The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-09
LOCAL CONFEDERATES
PAY CROSS TRIBUTE
PASS RESOLUTIONS ON DEATH
OF POPULAR STATESMAN. pol
ITlClAN, STATE SECRETARY.

Confederate camps in all parts OF
Oklahoma and in other states are
honOring the memory of Bill Cross
deceased secretary of state. The To-
cal camp has passed appropriate res
olutions in which a fitting tribute is
paid. that popular statesman, poiiti
clan and veteran. The resolutions
read:
In memoriam of Bill Cross, by
John Ii. Morgan Camp, u. c. V
of Ardmore, Okla, August 7th, 1910
in deepest sorrow we record tle
death of our comrade, Bill Cross
who, with the forttude of a gallant
soldier answered his last call at Ok
lahoma City on the 3rd of Augus.,
1910.
AS we look back and take ac-
count of the life of Bill Cross, of
his virtues and imperfections az
strike the balance, we cherish his
memory as a great man. one who
was great in his experience as "A
man of affairs great in his devotion
TO duty; great in his love of his
fellow man and in his charity; great
in that element which, more than
all others, is possessed by She truly
great, his modesty and humility.
He was gentleman of the old
school; a knight who came down
hood was in flower. In every respect
Bill Cross was an exceptional man.
in the marts and in the villages; /;
on the paved thoroughfares of the
city and on the rough highways OF
the hamlet, throughout the state,
he was affectionately known to men,
women and children as "Uncle Bill"
Statesman, politician, official,
man of business, soldier, he counted
success as his. As a statesman he
participated in the councils of state,
formulating important policies Of
government, as a politician he was
honest with himself and with his
friends, as an official he was tireless
in his devotion to duty and in his
conscientious regards for the rights
and wishes of the peOpA whom he
regarded as his master as man
of business, he counted the value of
a dollar only by the pleasure it gave
him to give away, and it power by
charitable distribution to add to the
comfort and happiness of others; as
solder he answered the call of
his state and on the field of battle
defended its honors. Truly NAV it be
said in thel anguage of ;he poet
" His life was gentle, and the Ele.
ments
SO mixed in him, that nature might
Stand up and say to all the world,
This was a Man
bill Cross has gone from us. No
more his genial comradeship. his
gentleness, his wholesome laugh his
charity, shall add to the pleasure
Of his fellows. But life, such as his,
is immortal. The memory of him
and of men like him, of what
was and what he did, will outlive
the costly monuments erected to
those more fortunate in worldly
goods than he. His virtues will live
forever, for they were Christian-like;
we record them on imperishable
tablets of love and memory.
We feel better and happier tha.
we have known, and were known
by Bill Cross. Life is sweeter for us
because it was so, and as we stand
beside the grave, paying the las
earthly tribute to our depart
friend, brother and comrade, we car
truly say of him,
Green be the turf above thee
Friend of my better days;
None knew thee but to lo7e thee.
Nor named thee but to praise.
u. X. PULLAM.
Nv. r. WOOD,
-. w. GOLLBBGE,
ID. VI. RUMPH.