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Tributes to Judge Webb A Benevolent Alan. (Monroe Journal 1 A benevolent man, a wise judge who mixed common sense and sym pathy with the law, passed away in the death oX Judge James L. Webb, ^•v which took place at his home in Shelby Wednesday. When Union and Cleveland were in the same judicial district niatiy years ago. Judge Webb was then solicitor. It is commonly said that a prosecuting attorney makes a harsh judge, But it certainly did not turn out so with this kind-hearted man, who went on the bench at. the age of 50 when the habits of men have crystallised. ■“—He Wj»# a Alan." (Ttutherford News 1 in the death of Judge James 1 wcbb of Shelby, the state loses one nf its ablest jurists. He. was full of the "milk of human kindness" and tempered his decisions with mere.. Ur. was learned in the law and al ways favored justice. He enjoyed a wide friendship and was a devoted follower of the lowly Natarcne a thing which cannot be said about all judges oh the superior or su preme court bench. The world is better bv hi. ha vine hyed and "the elements Were sc mixed in him that nature might stand tin and say to ail the world he was a man." EMM A Career Of Honor. ' Asheviltc Cittern ' Judge James L. Webb was a good la wye v. a fine judge and one of the best citizens in North Carolina, A large part of his long life-was spent in the public service. Before he went on the bench he had made a record in the state senate, where he served ; as president pro tem, and as solici tor, but that part of his career was' far in the past. For more than a quarter of a century he had been a .'judge of the North Carolina super ior court and in that capacity had presided over courts and dealt put justice in every county in the state. Judge Webb was as fair as he was just. His patience could not easily be strained, his sympathies were not dulled but deep and tender, and in the discharge of his duty he ever sought to temper justice with mercy. The lawyers who appeared £ before him all respected his ability and h isintegrity. The public had confidence in him and admired him an dheld him in affection. His whole long career was one of honor and good, repute. Loved By Barristers, i Hickory Record.) The death of Judge James L. Webb removes one of the most con spic.uous members of the bar from; this district. For more than thirty-live years) Judge Webb has played a promin ent role in the Judicial affairs of this section of North Carolina where he served twelve years as solicitor and twenty-four years as judge of the superior court. During his service on the bench. Judge Webb visited every part of the state .and was oiio of the most j widely, known of all North Carolina ! jurists. Tie was as sincerely respect led as he was generally known, for lie had administered justice with out, fear or favor throughout the jlong years of his tenure of office. The expressions from Hickory lawyers who knew him intimately, are a splendid tribute to Judge Webb. These words of praise and sorrow were from the heart, and are typical of how leading members I of tlie bar everywhere throughout the state regarded this just and I good man. No finer heritage could : possibly be left by a public servant. Had Many Friends. | i Lenoir News-Topic.1 { ' The high calibre of public service in North Carolina Is exemplified to a large degree bv the record of j Judge James L. Webb, whose death • yesterday removed, if not a great jurist, certainly a noble character Judge Webb entered public service as a career, giving more than 4C years of his life to it. He gave it the best he had and he was one mar . who lived to witness the reward ol public appreciation. In all of thal ■ long and useful career he was nev er opposed one time for the noni , ination within his own party. He had as many personal men® as any man in North Carolina, we feel convinced. Starting life with the grandfathers of the present gen eration, he became intimate and friendly with each ne-.v set that came along in the state. There are hundreds of people in every county in North Carolina,today who sense the loss of a friend" in the passing oi that venerable man. An Honorable Career. 'Statesville Daily.t Judge James L. Webb of Sliel^n. who lias answered the summons to the last great court, spent more than half his life of 76 years in public office—mayor, state senator, district .solicitor, and for more than a quar ter century superior court judge. His long record is an honorable one and that with the accompanying testi mony that he had the confidence and support of his home people those who knew him best, is the highest tribute, that could be pak jini. Judge Webb was in his 77th 1 ,uu- and was voluntarily retiring < rom the public service. His active , :areer would have ended with the ( ■lose of the year. No doubt he look- ' -d forward to his retirement with satisfaction. wiih feeling of relief ( that he could devote the few years remaining to such things as .appeal ed to him, free from the labors and restraints of public service. That is a period which many people in active life contemplate with hope of realization, but the expectation is rarely met. About the time we think wc are ready to live, when,we hope for freedom to spend our time In the luxury of leisure—not entirely in idleness but in doing some of the things we have always wanted to do but which circumstances dented— the removal from early existence may be ordered. Judge Isaac Meek ins of