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of the law, and in February, 1882, he
was licensed by the Supreme court.
The young' lawyer then located at
Yancey ville, Caswell county,! and took
up the practice of law. In the, fall of
the same year he was elected clerk of
the Superior court, and exofllcio pro
bate judge of Caswell county. So
eminently successful were his efforts
in this connection that hej was re
elected to succeed himself for three
successive terms. 188C, 1890 and 1894.
In 1896 he resigned to accept the
nomination for Judge of the Superior
court, to which he was elected in
November of that year, running ahead j
of the ticket from three to four thou-.
sand votes.and on January lst,1897,he :
took the oath of office. I
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manded by Gen. W. D. Pender, and for
the balance a member of Company H,
First Regiment North. Carolina Cav
alry, in which he was serving at the
time of the surrender at Appomattox.
" At the conclusion of the war he read
law in the office of the late Hon. Thos.
Ruffin, at Graham, N. C, and was
licensed in June, 1867 by the Supreme
court of North Carolina to practice in
the courts of pleas and quarter ses
sions receiving licenses in all the
courts in June, 1868. He located in
Grahami where he pursued his profes
sion until April 18th, 1883, when he
removed to Greensboro, where he has
since resided. . "
- Mr. Boyd was a delegate from North
Carolina to the Republican National
convention at Philadelphia in 1872. He
was a member of the House of Repre
sentatives of theNorth Carolina legis
lature from Alamance county in the
session of '1874-75 and was a delegate
from that county to the convention of
1875 to amend the State constitution.
-He was a candidate for Congress in
1876 in (this) the Fifth district, but
was defeated by the late Hon. Alfred
M. Scales.
In June, 1880, he was appointed by
President Hayes United States Attor
ney for the Western district of North
Carolina, which position he held until
June, 1895. ' :
He was permanent president of the
Edwin D. Steele.
In 1898 he was again offered the
unanimous .nomination for . Judge,
which he declined, and on September
30th resigned the bench to accept the
nomination for Republican Member of
Congress, whicli had twice been thrust
upon him, first declining and then
accepting in the! interests of jhis party.
.;. Judge Adams made a remarkable
run in a district strongly Democratic,
and while running jihead of !his ticket,
. was not elected. I -
He then located in Greensboro,
where he purcliased one of , the hand
some new residences on Summit Ave-j
nue, his present home. j. .
He is associated with Robert D.
Douglas, under the- firm ; name of
Adams & Douglas, and enjoys a large
and growing practice. j ,
Among the notable cases decided by
Judge Adams while presiding in the
-Superior court were the Asylum cases,
Which he passed upon adversely to the
vmhes of members of his political
party; another was the liquor case of
Duplin county, in which the" commis
sioners were upheld both opinions
being sustained by the ; Supreme
court.
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EDWIN D. STEELE.
Among the members of the Guilford
County Bar Mr. -Edwin D. Steele, of
High Point, represents a large and
important clientage whose confidence
is reposed in his ability and integrity , Kinley took an active part in the
as a practitioner of the highest type, j nTT,?m, n uQ.
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Wescott Roberson.
North Carolina Republican State Con
vention in 1886 and also in 1888, and
was elector, at large on the Republican
ticket in he State in 1888. During
these years he continued the practice
of law in Greensboro and became a
prominent member of the Guilford
county bar.l -
He was a delegate fo the Republican
National Convention at St. Louis in
1896 which nominated President Me
He is a native of Guilford County,
born near Greensboro, where he re-
Mr. Boyd was appointed Assistant
Attorney-General of the United States
sented Guilford county in the State
legislature. In 1858 he was elected
solicitor of Guilford county, and for
two terms discharged the duties of
that office in a most satisfactory man
ner. In 1862 he was appointed receiver
of sequestrated property by the Con
federate government. At the close of
Lthe war Mr. Scott devoted himself to
the practice of his profession, and his
indefatigability is illustrated by the
fact that during ;the long period of
forty-six years he has practiced at the
courts of the fifth judicial district he
never failed to be in attendance at the
various sessions. He served as a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
State penitentiary from ; 1885 until
1889. In 1850 he was initiated intoithe
mysteries of Odd Fellowship and was
honored by that fraternity in 1866 by
election to the office of Grand Master
of the State. -
i Dignified and able, his opinions com
mand respect whenever promulgated,
and he is in social and professional
life a personification of the rigid
integrity which is a characteristic of
his Scotch-Irish, ancestry.
