Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-01

III nlS'0e3h, about weeks during
which be sunk gradually and INTERESTINGLY until be calmly
breatA his last but he the victim Of i'll health,
which more than two years had pursued him, and
peciay aggravated its close the DEATH in the bloom
OF life of his eldest child most amable accomplished and
beloved daughter.
If other spot than his neghborhood or the county of
Halifax affected by this DEATH there would be
enough calamity to make his decease very his
fellowmen, among whom he personally so well known
and much for his elevated integrity and honor
in his intercourse with Them But the theatre of COL JOY
life
left the State indebted to him for his useful labors
In his youth he was the clerk offs merchant and in early
tin. This business he followed many years, and with
we'll deserved for the fruit Of great indus
try system, scrupuOus integrity and intelligent iberalty
and when he retired he bore with hima character for JUS
tice in his transactions with which assaed
In the war 1872 Col Joyner was Lieut. COL of regi-
ment of militia stationed at Norfolk. During his com
separated 50 othem suddenly and forever from their
In the very midst of it, throughout its entire deadly ca
sick and projecting the well from the spreading Infection
exhibiting thus the fatal spot where lately have
them displayed in their sublmest perfection, the
blest Of all courage, and charity almost divine
The survivors Of this plague who witnessed his
distress and his danger forgot their noble
mander; and all of them who afterwards CHANGED to live
date whatever might be the difference their political
views openly roced at the opportunity Of casting for him
On the return of peace Col Joyner was elected by the
people of Martin member of the Legislature in the House
OF Commons where he served until he rem owed from the
county, In he obtained every vote but
two.
About the year 1877 he removed to the of Halifax
then hourshing with prosperity, and resumed for few
years the business OF merchandising and Afterwards retired
to healthy part the county, little distance from the
in the same pursuit in Norfolk he devoted himself mainly
to agriculture and the duties Of public life
The reputation of Col. JOyner for uprightness impair
TALLY, acuteness of mind and ready application of his
large practical knowledge the transactions of men,
law suits and controversies between his felowcitizens If
Halifax county, than fell any other man in the county
and involved the adjustment of nicely balanced equ tiles
Yet all occasions he acquitted himself WE'LL that in
time he overwhelmed with business of this kind His
chamber during court week often called Col Joyners
court of equity
1t would have been strange indeed, if such a man had
fulness in private Such his destiny. His
owmen demanded his services in the councils Of the
State; and he yielded to the demand.
In the 1885, he was chosen member of the Senate
of the State and continued by successive elections in that
until 1854 when his and declining health compe
ed him. against the solicitations of his constituents
to connection which had long and happily SUBJ
mistaken confidence and the representative
for his untiring zeal and fidelity.
He earnestly sought retire earlier but they camor
ed for their old Senator that it not easy matter
consult his wishes and he yielded to their entreaes
until his shattered health demanded instant repose
The practical good Of Col. Joyner his
ward and manly and his devotion to the interests of
the State, secured for him in the Senate position and
of other member of that body during his long Senao
rial service lie twice elected its Speaker and in his
administration of the duties the Chair gave universal
satisfaction. While member simply, his position i'm
committees required of him abor Of arduous
With his sagacity and his liberal and practical views of
the public welfare it could not be otherwise than that he
in the State decided and intelligent friend to
such works never however, blind enthusiast but
and discreet counsellor the opposed equally
to the visionary projects some and to the md and slow
paced action OF others
The progress internal improvements in the State
debed to more than TO Andrew Joyner. BY his
voice and purse he encouraged the early undertakings of
railroads. and in the darkest hours Of the DEPRESSION
when many who were timd and many who eag
be on the popular side than the right sde sought
to alarm the public mind magnify its fears and proposed
at the risk OF their entire destruction at to withdraw
the fostering hand of the State from giving them small
temporary relief the example of his manly courage
and the statistical information furnished i'll his able reports
gave confidence the md and left the selfish without the
influence to raise themselves for day even the
trae institutions Of the State Hsved to see the froads
and proceed in the full accomplishment OF more than he
His early and long continued connection with the Roam
oke Navigation Company the most successful of the early
schemes very fully turned his attention towards the SUBJ
and it be Questioned whether there another
man in the whole State well informed himself the
general subject of internal improvements.
In performing the duties of Legislator he Influenced
by sectional considerations The entire State the
| fe d of his equal
the senate he wss nererheeps debate before the
people, when he opposed and driven to the necessity
eXaggerItlOn that there
the State more powerful and efficient speaker In
he plain and direct, without osenation and in
he solid and Ips Isl Hs
which he conducted i'll the most exact method he was
warded with the fruits of his industry in the accumulation
of a large estate
Those who enjoyed his acquantar only after he
into public life without knowledge OF his previous
reer, doubtless regarded hin, welltaught man. with
the advantages OF mind disciplined by beraband we'll
directed education But his scholastic opportunities
very slender and not above those Of the humbest
school of the country He educated himself by his employ
mens His letters or business are models in perspicuity
brevty and point Indeed all he wrote whether reports
bills for enactment remarkable for correctness Of
language and aptitude of expression
His capacity of very high ORDER and it has often
been remarked, by those who knew him intimately, that
/ found a lawyer the State
Among other appointments which he filed that of
Justice Of the Peace and as long as it was acceptable to
No morethoroughy appreciated than he the true dig
nifty responsible office Of Justice of the Peace and
from being burdened with useless members and when
any needed, to recommend those only who
of sense, probity and standing.
In the hours of abstraction from business he exceed
ingy social and many there who remember with great
pleasure elegant inequalities of his house, embesed
they always by the accomplished lady who presd.
ed in the household
Colonel Joyner was man of exceedingly fine personal
appearance and required but glance recognise in his
manly bearing and form, and in his digned but cheerful
countenahce of the very best specimens Of the gentle
With his party he was their beau ideal governor
the State and he would have been selected by accama
vass being too severe for his declining years.
Col. Joyner born in Halifax county, the 9Th day Of
November 1885, and was twice married His first wife,
who died many years ago. the daughter the late Gen.
Will of Martin county, and bore all his children His
second wife who survives HIM was the widow Of the late
eminent in the Revolution.
In his latter years. he became member and communi-
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