Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-05-14

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The soldiers last sossoo:
70 move On LIES parade shall meet
Thai brave and fallen feE-
j fams's eternal camping grown
Thsir Sl3eCi fenas aEe Spread-
And glory guards with solemn round
Tke hivonar Of tBe dad l.
On Thursday evening last II the
home Of his sOn-in-lzw. Mr.. ii. Il
Graham, CbeS1ertoxn. Nd. TBoEAs
Prank YATES answered the last roll
call Mr.. Yates vas . former
Editor Of the BKAoOs. with which
be was connected. as boy and nan.
for near ffty years he Ssas an ex-
Confederate, serving 2s corporal IN
PehlAm's company Brezibei's ar
Hillary until the battery weni OFT
Of eIistaDoe, when he joined Stuart :
brigade, Company X, First Virginia
Cavalry, and served until the close
Of the w2r- During he lasi illness
his mind wandered back 10 ibost
stirring days when he fought for 3
cause he believed 20 be right and
which he loved and v-nera,sd, 4
cAase for which many Of our peOpl-
died. On his bier ne place AZ
emblem OF the Lost Cause. not 10
show disloyalty TO the flag Of our
united country, for be was loyal IN
every sense, 20 friends. TO country
and has native county. but in sacred
memory Of the 2rdor Of has youth
and early manhood
He died in cOmmunion with the
Holy Catholic Church. fortified by
it, last Sacramento and In the be-
lief that our Almighty and Merci-
full Father would overlook the faults
and frailties Of weak human nature.
He wAs . man who believed In and
lived mp 10 the Cardinal Virtues Of
the Holy Mother church. and va
particularly charitable in Visiting
the sick and barying the dead.
There are but few families IN our
midst who have not known ihs
kindness and remember with graft
tute the helpful hand Of Mr.. Yaies
In their hours of suffering and be-
reavemeni. His loss To those con
trolling the BKAcoN.-be has beer
= valued and faithful friend TO ihres
generations-will leave 4 void never
TO be filed.
Mr.. Yates suffered 4 stroke Of
paralysis n couple of months ago.
but rallied and was thought TO be-
greatly imESoyed when the end came
suddenly. 4ie was in his II year
Of age,
His remains were brought 70
Leonardtown. on Steamer Three
Rivers, Sunday last, and WAS fol-
lowed 10 his last earthly resting
place beside bis beloved wife in the
graveyard Of Our Lady's Chapel.
Medley's Neck. The pall-beare-s
were. Clyde Abel. Carroll knight
Albert Dawes. J. J. Norris, Frank
Goldsboro'. and :. q. King.
He leaves surviving. igO sons. J
Ford and Benedict r. YATES, Of
Of Baltimore, and two daughter
Mrs. Edward Cryer, OF Washing
ton, ID. c.. and Mrs. H. X. era
ham, of Cbesterown. Nd. May
be rest in Peace.
We think nothing would he NOR
appropriate than the following
written by the late Francis Y. King.
and published in The BEACON. Jan
aary IL. 1906:
Wednesday. January l0gh, 1919,
Thomas Frank Yates left LeonardtoNr
10 make his home wiih his daughter IL
Chester1oun- Nd As boy and man.
he has worked in the BEACON Office
since ls57-all but fifty years. When
Mr.. Yates first began the printing
business, John r. King, the father oi
the writer. was the editor and publish |
er of the BEACON Mr.. YATES con
tinDed in the Office until the Civil War |
when he crossed the Potomac joined |
the Confederate army and fought for
the Lost Cause until the end came 81 |
For alleged sediiiou>
editorials, the BEACON was forc.-d 10 |
suspend publication in lss2 and John |
r. King, though advanced in age al>o
sent TO Richmond, vas employed for
. time in the Auditors once there. |
and later saw active service IN the |
Confederate army After the war Vas
over both returned 70 ST Mary's and |
resumed work on the BEACON then |
owned by John F. King and james :.
Downs, Mr.. Downs having bought an
interest in January ls59. Al the death |
Of Mr.. Downs in 1875 Mr.. Yates bought
his interest in the BEACON. and until
lssl il vas published under the firm
name and style of King a Yates IN
August lss1, John =. King retired from
the paper and was succeeded by has
son, Francis V. King. present editor.
and she firm name vas changed Il
Yates & King.
This, is a epifome of Mr.. Yates
life The deeds Of kindness be- has
done are numberless and are Erii
large on the hearts of the people O
this community, for his vas ever,
The plying heart that felt for human