HON. JOHN GRAY BYNUM.
Was born in Rutherford county, North
Carolina, February 15th, 1846. General
John Gray Bynum, father of the sub
ject of this sketch, was one of the
most brilliant members of the North
Carolina bar and was famed for his
legal knowledge and his forensic abil
ity. The younger Bynum received his
primary education in the schools of
Columbia, Wilmington and Morgan
ton, after which he entered the law
school of Chief Justice Pearson and
completed the law course under the
preceptorship of that distinguished
jurist in 868 In January of that year
he was licensed to practice and at once
opened an office in Morganton, where
he practiced until he was appointed
Judge in 1888. He was appointed
Judge of the Tenth Judicial district
by Governor Scales to fill part of the
unexpired term of Hon. A. C. Avery,
and at the next election, in 1890, was
elected for the remaining portion of
the term. On the expiration- of his
incumbency in 1895 he moved to
Greensboro. I
In J878 Judge Bynum was elected
Senator from the Thirty-Fifth district
by the phenomenal majority of 1,900.
ceived his primary education and later b Mr. McKinley on khe 28th of May,
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attended. Vanderbilt ;. University, at
Nashville, Tenn, where he graduated
in 1878. Later he studied law at the
law school of Judges Dick and Dillard,
and wasJicensed in 1881. ; r-
In 1883 Mr.,' Steele came: to High
Point and began his practice, which
has since proven eminently successful.
His field of practice covers all
branches of the law and all courts
of the State. 1 -
- Mr. Steele Js a member of the Ma
sonic fraternity, a Knight of Pythias,
1897, which position he at present
occupies, being the. ranking Assistant
Attorney-General in the Department
of Justice at Washington.
He is associated7 with Mr. A. L.
Brooks, of Greensboro (whose por
trait appears elsewhere on, this page),
as the senior member of the firm of
Boyd & Brooks.
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WESCOTT ROBERSQN.
Among the younger members of the.
Guilford County Bar, few if any have
proven so eminently successful as the
was for several years mayor of High ! Sllbject oi this sketch.
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x oini, anu is cioseiy luenuueu wivn . Mr. Wescott Roberson is a North
the business interests and prosperity .j Carolinian by1 right of birth and breed
ot that city. - ... ing.
I Born and raised at Chapel Hill
JOHN A. BARRINGER. i under the shades of that famous in-
Son ofRev. William Barringer, a dis- j stitution, it was there that he received
tkiguished minister of the M. E. j his educational training, taking the
Church, South,, was born in Pittsboro, degree of A. B. at an early age in 1896.
Chatham County, lorth Carolina, Au- j IIe then entered the University Law
gusi aum, isoi. lie receivea nis pn-
mary education in Greensboro, to
which town his
W. P. Ragan.
His own county he carried by a major
ity ofj 1,736 in a total vote of 1,809.
On coming to Greensboro he formed
a co-partnership with Wm. P. Bynum,
Jr., under the firm name of Bynum &
Bynum, which was changed in 1897,
by the admission of Z. V. Tay
lor, to
Taylor.
ject then taught in the public schools
of Davidson county until 1890 when he
was appointed assistant postmaster at
High Point, which position he held
during the administration of Presi
dent Harrison. In the spring of 1894
he represented the J. Van Lindley Nur
sery Co. in Alabama, and in the fall of
that year entered the University of
North Carolina, where he spent one
year in preparatory study with a view
to taking up the law. In 1895 he was
appointed deputy clerk of the superior
court of Guilford county, and it was
during his incumbency of that office
that he took up the study of law under
Judges Dick and Dillard and was ad
mitted to the bar in September, 1896.!
