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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
MONDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1S0«.
DISTINGUISHED PERSONS ATTEND
1HE FUNERAL OF MR. SPENCER
Body Borne IntQ the
Church by Faithful
Negro Porters.
Washington, Dec. 4.—After impres
sive funeral-services at St. Johns Pro
testant Episcopal church the body of
Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern railway, who was killed In a
wreck on his own road Thanksgiving
day, was laid to rest yesterday after
noon In the receiving vault at Oak Hill
cemetery.
Long before the hour set for the
service the church was crowded and
^hundreds of persons were turned away;
‘The 'service wia ‘conducted bf the'
Right Rev. Henry V. flatteries, bishop
of Washington, assisted by the Rev. Dr.
Roland Cotton Smith, the rector of St.
Johns, and the assistant rector.
Employees Attend Service.
Many of those who attended the
service came from the South, officers
and employees of the Southern railway.
Sit In number, assembled at the gen
eral offices of the company here, and
proceeded as a body to 8t. Johns
church. They were headed by the
four general superintendents of the
company. Messrs. 1'oraker. Loy.il,
Ritchie and Coapmun. and included
fleneral Passenger Traffic Manager
Hardwick, General Passenger Agent
Tayloe nnd Assistant General Passon
ger Agent Cary.
Other Roads Represented.
Practically all of the officers of the
company throughout its system o'
nearly live thousand miles were In at
tendance upon the services. Joining
their friends of the Southern railway ‘n
paying respect to President Spencer
were representatives of the Mobile nnd
Ohio, Georgia, Southern and Florida,
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pa-
clllc. New Orleans and Northeastern,
Central of Oeorgln, Atlantic Const
Line, Seaboard Air Line, Chesapeake
and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Norfolk
and Western.
Among the distinguished people who
attended the church services were Vice
President Fairbanks, Justice White, of
the supreme court of the United States;
Senator and Mrs. Foraker, of Ohio;
Senator Bacon, of Georgia; Governor
Swanson and Senator Martin, of Vir
ginia; flenajor Kean, of New Jersey;
Secretary of the InteHor Hitchcock;
Senator Wetntore, of Rhode Island, and
'former Senator Henry G. ,Davis, of
West Virginia..
All Wheels Stop.
At 2 o'clock. Just as the strains of
Chopin's funeral march pealed from
• the church organ, every train on the
Southern system came to a standstill,
and every employee of the road put
aside his work. For five minutes the
thousands of employees of the South
ern paid silent tribute to their dead
chief.
,3. Plerpont Morgan, of New York, a
life-long friend nnd business associate
of President Spencer; Charles Steele,
„f New York, and First Vice President
Andrews and Second Vice President
Finley, of the Southern railway, occu
pied the pew reserved for them.
The casket was brought Into the
' church by colored porters of the South
ern railway, all of whom have been In
i the service of the company for many
years—several of them nearly a life
time, and all of them were known per
sonally to President Spencer.
Be’sutiful Floral Offerings.
All the honorary psllbesrers srere per-
annul end official friends of Mr. Hpencer,
nnd were prlnrliwlly presidents or high or.
flclnis of the railroads of America. K. It.
llnrrlnun. a life-time friend, was one of
the last to arrive at the church.
With the honorary pallbearera were mem.
Iwrs of s committee appointed by the Wanfc-
Inston Alumni Association of the (.nicer-
iStv nf Vlrgtnls. of which President Hpencer
was n member. The routmlttee Include,!
surgeon General p. M. Ktier. of the navy,
termer Senator C. J. Faulkner, of West
S* TMS&SftfTEkSi.* 'Z'
-Ab3.WI.fc Me. "-"Feet Falls the Been-
1 ''beautiful Coral, offerings were received
from sit psrts of the country.
The Georgian, one of the
South's best afternoon dai
lies, is given free with pur
chases of $5.00 or more at
Smith & Higgins. Both
stores.
