The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-14
APPOINTED BY GOV. BLEAsE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON;
FROM LANCASTER
WAS NOT EXPECTED
Member Of Senate Committee on
Asylum and Member Of Tnves.
tigating Committee

State asylum to DIR. r. ]. Strait, at
present member of the State senate
from Lancaster.
DIR. Strait and DR.. Babcock are both
natives of Chester county. DR.. Strait
was elected to the senate in 1890 and
again In 1910, after q lapse OF exactly
20 years He has been staunch sup
porter of the governor
4 1t is not known whether or not DR. /
Strait will accept. 1t had been rumor-
ed that DR.. Houseal of Newberry or
DIR. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown might
be appointed. DR. Sawyer supported
the governor and was defeated for re-
election to the house. He has been
spoken of as candidate for governor
this summer.
DR.. Houseal Yves Biease's family
physician in Newberry and last year
when the governor lost patience about
something he appointed Dr. fioussaiI
TO succeed DR.. Babcock, but the senate
almost. unanimously refused to con-
firm the nomination. Dr.Houseai stood
by the governor and refute -ious
charges made against him wi sar-
ence to heing intoxicated ,n 4, oc-
casiGu of his first Inauguration. The
announcement Of the appointment of
DIR. Straight will come as a surprise.
He is good man, q courageous man
but has not taken especially high rank
in his profession.
Df. Hancock Plans
II is understood that DR.. Babnock
viii engage in managing q private
Sanitarium to be built ct once bys his
friends. his wis edicteds In The
Inteliigsneers three weeks rsa. DR..
1 III tcpch As 0iie sof the strnn ieet faen
III C0l9mbj u sa popular favor. ana viii
have no ttrSnbts to make a success
OF this big new undertaking. { IA
DR.. LeGfahd !Guerry, the disttn-
guished surgeon, who has relatives
and friend In Anderson, has begun
the organizing oflthe company for the
private sanitarium and DR. Babcck
has :.esh gaaEa..sssd a larger salary
than he has ever received. DR.. Bab-
cock rejected Just such an offer more
ihan ten yaGrs age.
Recently he and nss. Eleanor 8. SAN
dcrs are reported toShave received nn-
merous flattering offers from beyond
the borders OF tie safe, but neither
wishes to leave South Carolina under
the circumstances 4
nrg r. il Strait
DR.. Strait is native es Chester
county being born on Christmas tiay.
December 25, 1896, his parents being
Jacob II ana Isabella Wylie Strait.
He spent 1sft Of his hoyhood ut Mays
vile. ia Sumter county At the age of
: 10 he volunteered in Co. A.. 9Th South
CafolhiR volunteers and in 1863 was
transferred 70 Co. II, gath South Caro-
lima f+agi5 y - i
in 1869 DR.. Strait married Miss Kate
A.! Eathrop OF Abbeville county. m
4 ls3 DR.. Strait went 70, Mississippi end
entered the Cooper Institute In
Lauderdnle county After completing
a Sthfes years course he returned to
Chestef and engaged In teaching. In
1875 he taught ct the famous Ebeneser
school. about mile from the preseflt
site of Winthrop College.
IN 1879 he removed TO EsSsaster
and continued In the same profession
and reading nietaicihe. In Isss, ne ef,
tered the South Carolina medical COLI
lege IN Charleston and rraduatefi
lngrefr0m In 1885, with honor At
the age OF 40 years he began 10 prac-
tice his profession. IN 1880 the sTe!
form movement swept over the state
and DR. Strait went to the state sen
ate on the Fillman ticket. IN 1892
ne waA elected rs congress- oyer the,
: sbrilliant John q. IienlphiII. perhsDe
the In0at gifted mar the state has haiS
I'm congress for SO years. He would
not espouse Eiimanism ana was fe5
feated BY DR. Strait
IJr. stFstt held the osfice six on,
eight years and was defeated by ID. sK. 2
sFinIsy whn Is eAt - - 80
FlnlsY opposed Ds Strait flifse tirsss
before be got the ossce aad Dr. strIssI
has run against Mr.. Finley twice atsfi
3 has bsen announced as a candidate
this summer
Or. Strait has been q successful
farmer and has engA ted IN auarryiag
granite While Ia congress ne asalst-
ed In putting Oh tie market bYorao~,
seltzers which has made an iinlnense
fortune for EnneTsoh, the proprietor
OF the corner drug ssors Who discoT-
erred the fefn,nla
Dr. Strait has been REGARDED as 8
out IN 1876 and GOOD citizen. Eiiai
professional exp erience has not been
given much latitude.
-Four years aso. Lancaster ennntvs
was torps asunder over tte matter .0s