Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1915-09-02
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In another column will be seel
the heannounced candidacy Of Capt
!. Edmund Jones for the Office Q
Attorney General Of North Caro-
lima. The Office Of Attorney Gen
Aral 10 eof the most importan
4 .o@cea in, the State, requiring tn
sSIsIy best skill ot the ablest law
..ysr to properly discharge the du
ties ofthe Office. He is not onl.
required to represent the State'l
interestbefore the Supreme Cour
OF the State in all importan'
criminal cases on appeal, but h
is required to represent the Stat'
In all LOT it's litigation. Heis otter
rsquired to appear before the Su
.-piensC Co4rt oi the United States
IA simple review Of his duties viii
acenyincs every. voter that we neet
TIE very best legal talent in tht
State. .te- discharge the duties o
z thit tUfnce.isAs the State becomes
mofe.a goyetumentof regulation
and control Of all public service
corporations the demands upon
this Office become greater.
Captain Edmund Jones has moi
only the legal training but the
practical experience that is nee
iessary to give force to his knowl.
edge" Educated in the law at the
University of Virginia and devot.
ing q life. OF untlringenerg to the
!; study and practice-of his proies-
sion he is now recognized among
the legal profession as one OF the
ablest and best equipped lawyers
In the State. He has been q stu
dent Of all the kindred branches
OF the law, and in literature has
q vast store of information al
ways at his command to add
force to the presentation of every
legal proposition. His polish Of
manners combined with an, at
tractive personality has won for
him a high social position in the
State. While he has devoted a
great part Of bin life in close ap-
plication to the law, he has never
failed to take the deepest interest
in politics-his democracy begin.
ming with; his first vote. When a
mere boy; when the cause of his
own Southland drew into the vor.
tex OF war the young manhood OF
the South, he was found among
them fighting valiently Tor the
Southern cause. When the Na-
stion was drawn into war by a
foreign foe and the South had an
opportunity to prove her loyalty
to the flag OF the Union, Captain
Jones was one OF the first to ten
der his services to the Govern
ment and remained in the service
until the close Of the Spanish.
American war. a.
There has never heen a cam
paign waged in North Carolina for
the success Of democracy that did
not find Captain Jones in the
thickest Of the fight, working for
the success OF bis friends and his
party. Desiring to devote his
time TO the practice OF law, be
has always in the past readily
yielded splendid opportunities for
political promotion to his friends,
and has spent his life fighting for
them rather than for himself. The
!, result is that his nearest political
friends around him have risen to
high positions, aided much by his
assistance, while he has received
nothing at the hands Of the Dem
o,ratic party. he has now reach.
cd the period in life where the
Democratic party must reward
him for his long and faithful SER
vice, if it ever expects to. There
ia,no man in North Carolina who
deserves more and has received