AWHf CAVOURA
On the left la A picture of Gen
eral Philip Schuyler, grand-neph
ew of Alexander Hamilton, noted
"Subrpgn &r$d Veteraft of the civil ;
war. who was" killed in President
Spencer’s private car. In the cen- 1
ttr* Is a map showing:, route taken
by President Samuel Spencer and
party from Washington to Law
yers depot, where the rear-end
collision occurred. On the right Is
a picture of President Samuel
Spencer, of the Southern rathvuy,
who was killed In a wreck on his
own road on Thursday last at Law
yers Depdt, Va„ and was burled
Sunday nt Washington. • «
MRS. SPENCER DISTRIBUTES
P LOWERS AMONG HOSPITALS
R UMBLE OF TRA INS CEA SED CLOTH ES CHAT
WHILE BODY OF PRESIDENT
WAS BORNE TO LAST REST
Standing on the track floor of the
Atlanta Terminal station Sunday after,
noon at 1 o’clock, Htatlonmaster John
D. Patterson raised his arm as a signal
to every employee in the station to
cease action as a mark of respect to
the memory of President Samuel Spen
cer. The employees of the station, the
trainmen and railroad employees with
in sight stood still with their caps In
their hands and bowed head In honor
of the memory of the dead executive.
The occasion was Intensely impres
sive and silence prevailed even In the
office of the superintendent of tele
graph. No noise save the tolling of the
locomotive bells broken upon the ears
of those who were witnesses to this
beautiful tribute. Engineers In the
yards near the Terminal stopped their
locomotives and Joined the occasion of
sorrow.
Every freight and passenger locomo
tive on the 8,000 miles of Southern
rails came to a halt promptly at
o'clock Sunday afternoon. By eastern
time It was 2 o’clock, the hour of the
funeral of the dead railroad president
In Washlqgtoa. This period of silence
prevailed for ten minutes and the im
pressiveness of the occaaton wlU never
be forgotten by those who witnessed
this mark of respect.
SOUTHERN’S TRACKAGE
DOUBLED BY SPENCER
“I AM NOT TO BLAME
FOR WRECK,"SA KSMAITOX
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 3.—G. D. Mattox, the operator charged by the
Southern railway with being responsible for the accident that killed
President Spencer, General Schuyler and five others, and who was sup
posed to have disappeared, was found at his home, a mile from the Ran
goon telegraph office, and he made a statement for the first time.
“I am not to blame for the wreck.” he said, ‘‘and I think I would
have no trouble to substantiate this claim If I had an opportunity to* be
heard.
"Operator Clemmer and a student operator were both In the office
and heard the operator at Lawyers give ine a clear track for Xo. 33 (the
train to which President Spencer's car was attached). This was at 6
o'clock, os the block sheet In the-office will show.
“I do not feel responsible for the accident and the railway officers can
And me qt any time. I have no desire to get away, but court an Investi
gation to clear the matter up.”
Trustees and Directors
Pay Tribute to Late
President’s Work.
Washington. Dec. 3.—A statement
touching the death of President Sam
uel Spencer was adopted at a Joint
meeting yesterday.of the voting trus
tees and board of directors of the
Southern railway.
First Vice President A. B. Andrews
presided and the others present were
J. Plerpont Morgan and George F. Ba
ker, voting trustees, and the following
directors: Joseph Bryan. Richmond.
Va.; Samuel M. Inman, Atlanta.-On.;
Adrian Iselln, Jr., Xew York; Edmund
D. Randolph, Xew York; James T.
World want, Xew York; William W.
Finley, Washington, and Char'es Steele
Xew York.
In the statement, which was placed
on* the records, a tribute is paid Mr.
Spencer’s services to the Southern, to
other corporations und to the puullc.
The statement points out that under his
administration the road’s progress was
effected without making It the basts
of an increase in the road’s stock be
yond the amount contemplated when
the properties were reorganised some
years ago. \
The statement follows:
"Hampel Spencer, born In Columbus,
a, March 2, 1847. died November 29.
•06. near Lawyers Station. Va., upon
Go., .
11*06, near Lawyers ...
the railroad of the Southern Railway
Company, of which he was the first and
only president
‘•The personal qualities of Mr. Spen
cer. his Integrity In heart oral m»rwl
his affectionate and genial disposition,
his loyal and courageous spirit, his un
tiring devotion to duty, his persistent
achievement of worthy end.* mid ms
comradeship on the fields of battle,
affairs, and of manly spoil, combined
to establish him In the loving regard
of hosts of f.lends In every ***c # »oii
of the country, and nowhere more se
curely than In the affection of his cl-
low workers ir. the service of the
Southern Railway Company.
