The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-12-06
SPENCER 1T REST
Mortal Remains CT President
cf Southern Entombed
AT NATIONAL CAPITAL
impressive Funeral Services Were At.
tended by a Great Concourse of
Distinguished PecpIe-A!I Of.
fic:ais Were Present.

All that is mortal OF SaEluel opeh'
Ger. late president Of the southern
Railway, whose tragic death cn his
own railroad on the morning OF
Thanksgiving Day shocked the people
of two hemispheres, was laid 10 rest
Sunday afternoon in the receiving
vault at Cak Hi cemetery, Washing
ion. there to await final disposition.
A notable tribute was paid to the
memory of the distinguished railroad
nasnata by his associates, by states
men. and by men eminent in all the
walks Of public life. The funeral OBJ
scuuies held in historic st. johns
Protestant church were attended by
railroad officials, fnanciecs and pub
lie men from all parts of the coun-
try. Many of them were lifelong
associates. Hundreds Of friends came
from the sou..il. The church was
crowded beyond its capacity and hull
Greds stood outside.
the Right Rev. -"enIy Satterlee, Rev.
Or. Roland Cotton Smith, rector Of st.
Johns, and the assistant rector OF the
church.
Shortly before 1870 p. n. the off,
GERS and employees CT the Southern
Railway, 80 ii number, assembled at
the general Offices Of the company,
and proceeded, as body, to st.
Johns church Practically all OF the
officers Of the company throughout its
system of nearly five thousand miles
were in attendance upon the services.
Joining their friends of the Southern
Railway in paying respect to Presl-
dent Spencer we're representatives OF
the Mobile and Ohio. Georgia, South
ern and Florida; Cincinnati, New Or:
leans and Texas Pacific; New Orleans
and Northeastern; Central Of Gcor-
gia: Atlantic Coast Line; Seaboa-d
Air Line; Chesapeake and Ohio;
Pennsylvania and Norfolk and West
err.
Just at 2 O'Clock the soft strains OF
Chopin's beautiful funeral march peal
ed through the church from the or
gan. At the same instant through
cut the system of railroads lately pre-
sided over by MIR. Spencer, every
train came to dead stop. every
wheel ceased. 10 turn, every employee
put aside his work. For five minutes
over the thousands of miles Of rail-
way every employee paid silent re-
spect to the dead president.
1T was peculiarly appropriate that
the body bearers should have been
selected from among the colored por-
ters of the Southern railway. All OF
them have been in the service Of the
company for many years-several OF
them nearly lifetime and all OF
them were known personally to Pres
i6ent Spencer.
Following the body came the hon.
orary pallbearers, all Of them per.
sonal and official friends of Mr.. Spen'
Ger. They were principally presidents
or high officials Of the railroads OF
America and it was noted that, either
personally or by proxy, they repre-
sented quite one third of the vast
wealth Of the United States
At the conclusion of the rituals
tic service, the remains were borne
from the church during the singing
of abide With Me" Services at the
cemetery were brief end simple.
No such wonderful profusion OF ex-
quisite floral offerings has been seen
In Washington since the. obsequies Of
the late President Mckinley as fllte:l
the Massachusetts avenue home OF
President Spencer and the chaacel OF
st. Johns church. These tributes
came from all parts of the country.
There we're car loads OF beautiful en-
blems wrought from the rarest OF cut
flowers. Only a few wagon loads OF
the floral offerings we're displayed al