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WATSON UtAU
GOVERNOR MAY APPOINT VEREEN SUCCESSOR
ASTHMA ATTACK FATAL
TO GEORGIA SENATOR
Died Suddenly in His
Maryland Home At 3
o'clock This Morning
WASHINGTONJDjcTSept. 26.—(8y A«so
dated Press)—Senator Watson is dead.
Thomas E. Watson, junior senator from Geor
gia in the United States Senate, died at 3 o’clock
Tuesday morning at his home in Chevy Chase,
Maryland, following an attack of asthma, from
which he had been suffering intermittently for the
past 16 years.
Senator Watson s death came as a distinct shock and complete
surprise to his thousands of friends and admirers throughout the
country, for although he had been known to be .suffering severaiy
from asthmatic trouble, it was not known that the sickness might
terminate fatally.
His health has kept him from the senate for the past session
so that his appearances on the floor of that body have been) few, al
though he has been actively engaged in fighting for many of the pro
tects which lay close to his heart and only a few days prior to the
f’nal vote on the bonus bill he sent forth word that he was in favor of
compensation for the veterans although he opposed the present form
of the ft was noticed, however, that when the bill came to a
vote Senator Watson was unable to appear to be recorded either for
°r against its enactment.
I his wut a straw indicating the way his health- had failed him.
A lew days ago he celebrated his 67th birthday and when the time
came-lor the adjournment sine die of the 67th Congress, ho was
oirlered by his physician not to go to the Senate.
•' !e disqbcyed his doctor’s orders, however, and attendeed the
foi-d days of the session of the body to which he was elected two
y ago. Apparently he suffered no ill effects from his disobedience
-’f ihc physician s orders, for he had no recurrence of the attack of
a ->thma until late last night.
Last night he went to his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and
'' a hearty meal and-appeared in excellent spirits. Late in the even
-.!g h<: was stricken with an asthmatic attack that was the most
severe he had suffered.
Ile became very weak and shortly after midnight, hope so:
-> s life was despaired of.
I H's family had been hastily summoned to his bedside, where he
a ? a coma, barely able to breathe and struggling with all his
i ■ 1 "I'- wid to fight off the suffocating illness that was drawing
1,13 Idr blood from him. -
F cser tions gradually became weaker and at 3 o'clock this
' n the cast bedroom of his Chevy Chase, Maryland, home.
’ Lille senator from Georgia breathed his last, his powerful
I . J'.ng to the very last to ward off the death that he had
. < arcd would cut short his life before he had completed the
’us tasks to which be had Set his heart and mind.
yr v/as * n 1 homson. Ga., as were his brother, W. A.
s r "' r ® a sister, Mrs. Julie Cliatt. His wife was taken ill last
j * ‘burned to her Georgia home in an effort to recover her
I . , " ,( -iit.s in the life of Senator Watson relative to his rise from
j ‘ -ckled-faced country boy to the U. S. senatorship will
[ tcresting. Being one of several in a family of children whose
t l?e San at the bottom of the ladder, to climb to prosperity?,'
o | 'l ( ' ( ’d days were full of hardships barely known to.the youth
j * < y ’ hardships best known to those who lived through the dark’
*he sixties. It is only a few miles from the humble abode
THEfIMEsS*RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
CONGRESSMAN C. R.
CRISP REGRETS
DEATH OF WATSON
Congressman Charles R. Crisp,
when informed by the Times-Record
er this morning, of the death of
Senator Thomas E. Watson, issued
the following statement:
“I agi inexpressibly shocked at the 1
news of the death of Senator Wat- I
son. He was a great historian and ‘
a man of extraordinary intellect.
“He had the most devoted follow
ers of any man I ever knew. Dur
ing his short stay in Washington he |
had impressed himself on the law I
makers. My relationship was ex- I
tremely pleasant with him and on I
a number of occasions he went out I
of his way to do me honor. I, in |
common with his thousands of .
friends mourn his death.
of his childhood to the beautiful home that now stands on the spacious
grounds of Hickory Hill at Thomson.
Senator Watson was born at the old plantation home near
Thomson, Sept. sth, 1856, hence is now in his 66th year. He attend
ed the high schools of Thomson, several years, and from there went
to Mercer University at Macon, in 1872 At an early age he devel
oped a fondness for books, especially for historical works. At the
age of 1 5 he practiced original composition, both in prose and poetry.
