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COL. JAMES A. HYOT.
Death Came to Him at his Home In
Greenville Last Friday.

Death Came to Him at his Home IN
GreenviIIe Last Friday.
Special to The State.
Greenville, May 27.-Col. James A.
Hoyt died at his home in this city this
afternoon at o'clock.
Col. Hoyt had been ill since last Mon.
day, stomach trouble affecting other
organs and causing his death.
The funeral will take place from the
First Baptist church of Greenville at
S. 80 Sunday evening and will be in
charge of the Masons, Col. Hoyt hav-
ing served the order in South Carolina
as grand master at one time.
The surviving members of Col. Hoyts
family are his wife, three daughters,
Mrs. A. G. Furman and Misses
Gertrude and Lucy Hoyt of Greenville,
and Mr.. James A. Hoyt, Jr., OF the Col
umbia State.
The news of Col Hoyt's death will
bring sorrow to thousands of friends in
| Columb bia, in South Carolina and in all
parts of the country. Few South Caro-
iinians were 80 we'll known, not only
| in his own state, but in many others,
and few men were 80 familiar with
American life.
Col. Hoyt's career, which is sketched
| morefully below, was notable for its con-
slant activities. Only last week he
was q member and prominent partici-
| pant in the State Democratic conven.
tion, and was elected district delegate
| to the coming st. Louis national Dem
ocratic convention, receiving the high
est number of votes cast in the district
caucus. In this State convention, at
a critical time in the debate over the
Iauestion of hearing expression from
| the delegates as to their choice for the
Democratic nomination, be arose and
| in brief, strong speech of five minutes
convinced the convention, which was
aevidently wavering, of the wisdom OF
hearing from the delegates. Thus, ir
the last few days Of his life, hewas con
tributing service to his State and coun
! trv through his party. In all public
service, in war and in peace Col. Hoy
was at the front: when anything wa!
to be done his hands were ready to de-
and he was rarely gifted in mental abili
| ty and poise, in gracious tact and NOR
al and physical courage together will
lunflagging industry. His life was free
Ily and generously given through all it,
Years rather to the service of his church
his country and his fellowmep than tc
}selfish accumulation, but be was abl,
ialways to live independently, to NEE
| all of his public and private obliga
lions and thus his life was il
| the broadest and highest sense success
Iful. The campaign of 1900 when b.
was the candidate OF the prohibitionist
within the Democratic organization
, | for governor and when he was secon'
: lin the race, his competitor being Gov
aMcSweeney, the incumbent, Mr.. +
9B. Gary and the late Mr.. A. H. Pattel
son, was his last participation il
politics except as worker In tn
!, ranks and in the conventions. H
was a man. however, always to b
lrelied upon for service whenever need
ed in O good cause and 80 he will b.
sadly missed in South Carolina.
III Sketch of his Life,
James Alfred Hoyt was born Oct. II
1887, in Waynesboro, Va. His fathe
IJ. Perkins Hoyt, was a native Of New
Hampshire, jeweler by trade, VIII
came south for his health and locates
lin Virginia. He married Miss Jan
Johnson of Virginia. Col. j. P. Hoy
was highly cultured man, and at on
time edited the Laurensville Heralt
and the Anderson Intelligencer. From
Virginia the Hoyt family moved t
Clarksville, Ga. where they lived
short time, and thence went to Laur
ems, S. c., where James A. Hoyt grey
, to manhood.
IL At the age of IA, James A. Hoyt en-
tered the office of the Laurensvill
: Herald as an apprentice. When b
was 1S years of age he went to Ande1
SOL, as foreman of the Anderson Gazett
lone year later he was editor Of the pl
per, which position he held until 1861
when he began the publication Of tn
Anderson Intelligencer.
, In 1860, Hoyt was leading spirl
: in the organization of a militia com:
spany in Anderson, known as the "Pa
r. metto Rifiemen," and when the com
/ pany volunteered the next year, b
q was its orderly sergeant. The Palmel
n to Rifemen entered the States servic
iApril IA, 1861, IN the Fourth South Ca
n olina regiment, under Col. J.B. e. Sloar
and in about six week was mustered III
to the Confederate service. The reg
ment was at the front early and part