Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1916-07-21

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iourneyed, scme time on horse, some
times in buggy, to the Court Of Po-
cahontas county. Late one Saturday
fonr buggy broke as we neared Mr..
4.Brinklcy'3 in Renick's Valley. took
if to Mr.. Kings shop for repair, after
i.early supper the Judge and went to
the shop. Dark came on, Judge
Holt said: "Mr. King it is late. You
get up early in the morning and have
the buggy ready by time we get
breakfast" ""Hold on Judge" said
Mr.. King, eff some fellow heard me
and tried to indict me for laboring
on Sunday, will you protect me?"
1--WE must be getting on in the morn |
ing. Mr.. King. You have the buggy
ready" said the Judge. And so We
found it.
Capt. Daniel A. Stofer, a veteran
CT the Mexican and Civil Wars, was
the resident lawyer in that county at
Huntersville in 1868: When tie
writer first qualified in that coauty
Capt Stcfer, John NJ Lightner and
Geo. II. Moffeft were tho resident
lawyers of Poca-ontas, The last
named being the prosecuting ATTIC
-neg. The visiting attorneys at the
October term, 1875, were Col VIM:
n. Terrell and VIM. NJ. McAllister,
of Warm Springs; Gen. VIM. skeen,
of Covington; Judge Jas. NJ. Seig and
Lucius Stephenson, of Monterey; R.
S. Turk, of Staunton; Capt. Robert
F. Dennis, Capt Alex. F Mathews,
Judge j. M. McWhorter, Col. B. F..
Harlow, and the writer, of Lewis
burg.
Of all these Col. Terrell was the
central figure Large, tall, with hair
whitened with four score years, full
lof humor and good counsel. 1t is
said he was fond of a game. He was
once prosecuting a case, and turning
his witness for cross examination,
that had been seen by counsel for
defence. The first question ELECTED
an answer that brought Col. Ter
rell to his feet with the exclamation:
Hold on. there is some cheating
around this board
Then came to that bar C. P. Jores,
of Monterey and as residents r.
S. Turk, F. J. Snyder, John Osborne.
LIN. McClintic and CT. Moore.
! The resident bar now at Marlin
ton, L. M. McClintic, H. S. Rucker,
w. A. Bratton, Andrew Price, n. c..
Mcneil, A. P. Edgar, F. R. Hill, s.
II. Sharp, w. A. H=atton, j. w. Yeag-
er, H. NJ. Lockridse, P. T. Ward and
T. S. Mcneil.
| The writer qualified first at Fay
cite. county court On the I'd day Of
j lesnber, fS73, He does not recall
TINS attorneys there at tina: date. We
went on horseback. Governor
Price, Col, Davis and Capt. Dennis
were there from the Greenbrier bar.
Major Theophiles Gaines, father Of
Hon. ]. H. Gaines, a polished gentle
! man CT the Old School was prosecut-
ing attorney. When introduced he
itnok me cordially by the hand and
said: "a fine opportunity for you to
| make yourself known. l am en-
pannelling a jury to try that negro
there. I will examine the witnesses
/ you can take notes and make the
opening argument I thanked Mr.
Gaines, stepped out of the Court
House to the hotel, got my horse
and was doubtless several miles from
| the town when the case was ready
for the opening speech.
I do not recall the attorneys Of
Monroe county fifty years ago other
Hon. Allen Caperton, Gen. A. A.
Chapman, A. G. Tebbets and Cyrus
Newlin. Later I knew Hon. Frank
Hereford, John Hereford, A. N.
Campbell, who, in 1889, succeeded
Judge Holt as Judge of the Circuit:
John Osborne Alex. Meadows, John
L, Rowan, T. j. Osborne, James M.
Patton, later member of the Su-
preme Court Of Appeals: Joseph D.
Lajan, W. C. Copeland. A. G. Patton,
w. NJ. Lefon and E. E. Ballard, pres
ent prosecuting attorney.
The Greenbrier attorneys attended
the courts there. Among them the
present editor of The Grenbrier In
dependent, who, on one occasion, was