The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-19
THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
.omor;al Services Held i'll Honor OF oeceaS'0
Members.

.s-r,arial Services kA~iN Ai
Members.
Tho Uouse was called to ORDER a' ~
.o,ock and PRAYER was ofiereo oH
pev. G. T. Adams, OF the
Methodist church.
The roll call showed a quorum pr
oft II members responding 10 49,
names. After the journal mao a
read. reports Of speclal coilii'i'
we're made as follows:
Ry Mr.. Holman. OF lfeoeli' y ~
nnoittee TO make inquiry OF the
state Treasurer in reSard 70 Nion n
s,aid to Theophilus White. The report
l"ne;sted of a letter from Treasurer
Worth in which he says: "\oth'iS
hoo heen paid out of the State Ife!S-
INV TO Theophilus White, Chlef III.
enactor of Shell Fish. on account OF
ealarv or for any other purpose en-
cent for the approved accounts TOT eN-
,.nce Of repairing and running inc
ste,mer Lille. since the day the Oys.
| fer Laws of 1899 went into operation.
nv Mr.. Gattis, of Orange, for the
committee appointed in 1899 10 'hNes-
tioate the conduct and management
IF the P~enitentiary and Agricultural
Department. This report IS a most
| important and interesting docnmen!'
and is printed in full elsewhere IN this
naper. 1t is worthy Of speclal at1eh-
ton. c
Bv Mr.. Craig. Of Buncombe. TOT
Committee on Memorials. a resolution
in regard to h death ana services
of Henry Clay Wall, late membe or the
House, which was adopted by a r's'hs
vote.
Touching this resolution, MI. NC
Lem. of Scotland county, said:
II want to endorse every word IN
that resolution. 1t is hard for me to
EXPRESS to my feelings as we meet
here and | find my honored colleague
absent. On my right here his char
IS vacant. but | believe he is today oc-
c%npyino 2 seat on the right hand OF
God, the Father.
81 knew him well. He was a noble
spirit. an able and conscientious legiS.
lator. an honest and successful man:
An eloquent tribute was also paid
to Mr.. Wallis memory by Mr.. Nc
Lean. of Uarnett. He said:
T.. too. as one who knew and loved
him we'll. desire TO take this oppOrtu-
nitv of paying 4 word OF tribute tC
the memory of Henry Clay Wall. nc
represented a peculiar type OF man
that highest type OF the gentleman
found nowhere in greater purity thar
in North Carolina.
He was faithful in all the relations
of life-he was true and faithful an'
inst. \ public spirited citizen. a sue
ccssful business man and a splendid
soldier. When the red hand Of wal
was appraised there was no man who
marched nearer to the flag than Hen
~ CLAY Wall. When Peace came 1T
returned to his home and since thel
no man has been truer 10 the duties
Of the citizen and man..
Mr.. Abbott. of Camden. for the Me
mortal committee. presented resolu
tons in regard to the life and dealt
of Representative John NJ. Trotman
MIR. Winston. Of BERTHE. in speaking
to the resolution said in part:
at the close Of the fifty-tifth legis
lative day Of this session. the Hon
. John NJ. Trotman. of Gates county.
. member of this Hbuse. lay dying il
this city. His life closed with tn
midnight hour.
. John Trotman was a merchan
and farmer. He illustrated in his If
the best characteristics Of those coca
tions-honesty and industry. lie wa
a strong man. Not in books. for h
hNt' away Ivan is ''t 49,
spent near flowing streams. in shad
I dell. in broad field and rushed foreS1
, Therefore he was strong in honesty
| in honor and in truth. He had ON
5 ambition. 1t was to represent his pee
pie here. That ambition they salts
G fed. Had he listened to the whisper
Of the dema@oguc he could have don
so earlier. But he waited fer the ne'
pie to speak. He had the sterlin
/ worth and high character to max
@ him 4 fit member Of this body.
HE brought here those traits thc
: marked him at home. He was Il ma
@ Of the people, who loved his race an
! State. John Trotman was 4 BRAY
man. lie was brave in battle whe
= his comrades say no truer heart eve
stood where bullet fed. He was bran
IN speech. We recall here his rim.
wrong. He fearlessly upheld II
i right. He was brave in thought
brave to think pure thought an
brave to enter it.
But the bravest fall, and he fe1
He wished for nc other death. L
fell at the post Of duty.
He died in this city. the guest
its noble hospital. His sinking he;
rested ON the arm OF a noble. devote
daughter. and around his death b,
q were members Of this House with 10
= ing word and tender care. The ge
,f tie hands of strangers in this splend
city touched his icing brow and Wi
loving hearts took to their bosom
his sobbing child. Thank God. for Il
= touch Of nature that makes the wor
akin.
His body was carried to his natl
e county and placed again in the sc
he had honored in his manhood.
his lief youth will find inspiration f
noble being, and all people who kne
i him will recall his excellent bearil
st as husband, father, friend, citize
n Christian.
life made better the citizensh
of his county"
IS Mr.. Roushal, Of Wake. said of n
n 1rotman, in his speech:
I'll Few men here knew Mr.. Trotml
we'll. for he was a quiet. unobtrusi
man. But while modest. he was
:" powerful man, a model of all the V