The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-10-22
FUNERAL CEREMONIES
Attendant Upon the Death Of 3. +
Hobbs. Editor Of The Leader.

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Hobbs. Editor Of The Leader.
Last Tuesday night at 1910
o'clock the Pickering light was
snuffed out. and the life of B. 7.
Hobbs ended. One by one the
many friends who had gathered in
the early evening to silently watch
and wait had gone away. hoping
against hope that he might live un-
til morning. But his dauntless
spirit was conquered at last, and
his labors, though many. must
close. He had been sick only a
week, but from the first his symp-
toms were alarming, and it was
soon known that he had pneumonia.
The very best medical aid and the
most careful nursing failed to stay
the disease. His vitality had been
spent in ceaseless Iabors, and he
was in no condition to combat the
malady. 1t is hard to realize that
he is gone.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted at the Baptist Church of
Brookhaven at o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. The ladies of the
Church. and other friends, had
made the auditorium beautiful with
many ferns and flowers. Chrysan-
themums. the flower of the season,
and the ever present roses, were
used in profusion. Special designs
sent by thea Church and Sunday
School. by the ladies' religious or
CARNATIONS. by the literary clubs
of the town, the Kings Daughters.
the bereft young sons grade of the
Public School, by friends from far
and near. bore silent testimony to
their love and loyalty. The active
pail bearers were T. Brady, Jr.. ]
w. E. Price, p. 2. Jones, i. L.
Tyler, j. A. Maui, L. Il. Baggett.
who were co-workers with Mr..
Hobbs in his various activities in
the church and community. The
honorary pail bearers were Ex-Gov.
Jas. K. Vardaman. Senator John
L. Hebron. Richard Quin. Frank F.
Parsons. DR.. e. a. Rowan. Hon z.
P. Jones and Hon. G. R. Dale. some
Of whom were Lifelong friends and
workers with him in the wider
fields of usefulness to which he had
for many years devoted much of
his time and splendid talents.
Rev. R. II. Purser, pastor Of the.
Baptist church. read some selec-I
tions of Scripture bearing on the
subject Of the resurrection, and the
blessed state of the dead who die
in the Lord. He then spoke feel
ingly of the close and intimate re-
lation that had existed between
him and Mr.. Hobbs during the ten
years he had been his pastor. Rev.
H. M. Ellis, pastor of the Metho-
dist Church. offered beautiful
and appropriate prayer, in which
he held up the life and character
of the one who was dead as an in
spiration and guide to the living.
DR.. /. w. Cooper. president of
Whitworth College, read a paper
in eulogy Of the deceased. in which
he gave summary OF the work he
had done as a leader in the Prohi-
bition cause, and as champion of
law enforcement, showing that, as
editor of The Leader, he was ever
true to the name his paper bore,
being leader in every cause of
right. Hon. 7. Brady spoke of the
life of the deceased as a citizen.
He also spoke of his personal reIa-
tions with him. He called him
his counsellor and friend, the one
to whom he could always go with
matters of the gravest Importance,
and receive wise and sympathetic
counsel. He had often relied on
his judgment and had never had
occasion to regret it. He spoke as
one who felt deeply the loss of a