Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-08-13
Death of MIR. Henry We'll i'm
Baltimore Hospital Yes
terday Morning
FUNERAL TOMORROW MORNING
A Man of Large Affairs, of Broad
Charity, of Patriotic Activity, OF
COmpaniOnable Personality
He Will be Sadly Missed
and Sincerely
MOurned.

In the passing of Mr.. Henry We'll,
whose death occurred yesterday-Sun-
day-afternoon at 4 o'clock, in the
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,
Goldsboro loses a man who in every
phase of citizenship measured up to
those standards that make men truly
great, and his going away brings
sadness that is real and a sense of
loss that will be abiding to every
heart who knew him, for to know him
was, indeed, to love him. He was one
of the most companionable of men, and
his interest in humanity was such that
those even in the humblest walks of
life could engage his busy time and
attention and awaken his solicitude,
and his charity was unfailing, but not
heralded in the market place-nor was
it confined to generous deeds alone:
he was charitable also in thought and
kind in word.
In the world of business Henry We'll
stood in the forefront, and his success
full career measures back across the
years to the chaotic time of the war
between the States, when as a young
man he came to Goldsboro and cast
his lot with our people, depleted by
the ravages of war, and eating the
ashen crust of sorrow, and from that
time, on through the half century
until this day, they have been his peo-
pie, and the community, therefore,
mourns his death as a personal sorrow
in every home.
Mr.. We'll was a native of Germany,
and came to Goldsboro during the
last year of the war, together with his
younger brother Mr.. Sol We'll, who
survives, and together they became
associated with their older brother,
the late Mr.. Hermann We'll, and es-
tablished, in 1865, the firm of H. We'll
We'll & Bros, that will next year cele-
brate it's golden jubilee, of fifty years
in business-the Oldest business house
in the city, except the jewelry store
of L. D. Giddens & Son.
In all the years of his citizenship
here Mr.. We'll was not only a poten-
tial factor in the development OF the
city's and sections physical possibili-
ties in mercantile and manufacturing
avenues of effort, but he was also an
energizing force and a bulwark of
stableness in promoting and sustain
ing the educational and financial prog
ress of our people. He was ever a
strong advocate of public education,
and was a member of the Board of
Trustees of the GoldsbOro Public
Schools from their establishment,
more than thirty years ago, and all
his children had their early schooling
therein, ard he not only gave to these
schools generously of his thought, and
time, and means and personal super
vision, but he established what is
known as the We'll prize-$2O in gold
each to the boy and girl of the gradu-
ating class each year that has main
tanned the highest average above q
certain standard, for two years pre-
vious and this has been a great in
centive in stimulating the classes to
do their best in their studies. Mr.
We'll was also a member Of the Boarc
of Trustees of the State University
and was one of the founders of the
Bank of Wayne, and was continuously
a member of its Board of Directors.
Mr. We'll in his young manhood mar
ried Miss Mena Rosenthal, daughtel
of the late beloved Mr.. Emil Rosen
thai, then of Wilson, but who subse
uuently moved with his family to thi
city and became a member of the tirn
of H We'll & Bros. and to his interest
in the firm his son Mr.. JOS. Rosentha
succeeded. To their marriage fou
children were born, Mr.. Leslie We'll
now a member of the firm, Miss Ger
trude, Mr.. Herman and Miss jane
who with their mother survive hin
and to these the tenderest sympath
of the people of Goldshoro, from tn
humblest to the highest, all Of Who1
love them, goes out with solicitud
that would succor and soothe an
give them strength to sustain this Wis
itation from Him who is the God {
their fathers-the Jehovah of Israel
Mr.. We'll was taken i'll here just bt
fore leaving to attend the graduatio
of his daughter and youngest chill
Miss Janet from Smith College, whic
all the family attended, and from the1
he went direct to Johns Hopkins Ho
pital, where from the first his ailmel
was diagnosed as alarming, and yet
was hoped that it could be overcome