Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-22

mirers who paid their respect and
their last tribute to Floyd MacFar-
land yesterday afternoon have much
to feel proud Of. A man OF the
world. a man among men, a man of
infinite worth, man with a heart
and soul, MacFarland was deserving
Of every attention he received IN his
last few moments on this earth. 1t
was sad to know that big Mac"
was to be no more, but It was
happy thought, at least, to observe
the show of appreciation of the value
OF the man. No man In this COM
munity has ever received more at
tention than was shown MacFarland,
and mighty few have received half
as much. 1t was a beautiful tribute
to "Old Mac" but he was deserving
of every bit of 1t.
G
Solemnity pervaded the very air in
the neighborhood of the residence of
Frank L. Kramer, VINO showed that
he was twice champion by giving
up his home as the resting place for
his old friend in his last few hours
on earth. It was a deed OF deeds, and
the beautiful manner in which he
looked after Mrs. MacFarland Will
never be forgotten. Whatever else
Kramer surely did his part, and he
did 1t in such a big, manly way that
it counted all the more.
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The funeral of MacFarland was a
particularly sorrowful affair. Struck
down suddenly in the prime of life,
the people were stirred to the deep
est sympathy for the big fellow who
had become a regular figure IN New
ark society. Friends of the dead man
turned out In large numbers and Just
plain admirers were at the house and
at the cemetery in droves. The rid
ers played their part, too, and 1t was
a beautiful sentiment to see the men
who had ridden with him and who
had ridden for him act as his escort
to the grave. In this line were eighty
persons. and included were the off,
cials. who came first. and the rid
ers, who followed. The officials were
led by Daniel NJ. Adie. president of
the n. c. A, and r. F. Kelsey, chair
man of the N. C. A, and at the head
of the riders were the Bedell broth
ers, John and Menus.
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The affair was mammoth in every
way, and 1t was imposing. IN the
funeral line were twenty-one car
riages, and along the march to the
cemetery were hundreds Of persons
who bowed their heads as the cortegs
passed. At the home OF Kramer the
body was reviewed by hundreds, and
hundreds more stood outside and
waited in humble patience for the
funeral to move The arrangements
for the funeral were well executed,
and the funeral was well conducted.
The riders and the officials formed on
each side Of the walk from the door
of the house to the hearse, and the
bearers and honorary bearers walked
through this line with the body.
Then came the march to the ceme-
terry. where a wall of humanity was
formed on each side Of the entrance
to the receiving vault where Poor
Old Mac" will remain until plans for
his removal to Buffalo are completed.
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The blow to Mrs. MacFarland was
a hard one, and she could not re-
strain her feelings. Kramer, brother
like, was at her side through it all,
and administered handsomely to the
widow of his dead friend. Mrs. Mac
Farland has asked that her thanks
be extended to those who sent flow
ers, for she feels that she might pos
sibly not be able to thank them all
by letter. The flowers were numer-
GUS and wonderful. and 1t was the
general opinion that no such display
was ever seen hereabouts before.
o
MacFarland was we'll liked and re-
spected in life, and he was paid all
possible mark of respect at his
death. The tribute accorded him
could not have been better, and sym
pathy was general Men high up in
the official and business life Of New
ark were at tho funeral, and there
were any number of big men from
out Of town present. Among the
number was P. T. Powers. lifelong
friend Of the dead man Poor Mac"
is gone. We mourn him much. Peace
be his lot fer svormore.
O.
Among ths out-of-town people who
! visited the Kramer residence yester-
day and viewed the remains Of Mao
Farland were Abo Yeager, sporting
editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, and
John J. F1eeson, q member Of the
Eagle stan and q booster Of sports
of all sorts. Mr.. Yeager told me that
Brooklyn would also be a sufferer
through MacFarland's death, for
Brooklyn Is to have . new bike track
of her own and Mac was 10 have
control Of It. Nr. Fleeson, who is a
real bike fan, 10 q big booster for
Newark, and IN the following letter
! he tells a little story Of how MacFar-
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