The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24

A prominent attorney. high up in the
practice of law, said in conversation
recently, that '.as a quick and unerrlng
Judge of fact. Judge George I'll. Brown,
of the Superior Court of North Carolina,
has no superior. his judgments of law
were simply invulnerable, he discernes
with lightning rapdity, and it Is source
of pleasure to practice in his court.
This is only a representative statement
OF ala,roval All the attorneys have
found him to possess a very marked ca
Dacity for weighing arguments. discern
ing facts, analyzing the difficult aspects
q case may present, reaching decision
which meets with uniform approval
from the higher courts. As a judge. he
Is cognizant of the dignity of the law,
and his courts are in keeping with that
dignity. They are quick. cases being
decided with the least possible delay that
is in keeping with due process Of law
and with sound Judgment. Pleaders
feel that their judge has previously
put himself in q judicial frame OF mind,
that he is always cautious, and that he
is thoroughly acquainted with the facts
in the case. These features prominent
in a Judge are the factors that make
equitable decisions His popularity as
a Judge is only equalled by his popularity
as a man.
George H. Brown, Jr., was born In
Washington, n. c., on May Bird, 1880,
being the only son Of Sylvester IL.
Brown and his wife, Elizabeth, nee Bon
ner. His father, who died last year
a IL. IL 1f&9ss
an omniyorous reader, and had 4
literary, artistic and classical mind.
The mother came Of sturdy stock, was
practical in her habits of life. and was
possessed of good Judgment and a we'll
balanced mind The son combined the
predominant qualities of his parents and
they have been the well-springs of
his wonderful success from the time
when he first began life. In 1863 his
PARENTS removed to Wilson. n. c., being
known as war refugees, and lived there
until 1872. While his parents We're re-
siding in Wilson the son was sent TO
Horner's School at Oxford. which was
at that time under the personal manage
melrf of ]. III. Horner, that great and
widely known teacher. 1t was there
that he received the fine education that
mas $1,000 MIN III SiiCu EOOA Sttlls civ
laid the foundation for that mental dis
cipline that has in his after life charac-
terized the lawyer and the judge. Upon
leaving Horner's he went back to VII.
son and it was there he met with the
man who was to be so closely allied with
his future life and who afterward be
came his brother-in.law. This mans
name was James X. Shepherd. BY him
Young Mr.. Brown was taught telegra-
phy, and it did not take him long to
master the Language Of the lightning.
After becoming expert he went to Colds.
bor0 and was an operator in the fele-
graph office there for about year. The
next place where we find Mr.. Brown il
in New York city, at the age Of ID
where he held the position of press
operator in the main office Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for tive
years. To such position as this las
only the most skilled operators were eli
gible and ii is only just to say that l4
was regarded as the best operator in thu
office force. This portion of Judge
Browns life is well known to all the
felegraphers in the State, and they have
one and all always taken the greatest
interest In the advancement Of their old
fellow craftsman. Bnt higher work
than telegraphy was in store for thu
ambitious young man who was destined
to be snch a power In the community
During bis stay in the metropolis he be
gan to read law without a teacher ana
his hours off duty We're spent IN porinl