Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-01-08
JUDGE v. R. allen.
HE RESUMES THE BENCH
AND HOLDS HIS FISRT
COURT IN DURHAM.
An Intimate Friend Writes An In
teresting Sketch of Him In
Sundays Charlotte
Observer.

Our townsman Judge w. R. Allen
opened his first court in Durham
yesterday upon his again coming to
the circuit Superior Court Bench,
and in this connection the following
interesting sketch of him in the
Charlotte Observer of Sunday is
apropos:
"Judge William Allen, of Colds
boro, who was elected, in November,
1902, as a Judge of the Superior
Court, has had a very active and sue
cessful life. He was born on March
26, 1860, in Kenansville, and is a o
of Col. w. A. Allen and Mrs. M. G..
Allen. He was educated at Kenans-
Vile, under b. w. Willard, and at
Trinity College under the late DR..
, Braxton Craven.
"He left school at II years of age
and taught school n year in Wake
county. He vas licened to practice
law in January, 1881, and moved to
Goldsboro in 1881, where he has
built up a large and lucrative prac-
tice. He has been city attorney,
county attorney and chairman OF
the county board of education of
Wayne county. He was elected to
! the Legislature of 1898, and was
made chairman OF the judiciary COM
mittee and was on the committee or
! railroads and railroad commission.
"Judge Allen was nominated for
judge of the Superior Court in 1894
and upon the resignation OF Judge
sSpier Whitaker vas appointed judge
in July, 1891. He was elected to
the Legislature of 1899, and was
! chairman Of the committee on rail-
roads and railroad commissions; he
served as q member of the commit
tee on Judiciary and assisted in pre-
pairing the constitutional. amend
ment. He was elected to the Leg
islature of 1901 and was chairman of
the Judiciary committee and also
: chairman of the board of managers
l in the famous impeachment of the
;Supreme Court Judges. AS has been
!stated, he was elected Judge of the
Superior Court in November, 1902,
Z. and he assumed the duties of his of
l flee the first of this year.
> "On November3, 1886, Judge Aller
: married Miss Matte Moore, of Du-
pin county. He has one brother
Judge O. H. Allen, and n sister
Miss Lizzie Allen, a school teacher
> s'In writing even a brief sketch o
"a man ii is advisable to say a thing
Z Or two as to his personality. 1t il
. quite easy to say agreeable things
about Judge Allen, a most courteou:
gentleman; but | questioned my abil
ity to characterize him in the init
mately personal way that tells of ac
curate understanding. AS a way GU
of the difficulty [ telegraphed to {
man in this State whose word count:
. for a good deal. He wired promptly
and his answer goes:
"sJudge w. r. Allen is one of The
strong young men of the State
lCalm, thoughtful and deliberate, ht
never speaks without previou.
:, thought. He is not a bright talker
but is very wise in speech and action
:. His temperament is judicial and tht
glasses, which ne always wears, giVi
Thin a solemn look; but the solemnity
it is merely apparent. Below the sur
face there is a keen appreciation o
wit and humor. He is a student O
the law-its principles as well as it,
ingredients. There are few men ir
the State his superior in legal learn
ing. He knows men as we'll as law,
4 and carries a clear head on public af
\ fairs. He foresees with unusual Wis
ion the effect of any act or declara'
ton upon public opinion, and in Pc
4 litical life is almost too sensitive in
4 his response to the temporary will o.
the Deople, but on the bench his
training in the law and his love fol
Y it give him an u~nvacilating standard
v Of action from which no clamor car
4 drive him." l. +. "A.
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: and whooping congh or Group sc
a - +t,o poopfhS of February