South Carolina bench and bar . ge Withers, we shall quotea high authority in the following words of Governor B. F. Perry,found in his published Reminiscences: Judge Withers was a man of distinguished talent and was always able, clear and learned. On the circuit he des-patched business with great promptness, and his opinions in theCourt of Appeals will compare well with those of any otherjudge. There was great force and power in his style. His intel-lect was keen as a Damascus blade, and he wielded it on alloccasions, public and private, most effectively. Every word thatfell from his
South Carolina bench and bar . ge Withers, we shall quotea high authority in the following words of Governor B. F. Perry,found in his published Reminiscences: Judge Withers was a man of distinguished talent and was always able, clear and learned. On the circuit he des-patched business with great promptness, and his opinions in theCourt of Appeals will compare well with those of any otherjudge. There was great force and power in his style. His intel-lect was keen as a Damascus blade, and he wielded it on alloccasions, public and private, most effectively. Every word thatfell from his lips had a telling effect. No one was ever left indoubt as to his meaning when he discussed a question. He wasvery sarcastic and bitter in his denunciation of men and one ever possessed less of the demagogue than Judge Withers,no one ever more conscientiously did what he thought was was as open as the day, and if he disliked any one he showedit in a manner not to be mistaken. Frankness was his JUDGE A. P. ALDRICH. Alfred Proctor Aldrich was born in Charleston, South Caro-lina, June 14, 1814, and died in Barnwell, February 12, 1897. Educated at the College of Charleston, he was admitted to thebar in 1835. He removed to Barnwell, and was shortly after-wards elected commissioner in equity for that district. He served in the Seminole War on the staff of Colonel Bris-bane. On his return from Florida he married the gifted andbeautiful Martha Ayer, daughter of the Honorable Lewis , a wealthy planter of Barnwell district, who was for thirtyyears one of its representatives in the State Legislature. In 1856 he was elected to a seat in the House of Representa-tives, and served continuously in that body until in 1865 he waselected to the bench. He was elected Speaker of the House in1862, and again in 1865, resigning his seat to take the office ofcircuit judge under the constitution adopted in the latter year. After the withdrawal of South Carolina f
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