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On the left Is a picture of Gen
eral Philip Schuyler, grand-neph
ew of Alexander Hamilton, noted
clubman and veterap of the civil
^ar. who was killed In President
Spencer’s private car. In the cen
ter is a map showing route taken
by President Samuel Spenoer and
party from Washington to Law
yers depot, where , the rear-end
collision occurred. On the right Is
n picture of President Samuel
Spencer, of the Southern railway,
who was killed in a wreck on his
own roAd on Thursday last at Law
yers Depot, Va., and was buried
Sunday at Washington.
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After the funeral all of the floral of
ferings were distributed among the va
rious hospitals and charitable Institu
tions of Washington, by special direc
tion of Mrs. Spencer.
A. Bullard, the white man who was
killed at Klbbec, Oa., 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.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
DISTINGUISHED PERSONS ATTEND
THE FUNERAL OF MR. SPENCER
Body Borne Into the
RUMBLE OF 1 RAINS CEASED
WHILE BODY OF PRESIDENT
WAS BORNE TO LAS7 REST
Stauding on the track floor of the
Atlanta Terminal station Sunday after
noon at 1 o’clock, Statlonmaster John
D. Patterson raised his arm as a signal
to every employee In the station to
cease action as a mark of respect to j
the memory of President Samuel Speti- ;
cer. The employees of the station, the!
trainmen and railroad employees with- j
In sight stood still with their caps In j
their hands and bowed head In honor
of the memory of the dead executive.
The occasion was Intensely impres- j
slve and silence prevailed even In the
office of the superintendent of tele
graph. No noise save the tolling of the 1
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 1
o'clock' Sunday afternoon. By eastern
time It was 2 o’clock, the hour of the
funeral of the dead railroad president
In Washington. This period of silence
prevailed for ten minutes and the Im
pressiveness of the occasion will never
be forgotten by those who witnessed
this mark of respect.
SOUTHERN’S TRACKAGE
DOUBLED BY SPENCER
Church by Faithful
Negro Porters.-
Washington. Deo. 3.—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
kemetery.
Long before the hour set for the
Service the church was crowded and
hundreds of persons were turned away.
The service was conducted by the
Right Rev. Henry V. Satterlee, bishop
of Washington, assisted by the Rev. Dr.
Roland Cotton Smith, the rector of St.
Johns, nnd the assistant rector.
Employ,,* Attend Service.
Many of those who attended the
service came from the South. Officers
and employees of the Southern railway.
319 In number, assembled at the gen
eral offices of the company here, and
proceeded as a body to St. Johns
church. They were headed by the
four general superintendents ot the
company. Messrs. Foraker. Loynll.
Rltchlo nnd ("oapntun. and Included
tiencrnl Passenger Traffic Manager
Hardwick. General Passenger Agent
Tayloe and Assistant General Fasscn
ger Agent Cary.
Other Roads Rsprsssntsd.
Practically all of the officers of the
company throughout Its system of
nearly live thousand miles were In at
tendance upon the .services. Joining
their friends of the Southern railway <n
paying respect to President Spender
were representatives of the Mobile and
Ohio,/Georgia, Southern and Florida,
Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pa
cific, New Orleans and Northeastern,
Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast
I.lne, Seaboard Air Line, Chesapeake
and Ohio. Pennsylvania and Norfolk
and Western.
Among the distinguished people who
attended the church services were Vico
President Fairbanks, Justice White, of
the supreme court of the United States;
Senator and Mr*. Foraker. of Ohio;
Senator Bacon, of Georgia; Governor
Swanson and Senator Martin, of \ lr-
gtnla; Senator Kean, of New Jersey;
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock;
Senator Wetmore, of Rhode Island, an l
former Senator Henry G. Davis, of
West Virginia.
All Whasls Stop,
At 2 o’clock. Just as the strains of
Chopin's funeral inarch pealed from
the church organ, every train on the
Southern system enme to a standstill,
and every employee of the road put
aside Ills work. For five minutes the
thousands of employees of the South
ern paid silent tribute to their dead
chief.
J. Plcrpont Morgan, of New York, a
life-long friend and business associate
of President Spencer; Charles Steele,
Of 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 waff brought Into the
church by colored porters of the South
ern railway, nil of whom have been lit
the sendee of the company for many
years—several of* them nearly a life-
rime. and all of them were known per
sonally to President Spencer.
Beautiful Floral Offerings.
All the honorary polllieiirors were per
sonal ami official friends of Mr. Spencer,
nnd were principally presidents or klith of.
rtelals of the railroad* of America. K. II.
Ilnrriuan. n lifetime friend, wns one of
I he Inst to arrive nt the church.