the United States district court, was quoted as saying recently that instead of holding on, as most men are disposed to do, it Is his ' purpose to retire as soon as he [reaches the age of 70 the retlre |ment age - and spend the remainder of his life in travel and reading. That lias its appeal to those of us who desire leisure for the things we ; would like to do, and here’s hoping that Judge Meek ins may realize his hope. Also we are hoping that some time it will occur to some of the multi millionaires to provide a fund that will supply those who have served time faithfully and well but wer" unable to lay by in store, the means to do the things that have so long appealed to them, that they may ! pass out with longings satisfied. Us ually these unsatisfied desires are very modest and satisfying them would make the ending a happy one. Helped The Lowly. (T. M, Pridgen in Charlotte News.! On many a stockade and peni tentiary gang of prisoners Thurs day there are saddened hearts, which may have been what was on Judge Jim Webb's mind time after time, year after year, when he tinc tured his judgments with kindness and mercy. There are not many who can look upon a prisoner hi the courtroom or on the county roads and still remember that the prison ers a human being even as all others except for weakness or mis guidance. and Judge Webb was one | of the few. Always he seemed to 'hold himself aloof from and above ! the strife and bickering and lies 'and jealousies which brought cla mor and discord when the law drew ' issues with' the offenders, seeming | to hold himself hi readiness for the time when the lawyers and the wit nesses and the jurors would con clude their part of the case and permit him to take charge for final disposition. He seemed to say to ilmself: "This man has done wrong, f coarse— there arc. very few in tills vorld have not. Now we shall at empt to administer discipline In n nanner which will make a better nan of him." No inan can live a life >f action with an attitude such as hat anil not leave Ills imprint on he hearts of men. When the great )ld man finally closed his eyes, we vope that some hew power may lave been given him by which be s able to look back over his long life and read, like pages in a great rolume, the reformations he wrought in the miserable men and women who through the years streamed be fore him on the bench. That, hap piness, we believe, was that to which he looked forward. • * * • "I don't mind death." he once said to me in one of those rare occa sions when he would sit and talk in philosophic vein about the lessons which life had taught him. "I mere ly don't like to think of ending this life. There Rre many things to be done." • • • ♦ In his early life Judge Webb en gaged in weekly journalistic endea vor. and through the rest of his life one of his pleasures was to talk with newspaper folk about their work. No reporter was ever happier than he with the thrill of seeing a long hung jury come out and take its seats lit the box just in time for the verdict to meet fl "dead line. He as one of the few public men who made themselves sufficiently acquainted with exacting require ments of the craft to understand them, but hr was no seeker of pub licity. * * * * He had a great admiration for the law and he upheld it steadily through tfle y-ears. but the part of him which seemed to endear him to hordes of people was,that he took time to understand the viewpoint of the lowly and to sympathize. School Hu* Turns Over. Wooster. Ohio—Twenty-three pu pils were injured when a school ays turned over on a hill. None of them were seriously hurt. NOtTcE OF SAIF OF PERSONAL PROPERTV. North Carolina, Cleveland County Pursuant to an order made by Horace Kennedy, recorder of Cleveland county, in the rase mete against J A. Tavlor. said J. A Taylor having been- convicted of transporting liquor by means of one Ford cssrh the vndersigned will sell at public auction at the court house door in Shel by. N C . on the 3rd day of November 1930, at 12 oc'oc.k noon, the following d" scribed property: One Ford coaclv, motor No. A2371374. Terms of sale cash. This the 3rd dav of October, 1930 I. M ALLEN, Sheriff of Cleveland County. Oct 6 Star Advertising Pays §i\lrrn*\Yar*Ohl Hoy Makes Solo Flight }’mil T*w>hr*<*. iC.-y vtr old Kid, ot Brookline, Mrs#., vent aloft alone, at the East Boston airport to win the distinction of belli* Boston a youngest pilot l.eiribree received only 5 hours and <10 minutes of in struction before he took the plans up alone. national Now#* e*i> “Jake And Jonas” Ralugh News and Obadryec.' A correspondent of the Chui latte Observer pidhts Out that two Repub lican spellbinders are so opposed to each other that Urey should fio to n singing school and get in time. Jake Newell said at Albemarle on September H6: "I tell you there b no panic In this country, though conditions are bad In sottte locali ties.'’ On the same date Congress man Charles A. Jonas said: "The business depression as it is is world wide and is not the result of the activity or inactivity of any politi cal party." Jake and Jonas ought to take a day off and learn to sing the same tune. There is business depression or ithere is not. Which horn of the di lemma will they take? Probably keep’ on both *. ... Plan Fall Grain. Tow prices for cotton are causing Lincoln farmers of fr - more fall grain and hay crops. Eleven new alfalfa demonstrations have been started. 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