Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19

a candidate for Judge OF the Supe
fibf Court, to Ill out the tlnexpirel
term ef Judge W. ] Adams, recent.
elevated 70 the Supreme Court tn
Democrats Of Union county ina pref
egehtial primary having selected
Honorable a. NJ. Stack, Of the Mon
roe bar. as their choice to run il
&c primary next spring, and thu
bar Of Union county having unani
nlously endorsed him, l, therefore
desire 10 make this statement in re
gard to him shaving pfacticed a
tile same bar with him for NOR,
tilan eighteen years. Mr., Stack i
no stranger to most Of the people O
sbe 18th Judicial District, as he was
their solicitor for more than foul
years and his splendid work as so
ficitor is known to them.
Early Struggles.
Mr. Stack Isl d native OF Union
4 county and came from the farm
Left an orphan at q tender age
without means, and without iniiu'
entail friends, he has come up
through many struggles to the fore.
front Of his profession. He is really
and truly d selfsnmdc man. He
worked his way through school part
~ by clerking in stores and partly
by teaching during the summer
months He was unable to 20 to
school Regularly, but he succeeded
ID getting q first-class education. All.
ter finishing in the high school oil
Monroe, he entered Trinity College
where he completed the course as an
honor graduate with the degree Of
"A. B.
After graduation, he entered the
Offices Of the we'll known law firm OF
Covington & Adams THE latter a
brother of Judge w J. Adams)
where he read law for one year.
That was before the use of stonogra-
piers and typewriters in Ian Offices
and he assisted in the correspon-
dcncc and other work Of the office
for the use Of their law boeks. For
the lack Of funds, he never attended
q law school q single day. But, all
though he had to be his own teacher,
he found the experience in the Office
of Covingtcn & Adams and the asso-
citation with these able lawyers a
source Of the greatest help, and so
successfully cid he pursue his.
studies that when he went before
the Supreme court for license he
answered correctly every question
asked him by the court.
After obtaining license, he engag-
ed in newspaper work for while,
as editor Of the Twin City Daily, Of
NinstonsSalem, now one OF the lead
ing afternoon newspapers in the
state.
Begins the Practice Of Law.
But BY nature as well as by train
ing, MIR: Stack was a lawyer rather
than uziunrnalist, md he stayed in
Winston salem only a short time.
before embarking III the practice.
His courage and determination are
ILLUSTRATED by the manner in which
lie entered the profession. Having
deteremined to practice law, he,
went 10 Stokes county and hung out
his shingle. He had $3.50 in his
pocket which he had borrowed from
d friend in Winston. Without an
quaintanse in the county eneum.
iberRd with balance Of Il debt
which he owed on his education, he
faced difficulties which would have,
daunted most young men; but he
went bravely into the practice, made
friends, built ZIP large clientele
and soon paid off his debts. He
served for four years as superin.
tendent Of public instruction Of
Stokes county where his previous
experience as a teacher stood HIM
In good stead. He put new life IN
the schools and raised the standard
OF scholarship among the teachers
In 1892, the Democrats OF Surry and
Stokes counties nominated HIM
unanimously for the state senate.
He went to the senate from q Repub
.lican district and has the iistinc-
ton Of beifig the only Democratic
Tint ever represented that district
either before or since.
Once a Partner with Gov. Glenn
b.
land Gov. Beckett.
For sometime MI. Stack was asso-
|ciated in the practice with The late
w, B. Glenn and R. B. Glenn (thcs
latter becoming governor III l9O5) Il
under the firm name 0f Glenn,
Glenn & Stack. In 1898, Honorable
+. w. Beckett began the practice Off
law in Stokes county and was asso-l
Etiated with Mr.. Stack while there,
under the Arm name OF Stack &
Beckett. This partnership lasted un
Ill 1896 when Governor Beckett mov-I
ed 10 Franklin county.
IN 1893, upon the death Of Mr.
Covington Tin whose office he had
read law Mr.. Stack returned to his
native county and soon built lip
large practice While in northwest
eEn North Carolina he had a very
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