The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-25
THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
HEROIC. TENDER. UNSELFISH,
DIED IN HARNESS.
DURHAM BARS RESOLUTIONS or RESPECT
Whsn Boy Mr.. Green Made Speech Which
Led Gov. Scales to Say that the Youth ,
Possessed The Elements Of
Genuine Cratory.

ueHuln6 NEdtUIts
Durham, n. c.. Jan. 24th--(Special.)--
The following remarks were deliver
ed by William A. Guthrie on the life
of the late Fred 4. Green on present
ing the resolutions of the Durham Bar
to Honorable Henry X. Bryan, Judge
Presiding. on Saturday, January u,
1898:
May it Please Your Honor
Since the last term of this court. Mr..
Fred A. Green. one of the members of
the Durham Bar, has died His surviv-
ing professional associates have met in
this court room to-day and passed the
resolutions / am about to read to Your
Honor with their commission 10 me. to
request Your Honor in their behalf to
direct the clerk of this court to in
scribe these resolutions in an appropriate
manner upon the minutes of this court
as a perpetual memorial.
This request l have no doubt Your
Honor will grant, and the clerk of this
court will no doubt perform this official
duty with all the tender care and parent
al affection which can move the human
heart of an affectionate father towards
a we'll beloved son. For the clerk Of
this court is the father of our de-
ceased professional brother, Mr.. Green.
1t rarely. if ever. has happened here
tofore in the history OF the courts of
the ninety-siX counties of the State
that the clerk of the superior court has
been required by The judge TO record
similar resolutions upon the occasion of
the death of his own son. 1t has never
so happened in Durham county before.
] will now read the resolutions to the
Court;
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Frederick Augustus Green. eldest son
Of &. II. Green, ESQ, and Kate NJ.
Green, his wife. was horn in the town
of Durham on the DIST of September.
1871.
He graduated from the Durham grad
cd school in June. 1886. and from Oak
Ridge in 1887 Thereafter he was Il
student at the University for two years.
where he was an active member of the
Philanthropic Literary Society. After
leaving college in 1880 he assisted in
surveying and locating the road from
Jynchburg to Durham. y. G., until in
December. 1890. lie was appointed de-
p1tyt clerk Of DurhHm SUPERIOR court.
He came TO the bar III September 1893.
having been trained in his legal studies
in the Law Department of Trinity Col
lege under Judge a. G.. Avery.
From June. 1894. to June. 1896, he
was attorney for the county of Durham.
and from May. 1896 to May. 1907. he
was attorney for the city OF Durham.
He was an influential member of the
Junior Order of United American Me-
changes, end at the time of his death
he was n potential factor in the strong
law firm Of Graham, Green and Graf
ham.
He died October Goth, 1898. Such is
the record OF ain active and honorable
young life. begun with such fair promis
es and ending 50 suddenly, $50 inscruta
bly,.
Fred Green was brave. heroic man.
He was stranger to the sense of fenr
But for the constrainng love of a de-
voted mother. he would have gone. If he
could. to Santiago in 1893 and beer
with the brave boys who died there He
was tender i'll his home life. lie knew
no greater joy than serving his father
and mother and sister * aud brother.
Shortly before lie died he attempted to
insure his life for a large sum for his
little sisters benefit, but his frail con
stitution was bad and he was rejected.
The frail body which held his proud and
poetic spirit often gave cause of alarm
to his friends. but not to himself.
When the final messenger came and
he was stricken. with harness on, as he
sat in his office in the midst Of mighty
effort in behalf of his fathers cleo
ton, even in the very presence of the
pale messenger he was cool aud self
poised and unwilling to accept assist
ance.
He was universal favorite in socie-
ty. He was an influential member Of
the Cantefberry Club. where, his papers
on literary subjects always attracted
attention.
As n lawyer he was ranidly climbing
into the upper heights. He was amhi
tious: he was fond Of law; when he
went into n case his clients canse be-
came his own and he would go to any
honorable length to carry his point
Friend and foe he treated alike. whe'
they stood in the way of his client.
But he is gone. and the bright ihoDes
of his friends and loved ones lie buried
in the same tomb with his body. Sure
" such a young life. so unselfsh. 50
heroic, so full of action and nobIeness
deserves more than a nassing tribute.
Therefore. he it resolved:
Section J. That the memory Of our
deceased brother will always be cherish
ed and held in loving affection
Section .. That these resolutions be
presented to the court with request that
they he spread upon the records.
Section 3. That n copy of the same
he sent To the Durham Sun and
Herald and to the News and Observer
and Post of Raleigh with the request
TO publish.
Section T. That n copy of the resolu
tion be transmitted by the secretary OF
this meeting to the family of the de
ceased.
p0pERT w WINSTON