The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-09-06

the persons of Fred and Russell Caro-
| ner and Frank Waits.
| But of Judge Lawson what can I sa
that would be new or that would fiji
| honor his noble life, especially anon
your readers. by whom be was SO we
known and SO highly esteemed. Judg
Lawson was the friend of every asDif
ing youth. Never can I forget the deb
of gratitude | owe to him and his love,
associate, the late Hon. D. D. Bell, twt
OF the purest men and noblest patriot
whose lives and good examples eve
blessed any community.
Fond Of reading and study from mi
early childhood, when | had exhausted
our limited but well-chosen library, Sc
lected by my faithful mother, college
graduate, went to Capt. Bell and Judge
Lawson, two of the best read men
have known in all my career, and they
not only furnished me books but they
gave my reading the direction and bent
that only such men can give. All
through these forty years of acquaint-
! ance Judge Lawson watched my course
with ever-increasing interest. When
our late political campaign in Arkan-
sa' closed SO gloriously for me, the
Judge wrote me a letter which | have
filed away with my "keepsakes" for
my children when l have closed my
life work.
Gentle as a child, the very soul of
honor, through his long life ever keep
ing his escutcheon as bright and spot
less as the shield of Launcelot in the
tower of Elaine, brave as Julius Caesar,
a veritable knight, Judge Lawson has
passed from labor to reward, leaving to
his surviving descendants the rich lega-
cy of a noble and stainless life devoted
to the service of his country, his fellow
men and his God.
Before closing this tribute, | would
be remiss in my duty if I failed to ac-
knowledge my unlimited debt of graft
tude to men still living, among them
Hon. Seid Waddell, Hon. w. H. Swig-
CART, Hon. W. H. Gardner, Mr. Her.
man Dietzel, Mr.. Lee Bransford, Hon.
George Gibbs, Mr.. Sam Mcclure, Judge
Felix Moore, and last, Mr.. w. w. Hall,
my close friend, who knew my parents
before their marriage and who tells me
hat he remembers the very day of my
birth.
The consciousness that such men as
hese lived and trusted me has been a
constant inspiration to live true to their
deals of integrity, patriotism and duty, Il
nd | am sure | am only one of many
oys who have felt the uplift of their
nselfsh interest. With all the ardor
a sincere heart hope and pray that
he present generation of boys in Union
ity may be blessed with the confidence
nd counsel of such elder men, a source
so much strength and power to am .
tious youths. Space and time forbids y
lat | should speak further of the great
clip given to me by Rev. J. E. Beck, {
sainted memory, DR.. Samuel T. Ey- I.
Is and others to whom am sincerely :
debted. Any boy who has such friends 4
is an endowment far beyond material 4
.lue upon which no fair estimate can !:
placed. 4
| sorrow with the host of friends of n
ar Judge Lawson and sympathize 4
tn his loved ones in the great loss the ).
mily and community have sustained y
With the permission of his family, 6
IL not some devoted friend like Harry n
true and chiyalrous as ::
light of old, the honored associate G
d confidential companion of Judge n
twson, start fund to set up suit ;
lie memorial to the life and public y
rvice of this manifest of men. I shall e
TEEN it privilege to do my part when c
e movement is started. In making q
Oh memorial we would honor our :
Ives more than we could possibly e
nor the good man who has Crossed y
e bar and met his pilot face to face. " :
Judge Lawson we may well say: &
Lies race well run, c
Lies work we'll done, C
Life's crown we'll won, y
Now comes rest. =
JOHN H. HINEMoN. g
Ark, Aug. 20, 1912. G
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