The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-13
FUNERAL OF GEO. RICHARDS


Inc IuQeral service over tn6 re-
mains of Hon. George Richards, who
died in New Orleans last week, were
held in his late residence Tuesday af-
ternoon and was the occasion of
large gathering of relatives and
friends, fully seven hundred persons
attending. The services were con
Quoted by Rev. w. W. Holloway, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church,
assisted by Rev. Thomas A. Reeves,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of
Rockaway Miss Marie Stoddart, of
New York, sang two selections. Scores
of floral tributes were received. The
honorary pail bearers We're, Vice
Chancellor Henry c. Pitney, of Nor
ristown; Henry S. Little, of Trenton
General R. f. Hooke, of Raleigh, N.
G.; John S. Wise, of Philadelphia:
Moses K. Everitt, of Morris Plains,
and Mayor Frederick H Beach, Cad
wallader R. Mulligan and Edwin J.
Ross, of Dover. The carriers were
employees of the George Richard
Company's stores, the Dover Iron
Company and the Morris County
Machine and Iron Company, of which
corporations Mr. Richards was the
president.
During the services business in the
town was almost totally suspended.
Flags were at half-mast and the stores
of the George Richard S Company
were heavily draped in black In at
tendance at the funeral were many
officials of the Genital Railroad, who
came by special train. Among them
were General Superintendent j. H.
Oldhausen, Second President
Williams and Superintendent Bryant
of the High Bridge branch. Other
noted Jerseymen present were, Gov
ernor Voorhees,, Ex-Governor George
7. Werts, of Jersey City, Major Sam
uel Klotz, of Newark, Romeo F.
Chobert, M. D., of Hoboken, of the
Board of Managers of the State Hos
pital; Senator Mahlon Pitney, of
Morristown and W. j. Taylor, of
High Bridge. Several from Morris
town also attended. Among them were
Patrick Farrelly, vice President of the
Board of Managers of the State Hos
pital at Morris Plains, Chas. Green,
Postmaster Fennell, County Clerk
Voorhees,, Sheriff Baker, Surrogate
Young, Alderman Reed, Judge Vree-
land and I. W. Pierson.
In commenting ON Mr. Richards,
Dr. Holloway spoke of his true worth
as leader among men, especially in
the business world. He would be
missed, he said. in local and state
affairs, but none wctsid miss him
more than the poor of Dover, to whom
he never refused Just request.
In speaking of Mr.. Richards, Dr..
Halloway said:
Those who have heard great tree
go crashing to the ground i'll forest
at night will never forget it, The
sound of the falling, breaking timbers,
borne to the ear with roar that is
appalling. the succeeding hush of the
solemn night, make a vivid and last
ing impression. Death alas, is a COM
mon thing, but, when the leaders
among us fall, death assumes new
force and we stand blanched and
trembling as i'll the presence of a
great tragedy. You and | feel today
that great man has fallen and we
are stricken as with the sense of an
irreparable loss. Mr. Richards pres
o,,oa oO1ntoondin0 ono Ho
looked like a leader of men. He was
a marked man in any assemblage, and
his large, energetic frame was an in
dex of his nature. He was built on
large lines. He was aggressive and
forceful i'll his undertakings. He
seemed to take delight in meeting
difficulties and conquering them. He
hated littleness, meanness, shirking
cowardice because these things had
no part in himself Whatever we may
allow to heredity and environment
yet we must confess that it was due
more to his strong force of will and
purpose that he made his way from
obscurity and small beginnings to a
position of commanding power and
influence.
Everything he did was with a large
hand. | never knew more generous
man. Every one of us carries with
him a spark of the divine, and this
divine spark in him famed out in his
giving. How many men he helped in
business, how many a wanderer he
bestowed aims upon, how many
sufferer he gave means to obtain re-
lief, how many family he fed, how
many despairing one he tided over
difficulties, how many a church he
contributed to, how many an institu-
tion he made his beneficiary; no one
knows nor will ever know till the
secrets of all hearts are revealed. He
never said "no" to an appeal for aid.
Not a day passed. probably, that did
not bear witness to his largeness of
heart. He gave ungrudgingly, splen-
didly on every hand Many are those
who will miss him. He will be missed
in State councils, in political circles,
i'll Boards of Direction i'll local COM
mittees of improvement, in busi-
ness firms, in social gatherings. But
most of all he will be missed by the
poor and the suffering and the low
down, who are not in this home to-
day, but who never looked to him in
vain for help.
And in thus seeing others, he best
served himself. For it is always
true, ''give and it shall be given unto
you. Not always in kind, but sure
ly and according to the measure Of
bestowment. He who invests his
means i'll the worlds treasury of