The Columbus dispatch., 1908-02-13
IN MEMORIAM-

tember 20. 1854. died in Columbus
! Mississippi, Jauary 20. 1908
This marks the span of the life OF a
man, lived in our midst, a man re
spected and trusted by all. loved by
many, hated by none
His far ancestry was of the proud
est blood of England, and the chr0ni-
Gle of the Old North State are filed
with the fair renown OF those OF
later years.
And this man was true to his he
redity. a man brave and clean. a man
who did no injustice and submitted
to none.
Born several months after the
death of his father, the child never
knew the guiding hand of a fathers
| tender vigil. but sheltered by a
mothers loving care, he grew MP as
the young oak grows. strong and
steadfast in his own unbending fibre.
In his early youth III health beset
him, and he sought in the warm. gen
ial climate of Florida, to beat down
any further advance Of his enemy.
and there spent much Of FIVE years or
his youth. The years of his man
hood are as an open book to this pe0-
pie, we all know it.
The most striking quality of the
man was his intense loyalty. Let
anything be committed TO his keep
ing, he at once drew around it a cir
Gle of fire, and was ready to defend
it to his last breath. It mattered not
what it might be, the only question
with him was, had it been committed
to him, and it became at once a
thing sacred, and no man must tres
pass ever so lightly upon II
Born with a temper quick and /
fiery, yet the strong character of the /
man fastened a bride upon it and 4
kept it we'll in hand, except when 4
with the tempest's wrath it broke I
away from him when aroused by
what was mean, what was base, what
was dishonorabIe.
No man surpassed him in his treat
ment of his fellow man in the little
of life, this was so because
it was natural, and not a thing dra-
matte. There is a consideration for
born of conventional custom.
This is but an exactiOn Of social life,
and the thin veneering drops OF
under the first stress of circumstance
or selfishness. There is a kindly
manner worn as mask under which
men may approach close to their
this is but cunning piece OF
reachery, and the mask falls off when
he knife may be used But there
s a considerate manner born of a
1ind heart, it is but the outward ex-
preston of the inner man, it is as
natural as the warmth from the fire.
It is untaught and unframed. it
.omes not from the gentle breeding
If conventional society, it is but the I
nan himself And it was of this that g
anne that ceaseIess, kind consideration I
or his fellow man that marked him.
1t probably has fallen to the lot OF
,ut few to know a man whose whole
ife was so guiIeIess, or a man whose
oul was so clean as his Not indeed I G
life that was scourged by the scor- Y
lion whips of creeds into straight and C
harrow paths, but a man who kept C
lis life clean as he kept his hands {
lean, because he despised the un-
lean. I
He was always a devoted member
f his church and as one of its vestry F
ave his clear judgment TO the
trength of its institutions. and to its {
Masonry he gave all the y
rdor of his nature.
The high principles of Masonry J
yere congenial to him, and he re-
elled in their propagation. and the c
ed Masonic Temple that rears its
ront up on Main street is one of the 2
utward evidences of how devotedly
nd how successfully he wrought for Y
Iasonry.
OF the intense pathos of his clos 7
lg years whose lips can tell2
In the full prime of life, when all T
be warm passions of youth had mel j
owed into virtues, wearing as a man
e, the absolute confidence of his E
eople, encompassed by the devoted
we of mother, wife, sons andfriends, j
ct TO know that death was at his
oor, that the end had come. And 4
lrough the long days and nights Of E
lffering, he looked with unfaltering "
yes into the face of death. Wasted s
nd worn, his strength gone, all Vi N
Atty exhausted, he lived at the last
IMPLY upon the unconquered and un- j
spirit that was in him.
1t i'll becomes those who know but 3
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