Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-02-06
BANQUET TO JUDGE SAMUEL T.
ROSS.
Silver Pitcher Presented to him by
the rIembers of the Bar and
Officers of the Court.

At banquet In honor OF Judge
Samuel T. Ross, at Hotel Doughty,
Saturday night, January 30th, the
following were present: Members OF
the Bar-Jas. Il. Fletcher, Ben L.
Gunter, Stewart K. Powell, l.. Floyd
Mock, Warner Ames, Jno. 5. Parsons,
j. Harry Rev. Roy d. White, b.
James burlington and G. Walter
Mapp; officers of the court-John ID
Grant, Sr., John d. Grant, Jr, Lee
B. Kellam, K. II. Oldham, DIR. John
H. Ayres and John Z. Lewis; Ernest
Ruediger representing his father,
county surveyor; guests-Thos. W.
Blackstone and J. W. Edmonds. The
banquet being over, on motion OF b
7. Gunter, j. H. Fletcher was made
chairman, and the following resolu-
tions were read by Stewart K Powell:
cat meeting OF the members OF the
Bar and officers of the County Court
O. the County of Accomack, held at
the Court. House of the said county,
on the 30th day Of January, A. d.,
1904, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:
Whereas, by virtue Of the present
Constitution of the State OF Virginia,
the said county court is about to
pass out of existence, in consequence
whereof the Honorable Samuel L.
Ross, Judge of the said court, will be
retired from the Bench; and
Whereas, the members Of the Bar
and officers of the said Court, with a
due sense Of his honorable and faith
full judicial career, are DESTROYS OF
recording their high esteem of Judge
Ross, their appreciation OF his SER
vices on the Bench, and their regret
at his retirement from Office; There
fore be it resolved
LIST. That we, the undersigned
members of the Bar and officers OF
the said Court, do bear testimony to
Judge Ross high character, and to
the faithful, impartial and conscien-
tious discharge of his judicial duties.
and to the unf ailiDg patience, cour-
tesy and respect toward us and to-
ward all who have had occasion to
appear before his court.
I'd. That we sincerely regret bis
retirement from the Bench, believing
that he has maintained the honor
| and dignity of this ancient institu-
ton of this Commonwealth over
which he has presided, and that In
his retirement his county and state
are deprived of the services of an
upright and faithful Judge.
3rd. That a copy of these resolu-
tions be spread upon the order book
of seid Court and be published In the
newspapers in said county"
l. Floyd Mock selected by the Bar,
next presented to Judge Ross a silver
pitcher, suitably inscribed, the gift
of the members of the Bar and off,
GERS of the Court in speech as fol-
lows:
"On behalf of the members of the
Accomack Bar and officers of the
Court, including our worthy County
Surveyor, | have the distinguished
honor of presenting to you, our es-
teemed Judge, this pitcher as a slight
token of our affection and esteem.
When the ancient Greeks sent an
AMBASSADOR to make treaty with OF
gain an advantage over another
nation, they usually sent with him q
gift: hence the term "the gift-bear
ing Creek, but this gift tonight hat
no such significance, but Is free will
offering from hearts glad to honor
man whom we consider worthy of oul
IcOQuQeQce anu eeItem.
After the expiration OF six years
your judicial career is brought to 9
sudden termination, not by any de
fault on your part, but by the aboli
ton of the court over which you
might reasonably have expected tc
preside during the remainder of your
life, judging from the demonstration
here to night, for when judge Is be
loved and esteemed by the Bar ant
the Court officers, it is as well settled
fact that his Office is one of life tenure
| 1t is said that the ancient Greek,
/, and Romans, after their wars were
over, would destroy all evidence o.
battles, so as to wipe out all bitter
memories OF the struggle. You car
deem yourself happy tonight, ir
looking back over your six years o.
Judicial warfare that you have M
monuments of battles to destroy, M
wounded hearts of attorneys to binc
} | up, no apologies to make for beha'
viour unbecoming your high judicia
position, which fact l deem will be &
great sources ofsatisfaction and graft
| fication to you in after life. We have
not met here tonight to celebrate
the obsequies of the county court
wh ich will in few hours be thing
of the past, but to demonstrate oul
regret in having to sever our rela.
tions with you as Judge, and we will
in after years look back upon THU
occasion as an oasis in the desert O.
memory, and our minds will love t.
wonder back to and live over agair
the recollection of this occasion.
| Chief Justice Marshall said "tha
the greatest scourge an angry HEAVIER
ever inflicted upon an ungrateful an(
SHINING people was an ignorant,
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