The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-20

Beautiful, impressive, sincere and
touching was the tribute which the
people of Maury county paid to their
| beloved dead, Senator Carmack, on
| Sunday afternoon. The Grand Opera
House was packed to the limit and
the audience would have been half as
large again had there been room for
the people. Every seat was taken be-
fore the hour for the meeting and
there were hundreds standing in the
aisles and around the house and a
large number came, but finding no
room were forced to leave. Not a
person left from the beginning of the
service until the benediction was pro-
nounced. Men stood for more than
two hours without moving from their
tracks Many were there who wept
aloud during the services.
Every utterance was a tribute from
the heart. His old school mates, his
colleagues at the bar, his younger
friends, all joined in the most heart
felt and sincere tributes to the great
qualities of his nature. Not only was
tribute paid to his memory, but the
audience with one accord dedicated
its services to the accomplishment
of the work for which our martyr gave
his life's blood All of the speakers
referred to Mr.. Carmack as a martyr
to civic righteousness and the cause
of temperance and called upon the au-
dience to complete his work Every
time the answer emphatic, deter
mined and sincere, came in a wave
of applause that would sweep from
end to end of the house and in which
every person present seemed to join
The exercises, like the funeral serv-
ICES, were simple but very impressive.
Like the life of the man in whose
they were held they were
without stilted form or ostentation,
out they were thoroughly sincere
Hon. G. T. Hughes presided and made
he opening remarks. Others who
spoke were Congressman L. p Pad
sett Hon. E. H, Hatcher, j. H. Din
ling, James A. Smiser, H. P. Figuers.
The resolutions prepared by the COM
nittee, were submitted by ]. |. Fin
ley and adopted by a rising vote,
n rfu n
xpress approval of the sentiments
obtained in the resolutions.
The music was an inspiring feature
{ the services. Members Of the sew I
raj choirs of the city were seated on
ne stage and the singing was led by {
ev. George H. Mack, of the First !
Presbyterian church The d
pening hymn, Nearer My God, To b
hee" was sung by the choir and the l
ldience and then Rev. T. H. Athey, n
the First Baptist church, offered a t.
eautiful proyer, after which Mrs. G. n
Sharpe and Mrs. Raymond Adkis- a
IN sang my Faith Looks up to n
hee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior "
WINE"
Mr.. Hughes was the first speaker. N
e paid magnificent eulogy to the al
parted leader. He made eloquent OF
ference to his death in the great NJ
use of prohibition, and said that tn
Is cause would yet triumph, state 1T
ent that was greeted with applause 1T
at was emphatic and prolonged. Mr.. ad
lghes then took UP the alleged w
uses leading to the assassination of de
;. Carmack and showed how had he ha
,lded to the requests or demands We
his slayer his usefulness would an
We been ended and great blow
uld have been struck at the free tn,
N and the integrity OF the press OF he
state. Mr.. Carmack had died fol
rtyr to principle. Beautifully and an
! tenderly did Mr. Hughes invoke gri
blessings of Almighty God upon the
widow and the son OF Mr.. Car COZ
ok He said that they were a in
red heritage to the people OF this da!
annuity and this State and should hat
comforted, sustained and helped rar
ough life. the
Ir. Hatcher's tribute was beautiful -
yorded and spoken with deep emo