Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-07
0HN c. WINSTON
! DIES AT HIS HOME
director Of Public Works and
Father Of New Charter Sue
cumbs to Short Illness
FUNERAL TO BE TOMORROW

,.h, & Winston. director Of public
~o,t, we'll known publisher and
,,,dinq fighter for municipal reform,
wSo died last night. will be buried to-
morrow ] from his home, 544l wayne
syenue, Germantown. =,
The funeral services will be held at
A o'clock. They will be conducted in
ths Friends Meeting House. Greene
md Coulter streets. Interment VIII be,
private. -, ., ,, Ma.
Charles F. Kindt, Thomas Raeburn
white, George s. Norris. Walter II.
price Horace Wood. Walter Penn
shipley, Joseph G. Wagner and Howard
Smith. ,,, - L.
nremic poisoning and heart disease.
Death came shortly after 10 o'clock.
Nr, Winston had been i'll for about four
weeks. He was sixty three years old:
News OF his death was greeted with
..,,ow rew' at CITY Hall, although it
Sas not entirely unexpected. as bull
',.t;ns Of his condition issued during the
nast few days were very pessimistic. Z
Mrs, Winston, Miss Lucy A. Win
.ton. Mr.. Winstons sister, and Reau-
mil liz
hsdside when he died. They, along with
. brother. Lindley NJ. Winston, Red
lands. Calf, survive him.
Wayor Moore and Mr.. Winston's for
msr associate cabinet members called
,t The Winston home during the day to
,Ipress their sorrow to the bereaved
relatives .
Mr.. Winston's death came at time
when he was just realizing the ambi-
tion Of many years. that Of being a
member Of the directorate in a reformed
municipal administration.
First Vacancy in Cabinet
He was leading exponent of the
charter form Of government, and was
generally accorded the honor of being
called the father" Of the present city
government plan.
The demise of Mr.. Winston creates
The first vacancy in Mr.. Moore's official
cabinet. Assistant Director Wagner,
who has carried on Mr.. Winston's work
during his illness, will remain in charge
for q time, at least.
Director Winston's devotion to his
new duties is blamed by friends for his
death. His refusal to stop work when
bis ailment first appeared and his deter
mnation to stick il out and work to
help make the administration all he had
hoped for, aggravated his trouble, they
say.
The city which Mr.. Winston loved
and served was not his native place.
lie was born in the town of Darlington,
Ind, November %. 1856. His fore
bears were Quakers. His fat;er was
Henry Winston, his mother Anna Clark
Winston.
lie was sent to the East as a young
man for his education, arriving in Phila
delphia in the Centennial year. He
matricu!ated at Haverford College.
graduating in 1881.
the employ of a publishing house and
was sent back to his native state to
work in a branch office of the firm in
Indianapolis. Here he spent two years
and then returned to the East and
was married. His wife was Miss Sam
uela Terrell Kicks. The ceremony was
performed July 10, 1883, in Richmond. |
Opened Small Office a
He went into business for himself nj |
this time in Philadelphia. organizing the |
John c. Winston Co, of which he he |
came president. He began a general
publishing business in a small way,
opening an office in single room in a |
small building near the present Winston |
plant.
His first venture was single volume.
IL, proved successful, and other books
were added. His success soon was as
Sared' n He early began publishing
BIBLES, for which his house became
,!, famous throughout the country. The
International" series of Bibles, widely
known in America, as well as other
series, bear his firm's imprint. He had
osen publishing Bibles for a third of a
century TSy at the time of his death.
~, The publishing company bearing Mr..
,MNinstons name was Incorporated in
lsV' lie became president, with VIII
lam ian +. Schulz as vice president:
Shares F. Kindt, secretary, and T. \
Meyers, treasurer. Four yesrs later
toe present large plant on Arch street
ppetweSn ,eon Tenth and Eleventh was built.
!. ~ o 1poo the firm absorbed the business
el Henry L. Coates & Co., successors
70 me noted Philadelphia firm of Porter
Coates, and acquired also the Amers
"an business of William Collins.
Headed Reform Committee
!, Mr: ico ,Winstons political career began