The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-05

course with the quotation whom
the Lord loveth, he ehasteneth. !"
The Rev. a. r. Bond, pastor
OF the church the deceased loved
SO we'll, offered prayer, and then
the choir sang "Meet Me There. :"
MI. Bond closed the service at
the church. He stated that he
had never seen a more beautiful
faith than tnat exercised by the
deceased. Conscious that he
was soon to go, he could talk
about it as calmly as though he
were going to sleep. His works
live after him. Let his faith be-
come ours.
The casket was then returned
to the hearse, and a long process.
sion followed the remains to the
grave.
After the grave was filled, the
mound was covered all over with
flowers, symbolical of the pure
life of the beloved dead, and af-
ter prayer by Rev.T. G. Schilling,
the large assemblage dispersed,
and with bowed heads and sad
hearts, went slowly away.
In the death of Prof. Nettles,
this community has sustained a
grievous loss, Upright and hon.
orable in all his dealings;
thoughtful, careful, prayerful, he
welded an influence for good that
was excelled by none and equal
ed by few.
Endowed by nature with d
brightintel ect, he was profound
ly educated. Having an exten.
sive knowledge of the arts, SCI
ences and literature Of former
ages, coupled with and extensive
acquaintance with modern re-
search and development, he was
eminently well qualified to fill
with distinction almost any sphere
inllife thatrequired much thought,
energy and learning. He was
educated at Mississippi College,
and after teaching school for
several years, he studied law,
graduating from the law depart
ment of the University Of Miss
issippi in 1889. He located in
Greenville and in the same year
married Miss Minnie Lsnoir, t,ie
eldest daughter of Mr.. W. W.
Lenoir, of This county. He soon
had a lucrative practice, but lost
hisEhealth, and had to leave the
delta. He was i'll for long time,
and when he recovered, he again
engaged in teaching, being again
with Gillsburg Collegiate Insti-
tute, and later was principal OF
the school here. He delivered
the first diplomas ever awarded
by this school, and the three
young ladies who received them,
we're among the mourners at his
funeral. The floral tributes when
these ladies placed on his grave,
we're laden with love too great for
words to express.
Upon the death OF Major W.
W. Vaught, justice of this super
visors district, Prof. Nettles was
appointed as his successor by
Gov. Stone, and at the ensuing
election was elected, and died
holding that office. He guaged
his official acts by his private
life, and held the scales of JUS
tice evenly balanced.
He announced himself as
candidate for circuit clerk this
year, but withdrew from the race
before the first primary election
was held.
1t may be said of him that to
know him, was to love him. The
better one knew him the more
would he love him. No wonder
then, that citizens of Magnolia
mourn his death as a personal
bereavement, and the closing of
the business houses and offices
on the day Of his funeral, was
but a slight testimonial of the es-
TEEN in which he was held by all.
The heartfelt sympathy of eve-
ry one is extended to his bereav-
ed wife, and other relatives.
They mourn not as those without
hope. The MANY noble acts and
deeds done by the deceased have,
ere this, been inscribed on the
great Book of Life never to be
erased, and his immortal soul
now stands in the presence of Je-
hovah, and may all his loved
ones meet him thereI
An effort is being made by one
George B. Loring to organize a
cattle syndicate with capital of