The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-07-30
E. ]. JUSTICE
He Had Done His Country Some SCI

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Greensboro News.
He had done his country some SER
| vice--had E. J. Justice. If you choose
to apply the measure Of money to its
value, the suits against the exploit
ers of oil and other government lands
in the far west, prosecuted under the
direction of Mr.. Justice in the past
t three years, will in all probability net
the people of the United States not
less than q billion dollars. These
suits, against the Southern Pacific
and oil companies in alliance with it,
! are complete. The defendants have
: practically admitted their gigantic
: frauds by offering to compromise,
and the compromises alone would run
> into staggering sum of money. In
= cidentally it may be mentioned that
" receivers named at the instance OF
Mr.. Justice to conserve at once the
interests of the public and of certain
of the oil companies, which had de-
, veloped properties to such an extent
h that cessation Of operations would
= have resulted in waste, have proved
= that gasolene could be produced fol
1t six cents a gallon.
If Few of US can think in terms Of
e. billions of dollars, and so the mlnt
n cannot conceive of the value to tht
. nation of the services Of this Caro-
We linian in the capacity of special agen
ne of the department OF justice. Here II
err Greensboro and the State We know
e L. oil
To bv other standards. He was a con
W snicuo1s man in the small group o
~ men identified with North Carolin
&c political affairs with the ability t
vision and to think in terms of tn
IS. future. -, :.
ne Almost CONFIDENTLY with nj
IN achievement Of recognized plac
;ca amongst forward looking statesme
mt for he was still a man young l
" vears-Justice had come to be recoe
nized amongst lawyers as giant 9
r. the profession. His was essential
." a legal intellect, the impressive qua
tiles of which could best be perceive
IN bv the men of his own profession.
I'd He should, according to our hab
~ 1J Of saving. have been spared to h
W. W. friends and his country for man
- more wears. Yet the facts are tn;
"a his equipment comprised both tt
az ability, the faculty to produce cor
go partively great amount of work. al
o'0 the continuous work impulse. Wol
IN is ever keen satisfaction to tho
vi. on, beautifully organized human No
uJ chimes that do good work and DO
;a,s rapidly. Some of them derive :
~ keen satisfaction in play; some 81
Wv their lives over more and more
and work. ..
'l ;e Justice learned to play only IL
= wears ago. Apparently he percelv
~, ,hlo too late the necessity of it; perha
M NJ if some circumstance early IN life +!
o o Impressed upon him the necessl
of conserving his powers by val
ing his physical and mental act
tiles, he might have gone on to
I'm good old age, and the sum total
! his accomplishment might have be
a,dl greater.
anu But he wrought well. He impre
aleo 81 ed his character and talents upon
~ generation. He won a place all
lieu own in the respect and the este
"a as of his fellows. MANY people
ON Greensboro and the State. tot
Ky ~ mourn the loss of friend wh
oIH friendship was to them more t
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