The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-11
MIR. LEWIS SIMPKINS,
of the Laurens Bar:

JIG j. |
Brethren of the Newberry Bar have
been kind enough to allow me the priv !
to speak a few words in memory
of our deceased friend. I an here with
out any preparation, so far as words
go, on an occasion like this, but I avail
myself of the privilege because it is a
privilege, and I am glad to have the
occasion to bear testimony to the high
character of the deceased.
In his daily walk he always bore him.
self with the utmost decorum, with a
nice sense of ethical propriety. And,
may it please the Court, l don't know
if there is to be found in the State a
reader and quicker and more accurate
officer than he was, in the discharge of
his duty. In his official relations he
was all that we could expect of one.
And so far as the social side was con-
cerned, I don't know any n that was
more charming and more sympathetic.
It was a pleasure to welcome him as he
cam to Court in his quarterly rounds.
We always felt that the work vas done
as we'll as possible, and we always es-
teemed him throughout the Seventh Cir
cult as a worthy man. l really feel it
a privilege to be able to bear this fee
BILE testimony to the character of u
deceased friend.
Mr.. R. H. WEIGH:
1 regret that Mr.. tombstone, senior
member of our firm, is not here to
speak in behalf of our firm, as his con-
nection with Mr.. Campbell extended
over several years, and Mr.. tombstone
has a way of saying things, that ne
would come more nearly expressing the
true idea of Jim Campbell's worth than
1 can. I am sure, however, his appre-
citation of his worth is no higher than
mine.
The older members of the Bar here
have testified to the manly worth OF
Mr.. Campbell, to his high character as
a man and as an officer. l wish for
one moment, Your Honor, to say some
thing as to his fitness for the position
he held. Your Honor may charge the
law of a case and Your Honor may
rule what is the law in a case; Your
Homer may preside with impartiality
and an attorney may fight his case with
all the zeal and ability possible, and
with all that, Your Honor, they 60 for
naught if the record of the stenogra-
pher does not portray that case just as
it was tried.
have seen cases, Your Honor, turn
upon the question of that indetlnable
something, a harmless error. Then the
stenographer is worth everything. MI.
Campbell's record was a complete pho
tograph of all that witnesses said, Of
all that the Court said, of all that the
attorneys said. Every little interrupt
ton, little by-plays, and everything was
on Jim Campbell's notes. Nobody had
been done an injustice, nobody couldcom
plain. There was a photograph of that
trial. And it was a peculiar pleasure
that in any case that went to the Su-
preme Court from Jim Campbells cir
cult, everybody had an absolutely fair
showing.
His position in the National Short
hand Association testifes to his very
eminent ability, and I am glad the New
berry Bar has led off in this initiation
of t~estifying to Mr.. Campbell's worth.
Ard it is a tribute that Mr.. Campbell
, serves.
Your Honor has been with him and I
trust that the praise this Bar has given
him will be taken up and echoed all
over the circuit.
SHERIFF M. M. BUFoRD:
May it please Your Honor, I cannot
let this opportunity pass without hear
tily endorsing all these gentlemen have
said about MI. Campbell.
MR.. JNo. c. GoGGANs,
Clerk of Court:
Your Honor, / knew Mr.. Campbell as
a gentleman, as a mar who stood four
square to all the winds that blew. He
was indeed one of Natures noblemen,
and I am glad to be able to second
these resolutions.
JUDGE O.. ". BUCHANAN:
Gentlemen, I came to the Bar at a
time when Mr.. Campbell was young,
and when I was young. There was a
spirit of comradeship between us. He
was not a mar of strong body, but of
strong likes and dislikes, a man who
heartily espoused the cause of right be-
cause it was right. He kept the record
straight because it was his duty to
keep it straight, because it was right
to keep it straight.
I recall an incident in the life of Mr..
Campbell that tested very we'll his man.
hood, and though fragile in body he had
as strong, while mind as any man who
walked beneath the canopy of heaven.
l remember well enough how he bore
himself on that occasion, and what he