The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-06-01
LAST RITES TO EX-GOVERNOR
AUSTIN LANE CROTHERS

All that Is mortal or Austin l.. Gro
theirs was laid to rest on Tuesday In
West Nottingham Cemetery, beside the
grave of his brother, Charles, with whom
he was SO long associated in profess
sional and political life. The services at
West Nottingham were conducted by
Rev. DR.. l.. E. Barrett, of Chestertown
NJ. E. Church, Rev. Dewitt NJ. Benham,
of Baltimore, and Rev. DR.. John McEl-
moyle, of the Elkton Presbyterian
Church Dr. Barrett spoke in part as
follows:
LAS private citizen, Mr.. Crothers was
intelligent enterprising, humane and
kind. He was educated along broad lines
and had a varied and comprehensive
grasp of history and literature. He was
charming companion and the social
circle was enriched by his presence. He
encouraged every institution or purpose
which had for its object the elevation Of
his fellow men-intellectual, social
moral, political and religious. He did
not enter into the family relation as
husband and father, but he was father
to the fatherless and a protector of the
needy; his purse was ever open to help
every good cause.
''In his intercourse with his relatives
he was loving and appreciative and they
loved him with an earnestness and de-
yotion which was beautiful and COM
mendable.
He was no political iconoclast hurl-
ing himself against the battlements Of
the established order of things to simply
batter down the walls, leaving nothing
tN,,t i1a Of hri hnt ~ he
vnced that this established order was
wrong and should be corrected, he went
about the work of betterment with all
the skill of the accomplished diplomat
and the wisdom of constructive states
manship. While he did not actively as
sociate himself with the Christian church
as a member, he was a devoted and sim
cere worshiper, always present at the
morning service while he lived in Elk
ton. When he moved to Annapolis to
assume the duties belonging to the
Gubernatoral Office he pursued the same
course. Such a light could not be hid
such character could not remain the
property of private Lire.
LAS States Attorney, Judge of the Cir
:, nit Court and Governor of the State, he
WAS the same plain, unassuming, cour-
teous, accommodating gentleman, never
forgetting his friends and having no de-
sire to punish his enemies. While he
was States Attorney crime walked with
more stealthy steps and hid in deeper
darkness, fearing the able and eloquent
arguments of the prosecutor. AS judge
the people knew their interests were
safe and his decisions are accepted as
Ac his record
speaks for itself"
The funeral had been brought to West
Nottingham by special train, leaving
Elkton at p. m. Services had been held
in Eikton, at the home of Senator Omar
ID. Crothers, where the Governor died,
from 1890 to l p. m, Rev. Dr. Roberts
and Rev. DR.. Schouler officiating. Many
friends OF the former Governor had as
sembled at Elkton throughout Tuesday
morning, and a specia- train from Balti-
more brought many persons prominent
in the political and business life of the
State. The services at the Elkton home
consisted OF a prayer by DR.. Roberts,
scripture reading by Or. Schouler, after
which each OF the c!ergymen delivered a
brief euogy on Governor CrOthers life
and labors.
The services at the house were closed
by the singing Of Home of the Soul" by
Misses Elizabeth Biddle, Lydia Groves
and Bessie Witworth.
The honorary pail bearers who were
selected by Mr.. John NJ. Tucker, the
Governors personal friend, through many
years, were as follows:-Governor Colds
borough, former Governors Warfeld,
nd
Raynef, Congressman Talbot. Covingtop
and Lpthcum, Mayor Preston, former
Mayor Mahool, Comptroller Harrington,
former Comptrollers Stanley and Herring,
State Treasurer Murray Vandiver, SEN
ators Arthur p. German and Blair Lee,
w. w. Abel, Thomas A. Smith, Joseph
D. Baker, Stevenson A. Williams. Isaac
Lobe straus William L. Marbury, Roger
W. Gull, Joshua w. Miles, DR.. George
Wells, Col. Buchanan Schley, Gen. Henry
NJ. Warte,d and Gen. n. Winslow Will
Jams.
The active pallbearers were Messrs
john NJ Tucker, William d. Bratton,
William S. Evans, Manly Drennen, DR..
W. d. Cawley, James f. Powers Fred
erick r. Haines and Frank R. Scott.
Messages of sympathy came to the
Governors family from all quarters of
the State in great numbers, expressing
the senders' high estimate of his value
as a man and citi EN-, and the wide spread
regret that he should be taken out in the
very prime of his life and influence.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Austin Lane Crothers, who died at his
Elkton home on Friday night, May "a,
after several weeks illness from Bright's s
disease, was born in the Eighth district
of Cecil county on May II, 1850 His
early education was received in the pub
lie school and the West Nottingham
Academy. After ending his studies he
taught school for while, but found the
work little to his liking. Hence he
turned to the study of the law, gradual
ing from the law department of the Uni
versity of Maryland in 1887. Returning
to his native county he entered upon the
practice of his profession, but soon be-
come actively identified VIII the poll
ttcai life OF which his brother. Charles