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~~±r-^p:kftiftt,. oObJucebift ' andLafayettefctrests, stands one of^ *mmm-• ■• ‘—. -~lt;p- •i‘,'r-'« --«— «. —■•• — v— » ——« 'Zzz j:*:;i » . ti-rnmm• X- •J^lo^human^thought. Wouldandb.rmging U8 P.^pttionBj tojby ylt;HS i6am a ,Jiew language? Selfish boarding, -and t^e inane‘ ter Sire is youf.. opportunity. Or! pleasure of mere possession, | poi a8.science* The latest linves-1 there was no evil spirit ot ava-! nua''£Zm-*iv,yjr.Vl• • J - -%•■•«-. 11 *lt; * ■*f*-a?Aa••'I.tf.-vC-'VidYY ^ i ligations will bojianded yoti ,for] rice in his bosom. He- was in'by fiJSOUn y asking, History, biography ;7reality ftne of the most courteous mrpoetry, thCfine arts, rnetaphys- I and kindly of gentlemen, sym- su..^,..-.-,.;i„,^-^,.„,,,v,v, ^ j ies, religionY law, science in all i pathetih $hd tender-heav*fced*'tof'sastructure* to| its phases, ami- everything else a degree that was almost ih'cred- idej may be studied ' without let or t iable. A simple incident will il-1 pe hindoraiice and at pleasure, sub*! lustfale this phase of his char- ; desection. It is ihe £r. Kugepe Clark Library,8noft.be .ready for the toah!y a few not x onerous{acter, After his mother had lt;i§di^tKQD(y exerctses. Lhe loca-, rCgUj'afri(-inst inten^l... to pro- passed .away, a lady friend hadbofill-.Ytion is ah ideal one—surrounded' 1.; mote the convenience of all. ......___by extensive grounds and will j Such wi|l bc this deficient j she was in'comparative afflu-daijiAv© a beautifully terraced lawnj jnKtiiuti0n, as it grows 11 p in our ence at the time; but years later vo , klopingdown to the streets. , The . ^\n(j Wf» aro Pj{ partners she discovered tluit; she was ab- ,ih«it, the .humblest as whll.as tliai soiu telexpressed a wish to. adopt him;the worid80 'Zer8(DT!lKren^y°ar8- Le{t Lockhart in 1896, | ^ b»'tbem «at purpose, -andtl world, the (Dr. Eugene, f fr ■_lt;.9 -tho sum^oLSlOOO to be used in,Clark Library 1899.) A - touch | ('0I,cluim^ to tdko A f ^ M th^ purchase of books for said 'anlt;in nddivi \vc tho mmimri (course. He went to London, and [ L u:of wof is aauea bj tno memon- j f___ ( v.:__ A [library and the balance to be; pui;.f window', and the front view pro tents a happy medium between the fortress 1.lea seen in solid stone libiv.rios, and thepracticing his specialty, treating the ey'o;—t-nr.—nose and throat; when si; •* - mly ho was strickenEugene C^ark, that said .las. G. • -q-Burleson, W. M. Steele and A. ip'B. Storey continue said trustMrmorv Of T)r. Kygmm' diark. was 'operated upon by ' Dr. ^ring their lives, unless' they ] Who Donated This JluiUing To I Vyiim, who at onud- pronounced j voluntarily resign ,said trust or. Tim Citizens Of Lockhart: For A |his lt;!i80aa« as fatai- n« return- I f.emove out of the county, and 1 Lyceum And Library i.spil.’- : Akl,s -\ew Orleans ahd died ip a • Wo have noticed th inilmgico lt;9 such msimiuouBiJScwimrc.ar.d tli.-ro is ]1roluU)ly| a. CirrecU. Ah the end drewmi advantage the citizens yf a town possess ijuil they would la sq.uuwipul) lie- 1of Lockhart. The building isconstructed entirely of red press- j bje j,nvc the largest interest in it j friend to whom see could go in ;sh..'birjok- ftfni gray 1i«i«^tonejo{Al)i ,And it js safe. to sayianwmergoncv. .Dr. Clark came• of trimmings, making it thorougKly j thal if any tn^^.jier«houid -strike j to her rescue, paid off -the inert* nuOm . uroof. The effect, (with its j ^ toVharrbw its! gage, and. she has never been ; sai^ | uses and benefits, the people j obliged to a sk a. dollar ;»f aid fix»/■»{■ k t fcj ‘ ■ *,I w'oidd rise'against him as one : from any. .aacicty, or individual ,,j ' r . !I man. • . I since that time. All this he did sa;The. reaHxa'fion of ...this noble! without the least ostentation, liia | ail project, is wholy .