The Forrest City times., 1912-11-15
IN MEMORY OF JUDGE NORTON
Resolutions of Bar of St. Francis County Presented to Supreme
 Court,

oullued Character of him who lives T Rood He, who runs a good race. and leaVeS behind him that greatest ol 'H iegaeies-a good name is not soon forgotten, was strikingly exemplified itl the proceedings before the Su. preme Court of Arkansas on Monday, November 1, 1912, time set down in the calendar for that purpose by the court, when Hon. R. l. Williams. ot this city, presented to the Court the
 heSolutlons of Respect" adopted by the Bar of St. Francis county. and published at the time in this paper, upon the death of their esteemed brother attorney. Judge N. W. Nor. ton. In presenting these resolutions to the supreme court, the Hon. MT. Williams reviewed the life work of ms deceased friend, and in an address oi twenty minutes duration, eulogised ehe traits of the beautiful, loyable and honorable life lived by deceased Tn the most beautiful, impressive and eloquent language at his com. mand, and it is said of him, that he was at his best. His address was ex. temporaneous, and We regret that We have not the manuscript so that we could record 1t in the files of thls paper. But it is said that the mem. ory of our deceased and revered friend was vividly recalled, and conspicuous. ly honored before the Court, in one of the most beautiful and eloquent tributes that has ever been paid to the memory of man.
 Senator Williams was followed by Hon. John NJ Moore, of Moore Smith & Moore, one of the most prominent law firms in the State. and he, in turn, was followed by Judge $. II. Mann, of Mann, Roll wage X Morrow. of this city, who was perhaps Judge Norton's closest friend here, and we have been fortu- nate in securing from the Court eoPie of these two addresses for this issue of The Times, and which will be read with interest by the many friends of the family throughout the State
 Speaking to tue Resolutions intro. duced by Hon. R. l Williams, Judge Moore said
 MT. Norton was native of Ken lucky He was born October b, 1850, and died March 6, 1912, in his sixty first year He was survived by his wife and four children His boyhood was spent in the State of Ohio, where his parents moved while he was quite young. There he attended the i public schools and obtained such educational advantages as they afford ed. While he was yet youth his parents moved 10 Illinois, where he remained until 1869. When he was nineteen years Of age he, with one companion. started West Their route lay through this State East. ern Arkansas at that time was prac. tically wilderness, and the forests and streams abounded in game and fish Attracted by his fondDeSs fol hunting and the opportunities the country afforded for the gratiflca of his tasest in that line, he 1 located inthe eastern part ei the state and spent ten years chiefly in trapping, his activi- ties being confined principally tC Little. Tyronza and St. Francis rivers in this State. and Sunfiower River in Mississippi He made his home al Wittsburg, then the county seat of 1 Cross County. During the seasons that he was not engaged in trapping he spent part of his time in teaching ! school, in that respect following the course of many successful lawyers ol the older generation in the South and West In the spring of 1878 ht entered the office of the Circuit Clerk of Cross county, as deputy, and begar the study of law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1881. In 1883 he was elected to the lower house of the General Assembly. serving one term in that body He then moved tt Forrest City, where he opened al office and devoted himself exclusively to the practice of law during the re mainder of his life.
 To the members oi this court anC Bar there is no need to speak of his merit as lawyer or his virtues as man and citizen, as he was for many years member of this Bar, and tht records of the court attest his strengti and ability as a lawyer, but N, owe it to those who are to come after as well as to him, 10 make some mem orial of the high character and no ble qualities exemplifed in bis per eo,,oI and prOfesSiOnal life