Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-03-01
WALHALLA, y. c. 3
"WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4. 1905.
DEATH OF cot. JAMES L. ORR.

and that James Lawrence Orr is dead.
Yet such is the sad intelligence borne in
upon our mind and heart, for we read
that the end came to him on Sunday
night last at 8 O'clock, after ten days OF
intense suffering from erysipelas. His
funeral services were conducted at
Christ church, Greenville, on Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, and attended by
an imm onse concourse of friends, not
only from Greenve, but from numerous
other towns and cities where he was
known, loved and honored
In the death of Col Orr giant among
mon has fallen. He was cast in large
mold, both physically and mentally, and
his great strength Of body and mind was
ever exerted fol tho promotion of the
highest welfare Of his home, his city,
Slis State and his country. He was a
man of high ideals, and his thought and
conduct were inspired by the highest
sense Of duty. His was 8 busy life and
he acted we'll his part. Trained for the
bar, his strong mind for fifteen years or
more shed a bright light in the Courts OF
our State, and especially in the Eighth
Judicial Circuit, where he was known as
one of the strongest prosecuting officers
that ever filled this responsible position.
SOn the civil side of the court he also
achieved the greatest success, for his
natural aptitude and tactful resources
seadily qualified him for the adroit
aardling of questions of either law, or
Iact before both Court and jury. AS a
.3ury advocate his was irresistible, and
yet he had none of the tricks that are
sometimes employed in appeals to fancy
ON the one hand, or to prejudice on the
other. He always fought in the open,
and with powerful sedge-hammer
strokes, drove right to the center of
every issue, dividing the false from the
true and setting right, truth and justice
plainly over and against error, false
might have attained had ho remained at
the bar is only matter now for conjec-
ture We felt a distinct sense of loss
when he retired from active practice
and realized that one OF the brightest
legal lights in the Piedmont section had
ceased to shine, even though its bright
lustre still illumined another important
field of human endeavor. 1t was not
long until the manufacturing world rec
ogniZcd in him II new and tremendous
mower and heartily welcomed him as
cecrut in the ranks of Industrial enter
prses. Whatever his hands found to do
he did with his might, aud it was not
IN nd af
home and abroad as a leading manufac-
turer. He was loved by his help and
.contided in by his stockholders. His
Judgment was superb, and under his adj
ministration the greatest success was
achieved.
In him the love of State and country
found a true disciple and worthy expo
nent Much of his time and tn ought was
given to the solution of social problems,
and his ideas were along practical lines.
He believed in facing conditions as they
were and making the best of them. He
NTas a brave man and fearless and did
not believe in trimming his sails to meet
every passing breeze Duty was his
watchword and allegiance to truth ard
right and justice was more to be es-
fcemed by him than temporary success.
The news of his death will be received
with intense sorrow not only by the men
and women of his own generation, who
havc come in since the war, but a keen
sense of sorrow will also long be felt by
she old soldiers. and especially by the
survivors of Orr's Regiment. He will
6e sorcly missed by them. AS we write
Chese few lines with a grief. strio ken
Aeart We recall his manly presence and
aow he was loved aud admired by those
8atte-scarred veterans during thereunion
st Walhalla last August. 1t was the
thirty-ti annual reunion of Orr's Regi-
gpeut, Confederate States Army, the
regiment organized by his father. For
q ears il had been his habit to meet with
the survivors of this heroic band and de-
diver an annual address. AS he VIZ s
speaking with deep pathos to the large
zautlience in the Walhalla court house
gast August none would have thought
that to be his last annual address. He
began by recalling his recollections of
che camp life at Sandy Springs in the fall
.2f 1861, where the regiment was organ
fEed by his father. From that time he
was 8 pet of the regiment, and honored
and loved by the Boys Who Wore
The Gray" His heart beat true to
sps cause for which the soldie
sougnt, and during the trying years
of reconstruction he enthrOned him
self in the hearts of the people Of
ssuth Carolina by heroic daring and
fearless action in the redemption Of the |
9ssts. OF these things much more could