Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-10-15
HON. JAMES w. REID.
Well Merited Praisesfor the Member
Of Congress From the 9Th District.

Well N1erited Praisesfor the Member
Of Congress From the 9Th District.
From the Dxsbury Reporter-Post.
We cheerfully reproduce the follow
ing just tribute from the LeaksviIle
Echo. The Reporter and Post was one
of the first papers in the district to
mention Mr.. Reid's name in connec-
tion with the position he now fills We
believed that in him the people would
have a Congressman who would look
after their best interests. In this we
have not been disappointed. He has
proved himself to be both worthy and
capable, and at no time has he had a
stronger hold upon the confidence and
esteem Of our people than to-day. We
cannot say word too good in Mr.
Reids behalf His intellectual en-
dowments by nature are singularly
rich. His faithfulness and industry
are constant and indefatigable. To
these are added habits of close research
minute and scrupulous accuracy about
everything he ta kes in hand. No man
possesses a finer moral nature than
MIR. Reid. Sincere and without guile,
just and full of charity, he is in the
broadest sense that hoblest work of
God-AN HONEST MAN. The Echo
says:
"The career of this gentleman has
been remarkable, and his hold upon
the affections of the people of Rock
ingham deeply seated and deserved.
After laboring OH the farm until half
grown, he worked his way through
college by tutoring, read law while
teaching school, and came back to
seek his fortune in his native county.
Without the aid of fortune, his abili-
ties soon secured lucrative practice,
that enabled him to rear and educate
his penniless brothers and sisters, and
obtained for him recognition among
the leading members of the bar. In
1874 he was elected County Treasurer
and was continuously elected for ten
years without opposition. How we'll
he did his duty can be told by people,
teachers and school committees. No
officer was more Jealous or efficient,
and his fidelity in this subordinate
office made him deserving Of the
| higher honors he now wears. k.s
Chairman of the Democratic County
Executive Committee, the increase OF
the majority in the county from $50
to nearly one thousand, is largely due
to his organizing skill and faithful
work. His own majority in Rocking
ham at the November election was
the largest given a candidate by the
county since the war for purely po-
litical Office. AS lawyer, he holds
| position among the foremost in the
most important civil and criminal
suits. Distinguished as a speaker
while a student, at the bar, on the
college rostrum of the State, and even
at the State University, where have
stood CASTOR Miller, Ransom, and
other gifted Carolinians, he has taken
rank among the most eminent. Twice
elected to Congress in three months
lacking but fifteen votes of carrying
every county in his district against a
formidable adversary. In the five
weeks he served in the House of Rep.
resentatives, and during the brief in.
| terval since, he has been able to &C,
cemplish as much for his district as
any member from the Senate, and
thus early the Durham Tobacco Plan,
nominates him for Governor in 1888
But the best trait of all is that his
promotion does not spoil him. AS an
old neighbor farmer said the other
day when he saw Congressman Reid
helping his hands build tobacco
barn: Going to Congress amt give
Jim Reid the big-head one bit; he Is
the same plain clever fellow he al
ways was. Rockingham is proud OF
her son and his record"