The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-08-30
\ SOUTHERN WRITER.
SHORT SKETCH aRNISTEAD
c. GORDON. ESQ.
One " hO Contributes stories and pinIcct
Poems To Northern Journalists j Il Ialei Il
TO Many Prominent North GarOIini:.n>,

Tlolu the upper NlliGON o. 4 IOW. TWO
story, weather beaten brick building III lie
city Of Staunton, Virginia. hangs The sign
W hite and GuIdou. Attorneys 1T Law :
There IS nothing attractive or inviting
| about the surroundings and one unac.
quaiutcd, perpleXed by the noise and con
| fusion Of hurrNlng vehicles, iostled about
| by bustllng pedestrians that always crowd
! the two narrow sidewalks AMI con fused by
signS that hang from more modern and
| imposing buildings, IS likely TO miss the
entrance that leads through 4 iin.v hail
up travel worn steps to the mca2er|N fur
nlshed office above. On entering, one is
impressed at tilst sight with the idea that
this Is busy firm Great piles Of Chan
Gerry papers cover the tables, While around
the room stand book cases, never meant
for ornaments, filled with law books that
show the finger prints of use.
Your correspondent, after encountering
the difficulties common to all who seek adj
mission here, found himself ice 10 face
with the subject Of this sketch He was
| seated, when | entered, with brow con
trac;ed and sleeves roiied up at a table
almost buried on; or sight WITH the atcu-
\ mulat.oI Ut m.~ty doe 4HeutS. II & books
! type writer Fna-aZiurS and such q her BRIG
j BRAt rs u~ut!l tad way into literary
! paw q ; office Al the u55esti@u that
had come lor the Fu.I ,e of haiuiig
material tor a hrief sketch Of lis ife, tile
/ contraction - the bros elaNe! and a
rather quizz.yal look, rnin5le! With sur
| prise and amusement. t0ck possession of
his features. lie eyiGcltly thcught my
time laiGht have been emp.oy. 20 a btc-
ter Advantage. Wa:le h.. -thpuga ~ Vas
too c"ur,ee Is 70 >A - vas ~ --eat ~.
mand by ni- clients.
To ali MO hfve read he ars els from
the pen q A. & Gordon wAc4 Hav m
Feared til the Century, scrbner,, TIE ~
/ lantic Monthly and other masaz1.cs, a..
who have come to recognize III EIm one IT
the most graphic deIintators Of SOUTHERN
lIfe and Southern character tll.s sketch
Will not, | trust, Prove wholly ul.l,esvsl
ing.
\ C. Gordon vas born IN Al. .na.ie
county, Virginia, on December 2a.u. 1919,
I at ''EdgeWor; " the seat Of Gen William
f Gordon, his grand father This i not
far from castle Hit" the present r,>i
dence Of Amelie Kives with whose father
his father roon4ed while they were .tu-
dents al the Univet sIty OF Virginia Ills
father, George l.. Gordon, was Killed i
Malvern Hill, in $50, While member Of
a North Carolina reg gmont. His mother
was Miss Mary l.. Daniel, oldest daughter
of Judge J. J Daniel Of the supreme Court
! of North Carolina III ANTE BELIUM days
| through whom he Is connected Win the
4 Battles Plummers .JoueseS Lnn.,e ana
! other prominent people OF North Carolina.
Evidently .hefe : q c!osc Tesemo '"hee 10
MS mothers family, Tor on meeting Law
\ Yer JAKE Battle, q RocNy Mount q Bow
lhg lfocA ie" weeks ago. was stfocA
Win hl7 festlH '!'tict H. ~, ''u! TT
4 doii "i'h"Nt AAo"AtlS oi lI-e y 't'lon9illP,
and upon INQUIRY | found tina, 10y 1erc
Very nearly related. The rar.S asE- 0f
i young Gordon were spent in Ea--cosuUr
county. Norlh ,aFoillt..' aAl ~ !'3l}"A
/ ahd "f'f.tnloA- iit ir1'ltur' l. go
\ ~ 1865 'nd W at 5ht AlE'.r.Lf, 81 sAi
/ SlAla 't.f-i-S tAe sessions u - ana
! - WEI tH * III q het IL, ,iilat"
lile.lG@ ana ,ssoe.tttN we're IH.tb a
i 6ract. iEt 'suthoE . T.. ltceh' ] ,..'. ~.i-
4 ed ana '.eiy E9tl.s't .a' t:.tioa y -.a
/ as q t-eetnitn' aAd i"9sH"~ ) son T.
'he amor u l'- ''-e 2.1l8- N.-+'s
i io - ~
i lIe A.N vIs-'y -d"s!a1i14 ~ dL,' 81 ttal
'.ell' =. d IeaDI-9 i'-ciiHi'A' paper, Va
4 oAe occ3oloh, -, i1ua = correctly Ttl9t
I iHS an ''uoIe>a Hct'eIt1 at c"LALA''he'-
( mthl he so4ci'td rom Tue sitaheF ~ tA
ltaCl o4 me aI.' itaS' "llItn "aa 'set'-ei Us
cos4Tieo"9Is reI Is1sed- - :: ie'aiid' ION ne
wrote = Safb-ei account ~ y -t.'i h'rahiy
cil,ic : = tuc daUiess % " - - 81 iSilt
ana deiNeEy, "h-ch WA orc -ht Llil
writer, called Iorth = q u q ne legation
from the lf1ehdS OF 'he distinguished
9lether.
After ieaFlnS the University ne faught
school Tor several years, continuing his
literary work; then stEsflCd !aW and set
tied IL eiauLton, !rS'uiA, II 1873, Where
he h&s since resided ana precise tis l.
fesslon lie was Mayor OF StduHtoh Tor
Two years. ana "a account "i h0 itarieSo
| eAlofce neAl ol tLe law aga ti-' SN-I-Go.I@
and the CONSCIENTIOUS clscA@l = p A.a 81.
| ties "5aoH5 ftaf or laVor, tie wa i--.t.ll
atfe',fs" y Jte1o ost rSq.' I. poPl.lN
vel uo1-eaL-' ~ lti "|,l'.e elcC t'i 70 t@7
!oI 90 'ei III - d ul9IlicO iltiel 20 ID 81!
1tuh'ci aug.
be'Idea us coGtElpaIlohS % me peieal
Coils hdi1i51 SpoN Y, iie Et1 t'uoiiSLt' ~
cohJuAclion Win h9iii"s NttsVn 60 !.
Folune q Gl'iec' poems: -" He +" ''i'
a number OF oloft poems, ana FhI> hE
SoCltTE III tht biIC ERAS depal' Aeht -
the Century and III othef current masa
|,nes- Ohe OF the sweetest ana most pa
thetIc OF ms poems was mat deilVei ed at
the unNellluS OF the tohIed tf'tte Soidler
monument IA 9fauhton on me 1'tI of sep
temper, 1883; Hls most recent stories
nave beer ueilneatlonS o. Dthhiid Lie IL
the Y aIley OF lfSIlld