MARTIN, C. L. - 1896 - Putnam

The arrangements for the funeral of the late C.L. Martin have been completed. Short services will be held at the family residence 210 West Liberty Street tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. At the close of these exercises the funeral party will take carriages and drive to Cloverdale where the interment will be made. The Knights of Pythias will carry out their ritual and the lodge member will meet at their room s tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock.  It is requested that the knights be prompt.  The active pall bearers as chosen are: WL Denman; JL Randel; PO Colliver; EB Evans; CB Case and HM Smith. There will be a list of honorary pall bearers. Quite a number of people will go to Cloverdale and attest their respects to the distinguished dead.  Negotiations were pending all morning for a special train, but terms could not be agreed upon, and the trip to Cloverdale will be made in carriages. - kbz

The funeral services over the late CL Martin were held at the family residence at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. At that hour the house was filled with friends of the family and member of the K of P Lodge, the latter parties having a room reserved. Miss Estella Grubb sang Flee as a Bird and Some Sweet Day and Misses Grubb and Mathers sang a duett. The selections were beautiful and appropriate. Eld. AH Morris read a scripture lesson and offered prayer after which the friends were dismissed and the funeral party formed for the drive to Cloverdale.  The Knights of Pythias formed an escort and marched to the city limits where they bid farewell to the mortal remains of their brother. THe pall bearers' wagon contained CB Case; HM Smith; PO Coliver; JL Randel; FL Landes; EB Evans and WL Denman who all being Knights of Pythias, gave the beautiful burial ritual of the order at the grave. In this they were assisted by the Cloverdale Lodge K of P which body met the procession at the town limits of Cloverdale and acted as an escort to the cemetery. The relatives of the deceased and the pall bearers took dinner at Cloverdale returning in the afternoon.  The extreme cold weather kept many from going who other wise would have attended. The remains of the deceased were interred within sight of the spot where he was born. - kbz