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VOLUME 33—NUMBER 37. UNITED STATES SENATOR THOMAS E. DIED TUESDAY 1 HIS WASHINGTON, Death of Senator Came At 2:40 A. M. Tuesday From Acute Asthma—Mr. Watson In Greatly Weakened Con l dition During the Last Few Months From Severe Attacks Of Bronchitis—Was In Seat Last Friday. Washington, Sept. 26. —United States Senator Thomas E. Watson., of Georgia, died suddenly at his home here early today. Death was due to an acute attack of asthma from which Senator Watson had suf fered recurrently for some years. Although failing health had in terrupted Senator Watson’s attend ance at senate sessions frequently in the last several months, he was in his seat Friday when the senate ad journed and his friends believed that he was then showing improve ment. He was stricken suddenly after dinner last night and passed i away shortly after three o’clock this morning. He was sixty-six years of age. A number of the senator’s friends here had been summoned to the residence before the end came but no relatives were able to reach the bedside. Mrs. Watson, who re turned to the Watson home in Thomson. Ga., last spring after a severe illness, was notifieed of her husband’s death. His Course in the Senate. During the first year and a half of his term in the senate, to which he was elected in 1920, after receiv ing the nomination over Senator Hoke Smith and Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, Senator Watson gave no indication of any impairment of the vigor and activity which had marked his long career in politics j and as a publisher. In his last speech in the senate delivered only a week ago last Wednesday, the Georgia senator severely criticized the ad ministration with its course in con nection with the railroad strike sit uation. His previous attacks on the! administration and most notably his charges* of illegal hangings in the j American Expeditionary Forces, the subject of exhaustive investigation by a senate committee had made' him a conspicuous figure in the senate body during his brief service there. Nominated for President. Horn in Thomson, Ga., in 1856. } Senator Watson grew up and prac ticed law for sonic years before cn -1 tcring state politics. After serv ing in the Georgia house of repre sentatives and later in 1888 as dem- Vpcratic elector at large for the stale, ho was elected to congress in 189! on the populist ticket. After he-' ing defeated on that ticket in the i next two elections, Senator Watson was nominated as the choice fori Buv 181111 ' andSsend^ediff^i^ *Sjl i • I iipcv, ( f i F.O. B. MUW DETROIT f UO % Quick, convenient, com fortable transportation at economical cost has made the completely equipped and newly improved Ford Coupe the busiest car on our thoroughfares today. A saver of time and money. Terms. Loi&t'iiie Motor Cos. AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS Louisville, Ga. THE NEWS AND FARMER vice-president of the St- Louis pop-, ulist convention, which endorsed William .1. Bryan for president in 1896. Nominated for president by the people's party in 1904, Senator Watson conducted an active cam paign to revive the party. About that time he began the pub lication of Tom Watson's Magazine in New York and a year later under took the publication of Watson’s Jeffersonian Magazine which was continued under tl\e name of the Weekly Jeffersonian. The publica tion begun in that period was shs pended during the Wilson adminis tration when denied transmission through the mails after repeated at tacks on the draft law, espionage! law and other war measures. Mr. Watson then began publication of the Columbia Sentinel at Thomson of which he was proprietor up to his death. In the senator’s own language as given in his biographical sketch in the Congressional Directory, he con ducted his campaign for the senate as an “anti-Wilson, anti-league and anti-war measures democrat.” After defeating Senator Smith and Gover nor Dorsey for the nomination he was elected over Harry S. Edwards, independent candidate who favored American participation in the Lea gue of Nations by an overwhelming majority. 11l For Some Time. Senator Watson was in a greatly weakened condition during the last [ few months from a severe attack of bronchitis last spring which threat ened to develop into bronchial pneu monia and cause a long absence from the senate. The former sena tor celebrated bis last birthday Sep tember 4 tli. Although having served only a short time in the senate, Senator Watson’s oratory and fiery attacks upon legislation he opposed added to his national prominence gained in his home state. He was an his i lorical expert, his senate speeches being rich with incidents of his tory, particularly French, of which he was a great student. He was a strong advocate of a bonus for form er service men and another of his strong policies was advocacy of re lease of men convicted during the war under the espionage act. He wrote President Harding and made many speeches favoring general am i ncsty lor political prisoners. (lontinucd on Page Three. THOS. E. WATSON. Senater WatsenDied With “Home” The Last Word From His Lips Dr. Barnhart, Br. Conrad and Other Physicians, and Miss Orr and Mrs. Lytle With Him When the End Came—“An Asthmatic Climax” Say the Doctors In Telling Of the Cause Of His Death. Washington, I). €., Sept. 26.