Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-06-25
lar. Prince for Congress.

Editors Courier: Please allow me space
in your columns for the recital of few
facts relative to the fitness of Hon. Geo.
X. Prince for Congressman from this dis
trict. Iu speaking of his qualifications
the Anderson Intelligencer recently said:
He is not q novice in legislation, as
he has some experience in legislative as
semblies, having been prominent mem
Der of the late Constitutional Conven-
ton, and having served this county for
the last four years in the lower branch of
the General Assembly with distinguished
ability. His record Is good, and, SO far
as we can learn, is cordially approved by
is conservatively aggressive, and has at
all times been entirely independent in
thought and action. While loyal party
man, he is not partisan. While ever
considerate of the feelings and opinions
of others, he is bold and aggressively
fearless in maintaining his own honest
convictions. He is good, but always
he transgresses the rules of fairness,
there is no man who will sooner make
the amende honorable. The apprecia-
tion in which he is hold in the House of
Representatives Is evidenced by the fact
that from the beginning of the first term
he has hold the position of Chairman of
the Committee on Railroads, and a very
hiHh pooipiou oh tho "oyS anu m6Aub,
two of the most important committees in
the House. During the last term he was
the second man on the last named COM
mittee, and in the absence of the chair
man had charge of said committee and
defended its reports on the floor. During
the past two sessions he was elected
Speaker pro tenn every time the Speaker
was absent, and his conduct in the chair
seems to have given general satisfaction.
Mr.. Princes standing as q lawyer is
recognized by his brethren of the bar,
both locally and in this State. For q
number of years he was president of the
local Bar Association, and was during
the past year chairman of the Executive
Committee of the State Bar Association,
and is now one of its vice presidents,
His standing and worth in this commu-
nifty is evidenced by the fact that for the
past eight years he has been chairman of
the Board of Trustees of tho Anderson
Graded Schools, one-of the best systems
of schools in the State. His interest in
the education of the masses of people is
not only intelligent, but strong. For ten
years he has been trustee of Wofford
College, his alma mater, and while q
devoted friend to all UNCONVENTIONAL col
legcs, is not opposed to State colleges,
his maxim being that of his great pre-
ceptor, DR.. Carlisle, who, as a represen-
tative of denominational colleges, gave
utteranCe to the following: I'VE fight
none who fight ignorance"
Mr.. Prince is a native of Abbeville
county, being son of the late w. l..
Prince, and while himself too young to
have served in the civil war, is proud of
the record of his father, who, as pri-
vato 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 a member of
that large and extensive Clnkscalos
family, whose progeny is so numerous in
Anderson and Abbeville. Both his
grandmothers were Blacks, so that he is,
as will be readily perceived, of English
Scotch-Irish descent, and has the tenac-
ity of purpose that usually characteriZes
those people. He is now in the prime of
life, being forty-sx years of age, and
with a well trained and vigorous intellect
he is well equipped for the position he
seeks.
1t is evident that he is fitted by nature
and training for the high Office to which
he aspires, and we take great pleasure in
commanding him to the kindly consider.
alton of not only our own people, but
to the people of the entire district.