Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-08
THE LATE HENRY
and SOLOMON We'll

Editor Argus:-A few weeks ago.
Henry We'll died and the papers To-Day
announced the death OF his OUNCE
brother Sol We'll. In 1867 went 10
GoIdsboro to practice law n hrst
became acquainted with these gentle
men. Hermann We'll, an older brother,
was the senior member OF the nrm
of H. We'll e Bros. then engaged IN
the mercantile business in GoIdsbofo.
Hermann was the manager OF the Hrm
and directed all its movements. he.
was a man of fine judgment and K
cellent business capacity and with the
foundation for one of the greatest and
most mercantile establish
ments in the State. By close appi1ca-
ton to his business his health failed
and he died in the golden prime OF his
young manhood, before he attained the
full meridian OF life and death fell on
him like an untimely frost upon the
sweetest flower OF all the field" He
was quiet, gentle, modest and unas-
Stunning in his and was pc
loved and honored by the whole COM
munity. Upon his death the manage
ment of the business devOlved upon
his two younger brothers, Henry and
Sol, and they successfully managed
the business of the firm and they
amassed a ~ponderous fortune, exceed
ing over a million of dollars. They
did not make it by taking near cuts
and depressing their fellow men,, but
by being scrupulously. honest in all
their business transactions. The words
of the poet will apply to them,
az have scanned the actions of their
daily lives
With all the Industrious malice OF q
foe
And nothing meets mine eyes but
deeds of honor"
They we're generous in their contrl-
buttons to every enterprise that was
for the benefit of HI people of Colds
boro. They contributed literally tc
the erection of the hospital, so thai
the poor could receive free treatment
n sickness, they gave hundreds OF
dollars to buy books for poor children
attending the graded school, and IL
cold weather they furnished fuel anc
provisions to supply the needs OF the
poor. What a noble virtue is charity
"TO them no widow told her woes
And found them unredressed
To them no shivering orphan came
But found a home and rest"
Henry We'll was trustee of thu
Graded school and of the Universit.
of the State and was a director of thu
A. & n. C. R. R. and was faithful il
every relation of life.
The Jews are a great people, dis
tinguished for their culture, learning
lofty patriotism and noble deeds o
charity and philanthrophy. Judah F
Benjamin was premier of the Confed
crate Cabinet; a Jew in Chariot
opened his door to President Davi
when in fight from the Yankees, afte
the surrender of Lee, Disraeli, a Jew
was prime minister of England durin
the reign of Queen Victoria. In 1877
I heard Governor Vance deliver hi
great lecture on the Scattered Nation
at the White Sulphur Springs, Wiz
ginia. It is one of the greatest ora
tons of the World-a master piece c
rhetoric and diction. l have his lif
in my library and 1 often read hi
lecture, which is the noblest tribut
to the lew ever written by man. Afte
hearing Governor Vance on the Je'
my opinion of him as a man entirel
changed, for it was SO historical, S
scholarly, SO eloquent, sc learned tha
/ afterwards regarded him as one
our greatest statesmen and orators.
Henry and Sol We'll were the fines
types of the first-class and culture
Jew.
c. S. WOOTEN.
Mt. Olive, n. c.. Sept. 20, 1914.