^Ta- result of j ^ band- never knowing what'lime-stone' caps; (all having! University, and graduated in.j. ih \ rnv -n t irtmn „ „nm T,ca; * i ViH poo pie ot 11 iat tow n. some suitable : ^concrete iloors.) There wall be | meuierne. Stood a (ompctiuv c j . „ ... o.no dampness in'-this building, i examination to enter the Charity,from the fact, ' that the j Hospital,; as. resident student, inwalls are all ' finished with ! which he oxcoBed sixtJPwHo were Agatiio cement plaster. The!striving'Tor the.same place. , lieprinciple feature oi the main fa- »lmitted-anrf remamed two cade, which is 60 fefet wide, is | J'^rs-he graduated from therethe onen porches, and the me- tho :Mth bf Mareh- 1883‘ and 1,1 moriai window, flanked by ekw-4 AprU came to l^^,;WWggpersonal possession, und o.very iand lbnS m feveatei? part-of,-hjs individual l-oadtsr or suidcnt is as | fortune had been accumulatedfrea in ins enjoyment of it as ev- Ithera- and aokno»-l«dging_ with oryother. Youth and ago alike i hcart' Kr;lt!tult;ie the kindnossjserve for life or until they volun- j profit by it, ana if it is a. .doiight; ^'hiwtl hajl aHvai’s been extended tarily resign or ffemova out ofjto the spectator 'tosee the ea-jto him b-'- ibany Wends and as- ......---- ger.young faces, bniihl wiih aa-l: HO.’iatoe, lie ^bequeathed thatic pilasters, which rise massively 11YTl‘,oro than a boy as he was to the pediment, where a tablet!flot until Sept. Cth. He prac-with gilded letters proclaims talUc*ed medioino in Lockhart 18open 1 porches qf red prossed { loans, and graduated from the briek surmounted with gray!High School. Entered Tulancy-vv^ r ^ — o --* *- • j . •ticipated ploftfiurezhurryingawav j handsome sdm as a token C'j hia.ihrariefj, Tliere are three on-trances to the library, through]architecture is the French renais-1• 4 1 • - 1ygfi g g^eslgnh d 'by. T:;,-af pine, v/itli mbvaUo ruga, in-j in- him wilh il fritmd Miss Hlt; M-j?ho-uM ”ut ^ ^ left f5;;*h:rtmnTof the dual-c.,lloeting cur-! ^ for set amde for 0,o ,ur,^e m-nota that are ' usually found • at i bim unUU.e.was fitted for the j feting and muma,ng a public-1, f. t i-1e.. .* » M .......tt hva.yy,;.mion n:1111highest, the poor as well as the i mortgage On her home; and she * rich, fn fact, the poor and hum-1 could not think of a solitary jauprooi. :nie ctioci. f towering dome) is extremely I picturbHtiuQ and the inferior is even finer in effect. Perfect pro -portions, and the latest dsigns ; in embos:Hud Ceiling and fres‘co-,ng makes each room a, study in j high art.There is a Remicircular room in the rear ofThe building,' sup- | ported by iron columns, beyond which rise two Bpiral staircases, one on each side to the level of the galleries, which’extend two-thirds of .the way around the library. It is the • permanent homo of the Irving Club, (a ladies literary society.) This commodious room only one flight upf- - --an' ; the philanthrophy of one of his right hand was doing. “Tnis,cawas only one of unnumbered: vii,acts of a similar characterwent to the credit oi Dr. Clark I thiour wealthy citizens, Dr. Eugene Krtrrk, who died in Febuary 1898. His father was one of themost gallant soldiers Louisiana- in those books kept by the Re-! t-hsent to swell ihe Confederate i cording Angel.”i ofFollowing are his wishes as[ou States. He was a prominent j dictated by him for the manage-j 1 merchant and slaveowner, and jmeiH an*i control bf the library, j.thi although a British subject, felt: • The State of Louisiana ). j^now jforces in the war between '.thei °£I th,that it was his duty to fight for! Parish of Orleans Jis a marvel in beaut y and finish.the Southern cause, and lost his all men by these presents, that; pr life at Port Hudson. Ilis dying L Miss' H. M. Young, of said i de. 1floors are deadened and madt* #■' .entirely of quarter-shwed long i Jhr went down to her rest when.! Clark, now deceased irnrdo to, me of j he was only four years old, leav- I just prior to his death, that.^ 1 ! an[h-brary in,‘the the (own of Lock- Ida,Qj.. i hart, Texas, to 'be'Trhow’n as the!'“Dr.,Eugene Clark Library*' as j j\ * an evidence -/if the esteem ault;dS- 1. affection, whjch ti'e hcld for the ; ^battle of life, v* * . . * •...