The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
In MEMORY or CHAS. R. LUCK.
Il he Meeting of the Bar Associ-
alton Yesterday.
Judge Robertson cd-Rcsolutions
Passed and to be Spread on the Court
Records-AIany Tributes to the De-
ceased by the Member; of the Bar.


Hastings Court room.
The meeting was held to hear and
read tho resolutions prepared by the
committee appointed the day previous
for the purpose, and to act thereon.
The association was called to order
promptly at 10 o'clock by Judge VIM.
Gordon Robertson, acting as chairman
of the Roanoke Bar Association.
w. w. Berkeley, chairman of the
committee, offered as the result of its
labors, in few well-choscn and culo-
CYSTIC words, the following:
Whereas the sad intelligence Of the
death of Charles X. Luck calls us to-
gether to perform tho painful duty of
paying deserved tribute to his memory
and giving witness of our high apprc-
citation of his gentlemanly conduct in
;,ll transactions, courteous manners,
exemplary department, his Christian
life, his many sterling qualities. promis
ing abilities and usefulness, and of our
bereavement caused by his death, and
to adinonish each of us that we, too,
must sooner or late, like himr. go hence
to that country from whose bourne no
traveller Ger returns, to render an ac-
count for the deeds done in this body;
"And whereas while we bow in hum
bio submission to tho decree of Him
who is too wise to err and too mcrciful
to be unjust. we cannot restrain our
feelings of distress or refrain from
1noulning over one who is not, and feel
deeply grieved that one has won the
esteem of all with whom he came in
contact, both in the paths Of duty and
pleasure. who had selected our noble
profession as calling with bright
promise of honor to it and credit to
himself. has passed away almost before
the dews of blooming manhood had
been dissipated by the heat and burden
of LIES day, in commemoration of
which we offer the following tribute to
his memory:
"Resolved, That in the death of
Charles r. Luck the bar has suffered
the loss of one of its members full of
promise and usefulness, Christianity Il
devoted follower, the country noble
young citizen, and his associates one
whose example is worthy of emulation
Resolved, That We tender our heart
felt sympathy to the bereaved parents
and relatives.
''Resolved, That the judge of tho cor
poration court of the city of Roanoke be
requested to spread copy of these reso-
buttons upon the minutes of his court
Resolved, That a copy of these rcso-
lutions be published in the newspapers
of the city of Roanoke, and 4 copy there
OF be sent TO the bereaved family, with
tho assurance of our profound sym
pathy'
These resolutions were signed by the
members of the committee, w. w.
Berkeley, j. NJ. Hart and John W.
Woods
Mr. Berkeley spoke briefly of the rcso-
buttons, and spoke affectionatcly of the
deceased as one who came fully up to
the standard of requirement in every
relation of life He was an ornament to
the bar and Il credit to the State. and
had he lived to round out the full meas
urc of his capacity, would have been IA
star of the first magnitude in the legal
armament.
Mr., Wood eulogizcd tho deceased as
fitting exponent OF the dignity of the
profession which their departed brother
adorned with the promise of his youth.
The speaker said their missing one held
the proper idea of that profession which
had done more than even sword or cas-
sock TO preserve the liberty of the ind-
vidual and speed the progress of civil
Zation.
1t wore proper, in Mr.. Woods opin-
ion, at that time and in that place. TO
point out how closely allied were the
man and the profession, if the man was
the ideal lawyer, as was true in great
measure in this case.
Whatever else may DO said OF the
lawyer he must not be accused Of hypo-
crisy. He dealt only with facts, and
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possess 1t was an atmosphere of fact
in which this young man lived and had
his being; through and by the traditions
OF his calling he was tho example of
advanced civilization.
Mr.. Hurt called to mind his late
friends school days, his industry there,
and his perseverance He said the OK
pressions of his late fellow Was
but the praise which merit deserved.
His character approached the ideal lie
was dutiiul son and kind and alice
tionate brother. A most pleasing trait
OF the departed was his universal habit
of speaking we'll of those whom he
knew, and Of those with whom he came
in contact.
Earnest and assuredly sincere re-
marks were made by others Of the bar
present, and all united in expressing
their sorrow and sympathy at the loss
OF one SO young and full of promise.
The resolutions were adopted by a
rising vote, and A. p. Staples was in
structcd to request that they be spread
upon the minutes Of the other courts of
record in the city.
The size of the meeting was in itself
q tribute to the modest worth OF MIR.
Luck as nearly every member of tho
regal fraternity now in tho city was
present.
You are in II Bad Fix.
But we Will cure you If you will pay
us. Nervous and Debilitatcd, suffering