The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-23

KNOWN That starr was 80 be captain
and Fuller first lieutenant, old COM
rades and others volunteered at once,
and the company entered into service,
With full ranks. Lieutenant Fuller
had no opportunity to show the stuff
that was in him, as the company, for
want OF guns, was sent to Fort Fisher,
and upon being equipped afterwards,
North Carolina. While in active ser
wee in Starts Battery, Lieutenant
Fuller was elected and took his seat
in the last Confederate Congress, re-
ceiving an almost unanimous soldier
| vote. being the youngest member, and
by the way, the handsomest, the Ado
mis- Of Congress, as he was called.
Here, too, no opportunity offered for
display Of his talents. It was then
only a question Of how long he could
hold out and preserve our honor.
THE end came. What an end!
but the stout hearts of our men, and
the sublime virtues Of our m
Our soldiers were ragged and soiled,
but their Souls were intact, undisrnay-
ed, uncomfortable. We say with
pride, First. at Bethel. farthest at
them For our sweethearts. sisters,
wives and mothers. we say, First at
Bethel farthest at Gettysburg.'-fore-
most in all good works. untiring, self
sacrificing, God-guided women to
them there was TO Appomattox-they
have never surrendered. If pride OF
ancestry Is ever ~pardonable, our chill
dren may well be proud.
Demonstration is the blacklist
1 most damnable page in the history OF
) our country. It's story has never, and
l can never be told-far better that il
> should not be. We must forgive, but
s we may not forget.
4 Mos LYrASknA tn (nNNnvncc
7 "At the first election after the war
in 1865, he was elected to Congress:
|. from the Cape Fear district, but wa.
8 not permitted to tax his seat. by tn
: rulings of Thad Stevens-et id omn'
S genus-which freely translated woult
y baser sort 1t was during this event
full time that the Hon. Thomas c
o Fuller ven back to his little Office O
the banks of Cross Creek. where, lull
: ed by it's falling waters, he was 500
busily at work. To our thinking
life. Riding in from his countr
home, with carriage full OF children
and dinner basket in hand. He hat
X with all of us. a hard struggle at frs
to keep the wolf from the door. Cor
lie ditions soon changed. The upheav;
N caused much litigation. of which h
OF had full share. Indeed he too /:
l. the head of the Fayetteville bar. II
lie first came into Statewide notice /
IS. his bold. masterful defense Of Tolls
lg and others before a Military Commi;
ne sion held at Raleigh. His clieni
b. sentenced to death-General Car
ne were convicted, of course, an
IN by committed to imprisonme,
for life, and their counsel, I
te strenuous efforts. after a short tim
induced President Johnson to pardo
ds Mr.. Fuller's reputation rests chic
at ~ on his skill as a criminal laWye
Vn In this branch OF the practice he b;
OF no superior in our State, and was ca,
Ill ed into service in all important cas-
SIC Tradition says. he saved the life Of
It's prominent and wealthy client. char
ed with murder, by his skiliful co
duct Of the case. He had an old la
surveyor to MAKE a map OF the pla
of the homicide, and by this witne
broke down the evidence OF the Sta
made good his plea of seff-defenI
I'D and set his client free. Now. he h
U.s. followed this old land surveyor
set many a land suit in Cumberland
course and distance, and knew {
actly how to frame his questions
secure desired His remo'
vi to Raleigh followed close upon I
me verdict.
Ter Criminal Lawyer of Note.
til cot all his criminal cases he PR
ably took most interest in that