—Sen ator Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, passed to the great beyond this morning at 2:40 o'clock with the word “home" on his lips, the word being uttered a few minutes before the climax to his illness. The Georgia senator had been ill lor some time, although his end was not anticipated. Somethink like Iwo months ago he suffered a severe attack of asthma, but he was able to be in the senate last week until the adjournment Friday. He had made arrangements to go to his home at Thomson today on the very train which is to carry his remains and the funeral party there. Marly in the evening of last night he asked if arrangements had been made and, ascertaining that they had been perfected, he turned over, as if to sleep. In a short time he was seized with a severe attack of asthma. I)r. Barnhart, his Washington physi cian, was called in, but he soon found that his patient was in a dan gerous condition. Other physicians including Dr. Conrad, were then hastily summoned and in a few min uates they saw that the Georgia sen ator was near his end, unless son la thing could be done to relieve him. Heroic measures were resorted to, but to no avail, and, at the hour named, in the presence of the phy sicians. a trained nurse, and Miss Orr, and Mrs. Lythe, the two latter connected with his office force here, he passed away, with what the phy sicians said was *‘an asthmatic cli max/’ Mrs. Watson was at her home in Georgia and was expecting the sena tor to leave Washington for Thom on today and reach home tomorrow. The death of Senator Watson was announced here today through early morning newspapers and the flag at the half mast on the eapitol dome informed the people that another of the national lawmakers had gone to the Great Beyond. The funeral arrangements first rovided that the special train, with the delegation of senators and house members, would leave Washington I his afternoon at it: 15 o'clock by the Atlantic Coast Line, but this was changed because of the fact that so many members were out of the city . nd the time was changed for to morrow. The train will carry its special delegation of official bearers and the funeral will take place Thursday afternoon from the home of the late Senator at Thom son. Tonight at the Chevy Chase Home, where the Senator and Mrs. Watson had recently been residing, their rooms were banked with floral tri butes and these will be augmented by others before the train leaves for Georgia tomorrow afternoon. Hundreds of telegrams have poured .’i office of the late senator today from warm personal friends in many pints of the country, not a few of Ins friends and supporters bclieviug LOUISVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1922. WATSON D. C. HOME that Mrs. Watson was with him here at the end. These flowers will be taken to Georgia and will, when the simple funeral ceremony is over, bank the new made grave of the late senator in his everlasting “home.” MRS. FANNIE RACHELS DIES AT HER HOME Wadley, Ga., Sept- 19. Mrs. Fan nie Kacheis, wife of A. T. Barbels, died at her home here on Monday night after a short illness of pneu monia. The funeral and interment took place at Coleman's Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J. H. Allen officiat ing. Besides her husband and three children, she is survived by her father, .1. E. Watkins and the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. J. A. Paul, Mrs. C. C. Bcdingfcld, of Ocean View. Va., Mrs. Elisha Dukes, Mrs. G. A. fhindon, G. A. and A. W. Watkins, of Milledgeville. F. S. Wat kins and J. W. Watkins. BAPTIST CHURCHES TO OBSERVE STATE MISSION WEEK The first week of October is state mission week with the Baptists of Georgia. During this week, Ist to 7th, prayer each day in every Baptist church in Georgia is the aim of the state hoard. Services in Louisville church will be under the auspices ot the Woman's Missionary society and will he observed as follows: Sunday, October 1, by individual members at home; Monday and Tuesday, at 1 o'clock, in church; Wednesday, at usual evening prayer meeting hour, in church; Thursday, Friday and Saturday ,at 4 o’clock, in church. During this week the annual of fering for state missions will be taken; also plans will be perfected for winding up, by last of Novem ber, (lu* third year of the 875,000,000 campaign. LARGE SNAKE KILLED J. W. Harden, while tracing some land lines on Duhart's creek, near Stapleton cross roads, stepped on a rattlesnake. The monster of fif teen rattles was in his coils hut for tunately did not bite Mr. Harden, who was accompanied by .1. T. .1. Harvey, G. T. Hadden and M. L. Me Tier. NEW HAVEN EVENS. New* Haven, Conn., Sept. 26.