J. C. Hemphill

[1] His father was John L. Hemphill, a Presbyterian minister and professor at Erskine College.

[3] His editorials at The News and Courier often used humor to tackle heavy subjects, such as lynching, which he was against.

After he left The News and Courier, he served as editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Spartanburg Journal (for five years) and The Charlotte Observer, where worked for a few months in 1912.

[4][3] His body was transported by train to Charleston, South Carolina, the following day where it was buried at Magnolia Cemetery.

[4] Upon his death, he was named one of the leading editors and columnists in the American South, second next to Henry Watterson.