The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-18

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wEth hsre vale nct q very aH3g~nt
student - the IsN. he hat Z quick
ard active mind ard was 2 Tn1ftahte
opponent r. any case he had hhtnr~ ,
jury liz am a~s very cordial.
ard ne rad acquired great popularity
among fne people u WAKE and sur
rounding COUNTIES As q member or
fhs firm az Rogers & Bachelor re
preferred - gtse Ar Batchetot the
d1fy of 9~repa-ng the lap . their
LIS before the state and Federal
courts. He vas . Union MAJ
before 1851. but after the war re be-
came q leading democrat and ~as
elected 10 congress In 1870. ? served
Z term. He was always delicate. and
died IL 1872. while stiil in middle age
Quentin DurWard Busbee. or as ne
signed his name and ~a- universally
known. 2uent Busbee. was a very unl-
que and fascinating man. and a rare
Wit For sometime -pay-uaster IN the
United states Navy. after he left the
University. in Is42. he obtained ~
CenSe and practiced law in Wake
county. where ne was born and raised.
the resi- ~ his life. lie served as
solicitor Of the county court AZ differ
ent times, and. being = democrat. he
disputed with Col ( II. Rogers. the
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county. Rogers being OF the opposite
political party. He was a man or de-
eide native ability ans most popular
I have seldom known a
greater wit. Surprise Is the leading
element ~ wit, a. | can not think of
Quent Busbee now without smiling.
as | recall some OF the surprising
things he did and said in q matter Of
fact, off-hand way. For instance. one
day . country man. IN search of II
". Miller. whose office adjoined his.
wake in Bushels office and. looking
around. asked. rs Mr.. Miller in
here2" Mr.. Busbee was sitting at his
desk. He did not turn his head. but
opened each drawer and looked In il.
then under the desk and table and
mounting a chair he looked on the
top of his book cases. and then turn
ing TO the astonishing man. he gravely
said: Il don't see him in here"
once he and Colonel Rogers were op-
posing attorneys in a Wake county
trial, and Colonel Rogers. while ad-
dressing the jury. began to state some
facts which We're within his own
knowledge but not deposed 10 by wit
nesses. Without "A change OF counten-
ance Busbee took a Bible from the
table before him, and presenting it to
Rogers said; Mr.. Rogers, | will swear
you If you please. This was quite
as effectual as if he had applied to
the court to conhne his adversary to
the evidence. lie also dice before he
had passed middle age.
Ed. Graham Haywood, a life long
resident of the city of Raleigh, held
a very high place at its bar His
labor and capacity for labor We're
truly wonderful. He was thoroughly
prepared when he obtained his lie
enSe, having doubtless been impressed
by a saying Of his fathers which |
have heard him quote, that he never
knew a lawyer who was not one when
he came to the bar. After he came
to the bar he read law more assidu-
ously than any other lawyer | have
known. He was very careful and pro-
Tx In the preparation of his plead
ings. and when his practice was large.
he frequently worked from 16 to IS
hours a day. At such times he ig-
nored all social duties or pleasures, but
spent his days and nights in his office.
when not engaged in, or waiting for
a trial in court. No point in a case
escaped him; but he often elaborated
some hat could not be sustained and
labored on the a and untenable
lines alike. An aristocrat in his habits
of life and thought, he never earned
the common people" as Mr.. Lincoln
called them from experience. Logic,
rather thar justice, was his master,
and he went with all confidence where
logic seemed to lead, Without stopping
to reflect whether justice went with
h.ln. As an associate he was ever of
the greatest value, because he was
willing to do all the labor, and when
he got to the end of it, no further
search needed to be made for prece-
dent or authority. Thinking of him
now, [ would say that, While not the
best, he was the most earned LAWYER.
as learning is derived from books.
that I have ever known. He died
many years ago before he had much
naSSP6 TQIddln a orn
Daniel G.. FoWle was a contempor-
airy of Colonel Haywood from he
time of their admission to the bar in
Raleigh in 1854. He was born in the
town of Washington, and graduated
at Princeton College. He was a stu
dent of law under Chief Justice
Pearson, whose daughter he married,
and began the practice under the
most favorable auspices and bright
est prospects. 1t is said that Judge
Pearson pronounced him equal to any
student of the law he had ever pre-
pared for the bar. He settled in Raj
eigh with the prestige hat this en-
cOmlum rave him. He was employed
by lawyers in different parts of the
State to argue their cases with or for
them IN the Supreme Court. Before
1858, for the successful counse in
that court, $1,000 was taxed as part
of the costs in each case, on the
Law docket, and $4,000 in each
Equity case; and if counsel represent
ed a fiduciary, seeking the advice Of
the court, $40. 90 was taxed. whatever
the result. If [ mistake not. Governor
Fowle told me that in one year he re-
ceived nearly 100000 in such fees.
His perceptions We're very quick and
his mind intensely active. He pre-
pared his cases rapidly. He served
as Superior Court Judge in 1865.
and then returned to the bar. From
the first he commanded a large prac-
tice and conducted it successfully; but.
for two reasons, he was not the stu
lent he had formerly been. He had
a fancy for specializing and increas-
ing his estate outside of his profess
sion, and he became ambitious for
political honors, and made many
speeches on the hustings in different
parts of the state. But, notwfth-
standing, such was his qUickness u
take advantage Of the contingencies of
a trial, hat whether he had labored in
the preparation of his case before
hand, or not. he was always a formid-
able opponent. When he became in
terested in the details of important
cases. he made arguments to the last,
that would have done credit to any
lawyer. He reached the goal Of his
# ambition and died Governor of the