The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-20
TAPS SOUNDED ON LIFE
 OF CAPTAIN FALKNER

of Honor, was placed. The vehicle was drawn by a mule belonging to Captain Falkner and driven by his friend and employe, MT. Boatwright. The members of the family and some of their intimate friends came from the Falkner place to the Soldiers s Home in carriages.
 The coffin, immediately after 1t was brought to the Soldiers Home, was taken to the intersection of the halls of the main building and there was placed upon a bier, covered with a huge Confederate flag. The lid of the coffin was removed that the friends of the dead man might have opportunity to look upon his face. Flowers were spread upon the casket and upon the bier, and a banner of the Stars and Bars was draped amongst the flowers.
 Thus the body remained until o'clock. In the meantime there was subdued speech within the house and a gentle going of the assembly to and fro until 1:30 o'clock. when in the midst of the family and friends of Captain Falkner. General John W. A. Sanford of Montgomery, by special in vitation of friends of the dead man and by invitation of members of the Confederate societies, spoke briefly of Captain Falkner.
 General Sanford, aged but erect, his voice quavering sometimes with emo ton but never with weakness and all ways resonant, melodious, eloquent, his every feature bespeaking the be- nevolence that makes the beauty of age more wondrous than the beauty of youth, addressed his auditors who like himself were there to mourn the ter imitation of patriotic life as well as the loss of a friend.
 Fitting Place for Tribute.
 txar sTxno and place. General Sanford said, in the beginning of a speech that was the more eloquent. because 1t had extem- poraneous inspiration. for the kfnsmen and friends and comrades of Captain Falkner to honor the custom of paying last tribute to the dead than at the moment when he lay in the halls where he had stood so often as the creator or a benefaction that was his own and his chiefest monument
 In such fitness of surroundings, in the presence of the veterans who had so profited by his generosity and char ity, and of the loved ones who were nearer still to the memory of the great man they had assembled to do the ulti- mate honor. it was not proper that si- lence should be observed.
 Captain Falkner was a remarkable man, General Sanford said, so remark able that ms complete greatness dp- peared only as he disappeared from mortal view. He was a man not gifted with eloquence, but with the power 10 act; while others talked. he acted; while others planned for the future, he &C., complished in the present.
 "Eminently above other men," Gen. eral Sanford continued. Captain Talk ner has shown a spirit of patriotism and philanthropy. He has labored long and hard, but always to aid his fellow men. As his life had been without re- proach. his death, was without fear; everywhere he had been faithful In Y his private life he had been cherished beyond any man of his acquaintance" General Sanford said with emotion; "to his clients he was faithful; in his pub lie life he was faithful"
 There were three qualities. General Sanford said, Captain Falkner possess ed to an unusual degree; courage, gen erosity and ability. He not only had the impulse to do all, for his fellow men, but he had the ability to accom- plish the high plans he made for them;
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