The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-24
c. F. CRISP IS DEAD
The E1-Speaksr Passes Away After
q Lingering Illness.
GEORGlA'S LEADING MAN
Had He Lived He Would Have
Been Senator From That state
His Leath Not Alto
gether a surprise.
GEORGlA'S LEADING MAN

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 23-Charles F.
Crisp. ex-speaker Of the house OF rep
resentatives, died here this afternoon
Mr.. Crisp had been In intense pain all
day. Every few minutes he would
suffer greatly. but no danger was
feared at such an early moment His
wife. together with the sanitarium
nurse. Mrs. Sharp, was watching at
his bedside. At about a quarter OF
O'Clock Mr.. Crisp was seized with an
other attack and quite suddenly he
passed into the calm of death. The
watchers saw 1t and sent down stairs
for DIR. Holmes. Judge Crisp's Nwo
daughters. Mrs. Fred Davenport and
Miss Bertha Crisp. and his two sons.
Charles G. Crisp, jr., and Fred Crisp,
were at the Ballard house. They were
quickly summoned. When they enter
ed the room Judge Crisp was still con-
scious. He gave them a look Of rec
ognition, breathed a few times and
died. He could not speak. So quickly
had the dreaded messenger come that
the stricken family stood appalled, In
the death chamber.
Mr.. Crisps death, while apparently
thus sudden. was not unexpected by
the physicians who have been watch
Ing him. He had been declining for
several years. His last illness, how
ever, was occasioned by an attack Of
malardal fever. which he contracted at
his home, Americus, q few weeks ago,
but which Itself yielded to treatment
when he came to Atlanta. He was
considered convalescant and only last
Sabbath he had ridden out, but when
renewed health seemed within view,
he was attacked by congestion OF the
lungs which added to the weakness of
the lungs and heart caused by two
previous attacks Of pleuro-pneumonia,
resulted In his death this afternoon.
Definite arrangements have not been
completed concerning the funeral, but
II Is understood that his body will ulti-
mately rest at his old home In Ameri-
Gus among the people who loved so
well to honor him. Honors befitting
the high stations Mr.. Crisp has occu-
pied In the state and nation will un-
doubtedly be paid his memory by the
general assembly which will meet next
Wednesday.
Governor Atkinson heard the news OF
Mr.. Crisp's death at the executive office
and Immediately ordered the nag over
| shc Sdpitoi ioWcTtu at ndlt mast. ne SalQ
"Mr. Crisp's death Is particularly a ca.
lamity just at this time. He had attained
| q position and he was not only one OF
the most valuable men In our state, but
| was a national character of which all
Georgians were proud. / regard him as
the most conspicuous man before the ma
tion Of all Southern people. His position
as speaker Of the house had brought him
more prominently before the country
than any other southern man. and the
magnificent ability which he displayed In
sustaining himself as q leader there hac
made Its impression upon the whole coun.
try to such an extent that he was re-
garded everywhere as one of the fore
most men Of America"
Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith said: IT wa.
thrown In with Judge Crisp constantly II
Washington and l am deeply distressed
at his sudden death. His quickness, calm
ness and sound judgment made him tn,
natural leader Of the democrats in tn,
house OF representatives. His kind anC
gentle temperament gave him the low,
OF all who knew him. Although he hat
filed the highest position given to
Georgian In the national councils sine,
the days Of Howell Cobb, he especially de
sired seat in the senate and his refusa
to accept the appointment rendered hin
by Governor Northern was the cleares
proof Of his unselfish patriotism. He ha,
just fairly won before the people a sea
In the senate. in that body he woul,
have added to his great national reputa
ton. and l regret sincerely that he hal
not been spared to MI IT,"
Governor Atkinson who has just beef
reelected chief executive OF Georgia 10
term Of two years, is prominently men
toned as successor to the senatorial sea
which would have been Mr.. Crisp's had h
survived. Should he enter and be elected
there will probably be a contest for tn
governorship between Hon. Robert l.
Berner and Hon. NJ. 3. Clay. chairman o
the democratic state executive commit
tee. Governor Atkinson's choice as sena
tor would render necessary a specia
election for governor.
Charles Frederick Crisp was born OF
the 18th day of January. 1915. In Shei
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