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various medical journals and for a time wrote editorials for the "Carolina Medical Journal," published in Charlotte, North Caro- lina. Personal choice rather than the wishes of parents deter- mined his selection of the practice of medicine as his profession. Yet he says that his early home has been one of the strongest influences in his life; while contact with men in active life, potent as that so often is, with him has played but a secondary part.
In 1903, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected intendant of the town of Summerville. This tribute to the efficiency of so young a man is evidence of his neighbors' appreciation of his ability. As one who in the capacity of physician and public officer has won the esteem of his fellow-citizens, he says concern- ing his own work that if he had his life to live over again (since no man of high ideals can feel that he has entirely succeeded), "I would hope less, and work more. Work beats hoping." His political future as an outspoken advocate of white supremacy in his section of South Carolina is looked forward to hopefully by his admirers. During his candidacy for the state senate, although he met defeat at the polls, his friends feel that his brilliancy in debate and his winning personality indicate possibilities of large political success hereafter.
In 1897, he was married to Miss C. A. Doar. They have had three children. In church relations he is an Episcopalian. He is a member of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias.
WALTER CHEYNE
C HEYNE, WALTER, M. D., surgeon to the Sumter hos- pital, at Sumter, South Carolina, was born in New York city, on the 16th of April, 1868. His father, Hugh Cheyne, was prominently identified with the great Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing company, and long held the office of treasurer of that corporation. He characterizes his father as "a rugged Scotch Covenanter." Both parents emigrated from Scotland to this country in 1847. His mother, Mrs. Margaret (Dundas) Cheyne, was a daughter of Major Robert Dundas, of Edinburgh, of the Queen's guards.
Slight and frail in his health in boyhood, he passed his early years in New York, sometimes going to Scotland for his summers. He was a lover of books, and a reader of history especially, from his earliest recollection. His early home was one of luxury; but in that home, his mother with her Christian principle was the heart of the household, and her son says, "every good influence came from her. My home was everything to me."
He attended the public schools and was graduated from the public high school while Seth Low was mayor of New York. He entered the Columbia school of arts, but in his sophomore year a severe attack of pneumonia compelled him to sever his connection with his class, and he did not complete the undergraduate course. He took up the study of medicine at the college of Physicians and Surgeons and was graduated with the degree of M. D., in 1891. He practiced his profession as interne at Bellevue hospital, New York city; and he had further professional study and pro- fessional experience at Edinburgh, Scotland, and at Belfast, Ireland.
In 1902, he was assistant to Professor R. W. Taylor in Bellevue hospital; and in association with Dr. W. R. Chichester he worked in the Roosevelt hospital and in the Vanderbilt clinic. He was the first man to serve in the Broome street midwifery dis- pensary, which was the nucleus of the million-dollar Pierpont Morgan lying-in-asylum, at Eighteenth street and Second avenue, New York city.
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Not long after he began the general practice of medicine and surgery in New York, his health failed him, and he was compelled to go to a milder climate. Removing to Sumter county he was appointed surgeon at the Sumter hospital, at Sumter, South Carolina.
Dr. Cheyne has been president of the Sumter County Medical association. He has been secretary of the South Carolina Medical association for many years and president of the National Asso- ciation of State Secretaries and Editors.
At college he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He is a Knight of Pythias, and past chancellor of the Sumter lodge.
On the 29th of December, 1891, he married Miss Harriett Cooper, daughter of Captain George William Cooper and Rosa Pelot Cooper, a South Carolina lady, born in Sumter county. They have had five children, four of whom are living in 1908.
In politics, Dr. Cheyne is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Grover Cleveland; and he has never voted for any nominees except those of the Democratic party.
He is connected with the Presbyterian Church, South.
His favorite sports and recreation have been, in school and college days, baseball and the gymnasium; for the last few years, motoring.
