Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-07

Peter Mcintyre, of Faison, who, as
the president stated, had been invited
to be present at this meeting and de-
liver the panegyric on the late be-
loved president of this board and the
founder of the hospital.
Mr. Mcintyre spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Board of Trustees
of the Go1dsboro Hospital, Ladies
and Gentlemen:
I consider it an honor to take a |
part in any meeting that would seek
to bear testimony to the worth OF that |
good man and true, the Rev. +. w.
Barries 1t is scarce three months
ago. that the citizens of Goldsboro
we're assembled, to give expression to
| their sense of loss at his death, and
| to extend their heartfelt sympathy to
his grief-stricken relatives. 1t was
my sad privilege on that occasion to
| conduct the funeral services, and give
| utterance, as best I might, to the
| common grief and widespread sorrow
| that pervaded this community. Words
then spoken, when our loss was fresh
upon us, however heartfelt, could but
| inadequately set forth the high es-
| TEEN in which our brother was held
or do justice to his memory. as
minister, as a citizen, or as a man.
Today, times healing touch has in
Il measure assuaged our grief and left
us in serener frame, the better fitted
, to do fuller Justice to the character OF
our honored friend.
Many a man has succeeded well
among his own people. Many hon
orable career has been spent among
scenes familiar from infancy, and
/ when the end came the honored re-
3 mains were laid by kindred hands
2 near kindred dust.
On the other hand, how many, leav-
e ing home and kin early in life, have
s won distinction in a new and distant
land. and when the hour of their de-
s | parture came were sincerely mourned
e in the country of their adoption
/ which they had enriched by their ac-
; tivities. To few is it given to succeed
i first in the home land, then suddenly
= transplanted when the career is at its
t | zenith, to make a new place and carve
i | out a new career in many respects
f; equal to the first.
Brother FAIRIES is entitled to this
e double honor. In Canada and In
S North Carolina did he labor for the
:. Master, and in both did he achieve 6
= large measure Of success. In bott
= was he loved and honored.
e What manner of man was this tha
| could win out in two fields SO fal
# apart-in many ways so different
n What qualities enabled him to MAKE
If good in the land of the North Star
Lel where the aurora beauties for man.
q, months in the year the wintry sky
y and also beneath the langourOus mool
Il of the Sunny South? Why did he fin'
it his way to the hearts of the conserva
l. tive, cautious, reticent Scotch Cana
h dian and the impulsiye, cordial. warn
re hearted Southern? Brother Farrie
Id was equally at home in the CANADIAN
le Capital that takes it's social tradition
IN from the formal court of st. Jane
n. and in the Queen City of Eastern Car
Il. olina, with her democratic tradition:
u Among his many excellencies c
in character, we would mention three
n that seem to us to give the key to hi
n double success.
as In the first place we would put hi
e. faithfulness He was the faithft
So preacher of the gospel, the faithfl
pastor, the faithful friend. He neve
e- so wearied as to swerve from the pat
rs of duty. He was at his post in eI
tie couragement and In discouragemen
er He had the tenacity of the Scotc
it. race, which never surrenders the we
conceived purpose or turns aside frol
as the path dictated by conscience. Their
,el is more than humor in the story {
as the two Scotchmen commenting o
,r. Nelson's famous signal at the battl
er of Trafalgar, England expects ever
r. Englishman to do his duty ssWh
no does not he say something abor
nj Scotchmen, Sandy?" asked one sailc
he of another Because he know
nd Scotchmen will do their duty withol
cv admenition,' was the ready answer.
st Brother FAIRIES was always read