Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-25

Judgment was always right aud for
right. He recalled that, when the new
school house was to be built the city
turned to Mr.. Norris and brought him
out Of his retirement to serve again on
the school board during its erection,
how he came and stood over the work
as 1t had been his private concern un
til it was finished and well done and
then resigned. 1t was only part OF
the service the public spirit OF D. w.
Norris urged him to do day after DAY
and year after year in his community.
He was posted on all questions OF the
community and the state, prompt 10
condemn wrong and commend the
best. He was liberal in his help. One,
of his last acts was to subscribe $500
to college endowment fund. He was
continually doing things like this
quietly and, in secret. If any worthy
poor or suffering! went to D. w. Norris
they never went away empty handed.
He was the most active and laborious
OF men. His constant activity of mind
and body had worn him out before his
time. 4
Said JudgA Scott: ~As man he
was the true type, Of manly manhood.
He abhorred hypocrisy and deceit.
He was for msnliness in the individ-
ual. the community and the state. He
was the embodiment OF honesty.
have never known a man more honest
than D. w. Norris or more generously
charitable. Quiet generosity was
part OF his nature. No worthy appli-
cant ever appealed to him for help
(, o1no fhfnIror and
his vigorous Intellect was always in
terested in the upbuilding OF, all that
stood for the best. Polite or not he
never feared to stand for the right.
He was manly man. and you
couldl go to him under any circum-
stances for counsel or something more
substantial. He was the friend OF the
poor and oppressed and defended them
against the trickery he despised. |
never knew a man Of such energy and
strenuosity who found so much time
to be charitable. If every hand to
whose owner he has done kindness
threw but one pansy blossom on his
grave he would sleep tonight be-
meath wilderness Of flowers
In closing Prof. Parker related a
number Of incidents bearing directly
on the personal character Of Mr.. Nor
RS. Men had come to the speaker to
tell of help offered and aid afforded.
Widows had told with tears the
story OF s,lccor and assistance,
Young men had won to professions
and prominence from poverty thru the
confidence of D. w. Norris In their
future and their honesty. He set
clearly before his hearers the value OF
the citizen who had departed and the
true greatness of his life. n
a quartet composed ofS %. q.
Brand, Miss Stella Bartlett, Miss Mary
Wheelock and C. E. Lyon, sang Lead
Kindly Light in an effective manner.
The services at the grave were IN
Iowa. and as free from ostentation as
those at the house, and as he over
whose remains they were held.
About the city of Grinnell yester-
day was one OF mourning and sincere
sorrow. The death and funeral OF
Dave" Norris, were the chief topics OF
conversation land all men who spoke
expressed their, deep respect for the
man who was, gone on the long jour
ney and their deep regret over his
taking off. Most of these men had had
business. and neighborly relations with
him thru many years Hundreds of
farmers were in the city and theirs
were Sas the faces Of those who came
down from the far glens to the burial
Of ''Weelum Maclure." Scarcely man
or boy in Poweshiek but knew Dave"
Norris we'll enough to call him .HDaveS
and the sorrow and regret for him was
UNIVERSAL. 1t was as; tho the city
shrouded Its face and turned aside to
weep.
If one fact in Dave" Norris life
and one feature Of his character came
most prominently to the surface Of the
flood of talk, comment and rem
iniscence which he was the subject
yesterday it was the uncompromising
had been a. strong man lin local
finance but the thing that
came out strongest was his hatred
Of shams and his infinite kindness of
heart and charity for the helpless. His
greatest success, to judge by the cons
merit Of his old neighbors and ac-
uuai1itances, had not been In the law
or In finance, but in the cause Of the
oppressed and against those who
sought to- Cypress. It came out from
a thousand tongues yesterday that this
man with the blunt air and incisive
speech was as tender as woman and
THAT the keen business man and lawyer
carried a heart attuned to charity and
generous beyond measure. Men who
had imagined from some little asperi-
ty that came in the course of associa-
ton that they didn't like Dave Nor
ris,' Q woke UP to the fact thak they had
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