Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-03-23


land where he has since resided
Like his forbears, he also is of the
landed gentry, and 1 understand he
owns AROUND 10000 acres of North
ainptcn land. Gosh what on earth
IS ne gong 10 do with it? | own a
hI'hofed or so acres myself, and if |
am ever locked up in certain insti-
tuition down at Raleigh it will be be-
cause OF this land The fact that the
Judge can be big farmer and tiller
OF the soil and still keep his head
oeSpeaks loudly of the kind of man
that he is.
Wherever man forgether, in hotel
! loooieS, IN conventions. or elsewhere,
IN the midst Of them will be found
the Judge, for he is a man of social
I instincts, and like Abou Ben Adhem,
ne loves his fellow man. The
Northampton folks thought so we'll
! Of him that they sent him to the
Senate a number of terms: and he
even served term in the House of
! Representatives. Just as Governor
Rufus A. Doughton and Pete Muir
ply have done. But the Judge pre-
terred the Senate, so his people
sent him back there, and he became
It's President pro tenn.
During his legislative career the
Judge became acquainted with all
North Carolina, there are few men
m public life who have Il wider &C
quaintance than my Judge. and once
you know him you love him, because
ne Is fast, firm and constant in his
friendships: and he will go with you
all the way ii he takes a liking to
you. and this he is apt to do unless
there Is something really wrong with
you.
remember a time when the Judge
came to hold Court in a certain
county, and he found that one OF his
OLD SchoolmateS had strayed from
the straight and narrow path: had
gone on spree and was raising a
rough house generally. The Judge
checked out at his hotel; and spent
the week at the home of his friend
trying to get him sobered up. This
IS profile portrait Of Sumner Burg
Wyn.
Such man and such lawyer
has no business in private life, and
some years ago they put him on
the Superior Court Bench where he
has since remained. And he is just
where he belongS-until there is a
vacancy on the Supreme Court-for
he is well equipped, well furnish
ed Judge, bringing to the Bench all
that is best in the traditions Of the
Carolina Bar. He is a man Of high
character. rugged integrity: courte-
ouS and affable in his manner; pat
lent with mediocrity: uniformly
popular with the Bar.
! His character is as lofty as was
that of Judge Henry Groves Connor;
ne IS as merciful a man as Judge
. Oliver H. Allen: he knows the COM
mon law as well as Judge Charles
| NJ. Cooke; he is as fine an equity
| lawyer as was Chief Justice James
E. Shepherd. This last sentence is
a portrait of Sumner Brgwyn-
| full faced.
He loves to mix with the people;
to run with the herd; and he belongs
to quite a number of things from
the vestry of the Episcopal Church
to thirty second degree masonry. He
belongs to the Lodge Of Perfection
in the Valley" Do you know where
this is? Its at Enfield, over in Hall
lax.
! Sometimes lawyers have to act as
assessors or appraisers. This is an
easy task when it comes to Judge
Bwgwyn, for l speak for unani-
nous Carolina Bar when l return
our verdict that the Judge is a
prince Of 4 Carolina gentleman. This
verdict of our State Bar will be &C
claimed with enthusiasm by all who
know the Judge, from the dunes Of
Dare to the high hills of Cherokee;
and all who know my Judge will
recognize his figure from this sketch
and it will be received with YEA,
and Amen by an even hundred
Carolina Counties from the noun
tains to the sea, because the Judge
= IS "a
! Noble Of Northampton.