His Work for Road.
’’The Importance of bin service to
this company Is a matter of common
knowledge throughout the railroad
world, but the chaiacter, the extent
and the consequence of \hnt service
are and can bh appreciated ut their full
worth only by his nssocintrs now gath
ered here to attest their regard for him
and to record their high estimate of Iris
life and work.
•‘Upon June 18, 18!*4. on the comple
tion of the Richmond Terminal reor-
MR8. SAMUEL 8PENCER.
She directed that after the funeral of her husband, the floral offerings be
tent to Washington hospitals and charitabla institutions.
Washington. Dec. 3.—Not since the
funeral of President McKinley has
such a great profusion of beautiful
floral offerings been seen In Washing
ton as filled the’home of the late Sam
uel Spencer, of the Southern railway,
and the chancel of St. John* church,
where the funeral service was conduct
ed yesterday.
From the time the casket containing
Mr. Spencer's body arrived In this city
It was kept covered with beautiful
flowers, cut fresh every morning by
direction of the officers of the Southern.
CULBREATH 18 HELD,
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Hpecial to The Georgian.
Mt. Vernon, Go.. Dec. 1 3.—rBUI t’ul-
breath, a white man.* und . -Webster
Grimes, a negro, have been suspected
ha being Implicated in the murder of
After the funeral all of the floral of
ferings were distributed among the va
rious hospitals nnd charitable Institu
tions of Washington, by special direc
tion of Mrs. Spencer.
A. Bullard, the white man who wam
killed at Klbbee, Ga., In Montgomery
county, about ten days ago, and both
lodged In Jail. The negro confesses
the crime and claims that Culbreath
forced him to help commit the horrible
deed.
Mrs. Mary Williams.
Fhnttanoogn, Tenn., Dec.' 3.—Mrs.
Mary Williams is dead ut her
home Here. She leaves nine children,
her. husband having died twelve years
ago. Mrs. K. M. Johnson, Mr*. H. M.
I .aid and Mrs. Lida Gilliam, of At
lanta, are among the children.
The condition of Rev. Minor Ravage,
who I* In a sanitarium near Clevs-
iund, b* said to be Improving.
Spasms
St. Vitus* Dance
• Many persons who suf
fered untold agonies from
epilepsy, fits, spasms, and
St. Vitus’ Bailee are to
day well. The strength
ening influence of Dr.
Miles’ Nervine upon the
shattered nerves having
restox-ed them to perfect
health.
“I endured agony that words can
not expres* from St. Vitu*’ dance,
which followed a very severe spell or
rheumatism. I doctored with a phy
sician; but the more l took of his med
icine the worse I got. My mother’* de
votion saved me. After she tied become
almost heart-broken . a* well a* phys
ically exhausted from constant care,
by the advice of a neighbor she procur
ed a Ixottls of Dr. Miles* Nervine. From
the first dose to the last a continual
change for the better was not fra hie,
r id when I had taken eleven bottles
was well, and In robust health.”
EDWARD D. REAM.
North Manchester, Indiana.
"Our little boy Harry, had spasms
for three years, and although wo doc
tored with many physicians, he con-
tinned to grow worse until he had ten
spasms in one week. About that time
our attention was railed to Dr. Miles’
Nervine. We began giving It to him.
Hia Improvement seemed slow, but
when be had finished the fourth bot
tle the spasms had disappeared, and
have not been seen now for years. We
shall always recommend Dr. Miles*
Nervine.’’
MRS. BELLE M TINDALL.
Hutlnff., Nek
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, fad
sanitation, conceived by J. Plerpont
Morgan, and conducted by his partner,.
Charles H. Coster, the first meeting of
the Southern Railway Confipany was
called to order at Richmond by Samuel
Spencer, as president. •
“In that calendar year the Southern
railway system embraced 4,391 miles
of road, with 623 locomotives and 19,
694 cars, which carried 3.427,858 pas
sengers and 6.648.298 tons of freight
and earned $•.643,298.
Employ sat Number 37,003.