He was compelled on account of financial conditions to leave Mercer
in 1874. His family was living in Augusta at that time I and •be
sought work in that city, but finding no work to do he went’ tq
Lawton in Burke county, and after despairing of securing employ
ment there, he went to Screven county, where he succeeded in mak
ing up a small school at Little Horse Creek Church.’White teaching
school he read law at night, the blaze of lightwood knots lighting the
pages of the Blackstone which a good old farmer friend had given
him.
■ While he was teaching school in
Screven county he made his first pub
lic speech, the subject being
"Temperance.”
Mr. Watson returned to his old
home at Thomson in 18/6, and enter
ed the. practice of law. His first
year’s practice yielded him $212 ,
gross, and the second and.third years
of hard wor kand assidous atten
tion to business doubled his income
each year, his practice increasing un
til his annual income /cached $12,-
000. In a few years he was able
to command larger fees, and in this
way ' was able to gain comfort and
independence, investing the surplus
hT farm lands which he now o.wns.
In 1882, Mr. Watson was elected
to the Georgia Legislature where
he served one term. During this term
in the Legislature he aided in the
passage of an act to tax railroad
corporations in each county where ;
they owned property, and was chos- 1
en by the committee on Temperance ’
to close the debate on the Local Op- ,
tion Bill, which became a law. In :
1888 he was elector for the state
at large orr the Democratic ticket
and stumped the state for Cleveland
and tariff reform. The next year
Mr. Watson led the fight in Geor
gia against the jute-bagging trust.
The success of this movement so
gratified the farmers that it created
a demand that he should run for con
gress, which he did., and was over
whelmingly elected.
During one term in congress, he
worked and voted for the eight-hour
law. He led debate on the bill
which* required railroads to put auto
matic couplers on their freight cars.
On February 17, 18.83, he-.introduced.
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into the house and secured the pass
age of the first resolution which was
ever passed in this country for the
free delivery of mail to the ebuntry
people, outside the’ linjits of cities,
towns and villages. This resolution,
carrying an appropriation for experi
mental free delivery, was the foun
dation of the present system, which
has been declared to be one of the
greatest civilizing agencies of this
country.
Mr. Watson’s loyalty to the prin
ciples of the Farmers’ Alliance plat*
form, which he. felt had put him in
congress, 1 rather than adhering to
the name of'.’Democrat, caused his
position to be severely denounced by’
organized Democratic leaders and a
most bitter and determined warfare
against him was declared. It was
during the campaign of 1892 for re
election to congress in opposition to
i the Hon. J. C. C. Black that one of
I the bitterest campaigns in the poli
i tical history of Georgia was fought,
j Mr. Watson was defeated.
In 1896 t"he People’s Party num
bered about two million voters and
had fifteen hundred newspapers. A
plan was made to unite the Demo
cratic and People’s Payty by the
nomination of .Mr. Bryan for presi
dent and Mr. Watson for vice-presi
dent, but the plans miscarried, re
sulting in the disbanding of the Peo
ple's Party movement, and for eight
years the Populists of the South
made no concerted effort to do any
thing.
During this time Mr. . Watson
turned his attention to literatuft?,
which resulted in the publication of
‘ historical works, such as "The Story
of France,” "The Life of Kapoleon,”
“The Life and Times of Thomas Jes- |
ferson” and “Bethany.” It may be j
stated that Mr. works on I
France are considered standard and j
are widely used in the study of that j
country.
In October 1906, the “Weekly Jes- I
fersonian” was established and in i
December the first number of the |
“Jeffersonian Magazine” was pub- j
lished.
In 1907, “The Life and Times of I
Andrew Jackson” was written and
in January, 1908, a momtfcraph of
the Battle of Waterloo was finished.
In the recent state nomination for
United States senate, Mr. Wathon
polled a flattering vote, but perhaps
the crowning accomplishment of his
life was the successful campaign
of 1920, in which, he won the nomi
nation for United States senator.
Nearly all the great daily newspapers
of the state, together with the week
ly press, were against him. He made
his own way mostly through his
weekly newspaper, “The Columbia
Sentinel,” published at Harlem, Ga.
GARRISON SEES
THIRD PARTY
Former Secretary Os War Says
Two Major Political Parties
Are About Done
DENVER, Sept. 25. —That the two
great political parties of the United-
States are having difficulty to find
an issue upon which they can differ
materially, and that the natural out
come is likely to result in the scrap
ping of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties in favor of a new poli
tical lineup, is the opinion of Lind
ley M. Garrison, former secretary
of war.
COLD STORAGE PLANT PLANS.
CORDELE,' Sept. 15.—The- plans
are to open the Cordele Creamery and
Cold storage plant near October 15.
