The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-05
Dansille Friends Pay Tribute To New
Minister To Panama,


pended to invitations to wish the min
lister God speed.
President C. A. Smith of the Com
mercial Club acted as POSTMASTER
Tcasts were responded to by Hon
Chenault Huguely, Rev. F. w. limit
DIR. C. V. Cook, Mr.. George w. Don
eghy. Hon Robert Evans, Hon. c. C.
Bagby and response by Hon. w. j.
Price. The POSTMASTER extended al
Invitation to visitors to make remark:
which invitation was responded to witt
short talks by several from Harrods
burg and Mr.. j. R. Mount and W. B.
Mason of Lancaster. We wish we haC
space to give all the speeches, for al
acquitted themselves with credit but
We cannot refrain from mentioning
the beautiful tribute delivered by Hon.
Robt. Evans, his subject being "Oul
Friend. We also give part of the
beautiful response of the honoreC
guest.
SPEECH OF HON. R. G. EVANS.
Your name may flaunt titled trail,
Proud as cockerel's rainbow tail;
And mine as brief appendix wear
As Tam O'Shanter's luckless mare;
Today, old friend, remember still
That l am Bob and you are Bill.
You've won the great worlds envied
prize,
And fine you look in peoples eyes,
With HON and Plenipotentiary,
In big brave letters fair to see
Your hand, old fellow; that's the job!
For YOU are Bill and am Bob.
You'll wear the minister's ermine robe
You'll teach your name to half TIE
globe;
You'll sing mankind matchless strain
You'll make the long past live again;
The world may call you what it will,
But you and | are Bob and Bill.
And so we are. In your young days
when the purposes of life still walked
with uncertain step, and glanced
shyly and timidly from the half opened
windows of the soul, mind and heart
were there beyond their years, mine
which even then grappled successful
ly the larger, higher problems, and
heart which had become, already,
the resting place of friendships, OF
friendships which, like the beautiful
shadows of evening, spread anC
grow till life and its light pass away.
From these early days on through
the years to the time when you were
filled with the manly wish to tread
the maze of life to noble ends, yor
have been dear to me as the rudy
drops that warm my heart" And ere
my love for you, or my faith in vol
chip or diminish, this LAND shall floa
upon the ocean, and wander to the
unfrequented End.
Tonight, our hearts rejoice and cal
aloud. We feel the presence of joy
Gus, happy spirit; we are filled witt
a music strangely new and beautiful
yet strangely old and familiar-it il
the song of the OLD, old story, which
never grows old, which is as new, to
night, as when the morning stars frs
sang together.
We do know there's mettle in YOU
and with the heart to conceive, tn,
understanding to direct, and the hanc
to execute, the victory is sure, ant
the joy complete, for there was neve
human joy like that which spring
from glorious victory, though it ma.
have been achieved with toll and la
Dor and mingled drops of sweat an,
blood.
We do know there's mettle in you
mettle of the kind which has been tn
inspiration, during all time, of thos
who answered the cry of distress, o
gathered about their country's stan
dard when she called; mettle of tn
kind that stands for the patriotism
which endured the frozen horrors o
Valley Forge; of the kind which fire,
the hearts of the Six Hundred in tina
appalling charge at Balaklava, of tn
kind which stirred the rugged old High
lander to offer his own life and thos
of six or the best of his clan if tn
honorable court would let his chieftai
90 free; mettle of the kind whic
teaches US to
Think that day lost whose low de
scending sun
Views from our hand no noble actio
DONE"
We do know there's mettle in you
and we do know that no power of ma
or devil can intimidate you, and tina
no amount of gold can buy you.
You have walked mile with me
Along life's pleasant way
A friend whose heart had eyes to Sc
The stars shine out Ger the darken
ing lea,
A friend who knew, and dared to say
The brave, strong words that cheere
the way
When you walked a mile with me.
With such comrade, such friend
fain would walk till journeys end.
And while waiting for larger, strong
err words to express the full depths o
my feeling, now voice the earnest
sincere wish of everyone present tina
care, and trouble, and unhappines
,ov 5ascand unon Won after the man