The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-27
END SEEMS NEAR
The Passing Of Dr.. James Il. Carlisle,
The States Grand Old Man.
HAS DONE A GREAT WORK

For the Educational Interests of
South Carolina and the South as
President Of Wofford College,
Which Office He Filled Over Forty
Years.
The following bulletin was issued
Tuesday afternoon from Spartanburg
by the attending physician Of DR.. j.
H. Carlisle: The condition Of DR..
James H. Carlisle is extremely criti-
cal, and unless something unforeseen
happens his passing away can only
be delayed a little while" (Signed)
H. R. Black, M. D.
This bulletion was followed by a
dispatch to The News and Courier
Tuesday afternoon which said DR..
James H. Carlisle, president emeri-
tus of Wofford College. is dying. 1t
is thought he will not survive until
morning, though he may last until
Wednesday night. For several days 1t
was known to the intimate friends
and members of DR.. Carlisle's family
that he was in a critical condition,
though his condition did not become
known to the public until a few days
ago, when he had a evere fainting
spell.
Since that time he has been grow
ing gradually weaker, and early this
morning he lost consciousness. UI
to this morning his mind was clear
and active, except when he was seiz.
ed with an attack of fainting. When
it became known Tuesday morning
that DR.. Carlisle was dying all the
members of his family and his rel
atives we're summoned to his home
and they have remained at the home
constantly waiting and watching fol
the end.
In his last moments the great edu'
Gator and man of God does not ap'
pear to suffer the least pain. He lies
In his bed as quiet and peaceful as
a sleeping child. DR.. Carlisle was
elected president Of Wofford College
in 1875. and served until 1902, wher
he became president emeritus.
Long before he became the presi'
dent of the college he was connected
with the college as professor o.
mathematics. When he resigned az
president he did not give up active
work, for he remained as member o.
the faculty, and gave lectures or
astronomy and the Bible. Last win,
ter he was forced to give up hi:
class room work on account of The
cold weather, and the condition Of
his health.
The last time DR.. Carlisle deliver
ed a public address was during the
session of the Wofford College Sum
mer School, when he made an in,
%teresting talk to the teachers on in
cidents connected with Washington's
FlolI W COuIu SdlOlllld dlICl Dclue
elected President.
The commencement at WofforG
last June was the first DR.. Carlisle
had missed since 1854, when he wa:
elected a member of the faculty
The absesce of his familiar face anG
figure was noticed and commented or
by the people who for years have at
tended the commandments of the
institution. DR.. Carlisle was indis.
posed during the commencement sea
son and unable to attend.
DR.. Carlisle is one of two surviv'
ors of the Ordinance Of Secession
Several times during the last twenty
years he was offered high offices in
the nation and State, but he declin.
ed to enter politics, his work being
for the young men of the country.
On the S0th anniversary of the
birth of DR.. Carlisle. hundreds of cit.
izen of Spartanburg formed into line
and marched to his home on the Co..
lege campus and congratulated him
on his birthday and thanked him for
the influence of his life he had lived
in ~Spartanburg, which the speaker OF
the occasion, J. Stobo Simpson. ESQ,
declared had been uplifting to the
| young men and men of mature wears