*• • ••He was a native of NewOrsum of money out of his estate]!”01’ For that purpose; I this day sot aside, give and deliver unto Jas_..; fa G. Burteaon, W. M. Bfeele ancf;A. B. Storey, trustees, named by j 9Uj the said Eugene Clark intrust the j ♦ * sum of Ten Thousand Dollars and ?* .. *, .■ .. . * ** ' *ji......I direct, that out of that amount i me the sum of S8000 be used by them |8en to cvax^ a library building, upoTr--aIlt the plot of land already pure has- ; 00wit of -placed at interest with good” real; • ^ estate security^and only the in -1 the terest of-said-.sum to he -used in j -t— keeping up and maintaining saidwhere he remained until March 1897; he then returned to Texas, and located in San* Antonio.*Moorish curves always point-‘ iug towards a higher lib\On tho reverse silt;UroT the melibrary.! %:—j.Lj ’I direct as requested bv DfoiiV.lt;*morial window is an open book,ld°wnV-^doctors dia^no^d his and below a seroli upon which is I caslt;- aS' aPPondeciUs‘ U° left inscribed tlnv-kdlfvwing, ' “In °^niediatviy forN^w. York, and,■v! *I . I• Ihereby give to said trusieea Itili;• • V n *control and management of all of, the'btisiness o? said library,. with . power to'delegate to* committoes 1*. Iwill leaving appointed by them as horcinafter bis ‘motluT,-directed, such duties as they mayieein to the best interest of sajd'-merit and^ j. y | j ’ - - ■ - ■ - '' - -------- ------ ---- ^ y -o' uphUmjvy'n'S'OCL attended - by his foster institutions -mot.imr, and. lifo-hmg fW^td K.near ho made his§.his jossessions to* it.ii' i with a (ivin• ** !’(•lt;ipest that she i uoem to tin* i.k.*?h inti*rcilhng,to gi**! up as {},,*,N 1 J ^ mai me | , .aside mOWrfoF ntetWmary m Us manage •1 f _/ ^J,L,u2—to1../ * i ■ ....................yV——■ ■■ .....rl of tlm-fives -reatior. maimamtmoo ,■ - •; _s.*iimiH and thousand:, of familialon.l.Avment of a freo .public And 1 a|so appoint; at the ro-- in lire, different Wi.-s, and in tl... Ul' v 1 •wkl,a*,t- Roc'-«: intelleetmil portion of tin-ir' dai-! t!;'' t that 1,0 had ,M'cn(piest lt;.»!* my said adopted son Dr.: .Eugene Clark the following atix-ly bread, ft la iif somo sort 'aC r'sidllt ,,f L“ktot 13 years j iliAry cpmmitteb- Rl aBMsTTnthemanagement of said library as j. .herein directed., and said com-: mittee and theii* successors shall jthe county, Dr: W,F. Blunt, A. R. i ,JTfiChewq John Lard well, Joe. M. s o;., Blankfi. L. Sclv^-arz, R. WilsOn, I■ • ..................................... ^ ' I N l‘C* Y% tX£ jwith the coveted volume; there- ^0Vt* and * steem for them,/ lt;” *is at least a fiotnbre pleasure inJ. T. Gil Jett, Jr., Mrs, A. B.; D(‘6:Kb one. in Loekhdri knew Diu.k®lbit?y, Mrs,. ...R..... Wilson-, Miss IMamie Steele. Mrs. John JYestomA*Mrs. F. L. Hillyer, 'Mrs. J. L.* . W' * kStorey, Mrs, 'E. B, Flowers, Mrs. Jas. Gr Burleson, Mrs. A. \V©in-baum, Mrs. 0, H.TSJohle'.All commifctepA for manage-Rio thought Tliat the. aged and j Clark 'better than William M. tottering book borrower will find : Steele, who was associated withTf •.VXM‘j lt;in the book ho so carefully car- j him in real-estate and land riee , tha anody ne , .for another 1 speculations for years. Speak-Ymg of the do*ctor,r Mr. Steelelay. The library is-also one ofthe Chief educational forces ^aid this morning: “Nq betterattfSng us, md oh that account man ever lived than I)r. Clark,•i* .-is dearly to”be cherished. There may be found works in every«r**.; '• h- t. Vment. maintain.ance..and. .control. ..... * .uw uini i. in—,j —■ ..of said library with such powers ibthsm .by]-iifhe was a most .charitable' man, and when prosperity.i *cu1ii:«kt*4 ^ 1Dvery and wealth was multiplying said trustees, shall be appointed ]lt;.i. ■ * .. ••/--*• • lt;• • *■*“Y*”I
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Lockhart Register
Lockhart, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 03, 1899
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