The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-01-04

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figures, whether a statement of a
corporation or of an individual, he
could grasp situation in such a
manner as to bewilder many men in
sound health and strength.
And it was in this Office that he
revealed his many sterling traits Of
character as friend, adviser, business
man and withal Christian virtues. A
man who can realize his duty to
others who are trusting him with
their all, perhaps, and who can so
use and protect it that when twenty
five years have passed, they have no
complaint to make, but on the 9TH
er hand all confidence and faith
strengthened, that man has labored
we'll and deserves to be known as 4
true man and worthy of emulation.
Many heart aches came to this man
in his office, many times when he ap-
peaIed to be hard hearted and too
exacting, and yet what he asked of
one he asked of all, he made no diff
ferences between the well-to-do and
poor. And not only did he require
these things of others, but he was
even more particular to see that he
applied the same rule to himself.
What he preached to others, he prac-
ticed himself, in business as well as
other things. He did not lend a
dollar as if he were dealing with a
dishonest man, he required his
friends to recognize the fact that he
was acting for others and that his
office was somewhat of public trust
and therefore to be treated as such.
Perhaps it is as business man
that he will be remembered by most
people, but if he applied his keen
business judgment to affairs of busi-
ness, he also applied it to building
up his town, county and State. For
several terms he served as alder
man and mayor of the town, these
being the only kind of public Offices
to which he ever aspired. In fact
ne had a great aversion to anything
which smacked of political honors
for himself. He did not hesitate to
take a stand on any matter involv-
ing principle.
His Service in Other Ways.
In 1892 movement was begun
to establish a high school for the
lower part of South Carolina, to be
under the jurisdiction of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, and to
be preparatory school for Wofford
College. Quite a fight was made for
the school by several other towns in
the State, some much larger than
Bamberg. Through the hard work
of several citizens of this town, chief
of whom was Henry Jasper Brab-
ham, the school was established
here. His relation to this school is
splendid illustration of his spirit
of fidelity and loyalty to home en-
terprises and undertakings. Year
after year he looked after the prop
erty, keeping it in good condition
and beautifying the grounds with
trees, evergreens and shrubbery.
Word after word he spoke, and let
ter after letter he wrote in the inter-
est of this school and his love in the
doing of it was his greatest reward.
He served for years as trustee of the
school, being secretary and treasu-
rer of the board, and chairman of the
local board of control during almost
it's entire history. Perhaps it was
the untiring service which he rem
dered Wofford College through this
school that prompted the trustees
of that college to invite him to take a
place on their board, bu he declined
this out of his very love for home
and not desiring anything that would
call him away even for few days at
a time. He loved Wofford, however,
and was always ready to do anything
possible to help her. And he was
not forgotten by that great man, the
late DR.. Carlisle or his successor, DR..
Snyder, for each time when they
would meet the writer and inquire OF
Bamberg and the Carlisle Fitting
School, the next question would ,be
about H. J. Brabham, the friend OF
the school and of Wofford.
The figure of a medium-sized man,
working and digging about the cam
pus of the Fitting School was ia
miliar sight for many years, and
now that he is gone from among us,
he will be missed there as elsewhere,
for there are very few yards in this
community that are pretty with flow