Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-09-13

man and believed he would in
time make good and they gladly
extended the time.
The creditors and Indebtedness
were as follows: Ritter & Dou-
bleday $685., A. Hood $50, c. M.
Condor $500, ]. W. Marley SIS,
Mrs. Nancy Jackson $500, all OF
which had accumulated consider
able interest, and this together
with some small debts brought
the aggregate up to $1,000. In
1889 Corb took his parents to
Columbus and secured employ
ment at the old Memphis depot
under the agent Mr.. L. 0. Sep
vile. His salary was $500 per
month, with such extra earnings
as he could make at outside work
of mornings and evenings, and
was thus able to earn living Tor
himself and parents and at night
he would pursue the study OF law.
At the end of six months he
was offered a place in the law Of
fee of Ritter & Wiswell at So
per week. He worked there and
read law for sixteen months with
out missing a day. In 1892 he
was admitted to the bar and at
once bought out Fred Basom and
entered upon the practice OF law.
At first clients were few and
business slow, but he stuck to his
work undaunted and with hope
and courage. His honesty, abil-
ity and energy were soon recog-
nized and he was encouraged to
forge ahead. In less than one
year he had built up a good law
practice and at the end OF the
third year he had paid of the
$1,000 Indebtedness of his father
above referred to. During this
time he had also kept his parents
and secured small library.
In 1894 he was nominated by
the republicans for county attor-
ney and was elected, defeating
]. N. Dunbar by a plurality OF
1873, overcoming a majority OF
nearly 1000. He served in that
capacity for two years, 1895 and
1896, conducting the affairs OF
the Office in a most highly digni-
fed and honorable way, and no
two years since the county has
had a large population has that
Office been conducted more salts
factorily and at less costs and ex-
pense to the tax payers. we
pause to suggest here that while
the subject of the sketch may
have a few enemies, especially
political, yet they or no one else,
we care not who they may be,
CAR point to a single official act
of his which can even indicate
he has ever in any way been dis
honest, corrupt or dislOyal and
even his political enemies must
recognize in Judge MCNEIL a
man of integrity and ability.
True he is a fighter for him
self, his friends and for whatever
stand he takes, but when the
fight is over all must say he
fought fair and in the open. In
the spring of 1908, after he was
appointed a member of the State
Board of Charities, the Modern
Light, the party organ if the OPP
osition to the Republicans of this
county had the following to say
of him:
For the first time in a num-
Der of years Cherokee County is
to land one of the good positions
at the disposal of the governor.
Governor Bailey has rendered
C. A. McNeill, of this city, a
place on the State Board of Char
tiles and Corrections. This is
one of the best and most import
ant appointments in the state and
Mr.. McNeill and his friends are
highly pleased, as the place comes
to him without even being an
applicant. The position pays a
salary of s., 1000 per annum, and
will only require about one week
of each month to attend the
duties, hence will not seriously
interfere with CORDS lucrative
law business. The Modern Light
extends congratulation to Mr..
McNeill upon his securing this