Dr. Cheyne disclaims the right to offer advice to his young fellow-citizens of South Carolina. He affirms that his first and strongest motive in striving for success in life was his "mother's pride in her son." He says he has not the slightest inclination to claim for himself the name of a successful man; but that he has "always worked to better the profession, to elevate its standard, and to maintain the dignity of the doctors' calling. Nothing dramatic; just 'living the simple life,'" and honored in his view by the ten hundred and fifty doctors of his adopted state, South Carolina.
JAMES A. COLE
C OLE, JAMES A., was born at Timmonsville, South Caro- lina, in 1867. His father, S. F. Cole, was founder of the business in drugs of which his son is now the owner and proprietor, and was for a number of years magistrate of Tim- monsville.
James A. Cole as a boy attended the public schools and the high school at Timmonsville. Choosing the profession of medi- cine, he entered a medical college at Baltimore, Maryland. After completing his studies there, he returned for a time to Timmons- ville, but soon established himself at Lamar, in Darlington county, where he practiced medicine for three years, and with marked success. In 1892, the death of his father recalled him to Timmonsville. Together with the practice of medicine, he took charge of the drug store business which his father had conducted; and under his management it has come to be most favorably known throughout Florence county.
Dr. Cole married Miss Alice Grey of Lamar, while he was himself residing in that town. They have three children.
While Dr. Cole has given his first thought to his profession, he has always been successful as a business man. He is now president of the Bank of Lamar. He has always been closely identified with the financial affairs of his own community. The double burden which he has carried, as an energetic, thorough- going practicing physician, and as a man of business, has told upon his health; but his friends in the entire community are hopeful that the period of rest from business cares, which under medical advice he is now giving himself, will result in the entire restoration of his health. In his church relations, Dr. Cole is identified with the Baptist church, of which he is a member. He has been a liberal supporter of all the charitable institutions of his city; and he has recently been a liberal contributor to the Baptist orphanage of South Carolina.
With the confidence and the respect of the entire community in which he lives, Dr. Cole ranks as one of those men of mark who, each in his own community, are molding the life of South Caro- lina.
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WILLIAM COLEMAN
O OLEMAN, WILLIAM, of Whitmire, Newberry county, South Carolina, lawyer, banker and manufacturer, presi- dent of the First National Bank of Whitmire, president of the Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing company, and president of the Mecklenburg Manufacturing company-one of the youngest mill presidents in South Carolina, was born at the country home- stead of his family in Union county, South Carolina, on the 15th of April, 1875.
His father, Robert Lowry Coleman, was a railroad con- tractor, a member of the well known firm of Rice and Coleman (the other partner being Major Spencer M. Rice of Union) a public-spirited citizen of large enterprise, and successful in accom- plishing what he undertook-a man with a high sense of personal responsibility and duty.
The Colemans emigrated from Holland and first settled in Pennsylvania. From there they moved to North Carolina. William Coleman, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and for whom he was named, moved from Cabarrus county, North Carolina, and settled near Asheville, more than one hun- dred years ago. His marked characteristics were honesty, uprightness and integrity, with a keen sense of humor. His first wife was a Miss Swain, a sister of Governor David Swain. They had a large family, of which the most prominent member was Colonel David Coleman, who, after graduating at Annapolis, served a number of years in the United States navy. At the beginning of the War between the States he organized and took command of the Thirty-ninth North Carolina regiment and served with distinction until the surrender of General Kirby Smith. After the war he practiced law in Asheville, North Caro- lina, until his death. He was regarded as one of the state's ablest advisers during the reconstruction period. This William Cole- man's second wife was Ann Eveline Baird, a direct descendant of the Baird and Lock families of Scotland. To them were born five sons, three of whom grew to manhood. One, Captain Henry Coleman, was killed during the fighting near Appomattox. Another, Colonel Thaddeus Coleman, served with great distinc-
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tion as a military engineer, and after the war became interested in locating and developing the railroads of Western North Caro- lina. The other son, Colonel Robert Lowry Coleman, became interested in business in South Carolina, where he married Miss Victoria Rice of Union county. To them were born three children, one being the present William Coleman.
