Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-17
TRIBUTE TO THE
 LATE D. C. BELL
Pine Bluii Clearing House Associa- tiOn Adopts Suitable Resolution Out of Respect to His Memory and in
 Appreciation of Services.

At meeting of the Pine Bluff Clearing House Association yesterday afternoon the following resolution was adopted on the recent death of Hon. [. c. Bell:
 Tribute to Hon. D. C. Bell.
 In the untimely death of Douglas Clairbourne Bell the entire commun- ity, as well as his business associates, suffered irreparable loss, and not alone this community but the state, this fair and beautiful Southland, and every section of the world where men endure misfortune and are lad en with the sorrows of fleeting hu- manity. For Mr Bell was a friend of humanity in it's every phase, class and condition. His was a life built along stalwart lines upon a soul expanded in universal love for his fellow man and by an ambition that comprehended above all else the re- cognition of truth and the elevation of right
 We, your committee apointed to draft resolutions expressive of the sentiments Of the Pine Bluff Clearing House Association in regard to the death of our late manager and busi- ness associate. Hon. D. C. Bell, re- spectfully submit the following:
 He was in every sense true man, all that the word implies. He strict ly respected his obligations, readily and cheerfully responded to it's calls. He did not "carry his heart upon his sleeve'' His intimate friends were few, but these he "clutched to his bosom With hooks of steel,' and no personal sacrifice was so great that he would not make it in their behalf if their necessities called for it. The memory of such man will long dwell with us and his name cherish ed in our circles.
 Doug Bell as we knew him best, purposed the uplifting of humanity as a whole by the dominance of the prin- ciple of a high sense of honor and truth over the prejudice and envies and hatreds that exist in every walk of life. To this end he subverted lis own favors, his own opinions, his own disposition, and became an in- o+O of oil {1,a of finite knowledge. History became to him an open book for it's faithful study and he entered it's maZes and rejected it's shams and errors, brought it's truths to light of day. In politics he avoided factionalism and dwarf ing alliances, and adopted as the platform of his efforts the advance , ment of n,ankind; in social science he souaht ", individual expansion and .geno~77 cohesion, the uplifting of the T, 'tvi0ual by universal devel- opmer'' "a religion he was liberal, tolerant and criticised with the gen. tleness of soul that recognized it's limitat!cra and sought to abide by the highest principles of charity. His life's work in business, politi- cal, social and lodge circles, so sud- denly cut short in the prime of his
 manhood, while inccmplete, is yet grand enough and effective enough to deserve monument built in the appreciative hearts of the wide cir cle of those who became better be- cause of his labors.
 Therefore-be it resolved, by the Pine Bluff Clearing House Association that we record our earnest and heart felt regret at the death of Hon. Doug las Clairbourne Bell on the minute books of this organization, and this memorial be extended to his bereav- ed mother and sister in written form, and to the community that he bene- fitted by so many years earnest and faithful work, through the business, political and social world.
 W. D. LEARN,
 M. E. BLOOM,
 JO NICIIOL.