The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-06

world is made up of two classes Of
men, those who lift and those who
lean" no finer type OF the man who
lifts could be found than George II ).
McCombs. who lived SO well and for
so much service and usefulness to
those who were touched by his life.
The Advertisers Loss.
Mr.. McCombs' death is a double
blow to The Advertiser. 1t robs the
employees OF the paper. its owners and
editors. of q friend 10 whom all looked
with confidence, and deprives them Of
friendship which had been knitted
closely in confidence and sympathy by
daily deeds OF kindness and faithful
discharge of duty through long term
of years. II Is blow. too. to The
Advertiser az a newspaper and an In
stitution. for no man has. ever been
Mr.. McCombs' equal as master. OF the
emnltitudinous and intricate details OF
the btsiness affairs Of The Advertiser
office. The knowledge, the capacity,
the quiet but persistent energy with
which Mr.. McCombs met each day and
discharged each of these duties marked
him, as one. whose infinite capacity
for taking pains was little short OF
genius.
Mr.. Mccombs served his business APP
premiership In a hard and unfriend-
~ WOIlu. lsO way was bIuoOLncQ- LUZ
him; no tasks were easej or light
ened for him. He learned that the
voice Of Duty was stern and he never
held back. reluctantly for shat voice
TO soften. He went at each task con-
fidently. and with fidelity did the
mans work that was before him.
Eighteen Years Service.
Learned in such a school he was
splendidly equipped. when he came to
The Advertiser eighteen years ago as
bookkeeper. The place then was one
was fully qualified for every Jemand
1t made. In eighteen years The Adj
vertiser has undergone q remarka BILE
Development and no department has lex
perienced q greater expansion than the
business office. Mr.. McCombs, as the
chief factor in the bushes ONCE more
than kept pace with this development
His measure of responsibility grew
even more than the business office ex-
banded. More and more the others in
The Advertiser once came 10 lean ,hp-
on him. More and more his capacity
and his iiependibility brought to him
new labor and new duties. He became
as 1t were. the center of the activity of
the office and about which circulated
the forces which make the paper To
his trained mind there were no intri-
cate details. to his ideal OF faithful
ness there were no numerous tasks
and no Overwhelming, details.
In his death a powerful force has
been removed from the workmen. of
The Advertiser ONCE and the plant will
have to reaijust itself slowly.
Mr.. MoCombs is survived by widow
ana two sons. He was married sixteen
years ago to Miss Annie Stewart. an
admired and beloved young woman OF
Montgomery. Two sons. Joseph H.
and Stewart. come OF a singularly hap
by married life.
He il survived. too, by an, aged
mother to whom he was devoted son
His mother, Mrs. e. 81 McConbs. lives
with his three sisters at QreenviIle
They are Misses. Ella McCombs, Enc
McCombs and Mrs, George A. Searcy.
Miss Robert Mccombs. another sister,
lives in Jacksonville. Fla.
horn in 1855.
Mr.. McCombs was born in Union
Springs. December Z, 1856. Through
his paternal grandmother he was d.
rectiy connected with tho. distinguished
Herkimer. Livingston and Schuyler