Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-09-28


HFNARIts oF q. q. MAGRtDER Ar
LnpN ARiFrDwN, Mp., SEITKAnER ~,
1919 AZ THE MEMORIAL SKaFlUEs
on TiiE LATE aoBKRT g Co@Bs
MAY II rIsEAsE YOUR aospRs
Aside from tha pleasure il slwRy
gives mo 10 be Ia This dear old county
am stu Ia deep sympathy with the
occasion that brings ia together sheI
leugGnted Robert G. Combs having
lately passed 20 the great beyond
The custom from antiquity 81 ulauu.
ments 10 the 3ccesse WHISTLER Of ari,
snary. pruse or song, have been aud
trust will alWHss be halluRed, as long
as time Is time No more grateful i'm
pulse ~ tho human heart can thfob.
from tie living Tor the dear departed,
than such ceremony az We now sane
ton 10 say THAI he has lsgs us re-
spectad, honorrd aud hrinoaned, il ~
voice the feeling oi all Southern Mary
land, and IL aught else were ncodcd 10
give emphasis To Il, this meeting ~
devoted friends and admirers h sIfti.
cient; come ! then, as one ~ his earli
est admirers and friends, 10 las my
tribute ~ his bier
Brsl mel Mr. combs ai GeorEstoRu
College in 1850, ! had thea entered III
81 early age, because our parents ~
those proud and chitAlrnHa days ~
MARI land fastened 10 educate their
children and start them on the journey
~ lifc, This county, with ours and
others ri The State, numbered many
among the three hundfeo students ~
the college can recall Our brothers.
standing in the ranks at The students
high ~ among the first ri them, aud
IL made an Impression upon me Of bis
importance a. one Of the big boys
as they we're called Ia those days His
course ~ studies az the institution
made him thoroughly familiar with She
classics especially, and ! do not think
that he ever forgot his training In
Horace or Cicero, ia Homer or Keno.
phon. Ono other conspicuous lnspira
tion be- derived from his Alma Mater,
his home teachings being ripened into
the perfect gentleman, which WAS his
distinguishing mark throughout his
life, As we all so we'll remember
Whatever hay be the fashion of the
day IN our modern schools oi learning
20 ignore the great classical authors,
one thiag Is very certain of Mr., Combs,
thai his knowledge oi Latin and Greek
prepared him 10 well analyze the IN
tricacies OF the law, which profession
he afterwards adopted, And how did
he aeqHit himself as q lawyer He
shown where The light was brightest;
nothing dimmed his legal vision and,
being a man Of destiny for the good Oh
his county and State, hswas authority
on law, whether on the street or az bar
He drew his legal attachments from
the fountains Of Jurisprudence and OK.
hibited them Ia the light OF that rea-
son, which Sir Edward Coke declares,
sis the life 81 the law Ills mind
was stored With the principles OF Law
and his professional accuracy was
everywhere acknowledged While Ia
the trial of cases, he was suaviter IN
modo, he WIS fortiter ia re, pleasant
Ia manner, hut siren IA o Ii s.
advocate OF his cause He was on
level with the ablest lawyers 10 South.
ern Maryland, and Il Is questionable
II he had superior.
The archives OF Georgetown uniYer.
sity speak OF him as follows; He en-
tered December 18th, 1852, and gradn-
ated july 10th. 1855, obtaining his A.
b. degree, received his A. NJ. In 1859.
held high place In the College and
in all It's various associations. was
distinguished each year in his classics;
he won the medal in Mathematics In
1854, was prominent In the Ihiiodemic
Society and in Dramatics, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Reading Room Association
and in his Senior Year, held a high
place IN his class.
Our brother was admitted 10 the Bar
OF ST Mary's at the March term, 1859
He entered upon lucrative practice
which he enjoyed throughout life. He
was enrolled on the Test Book of the
Court of Appeals on the 10Th day OF
January, 1887. His first case IN that
Court was that OF James M. Combs vs.
Nicholas Combs, Of. al, To be found
ID 81 Md. Reports, page II. The judg-
ment Of this Court, In his favor, was
affirmed Dy the Court Of Appeals
March 18th, 1887. The case involved
the question Of void executory de-
wise. Ii was submitted without argu-
ment by the appellees. Daniel r..
Magruder represented The appellant
and Messrs. Joseph Il. Morgan and
Robert q. Combs the appellees. Thus
| 1t was that very shortly after his adj
mission TO tho Bar of the Court Of Ap,
peals our brother gained his first case,
| i very happy Thought to- us Id after