The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-05-04

nave gone before.
The record has been made up.
and the reward is according to the
life that has been lived. Judge
Grlggs was christian, and a mem
per of the Baptist church. He was
devoted husband and a kind and
loving father. He was devotedIy at
tached to his family and they to
him, and his death to them was a
grlet which only experience in the
loss OF our own loved ones can feel
or describe.
"A monument is being builded by
MS friends to the memory of the late
Judge Griggs in the district which he
served so long and so well. This is
mark of esteem and is generous
and right for his constituents to so
honor the memory of this good man
VINO served them so long and so well.
But ne built monument for himself
winch Will be more enduring than
tablet or bronze or a shaft of mar
| bic, and that is a monument that will
live into the eternities-he builded
for himself, and left it as his mon
ument, good name and a good char
acter. The Bible tells us that a good
name is rather to be chosen than
great riches. Our dead friend had
chosen and made for himself a good
name which will live in the history
of this country forever.
1t is a sad and unfortunate ex-
perience in the career of all public
men that there are those who are
ever ready to condemn and criticise.
I A good name is a priceless possess
| sion, and to man of pure, noble
character there is nothing dearer,
nor can such a character be builded
IN day. If men here were meas
ured by what they are, and judged
by their record as it really is instead
of too often being misrepresented and
misunderstood, there would unques-
! tionably be far more pleasure in serv-
| ing our country. Through the weap-
on of inuendo and misrepresentation
! 1t is possible for 'character-sharks ,
and the world is full of them, to lit
orally blast the reputation of a pub
lie man who has been faithful and
earnest in his service to his people
and the country, in less time than
has committed his dastardly deed
No pain is half so keen as that ex-
| perienced by an honest man, whose
| life and purposes are pure, as that
experienced by him when his motives
are impugned and yet it is the I'M
fortunate lot of almost every man
who holds public Office in this coun-
| try. If the world was half as ready
to give credit where credit is due
as it is to pick flaws and find faults
there would be far more happiness
abroad in the land.
81 am of the opinion that no man,
unless he is a God-fearing man,
should be elevated into any Office of
trust and honor by the people,; and
that when such a man has been
found and placed in office that the
| good people ought to rise up in their
might and rebuke those who would
tear down the good name of that
faithful servant. Right prevails al
ways, but sometimes not until great
! injury has been done. God rules and
He never for sakes His own. He has
prospered this country because we
are a God-fearing people, and sad
will be the day for us. when we drift
away from God and His teachings
! God needs men in His cause, and the
country needs and must have Cody
men in every position, from the low.
est to the highest.
Judge Griggs was a good man
and always stood for what was right
He was a man of strong convictions
and he had the courage of his con
victions. He has left his impress
upon the laws of this land, and has
left behind him an enviable reputa-
ton.
He was a great lawyer, a great
Judge, a scholar and a statesman.
He loved his state, and the people
of that state loved and will miss him
The country as far as he was known
flowed and honored him, and he will
be sadly missed in the councils OF
the nation.