—New Haven evened the series with the Baltimore Orioles for the minor league championship of the East by wining today's game 11 to 7. Errors played a big part in the victory of the astern league champions, al though the winners forced the issue at all times. Home runs by McAvoy and Styles of Baltimore were a feature. The deciding game will be played tom or- LOUISVILLE’S BALD HEAD ROW September in the city streets and all the ladies fair come out in their new Fall dress with a dainty touch of lace, a hit of 'civet and a dash of bronze and gold. September in the woods and the trees like Indian prin.-es*,cs and every fence corner glows with the Midas touch where the golden rod blooms. September on Louisville s Broad street and the clover lias died. September there and the grass is brown and sere and the littl park that nature covered in the spring with a merciful green now displays a sun baked, hare, bald and unbeautifu! appearance, on ly here does September come without finding beaut'. Nature \m:s the first great artist but we can not expect, even under Southern skies. that she beautfy our land the year around. Sure!' "c can cover lip ugliness for three months in the .'ear. Some weeks since Louisville entertained distinguished guests who expressed a desire to see the old Market House. What a shame that on that occasion we hail not one spot of beaut.' t<> display. The most that we could do was to shaw an old building that our fathers nr great grand fathers had put lip long ago to satisfy the needs of that day. Kipling has written a little poem called “The Dykes” that wo might read with benefit. ‘There are the dykes our fathers made: We have never known a breach. I’ime and again lia ■> the gale blown b> And we were not afraid: Now we only come t* look at the dykes At the dykes our fathers made.” Louisville has a grand and glorious past but we can not rest at ease. We need to beautify our town and treat in an esthetic wa\. our brag spots. We understand that the work as planned for the public plot on Broad street last year was n done on account of the heavy expense of putting a coping ar mud the plot. We know nothing of land scape gardening surely, but this we know. There are man.' beautiful gardens that bloom and give joy that boast not a fence, coping or boundary of any kin 1. Some flowers bloom as well, grass grows as green and shrubs thrive as well in an im-enclosed space as in a hot house. The will to plant is what we lack. The crepe myrtle is being used widely now. Its foilage is very pret ty and its bloom is beautiful and the cost is nothing. If perchance anyone doubts that it will grow with out much cultivation wo refer them to the acres of myrtle growing on the Wadley road. Why not use this local scrub and for a hedge the blooming t borne? The task of beautifying Broad Street is not a hard one. What town has better possibilities in the way of Wide streets, pretty shade trees and perfectly planned streets. All that is needed is a little desire for beauty, a hil of muscle, a few dollars, some knowledge of the habits of plants and a large order of co-opera tion. Time was when Broad S.rcet was a bristle of telephone poles and horse racks. The poles we have with us still, but yet they need -not hinder us altogether. Because a house has an ugly roof there is no reason why we should stop sweeping the front porch. The ladies of the town will undertake this work of civic beau tification we believe, provided of cousc they are assured of the men lending a little brawn and moral support. The work should be begun at once and we hope and trust that the proper authorities will weigh carefully the matter and outline a plan of action. CEMETERY TO BE CLEANED U. D. C.’s to Have Charge of Work—All Parties Owning Lots Are Asked to Co-Ope rate. The United Daughters of the Con federacy, according to their sucstom. will take over the supervision of the work of cleaning the cemetery. This work is usually done twice a year and the time approaches for the rog- i ular fall cleaning. The ladies plan I to commence the work the latter] part of this week and carry it on to 1 completion in next week. It has been found that if the squares and ; walks are thoroughly cleaned at this! time of the year the cemetery will ! seem well kept during the coining winter months. Hands will bo provided to clean! the walks and