The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-25


in black, tliev soon az him who
elected i1ilo, director general OF the
fashions.
Now the Judge can no more say,
as old Iudec Burks did while put
ting OH his Scwn. Fore God. | be-
iicvc I'm in Madam Van Rllvn's
petticoat.
LAWYERS INTELLECTUAL GIANTS.
looking over the court room We
ind that in those days the lawyers
were intellectual gi,f,tS. Il t.uly
great lawyer IS one o. he l;:c' 'cst
products OF civilization. He is a
master of the science of human eN
pericnce. He sells his clients the
results OF that experience and is thus
the merchant of wisdom. The laborS
OF many generations OF legislators
and Judges enrich his stores. His
learning is sufficient to enable him
to realize the comparative littleness
OF all human achievements. \
great lawyer will not do a mean
thing for money. He hates vice
and delights to stand forth cham
pion OF virtue. Neither love OF
friends nor fear OF foes can swerve
him from the path OF duty. He
proves that honesty is the best
policy and that peace pays both
lawyer aud client better than con-
trovesy. In a legal contest he will
give his client the best presentation
of whatever points of fact or law
in his power. but he will neither
pervert the law nor falsifv the facts
to defeat an adversary. The motto
otshis battle flag is fidelity to the
law and facts-semper fdelis.
Such was the character OF the
lawyers OF Newberrv. There was
Job tombstone, a luminous star in
the galaxy of the greatly good;
Jim e ]. Caldwell. with clear in
tellect, logical mind, and conscien-
tious soul; John Belton O'Neall.
of sound, sagacious. eloquent, TN
tameable vigor. CARRYING everything
before him ike tornado. and adj
vancing every good word and work.
No wonder the state, knowing the
profound ability and purity Of these
lawyers, elevated them to the high
est judicial positions. There, too,
was Captain Jack Caldwell. the
most brilliant and gifted advocate
of his day; P. c. Caldwell and
CHEEKY, attractive personality and
easy elocution; Simeon Fair,
strong, earnest, wise, and generous,
physically and intellectually a
grand man: Thos. H. Pope, the
embodiment of logic md energy.
with splendid ability and intellec-
tual powers; he was learned. &C
curate, just, and industrious: he
should be named among the greatly
good: Silas L. Heller. a cultivated,
gifted. fluent lawyer; Robert Dun
lap, solid. strong. pleasant. and at
tractive: Nicholas Summer. bril-
liant star Of the first magnitude.
The only one I now remember im-
mediatelv following the above was
that amiable. learned. faithful law
ver. Henry Summer:
a man more pure and just and
good
Was never born into the earth"
All! Newberrv had grand law
years in those O. times. Is the bar
decadent and has its fallen away
from the high ideals OF the fathers:
AS long as | knew it it had many
true and great lawyers. and | be-
lieve from what ! know that it still
maintains its high character. Oh
the present lawyers ] may say I
know none. Ii is true | knew
George Johnstone when he was a
boy. and Chief Justice Pope went
to school 70 me-. I have read that
Welch has been acting as special
judge-a good endorsement: that
Dr. Canrmn Z Cro,1,n,. ELL. -, IL,