Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-05-18
COL, J. S. NEWMAN DEAD.
Rassed Away ut His Home in Wal
halla Last Wednesday,

Col. J. S. Newman, one of the alb
lest educators and agriculturists OF
south Carolina, passed away at his
. home IN Walhalla last Wednesday
night about o'clock. He had been
IN poor health for a year or more,
suffering from Bright's disease, the
immediate cause Of his death, and
had also later developed cancer. 1t
was, not known, however, that .is
condition was serious, and the an
nouncement of his death came as a
shock to his many friends here and
elsewhere over the State.
James Stanley Newman was horn
at Hilton, Orange county, Virginia,
IN 1888, being at the .ime of his
death "a years Of age. He was a
2Sn of James and Mary Scott New
als5Aan, his father being progressive
and prosperous planter Of Virginia,
After leaving his home to make his
way In the world Col Newman en-
gagged IN teaching school In his ma
1--WE state and In Georgia, and In the
latter state, In August, 1868, he
married Miss Alberta Lewis. At the
outbreak of the Civil War he cast his
fortunes with the Confederacy, sery-
Ing the cause faithfully and we'll,
locating, at the close Of hostilities,
In Georgia, where he engaged in
farming. For several years he was
numbered among the statistical corps
or the department Of agriculture of
the general government, and for n
long period he was identified with
the State agricultural department of
Georgia, during which time he pre-
pared for that department numerous
manuals on agricultural and allied
subjects, Of which he was possibly
the most complete master In the
South. He was also at one time edi-
tor OF the Southern Enterprise" an
agricultural journal, and he was
reckoned among the foremost South
Aarn writer's and authors OH agricultu-
" raj subjects. Several Of his works
are recognized as standards of au-
thority on the subjects treated. He
was farmer by profession, and he
was thorough master Of that profess
sion.
For number OF years Col. New
man was Professor Of Agriculture at
Clemson College, where the experi-
ment station and college farm were
under his general supervision. Scye-
raj years ago, however, his health
beginning to fail, he resigned his
position at Clemson and located in
Walhalla, purchasing splendid tract
OF land within the limits Of the town,
and soon transformed it into a veri-
table garden, in which almost every
variety OF fruit and vegetable, plant
and Hover was brought to perfection.
His practical knowledge was there
MADE apparent on every hand.
Soon after his retirement from ac-
i've work as an educator. in recogni-
tlon or his long and valuable service
as teacher, he was chosen by the Car
negle board as one Of those to receive
a pension from the Carnegie fund
FOR educators who had served in the
capacity of instructors for a period
Of fifty years.
In 1884 he was appointed State
agent for Alabama in the United
States Department Of Agriculture,
and served three years as president
OF the Alabama State Agricultural
Society and Interstate Farmers Con-
gress, refusing reelection. He was
also life member Of the American
Pathological Society. In all lines Of
agriculture, and in those things
which made for the betterment and
higher interests Of agriculture, he
was recognized leader. His death
has removed from Oconee and South
Carolina one Of the foremost men of
his time, and one who will be sadly
missed
Col. Newman was consistent
member Of the Episcopal church.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at the Old Stone
church, near Pendleton, his pastor,
Rev. l.. E. Hubbard, conducting the
service, in the presence of a large
concourse OF sorrowing relatives and
friends, the entire faculty OF Glenn
son College and large portion of the
student body. Col. Newman Is sur
vived by his wife and three sons, C,
{. Newman, Professor Of Agriculture
at CLEMSON; G. l.. Newman, who
holds a similar position in the North
Carolina Agricultural College, and
wilson Newman, Of the United States
Army; and one daughter, Mrs. N.
Walker Of Fayetteville, Ark. TO these
and other relatives Of the deceased Is
extended the deep sympathy of many
friends.
a touch Of rheumatism, or a
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