The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-09
Local News.
WEDNESDAY,, SOY. .. 1901
NsatI' OF CaH!. a. !. Broylcs.

Capt. Augustus Taliatcrro Broylcs
.led at his home in this city Monday af-
terncaa at o'clock aftera lingering ill
nese. lie lad been in feeble health
tor sorI etime, due to the infirmities Of
sold age. lie suffered n paralytic stroke
On Friday which fastened his death.
Cart ,Eroylcs was born Sept. 90,
in his eist year He was the
oldest son Of DR.. q. Il. Broylcs and
SaTGl, Ann Broylrs Sarah Ann
Broylcs. who survived her husband
some ten or twelve years, vas dauHh-
ter of Iachallah TaliaferrO, who i'm
migrated TO tins county abOui tho lat
Ter part OF 100, and settled near Pen
'aletnn on the land now owned by Col.
x. w. Simpson. where they died
and were buried.
Capt. Broylcs received his primary
education at tho pendIcton Male Acad-
envy, and later graduated from the
south Carolina College in 1913.
He studied la" in the Office of Cen
j.. w. Harrison, and, When admitted
ship with him.
AS a lawyer he WAS always Il dill
gent student, and his legal opinions
were highly respected and very seldom
erroneous. II vas the general opini0n
OF the legal fraternity hat he was the
Dest informed lawyer in this part OF
the State. He has written, and now
!las in manuscript, many com
cnentaries and other papers on abstruse
points Of law. He was engaged in re-
rH!slng these papers when his last i'll
mess came upon him.
Capt. BrOyles served several terms
IN the lower house of the Legislature,
out while ne always took an active in
irerest i'll all things pertaining to the
~ try hA had
teal ambition, and preferred to spend
Vls time IN the more pleasant pursuits
of his profession
When the war came on he was elect
ted captain of one of the companies that
were formed In the county, and served
IN Virginia until forced to resign ON ac-
count OF disease which caused him
Gis entire|aftcr life. Unwilling to be
San idlc: ha accepted the position of en-
iOllinR officer for this district, and in
this capacity he served to the end Of
the war.
Capt. Broylcs inherited some of the
E"cuIiar traits of his ancestors. At
tunes he was abrupt in tho expression
.of his opinions. but with all he was
very tendcrheaItcd and sy mpathetc to
children and old people particularly.
He was well read aud was always a
fluent and interesting talker. He had
opinions and the courage to stand I'D
for his convictions under all circum-
stances. In all the relations of life he
was honest and straightforward. He
wrOnged no one, and all his old friends
and associates know that when he ap-
yDears at the bar of Cod, he will never
have to account for having oppressed
any one or for having taken from any
one one cent that did not belong to
Elim. He was a manly man, upright,
honest and always standing for That
which was best in his tellowman. He
was never married.
The surviving brothers and sisters of
Capt. BrOyles are: w. H. Broyles, of
W0odlawn. Alabama; Ed. Broy les, of
Colorado; Thomas Broyles, of Tennes-
see; Mrs. Sarah Williams. of Green
vile. Tenn; Mrs. Margaret VanWyck.
of Atlanta; and John =. Broyles. Of
this city.
The funeral services were conducted
this morning at 10 o'clock at the home
of the deceased by Rev. s. j. Cart
4edge and Rev. NJ. b. Kelly. and the
wemains were laid to rest in Silver
Brook Cemetery. The Anderson Bar
Association attended the funeral in a
body and escorted the remains to tho
cemetery.