The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-03

~ p On account or his
ktiaIity and legal
Il - zen called apon TO
1 countv and district
Coun.. st appearance ~ Al
J. X. setting - As in the evening of
'ouas table 80 held the December
: Mil the Ia,a ktrict court, In 1901.
Is VIE nestor 80 pleasure to be an
Pmittee con, Homer in that court,
VII. Lumpktn. 1 express the unani-
l.. Hardin of my professional
III The resoln / say that his decis-
court to b. hat term of our court
u That conr, III fair, and gave uni
ne committao zion 20 both the bar
"s IN repuIar His services on the
'"s; term and prior thereto,
"Seo the SIN tmy opinion, among the
Inverse to cain dOf our state. He was
professional 4hat broad love of JUS
"a a. KEN d which, however learn
member in cant the lawyer may be,
OK perience n, | iJbr the bench is not COM
ana We, his p
GU desire Ia imble's legal life at the
! esteem for EF bar began two years
we'd bdivil War, many years
tate, A. A ~ of its present members
armed Law. wd His first license in this
Vocate, stEgned by Judge Roberts,
an up- Ipak atesman and profound
ing career Jun was then Chief Justice.
laborfous E2k the four years OF the
to the wa kDusly alluded to, he prac-
7htIy the Hct nuously at the Ellis coun-
less ex- " Bidge Kemble, as the feso-
fen, Iut the association well say,
'hiIdren was arned and distinguished
Iui, az Law conscientious and pains
unity a 'aA vocate; was true to his
ssocia- cHeH laborious in their ser
learn wee re was a marked tendency
sur- ~ Ind to Investigate funda-
1nved 'HeHtf principles, and he was
eipfuI '"sFef Ryell versed in the general
Pi'hciI of the law. He consulted
tons '"e aut tties, but was not altogeth-
0 the = uIre1by them. He chose rather
our - arin4 the fountain than at the
and ''oie orIss polluted stream. He
our '"N cI8 and discriminating mind;
be - was itient, impartial and up
aid ''6iI ~ unanimous selection 10
Of L,eside otr our court during the
the ''Hess Of Judge billiard in the win
sVi OF 1904 indicates the esteem in
as men he was held by his associates,
as H"H the confluence they rad in his
JHesty, fatrneass and legal ability.
p 'uuge .kemhle bad strong per
- sonalitreF., marked his apPe Al
ance, bearing and conversation. He
was calm, diguified, and OF self
demeanor, vet withal he was kind,
and easily accessible to the unlearn-
ed as well as the learned, 10 the
young practitioner as we'll as to his
- equals al the bar. His manners and
- decorum marked him as a fine type
W Of Southern manhood. Until the
;" end he bore himself with easy grace
and deferential courtesy.
e" As citizen he was well beloved.
a. He Nas patriotic as his services for
~ the lost cause show; be was honest;
.e' be was courageous and industrious.
- He never shrank from any duty,
- =. and yet be was most modest, retir
i' ing and self-sacuficing. He did not
" court the plaudits of the world. He
chose rather tho laborious part of
the honest and upright lawyer. If
y" he was ambitious, his life bears
" none of ambitions ugly marks, and
bis passion, safely concealed in bis
- own breast, was unknown to his
" MOST intimate friends. He was
known 20 ali as most exemplary
" citizen, and one Of whom his fellow
citizens cau feel justly proud
The resolutions just read breathe
the heartfelt, appreciation 81 the
DC Ellis County Bar Association for
'' Judge Kemble as a man and a.
JIG friend. His kindly nature, genial
and courteous manners, his unself-
p. ish and upright lite, gained for aim
'S an entrance into the confidence, ss-
TEEN and brotherly regard Of his
associates al the bar. Few men
carry with them such evidences of
~ moral and intellectual worth as are
found in the character of Judge
% Kemble, and it is the privilege Of
few men 10 leave behind them so
; many devoted friends TO mourn
~ their departure.