The Van Buren press., 1912-06-22
Resolutions OF Respect.

bdUk iUt ibitbN liS ltNbihiaVtl
were adopted, accompanied by
direction that they be spread a
large on the minute book of thI
Board; that a copy thereof he sen
to the family Of Mr.. Moore, aut
that The PRESS and the Argu
he furnished with copies thereo
for publication:
This Roard, profoundly Impress
ed with "A sense of tue great los
which it, in common with thi'
community, has sustained in
the recent death of David WalkcI
! Moore. desires to place upon thei
records, some expression of theiI
warm regard for MIR. Moore and
OF their grief ut his death.
David Walker Moore was born
| in Fayetteville, this state, Oct, .
1899. lie died at Van Bureu
April 6, 1912. His father wa.
Benjamin l.. Moore; his mother
Mary Walker. His fOrbears be
lQnged to families which were
prominent aud highly esteemed
in early days in Arkansas.
He was educated principally a
| Arkansas College, Fayetteville
and at Princeton. He also enjoy
ed the iuestimable privilege ot
spending a number of years dur
ling the most impressiOnable peri
od of life in the household Of his
uncle, that eminent citizen, Judge
David Walker, after whom he was
named.
When the ominous cloud which
had been 50 long gathering, final
| Iy broke, and the cry "to arms!
rang through the unhappy land
Mr. Moore, true to his conviction
that his paramount allegiance was
due to bis native state, enlisted in
May, 1861, in Capt. Browns com
pany of Van Buren Frontier
Guards, and was appointed Ser
geant Major Of GratiOts regiment
He served galIantly IN various
commands during the entire war,
participating in q number Of i'm
pOrtaut engagements aud filling
several places of trust.
In the retrospect of fifty years,
we, the descendants of the men OF
'Gl, can now see clearly what was
not given TO many OF them to see,
that the seeding states fought
against the stars in their courses;
aud 50, after, tor four years, shak.
ing continent 10 its very tOun-
datiOn by their pr0digious GeaJS
Of valOr, exhausted, they saw the
red hand Of War write the iueNOr-
able Judgment thar the United
States Of America was, hence.
forth. to be IAN indrStructible
Union of iudestruclible States"
This Judgment Mr.. Moore, and
the countless thousands by whose
side he fought, accepted in good
faith without eQulvOcallou or
mental reservation; and so the
heroic gray line melted away rs
in thin air.
The soldier Of yesterday turned
his sword into a plow snare and
his spear into n pruning hook,
and slrove, earnestly 10 blud up
the cruel wounds OF utermecne
strife, to allay sectional passions,
to adjust economic and social
conditions TO the new order, 10
restore the waste places, aud bring
prosperity TO the PROSTATE Sonlh.
In this good work, David Walk
er Moore did II mans full part
With what triumphant success IN
the short space Of less than gen.
Grafton (Out day in the life Ota
nation) those efforts were crown.
cG, History has recorded in one OF
her most resplendeut pages Yer.
lily, Peace HATH her victories no
less renowned than War;
After farming number OfyearS
Mr. Moore became a member OF
the welrknOwn firm Of ShlbIey,
Moore u Company--a firm which
was the llneal heir OF "A house
which had been founded m ante.
belum days, and which, at all
times, maintained the transmitted
traditions Of fair and liberal deal.
ings. After his final withdrawal
from mercantile life he was much
eugrOssed with his extensive
farming interests,
On the organization Of this
Bank, rs u corporation, in 1887,
Mr. Moore became one Of It's dr
rcctors, aud was afterwards elect
e0 its vice president He remain.
ed u member of this Board cOr'
tiuuoasly to the day of his death
and, to hlS dISinleresled zeal, Ia
his wise counsel, aud TO his wide
influence, every patron and stock