Mr. Ragan then practiced law ' in
Greensboro until October, 1897, when
he formed a co-partnership with Major.
Chas. M. S ted man and removed to
High Point, where he established of
fices and enjoys a large and growing
practice under the firm name of
Stedman & Ragan.
While yet a young man Mr. Ragans
wide diversity of experience coupled
with that of a former court official has
fully equipped him for the safe keep
ing of the interests oi nis many
clients. !
THOMAS J. SHAW.
Thomas J. Shaw was born in
Montgomery county, March 5th, 1861,
A large part of his early life was
spent injthe county of Moore. He in
herited the sterling qualities of his
Scottish ancestry. His father was for
many years an educator of ability and
it was through his training that his
son, was prepared for the university,
where he finished his academic educa
tion. He read law at the celebrated
Dick and Dillard Law School in
Greensboro, and coming to the bar in
1884, he settled in his native county
of Montgomery. Forming a co-partnership
with W. C. Douglass, Esq., he
moved to Carthage, in Moore county,
in 1888, where the firm built up a
large practice.
Coming .to Greensboro in 1893 he
formed a co-partnership with A! M.
Scales, Esq., which firm continued in
existence until he assumed his duties
as judge at the first of the year.
After a residence of only -a few
years in Greensboro he j was elected
an elder in the Presbyterian church,
and has been active in church work.
For several years he served as city
alderman freely giving his time' and1
talents for the public good.
Always an active Democrat, he ren
dered valiant services to the party in
Guilford in the campaign of 1896.
Among the other attorneys practic
ing at the Guilford county bar are
Judge W. P. Bynum, of! genial pres
ence and known throughout the State
as an able advocate; Judge David
Schenck, who won renown at the bar
and honors as a jurist; R: R. King,
who has an extensive clientele among
the large corporations; Major Charles
M. Stedman, polished of manner, kind
and learned in legal lore; David
Schenck, Jr., who? is associated with
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his honored father in the practice of
his. profession; A. B. Kimball, one of
the youngest members, but one of the
most earnest workers; and promising
attorneys at the bar, and a member of
the firm of King & Kimball; John N.
Staples, an .able pleader and one of
the most popular speakers on the
hustings; W. L. Scott, and. Hon. Jno.
N. Wilson, now representing Guilford
in the ' State Senate; Hon. Thomas
Settle, ex-Congressman from this dis
trict, i
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GREENSBORO, N. C.
FORMERLY OAK HILL ROLLER MILLS.
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Tjhe above photograph represents
one of the busiest places in the hust
ling city of Greensboro. The Guilford
Roller Mills was bought by the concern
now operating it on January 1st, 1898.
The mill was thoroughly overhauled
and. equipped with the latest improved
flour-making machinery, which great
ly increased its producing capacity.
The patronage extended to the new
concern has taxed the plant to its ful
lest capacity. They receive custom
work from a radius of twelve to fif
teen miles of Greensboro besides a
very liberal share of merchant work!
from Greensboro and adjacent towns
A MODEL PRINTERY.
They manufacture a R '
patent flouFwhich w.i
bread in-which all jhe'r
erties of wheat are j.r' ,
brands of flour are :.
those who know tlici.i.
more that know them f'
demand. They also 1
other cereal protlucts,;
which are corn meal," lin;
and stock feed of all Kit J
pany was chartered with h
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and J. M. Pegram, secret ;;r: nn.l treu-
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tint- ui inr iH-si, in ineMate.
ye take pleasure in presenting
herpwith a portrait of Mr. Jos. J.
Stone, Greensboro's most up-to-date
andj progressive printer. Since four
teen years of age Mr. Stone has been
an exponent of the art preservative
and, has closely studied every , detail
of the trade.
