The chronicle=news., 1914-09-01
CLOSING.
By JUDGE A. w. M'HENDRIE.


The Grim Reaper has levied T.
heavy toll upon the members of the
bar of this district within one short
year. That three, out of the some
what limited number of practiCing
and former attorneys of this district,
have answered the final summons
within the space of twelve months, is
startling.
1t was not my privilege to enjoy an
intimate professional acquaintance
with General Campbell. He had re-
tired from active practice before |
had tried my first case, but In COM
mon with the entire citizenship OF
thit community. l knew the soldierly
old gentleman. and the record of his
long and useful life. and the high
standard of his professional activi-
ties is necessarily part of the
knowledge Of anyone in the least ia
miliar with the history of this bar
and this community.
He was a lawyer of the old school,
dignified and scholarly. The same
courage and patriotism which i'm
PEELED him in the flower of his youth
to cOnsecrate to the preservation OF
the Union, his talents and his vigor,
characterized his work in his profess
sion. BY his life and his achieve
ments he demonstrated that a good
soldier is necessarily good citizen.
He gave bravely and chcerfully the
best years of his young manhood to
preserve his country's honor, and
with equal courage and like fidelity
lived life of unswerving devotion
and obedience to his country's laws.
He was-in the highest and truest
sense-a patriot. good lawyer. a
good citizen The word of his de-
mise did not carry with lit the shock
which accompanies the death of one
in early or middle life. for his was
greater span of years than ordinar-
lily is vouchsafed to man, yet it is
with difficulty that we are recon-
ciled to the loss to this bar and this
community.
What has just been said of Gener-
al Campbell. applies also to Major
Coan. He. too. was soldier. His
was a militant spirit. Answering the
call to arms in his youth. his soul
forever thereafter famed with the
fire of battle, and to the very end of
his many years of activity he contin-
ucd to battle and to strive. He was
possessed of an unusual courage and
an utter disregard for personal con-
sequences. In the Court room, on
the public platform. whenever and
wherever an opponent or an antago-
mist appeared. the Major knew but
one method of meeting the man of
the problem. and that was to fight
with fearless abandon for what he
conceived to be the right. He was
endowed by nature with an exiraor-
binary gift of fiery eloquence. and
this weapon was ever ready to be
welded in behalf of friend or against
those men or measures he believed it
his duty to combat. For nearly |
twenty years he withdrew from the
of the Courts, but in the |
cventide of his life he returned to |
the profession of his early choosing,
and died as he had lived. earnestly,
fighting for his clients
and his friends. We trust that be-
rond the grave his restless spirit has
found the rest which seemingly was
lenied him here.
While Mr.. Herring has not been
among us for some years, yet we all
EEL that he was at the time of his
leath. fellow member of this bar.
He began his practice In this Court (!
md with you gentlemen as oppon-
'nts he won his spurs. He was an
INDUSTRIOUS. painstaking. conscien-
ious lawyer. with high ideals OF the
He was called from his
abors are the noontime OF life had
more than arrived and he was not
permitted to reap the fun fruition