The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1917-01-05

of the Westminster Hardware Com
pany
He was a member of st. Johns
Catholic Church, this city. His great
love, reverence and admiration for
Cardinal Gibbons has been a marked
characteristic Of his life, and it is
we'll known fact that it was to
the Shtiver homestead, at Union
Mills, the Cardinal always turned
when he sought rest and Cuiet re
treat, and that there for many years
he spent the anniversaries Of his
birth. He was an active member OF
the knights of Columbus.
He was married, February l6, 1880,
to Miss Elizabeth R. Lawson, who
died some years ago. He leaves the
following children Mrs. Robert S.
ShriLEr, Joseph n. Shriver, William
H. S4{river and Robert T. Shriver, all
Of this city; two sisters, Miss Mollie
o. Shriver, of Union Mills, and Fran
ces de Sales Shriver, Of Troy, v. Y;
and three brothers, Benjamin F.
ShriVer, Of Union Mills; Mark O.
Shriver and G.. c. Shriver, Of Balti-
more
The funeral services were held
st. Johns Catholic Church, before one
Of the largest gatherings of relatives
and friends ever assembled in this
large edifice. Cardinal Gibbons, an
intimate friend of the Shriver family,
opened the services with an interest
ing address on the life of the deceas-
ed
The Cardinal said in part:
y,
L have lost a cherished friend of SO
Years duration. About the time of my
conservation as bishop nearly half a
century ago, I began my visits to his
edifying Christian family at Union
Mills. Herbert and | formed a strong
attachment which continued uninter-
rupted till his death. In the ardor of
This youth he conceived a desire to
study for the ministry and to labor
with me in North Carolina, which was
h then the most unprOmlsing mission in
the United States. But in the course
Of his studies his health failed and he
was obliged to give up the cherished
wishes of his heart.
But if the church lost a Jealous
apostle the State gained an upright
, citizen, and commerce leading and
honorable representative. He served in
both houses of the Legislature with
| intelligence, diligence and with honor
to the State. The same noble ideals
which ruled his private life and busi-
ness operations guided him honorably
within the political arena. Several
years ago the firm under the title of
| B. F. Shriver Company, was establish
) ed in this county and has grown apace
and developed until it has become one
of the most successful firms of this
kind in the State The business of the
Shriver brothers was conducted on the
| high principles of justice and CONNER
cial integrity
! But perhaps you will say to me, If
pursue a life Of Christian righteous
ness like the Shriver family, if I take
no undue advantage of my neighbor, [
will be handicapped by the very vir-
tues which l practice, because | must
carry them with me in my public as
we'll as in my private life. I emphati-
cally deny that the pursuit of
righteousness is bar to temporal
prosperity. Without searching for eX-
amples elsewhere, l appeal to the es-
tablishment OF the Shriver brothers
and those associated with them. They
have amassed considerable fortune,
but what is more, they enjoy the c.
TEEN Of their fellow-citizens. They
have the testimony of good COM
science and they will have the ap4
proving smile Of their Heavenly Faith