The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-16
PRESENT PORTRAIT
JUDGE I. {. FULLER
Event in Supreme Court Room
Ten O'clock tuesday
Morning
Fitting Tribute PAID by ST.
preme Court to Do Honor to
Memory Of a Distinguished
Son Of the State.

The portrait Of Judge Thomas {
Fuller. painted by Mrs. Marshall vii
Z North Carolina artist. VIII he
presented to the supreme our Tues
day morning at ten o'clock by Col
G. w. Broadfoot H. the old Supreme
court room. II was a hitting tribute
Il Supreme court paid TO Judge Full
Ter when IL authorized his portrait To
be hung on its walls.
Col Fuller, as he was long and af-
f~ectionately called. possessed the finest
qualities Of manhood. AS a legal ad-
vocate he n his friend Col. Thos.
kuhn were. for a fun generation,
without rivals. AS a lawyer he took
a broad and comprehensive view OF
all matters submitted to him. AS a
citizen he was true to his ideals. AS
a judge he was just and merciful;
but 1t was as friend. father and man
that he toWed like Saul of Tarsus,
far and away head of his fellows.
Here he led all tho rest for of him il
mus be written down that he loved
his fellow man. No one who ever
heard him at the bar and saw his fine
eye flashing with righteous wrath as
he pleaded the cause OF the oppressed
Will ever forget the scene. On one
occasion when he was leaving the
court house at Oxford. an old negro
was heard 10 calculate God, didn't
he burn the wind
As the teller Of a racy story full Of
attic wit, but clean as a hounds
tooth" he had the primacy. AS the
boon companion of a few choice
spirits his place could not be Supplied
He thought no evil, he peddled nc
scandal Everything human touched
him. He would win and conquer tht
world FOR truth and right, not by
force or power, by sympathy and love
Yet he was an impersonal man, h
kept TO himself well in the back
ground, and his sallies OF wit an<
humor, Of which there was an mex
haustible source, left no sting. II
would give you advice, if you soush
it, but there was no preachment
what he said was radiant with fun
wholesome with saving common sense
He was speaking at Fayetteville 70.
peace Wheel Lincoln's call for troop
was announced. He went who'll
hearted with his State and did hi
full duty as an officer of STAIRS Bat
terry. He was q member of the Con
federate Congress, a judge of III,
United States courts and the conf
Dental adviser Of many State admin
lS~1ratlons For a score of years h
was the foremost lawyer in our State
His practice extended from tn
mountains to the sea and embrace,
issues of life and death, compile,
rights of property as We'll as weight
matters of State.
In appearance Judge Fuller Wa
superb. He stood full six feet
weighing over 200 pounds. His ever
acton as an orator was one Of sym
nietIy: his hea was eonine, and hi
voice attuned to his every though
He was full Of saving common sens
and tact.
!, 1t may be doubted whether in til
annals of our good State there h
5 been d family truer to itself and NOR
loyal TO friends than the fathe,
mother, sons and daughters that gath
| cred in this city for q quarter Of
5 century around the Fuller fireside.
Mr.. w. w. Fuller and Ir. Staple
Fuller, of New York. have reserve
a number of EOomS at the Yarboroug
Hotel. q number Of prominent gent,
men from New York to arrive toda
10 be present at the presentation {
he portrait. One emb of II
parry will be Dr.. StimSon. an eTniner
surgeon, author Of surgical works, TT
G father Of Tor Harry Stimson, form.
Secretary Of War. who VIII be II
e guest of MIR. ". w. Fuller.
BURGLARS At HENDERSON.