The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-03-15

that had the privilege as well as honor
OF serving upon committee with Mr.
McCarty, the object and aim of which
was to procure a library for Tilford
Academy; and the results of the efforts
theh ana there put forth, and in which
ne was the NOV ing spirit, am happy
10 say, have far exceeded our mos,
sangulne expectations. We met in my
room, over at the boarding hall, OF,
saturdays and week day evenings, at
the close of the study hour 1t was
during these many hours Of labor to-
gether, after our daily tasks had been
completed, and often working into the
wee small hours Of the night, that |
came better to know and appreciate the
great and loving heart Of my friend and
teacher.
We have heard that "knowledgc is
power. y But that character is power,
Is true in a much higher sense than
that knowledge is power. For mind
without heart, intelligence without
conduct, cleverness without goodness
are powers in Il way, but they may be
powers for mischief, only. We may be
instructed or amused by them, but we
can never be influenced to higher and
hoier living. Our beloved teacher pos
sessed both knowledge and character;
hence his instruction was not that which
merely amused or simply trained the
mind, but it called into action all of the
higher and nobler aspirations of life.
And the record of his love and friend
ship has gone far and wide, having
been indeibly written in the minds and
hearts of his pupil friends.
Chas. 7, McCarty, who was the very
opposite of seltishness, kind and gen
erous, living not for self, but for those
around him; blessing alike to family,
kindred and friends, he who had by his
sterling worth, won for himself state
wide reputation as leader among his
fellow men, had to lay down that
life Of usefulness, his family to give up
II kind and loving husband and father,
the communitya benefactor and leader,
because of the unnatural desires of
greedy soul Because Mr.. McCarty, as
attorney, acted as only an honest at
torney could act toward his client, and
thereby prevented dishonest deed by
one of his fellow men; done without the
thought Of malice or i'll will, the self
interest of that most unnatural man
rises up in such gigantic proportions,
that he loses sight Of all else but self.
Chas. 7. McCarty was gentle and
kind but was also firm and courageous.
He was a man of few words and he
spoke harshly to none, unless, indeed,
there was good cause; but gentle as he
was, he could not be swerved from the
pathway of duty as he saw it.
The traits of character, which won
the hearts of those who knew him, were
supplemented by others, which COM
manded their admiration and respect.
Thus, in the vigor Of robust manhood,
in the full possession Of all his faculties,
in the enjoyment of the admiration,
love and affection, not only OF his
family, but of all who knew him. and
without moments warning, he was
stricken down by the hand Of the cruel
assassin.
No better or purer man has it ever
been my lot to meet. Adorned was he,
with the highest and noblest virtues,
which gave dignity and force to his
character, and moral beauty TO his life.
This noble, unselhsh and useful life,
has been sacrificed upon the altar OF
human seltishness and greed.