El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-05
The LATE w. S. HILLS.
A Sketch of the Life of One of FL Pas IS
Most HOnOrt d Citizens.


W. S Hills wa born alb tut ffty-four
yeare ago in N, rth Georgia. aid was
for some ime resident of Floyd coun-
ty, Ca, of which the city of Rome is
the county scat. Mr.. Hills after re-
ceiving a literary education attended
the law university of Virginia
and graduated from that in
stl tuition with honor lmmed1-
ately after mpleting his education
Mr.. Hillswent to Europe to further pu:-
sue the study of law and there contin-
ued the prosecution of his studies ia
one of the univ srsities Of Fog land, I'M
til the beginning of the civil war,
when he started 20 return to his native
state Of Geo 'gia with the avowed pur-
pose of rendering his services to his
country. On account of difficulty in
securing passage, however, he was
long delayed and only reached Georxis
a short time before the close of the
war. After the war he began the
practice of law in the city of Rome,
Georgia, a. d while there made the ac-
quaintance of Miss Mary Cleghorn, q
daughter of one of the prominent citi-
zens of tat section of the country and
to whom he was married about the
Hills and his family moved to st Lou 9,
Mo-, where he continued to practice
law successfully until the ]att-r
part of 1880, or the beginning OF
1881, W.T. en- he came TO Ell PasO, Texas,
to look after the interests of the Camp
bill heirs who we're tents Of'his in St.
Louis. The carer OF Mr.. Hills aft r
moving to Ell Paso is we'll known TO
most of our old citizens. He found the
which is now known as the Campbell
ado tion, to be of considerable value,
but the ii les thereto were greatly in
vowed and he boundaries we're uncer-
tain. Mr.. Hills at once began the work
of strsig h ening out the titles iof the
Campbell addition and h-rwise re-
pres en- ting the Interests of his clients.
BY s7cur ng numerous comprises, par
,iton,. c., he finally evolved the
splen id property known as TIE Camp
bell ado ItiOD and ~t lch WAS conveyed
to the Campbell r al Estate Co. His
connection with the Campbell Real
Estate, company and Knowledge of
real estate titles in the city OF Ell PasO
gave him an excellent opportunity to
speculate in real estate which he diu
with great profit, and soon secur-
ed rent roll which brought himself
aud family a handsome support up to
the time of his death.
Mr.. Hills. during the years that he
lived in E. PasO, was very active,
te prising and progressive citizen and
CO tri buted largely to almost every en-
terprise which tended to build up Ell
Paso. He was in 1888 and 1884 men,
her of the city council. About ten
years before his death, he bought out
Mr.. Newton of the firm of Newton &
Andrews, who were engaged in the
harness and saddle business, aud the
business was continued for SINE time
under the name of Andrews & Hills,
but be afterwards, about five years
ago, bought the interest of Mr.. An
drews and has since conducted the
business through his agents under the
name of the Ell Paso Saddlery Co.
Mr.. Hills was man of benevolent
kind and genial, a warm
friend, but at the same time had great
tenacity with reference to his opinions
and rights regardless of who might be
Involved. The health of Mr.. Hills for
the past seven or eight years has pre-
vented his living in Ell Paso, though
he has always claimed residence here,
and during his numerous visits of'en
his desire to continue to live
in Ell Paso, but for the fact that he
could not enjoy health here, and was
advised by his physicians that his con-
tinued residence in Ell Paso would
greatly shorten his life. On the oc-
casion of the last visit of Mr.. Hills,
about three and a half years ago, he
was suffering from q slight paralysis
whi to some extent affected bis
friends that his life would not be long
prolonged, and when the news Of his
death reached his friends in Ell Paso,
II WAS not altOpather unoxnected