caption death_date birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
e. crayton mccants circa 1904 23 october 1953 ninety six , south carolina 02 september 1865 elliott crayton mccants -lrb- 1904 -rrb- . jpg elliott crayton mccants
 elliott crayton mccants author , educator
elliott crayton mccants

elliott crayton mccants -lrb- september 2 , 1865 -- october 23 , 1953 -rrb- , was an american author and educator from south carolina .
mccants was born outside ninety six , south carolina in 1865 , and graduated from the citadel in 1886 .
mccants published his first short story in the `` new york evening post '' in 1898 , and subsequently published many stories in other popular magazines of the day , as well as writing a column for local newspapers .
his writings also include the reconstruction era novel `` in the red hills '' -lrb- 1904 -rrb- , `` one of the grayjackets and other stories '' -lrb- a short story collection -rrb- -lrb- 1908 -rrb- , `` histories , stories , and legends of south carolina '' -lrb- 1927 -rrb- , `` white oak farm '' -lrb- 1928 -rrb- , and `` ninety six '' -lrb- 1930 -rrb- .
much of his writing was set in south carolina .
he retired from teaching in the late 1940s , having long served as the superintendent of schools for anderson , south carolina .
in 1996 , he was inducted into the south carolina academy of authors .
