Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-08
w p SMITH

10 PIT ii in He lived out in the
Slashes I have seen him come
into this Court Room here m di--
hereled clothing thar 1T him loose
l. and not ver- clean His
shoes never had 4 shoe brush on
them. and lie would gel up and
make motion aud while he wss
thus looking. hsheveled. roueiG
ard rough shoes. Wi,hout any ed
ucation very much yet he was Il
strong man remember on o1c
occasion his-orgmng here before
a >Tudge 7 believe IT was Judge
Norton am not certain abcnt
that hut he was areuing fhe
case. and he SAID 10 the Judge
about the lawyer ON the other
side: Why. Judge amy Tool
Knew that was the law" The
Judge said: Mr.. Harris. Won
must not say that You must not
in my Court cali any laVver a
fool. because no lawyers a fool. ="
Harris folded his arms and said
~ ell. Judge. will have To Obey.
but still that man Is a fool. Ont
in his ncigiiharho9d hc was q
kin" and strong man. lie was
q man OF ability Now. Harris
pa~scd away. don't know how
old 4 man hc was.
Then. tier, WAS Edward Turn.
or forgot 10 mention. He was
m partner over here. lie was =
Democrat When everybody else
was a wing. nearly he ncvcr'
liked Iaw, liaj his license hut
didn't ike The law. didn't iiT,e Ia.
study. He would rather shake
hands down ou Tate Crcci. and
Jolly Ridge. p good, bj.-hrartci
man, and jolly hut still setting
some practice. was with him
several years and knew him very,
well, and ! am told ne never made
a speech to = Jury until ! became
his partner. Turner was pop
ular man and had influence and
everybody liked him. and could
not be beat in the county. alt
though tho county was wing. lie
didn't make any reputation much
as 2 lawyer. hur lie dii rs a lead
er When YOU INST him v0u iu5t
liked him a soon a1.you met hini.
Turner died when he va about
sixty or sixty-iire -ears cid. i
believe i "a
Then, there was F " Miller
q promising young r1ian. very
indeed He was a lawyer At tins
Bar and. held has own y1th all
OF us, stood M anu y-du could not
down him Terry easily He be-
came 4 candidate for Congress.
He was ! man of very fine ad-
dress II was z great loss 10 the
Bar thst he should pas away
when he did
| have practiced ia two Court
Houses. The old one was al old
building win broad stairway.
That was torn down and this
building was put mp not - it Is
now. | had in my mind. until |
had it corrected. that there was
another building put mp aad that
was torn down. but they say !
am mistaken about that. that
this building has been added to.
The old Court House WAS Il GU
riosity, no pillars. great big
stairway Is broad Is that side OF
the house. and a dome here that
would not accommodate hardly 4
hundred men. That was the first
Court House. and the Clerks OF
fee was around here in a sep
arate building Col. William r.
vine was the Cierk,-and ior 4
time the Clerks office was kept
out in the tountry where Louis
Neale now lives. -
Then. | have forgotten lewis
Cobb. He was an active member
of the Bar. made his mark and
passed aVay II i no harm t.
say Of Tcvis that he was desir-
Gus OF accommodating. He made
money. One day after he got
sick l met hirn on the street and
ne said to me. - am not going
TO live long But" ] said You
are mistaken" He said. No,
and | want YOU to write nv
obituary" WELL" | said, sir, if
/ am alive and WILL" and ! walked
away and got half way across
the street when he said. Come
back here. ] would like to know
something OF what YOU are going
to say" l said, You want me
to tell you what is in my mind ?"
and he said, Eyes, sir" | said.
Here lies Tevis Cobb the more
he made the more he lent, and
the more he lent the more he