The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-04

and riches are advantages that are not
to be ignored. old uncle Caesar, my
fathers carriage driver, was as perfect
q gentleman as l ever saw. He was
polite, respectful, courteous, kind ami
able in his disposition, soft and gentle
in his manners. What more could he
have. If he had been educated he
would have been almost perfect.
wish l possessed that old Stoves vir-
tues. In the South, before the war,
there was class of men who were the
finest type of gentlemen that the world
has ever seen. They We're honest, cul-
tured, hoSitable, charitable gallant
and no knight in the age of chiyalry
was ever more respectful to the fair
sex. Col. Kenan is among the last of
the gentlemen of the generation pre-
ceding the war, and when they are
gone the finest type of the gentleman
will have disappeared. No man in the
State was more fortunate in his sur
roundings and associations than he
was. His father was man of ample
means and was able to give all his
children a collegiate education. His
association was with such men as
George Davis and Col. Robert Strange,
of Wilmington, and Judge A. A. Nc
Koy three as accomplished men as
any State ever had. / knew them all,
and there were no finer types or men.
They were each entirely different from
the other. George Davis reminded me
somewhat of Jefferson Davis. He was
the same figure with an open, frank,
honest expression Of countenance,
easy, naturally graceful in his man
ners, and was among the four finest
orators the State has produced IN my
my day. The other three being Ii. w.
Miller, d. K. McRae and j. {. Dobbln.
Col. Strange was a gentleman in every
sense of the word. He was equally as
2ultudel as Davis, but was more re-
served in his manner, more grand,
stately and majestic in his bearing. He
locked like king. Judge Mckoy was
more bland, more affable and more
social He always had a smile on his
face and when he greeted you he
made you feel that he was glad to
meet you. Davis had the culture. the
learning the grace and dignity to have
made a great Senator. Col. Strange
would have made a modern Governor
equal to any the State ever had. Col
Kenan is worthy to rank with these
three men, for he possesses their mn
merous virtues that so richly adorned
their characters, for he is gentle, re-
fined, affable, graceful and dignified.
These men have shed lustre upon their
State and deserve to live in the MEM
DRY of her people as a precious eX-
ample to the youth of our country.
The words of the poet may be applied
to them:
II have scanned the actions of their
daily lives
With all the industrious malice of
foe
And nothing meets mine eyes but deeds
of honor
In writing about the living ! feel
like an eagle with his wings clipped.
| can't turn myself loose, for if | were
to say what my heart prompts it would
sound like fulsome eulogy. / like to
write of a man of such sterling worth,
of such rugged honesty, of such intlex-
ible integrity and of such unaffected
modesty which is the tsweetest charm
and the richest gem in the diadem that
embellishes human character. No man
in our State has more equipoise,
more amiabe disposition, more gentle
manners and has achieved for himself
a more stainless and splendid name
than the subject of this NGetch.
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