With the honorary palllienrer* were mem-
her* of n committer nn|toliited by the wn*h-
Ingtoii Alumni A**oclntlnn of the t nlver-
•It* of Virginia, of which President Hpeoccr
-'a* n htetnlter. The committee Included
con General P. M. Itliey, of the uitvy;
'tils
MRS. SPENCER DISTRIBUTES
MRS. SAMUE' SPENCER.
Shs directed that after the funeral of her husband, tha floral effaringt ba
sent to Washington hospitals and charitable institutions.
“/ AM NOT TO BLAME
FOR WRECK, ”SA \S MA TTOX
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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, hnd 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 me a clear track for So. 33 (the
train to which President Spencer's car was attached). This was at 6
o’clock, as the block sheet In the office will show.
“I do not feel responsible for the accident and the railway officers can
And me at any time. I have no desire to get away, but court an Investi
gation to clear the matter up.”
CLOTHES CHAT
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 weie
J. Plerpont Morgan and George F. Ba
ker, voting trustees, and the following
directors: Joseph Bryan, Richmond,
Va.: Samuel M. Inman,_Atlanta, Ga.;
ganlzatlon. conceived by J. Plerpont
Morgan, and conducted by his partner,
Charles If. Coster, the first meeting of
the SofKhern Railway Company was
called to order at Richmond by Samuel
Spencer, n* 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 6,643,298 tons of freight
and earned $16,643,298.
Employees Number 37,003.
"In the last fiscal year tne Southern
railway system embraced 7,515 miles of
road, with 1,429 locomotives and 42.110
cars, which carried 11,663,550 passen
gers nnd 27,339,377 tons of freight and
earned I53.641.43S.
"The number of employees had In
creased from 16,718, June 30, 1895, to
27,003, June 30, 1906, and the wages
paid from $6,712,796 to $21,198,020.
To appear fit Is worth while, don't
you think? When you come here for
your clothes you expect, and rightly,
too, something better. The very ex
cuse for our existence Is the fact that
“Benjamin” clothes are built upon a
higher plane—that they represent tin-
acme of modern tailoring. Hence il is
that the wearing of “Benjamin” clothes
carries with It that soothing conscious
ness resulting from the knowledge that
every detail of your attire Is In accord
with fashion and good taste. Get the
“R88IG BENJAMIN” habit. It Is hh
you will stick to. Our motto: Better
quality for less money.
“BENJAMIN” SUITS
—and—
OVERCOATS
$15.00 to $37.50.
Essig Bros.
“Correct Clothes for Men,”
26 Whitehall Street
Adrian lselin. Jr.. Ne» \° rlt "The ful1 detail* and the Impressive
D. Randolph, New York- Jwm-J • [character of this remarkable advance,
Woodward, New York, Uliotli extended for uresent recital, are
Finley. Washington, and Charles Steele
New York.
In the statement. which was placed
on the records, a tribute Is paid Mr.
Spencer’s services to the Southern, to
other corporations and to the public.
The statement points out that under his
admUilstiatton the road’s progress was
effected without making It the basis
of an Increase In the road’s stock be-
yond the amount contemplated when
the properties were reorganized some
years ago.
The statement follows:
“Hampel Spencer, horn In Columbus,
Ga.. March 2, 1847. died November 29.
1906, near Lawyers Station. \ a., upon
the railroad of the Southern Railway
Company, of which he was the first an*,
only president.
“The personal qualities of Mr. Sp?n-
cer. his Integrity In heart and mjid.
his affectionate nnd genial disposition,
his loyal and courageous spirit. Ills un
tiring devotion to duty. Ills persistent
achievement of -worthy ends and Ills
comradeship on the fields of battle, of
affairs, and of manly spoil, combined
to establish lilm In the loving regard
of hosts of friends In every sec-inn
of tha country, and nowhere tnot-e se
curely than In the affection of his .el-
low workers In the service of the
Southern Hallway Company.
Hie Work fo* Road.
-The Importance of his service to
this company Is a matter of common
knowledge throughout the railroad
world, but the character, the extent
and the consequence- of that service
are and can be appreciated at their Tull
worth only by Ills associate* non gath
ered here to attest their regard for him
and to record their high estimate of his
life and work.
"Upoft June 18. 1894, on the comple
tion of the.Richmond Terminal reor-
kenstor f. 3. Faulkner, of West
■ -Photon* Nelson I'ngo. t\ U. lass
lit. Itnudolpb II. Mrklui.
A special musical program wa* irntN.
Mr*. Hpcuccr having selected her favorite
hymns: “bead. Kindly bight.” •Tor All
Ui»* Hnluts. Who From Their |.alior* float.
“Ahhto With Me.” “Fast Falla the fcven*
tide.” * , .
