Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-03-03

sroubse was he hit ioo hard. ana
hat Sas the last Of ihe negro
Judge Scruggs Vas or tie bench
ani James T. Chalmers. then il
the zenith of ms power. ~ nearly
-. wes district attorney. (Ns
cai the Office solicitor mere II
AI4bena.) The case was fOuch
fIercely through two % three
courts. Cot John ". c. Watson
land Col. II. ". Waiter. botn ct
Holly Springs. and. ! believe,
Coz. II. 4. Barr u Oxford, were
Tor the defense. At one trial,
Col Chalmers had Wm. II.
B2rksd1le then 3 rising young
-1Sye-, u ai9 him. have Sell
DON heard anywhere such mas
tsTiy e.oqCence. nor seen such
eisf ays Z iegs! skill a. were
brought fo-Tar5 hy these emf
nent juris-s. Chalmers won the
case every time blt somehow
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j. n Hoxry. he Eas = wsse
and s<nlfGl izxysr, an elder n
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he were living. Or so-=ooSy
you'd hear i taur5srl a Mason
OF h-ga Standing Il the STATE. fun
Of paolle s21rit. ard AT Old tine
Democrat % the core. have a.
ready spoken Of ny frsne3 Me-
son His home a. = now seara=
vas built about 1883 rsuen-
Der when il vas done a. vel a.
IL Il we're yesterday. Judge
StocSart. living about s. or -
yards directly south Of the Pres
byIerian church was another one
of our beet citizens He vas frn.
quiet, resoluts, unshaken in what
ne believed vas the best thing to
be done. j. l. KsaGel and Paul
B2rringer, Sr-, were men very
much east IN the same mold. the
latter being much the Weather
man. They were mild, gentle,
aifable., having many friencs and
foes none / have previous
ly spoken of Tom Wendell. His
brother Wu. was q much more
useful man as christian, bsing
for years superintendent Of the
Presbyterian Sunday school. He
had TWO sons, James and Willie.
Wien the war came on James
and the father went into the army,
Willie being too young to 90.
Some months afnerward the faith
er vas needed TO come home on
some important business, and
the military authorities accepted
Willie temporarily in the fathers
place. During Wenders absence
a battle was fought and poor
Willie was killed. Ii vas said ME
distressed parent never entirely
recovered from the shock
wm- Snsegog. living in the then
extreme southwestern part OF
tU~n- " d Suither. living shsu