certain of the open j spaces. This work being done under the supervision of the local chapter] of the U. D. C. These ladies request the co-operation of every one here who owns a cemetery lot. All own ers are requested to put in order their square during the “clean up" days and thus facilitate the burning of trash and clearing of the walks as much as possible. PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION RE-ORGANIZES. On t lie second Thursday in Oc-j lober the first meeting of the Par ent-Teacher Association will be held in the senior room of the Louisville district school. The hour of the meeting will be 4:5(1 p. m. Every woman in Louisville, as well as the entire district, is urged to he present and become a member at this meeting. There is much in connection with our splendid school that the associa tion can do and wants to do this 1 year. The campus needs grading and planting; the library needs more books and periodicals. There is civic work pertaining to the en tire town to be done. But this work can be done only when every woman who is interested in tlie school and community joins the association and lends a helping hand. Remember the date, Oct. 12, and let's meet each other at the school building and begin a busy, helpful year for our school and town. IMPORTANT NOTICE. The superintendent of Jefferson County Schools announces the open ingof all county schools on Monday, October the 16th. WATSON’S DEATH TO AFFECT APPOINTMENTS Savannah, Ga., Srpt. 2 Tlie death ot Senator Watson may have radi cal effect upon federal appointments to fill places in Savannah, it was said today in political circles here. The reccnl naming of George Denny lo he collector of customs at the port of Savannah and of Jack Curran to be postmaster at Savannah fail ed because they were said by Mr. Watson to be personally objection able to him. That he is dead, some declare, opens the way for the reap pointment of both with the possible acquiescnce of the Georgia senato rial representation or at least with out objection to their appointment Senator Watson's friends here, how ever do not believe the president wilt rename the meu mentioned; that if named the. senate would, through respect to their dead col league, confirm the appointments. "GREEKS DESERVED HE THE! GOT" Viscount Charges Greek Army With Systematic Rob bery, Arson, and Murder. London. Sept. 26.—Strong criticism of the bchavor of Greek troops in the Near East was made b\ Viscount St. Davids, who presided today al the semi-annual meeting of the board of directors of the Ottoman railway, which operates from Aider to Smyrna, in Asia Minor. The vis count said: “The Greeks in their retreat burn ed every village they saw. Thej robbed individual Turks, and when these resisted they killed them. They did all this near the front and with out military necessity. They did it out of sheer maliciousness. Our re ports are that it was done systemati cally by regular troops under orders. It was done by the malice of men who knew they could not hold the country and meant to make it worth less for anyone else.” The Greeks took from Smyrna a number of leading Turks anil de ported them to Athens, Viscount St. Davids declared. “The Greeks deserved all they got and more”, he said. “King Constan tine's servants are very bad fighters, but they arc first-class at robbery, arson and murder.” The speaker said that the Greeks were now quiet, but that the Armen ians had retorted to bomb-throwing and in many wavs prompted the chances of massacre. LESS THAN 10 PER CENT. OF DRINKING NOW Savannah, Ga., Sept. 26.—0n trips from South Dakota to Georgia and from Washington City to Middle Texas, only five intoxicated men were seen by one of the govern ment’s men whose business it is to find liquor, according to an inter view here today from K. D. Strang of Washington, special agent of the prohibition forces. He is here for conference with B. (J. Merrick, in charge of operations in this terri tory. Mr. Strang believes that there is less than ten per cent, of the drinking now than was formerly the case, and he declared that if men knew what they were absorbing when they drink “moonshine” such as he seizes and analyzes there would be even less drinking of the poison. WHITE SOX WIN. Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 26. — Robertson of no-hit fame gave the Postuui Cereal baseball team some thing to swing at today in an ex hibition game between the Chicago White Sox and the local club. The Sox won. 10 to 0. Davenport hurled four innings for the big leaguers. Score: R .R. E. i Chicago 025 002 021 —lO 14 1 Battle Creek .000 001} 000 0 7 5 Robertson. Davenport and Schalk; Long. Winters, McMillan, Woodliffe and Goode. COTTON shipped to BAT TEY & CO., The Efficient | Cotton Factors of Savannah, ;Ga„ yields satisfaction as is evidenced by the large vol umn of business entrusted to them. Isn’t it to your interest to try them? Do it now and be convinced. ONE MAI KILLED IN NIGHT WRECK OF WHISKY AUTO W. L. Davenport is Dead and L. Y. Totty is Jailed on Whisky Transporting Charge. 