The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-08-14
Mr.. PRINCE FOR CONGRESS.
{ From the Anderson Intelligen-
Ger, March, s.


| We can now authoritatively an,
Gounce that Hon. &, E. Prince is
in the race for Congress from this
district, and if elected will reflect
credit upon his County and dis
trlct. He is now i'll the prime OF
life, being forty-six years of age
and with we'll trained and vigor.
Gus intellect, he is we'll equipped
for tho position he sseks.
He IS not novice in legislation
as he has some experience in legis-
latlve assemblies, having been n
prominent momber Of the late Con-
stltutional Convention, and having
served this county for the last four
years in the lowor branch of tho
General Assembly with distin-
gnlshed ability. His record ls good ,
ana, SO Tar as we can learn, is corr
daily approved by a large muiori-
ty or his constituents. He is con-
sorvatively aggressive, and has at
all times boon entirely indopen-
dent in thought and action. While
loyal party man, he ia not parti-
san. While ever considerate of
the feelings and opinions of others
ne Is bold and aggressively fearless
III maintaining his own honest con.
4 vlctlons. He is good but always
lalr debator, and, if in the heat Of
debate, he transgresses the rules of
fairness, there is no man who will
sooner mako the amende honorable.
The appreciation in which he is
held in the House Of Representa-
tivcs Is evidenced by tho fact that
from the beginning of the first
term he has held tho position Of
chairman Of the Committee on
Railroads, and very high posi-
tlon on the Ways aud Means, two
Of the most important committees
IN the House. During the last
term he was the second man on the
last named committee, and in alb.
sence of the chairman had charge
OF said Committee and defended It's
reports on the floor. During the
last two sessions he was elected
Speaker pro tenn every time the
Speaker was absent, and Ills cons
duct in rhe Chair seems to have
givon general satisfaction.
MIR, Princes standing as a law
Yer is recognized by his brethren
OF the Bar, both locally and IN this
State. For a number of years he
was president of the local Bar AS
sociation, and was during the past
year chairman Of the Executive
Committee of the State Bar Asso~
cation, and is now ono of it's vice
presidents. His standing and
worth in this community is evil
denced by the fact that for the
past eight years he has been chair
man of the Board of Trustees of
the Anderson Graded Schools, one
Of the best systems of schools in
the state. His interest in the edu-
cation of the masses of the people
is not only intelligent but strong.
For ten years he has been trus-
tee OF Woftord College, his alma
mater, and while a devoted friend
to all denominatlonal colleges, is
not opposed to State colleges, lis
maxim being that of his great pre-.
ceptor, Dr.. Carlisle, who, as rep.
resentative of denominationa] col.
leges, gave utterance to the follow
ing: "We fight none who fight
ignorance"
Mr.. Prince is q native of Abbe-
yille county, being son of the
late W. L. Prince, and while him~
self too young to have served in
the Civil War, is proud of the
record of his father, who, as pri..
vate soldier in Company G, 10Th S.
Q. Regiment, did valiant service
for his country, as will be readily
vouched by the surviving officers
and soldiers of that Regiment.
His mother was member of that
large and extensive Clinkscales
family, whose progeny is 50 numer-
Gus in Anderson and Abbeville.
Both his grandmothers were Blacks
80 that he is, as will be readily per-
ceived, of English-Scotch.Irlsh de-
scent, and has the tenacity of pur-
pose that usually character ICES
those people.
1t is evident that he is fitted by
nature and training for the high
office to which he aspires, and, as
Anderson's candidate, we take
great pleasure in commanding him
to the kindly consideration Of not
only our own people but to the
people Of the ontire district. Let
the people of this his adopted coun-
ty give him a hearty and cordial
support, and thus evidence to his
native and other counties their