The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-06-05

answered by her. She followed
the flag Of her Redeemer and the
banner OF duty. She knew no
such thing as fear, though as
sensitive to the chilly voice Of
rebuke as the flowers of her
Southern home are to the deadly
breast. of frost. She had her
periods of depression, as such
periods come to us all. but at last
all the clouds were all dispelled,
and she died under an undimmed
sky! With her eyes set upon the
Cross Of her Saviour, as the mari
ner set his eye upon that star
which has been fixed from all
eternity. s'
My friends, the immortal spirit
of Rachel Martin has gone to her
Maker; that part Of her that is
not Immortal we send with a
guard of honor to her friends and
loved ones in her far off Southern
home to sleep by the waters of the
mighty Mississippi, to rest there
till the resurrection morn, when
she will answer the roll call in
heaven.
My friends, I will not close
without making an acknowledge
ment to her co-workers, the
teachers of the Ellington High
School, who helped her in her
every day work and stood by her
in her fight with sore disease and
closed her eyes in. death.
My friends, Rachel left the
priceless heritage of her sweet
memory, and the glorious inspira-
ton of her example. Let us fol-
low in her footsteps as she beck
ons from the battlement of
heaven for us to come to the
heavenly home where she is.
Peace, peace to her noble ashes,
and rest for her immortal soul,
we all pray.
Speaking for the county for
which Miss Martin labOred. Mr..
Chas. Ross said in part:
My Friends:-I fully realize
that no words of mine can add
any luster to the memory of our
departed friend; but / am hidden
to come in behalf of the Board of
County Commissioners and the
Board of Education, who, jointly
with Mrs. McKimmon's depart
ment has made Miss Martins
presence in our midst possible.
We feel that we owe it as a duty
and we claim as q privilege this
opportunity to public acknowl-
edge our sense Of obligation to
Miss Martin for the splendid SER
vice that she has rendered the
whole people Of this county.
Those of you familiar with
county affairs know that for
every dollar the authorities have
to spend there are many worthy
calls, and the constant problem
with which we struggle is to dis
criminate between these worthy
calls, and place the public money
where it will bring the largest re-
turns. When the proposition of
sharing a part of the expense of
providing Home Demonstration
Agent for Harnett County was
first presented to the county two
years ago, we were naturally in
doubt as to its wisdom. The work
was new and unproven in our
midst. Miss Martin was a
stranger, and her worth as pub
lie servant was unknown. But
we took a chance, and this heroic
soul began the task of carrying
her message of service into the
five thousand homes of the coun-
ty.
1t was great task, undertaken
admist great difficulties. The
public mind was torn and dis
tracted between the ambitions of
war and the tragic sorrows there
of. She was misunderstood and
criticised, but deferred her not.
Suspicion, the poisoned dart of
ignorance, glanced from the shin
ing shield of her own clear con-
science and fell harmless at her
feet. The indifference Of those
whom she would serve alone dis
turbed her.
But she did her work, and won
her way, not only into the homes
Of the people of the county, but
into the hearts of all who came
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