The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-10-13
MIR. PAYNE IS DEAD
Another Prominent Character Passes
From the Stage of Ac:icn
COR1ELYOU WILL SUCCEED HIM
The Postmaster General Succumbs to
Heart Trouble After an illness OF
Seven Days.

Washington. Special Henry G.
Payne, Postmaster General Of the
United States, 4 member of the ma
tional Republican committee, stall.
wart of his party, with the history
| Of which both in his homie, State and
nationally he has been identified for
many years, died at his apartments at
the Arlington Hotel at 6:10 o'clock
! Friday night, aged 60 years. The
/ death was announced in an official
bulletin issued by the attending phys.
icians, which gave the cause Of death
as disease of the mitral valve and d.
lation Of the neart.
Mr.. Payne had been in poor health
for at least two years, but his last i'll.
ress covered only seven days, an at.
tack Of heart trouble last week precip-
!tating the end ut time when after
q rest he seemed to have recovered
small measure Of his vitality i'm.
paired by years Of arduors labor.
Death this Afternoon came after near
" six hours Of unconsciousness. The
last official caller to inquire as to Mr..
Payne's condition was President
Roosevelt, and he had been gone only
about ten minutes when the stricken
member Of his cabinet expired. Sec
retary Hay had called at the Payne
| apartments few minutes before the
President made his visit. Neither en-.
tered the sick room. AS Mr.. Roose.
velt was leaving. about six O'Clock, he
spoke feelingly of Mr. Payne to the
newspaper men gathered in front OF
the hotel Is 1.-The sweetest, most low
able and most trustful man ! ever
knew" Mrs Roosevelt, accompanied
by Capt. Cowles. was caller at the
family apartments Of the Paynes dur.
ing the late afternoon.
The last day mad been one during
which practically all hope had been
abandoned for some hours. The ap-
proach of dissolution began during the
noon hour, when the sick man lost
consciousness and nc longer recog.
nized those whom he had attempted
to cheer during his illness by saying
to them that ne was all right. WhcH
Mrs. Payne saw that the end wa,
near, sne sumomned the Rev. Dr..
Dunlap, of ST. Johns Episcopal
Church, and at ner request he read
at the bedside of the dying man
Psalm $50, "Out Of the Depths" and
then repeated the prayers the Episco-
pal church provides shall be read at
the BED Of those about to pass away.
Funeral services will be held at St
Johns Episcopal Church, in this city,
Friday morning, and at 3:15 that al.
ternoon the body will be taken to the
Pennsylvania Railroad station and
placed aboard the private car OF
President A. ]. Earling. of the Chica.
20, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad,
who rendered tic use Of the car by
telegraph and announced that IT
would be here. The remains should
arrive at Milwaukee Saturday even
ing and servves will be held next
Sunday ct the All Saints Episcopal
Church there A message has been
sent 10 the Rt. Rev. Isaac l.. Nichoi.
son, the bishop of Milwaukee, who is
TO" dL a COuNCHllOll III DOSlOi, ooh'
ing him If he can officiate. Interment
will be at the Forest Home Gene.
tery, Milwaukee. Mrs. Payne has eX.
pressed q desire that the services b.
as simple as possible. Further plans
for the funeral will be decided on
later.
cortelyou to Succeed Him.
Washington, Special.-In succession
TO MIR. Payne, George Bruce Cortelyou,
former secretary of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor and now chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee. will become Postmater Gen.
eral.
Mr.. Cortelyou's appointment as head
Of the Postoifice Department was deter
mined on several months ago BY Presi-
dent Roosevelt. when MIR. Payne indi-
Gated to the President his desire to re-
tire from the Department on account OF
the precaurious state OF his health. 1t
Is the understanding now that Mr.
Cortclycu will assume the duties as
Postmaster General az soon as he con-
yenientiy can after the close Of the
pending campaign. probably. December
]. In the interim the responsibilities OF
directing TIC affairs OF the Postofic"
Department viii develop on First AS
sistant Postmaster General Wynne.