Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
Meetins OF Respect.
Erin Enterprise. Anril !.

uonSC Win the wishes of all
our citizens, meeting was called at
that hour to pay a tribute of respect
70 the memory of DR.. B. N. Carter
VINO died Wednesday, March %, 1883.
he nominated Hon. ]. J. Pollard as
chairman of the meeting, and he
was elected. On taking the chair
Squire Pollard alluded to the long
and useful life of the deceased, and
that ne had had the honor, more
imam year ago, of receiving him
into the congregation of Wells creek
church, and that DIR. Carter was sat-
lsned that he had found peace with
God, ana he believed the deceased
was enjoying the realms of bliss. He
paid a high tribute to the life of DIR.
Carter. He then announced that the
meeting was ready for business.
Mr.. L. M. Riley was elected secre-
tary, and on motion of Mr.. W. c.
Shelton committee of three was ap-
pointed to draft suitable resolutions
as the sense of the meeting. The
chair appointed Mr.. w. G. Shelton,
Gen. w. A. Quarles and ]. l.. Nc
MILAN, Esq, as this committee. On
motion the chairman and the secre-
tary of the meeting were added to
the committee.
Hon. Chas. G. Smith, of the
Montgomery bar, then arose and said
that he had understood that the
meeting had been set for that hour
In order to give the Montgomery
county people who were here a
chance to be present, and that as a
representative of the GAINESVILLE bar;
he was glad to contribute whatever
of testimony was in his power to the
appreciation of such a man as DIR.
Carter, and that he would have fur
Their remarks to make when the COM
mittee reported. The meeting then
adjourned until o'clock.
At the appointed time the meeting
was again called to order and the
committee submitted the following,
which was read by Gen. w. A.
Quarles:
When a bad man dies the mantle
of charity covers his dark deeds
with its white fold, but when the
good man dies his deeds die not with
him, but like the ever returning buds
and blossoms of the field, rise up in
their seasons to guide, advance and
purify the pathway of human life.
Like his soul, they are immortal,
but unlike it, they leave not the scene
OF its earthly career. Remaining
ever the rich legacy of those with
whom the mortal part of the man
"mOved and walked and had his
being" The smaller and the larger
acts of his life when he dies come to-
gether like the smaller and larger
particles in mineral capitalization
and make for us those bright and
ever shining jewels of memory that
beautify and brighten the world they
leave behind them.
The life of no man who has lived
and died in our community furnished
more material out of which memory
will construct crystal lamp to guide
and enlighten the lives of men. DIR.
Bellfield Newell Carter's life was a
long one, and his nature had to bear
that, the hardest, test of humanity
all the trial and vicissitudes of long !
life. He was born in Halifax, North |
Carolina, October 80, 1902. He came |
along with his father and family and |
settled in Montgomery county on |
the east fork of Yellow creek. Hence |
when he died he was an old man. In |
his early life this county was the |
home of the wild beast of the forest |
and the savage aboriginee, who dis
puted with them the mastery of the
wilderness. One by one the hardy
pioneers pushed their way, and by
dtnt of hardest struggle and literally
the hardest fighting, held what small
territory their axes and grubbing
hoes had cleared.
DR.. G. had more than the ordinary
advantages of education and its en-
Tightening and refining influence. He
read medicine with DR.. J. H. Mar
able after graduating at Lexington,
when he began the practice of his
profession and at once began that
successful career which marked his
whole life. OF him Ii may be said
that he was like the good Samaritan,
not only in his administration of
medical aid, but the greater similari-
ty is seen by those who knew him in
this never sleeping, active and gen.
erous charity, making him the friend
and the messenger of ministering re-
IL, |
Truly may it be claimed that more
than a 1.-THE of his time and his
money went to the poor, of whom
his Master had said: "They are al
ways with ye."
DR.. G. not only filled large space
in private life, but as a public man
he was faithful, efficient and univer-
sally popular. OF him it has been
said he bad more trouble to keep out
OF public offices than to get into
them. He was elected to the Legis-
lature of his State just after the war
when the critical times required our
best men, and was pronounced by all,
and by none more willingly than his
political opponents, an able, efficient
and honest public servant. 1t was,
however, in the domestic circle that s
his life shOne with its most beauteOus s
lustre. As husband, father, neigh {
Dor, friend his example was like the
stars, to be seen by all, but reached {
by none. His large and generous
heart was satisfied with no day spent [
otherwise than in doing good from {
the rising to the going down of the
sun, but we feel that all our words ]
are vain to portray in its fullness the q
the character of our neighbOr and L
hiSHu uul a 10" udyS ago III our !
midst, but now in the quiet and '
and peaceful grave, for before he died @
he had found that peace that "passeth G
all understanding" which can come B
alone in answer to the prayerful d
heart when il asks s
For the words soft whispered from Heaven,
Penitent soul, tiny sins are forgiven"
1t is therefore with feelings of the T
prOfoundest sense of his loss to his
home, his county, and his friends, q
that we offer for your adoption a d
simple resolution of sympathy and
with the family of our de- q
ceased brother and friend. 4
Resolved, That in the death of DR..
Carter, we his neighbors and friends h
eel that we have sustained loss
nor time, nor place, nor circum- h
stance" can ever replace, for while
here are many men, there was but V
me DIR. Bellfield Newell Carter, :,
whose life and character we have in 6
he preamble endeavored to portray,