The gold leaf., 1910-09-22
JOHN M. JULIAN.

Intelligence of the serious sickness
of John NJ. Julian, editor OF the Sails
bury Post, had prepared his friends
and brethren OF the press for the
worst, and while the announcement
Of his death did not come as sud-
den shock it was attended with all
the poignant sorrow that the pass
ing OF such a man and friend could
produce. In his death which occur
red about ) o'clock Friday after
noon, O distinct loss is sustained by
the State and the press OF North Car
Olina.
It was a subject of remark among
his friends land to know him inti-
mately was to love him. who saw
him at the Press Convention last
June that John Julian did not seem
to be very well. He took part IN the
discussions, his zeal for his work and
indomitable will squirting him ever,
and was one OF the speakers at the
banquet given in honor OF the edit
ors, (paying an exquisite and appre-
ciative tribute to Joseph +. Caldwell,
beloved of North Carolina editors, }
but he appeared to labor under ef-
fort. And in social intercourse he
was not as his friends had known
him. But little did they think that
o fatal malady was eating at his
vitals Poor fellow!
While he did no give up work until
less than three weeks before died Mr..
Julian's health had been failing for
some months. Soon after taking his
bed his sickness was diagnosed as
pelIagra. Experts were called in from
this State and South Carolina and
the diagnosis of the attending physl-
clans was concurred in. The case
baffIed all efforts to overcome and
the patient succumbed to the mystic
rious disease as others have done
medical science mute and mystified
in it's awful presence.
Although but 30 years old John
Moose Julian had made a deep i'm
preston in the affairs Of life, private
and public. AS a member Of the Leg
islature he took prominent position;
as an editor he ranked among the
best in the State; as a citizen he was
loyal; as a friend he was true; as a
companion he was always delightful.
He was a strong speaker as we'll as
a brilliant writer-a man Of fine abil-
ity, calm Judgment, high ideals, and
strength of character.
The acting editor of the Salisbury
Post, the paper that John Julian ed
tied with such fine spirit and marked
ability, pays this beautiful tribute to
his gifted and lamented chief
WE MOURN.
The door OF temporal life has
closed and the portals of life eternal
have opened for John Julian.
He has solved the mystery of death
and all is we'll with his soul. Those
who knew him best loved him best;
kind, gentle, loyal, and unassuming,
he measured friendship by his worth
and wrought confidence by his char
acter.
In all the walks OF life in which
duty or his fancy called him, he made
an impress and left his mark.
By nature an optimist, he was
ever cheerful and companionable; as
q friend he rang true as steel; as a
citizen he stood for humanity and
the essentials of true democracy; as
q legislator, he was responsive to
that which tended to uplift and bet
ter his people; as a husband and IA
ther, he was provident, indulgent
and beloved; as editor OF this paper,
his ideals were high and his writings
clean and wholesome. Vituperation
and abuse were never his weapons
charity, honor and truth were ever
his handmaidens.
His life in years was short, too
short for the realization OF his hopes
and dreams, but it was a life of use
fulness, of good honest effort and
hope and optimism, and we are bet
ter for his having lived. Sunday
they laid him away in Goods acre, y
where he will sleep in sweet peace
eternal-and there be many who
will. long
For the touch of a vanish d hand
| A I'd the sound of q voice that is sti H."