Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-01-29
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR B. E.
NICHOLSON.
Dear Advertisers:

After spending the weekend at
home, 1 am again here in the dis
charge of my legislative duties, but
| it was with heavy heart and sorely
depressed spirit that boarded the
train for Columbia yesterday. miss
my departed friend and co-worker,
Senator B. E. Nicholson. even more
| here than in Edgefeld. From TIE time
we came, at the opening OF the ses-
sion, until he was stricken and left
for his home, we occupied a room to-
getfer here in the hotel and always
sat at the same table in the dining
room.
The last time l saw my beloved
friend was Thursday morning just a
week preceding his death, when l
bade him goodbye as left our room
for the House, after l made all neces-
sary preparations for his going home.
Although suffering much from a
dreadful cold, accompanied by high
fever, he was bright, cheerful, hope
full, stating that he would return with
me to Columbia the following Mon
day. That Monday, and still another
has come and gone, and my friend is
not here. In my abject moments l
feel like eXclaiming with Tennyson,
ooh, for the touch of vanished
hand
And the sound Of voice that is
still"
Aboard the train, in the hotel lob
by, ON the streets of Columbia and in
the halls of the House and Senate,
almost continuously since left
home, people have expressed pro-
found admiration for Senator Mich
olson, expressed sincere sympathy
fer his bereaved loved ones and also
for the people of Edgefield county in
their irreparable loss. Senator Mich
olson had thoroughly established him
self in the affection and confidence
! of his fellow senators, so much so, in
fact that the older men of the body
who were more mature in years and
experience deferred to him and learn
to lean upon him. His ability, cour-
age, high ideals, persistent and
painstaking efforts, together with his
answering purpose and rectitude of
character, made him one of the lead
ers Of the upper House, Everybody
has kind, complimentary word to
say Of Edgefeld's young statesman,
honored alike at home and abroad.
! recall that Dir. Stoddard in one of
his celebrated lectures says Almighty
God has set a special imprint of di-
vinity on certain portions of our
globe, referring particularly to the
Alps, the Pyrenees, the grandeur of
Norwegian fjords, the Sacred Noun
tains of Japan and other favored
places. Just as God has placed his
special imprint upon these rare spots,
setting them apart as objects of sur
passing beauty and admiration, so
has he placed the imprint of divinity
upon some choice spirits, both men
ard women, Senator Nicholson being
one of these. He needs no eulogy in
eloquent words or fiowery phrase.
His life and works speak louder than
words and his influence among his
fellows shall live longer than any
marble shaft that may be erected to
perpetuate his memory.
Senator Nicholson is not dead. To
such as he death is but gate of
life" True his frail form now rests
eternally but his great soul has been
waited to the God who gave it to US,
the people among whom he lived, for
forty-four years.
To such as Ben Nicholson
"There is no DEATH the stars go
down
To rise upon some other shore,
And bright in Heavens jewelled
crown
They shine forever more"
J. L. Minis.
Columbia, S. C.