamatlon, he at last consented to allow
the nomination to stand He received
over 7,700 votes.
In church and temperance work
Mr.. Levering holds as prominent a
position as he does in the business
world. He has been o member OF the
Eutaw F'lace Baptist church since it's
erection. In the winter OF 1857. SO he
was converted to the Baptist faith and
baptized by the late Rev. Richard
Fuller into mem bership of the Seventh
Baptist Church, becoming a constit-
uent OF Eutaw Place Church upon it's
organization, in April, 1871. Since
April, 1881, he has been superinten-
dent OF the Sunday-school.
With the general denominational
interests of his church, both North
and South, Mr.. lowering has always
been identified. One of the origina-
tors of the American Baptist Educa-
tional Society, in VSSS, he has been its
treasurer since i&s organization. He
has also been vice president for q num-
| ber OF years Of he\American Baptist
Publication Society and also of the
Southern Baptist Convention. He is
president of the board of trustees OF
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary ut Louisville, KY, and a
| member OF the international com.
mittee of the Young Mems Christian
| Association of the United States and
Canada.
or the Young Mems Christian AS
sociatiOn OF Baltimore he has beer
president since 1885, having been each
year since that time unanimously re
elected. Since 1887 he has been pres
ident of the Maryland House of Re
fuge. He is q director of the Mary
land Trust Company and of the Provi
dent Savings Bank.
On September IL, 1845, Mr.. Leverine
was born in Baltimore, being there
fore in his 51st year. He enjoyed the
privileges Of private schools until 1861
when he entered commercial life
beginning at the bottom of the laGde,
as q clerk. In 1866 he was taken int,
partnership by his father, togethel
with his two brothers, under the nam,
which Is still preserved. Euger,
Levering, Sr., father of the nominee
died In June, 1870, since which tim,
the business has been conducted by hi
| SONS.