Pocahontas star herald., 1926-04-29
FROM PLOW-BOY TO
SUPREME JUDGE

The career of Judge Walter H. Pope
of PocahOntas, is Illuminated WIN
achievements calculated to inspire tht
youth of the land. Born and rearel
on a little farm in the southern emu
of Lawrence county, Walter rope AZ
an early age, experienced the naIu-
ships and shared the pleasures OF tle
ordinary plow-boy. He knows What II
means to get up in the early morn anu
toll until dewy eve.
In fancy we can see him now as
we saw him then, a bare-footed boy
between two plOw-handles, win ms
eyes trained on the furrow as he lol-
lowed the lead Of old Dan down the
| long rows of cotton that lifted thelr
drOOp'ng blossoms TO receive the Solt'
cool caress of the dew-tOuched cl0ds.
There was a song on his lips as ne
| limped his way across the suhklSseu
| fields. There was "day-dream III
his soul as he took up the duties OF
long day, and in those dreams ne
mounted the stairway of achievements,
until step by step he reached the goal
of his golden dream.
Walter Pope's first thought was cen
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public school near his rural home, and
1t was here that he proved the same
apt scholar, the same quick sense OF
understanding, that later ON dlstin-
guished him as student, and still
later as public servant.
Locating in the town of Pocahontas
at the dawn of his young manhood and
after graduating from law school, Wal
ter L. Pope swung his "shingle' to the
breeze and busted himself in the ar
rangements of a modest little Office.
BY his unassuming manners and
gentlemanly conduct, he soon shared
the good will and esteem of a large
circle of loyal friends, thus naturally
resulting in growing law practice
bestowed upon the active and able
young attorney who had selected Ran
dolph county and POcahOntas as his
future home.
When the time came for a young,
energetic man, to represent Randolph
i'm the Arkansas House Of Representa-
tives, Walter L. Pope was first called
into public service. His record in the
legislature disclosed most satisfactory
service, since il shows him voting at
All liultS III lllt lnltltSl VI liN lliti0'Nf's
with an eye single to the development
and advancement of the great WON
der" state.
Appointed by Gov McRae to fill out
the mexpired term Of Circuit Judge,
]. B. Baker deceased, Walter J.. Pope
more than met the highest expectations
of his friends and the bar in general,
by his pefect understanding of the
duties of his lofty judicial station, and
the spirit of fairness manifested by
him in the trial of the many important
cases coming before him. SO well did
he perform his every duty connected
Herewith, that the leading lawyers
and laymen throughout the district,
petitioned him to become a candidate
for the full term at the forthcoming
election. This he refused to do, since
Indicating that he would step down at
the end Of his appointivc term, in de-
ference to the desires of three or four
lawyer friends who had planned to
make the race.
His candidacy at this time for asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court Is
simply in response to the urge of an
honest ambition, born back yonder in
the lOng-ago, when as barefoot plOW-
boy, he day-dreamed himself into fame.
His was not a dream however, that
bursts like bubble on the waves of
the restless river" but rather was it
founded on the teachings of the faith
ers, that honesty and ability conati-
tute the two essentials to the holding
of public Office.
Too modest and retiring to tell the
voters of Arkansas Of his own accom-
plishments, it becomes the duty and
the pleasure of his friends to broad
cast the splendid qualities of Judge
Walter l.. Pope, to the four corners of
the state. urging recognition and sup
port of him who, indeed and in truth,
has won his way from the humble posi-
tion of plow-boy, to the right to occupy
seat on the court of last resort
Walnut Ridge Times-Dispatch.