The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-07
Clerk of City Court Sue cumbs After Linger-
 ing Illness. HONORABLE CAREER
 OF USEFUL ENDEAVOR Body Will Lie in State at Masonic
 Temple. Funeral Friday Afternoon Will Be At tended By Fraters From All Over state--Ben M. Jacobs Succeeds To Grand Masters once.

Henry Hudson Matthews. Grand Mas ter of the Masons of Alabama. for sev- enteen years Clerk of the City Court prominent and most widely known men in the State. died at s;2o o'clock yes- terday morning at the family residence, 20 Pleasant Avenue.
 Montgomery and Alabama are mourn ing the death of this distinguished. generous big hearted, beloved citi- zen, whose mortal remains will be in- tered at Oakwood cemetery Friday afternoon. with all of the honors that can be paid by theMasonic Fraternity, to which cause he gave freely of his talents during life
 For one year at least, it had become evident that the health of Mir Mat thews was failing. To his most inti- mate friends. 1t was noticeable that a great change had come over him. Though still the even tempered. noble man of former years. he was losing that spirit, that felicitous bearing that had been part of his life. Friends and relatives of MT. Matthews realized that he was afflicted with an organic trouble and they resolutely resigned themselves to the inevitable As time passed. the condition of Mfr. Matthews grew more critical and. on advice from his physi- elan. he went several months ago to Stafford Springs Miss. where he was hopeful of being restored to health. The waters of these Springs were not help- ful to him and he returned to his home to spend the remaining days of his life with family anc friends. those whom he had loved so devotedly. At intervals, MT. Matthews was confined to his home. but for several weeks, he ; was able to go into the city again and mingle with his associates.
 About ten days ago. his condition grew more alarming and he was com pelled to remain in his home to await the call of death. During the past two days he was unconscious and when dissolution came at s:20 o'clock yes terday morning, he was surrounded by the immediate members of his family.
 A Successful Career.
 The distinction of MT. Matthews among the Masonic fraternity of Ala bama and his thirty-six years con- nection with the courts of Montgom- cry, gave him a wide acquaintance. In each he was revered. Without blem- ish he rose to the highest ranks in Masonry without a political scar he rose to the clerkship of the City Court ot Montgomery, and so conducted him. self in this office as to gain the admira- tion and commendation of Montgomery. His friends describe him as one Of Gods noblemen. His enemies. if any were as few as mortal man may boast
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 MT. Matthews was distinguished, not alone in Masonry. but he was an Odd Fellow of rank, and a member Of Tlp- pecanoe Tribe. Red Men, of Montgom- cry He joined the Independent order Odd Fellows in 1892. and at the time of his death. was Past Grand of Cap ttal City Lodge No. 120 of Montgomery He had reached the highest honors that the local lodge could confer upon nm. The Odd Fellows loved him.
 Native of south Carolina.
 Had MT Matthews lived until october 23 of this year he would have been oz wears old. He was born at the Arsenal Academy in Columbia. s. C., in 1854 ana was a son of Capt. Joseph Matthews who was then Superintendent of that branch of the South Carolina Military Academy known as the Arsenal" his father having risen from the position of private tn the Tinted States Army to the office of Superintendent with the rank of captain of this institu- tion.
 The father Of Mir. Matthews was native of Liverpool. England, a gentle man of refinement and of high educa- tion His mother, Mrs Margaret Jane Matthews, nee Campbell, was native of Ireland. When II years old MT. Matthews was left an orphan. his father dying during a recess of the Academy in June, 1856. his mother dying in 1885.
 The school days of MT Matthews were spent in Columbia, the Columbia Male Academy being the last school which he attended. While there he re- ceived written distinctions from the principa, of the institution for merito- rious conduct and proficiency in stu dies.
 On solicition of his brohter-in-law. the late John W. Hughes of Montgom- cry, then Register in Chancery, Mir. Matthews cane to Montgomery in 1870, and was given a clerkship in the Reg ister's office Thus he began his ca reer in the courts of this city. which career was terminated by his death. As clHrk he disc charged his dutiesA ef ficiently. and. after four years of ser vice, he accepted a clerkship under Judge C. w. Buckley. who was then Probate Judge of Montgomery County. During the administration of the late Judge Francis C. Randolph, who sue ceeded Judge Buckley as Probate Judge. MT. Matthews was appoitned Chief Clerk in the Probate Ofhce and held this important position to the satisfac- ton of the community until 1889 when he was elevated to the position Of Clerk of the City Court of Montgomery.
 EFcI, nt Court Clerk.
 He was appointed Clerk of this court by the late Judge Thomas M Arlington, Who then presided over the tribunal He was found to he so efficient thet he vas subsequently, reappointed by the ste Judge John Gindrat Winter. and when Judge Anthony D. Sayre sue