The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-07-18
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
In Memoriam-E. B. Murray.

Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD
Your Committee, appointed by this Board of
Trade to prepare suitable preamble and resou-
tions on the death of Hon. E. B. MURRAY, who
was an actye and useful member of this body, has
discharged that sad duty, and submits the follow
Ing for your consideration:
In the death of Hon. E. B. Murray wide gap
has been made in our ranks. Among the young
men of this section of our country, we feel that
no misstatement Of fact is made when we say he
stood primus inter pares. Saturday, July Z, 1894.
will long be ememberel in Anderson as the sad
Saturday. day Of bereavement. Little did any
m full countenance, animated With high intelligence
courteous and polite TO all, perfect type of true
manhood, walking our Streets that the Angel Of
Death was stalking his steps following him 10 his
happy home, glidlag with Invisible tread to tho
banks of the pond that had afforded him so much
pleasure and recreation with friends and loved
ones away from the busy haunts of life. where
there was no power to rescue and there, With one
fell swoop, to strike him down In moment to
watery grave. As tho last beams of the sinking
sun shot upward to light the star-ldmps when men
turn their weary steps toward their homes to rest
from the toi Of tho week. the noble slirit OF
E. 3. Murray, swiftsr than those beams Of light,
passed across that dark, undiscovered country,
from whose bourne no traveller returnst up to his
God, who alone can bring life and immortality to
light through death. His strong body, which so
political strife. and danger, touched by the 6ngcr
Of Death, sunk beneath the water to rise no more.
Hsd message dropped from Heaven that he was
marked that day for death, all would have e1-
claimed, "Nay, spare him p The awfulness Of
that scene-who can forget IT. Humid. eds OF
friends had crowded TO the side Of that pond, de-
termined, If possible, TO rescue that body from
Deaths relentless graspl Oh, what struggle was
therel O, Death, how inexorable art thou But,
alas how little we know In this world! How thin
the veil that stands between US and eternity
Vainly we strive to peep through the invisible
woof! Life's hurrying scenes and bustling cares
cheat us Of hours that should be devoted to reaec.
tion. 1t is only when scenes like this occur
when God, our Father permit. tho Angel OF Death
to arrest the hand of the sculptor ere the work Is
done. that we pause only for moment to reflect
and e1claim WHY no. permit ,he work TO be
and numbers the hairs OF our heads, and gives TO
each Of His servants his talents has said 10 oIr
friend and comrade, Enough! Well done, good
and faithful servant"
Hon. E. B. Murray was born In Newberry about
forty years ago. and the city Of Anderson, In which
LIE was reared, witnessed with prida his triumphs
In his busy life editor leader lawyer and Chris
tian. Born Of noble .parentage, gifted BY natare
genius Of patint endeavor, with laudable ambl-
tion, with an enthusiasm without which no man
has ever attained true greatness-thus equipped,
ed his msjority. Conscious Of his abilities, yet
without egottsm, he pressed forward, and grasped
success oitentlmes when defeat seemed Inevitable
He knew no such thing as failure, and made each
disbursement stepping.stone to hi her % success
sources that were sublime. Who shall say that
In life's last conflict, alone with death, his noble
spirit failed in that hourf
His fellow-cltIzens from the beginning reeog-
nized his ability, and soon accorded him the first
place In leadership, and delighted to honor him,
and when he went down In the last conflict he en-
joyed the full confidence and esteem of his fellow
men. A review Of his public life cannot be made
here.
As member Of this Board of Trade he was
ever ready to lay aside his private and personal
interests to consult aud advise for the public good
His was not only an aggressive, but progressive
spirit onTad ns IRE h1
geographical lines. We all remember how, for
GEARS, he sacrificed his time and energies In the
Interest Of the people without asking or seeking
Office, How, afterwards, with almost one voice,
the people called him their trusted servant and
how faithfully he performed every sacred trust.
When he retired from politics he did not sulk or
become envious Of his felow-men. With high
born energy he set himself 10 work at his profes.
sion, and yet, when call Of duly came, Re was
ready with bis time, talents and money to meet
the demands Of the hour. Ho never worked for
applause, and he who thought E. B. Murray was
working for popularity had o,S no conception Of the
cause for the lack Of applause The great ques-
tion with him was one OF right and duty, and from
these he never swerved. In full possession Of no
BILE gifts and experience IN public matters, great
QOpeb MoEo cubuA ~ snAs ho
would soon be called 10 higher honors by his fell
Iow-nen. But he has fallen to rise higher than
men-higher than all earthly honors, To be crown
ed in tho realm beyond the stars, where light and
glory shall never fade where strife and envy shall
never enter to pluck his jewelec crown.
While conscious OF our loss to the City and
Stats, Sho yet realizes that E. B. Murray is no
mHre, but rests quietly beneath the sod Of his
loved countly3 In our tii.es OF greatest emer-
gency, then shall We realize fully that he s gone.
Therefore, be 1t
Resolved, First, That In the seeming untimely
death of Hon. B. Murray this Board has lost
one of Its most active and useful members, tho
City OF Anderson her foremost citizen, South Caro-
lima devoted patriot that while Ve deplore the
sed and fuddsn teruinatinn Of life 80 useful,
we bow with humble submission to the Will of
Him Who gave to the State this noble son and has
called him to higher glory.
Second, That his relatives, and more especially
his esteemed. aged and bereaved mother, his
widowed wife and orphaned children, have our
tenderest sympathy In this dark and trying hour
of their sad bereavement
Third, That as slight tribute to his untarnished
name and memory, which deserves to 1.-Two In
coming years, this tribute be spread upon our
minutes and that the Secretary be requested to
furnish copies hereof for our County papers with
the request to publish the same, and that copy Of
the same be furnished the family In token OF our
deep sympathy In the irreparahle loss Of Hon. +.
J. L. TRIBBLE,
R. 8. LIaoN,
p K MCCUIIy