The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-04
Great ThrOng of People | Honor MT. Carr'S Memory. CAPACITY OF CHURCH TAXED TO THE UTMOST Requiem Mass Celebrated at St. Peters Catholic Church. Owing to Illness of Father Savage Sermon Was B. Father Eaton
 and Father O'Brien Assis-
 ted-An City Workers
 in Cortege.

Beneath a wilderness of flowers, all that was mortal of Mayor Thomas H. Carr was laid to rest yesterday at Oak wood Cemetery.
 Under a damp and leaden sky repre- sentatives of every phase of the life of the city of Montgomery, commer- cial, industrial, political, governmental and religious gathered about the open grave to pay tribute to him whose use full and fruitful life was ended. The sentative of the city of Montgomery, reflected in its personaI how much a part of the city had been the life of him who was dead. ana how many a field of endeavor and usefulness had been touched and affected by his abil- ity, his strength and his charity.
 The floral display was remarkable. It was said to have been one of the handsomest seen in Montgomery in re- cent years. And this, too, was looked upon as an echo of the life that had been lived for it showed that he, who had been thoughtful and sympathetic to others In time of sorrow, was not forgotten when his earthly race had been run.
 St. Peters Church Taxed. The greatest tribute paid to him who had been the first citizen of Mont somery was paid at the church, ser vices beginning at 9:30 o'clock yes terday morning. It was fit and ap- propriate that this should have been SO for, in veal or woe. he had always been a loyal and dutiful son of the church. At St. Peters Catholic Church, whose welfare had always been his earnest care and consideration, Mont gomerians of every class assembled to pay the last tribute they could to their dead Mayor. It was an immense crowd that gathered at the church. The edifice was unequal to the task of accommodating them. The large auditorium down stairs was filled and the long gallery was equally crowded. Scores of people stood within the church and others were not able to find room in which to stand. And all the time a slow persistent rain driz- zled from the leaden skies.
 In the church, however, was miss ing the figure of the dead Mayors life long companion and pastor. Rev. Dem his Savage, for more than thirty years pastor of the church. Illness took from him the privilege of paying tribute to the kindly and generous man who had gone to his reward with his hands filled with good deeds. Father Savage had been with him in the clos ing days of his life and had then fallen ill The current of the lives of the gentle priest and the strong man who was dead had run side by side for many years.
 Rev. Father Hugh O'Brien, of Annis- ton. The sermon of the life of the dead was delivered by Rev. Father Thomas Eaton. assistant pastor of the church, who conducted the funeral ex- ercises.
 Scene in the Church.
 The altar was a blaze of lights, but entwined between these lights were the sombre robes of mourning. The black draped altar with It's maze of lights bespoke the time and the oc casion Into the church filed men, wo- men and children of Montgomery to mourn at the taking off of the chief officer of Montgomery. The two rows of seats lining the middle aisle were set, apart for the funeral party. Into