Beautiful floral offering* were received
from nil imrt* of the eonntry.
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
htoros.
Washington, Dee. 3.—Not since the
funeral of President McKinley lias
such a great profusion of beautiful
lloral offerings been seen In Washing
ton as tilled the home of the late 8am-
uel Siieneer, of the Southern railway,
und the chancel of St. Johns rliurcli,
where the funeral service was conduct,
ed yesterday.
From the time the casket containing
Mr Spencer’s body arrived In tills 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.
Special lo The Georgian.
ML Vernon. Ga.. lb**-. 3.—IMII I'ul-
bVeath. a white man. and Webster
Grimes, a negro. Iiaie lin n suspected
ta being Implicated in the murder of
Mr*. Mary Williams.
fhnttanooga, Tonn., Dec. 3.—Mm
Mary Williams Is dead at her
home here. She leaves nine children,
her iiusbaftil having died twelve years
ago. Mrs. R M. Johnson. Mr*. U. M.
[mid and Mr*. I.lda Gilliam, uf At
lanta, are among tip- children.
The condition of Rev. Minor Savage,
who I* In a sanitarium near Cleve
land, Is s.-ild to he Improving. *
Spasms
St Vitus’ Dance
Many persons who suf
fered untold agonies from
epilepsy, fits, spasms, and
St. Vitus’ Dance ai-e to
day well. The strength
ening influence of Dr.
Miles’ Nervine upon the
shattered nerves having
restored them to perfect
health.
which followed a very Revere spell of
rheumatism. I doctored with a phy-
elrlan: but the more I took of hi* med
icine the worse I got. My mother's de
votion saved me. After she had become
almost heart-broken . ms well a* phys
ically exhausted from constant care,
by the advice of a neighbor she procur •
ed a bottle of Dr. Miles’ Nervine. From
the first dose to the last a continual
change for the better was notlcable,
and when I find taken eleven bottles
I was well, and In robust health.”
EDWARD D. REAM.
North Manchester. Indiana.
**Our little boy Harry, had spasms
for three years, and although we doc
tored with many physicians, he con-
attention was called to Dr. Miles’
nervine. We began giving It to him.
Ills Improvement seemed slow, but
when he bad finished the fourth bot
tle the spasms had disappeared, and
have not been seen now for years. Wo
shall always recommend Dr. Miles'
MRS. BELLE M TINDALL
Hastings, Neb.
Dr. Miles* Nervine is sold by your
drugqist. viho will guarantee that tho
first bottle will benefit. If it fade, its
will rsfund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
too extended for present recital, are
exhibited In the masterly communica
tion which, upon February 1. 19ns. Mr.
Hl»encer addressed to Messrs. J. P. Mor
gan & Co., as the basis of the develop
ment and general progress.
He Planned Improvement.,
"In till* progreee 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, and It I* significant of the conser
vative and cautious disposition of Mr.
Spencer and Ills supporters that this
phenomenal enlargement of the system
and Its business was not made the basis
of any Increase of stock, or even of any
Increase of dividends beyond the
amount contemplated and stated In th«
plan of 1893 with reference to tlie
properties originally reorganised. Every
dollar that could be borrowed under
Prvsldvnt Spencer's management wits
put Into the property in the effort to
enable it to meet the ever Increasing
demands of the vigorous and wonderful
growth of the South and Its Industries.
"The mighty fabric which for twelve
years lie has been molding must con
tinue under others to develop and to
Improve In the service that It shall
render to the public, but never can 't
cease to hear the Impress or to reveal
the continuing Impulse of the master
mind of Its first president. In tlie
height of 111* usefulness and Ills power*
lie has been called away, but the In
spiration of Ills shining example and
his lofty standards must ever animate
Ills successor.
Was Chosen Spokesmen.
"To many other corporations con
ducting Ihe commerce of the country,
as well as to the Southern railway, did
Mr. Spencer render Invaluable service,
and all of them will share 111 our sense
of loss and peiwonal grief. As Ihe
chosen spokesman In the tremendous
agitation culminating tn the congres
sional action of l#il«, hla mastery of his
subject. Ills dignity of besrlng and til*
Integrity of character commanded the
confidence nnd approval of the vast In
terests Whose constitutional rights It
became his duty to insert and to pro
tecl.
"To the great public not less than to
the commercial' Interesta did lie recog
nise Ills obligation. How well lie eon-
reived. how admirably lie performed
that duty, was Indicated In the last of
Ills publle addresnes. Ills last message
to Ills friend* In the South, delivered it
Montgomery, Ala., on October 23, 1909,
an address which deserves wide circu
lation and close consideration, not only
In his own South that he loved so wall,
but throughout the whole countrv,
which he had learned to know far bet
ter than most of Its cltlsens. wherever
born.
