Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-12-18
NO.. 40.

was the grea.est man. because he had
the greatest c; ling and filled IL as no
other man .dS done and she quotes
that verse from Daniel which says,
They who have called many to
Righteousness shall shine as the stars
forever and forever" My wife grew
up under his matchless preaching, and
is pretty good Methodist yet This
reminds me OF delightful sketch T
find in the proceedings OF the last
Georgia Bar Association held at Warm
Springs In July. The subject is The,
Georgia Lawyer viewed by n woman.
The woman is Mrs. j. Render Terrell.
or Greenville. The papers generally
read at these annual meetings ar dry
and prosy to everybody save the law
yers, but this paper Is charming. en-
tertaining and instructive from begin
ming to end. The first sentence attrac-
ted me, and l kept on to the last, and
my feeling at Its close was-well that
woman is trump. she is historian.
a philosopher and first-rate lawyer,
even tn ough she be woman. l read 10
aloud to my female family. She closes
with poetic apostrophe to the ,ieor-
gia lawyer which many an unfortunate
defendant will appreciates:
THE parsOn points the way to heaven.
And then with tender care
The doctor consunnmates the work
And sends the patient thcIe.
But the Georgia lawyer would delap
Departure with such cries:
Hold! Can this man read his title clear
To mansions in the skies?
"In doubt he files brief and seeks
To hold the ignoramus
And stops his flight to heavenly bliss
By injunction or mandamus."
And so, while looking around for
the greatest man. we might well
pause and hear what Mrs. Terrell
Forsyth WAS 4 champion for the es-
Of our supreme court
and earnestly advised it in his mes
sage In 1S2S." He said. 1T is IN aw-
full reflection that life. liberty and
reputation are dependent upon the de-
cision Of single Judge uncontrolled
and uncontI ollable in his circuit"
Then she continues. "Forsyth's match
less oratory and the purity OF mis-
private GId political life won for him
Il name that will be honored ana re-
States senate he had no superior as
an orator. and was called the equal of
Lord Erskine" If had paper &C my
own l would publish every line Cf
Mrs. Terrells delightful paper. and
the next Sunday | would publish the
paper read by J II. Merrill, of
Thomasville. on The Bible in the
Lawyers Library" Why. this paper
ought to he read and studied not only
by the lawyers. but by every preacher
in the land. 1t is is fit for n textbook
in the colleges. and it is so intor-
spersed with gems of good wit and
humor that one docs not get tired
And there is an admirable paper on
the same line by II. Warner liin.
called Historic Landmarks or the
Law" and he. too. has diligently
perused not onlv the Bible. but the
Apochrypha. His story as to how
Daniel made his reputation as n ;awer
Will be new to most readers. | Wish
! had space to make mention of all
the good things in this little volume.
For. as there were giants in the oays
that are gone. even so we have great
men and great women among us now.
Here We have learned sketches 10y
such men as j. C. G. Black. Reuben
Arnold. Roland Ellis. C.. A. Turner.
w. l.. Scruggs. J.. Q. C.. lamar.
Svlvanus Morris. Wimbish. Persons.
Charlton. Bryan. and last. but not
least. good lot of side-ba ralk by
the venerable Justice Bleckley who
closed the exercises by proposing to
endow the association with 100000.
and was ready to give his note for
that amount. If live, and can travel,
| shall attend the next meeting, and
hone that Mrs. Terrell will be there
and read another paper-sometimes
the dessert is the better part Of the
fcast-Bill Arp. in Atlanta Consti.u-
tion.