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The Rev. D. W. Nix of Bogalusa, La., who had completed his theological training at Bilbo's expense, preached the sermon. He took his text from Second Timothy, fourth chapter, 7th and 8th verses: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
"His work," cried the minister, "is finished, but his ideals will live on. God will see to it that the great principles of righteousness with which he was possessed, and which motivated his every desire and hope, will continue. He died a martyr to the . . . real, true principles of American Democracy."
-Jew-baiter Bilbo had the first of his operations at New Orleans' Jewish Touro Infirmary.