The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1910-11-11
S. S. HUDSON 10 RUN
Attorney General Announces
Candidacy for Next Year

Attorney General S. S. Hud-
son formally announces that he
will be q candidate for election
for q four year term in the
democratic primaries next year.
The announcement is made in
response to Inquiries from many
friends over the state, hundreds
of whom have personally urged
him to offer for election.
i Thus far no other candidate
has appeared in the field, and it
lis doubtful whether any will do
so, since General Hudson is now
filling an unexpired term, and
the general feeling is that he
ought to be retained. The for
| m Il announcement is as follows:
4 To the Democratic Voters of
Mississippi: | hereby announce
myself as a candidate to succeed
myself as attorney general, sub
iljsct to the action Of the demo-
Icca.ic primary to be held in Au-
Igust, 1911. and earnestly solicit
lyolr vote and influence.
i Cover Noel appointed me TO
lfili the unexpired term of my
predecessor, General ]. B. STIR
Hing, and, having made consid-
cradle professional sacrifice to
accept the office, it is my desire
to be elected for the full term.
(Signed) S. s. HUDSON.
| November 8, 1910.
| General Hudson was born in
Yazoo county and received his
education in Mississippi College
and the University of Mississippi.
| He obtained his law license i'll
1890 in Yazoo coenty. The same
year he was elected to the legis
llature and served part of his
term, when he resigned and be-
came a candidate for district at
torney for Y azoo, Madison,
iHinds, Copiah, Lincoln and Law
renee counties, and was elected
t, that office over four oppon-
ents. He served in that capac y
| four years, when he resigned
and moved to Vicksburg to prac-
tice law, where he had large
and lucrative practice. On the
l7t1 day of April, 1910, on ac-
count of the resignation of his
predecessor, General j. B. Stir
ling, and without solicitation, he
was appointed attorney general
| of the state by Governor Noel.
/ He has been practitioner Of
| the law for twenty years, and
has oftentimes been appointed
special Judge by different gov
ernors. The records of the su
preme court of this state, where
he has enjoyed a large practice,
will demonstrate his success as a
lawyer. He is also member of
the bar of the United States Su
preme Court, before which court
he has pract:cel very success
fully, having never lost case in
that tribunal.
His familiarity with the stat
ute law, and the adjudications
Of the supreme court Of the state
of Mississippi and those of the
United States, besides having
been district attorney, gives him
a special fitness for the duties of
attorney general. He has a pa
t .iotic pride in holding the Office,
one Of the most important with
in the gift of the people. The
salary it pays is not a considera-
ton with him, for his private
practice was far more lucrative.
He is son Of Judge Robert S.
Hudson. one of the foremost
lawyers of his day, who for q
long time enjoyed probably the
largest practice in central Mis-
sissippi, particularly in Winston,
lLeake, Attala, Holmes, Madison,
and Yazoo counties. His mother
was raise | in Lowndes county.
He is a nephew Of Gen. Henry
Gray, who was lieutenant-gen'
eral in the Confederate army,
and who died in Louisiana il
1890, and was for a time very
prominent lawyer in north Mis-
sissippi, including the counties
of Kemner. NOxubee and LOWn