The maternal ancestors of William Coleman were among the first settlers of Colonial Virginia. They were the Rices, Morgans, Taylors, Nuckolls and Bullocks and they intermarried with other prominent Virginia families. Mr. Coleman's great great-grand- father, James Morgan, married Elizabeth Taylor. Their son, Major Spencer Morgan, a gallant soldier of the Continental army, was a cousin of General Daniel Morgan and President Zachary Taylor. Through the Bullock branch Mr. Coleman is related to President Theodore Roosevelt. The Rices and Morgans were of ancient Welsh stock. The Nuckolls, Taylors and Bullocks were of English blood and brought with them family traditions and ideals that have been inspirations to many of their descendants in this country.
William Coleman was born upon the homestead of his family a few miles from the present Glenn-Lowry mills, beyond the Enoree river in Union county. This is one of the sections of the state where large plantations with great numbers of slaves were characteristic of the life that preceded the War between the States. The large dwelling with spacious halls and broad piazzas is one of the few ante-bellum estates which are kept intact and still have about them the flavor of the good old days of ease, comfort, convenience and plenty, "before the war." Passing his boyhood in such a home he was early touched by the spirit of the new South. He learned early to work with his hands; and he learned how to direct the work of others. Having completed his preparatory studies, he entered Wofford college, and after a four years' course was graduated in June, 1895. The next two years he passed as a member of the law school at Harvard university. His favorite lines of study at college, and of reading since he left college, have been in literature, history and political economy. In 1898 he returned to South Carolina; and the illness and death of his father in that year devolved upon the young man the care of all the large interests which had been in his father's hands.
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In addition to managing his father's estate, he practiced law at Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1899.
Having determined to enter the business of cotton manufac- turing, Mr. Coleman decided to build a mill near his old home; and he bought land, organized the company and soon had the mill in active operation. The Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing com- pany represents a capital of $500,000 and operates 1,000 Draper looms, and 35,000 spindles.
The local papers of the state refer to Mr. William Coleman as "a young man of strong character, quick, decisive and perse- vering-a man of action."
His election to the presidency of the National Bank of Whit- mire and to the presidency of the Mecklenburg Manufacturing company, in addition to his duties as president of the Glenn- Lowry Manufacturing company, before he is thirty-two years old, give evidence not only of the exceptional ability of the man, but of the esteem in which he is held by his fellow citizens and his business associates.
On the 6th of June, 1900, Mr. Coleman was married to his cousin, Miss Evelyn K. Coleman, daughter of Colonel F. C. Coleman, of North Carolina. They have had five children, all of whom are living in 1908.
Mr. Coleman is a member of the Order of Elks; of the S. A. E. fraternity ; of the Southern Manufacturers club of Char- lotte, North Carolina; and of the Harvard club of New York city.
In his political affiliations and convictions, he is a member of the Democratic party; but he was unwilling to support the platform in which "free silver" was the paramount issue.
Mr. Coleman declares his favorite form of amusement and exercise to be "a romp with his children." To the young men of South Carolina who wish to attain true success in life, he com- mends "sincerity, frankness and promptness."
ARCHIBALD J. C. COTTINGHAM
C OTTINGHAM, ARCHIBALD J. C., president of the Cottingham company of Dillon, Marion county, South Carolina, and president of the Bank of Dillon, was born at Little Rock, Marion county, South Carolina, on the 23d of December, 1857. His father, Andrew Cottingham, was a planter and contractor, characterized by uprightness and straightfor- wardness of character, and interested throughout his life in the betterment of local conditions and in clean politics for his native state. His father was of English descent, while his mother, Mrs. Catherine (Sinclair) Cottingham, was born in Scotland.
His boyhood was passed in a country home from which he walked three or four miles to attend such schools as were within his reach. From early boyhood he was rather exceptional in his fondness for reading. He was trained in his boyhood to a sense of responsibility for such tasks of farm labor as fell to boys in country homes forty years ago, and these tasks he feels helped him to form sound business habits. He was obliged to be content with a good common school education.
