Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-21
WEEP over BIER
OF SAM JONES
Funeral Services We're Held In
Tabernacle.
TRIBUTES PAID TO HIS MEMORY

Others Made Addresses-The Re-
mains Were Brought to Atlanta on
Friday.
Gainesville, Ca, Oct. 2O.-I4lv-
ing, the Rev. Sam p. Jones was
loved with a tenderness that one sees
but once In a life time, Wrapped in
the cold arms of death. this love was
given an expression which was con-
fined TO no class or condition. no
age, color or sex.
Cartersville, where Sam Jones was
best known, by reason OF the fact
that It was his home, seemed pa
ralyzed by paroxysms OF grief which
followed one another in quick sue
cession whenever the name of the
dead evangelist was mentioned or
when some familiar object reminisr
cent OF his was seen.
Even nature was In accord with
the grief Of the city. The sky was
overcast with banks OF dull, threaten
ing clouds. which seemed al any mo-
ment ready to turn loose the full
food OF their sorrow Cartersvllle
had the silence OF the sepulchre dur
ing the entire day Business was
practically suspended from early
morning and IN the afternoon, dur
Ing the hours consumed by the me-
mortal services. every store in the
city was closed. Religions for the
once were as one. The Methodist
expressed no more sorrow than the
humble Greek, stranger In o
strange land Few spoke save in
hushed. whispered tones. II seems
that the shock OF death had tempo
rarlly benumbed the faculties OF ex-
preston. Knots Of people congre-
gated at each corner, and Caucasian
and negro freely fraterulzed, their
common grief being bond which
brought all together and for the time
obIiteratod all barriers
Mentally heroic, magnetic to a de-
gree which drew an men to him,
physically and morally a man mill
tant and unafraid. sam r. Jones
was known 20 thousands In all parts
OF this country
But one must OF necessity have
lived close TO the man to understand
and be In most perfect sympathy
with him. There was not a man.
woman or child In Cartersville who
dld not know Sam r. Jones. by
the same token all loved him
Brilliantly endowed, possessed Of
many and divers talents. Sam Jones
was wi,hal one Of the least complex
OF men--one OF the most easily ap-
preached and understood once you
knew him Tie never thew around
atm that atmosphere OF mystery and
reserve affected by many men OF ge-
niuH. Hts plalnness. bis approach
ability was bis pride tie ucver
posed he could not BE was sim
ply sam Jones
Ike many direct. straightforward
men, the personality OF sam IoRes
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