The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-26
||lR. HOBBIE BURIED
U1HRAL SERVICES AT COUNT
 STREET CHURCH.
sDp. Nsce Refers Earnestly and Eio- x Quently to Life of Dead Husines"
 Alan-Interred at OakwOod.

! (shrysanthemums, carnations, roses' hsautifui. fragrant, white-typiual of the purity of the life of the man were named about the casket which con- tained all that was mortal of Mont womery's valued citizen, Henry Mar tin Hobbie.
 At 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the auditorium of the Court S'reee Methodist church was filled with peo
 ple gathered to o<pay the last marx oi respect to the memory Of MT Hopnie'
 people who for years he had met m ms business life; with those with whom from almost boyhood he had mlneied in divine worship and with those whom he had held nearer, dearer-nis 1aihiy and his intimate friends.
 { ~Yn a body the members of the Mont womery Wholesale Grocers Association attended the service and were seated together near the front Of the church. 9 The simple, but impressive funeral services of the Methodist Episcopal church were said by Dr. John A. Rice, pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. IT. Y. Abernathy of Selma. Beautiful hymns were sung by the choir and In . few words of tribute to the one who had passed away, Dr. Rice pointed out 10 the assembled hundreds that man may be a successful business man and yot . Christian; that a man may amass H fortune and yet deal fairly and nQuarely with his fellow men, He held LID to young men especially the life of 1fr. Hobbie one of inspiration worthy of any young mans emulation. He spoke of him in his relation to his church, to his friends and especially to his family. He sad that he knew the man. He knew that the lessons In Christian lonce had followed him through all his life.
 He spoke of the Sunday School class Of which he was a member when young man and of the influence on his life the lessons when he had learn cd there had been. The success of his life had never taken from him the pleasure of those golden days that stood far back in his young manhood. He said that to Mir Hobbie religion was not mere theory, put an actual experience The life of MT. Hobbie he Said was an example of the fallibility Of the expression so often heard by business men when speaking of cer- tain business deals. Tt isn't ideal but 10 is business" No young man he said. need start out in the world for a busi noss career with the hallucination that to make a success he must crush out the smaller firms the weaker com panies. No man need, after reviewing the life of MT. Hobbie think that sue cess in business is incompatible with honesty.
 pr. Rice said that 1t is worth a hun dred lives to be able to point to the incarnation of the clean, and success full life of MT. Hobbie. It was worth living to be able to be such an ex- ample to the young men of his genera tion. That his whole life from a boy had been an example of what an American boy may become. He spoke of his home life as being the simple life" He was a man who cared not for show and pomp. but was devoted to the best interests of his own home circle, loyal to the tencerest of all hu- man relations.
 He spoke in closing his remarks of his having repeat tedly insisted that Mir. Hobbie should give up his business and rest and of believing that the fail- ure to do so had shortened his days on earth and appealed for men to learn the gospel of letting go." at the right time.
 The pail bearers were selected from his business friends and members or his church. They were: R. S. Williams, Paul LeGrand. M. B. Houghton. N P Tyson, w. B. Jones, W. M. Hudson and A. M. Baldwin. The interment was made at Oakwood Cemetery.