The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-11-11
NOTABLE TRIBUTE
PAID MR.. CARMACE
BY DR.. HAGGARD
BEAUTIFUL ADDRESS At THE
GRAVE OF MARTYRED
STATESMAN.
TIMES EEMANa STRONG MIN
Seed sown by our Hero Have Bios
somed Into the Flower Of State
Wide-serviees at the Grave Were
very impressive.


very Impressive.
Notable were the services yesterday
Iafternoon at the grave Of the martyreC
Carmack In Rose Hill cemetery. The
flowers placed upon the mound were
beautiful and expressive Of the CeeI
love and affection which those who
best knew him have for him. The ad
dress of the occasion was made by
Rev. w. T. Haggard. 1t was eloquent
appropriate and breathed in ever y!ine
the Hottest conception Of patriotism.
There was large attendance, many
OF the veterans who followed CarnaclE
coming from the country to pay q fit
ting tribute 20 his memory on the sec
ond anniversary Of his death.
The services were opened with brief
remarks AMI prayer by Rev. w. T.
Boas. Rev. W. t. Haggard spoke as
follows:
I'VE come today to place upon this
grass covered mound, beneath which
sleeps in uudisturbed silence, the sa-
cred dust of our honored dead-these
flowers fragrant with our love and be-
dewedwith our tears; tokens Of our
esteem; emblems OF our immortality.
In honoring the memory of Edward
Ward Carmack you reflect credit upon
yourselves.
1T is impossible for an inferior to
pronounce an eulogy upon a superior.
So can buS touch the hem of his gar
ment of greatness l shall have partial
ly performed my pleasant, though
painful task.
Great in life-he is greater in
death. According to the principal
stated by the great teacher, EXCEPT
grain of corn fall into the ground and
die it bideth alone-but if it die it
bringeth TO -th much fruit; so, enrich
ing the soil and moistening the seed
with his lifes blood-the golden seed
of temperance which Edward Carrlack
lin the soil of Tennessee's
manhoods hearts have sprung pand
unfolded into the beautiful flower of
statewide prohibition.
Being dead he yet speaketh And
the language in which he speaks is
that Of golden silence. More persua-
;ive than any words that ever fell
rom his silver tongue; more conyic-
ne than any argument ever conducted
n his logical mind. 1t is invincitle;
It is the golden Ian
,uage of love; sacrif1cial love. And
While there is minor chord in the
music as il falls from our hearts to-
lay amid the holy hush inspired by
eath, still there is a joyous and jul !,
liant note of victory on ten thousand !,
IDS throughout redeemed Tennessee.
Iarvelous, magnetic, masterful, many
ided man; Senator, statesman, Chris
ian citizen; faithful friend, manly
IAN. He was not perfect. But chart
Y has buried his faults in the grave OF
and has written over
hem, NO resurrection while love i'm. :
lortalizes lis virtues and bids them :,
i've forever.
1T is a great thing to be man, :,
lade in the imag eof his Creator; en-
owed with reason, Judgment and a
ILL., Absolutely sovereign IN The :
,alm of his individuality. Spiritual :
his highest nature. Therefore key :,
| to Eternity, as well as to time. :.
"A vision of this relationship and -
and faithful obedience to
at vision constitutes mans 81 eat
sss. His life Of unselfsh service
ID answering duty to humanity is .
e standard by which that greatness y
measured. Measured by such a
andard our hero was indeed great.
"A time like this demands strong
Inds, great hearts, true faith and
ady hands. Men whom the lust OF
ice does not l;ill. Men whom the :"
oils of office cannot buy. Men who
We opinions and a will. Men who
We honor-who will not lie. Men
10 can stand before demagogue
d damn his treacherous batteries
thout winking. Tall men; sun M
owned: who live above the fog--in NJ,
bile duty and private thinking" =,