’in the last fiscal year tna Southern
railway system embraced 7,615 miles of
road, with 1,429 locomotives and 42,110
cars, which carried J 1,663,550 passen
gers nnd 27,339,877 bins of freight and
earned $53,641,438.
•The number of employees had In
creased from 16,718, June 30, 1895, to
37,003, June- 30, 1906, and the wages
paid from $6,712,796 to $21,198,020.
’The full details and the Impressive
character of thla remarkable advance,
too extended for present recital, are
exhibited in the masterly communica
tion which, upon February 1, 1906, Mr.
Hpencer addressed to Messrs. J. P. Mor
gan & c*o., as the basis of the develop
ment nnd general progress.
Ha Planntd Improvements.
"In this progress every step had
been taken and Initiated by Mr. Spen
cer with the cordial concurrence of the
voting trustees and the board of direc
tors, nnd It Is significant of the conser
vative and cautious disposition of Mr.
Hpencer and his supporters that this
phenomenal enlargement of the system
and Its business was not made the basts
of any Increase of stock, or even of any
Increase of dividends beyond the
amount contemnlnted and stated In the
plan of 1893 with reference to the 1
properties originally reorganised. Every I
dollar that could be borrowed under
President Hpencer’s management was
put Into the property tn the effort t«»i
enable It t*» meet the ever Increasing j
demands of the vigorous und wonderful j
growth of the Houth und Its lnduMrie->. i
•The mighty fabric which far twelve!
years he has been molding must eon- j
tlnue under others to develop and to
improve In the service that it shall
render to the public, but never can ‘t .
cease to bear the Impress or to reveal .
th£ continuing Impulse of the must* r
mind of Its met president. In the
height of Id** »im fall.ess nnd Ids powers !
lie has been ' ailed av.ny. but the In
spiration of his *btnlng
his lofty standards must e\rr nnimi
his successor.
Was Chosen Spokesman.
"To many other roi-poinilon* * •’
ducting the commerce, of i!i. • unt
ell ns to the Houthcili railway, •
Mr. Hpencer render in volt*, obi* scrvl
and nil of them will ►Imre tu •.ur mii
of loss nnd persona! grief,
hosen spokesman In the i
agitation culminating m tin
slonal action of I MM. bln mastery of Ids
subject, his dignity of in-srl;. v nnd hli
Integrity of character commanded the
confidence and approval of the vast in
terests whose constitutional lights it
became his duty to assert and to pro
tect.
•To the great public not less th
the commercial Interests did he recog
nise his obligation. How well he cun'
cel red, how admirably he |>erforme«
that duty, was indicated lu the lust o
his public addresses, his lust messait'
to his friends In the Houth, delivered at
Montgomery. Ala., on October 2f», 19tMl,
an address which deserves wide circu
lation and close consideration, not only
In his own Houth that he loved so well,
but throughout the whole country,
which lie had learned to know far bet
ter than most of its cltlsens, wherever
born.
Sympathy for Family.
"His chosen career has closed, but
the wisdom and the virtues rtiat char
acterised that career will abide as long
as there shall be a regard for duty
bravely done and for high service gal
lantly rendered.
"To his family we extend our deep
and most respectful sympathy, and our
nenurance that for them, as well am t ><•
his associates, honor and happlnea* will
ever result from their relation to Ham-
uel Hpencer, that Just and upright
To appear fit la worth while, don't
you think? When you come here t«c
your clothea you expect, and rightly,
too, something better. The very, ex
cuse for our existence la the'fact that
"Benjamin” clothes are,'built upon a
higher plane—that they represept th**
ij] acme of modern tailoring. Hence It n
that the wearing of “Benjamin” clothe*
carries with It that soothing conscious
ness resulting from the knowledge that
every* detail of your attire la In accord
with fashion and good taste. Get the
“ESBIG BENJAMIN” habit, "it-Is one
you will stick to. Our motto; Better
quality for leas money.
“BENJAMIN” SUITS
—and—
OVERCOATS
, $15.00 to $37.50.
Essig Bros.
“Correct Clothes for Men,”
26 Whitehall Street ,
MODERN EXFERT DENTISTRY AT REASONABLE PRICES.
Crown and
$4
Bridge Work
set of ee
Teeth
All other Dental Work at
Prices that will please.
Plates mads and dslivsrsd
same day.
