The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-20
BIG MEN IN BEAUFORT S. c.
The Chief Of Police Is eft. o in. and
There are Others.

The little town of Beaufort, S. c., q
few miles from Port Royal and one of
the earliest settlements in this country,
has produced more men of exception
ally great height than any other place
of double the inhabitants in the wor!u.
Her talleSt representative was III the
Confederate army. He Is in Column
bia now, and according toa authentic
records Obtainable, he was the tallest
soldier in modern armies OF the Worlu,
having an advantage of one inch over
Capt. Oswald Ames, of the second lgAt
guards of England, who was feet .
inches, and headed the queens jubilee
procession. The tallest man III the
United States army. regular or volun-
teers, in the war with Spain was U
feet inches. Jacob Eberhardt OF Col
umbia, 6 feet inches, volunteered, out
the surgeons said he was out OF pro-
portion, and would not accept MN.
Under army regulations. he would nave
been required to weigh 30 pounds.
Eldred s. Tickling. formerly of Beau
fort. and for many years after the war
CHEF of police at Columbia, and stu
Oh the force, is q feet 9 inches in ms
stockings. A man of medium height
can walk under his arms extended
horizontally. Mr.. Ficking's father. an
eminent lawyer. was Is feet , inches.
while other members of the family are
exceptionally tall When he was tif-
teen years old Mr.. Tickling says he
went with his father to Charleston.
They were in the lobby of the old Mills
House, when several other Beaufort
men came in. Some one remarked
that it was the largest gathering of
BcaufOrtonianS he had seen that day.
and suggested that they try how far
they could walk up King street. SIX
of them started out. but before gong
half Il dozen blocks up the street had
to enter stores and separate. The
crowd following blocked the street. Il
was not nearly grown then" says Mr..
Tickling, land only measured feet
inches. but the tallcSt man was y
feet inches. Two We're 6 feet q inches
and the shortest 6 feet 3 inches.
L. :. Tickling entered the Confeder-
ate army in 1861 in the famous Lamp
ton Legion, going with it to Virginia.
1t may be remarked here that the
Hampton Legion of LOO men fur
the close of the war with seven gener-
ais. as follows: Wade Hampton, colo
nell Stephen ID. Lee, captain; Mart w.
Gary. captain; G.. NJ. Logan, second
lieutenant; johnson Re tisraw private.
On returning frCm Virginia. Lieut..
Tickling entered the Beaufort artillery
and thereafter was At Fort Sumpter
participating in many Of the cYent1ul
incidents Of that time. ON beautiful
drinking fountain. erected on the bat
terry in Charleston by the women of
Charleston to the men. living and dead.
who first used the torpedo boat in
Charleston Harbor, and S0 n the world
appears the name OF Eldr"d ). FIck-
Iing-of all those names he is the only
one living.
When the nameless confederate ram
ATTEMPTED to sink the union IrOnSiles
in Charleston, Lieut. Tickling WAS in
command of the fighting men Of the
boat The anchor chains of the Iron
sides entangled the torpedo of the
confederate vessel. and the lronsideS
was struck by a slanting ana harm
less blow.
Speaking of Beaufort men, Mr.. Flick
ling says that when he was Il boy Mr..
Cuthbcrt of Beaufort told him that he
was the centre lille of the old Beaufort
artillery when that organization
turned out in 1925 TO meet Lafayette.
Mr.. Cutlhert was feet ! inch. ant
there were Seyenty-four men Of @IcA.
cr height iii the artillery, whose mem.
bership was 100.
Some biz men lack courage. but that
0as never been charged in this clf"
Fourth of July, 1851, Chief of Police
Tickling, armed with Il baseball bat
went to the rescue of one of his men.
being beaten to death by mob of
drunken negroes. IIe did rescue him.
Then the negroes came nj him with
knives drawn. The leaders We're two
giants; they We're laid low when they
entered siX-fo0t circle. The others
halted. and bloody riot was avertcd.
Colun,bians still talk of a wagon
yard riot of sixteen years ago. when
white desperadoes swore they would
hot be arrested, and had punished
half a dozen policemen before the ar
rival Of the chief. He stalked in with
club, broke heads right and left. col
Jared the two wanted and brought
them out. There are many similar
incidents of great courage and gigan-
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