The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-12
MEMORIAL OCCASION
NTHE FEDERAL COURT
Feeling Tributes Of Respect
Are Paid the Late John ].
Davis, of This CITY.

Are Paid the Late John ].
Davis, of This City.
The opening Of the April term o.
federal court here Tuesday morning
was an impressive memorial occasion
Short tributes were paid the late JohI
j. Davis. a member Of the court bal
many years and set Of resolution.
the same as those adopted by the Har
rison County Bar Association wal
read and ordered spread on the court
records.
The court then had the names Of
the jurors to serve during the tern
called and then adjournment wa,
taken until 10 o'clock Wednesda,
morning. The following jurors re.
ported for duty: s
Lloyd A. Anderson, Pages B. Ben.
nett, Earl r. Pigott. Waiter w. Mills
David w. Undertake, William 1
Winfield, Ferdinand Gore, Charles NJ
Ernst. Macus v. MILAN, John d
Thomas. Levi M. Harris, John o
Morgan. James L. Rinehart, Camden
Mollohan. Mortimer Langford, Be.
mona Barker. George Lee Bush
James Frame. Isaac N. George, Alon.
20 Adams. Truman A. Mason, Cha rles
Bee. John W. Hit. A. ]. Carlow
Hough Bayless. II. w. Fleming, D.
N. Morris and Samuel A. Shafer.
Additional jurors were drawn u,
follows:
B. Frank Hornor. Edward J.
Doyle. Mortimer w. Smith, Benjamin
F. Robinson. ]. Hornor Davis and
NJ. D. Garrison.
Bernard F. Butcher. OF Farm ont
was reappointed referee in bank.
ruptcy.
Opening the memorial part of the
session. Captain NJ. G. Sperry ad.
dressed the court as follows.
1T the court please. since the last
regular session Of this court at this
place, the nestor Of the bar ut Clarks.
burg answered the summons which
must inevitably be answered by all
The members OF the bar met upon
that occasion and adopted resolu-
tons making brief resume OF the
services rendered by the deceased
brother memeber Of the bar. and
now. on behalf OF the bar Of Clarks.
burg. desire to present to your honor
and ask to have spread upon the rec.
ords Of this court the action taken
by the bar Of Clarksburg in order
that q brief memorial Of the dis.
tinguished man may be perpetuated,
Hon. John ]. Davis. the oldest mem.
Der Of the bar Of Clarksburg."
Judge A. g. Dayton, presiding,
said:
THE request Of the bar will be
granted, and II is with profound and
deep regret that this court recog-
nizes the loss that the bar has sus-
tanned In the death OF Mr.. Davis. His
loss comes to mo as personal one.
] go back fifty years In vivid mem
DRY to the time when. as school
boy, entered the court room of my
native county adjoining this, and re.
call SO well his kindly interest in me
as a school boy. in the studies that
was pursuing, in the ideas that j
entertained as to my future life
From that day to the time Of his
death there existed a tie of personal
friendship that shall not cease to
remember until the hour shall come
for me to depart. During all these
years he was an active practitioner
not only In this county, but in the
counties surrounding this. and I was
associated with him in many of the
cases. remember with what a de-
gree Of reliance entered upon the
trial Of cases wherein he was asso-
ciated with me. and In which had
the benefit OF his learning and of his
remarkable powers as an advocate.
and 1 remember also the feeling Of ap-
prehension experienced when !
found myself aligned against him In
the trial Of causes for the same rea-
son-that recognized what a tre-
mendous force and ability, and per-
suasive powers were his. !
think can say truthful
ly. that as an advocate, Mr.. Davis had
scarcely an equal in my Judgment,
no superlors, and the contests that
have been made by him will stand
out in the history Of the bar Of this
state as both remarkable In charac-
ter and In the success that he achiev-
ed in these contests.
But to me there Is an
other phase Of his character. that
1t seems to me will leave Its i'm.
press not only here, but over wide
circle. over a wide extent OF the ter
ritory Of this state and that was
his pure, clean, blameless life. 81
far as any one can say, he lived up tx
the model standard that ough
to be the ideal Of every yo,ini
man at the bar, and Of every youni
man Of the community and Of tn,
state. There Is not stain on tina
charact@. Brilliant wonderfully tai
ented, clear reasoner, he was also ,
profound student and man Of vas
knowledge, acquired from the mos
careful reading and study Of books
upon the widest variety Of subjects
and especially tnere comes to me tn,
realization Of the fact that he was I
profound believer In religion. II
all my intercourse with him there II
nothing that will more impressivel,
enforce upon me the loss Of associa
don with him than the absence Of th
long talks that we have had from tim
to Tina upon the most importan
subject Of our Immortality an
the certainty OF the LIE beyond
Brothers and elders Of tho lzm
church, Iknow that John J. Davis hal
studied the problems Of life. not onl,
here. but OF the life TO come. and tina
he was q sincere, earnest, devuu
Christian man. and while Il Is not TIL
province, Of course, Of justice. to In
dulge In theological and religious dis.