The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-13
reputation. He died universally
GREETED. A blonde.
JOHN A. GLL4NIER, SIR

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GREETED. A blonde.
JOHN A. GLLNIER, SIR.
| man T delight to write about. On!
what a sweet. charming companion even
If horn in Guilford. which / doubt. lie
was member of the Legislature OF
| North Carolina; was member or Coh-
rrocS and of hhe National Union Con
Sontionn held at Philadelphia in 1866.
~ ,,,,s a rood man: an ''all-rOund man.
He and I differed toto coclo on old
no1it;cs He was Il Hamilton Wing and
decided ultra Democrat, but we
could shake hands, clink glasses and
agree to disagree about politics. lie
nossessed q. very superior intellect and
WAS one of the very best jury lawyers
orr State ever produced. He had Il broad,
| liberal heart and as broad Il charity. | ann
| bound to think that he was not born in
| GuilfOrd. and have it on my mind that
| | saw it stated that he was born in
another county. A tear rises to my eye
| as | write a brunette.
| JOHN ALEXANDER GILMER, JR.
| Was Col G.. S. A. and wounded, also
| Judge of the Superior court. He pos
sessed different order of mind from
| his father. His intellect tended towards
| tf1c judicial. He was a perfect gentle
man and always appreciated the situa-
| ton. He commanded the Confederate
prison at Salisbury during a part of the
war: some of the prisoners sent me
world was Master Of the Masonic
| Lodge there-that there were Masons
there and in need: / Immediately called
on Col. Gilmer and told him that | would
| like to see and examine those prisoners.
| He was not a Mason. | explained to
| him that my interview, if allowed, must
| be private, as / had, in an esoteric way,
| to examine them to ascertain il they
were MasonS, and that, of course, no
officer could be present unless a Mason.
| He did not hesitate a moment in assent
| ing to and carrying out my directions,
and it was the means of affording relief
to several worthy men. Judge Gilmer
was Il very amiable, pleasant companion,
and his death grieved me no little. A
| brunette.
WILLIAM B. GLENN.
A splendid fellow. Possessed very
high grade of intellect / think he was
in the Legislature one or more times
A fine judge of law He could appre
ciate humor. Sitting by him in the bar
/ asked him il he had ever observed that
all of us resembled fish, fowls or wild
animals. He replied that he had not
| Then ! said why look at Leach-hc
| is lion-you are a tiger. Cy Watson is
a tish-hawk and Raper is chub.' He
| then broke out into such peal of laugh
| ter as 10 put himself in contempt, but
| ! explained TO the Judge that it was
all owing to my nonsense. and told
| him that TO illustrate / would state what
he rescmbled. The judge, very discreety
. declined. He was like u crane by the
side of a pond watching for fish to
rise.
JOHN Il. POINDEXTER.
A man that was q man, for | pre-
sumo he is dead. as he was a middle
aged man in 1916 when | first knew
him. Was member of the Legislature
| from Stokes several times, and was
Solicitor-General for4many years. or
humble ancestry he developed the
| Darwipian theory. He had but little
| learning, but vast fund of hunror.
! Once j. L. Morehead. ST., in arguing a
| case, said that the law as laid down
/ by him was SO laid down by Granville,
| who wrote in the reign Of Henry III. In
| reply General Poindexter said that he
/ was not aware until he had heard the
/ speech cf his learned friend that CLAN
| vile was to be found in our libraries
| that he was gratifed to learn the fact;
i that he admitted that ''the law" as
| stated by Mr.. Morehead, was so laid
i down by Granville who wrote in the
reign of Henry H., but" shifting his
/ quid of tobacco from one side to the
/ other and rolling his steel-blue eyes on
hts opponent, 1t was laid down by
/ Bracton. vino wrote in the reign of
Henry Ill, just the other way!' An
other aneedote illustrating General Pon-
dexter's characteristics is this: Poins.,
as he was invariably called. WAS prose-
cutting man for MAIN in biting off an
ear. The prosecuting witness was under
crossexamiDation by Gov. Graham.
''WeIl, sir. this accident occurred in Il
barn. did it notT' Eyes, sir" ''WelI,
sir, the planks were loose upon the sleep
ers. were they not?'' YES, sir" Now,
; sir. | ask you if in the course of that
struggle the prosecutors ear might not
have got between the planks of the
floor and have been pinched OFF," The
witness, after scratching his head a
! good while, responded: well, Govern
; or, 1t mought and then again it mount
I emit On being turned back for rc-di-
rect examination, old POius.. looking
most seriously at the witness from un-
; der his pent brows, said: might not
the prosecutor have bitten off his own
! carr After much scratching his head
: and great delay the witness finally re-
{ piled: General Poindexter. he mought
: and then agin he moughtent." The Gen
eral was honorcd by all, bore fine repu
5 tation. A blonde.