56 GALLONS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECKAGE Car Left the Road Near wW Ga,, and Crashed Into \ ’ip, Near the \ Creek ' \V- 1., Davenport. of v // ' ,iMn. was billed Thursday night between Louisvil’c and Augusta when anew Biiick touring ear in which he was riding, plunged from the road on the sharp curve at Big Greek. Lonnie G. Totty. also of August a, who was with Davenport in the wreck, was later brought to Loui>villc but re leased on <i thousand dollar bond when frit mis came over to see him. Ihe wrecked ear contained man.' gallons of corn whiskey, the great er part of which was smashed in 'he wreck. The remainder was con fiscated. Ihe car was brought to town and it was thought at one time that it too would he confiscated hut a car dealer, holding a re serve title, appeared to claim it and drove it hack to Augusta. Davenport was driving the car which was en route to Savannah, ac jeording to Tottv’s stor> to the au thorities, and was seated beside him. There is a sharp curve in the highway at the foot of a steep hill cading to Big Creek bridge. Just before reaching the bridge the car. according to Totty, left the road and crashed into the swamp bord ering the creek. The accident oc curred about 1 o’clock in the morn ing. Totty left the scene of the acci dent on foot in the direction of Ze bina to secure help. He was pick ed up several hours later by <). L. Chambliss, a carpenter, who was driving to Zchina. Chambliss car rier! Totty hack to the scene of the wreck, where they found the body of Davenport. Chambliss later brought Totty to Wrens and turned him over to the town marshal. FURNITURE POLISH We have a most complete line of furni ture and auto polishes. Of course we handle the very best Automobile Enam els and Varnishes, too. For furniture polishes we recommend the following: Wizard Polish 30c and 60c O’Cedar Oil 30c, 60c and $1.25 S-W Polishol 35c Liquid Veneer 30c and 60c Reflecto 30c and 50c Johnson’s Liquid Wax 75c Johnson’s Prepared Wax (Paste) .. ,75c Sherwin-Williams Floor Wipe, Quarts 75c O’Cedar Mops (with handles) SI.OO -THE- Louis* Drop CO. REXALL STORE Louisville, Georgia. “Going Since 1896—Growing All the Time.” $2.00 A YEAR IN AUVANC {j LGUISYILLE BOY \ ■S 808 Will Brimberry Made PresS dent of Radio Sales Ass<| ciation. * The first .*<iio n]>, turn held E the Southeast w i be staged in '1 '* :il.i in Deermber. 'lbis first tfi position m wireless \x ill bring wo a dcrful attractions and will be slag ed by man.' prominent drains Mr. Will H. Brimben;. ot the Caj ter Electric Compan.' lias been mal president of the association- TT.fi is indeed an honor, for although I verx youn . nun. Mr. Brunbcrry wl thought to be the best equipped ft the distinction. I The exposition will have - xhibiS from the leading radio manufactufl ers of the country and will ma M Atlanta the center of radio intercl in the southeast. Eighty-eigg booths, displacing the latest rad I equipment and devices, will he prß vided and the local association 1 planning a number of big featurl for the week. Badio outfits frol all over the South uiil he hroug B to Atlanta for display and it g planned to make tin* exposition ti| largest event in the radio worl south of tlu Mason-Dixon line. | The Atlanta Co-operative Sales AI sociathm was organized for the ml tual benefit of radio dealers, sale! men and the public. Represent lives of the various radio compani are working hard to make the e position a success. An army aeroplane, with comple radio equipment will be among tl exhibits. Efforts will he made 1 the radio association to secure naval exhibit from the l\ S*. Nav department having a miniature la! with electrically controlled vessel Badio manufacturers from all ov the country will exhibit their outfi and equipment. Badio dealers w have elaborate displays and ever thing pertaining to radio will if shown. A special exhibit will shol the radio outfits of amateurs in til South and numerous interesting and velopinents in amateur radio equi incut. There will he a completely equii ped radio broadcasting station ii stalled in the auditorium, and eoi cert programs will he broadcast du ing the show, it is stated by office I of the radio association. DECISION IN PATERNITY CAS NEXT SATURDAY. South Bend, Ind., Sept. 26.—Th hearing of the Ticrnan-Poulin pate nity ease closed at 5:50 o'clock th afternoon with the completion < the arguments by the opposing a torneys. Judge Chester L. Ducom announced he would render his dt cision at 9 o'clock next Saturda morning.
