Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-30
AULD LANG sYNE /!
SOME PERSONAL RECOL-
LECTIONs OF INCIDENTS
AND MEN YEARS AGO.
BY AN OLD sTAGER.

Ambition for place and power is
almost co-existent with the crea-
tion of man. And it has had its
manifestations in nearly every age
and cline. Without it there would
be no political upheavels and
strifes, with few or 10 wars. Our
first impressions of rivalry for
Office were received from q contest
between - Gowdy, tax collector
for Edgefeld District, and Col.
John Quattlebaum, in which much
interest was taken by tie respect
i've friends of these aspirants.
auattlebaum was triumphant in
the race. In that day, the tax COL
lector both assessed and collected
the taxes at the same time. Col.
@. was a magistrate also and was
called upon to marry runaway
couple. During the performance
of the ceremony, and before it was
concluded, the father of the eloped
girl came upon the scene and car
ried off his daughter to his home,
leaving the half married man
aalone in his glory" They subse-
quently eloped and were success
fully Joined in wedlock. The
father of the girl never forgave
Col. @. for his act and always op-
posed him when candidate. Col.
@. was succeeded in Office by Mr..
Mays, and he by Theophilus Dean.
The sheriff of the district under
the old State Constitution was not
eligible to election for two success
sive terms. Among those who held
that Office, as we remember, were
Col. VIM. R. Moss, Humphrey
Boulware, Simeon Christie, Lewis
Jones, James Edison, VIM. Spires.
The office of Clerk of Court was
filed by Pope, Thos. G. Bacon,
(who was Clerk of Court for six
teen years) Stewart Harrison.
The Office of Judge of Probate
was then called Ordinary, and its
occupants were Oliver Towles,
John Hill, H. T. Wright, W. F.
Durisoe.
The Office of Master in Equity,
if we mistake not, had for its
worthy officers Whitfield Brooks,
S. S. Tompkins, Arthur simkins,
Q. w. Csrwile. All of these gen.
tismen were efficient officers so far
as We ever heard or knew. But
one of the twenty names mentio
above now survives.
In 1912 John S. Jeter major
Jack Jeter, as he was familiarly
called) was State Senator, and
James 81. Hammond, of Beech
Island, was Governor, succeeding
J. P. Richardson. The members
of the House of Representatives. at
that time were DR.. John O. Nichol-
son, DR.. R. c. Griffin, Wiley Har-
rison, James Sheppard and NJ. L.
Bonham. Senator Jeter died dur
ing his term of Office, and Francis
W. Pickens was chosen to fill out
his unexpired time.
In 1874, Daniel Holland, John
Bauskett, Tillman Watson, J. s.
Pope, A. P. Traylor and Preston
s. Brooks represented Edgefeld in
the lower house of the General AS
sembly.
In 1916, Nathan L. Griffin and
John Bauskett, prominent men1-
bers of the Edgefeld bar, costested
for 8 seat in the State Senate. The
former was elected, and for the
lower branch of the Leglature the
following: Oliver Towles, BENZ. G..
Yancey, Arthur simkins, John B.
Holmes, Daniel Holland and J. S.
Pope were chosen.
In 1s4s, DR.. John Lake, R. B.
Bouknight, Abram Jones, Daniel
Holland, B. G. Yancey and John
Tompkins were chosen members of
the lower house.
In 1850, Nathan L. Griffin was
reelected to the State Senate over
James Sheppard, who opposed him,
by a considerable majority. At
the same time DR.. w. D. Jennings,
Maj. Joseph Abney, Wiley Harri-
son, q. w. Carwile, Gen. John R.
Weaver and Maj. Abram Jones
were chosen to represent Edge6eld
in the other House.
In 1852, DR.. W.s. Mobley, A. ].
Hammond, Q. w. Carwile, Wiley
Harrison, John G.. Allen and
Simeon Christie were invested