The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-03
|CITY'S DEAD TO REST TODAY Plans For Funeral Of Late
 Mi. Carr. THE HOUR IS 9:30 A. M. City Council Formally Ad- vised of Mayors Death. BusIness Will Re Suspended and Body of Distinguished Citizen Will
 He Escorted With HOnors
 to Oakwood. [S

With ceremonies befitting the high office he occupied in the closing days of his life the body of Thomas H. Carr, late Mayor of Montgomery, will be laid
 to rest this morning.
 The funeral services will begin at 9:30 o'clock this morning<at St. Peters Catholic Church, wherein Mir. Carr wor- shipped thirty-fiye years. The services will be conducted by Rev. Father Dem his Savage, assisted by Rev. Father Thomas Eaton.
 As a mark of respect to the memory of the late Mayor, business will be suspended in Montgomery during the hours of the funeral. All departments of the city government suspended bus ness yesterday afternoon and will not resume until today at 12 o'clock. Offices in the City Hall are closed and the building is draped in black and white bunting.
 Recorder Arlington did not hold a session of his court yesterday after noon out of respect to the dead Chief Executive.
 All departments of the city govern ment will be represented in the funeral cortege this morning. Police Chief A. $. Gerald, who has been very i'll, is ex-
 pected to be present with about thirty
 men of his Department, commanded by Police Captain ". H. Taylor. and Fire
 
 all companies will represent that branch of the service at the funeral. Twelve picked men from the Mont gomery Blues and Montgomery Greys will serve as a military escort to the hearse bearing the Mayors body. They will be commanded by Capt. E. F. Ba- Der, of the Blues.
 Throughout yesterday there was a stream or sympathetic visitors to the Carr residence on South Court Street, and beautiful flowers were sent from all sections of the city.
 City Council Meets. Sitting in solemn special session, the City Council of Montgomery at noon yesterday was for the first time in the
 history of the city notified of the death of the citys Mayor.
 In eulogistic communication. c. r
 Mcintyre, President of the Council and
 Acting Mayor of Montgomery, notified
 the members of the Aldermanie body
 that Thomas H. Carr, Mayor of Mont
 eomery Tad ceased to live Sunday morn ing at APO o'clock.
 apparent to even the most casual ob- server.
 The flag on the city building dropped at half mast and the entire/ building was draped in mourning. The Mayors office was also draped and the chair at the table of the late executive was cov- | cred with the sombre bunting, When the big city clock tolled the | noon hour. 1t had the sound of knell. l When the hour had been struck, Vice. | President Forbes called the meeting to order In the lowest of voices the clerk called the roll, the following Aldermen answering present; Aldermen Forbes, Coins, inter, Strauss, Jackson, Teague.
 Ruth, Lobman' Mcintyre Griffith and Mcintyre Notifies Aldermen. The following communication from
 the Acting Mayor was then read:
 ITO the Honorable City Council of Montgomery.
 "Gentlemen-Hon. Thomas H. Carr, the Mayor of Montgomery. died Sunday morning at 4:20 o'clock, after a linger- ing and trying illness. Since last De- cember MT. Carr had been confined to his bed with an incurable malady, the tedium and pain of which he bore with
 a fOrtitude worthy of all praise. Though a native of Ireland, Mir Carr was a resident of Montgomery for more than thirty years. MT Carr was distinguished for discretion, honor, in- tegrity and Q faithful devotion to duty in every relation of1ife. These quail ties united with a Capacity for careful and vigilant supervision of details nat
 urally led to success in his private bus mess ventures. While conducting a large and prosperous business, Mir. Carr ever took a lively and commendable interest in public affairs, At a person. al sacrifice he served the city of Mont gomery as Alderman for six years. He was also President of the City Council
 "The people of Montgomery in 1903 conferred on MT. Carr the highest honor within their gift. As an official