Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-27
LAFAYETTE F. DORM.
Lifelong Friend Pays Beautif ul
Tribute to a Citizen Whose
Tragic Death is Still
M,urned.

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of winter was beginning to burst
open the dahlias and chrysanthe
NUNS to take the place of the las
rose Of summer, the gentle spirit O
L. f. Dorm returned to his Maker
He was one of the leading spiri t.
of our dear western side of the
county-and belonged to that great
middle class of society that con
stitutes a nations greatness. The
wise man has truly said:
Remove from me vanity and
lies-give me neither poverty mol
riches-feed me with food conven-
lent for me-Lest l be full and de-
ny thee and say who is the Lord
or lest l be poor and steal and take
the name of God in vain"
Mr.. Dorm was neither tainted
with the corruption and arrogance
of high life nor the dishonesty and
impurity Of poverty. He was a pure,
upright, honest Christian man in
close touch with the people, white
and black, high and low, and be-
Ionged to that blessed class who be-
licved that
The drying up a single tear has
more 0. honest fame than shedding
seas cf gore. He was peace
make: and was ever to be found in
the front ranks of the procession in
the grand march for physical, men,
tai and moral development OF his
people and for the material pros
perity of the country. His amiable
qualities of heart made him the OBJ
iect Of sincere and trusting love
with the people. His unsurpassed
devotion to principle and duty in a
service for both the southern and
northern business men, in private.
or public capacity, wholly free
from, ',all taint of corruption, make
it easy to record our profound
respect for his noble life and Chris
tian character. He digniied labor,
religious work and Christian chari-
ties. The entire county mourns him.
Every Baptist county assembly,and
many Others, will miss his enthusi-
asm, his manly voice in tie song
services and in the devotional ex-
ercises, his practical words in the
councils Of church work, his ma
terial charity in every worthy en-
tcrprise. His untiring energy and
perseverance, added to an unflag-
ging spirit made him a most useful
citizen for the good people
of the west side and the entire
county.
''If," said Sir Isaac Newton on
one occasion,'I have seen further
into science than others,
than Columbus, or Kepler or
Descartes, it is became | have stood
upon the shoulders of giants"
SO he of whom we speak, mount
ing the shoulders of progress, in
the growth of free institutions and
in the light of new principles and
broader demands constantly arising
in our progressive civilization, be-
came stronger than the masters in
another day and generation, and so
the roar of the dam at Ring Jaw
Shoals will join in sounding his
praise in the foaming surges of the
ceaseless Savannah.
He was by nature generous and
honest, with no malice in his heart
and no tyranny in his nature. His
heart and his hand were always
ready to succor and befriend. The
record of such noble life is life's
best eulogy, and these words are for
the living, not the dead. If we, the
living actors on this scene and our
children, profit not by the study
and example of such a life as that
Just closed, then our sad words are
worse than useless. The lesson of
such lives and the teaching of such
experiences, and his sudden end
should warn us that true and lasting
fame is for him alone who worthily
wins by observing the benefits of
temperance, truth and virtue and
treading on the vantage grounds of
RIGHT. He was Jealous in guiding
the healthful current of public
thought in pure channels to useful
and ennobling ends and purposes.
There is a fragrance and perfume
that fingers about the name of the
good that lasts beyond their lives.
We bless them because the inf1u-
ence of their lives has given us
confidence in the present and filled
us with hope for the future. His
name and memory are dear to us
all. He and they are at rest, their
labor ended. their duty done. 1t
will be i'll with the country when
her SONS no longer cherish the rec
objection of such men, nor profit by
the example of their lives and there
is consolation in The belief that
There is no death to the living
snnl. nor loss. no HARM But for