The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-18
CIRCUIT COURT.
The December Term In Session Two Days,
With Judge williams on the Bench.

The December Term In Session Two Days,
With Judge Williams on the Bench.
The non-jury December term of the
Circuit Court for Garrett county con-
vened in Oakland Monday with His
Honor Judge Ferdinand Williams pre-
siding.
The dockets were called over and
entries made in uncontested cases.
The case of Bird VS.. White, trad
ing as the Blackiston Lumber Com
pany, was heard and determined.
This was an action instituted by Bird
for a receiver for the lumber COM
pany, setting up as a cause for the
action the inability of White to pay
for the labor rendered by the com
plainant. Testimony showed that
Bird had been overpaid his wages by
$50. Verdict for White.
The only other case heard by the
court was that of White VS.. Shartzer;
verdict for White.
On Tuesday morning the bar pre-
scented to the court the resolutions
adopted by the Bar Association on
the death of the late Judge Edward
Stake. In presenting the resolutions
Mr.. g. S. Hamill made an address.
He was followed by Messrs. E. H.
Sincell, of Oakland, and R. 7. Semmes,
OF Cumberland. Judge Williams re-
piled feelingly and at some length.
The resolutions follow:
WHEREAS, The members of the Bar
Association of Garrett county have
been grieved and shocked with the in
telligence of the death of Hon. Ed
ward Stake, one of the Associate
Judges of the Fourth Judicial Circuit
of Maryland, which occurred at his
home on Sunday evening, November
IL, 1902; and
WHEREAS, The sudden removal of
Judge Stake from his sphere of use
fulness to the bench. bar and people
of this circuit and State at time
when he had Just reached the full de-
velopment of his powers as a lawyer
and judge, and while enjoying to the
fullest the confidence and esteem of
his friends and those with whom he
was daily brought into close and init
mate contact through the execution
and performance of the duties of his
high and aXalted position has cast a
cloud of universal mourning over the
counties composing the circuit in
which he was so well beloved and
known and where the many qualities
of his kindly nature were constantly
being displayed and the great natural
gifts with which he was so pre-emi-
nently endowed were daily used for
the material and moral advancement
and prosperity of those he delighted
to serve; and
WHEREAS, Judge Stakes great
knowledge Of the law, coupled with
his literary attachments of ii high or
der, which enabled him at all times
and upon all occasions to clothe his
thoughts and decisions in most ornate
and beautiful diction, gave added
weight to the mandates and iudg-
ments of the court over which, with
his colleagues, he presided with such
wisdom, distinction, impartiality and
WHEREAS, While we bow i'll hum
BILE submission to the decree of an all
wise and merciful God, who, in this
dispensation of His inscrutable provi-
dence, has removed one whose life
was spent in doing good and whose
supreme desire was the welfare of his
neighbOrs and friends, we are again
brought face to face with the uncer-
tainty of life and the certainty of that
death which awaits us one and all.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the members of the Bar Association
of Garrett county,
First. That we have been ineXpres-
sibly shocked and grieved by the
news of the sad and sudden death of
the Hon. Edward Stake, one of the
Associate Judges of the Fourth Judi
cial Circuit of Maryland.
Second, That by the death of Judge
Stake the bench, bar and people OF
this circuit have been deprived of the
services of an upright, conscientious,
wise and just Judge.
Third. That bonds of friendship
have been riYen and ties of more than
ordinary love and personal regard
have been torn asunder and destroy
ed.
Fourth. That the members of this
Association attend the funeral OF
Judge Stake in body.
Fifth. That the bench of the Cir.
cult Court for Garrett county and
the chair lately occupied by the de.
ceased be draped in mourning as a
further token of respect.
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lutions be presented to the Circuit
Court for Garrett county at its next
session with the request that the
same be spread upon the minutes.
Seventh. That the secretary fur.
nish a copy to each of the county pa.
pers and also transmit the same tC
the family of the deceased.
A Record to BE Proud OF.
Twenty-seven years in the music
business and not Il Si3lOle HjSSOtjSfeO