The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-23
Ole Wessenger.
DEATH OF A MOST USEFUL AND
WORTHY CITIZEN

Green, of franklin county. We
thought it was intended for Colonel w.
F. Green, one of the besrmen in all
that northern section of me state. 1t
turns out as we feared. He died OF
10th inst, at his farm in Franklin
county. He had gone out where some
of his hands were at work, and on his
return home death suddenly met him
in the way and when found life was
extinct. Mr.. T. K. Bruner writes in
Raleigh News-Observer:
"The barking of a little pet dog at
tracted the attention of some one about
the house when upon investigation the
~1ifeless body of Colonel Green was
found reclining on the grass in a nat
ural position. The body was still
warm, and he had evidently lain down
as the end came. Thus peacefully and
almost painlessly passed away this
good man.
/ must leave for others the presen-
tation of his eminent public services
as a soldier of the confederate war. At
the end of the bitter strife he beat his
sword into a pruning zoe and spent
his remaining years in the pursuit of
peace upon his farm"
We have had the pleasure Of an &C
quaintance with Colonel "Furney"
Green, as he was best known, since
about 1854. We have known but few
men of such an elevated character.
IL HoJ MOOD oI;1i+;o, oo,;to1 i,,l~
ment, was we'll read and thoughtful, of
highest ideals, soundest integrity and
purest convictions-a gentlemanly, re-
fined, sincere man, q Christian in it's
high sense Ca Mehodist) and every
inch a patriot. We held him since the
first time we met him at LOuisburg
more than forty years ago, in high es-
TEEN for his manly, perpendicular, no
BILE character, his superior intelligence,
his gentleness and kindness and I'M
common worth. Mr.. Bruner writes of
him:
my acquaintance with him began
when I came to Raleigh in December,
1886, to serve the state board of agri-
culture as it's secretary. Colonel Green
was then a member of the executive
committee in which was vested the
most important and exacting respon-
sibility. 1t 1889 he became chairman
of the board and eX-OfficiO, chairman
of the executive committee, in which
capacity he served until the political
upheaval of 1896, when he retired; the
democratic board giving place to the
political party now in power.
During all these years it was the
pleasure of the writer to know him
we'll. His pure and lofty character was
" type of the old school gentleman.
%Ourtliness, honesty, integrity and a
: Dad patriotism blended with his
nile Christian life made him a most
vable man. He was deeply sincere
/ his efforts to advance the true in
erests of the farming population of
the state"
Like all the members of that board,
he loved North Carolina and stood
ever ready to advance every movement
looking to the upbuilding of all the
states best interests. He was so gen.
tie, c~onsiderate and f~orbearing. His
ldlJu Ill GOu dnu Cul loIidhlly Wdo pio-
found. He lived up to his religion,
and all his acts seemed to have been
measured by that brotherly love which
is all charity
AS a soldier he bore himself ever
faithful, true and brave. AS a citizen
he met every responsibility. AS a
Christian hi tried humbly to live the
Christ-life. North Carolina is indeed
bereaved. His many warm friends and
associates will sorrow at the departure
of this good and most noble man. but
will rejoice that he has left the transi-
toriness of earth to enter upon the un-
ending joys and rest of heaven When
the great reaper death came to reap
in his field it found the sheaf ready for
the garner of the skies. The editorial
in the News-Observer is brief but COM
prehensive and just. We give it:
I'm the death of Colonel w. F. Green
of Franklin county, the state has lost
one of it's first sons He was an &C
complished scholar, an orator OF parts,
and was equipped to fill the highest
stations in public life. He preferred
the peace and quiet of the life of a
farmer to the distractions and X
lions of politics. He was a patriot, a
Christian, a model citizen. 1t was his
own love of private life that prevented
his winning high place in the service
of his state"
Colonel Green was a member of the
bar, but after the war, we believe, he
did not resume his practice, preferring
the calm, delightful life of the educa-
ted farmer. We are glad we ever knew
-'Furney" Green.