The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-03
MEMORIES TRIBUTE PAID TO
 THEIR DEAD BY QTY'S ELKS

pleasing; he proved himself ah able
 He said:
 Tt is a wise rule of our order that at least on one day of the year, our thoughts revert to those who have gone to that bourne whence no traveller has ever returned. There is scarcely city in the United States having a population of over 5000 people that does not contain a dourishing Elk Lodge; and in each lodge today, at this very hour, memorial services are held, bringing to our minds our loved and lost. This custom of the Elks to set beautiful one. We are an order of over 100000 members and none can deny that the solemnity of this hour. appeals to all of us It must appeal to us as an influence for good. We know not when nor where the summons comes that calls us hence, and to each one of us this day Of memorial bids us pause and reflect. It bids us so to live that 1t shall not be all of death to die.
 Tt is a source of consolation to know that we also will be mourned when the time shall come when we win "Lie in the. grave. where heart, hand From care, labor and sorrow forever
 shall rest"
 To feel that in the strife and turmoil of life's battles. our solemn. sad sweet hour Is dedicated to the memory of our dead, Is one of the ties that knits us closer together.
 ''other hearts bear the burden of griev-
 ing.
 When loved ones lie under the pail" This hour is an inspiration to the liv- ing. As our thoughts revert to the dead, we find their many virtues grav- en on the tablet of memory. appealing to us to live lives of purity and truth.
 montgomery Lodge my brothers Feels that during the past year we have been sorely tried. Alas. our hearts are heavy for i've of our best beloved, who we trust, are now in that lodge ceIes- tial where the Supreme Exalted Ruler or the Universe holds sway forever. It IS indeed hard to realize that in one short year, there are i've vacant chairs at our meetings We meet to place on the altar of our order. fresh flowers from the garden of memory, kept pure and sweet by the tears of love.
 The sounds of our prayers on the last memorial day were hardly hushed when the Angel of Death appeared among us and the spirit of our brothers James Henry Hartley, winged US night to heaven. Beloved by all who knew hisn, kind and gentle. It was an omen of good, and, let US hone. of eternal bliss. that on Christmas Eve he should have laid him down and died. We trust that the prayers and tears of those who were the recipients of his good deeds will be heard on high. and that he will receive the reward Of weil-spent life devoted to goodness and to truth. For many years a member of our City Council, he devoted his best efforts to the up-builulng of our beau tiful city. Many of the improvements which tend to adorn Montgomery, will ever be lasting monuments to his lov- ing care and patriotism. Brother Hartley joined our order late in life, still honored our meeting with his presence and his great heart became young again doing good to his fellow man.
 'Fwhen faith and love which parted
 from thee .reyer,
 Had ripen'd thy lust soul to dwell with Weekly thou didst resign this earthly Of death, called lifes4 ,,
 'The next great loss sustained by our lodge was on February 10th, last. Hnhtnln. Ha an@t day tSs with with the speed of the New Orleans that the Chief Justice of Alabama had been stricken down in the prime of his manhood. All Ala bama mourned for the man, who, so short time before, had been elected to one of the highest offices in the gift of the people by unanimous vote. For highest tribunal in our State with his presence Deep-learned in the law, his opinions were of unusual weight and were frequently quoted A mem State. in commenting on a decison In an important case, remarks: This opinion was delivered by the late Chief Justice @ Mcclellan, ons of b the greatest America Endowed with n splendid l personality. a brilliant intellect, he maintained the dignity of his exalted cold and distant, but in reality he was one of the most lovable of men. Open | hearted and generous, no appeal was | members of our lodge he was all kind 1 ness and gentleness. Happy the man | who enjoyed the charm Of his compan l ionship. We do not mourn him as the l splendid lawyer, the impartial judge, 1 but as one who loved his fellowmen. | Those of us who knew him best. loved 1 him best. Montgomery Lodge of Elks. | grave grave of Thomas Nicholas Mcclellan, strewed them on the grave of one of ! Natures nobleInen.
 Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless BIest in thy genius, in thy love. too,
 blest."
 Another death that shocked eur l lodgs was when, on that lovely cay in l May we heard that our Brothsr. WI l Ham TRrdy Riley. was no more. You 1 have no doubt heard. my broth are, the beautiful song, Doug i las, Douglas, Tender and True Dur 1 Ing nearly thirty years acquaintance ! with our brother. I never met Man to whom those words were more appli- aahle. Tender and true in the highest and noblest sense of the words, Wil- liam Tardy Riley lived his lie. His homo was his sanctuary, his family his delight. Would that all men were pos sessed of the sweetness and nobility of character, which lived in the soul of this. brother whom we mourn today. He affiliated with no other social organi- zation save the Elks. and in all of our charities he was ever ready with heart and hand. Our order and our people are better that such a man has lived l.s~- -..-sss.