The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-27
APPOINTS LAR0QCE
AS BANK EXAMINER
John Elliott Pucket;e, Recently Re.
turned From Border, Succeeds
LaROque.
The State.

The State.
Oscar X. LaRoQue If Maricn. pri
vate secretary of Gov. Manuiny since
September /, 1915, vas yesterday az
pointed by the gcyHpor State bank
examiner, wee Ivy NJ MaulGin OF
I'tl.ens, resigned 2&d JOHN Elliott
Tuckette OF Colamh was app ~ Vi
rr.yate secretary t. :i,o COVER lor the
changes to be male March / next
'!.Grsday-When Examiner MaIld:A
becomes active vice resident of the
Ia!metto National / nix, Columbia
tcl. LaRoque, born at Kinston. y.
g., 81 years ago. z as empio,e'i IN
a taEk at Kinston fer two years was
cashier oi a bank It Beaufort. y.
c., in 1906, and from then until he
entered Gov. Mannin<'c "eh"n was an
saged in the insurance business. He
lived in Columbia in 1905. but from
then until he became secretary to
Gov. Manning he made his home in
Marion. this State. He is man OF
enterprise, industry and enthusiasm
and has been entrusted by the COVER
nor with a share of responsibility few
secretaries bear. Col. LaRoque IS
married and has one child, a son. He
will reside in Columbia. The house
of representative in the closing hours
OF the recent legislative session pass
ed resolution allowing the State
bank examiner the use of the judlc-
iary committee room at the State
house as his office between the terms
of the general assembly. Col La
Rogue said last night that he had no
present intention of making any
changes in the staff, which now con-
sists of James H. Craig. Anderson:
Sydney Bruce. Pickens, and ". W..
Bradley, Abbeville.
John Elliott Puckette is a reporter
for The State. He was born and
reared at Sewanee. Tenn, was pre-
pared for college at the Sewanee Mill
tary academy, then the Sewanee
Grammar school, and was graduated
from the University of the South at
Sewanee, where he was member OF
the class of 1910. Mr.. P''"knttn ""
three years associated with large
insurance agency in Birmingham and
came from Alabama in October. 1913,
to join the staff of The State. Column
bia. He was early given routine as
signments which required the eXer-
else of tact and discretion and he
wrote a number of important spec
CTot
reporting the greater part of the
South Carolina political campaign OF
1914. Mr.. Puckette was loaned to
the Sewanee Alumni association for
the month of April last year and dur-
ine that time he made canvasS OF
the State to raise South Carolina's s
portion of a fund with which debts
were discharged which we're ham
pering the expansion of the Iniver-
sitv of the South Mr.. Puckette en-
piled for leave from The State early
last summer when it seemed liketv
that war with Mexico would develop,
and he enlisted June % in Troop \.
cavalry. South Carolina Nation al
Guard (the CharleEton Light Drs-
goons). in which ORGANIZATION he sew
ed until it was mustered out a week
ago in Charleston. The Drasoons were
in camp near Columbia for several
weeks and then for nearly seven
months were On frontier patrol duty
in Texas. He was made a first class
private and during the latter half Of
the tour of border guard work he WIS
troop clerk Mr.. Puckette is 2s years
of age. He is' grandson of dis
tinguished Sob C,ro1inian. the 1ate
Stephen Elliot. WHO VOC the first
Episcopal Bishop of Georcia.