The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1905-07-12
o00MEN PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD BROTHER
: Order Marks Resting Place of the Late w. O.
chambless. Address Delivered by Col Edwards
at Unwilling of the Monument on July 3rd.

LII LII ~ Edwards at the unwilling OF
a'l ,ocnment erected by the Wood
,D' tine World over the grave OF
D9D lo+a w. O. Chambless is publish
p' tba request of several who heard
bs address; ,,a .,is s,,,,,
5., TO pay this last tribute to the
u'- ,r,. of ConnOr Chambless, not to
w. ..,a him: it would be unseemly now
-. u here to stoop to the adulations
'p s.t+alv and laud his life with full
-. nraise. for he was our brother.
,,n5ar stone is not to perpetuate for
-. r-rmes: weak indeed would be
fa, of fraternal brotherhood if
l.r had not already erected on the
.i,on. 9f our lives monuments loft
and more lasting sacred to his
..,orr The words engraved thereon
/ .,.ro messages to US not already
,i+tan in golden letters of affection
Il. fine living tablets OF our hearts
,.5sresr recollection. That indestruct-
-, Granite. garnered from the bosom
notbpr earth, is but emblematical Of
I. love eternal which we shall wear
~ him and his in the years OF his de-
,ortnre, its snowy white represents the
Immaculate spirit of your hearts Of
sorinc, its upright shaft points to that
.,o+ camp of worthy WOOdmen, eter-
d in the heavens, where we all hope
,otbar under the shade of the trees,
y lbe still waters of life, and there
soao+ our brother and friend in Para
ise The legend thereon, "Dum facet
'FI.mat'- while silent he speaketh"
will halt the steps of the passing
1r,nger and tell him the simple story
his worthy life and tragic end, and
erhaps its ripping waves of indu-
nee shall 90 on and on adown the
cesn of time until they break on the
o.ks,ed shores of eternity.
Life is always sweet. Oh, how we
read to 90 to that bourne from whence
h traveller ever returns; but it must
lave been doubly so to him who lies
here so peacefully sleeping. He had
inferred. as it we're, into the promised
snd, hope was high and love was
|oung; aspirations for the future
thrilled his soul and urged him to
heater endeavors; he had plighted his
te with the noble young woman OF
is love: he was in the prime of a Wig
|rous young manhood, with business
|Epanding; facilitating himself upon
he Joys that lay before, planning for
be future roseate in its glorious col
ring. surrounded by friends staunch
md true, standing, as 1t were, on the
Psgah of time and gazing upon the
|adiant vision of hope, where life
|hoicest prospects spread out before
|im, with the bloom of youth upon
| i'm and the smile of Joy upon his boy
b face. with his feet wandering IN
|aths redolent with incense of the fair
overs of devoted affection, with his
|ouL attned to the harmony OF happl-
less, life must have seemed, when
hose dread summons came, to have
|eId him with ties too strong to be
Fyered,
But alas. the places that knew him
ben shall know him no more. NO
EOre shall we feel the touch of has
|anished hand; gone is the dawnlng
Il roseate hope which gave vitality
|nd impulse to his great aspirations;
/ lent are the voices of his friends;
ever again will his youth, atire with
Egorous ambition and strong with
panty impulse, smile upon us; those
|Opes for long and happy old age,
Grounded by comfort and plenty,
|lstained by the affection of family
|nd friends as his willing feet should