Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1902 — WADE HAMPTON DEAD. [ARTICLE]

WADE HAMPTON DEAD.

The Famous General Paaoeo Away at Columbia, 8. C. Gea. Wade Hampton died Friday morning at Colombia, S. C. His death resulted not from any disease, but was the result of a general breakdown. Gen. Hampton celebrated his 84th birthday last week. Wade Hampton was born at Columbia, 8. C., in 1818. He catne of a military family, both his father and grandfather serving in the American army, the latter having taken part in the Revolutionary war. He was a member of the South Carolina Legislature before the Civil Wat and made a notable speech against reopening the slave trade. Hampton enlisted as a private in the Confederate army when the war began. He raised the celebrated Hampton legion, composed of infantry, cavalry and artillery. He was made a brigadier general May 23, 1862; a major general Aug. 3, 1863, and lieutenant general Feb. 14, 1865. He commanded the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. R. B. Lee and the cavalry of Gen. Joaeph E. Johnson’s army during Gen. Sherman's move through the Carolinas. After the war he again retired to private life and managed his cotton plantation until he was elected Governor of South Carolina in 1877. At the end of his term he was elected United States Ben-ator and served until 1801.

M. Santos-Dumont, the noted Brazilian aeronaut, is to come to this country soon to confer with the officials of the World's Fair in regard to prises for balloon races. C. M. Campbell, of Ardmore, has been appointed United States clerk for the southern district of Indian Territory by Federal Judge Townsend.