DR. E. G. GRIFFIN'S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS
241-2 WHITEHALL STHEET. Bell Phone 1708.
HOURS: 8 A. M. TO 9 P. M. SUNDAYS, 9 A. M. TO 4 P. M.
‘Prophet” Tells of Battle
and Wears Bandages
on Limbs.
Chicago, Dsc. 3.—A remarkable out-
’break knrt statement by, John Alexan
der Dofcie to iila followers In the Hhlloh
House. Zion city, has led them to be
lieve he ha* become Insane.
Haying he had received wound* In a
terrible battle, lie nppeared In u meet
ing room with hi* legs und arms swath
ed in bandages. He said he hud led his
people to victory on a frightful buttle-
fleld.
lie was seized nnd carried to his
ANOTHER BULLETIN
WILL BE ISSUED
pc. f.U The Georgian.
Albeit*. Gn., In**- S.—The corn nml eotlou
mtest Insgumted by the university this
ear it ltd directed by I'njfesaor Joseph H.
lewitrl, professor of secondary education
, I ‘ e "‘1 j In the University «f (leurgln. and
nimMe i J M Johnson, professor of »«n
j Ihnt llistll ntlnii. Iihs Iteeuiue mi
: great iigili-tiltuml m»v<*tiit*uU nf the times
; in ibis slate. It* ibis contest each contest*
* con- I nut wits reunited to ettlllvnle ill least Mile*
sixteenth »t mi tore or SJun wjtiare feet,
nnd tin- eonti sf Inid to l*e under the linme
-llpert JsioN of the i-ollUty school
. - ..... * i*flel»era.
aggregating
>11 tests.
TO TURN FUMES
INTOCOMMODITY
Ducktown Snits Will End
by Company Making
Sulphuric Acid. , .,
Whether or not the Catted Htafes *u-
preme court dceldes favorably to Georg.*
In Its liijunetlou proceedings against th*
Tetiuessce Iron and Cop|»er Company to pre
vent further damage to forestry In north,
era Georgia, the copper people nr*- note
preparing to meet the situation If It is
ognlnst them.
At the Jiiiincijsr copper rosstlug plan!* nt
Ducktown and Isabella. Tenn., the
rW. Be
mnjr In
und forestry over s wide area In
j set* and north Georgia. Moreover. It will
(convert waste product Info a miiidk i > ul
roliilltodlty,
i Front an employee of the company In At-
Uuta recently, these facta were obtained.
' The company l« spending a half iuiiii<>:t
d»d!ars on the plant for making mulphui.-*
add, and. as stated, expects to have it
In operation by next June. Whatever tl«*
decree Of the supreme court, tl|e officials
InHere that they will lie prepared to meet
i !»•• slum flow.
The I lilted States supreme court utl
belli- the liijunetlou proceedings brni.l.t
by Georgia In February.
Twenty thousand people fought the
police In Operto Portugal, In a riot re
sulting from a meeting held to protest
the expulsion of member* of parlia
ment fur attacking the king.
ii | t-Ml: ttll**l<
j t The stnte fnir off
the I ^ii'inti fairs, coiintv hoards of ed;n*ntlnn | ilouu as to the methods to lie used,
ltd I'hdUMiml* supplemented these offers, ranis for Judging the corn sod ration
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-ii! out tboitstimls of loll-
>i were Interested III the
i-unrcsts. git tuff detailed Information ns to
the reqlureineiila
tlima ns to the u ^
cards for Judging the eo
suggested, and by the use of these
the students gained much additional Infor
ms tie ii
The Consumer
Is Judge and Jury
The manufacturer sometimes loses
sight of the fact that the consumer is
his court of fii-st nml last resort. The
consumer will hear his evidence and
pass upon his case. If the verdict is
in his favor the people will demand his
goods—and the dealer and jobber will
be compelled to furnish them.
If you are a manufacturer, call, in
the Masscngale Advertising Agency, of
Atlanta, Ga., and let them prepare and
present your ease to the jury through
the columns of this newspaper. •
Don’t attempt to manage your own
advertising campaign without experi
ence. Remember the old adage, the
truth of which is recoguized by all
good business men—“The man who
acts as his own attorney has a fool for
a client."
