The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-01
COL. VIM. III. s. BURGWYN.
Some Kind and Deserved Things
Said of Our Popular and Pro-
gressive TCWnsman i'll the
Public Prints.

henderson mas no more puDlC spA iCou
citizen and North Carolina no more patrl-
otto son than Col. VIM. II. s. Burgwyn.
To whatever meeting he may be delegated
to represent his State and sectiOn-wher-
ever duty calls there you will find him. |
Great as is his private business heis never !
too deeply engrossed with his own per-
sonal affairs to devote portion OF his
time and means to the public good. So
when he was commissioned by Gov. Fowle
q delegate to the Southern Inter-States
Immigration Convention, which recently
met in Asheville, we were quite sure Col.
Burgwyn would be counted among those
present.
In writing of those who passed through
Durham en- route to Asheville, the Globe
said this under the heading
ALWAYS THERE.
Col. w. H. S. Burgwyn, of Henderson,
was on the train. He was going to Ashe-
vile. He thougho it duty. Hewanted
North Carolina, in this southern conven-
ton, to be represented, because it was es-
sential. And here is a man that is mis-
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| liberal-hesis always to the front. Some
people do not know how to take him, but
| consider him one of our most promi-
nent men. He is cultivated, he is q
scholar, he is without doubt progressive,
and North Carolina should some day
choose him to represent her in some off,
cial position. He is a valuable citizen,
and as q representative of our State,
would do honor to himself and to those
who choose him.
Col. Burgwyn was elected chairman of
the convention, a position in which his
ability, fitness and impartiality were
recognized and appreciated by the large
and intelligent body he was called to pre-
side over. In q more recent issue OF the
paper above quoted from, we find the
following:
HE Is A WINNER.
Col. W. H. Burgwyn, of Vance county,
is n man who is admired at this repOsi-
tory OF truth. Colonel Burgwyn is a
manufacturer of plug tobabco; he is a
banker and he is a lawyer. At the same
time he is lawyer who would savehis
client trouble by advising him to leave
the law alone unless there was plainly
reason for going into it; he is a banker
who conducts business without being
q usurer or a leech-he is broad and able
and some OF these days, if he remains in
!: North Carolina, the people will recognize
him in q handsome way. As q matter OF
, satisfaction the Globe learned that in
, the North Carolina delegation at Ashe.
vile Colonel Burgwyn had many warm
| friends. 1t learned that outside a hall
dozen cheap revolutionists and their
cheaper opinions, that the gentleman
from Vance was fair and impartial in his
, rulings, and in order to crafty whims
y which were idiocy OF some of that mighty
eastern delegation he tolerated mud
geysers on the floor when they were per
: fectly out of order and subjects only fol
the sergeant-at-arms.
And from what the Globe could learn
| and it was glad to learn it, Colonel Bur
gwyn is coming man. The fact that h
is engaged in manufacturing; which help
: the country and his town-makes a mar
ket possible for farmers to sell their to
bacco, the same farmers declare that the.
r have no use for manufacturer. TIL,
fact that Colonel Burgwyn is engaged il
banking, making it possible for bushes,
to be carried on--the farmers declare thai
, no banker can belong to the Alliance
The fact that Colonel Burgwyn is law
!. yer, and lawyer without duplicity o
!. greed, he is also not eligible to be a mem
Der of the Alliance, and SO he will not be
i coming man. in a political way, unit
!. the farmers recognize the degrees of pro
/. fessions they should let be represented
h but this they will do. At any rate we ar
i betting on the man of Vance, because h
= has brains and ability, and in the marke
: of the world, those qualifications ar
:. never below par, and the market neve
fuctuates. The demand is sometime
weak, but the articles are staples.
;. And the Twin City Daily, OF Winston, ais
, has a good word for our townsman. I
its issue of Dec. 23rd, it says under tn
caption OF
AN HONOR TO HIS STATE AND CALLING.
The North Carolina delegates at Ashe
: vile last week honored the State by elect
e ing as it's chairman, Col. W. H. \. Bul
It g#yn, of Vance county. He is the peer G
any man in all that is scholarly and i
Everything that goes to make up tru
ptleman. A loveable character, a clea
ded man is he, and an honor to tn
nxfh State