The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-30
WAS TO SPEAK AT DUNN
HIS DEATH IS WIDELY Daaa7r
The News Frustrated his Wife and Cr#
Sketch of his Life uneraI to d..

Dunn, y. C., August 21...~....
Judge +. T. Boykin died h"r. .....
l. o'clock. lie had made %
Sampson county yesterday.
to speak here to-day. He W
unconscious and almost sniff.
bed this morning. and could I..
viyed. Ills case was supp.-..
heart failure.
His wife and Judge McRa, ....
this afternoon, and will carry ....
mains To Raleigh. arriving at s ri.
morrow morning.
This news carried grief and
to many of the people of Ral,..H .
will throughout the entire State. d..
Boykin had not been well f.r
weeks. and had suffered with ....
Of rheumatism. But they had c,,-...
give him much trouble, aud me- ....
TO be III fair health when he Iytr
eigh on Thursday to make SpcrrU..
the campaign.
Mrs. Boykin. in response To- 3d. .
gram received earlier in the day .
the Judge was quite sick. left ,.
1l:lO train, SuppoSing he was .u".
temporarily with p~rostration. The .
Of his death reached her at Selma.
she was very much overcome. T..
MacRae, who was with her {. rhp a
did not communicate the awful ..
gence until he had summoned Itr
bles. who applied res]torativcs.
The body Will reach Raleigh a0
o'clock this Sunday morning, gn|
funeral will be held ut Christ clM...
9::,O o'clock a. m. to-day.
Edward II. Boykin was born iI -.
son county. and was IL years a..
Ills father died while he Wa- 81
young. ana his mother married
Mr.. Bib. Of the North Carolina {
ference. who lived at Trinity ru.
for IL time. Judge Boykin ~uuI.
himself while attending college
graduated at Trinity with high
ors III Il class composed of PARTON.
bright men. most of whom have g..
high positions i'll church and 81
Among his fellow students ut Fri.
We're Hon. James \. Iockhart.
Geo. Il. Everett. Hon. Il. NJ. SiuH.
Prof. Pcgram, Judge q. II. Allen.
W. c. Norman. Mr.. JOS. G.. En
Judge Purncll, Mr.. +. Il. Barbcc.
He married early in life Mis- 81.
Of Sampson county. From this NJ
there are three living children, Eel.
I. Boykin, .Ir., Il private in the CIR
Vile company. of the Second rr-.u
now i'll camp at st. Simon'S l~.
Swift Boykin and Miss Leslie H.,
\ few years ago Judge Boyhiu
ried Miss Ada Rogers. daughter n.
B. +. Rogers, of Concord, who
wives him and to whom, with the STD.
ing children of the first marrja-.
WarmcSt sympathy Of the people -.
III their great bereavement.
About two years ago judge j."
resigned his position on the lu
formed 4 partnership with Mr.. g
istead Jones, of this city, and DID.
With his family to Raleigh. Thulr .
tice has been large and groWiua.
Before going on the bench hc W..
leader in politics in Sampson,
served three times rs Rrprc~,u..
and State Senator. and was pro-
pro tenn. Of the Senate. He wa.
pointed judge Of the Superior co..
succeed the late Judge Mckoy. bg
ernor Scales. and elected ana re-, ..
by the people.
Judge Boykin had his heart +.
campaign. and died i'll harness. l.-.
for good government. His spy,oa
Pcacock's Cross Roads on FrlIt.
day before his death. is said te
been ~ of the most powerful au
fectivc ever made in that section.
lie was one Of the States first I.
able, high-minded, an upright jude,
an honest