Finding himself early drawn to the life of a merchant, at the age of eighteen, he took a course at Eastman's Business college at Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1875. Two years before that he had begun to support himself by working as a salesman in the store of J. W. Dillon. He has resided in Dillon since he was sixteen years old, with the exception of the months passed in taking the course in commercial study at Eastman's college. His attention to the duties of the business positions which he has held, and his straightforward and upright methods, have led to constant promotions in business life. In 1900 he became presi- dent of the Cottingham company, and he has been president of the Bank of Dillon since 1903. The confidence of his fellow- citizens in his character and enterprise were shown by his election to the office of mayor of Dillon in 1892. Ten years later he was again elected and held the office of mayor of his native town during the years 1902 and 1903.
Mr. Cottingham has never married.
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He has always been connected with the Democratic party, and he has never swerved in his allegiance to its principles and its nominees.
By religious conviction he is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He has found his favorite form of exercise and amusement, throughout a busy life, in driving and walking. He is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the order of "Masters of Finance."
He regards these brief injunctions to the young people of South Carolina as containing the secret of true success: "Hon- esty, truthfulness and energy. To be successful requires ceaseless vigilance; no lazy man can attain success."
WILLIAM FRANKLIN COX
C OX, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, manager, manufacturer and banker, was born in the country near Belton, Ander- son county, South Carolina, on the 12th of October, 1855. His father was George W. Cox, a farmer and merchant, public spirited and generous, a major before the war, and captain of Company K, in Colonel Orr's regiment in the War between the States. His mother was Mrs. Martha M. Mattison Cox; and to her influence her son acknowledges a great debt for good influences potent in his moral and spiritual life.
He spent the first fifteen years of his life in the country. His health was excellent; but he met with a serious accident in a molasses mill when he was but nine years old which cost him his right hand. Three years later his left hand was injured in a cotton gin. In his boyhood he was charged with the duty of looking carefully after the stock on the farm; and this, he feels, early trained him to habits of kindness to animals and to regu- larity and punctuality in business matters.
He attended the Belton high school and the Patrick institute, at Greenville, in 1871-72. He became a student at Furman University in 1872 and remained there two years, but did not com- plete the course. When twenty-one he began teaching at Belton, South Carolina, in 1876, led by circumstances to take up this line of life. In the same year he was appointed trial justice at Belton, holding that position for several years; and he became probate judge of Anderson county in 1886 and held the office for eight years. In 1895 he organized the Excelsior Oil and Fertilizer com- pany and he was its manager until 1904. In 1900 he organized the Cox Manufacturing company of which he then became presi- dent and treasurer, which positions he still holds. He is also president of the Farmers Bank of Belton, South Carolina, and president and treasurer of the Calhoun Falls Investment com- pany. He is a director in several other institutions. He has been a trustee of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary since 1892; a trustee of Furman university; a trustee of the Greenville Female college, elected in 1899; and he has been a trustee of the Anderson graded schools since 1895.
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While he has not been especially active in politics he is a member of the Democratic party. By religious convictions he is connected with the Baptist church.
On the 21st of June, 1892, he married Miss Anna L. Dorgor. They have two children now living.
To the young people of South Carolina he commends, "faith- fulness to duty; careful attention to small matters as well as large; refraining from the whiskey and tobacco habits"; and "courteousness and politeness," he adds, "are a valuable part of his capital for any young man."
The address of Mr. Cox is Belton, South Carolina.
WILLIAM WELLINGTON DANIEL
D ANIEL, WILLIAM WELLINGTON, D. D., president of Columbia college, Columbia, South Carolina, and a prominent clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Laurens county, South Carolina, April 11, 1859. His father, James Wright Daniel, was a farmer and mer- chant at that place; and a sketch of his character, his ancestry, and his family traditions has been given in the biography, (which appears in the second volume of "Men of Mark in South Caro- lina"), of Reverend James Walter Daniel, D. D., an older brother of the subject of this sketch.
