The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
ROBT. D. MORETON Is
KILLED AT QUENTIN
CONTINUED from LIST page,


on the hotel gallery, before break
fast, last Saturday and shot him
down. -Four shots were fred, three
striking the unsuspecting victim,
who died at about 6:15 a. M, If
teen minutes after the attack.
1t is stated that Beavers then
threatened Hart and employees gath
ering about the dying man and dis
appeared down the railroad track
with none to molest him or retard
his fight from the scene that meant
SO much of heart-break and distress
to Brookhaven homes, beside that of
the immediate family of the deceased
and of the absent brother.
Here in Brookhaven, the little
family at the home, anticipating the
trip to bring father and husband
back for joyous Christmas time,
bad not yet arisen when the tele-
phone rang and bore the fateful news
first, in mercy, that the beloved
husband was hurt and then that he
was dead.
The devoted and aged parents and
Mrs. Will Hobbs, sister, who re-
sides with her parents were alike
shocked and bowed in grief in their
home, while Mrs. Fanny Mills, an
other sister who was i'll and a great
sufferer, was almost unable to bear
the sorrow that came to her and to
her husband and the little ones un-
der her roof. The dead man was Of
a rarely affectionate disposition a.
mong his relatievs and the tie was
strong between them from the young
est to the eldest.
Only few weeks ago the first of
the A. e. Moreton, ST., family cir
Gle to leave Brookhaven to make his
permanent home elsewhere, had gone
to Florida with his family to reside,
and this was source of deep regret
both to the parents and family and
especially to Mr.. r. D. Moreton, who
was devotedly attached to his broth
er, Alfred, so that the death coming
so soon after this first separation,
seems doubly hard to bear on the
part of the parents, the two broth
ers and the two sisters left to mourn.
1t was not possible for the brother,
A. E. Moreton, jr., to come from Mia
mi in time for the funeral ceremo-
nies.
The bereaved wife, who was for
merly, Miss Lena Durfey of Canton,
and the daughter, Lena, in her early
teens who had returned from Roam
oke, Va, where she was attending
school, for the holidays at home, and
splendid little eight year old son,
Bob Elliot-are left in the home
where the dead was the prime source
of all happiness-the head of a hap
py household.
The funeral services were held
Sunday Observation-Disclosures Day
at $3.50 at the shadowed home in the
presence of large concourse of
friends from far and near, and Of rel
atives upon whom the visitation of
Death and Sorrow was a heart
breaking experience tho the angels
sang as of old above the quiet dead:
Peace on earth good will to men, I"
while the turbulent billows of sor-
row made ship-wreck of wonted joy
and gladness when the Christmas
bells were sti1led and the Christmas
tree unlighted.
Rev. w. H. Lewis, pastor Of the
Methodist church, of which the de-
ceased was consistent member, had
charge of the services and was as
sisted by the Presiding Elder Of the
Brookhaven District, Rev. H. NJ. Ell
1 lis, and by DR.. I. w. Cooper, presi-
dent of Whitworth College, and Rev.
A. F. Fogartie, pastor of the Presby-
terian church. Mrs. I. L. Parsons
sang by special request "The Home
of the Soul" DR.. Cooper made an
appreciated address in memory of his
young friend and brother of the
church and of the Masonic Lodge.
AT the grave the Masons took
charge, w. L. Finney, w. M, off,
ciating with rare acceptance.
The deceased was member of the
Masonic Lodge, Chapter, Council and
Commandery and also of the Eastern
Star and Shrine.
Exquisite floral offerings graced
the occasion and expressed some
thing of the profound sympathy of
friends for the living and honor for
the dead so recently among them in
the flush of life and its activities.
The human mind cannot compre-
hend that which the Infinite has not
revealed. May those that sorrow
have faith in the promise that death
no matter how or when 1t comes
is the gateway of new life. May
they believe implicitly that their be-
loved one-''lost awhile 1.-The
happiest Christmas" he so joyously
anticipated.
Mr.. Moreton was a member of one
of the most prominent and highly
esteemed families in this section.
Death with its crown Of life for such
as he seems fitting end to the NOR
1 tai part that bound him to earth;
and victory for the living is ach-
ieyed through memory of the honor
able record unmarried in the diary
of years tho short. as the busy, help
full, happy days went by. Memory
of life so fine, SO generous, so af-
fectionate, SO full of wholesome
pleasure while it lasted, can but
I mean an incentive to those who che
rish it most and must be prophecy
and foretaste of happiness eternal.
loved you for your loving ways,