The capita) tocl: has been increased
to $15,00(1, and nearly all the money
has been paid in. It is planned to
offer fifty fine dairy cows at auction
on the rst day the creamery runs.
Twenty car loads of good dairy cattle
have been unloaded in Crisp county
since August Ist, the time when it
was determined to put in a creamery
here, . ■ . ’ • . '
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NEW SENATOR TO
SERVE TILL NOV.
Speculation as to the probable successor of 1 nomas E. Watsorttin
the U. S. Senate became active as soon as his death became
known in political circles.
The appointment of a successor devolves upon Governor
Hardwick, defeated a few weeks ago, according to politicians,
largely by the influence of the late Senator, whose successor he will
now appoint.
Interest and rife
and one name seems to loon! above
all others in this connection, that
being W. C. Vereen, chairman of
the Democratic Executive committee
of the State of Georgia and a resi
dent of Moultrie.
He is most prominently mentioned
• to take Mr. Watson's place in the
I upper house of congress and l-.e is
known as a long and tried friend
of the governor, according to opin
ions expressed to the Times-Recorder
this morning over long distance
’phone from Atlanta.
The appointment will only hold,
however, until the November elee
i tion when his successor will have to
HAMID BEY SAYS
PRESENT TERMS
NOT
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 25 i
(By Associated Press.) —Ha- '
mid Bey, representative of the An
gora government, today declared
that the Allied invitation <6 a
peace conference could not be ac- :
cepted by the Turkish National
ists on the terms as at present
laid down.
GREEK CABINET IS
GAINING STRENGTH.
ATHENS, Sept. 25. (By the As
sociated Press.) —Spurred to great
er effort by the popular clamor for
i its resignation, Premier Triantafil
' lako’s cabinet -is developing unex
‘ pected cohesion in strength and may
l even live out the present national
i crisis.
It has added new members to the
ministry chosen with a.view to bring
popular support. It has appointed a
governor general in Thrace and
designated, three popular generals to
proceed to Thrace, to push the woj'k
of reorganizing the army there.
BRISTOL TELLS GREEKS
HE WILL AID REFUGEES.
LONDON, Sept. 25.—A Ructer
dispatch from Athens says that Ad
miral Bristol has informed the Greek
government the United States will
undertake to protect with destroyers
the removal of the remaining !..>(),-
000 refugees at Smyrna, if Greece •
provides means of transport.
BRISTOL TOLD TO
AID AMERICANS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Rear i
Admiral Bristol’s activities in con
nection with the Smyrna disaster are
' confined strictly to affording relief,
I primarily to native and naturalized
. American citizens destitute as a re
sult of the fire, and secondarily to
nationals of other countries who can
not otherwise obtain aid. His in
structions from the state department
set forth these limitations plainly.
EXTRA
rRICE FIVE CENTS.
be elected by the people in the gen
eral election.
Another Political Battle.
The death of Senator Watson,
therefore, throws the state into the
midst of another gruelling statewide
political battle.
There will have to be a junior sen
ator chosen at the polls in November.
With the Walker party, claiming
. kinship to the Watson hosts, it is
probable that they will put forth a
successor for the late senator’s toga.
On the other hand there ‘is indica
tion that Governor Hardwick and his
. friends will enter actively into the
field in an effort to replace the sen
' ator with one of their own group.
DAUGHERTY WRIT
MADE BINDING
WITHOUT CHANGE
Judge Wilkerson Permanently
l Forbids Striking Shopmen To
Interfere With Operations •
■' o
CHICAGO, Sept. 25 The dras-
tic temporary injunction asked by
I Attorney General Daugherty, against
the shop craft: leaders was put into k
force by Judge Wilkinson Monday ’
' without any of its effectiveness
I being modified.
DEMOCRATS SEE
TRENDTOPARTY
Senator Walsh Starts On Cross-
Continental Speaking
Tour
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. Tha ;
fall political campaigns open ‘‘with >
the trend unmistakably toward th?
Dcmoiratic parly,” Senator David
Walsh, of Massachusetts, said. Mon
day as he was leaving for. a cross- ’
continental trip devoted (o speech
making.
REBELSATMt
MEXICAN PORT
i VERA CRUZ, Sept. 25. Port
Tuxham was attacked by the Rebels U
i Friday, according to advices here. A
small federal garrison force# the
i attackers to retreat. ■ _
LENINE SOON TO RETURN.
MOSCOW, Sept. 25.—-(By the As- .1
sociated Press.) —Premier Lenine
i will soon return to active dutty, d
■ newspapers announce. While recup- s
• erating he has interested himself :n !
t ■ international questions and home
affairs, '