A robust boy, fond of athletics and of horses, with an inter- est from his early boyhood in declamation and public speaking, William Daniel lived upon a farm in the country until his early manhood, gaining some experience also as clerk in a country store. This life, he says, "developed my physical strength, trained my mind, and aided in forming regular habits. It made me meth- odical."
The circumstances of the family were such that his father made the way to a course of liberal study comparatively easy for his sons, although they were trained to regular duties and were not afraid of work. In his early boyhood William Daniel studied in country schools. In the preparatory department of Newberry college he completed his preparation for college; and he was graduated from Newberry in 1879 with the degree of A. B., receiving the degree of A. M. in 1882.
He was a teacher in Abbeville county, in Pickens county, and in Lexington county, from 1879 to 1883. But, although he had a good degree of success in the profession of teaching, he writes that he "felt inwardly a call to preach." "And whatever success has come to me in life has come from simply trying to do my duty faithfully."
He joined the South Carolina conference as a preacher in December, 1883, serving on the West Anderson circuit in 1884; the Fort Mill circuit in 1885; Yorkville station, from 1886 to 1889; Chester station, 1890; Newberry station from 1890 to 1893; Florence station, 1894; at the Washington Street Methodist Epis-
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copal church, Columbia, from 1895 to 1898; and while serving at the Anderson station he was elected president of Columbia college, at Columbia, South Carolina, in December, 1899. Under his administration the college has known a remarkable degree of prosperity, and has built "The New Columbia College."
For some sixteen years President Daniel has spoken in many places in his own state and through the South, seeking to impress upon citizens everywhere the value of the higher education. When his former parishioners meet his former college students there is a difference of opinion as to which portion of his life work has been more useful. He has made many friends and has stimulated the higher life in many persons, both by his work as a college president and as a Christian preacher and pastor.
He married Miss Rowena Aull, August 29, 1883. They have had four children, all of whom are living in 1909.
In his earlier years President Daniel found his exercise and amusement in baseball, hunting and fishing; in later years he gets his exercise in walking and riding.
His suggestions to the boys and girls of his state regarding the methods and habits which will contribute to true success in life are briefly these: "Have a correct ideal. Then regard no toil or sacrifice too great, that you may attain it. Meet financial obligations promptly. Live within your means. Read the best books-especially the Bible and biographies."
The address of Doctor Daniel is Columbia, South Carolina.
WADE JUDSON DENDY
D ENDY, WADE JUDSON, of Clinton, Laurens county, South Carolina, since 1888 editor of the "Clinton Gazette," was born near Clinton, Laurens county, South Carolina, on the 21st of January, 1859. His father, Thomas N. Dendy, was a merchant and farmer, who left upon his son a vivid impression that the father was "a quick-witted lover of litera- ture." His family is descended from the Hancks family of Vir- ginia, and is related to the large Dendy family of South Carolina.
His boyhood was passed in the country. His health was not vigorous; and in his boyhood he was a lover of reading and study more than of athletic sports and out-of-door amusements. In his boyhood he was taught, however, to work systematically upon the farm, as his strength allowed, meanwhile attending the common schools within reach of his home, and getting some acquaintance with the work and methods of a printing office. The love of newspapers and of all the work of a printing office was strong in him from the time he first became acquainted with them. When he was first able to leave his father's farm and begin work for himself, he was busied for a time in firing and running a steam engine. But in a short time he found his way to a more congenial trade, that of a printer, and to the profession of editor. In November, 1888, at the age of twenty-nine, he became the editor of the local paper of his native place, the "Clinton Gazette." Under his management the paper has prospered and he has recently made a material addition to the equipment of his printing plant. He has advocated strongly prohibition, and he represented Laurens county in the Prohibition convention held at Columbia in 1890. He served in the state militia for four years, as a mem- ber, and in his more mature manhood as an officer, of the Clinton rifles. He is secretary of the National Union Fraternal order.
He has always been allied with the Democratic party, giving to its principles and its nominees systematic and energetic sup- port.
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