Sympathy for Family.
"HU chosen career has.closed, but
the wisdom and Ihe virtues that (liar-
ncterlzed that career will abide as long
as there shall he 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
assurance that for them, as well os f ir
Ills associates, honor and happiness will
ever result from their relation to Saiu-
usl Spencer, that Just and uprig|it
man.”
MODERN EXPERT DENTISTRY AT REASONABLE PRIDES.
Crown and
Bridge Work
Set of
Teeth ...
Alt other Dental Work at
Prices that will please.
Plates mads and dsliverad
asms day.
OR. E. G. GRIFFIN’S GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS
241 -2 WHITEHALL STREET. Bell Phone 170S.
HOURS, 8 A. M. TO 9 P. M. SUNDAYS. 9 A. M. TO 4 P. M.
THI
‘Prophet” Tells of Battle
and Wears Bandages
on Limbs.
ChltAgo, Dee. 3.—A remarkable out
break and statement by John Alexan
<fer DovVle to his followers In the 8hltoh
House. Zion City, has led them td be
lieve he has become Insane.
8aying lie had received wounds in n
terrible battle, he appeared In a meet
ing room with his leg* nnd arms swath
ed In bamlngea. He sahl he hnd led his
people to victory on a frightful battle
field:
He was seized and carried to bis
room.
ANOTHER BULLETIN
WILL JE ISSUED
Kprrlal to The Georgian.
Athcn*. ti«„ Psc. 3.-Tli* corn mnl rollon
contest liingnruted by the university till*
year and directed by I’rnfc**or Joseph S.
Stewart, profewvr of secondary education
In the 1'nlrcrslty Of Georgia, and I'rcfe**..*
J. 31. Johnson, professor of agronomy In
that Institution. h«* laconic one of lhrV|
great agricultural movement* uf the time*. Twenty thousand people fought tli
In llils stale. In this gonteat each contest- j police ( n Operto Portugal, In a rl<.» re
nut wa* required to cultivate at least one. suiting from a meeting held to prole*
sixteenth or an aero cr».soo .|njre feet, ,i, # expulsion of members of parlla
ami the contest had to be under the Inline- j for attacking the king.
dblte «upcrvl*loii of Ihe county school IaT
TO TURN FUMES
INTOCOMMODITY
Duektown Suits Will End
by Company Making
Sulphuric Acid.
Whether or not the United Slates su
preme court decides favorably to Georgia
In Ita Injunction proceeding* against tho
Tennessee Iron and Copper Company to pre
vent further damage to forcatry In north
ern Georgia, the copper people are now
preparing to meet the altuatlon If It is
against them.
At the Immeuse copper roasting plants nt
Duektown and Isabella, Tenth, the com
pany la installing machinery to convert the
lestmctlve fumes Into sulphuric ncld. Mv
text June, the plant will be In operation
mil turning out 690 tons of acid a day.
According to experts, this move will pro
IcaUy end the destruction to vegetation
.ttid foreatry over a wide area In Teuaen-
see aud north Ueorgtt. Moreover. It milt
convert waste product Into a commercial
commodity.
From on employee of the company In At-
Inula recently, these facts were obtained.
The company Is spending n half million
dollars on the plant for making sulphuric
acid. nnd. a* stated, expects to Imre Ir
fit operation by next June. Whatever the
decree of the supreme court, the officials
believe that they will lie prepared to ms*-t
the situation.
The fill ted State* supreme court will
hear the Injunction proceedings brought
by Georgia in February.
nmkudoncr and bis «
$5-W to the winners In the coutests, nud the requirements, nnd many useful inn<
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comil v fairs, county InMtrda of education
mid Individuals supplemented these offers.
Tlie result was that the Mu boys who were
in these contests were amply repaid for
I heir effort* both In money mid In informa
tion.
'Pie university sent out tlinnsunds of mil
tions iis to the methods to lie used,
ennls for Judging the corn and cotton wtrs»
suggested, and by the use of the*.* cards
the students gained much additional Infor
mation;
The university Is now preparing to get
out another bulletin lu regard to the corn
mnl cotton rontests among the farmer
boya of the state for the year 1W7.
The Consumer
Is Judge and Jury
The manufacturer sometimes loses
sight of the faet that the consumer, is
his court of first and last resort. Tlie
consumer will hear his evidence aud
pass # upon his ease. If the verdict is
in Ins favor the people will demand his
goods—and the dealer and jobber will
he compelled to furnish them.
If you are a manufacturer, call .in
the Massengale 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, tin-
truth of which is recognized by all
good business men—“The man who
acts as his own attorney has a fool for
a client.”
