The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-03
of them be delivered to the family or our deceased brother.s by our Secretary.
 Respectfully submitted,

of them he delivered to the family of our dsceased brother.s by our Secretary.
 V Respectfully submitted,
 IL C. Compton,
 w. W. Quarles.
 W. R. Nelson,
 B. H. Craig,
 |. R. Satterfield.
 The members of the Bar Associalon filed into open court, when the President of the Association, Mir. J. H. Reese read the resolutions and moved their adoption: Judge Moore presided over the court ana for several seconds after the reading or fine resolutions a profound silence filled the court room.
 General Pettus Speaks.
 General Pettus then aroce and made a tender, touching speech on the hte ana character of Judge Wood. He opened his remarks by saying that he had known Judge Wood for nearly fifty years; that fudge Wood was an illustration Of the fact a man who would attain a position at the bar of Alabama must be a man of character and worth. General Pettus made the significant remark that, while a good many wealthy men had been ad- mitted to the bar in Alabama, not single one of them had become lawyer of note; that to become great lawyer a man must not only have intellect, but 
 become a great lawyer.
 l. General Pettus then went on to say that Judge Wood commenced his life Tn Cahaba, and that he had lived in the town , with him before he commenced his career as a lawyer; that Judge Wood had studied law under his partners, Pegues and Dawson, and while he was studying law he had acted as telegraph operator at Cahaba General Pettus said that Judge Wood was the most diligent man that he ever saw; that he was man of the most exemplary character; that Fashionable society and the frivolities of the day had no attractions Tor him. When scarcely a man he was member of the church They had moved from Cahaba to Selma the same year ana during all that time. General Pettus con tinued ..he was my friend and l his friend" "It i'll becomes a man of my sort said General Pettus, "to speak Of one | trait of his character. He was a mar who was thoroughly imbued with tht doctrines of the Bible. He took that | book as his guide and was at all umes | trying to do his Masters will. l dt | not think that being a mere member oi | the church is any indication Of mar being good. But when a man is trying every day and every night, as Judge | Wood did, to be good. one Is bound tt know that he is Christian. He be lieved in a religion of seven days in th' | week and lived up to it every day. Ther' is not a man in Dallas County, .who dit not have a profound respect for the mora and religious character of such a man." General Pettus said he was with Judg | Wood in the army and he was one Of tn few men and he said 1t knowingly. wn | was a seven days Christian, even Tn tn army. He never had any doubt of wha his Master willed him to do. He was soldier and performed his duties with re markable fidelity and courage. Such man Is an honor to his country. He wa | A most earnest man in all things.
 He and Judge Wood made a canvas together of North Alabama in the darl days of "A They rode together all da, and slept together at night in the sam room, and listened to him while he wa