In 1894 he opened his establishment
on West Market strieet, in asmallway
at first,, but soon his crrowinc clientage
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cuuipeueu increased iaciiiiies. liie
people liked-his work; it was clean
and prompt and showed in every line
the artistic touch of the skilled
mechanic.
a year ago he moved to better
quarters (114 West Market street) his
present place, and set about to fit up
a model printing shop.
Everything about the place is of th
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School under the preceptorship of the
Hon. John Mannincr. LL. D.. and corn-
father moved in 1855. ! niof 11Vc.A ; icoq
Entering Trinity College in 1868, he J , BobersOQ was one of the first to
graduated in 1872 and became a stu- pass the written examinations of the
dent of the Pearson Law School, at j Supreme court? of which so many
Richmond Hill, N. C, where he quali- failed, and was the subject of favor
fied himself for the law and was . able mention by the COTlrt;
licensed to practice in 1874. During j He came to High PoinJ in October,
that year he opened an office in this j lg9Sf and associated himseif
with Hon.
vnj, nucic uq litis oiuuc rcsiucu. aii.
Barringer practices in the State and
Federal courts. In 18S6 he was elected
mayor of Greensboro and re-elected
in 1893. ne was a member of the leg
islature in 1885 and served as chair
man of several important committees,
was a Cleveland elector inLl892 and
was chairman, of the. Democratic com
mittee of the Fifth Congressional dis
trict for-many years.
John A. Barringer, of Greensboro
under thefirmname of Barringer &
Roberson. - Being located near the
corner of fptir of the most prosperous
counties of the State, Guilford, David
son, Randolph and Forsyth, this firm
enjoys a growing clientage from each.
nON. JAS. E. BOYD.
Whose portrait we presenf herewith,
was born in Alamance county, North
Carolina, and received his education
first at the graham Preparatory
School and later at Davidson College.
He was a-private soldier in the Con
federateTArmy for three years, during
a part of which time he was a mem
ber of Company E, Third North Caro
lina Volunteers, and afterwards with
the Thirteenth North Carolina Infan
try, being the regiment at first com-
HON, LEVI M. SCOTT.
The "nestor" of the bar of Guilford
County, was born in Rockingham
county, North Carolina, June 8th, 1827.
He received his early education in the
schools of Greensboro and at Ala
mance Academy. Leaving school at
the age of twenty he began his active
career as a school teacher, and about
the same time took up the study of
law under John A. X3ilmer, father of
Judge Gilmer. In 1852 he was licensed
to practice, and a year later was elect
ed as clerk of the Superior court, and
held that office until 1856. He served j
as postmaster of Greensboro from 1850 j
tolS53. From 1856 to 1858 he repre- !
Mr.
W. P. RAGAN.
Ragan was born
Bloomington,
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reared and attended the pub
lic school in Springfield and
Archdale until he' entered
Guilford College, where he
spent two years. Our sub-
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latest style, the machinery and the color printing and fine wpMinir "J
type are new, and every modern de- invitation stationery, . envTinl a
vice is used for fine printing. . embossed in special. .desitrrir- !
Mi. Stone is prepared to execute All pf his work isne;it nriH artit.f
orders for books, catalogues, pamph- and the prices nre, riir'it ery fi
lets,
periodicals, commercial printing.
George IVlanufacturing Co.
W. E. STONE, Treasurer and Manager.
eamless and Out Hosiery.
CAPACITY, 1500 DOZEN PAIRS HALFH0SE WEEKLY.
ountiry iranite QuaiTies
THOMAS WOODROFFE, LESSEE
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C E M ET ERY WORK, ST REET . J R B-S
CROSSINGS, PAVING BLO S;
AND CRUSHED STOf'
PLATFORMS AND LARGE DIMENSIONS
Quotationt for Granite Cut or in the Rough F. 0. B. Quarr
OUTPUT FOR THE YEAR 1898, THIRTEEN HUNDRED
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