The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-07-21
For the Intelligencer.
JUDGE JAMES F. IZLAR.
An Interesting Sketch of q Distinguish
cd CarolTnian.

An Interesting Sketch Of a Distinguish
cd CaroIInlan.
1t is q pleasing privilege, as we'll as
an instructive lesson, to record the
lives of men of high intellectual and
moral worth. The subject of this
sketch deserves to be remembered
among those who have honored their
State, and left an enduring impress
upon their times.
Judge Izlar is descended from a fine
old Orangeburg family. He was born
in Orangeburg County the twenty
fifth day of November, 1882, where
his ancestors have lived for four gen.
erations. He was tho eldest son Of
VIM. H. and Julia P. Izlar. His boy
hood days were spent on his fathers
plantation, who was one of the most
successful planters Of his day.
Judge Izlar early developed a love
for books. He was not only fond of
reading, but distinguished himself as
a painstaking, thorough student. He
first attended school in Orangeburg
County, and afterwards was sent to
the Fish Pond Academy, in Barnwell
County, where he was prepared for
College. He entered Emory College
at Oxford, Ca, in 1851, joining the
freshman class, and graduated in
1856 with the highest honors of his
class.
It was at college that he laid the
foundation upon which his future en-
inence was built. While he devoted
himself with a~ssiduity to the studies
of the recitation room, he delighted in
the exercises, and won a high reputa-
ton as a clear and logical reasoner
and ready debater. After teaching
school a year, he read law in the Of
fee of Thomas J. Glover, at Orange
burg, for two years, and was admitted
to the bar in 1857, having passed a
satisfactory examination before the
Court Of Appeals, and was admitted
70 nractice in the Court of Equity in
1858.
At the time of his admission, the
Court of Law and Court Of Equity
we're separate Jurisdiction, and it was
necessary to pass two examinations.
He at once commenced the practice of
law at Orangeburg, and from the first
was successful, althoughin these days
of great lawyers it was q difficult
task for a young man to establish a
practice.
Upon the breaking out Of the late
civil war, Judge Izlar promptly vol
unteered in the first company that
was organized in his County, the his
toric Edisto Rifles. This company
formed a part Of the First Regiment
S. G. Volunteers, commanded by Gen.
johnson Hagood. At the end Of the
first twelve months enlistment, the
Edisto Rifles were assigned to the
Twenty-fifth Regiment, commanded
by Col. Charles H. Simonton, and
now U. S. Circuit Judge, and formed
a part of the famous Hagood Brigade.
Judge Izlar was at that time pro-
NOTED to the Captaincy Of his Com
pany, which command he held until
the close of the war. His company
was on duty at Fort Sumter and later
at Fort Wagner. 1t composed a por-
ton of the garrison at Wagner dur
ing the last days of the siege, and
only left it on the night of the evacu-
alton, the command having been
transferred to Virginia. Capt. Izlar
participated in the battles of Swift
Creek, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor,
Weldon Road and in. the trenches
around Petersburg. In December,
1864, the Brigade was sent to North
| Carolina, and the Edisto Rifles were
stationed at Fort Fisher, where Cap
tain Izlar was captured on the night
of the fifteenth of January, 1865, after
one Of the most terrific cannonades
that occurred during the a He was
confined as a prisoner of war in Fort
| Columbus, on Governors Island, New
York, until his parchment at the close
of hostilitics. Here his military ca
reer ended, after a continuous service
of four years, during which time he
conducted himself with distinguished
~gallantry.
Having served his country to the
final issue with unfaltering devotion,
he returned to his devastated home,
and with characteristic courage and
energy, devoted himself to the prac-
tice of his profession.
He suffered no relaxation in his ef-
forts to become q master of the pro-
fession he loved, and carried the hab-
it's and diligence of the student into
the office Of the lawyer. Close at
t~ention to business and thorough pre-.
paration for of the causes intrusted
to his care soon won him clients, and
his rise was marked and rapid. While
he devoted himself with unremitting
diligence to the study of the law as a
science, he did not neglect more
graceful and generous studies, nor did
he forget to qualify himself for q life
of activity and business by gaining a
practical knowledge of men and the
affairs of the world.
Shortly after his return from the
war he formed a co-partnership with
the Hon. Samuel Dibble, which exist
ed for eleven wears, and until Mr..
Dibblc was elected to Congress. This
was one of the best known law firms
in the State and commanded an excep-
tionally large and lucrative practice.
Judge Izlar was universally popu'
lar. The people of his County trust:
ed him with implicit confidence and
as they trusted no other man. The
rich and the poor alike regarded him
as their friend. They sought his adj
vice and counsel and placed their
business in his hands
His practice was so extensive and
varied that it taxed his strength to
the utmost and, in fact, was limited
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