The Adair County news., 1922-03-21
Do You Remember?

was large enough to accommodate the
people, and the services had to be held
in the court auditorium. People were
here from all the adjoining counties.
The funeral orations were delivered
by Judge Jas. Garnett and Gov. Proc
tor Knott.
The time when Col. William Owens,
who was noted lawyer, defended a
man in the old courtroom for steal
ing bog? 1t was long before the CIV
il war, and the only means of lighting
houses at that time was with tallow
candles. The man was arraigned late
in the afternoon, and after Col. Owens
had spoken until about dark, he an
nounced to the Court that he wanted
to finish his argument after supper.
Two tallow candles were lighted and
placed on the table, and the speaker
proceeded. After speaking a few min
utes he told the Judge that there was
too much light; it hurt his eyes, and
if he had no objections he would ex-
tinguish the light of one candle.
This was agreed to and Col. Owens
continued with his argument. In
gesticulating he knocked out the 9TH
er candle, leaving the audience in TO-
tai darkness. The prisoner taking
advantage of the situation, jumped
out the window and escaped, and was
not again arreseted.
The time when 10 Campbell shot
and killed Tom Redman, at old Meats
vile? Campbell was a merchant and
he had been told that Redman had
threatened his life. One day while
he was waiting upon a customer,
Redman entered. The man who had
told Campbell that Re6man had
threatened his life was in the store.
He said to Campbell "there is the
man who said he intended to Kill
You." Campbell reached under the
counter, got his revolver, shot anG
killed Redman. Great excitement
followed. Campbell was acquitted
and some years after this occurrence
he removed to Lebanon.
D The day two federal soldiers, WHIT
we're camped with company al
t Green river bridge, rode into town
: drunk. They road upon the pavement
D hallooing at the door of every store
"Got any candy?" They were goinI
: around the second time and wheI
? they reached W. II. Walkers store
;, Capt. Ed Russell, who was In tn
e store, picked up Two pound weigh
Q and threw it at the soldiers, and a
the same time hallOoed "killed tn
damned scoundrels." The soldier
: went out of town as fast as thei
i horses would carry them.
The time that three or four soldier
were on their horses in front of tn
Winfrey Hotel. They were using ug
ly language, and W. H. Hudson, VIII
was clerking for Mr.. Winfrey, aske
~ them to stop using such Language
About that time Miss Maggie VIII
= frey. who afterward became the wifi
of Mr.. Ethan Smith, came to tn
y ladies' entrance of the hotel. Tn
q ugly language was started again, an
Hudson threw a rock at the buncf
striking one of the soldiers in tn
head, knocking him from his horse
The other two left the square a
speedily as possible.
DO YOU KNOW?
That DR.. Nathan Gather, Geore
1 Alfred Caldwell and Col. Frank Wo
l ford were the only Columbia men WI
L were Representatives in Congress
l That Columbia has had one Governo
Col. Thos. E Bramlette, one Lieutel
ant Governor, ]. r. Hindman? Tn;
Columbia held the circuit judgesh
rs of this district for nearly forty col
OF secutive years?
30 Do you know that the late Lieute
D. ant Governor j. r. Hindman, of Lh
10 place, was the first Representative
ce Adair county in the Kentucky Leg
%. laGure after the close of the civil wa
II and that l. C. Winfrey was the fir
bo Senator from this district?
Do you know that 10 Williams,
color, who is now employed by N
Gordon Montgomery, on the latte
farm, is the only living nan, who "