Judge W.M. Bond Recalls Work of Judge C.M. Cooke, Sept. 2, 1921

Judge W.M. Bond Presides Over Franklin Superior Court. . . Civil Cases Only—Nothing of Importance—Docket Only Contains Cases of Minor Interest

The regular August term of Franklin Superior court for the trial of Civil cases, convened in Louisburg on Monday morning with Hon. W.M. Bond of Edenton, Judge presiding. Before taking up the docket or hearing excuses of jurors, Judge Bond forcibly impressed the duty of each individual to his State and community in a telling address. He pictured the sacrifices the boys had made in the late World War, the present unrest throughout the Country and Europe, and appealed to the manhood of the country to do their duty regardless of consequences and trust to God to put things aright. During these few minutes talk Judge Bond paid his old friend, Judge C.M. Cooke, who had died since his visit here five years ago, a high and fitting tribute. Referring to him as a man who had given the best of a life filled with energy and ability to his county, his State and his Country, with such generosity that his past now stands out as a beautiful gem in nature’s own backyard, as the pages of the history of Franklin County, North Carolina, and the Confederacy and the Union are scanned.

From the front page of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., Sept. 2, 1921