Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-04-26
IN MEMORY OF u. S. 6. PITzER
THE BAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO DE
CEASED PROSECUTING ATToRNEY.

Tuesday Afternoon I'm Circuit Court De-
voted TO a General Memorial Meet
ing-Thc Resolutions Pre-
scented.
After Circuit Court convened Tues
day Attorney II II, Emmert
chairman of the committee appointed
BY the bar to draft resolutions on the
death Of Prosecuting Attorney u. $.
q. Pitzer to be presented to the Cir
cult Court, arose and stated that the
committee was ready 20 present the
resolutions, which were then read BY
Acting Prosecuting Attorney j NJ.
Woods. The resolutions follow
On the morning of Thursday the
10th of April. 1902. death struck
from the roll OF the ATTORNEYS prac-
ticing at this Bar. the honored name
of U. s. G.. Pitzer. With the rapid
fly with which the news OF great ca.
lamity is spread the sad intelligence
was carried through the community
and throughout the State. And so
universally respected and beloved
was he that everv heart was touched
with the sadness of personal bereave
ment.
/ But to his brothers OF the Rar. who
in the prosecution of their unusal du-
| ties, were in constant association.
| with hfm, the sad tidings spoke with
q voice peculiarly solemn and pro-
found. He was of our number. Daily
he went in and out among us. En-
| gagged in the practice Of the same pro-
! fession. and at the same Bar. we have
had opportunities. not given To all,
of knowing him as he was. and of
guaging his true manliness and worth.
But in the contamination of ~our be-
reayement we pause. with melancholy
| satisfaction that we may review the
brief but honorable career of hi n for
whom we mourn.
On the 10th dav of July. 1864 in
the County OF Berkeley in the State
of West Virginia. u. S. q. Pitzer
was born. Here his life was lived.
| Here he served his dav and genera
ton Here he died In boyhood he
| attended the public schools or Mar.
tinsburg where he prosecuted his
| studies with the earnestness of pur.
pose which was characterize of his
after life But self reliant and Wig
nrous in mind and bod1 he left school
took upon his own shoulders the re-
sponsibilltv of his own existence.
He first found employment in
newsp aper work in the town of Mar
tinsburg. From compositor he soon
rose to the position of local editor,
although but vet boy. Public spir-
| vited, he, at this early period. enter
ed into politics. OF aggressive tenn
ne.ament and D possessed of gift of
forceful oratory, when only twenty
years of uge his parfy's managers
placed him upon the stamp, ms an ad.
vocate of his party's principl es before
the people of his native county
From this time. until his death, his
services as q ca-apaign orator were
IN constant demand, in every politi-
cal campaign and in every quar- ter of
the State.
In 1886 he began the study OF law
in the office of Hon. j. Nelson Wis
ner. one of the veterans of this Bar.
aud in the fall of the year 1887. he
entered the law school of the State
] tn next spring he graduated with
distinction having completed a two
wears course in one year He then re-
turned to Martinsb9rg and began the
practice of his profession being I'D
Mite to Practice IN this Court ON
/ he 18th dav of September, 1888. the
first term after his grlduafi N
AT the election ia the Fall of 1892.
he was elected to the position of Pros
ecuting Attorney of this County. He
was reelected to tins Office in the
ihii VI AcVp- anu again III thc iuiA VI
1900.
In 1898. and again in 1900, he was
chief competitor of Hon. A. q. Day.
ton for the nomination of the Repub-
lican Party for congressman from the
second Congressional District Of West
Virginia. In the Conventions OF both
o. those years he had a strong and
I resolute following.
From tho heainnin0 CT his profess
/ ionaI eaF'e afpil its aDtimelv end
! ne both mnritea ana enjoyed an ex
tensiVe ami lucrative practice. He
was ri Ions npd earnest in the perfor-
nance u every professional duty and
uniformly kind and courteous to his
brothers O the Bar, among whom he
was held in high esteem as "a geuer-