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RECORD CROWD MARKS OPENING DAV OF SUMTER’S FAIR WEATHER FORECAST For Georgia—Generally fair to- Wednesday; moderate temperature. 'TorTY-FOVRTH YEAR—NO. 225. THOMAS E. WATSON DEAD ASTHMA ATTACK KILLS SENATOR Died Suddenly in His Maryland Home At 3 o’clock This Morning WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. United States Senator Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, died sud denly at his home here shortly after 3 o’clock this mcuiin > His death was said to be due to an acute attack of a&thma, from which he suffered recur rently a number of years. Although tailing health interrupted his attendance at Senate sessions fre quently in the last several months, friends believed he was showing improvement, until he was stricken suddenly last night. He was 67 years old. •, Senator Watson’s death came as a distinct shock and complete surprise to his thousands of friends and admirers throughout the J country, for although he had been known to be suffering severaiy from asthmatic trouble, it was not known that the sickness might terminate fatally. i lis health has kepi him from the senate for the past session ■ 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 jects which lay close to his heart and only a few days prior to the iuu.l vote on the bonus bill he sent forth word that lie was in favor of compensation for thg veterans although lie opposed the present form I of the bill. It was noticed, however, that when the bill came to a ' vote Senator Watson was unable to appear to be recorded either lor or against its enactment. Ibi a week Senator Watson had been suffering from his most acute attack of asthma. A slight improvement occurring, he went to the Senate on Friday and on Sunday dictated editorials. His condi tion remained good until about 8 o’clock last night, when he suddenly became very sick. Dr. Grant S. Barnhart, his personal Washington physician for many years, arrived at 8 o’clock and administered a hypodermic. About 10:30 the attending nurse noticed a change in the Ser.a tm condition. She summoned Mrs. Alice Lytle, managing editor d the Columbia Sentinel, who has made her home with, the Watsons for many years, and telephoned to Dr. Thomas K. Conrad, of Chevy H ase, who upon his arrival, administered another hypodermic. An immediate amelioration was noted in thfe Senator’s condition, and he breathed more, easily. Death Came At 2:40 O’clock i Jr. Barnhart, who had also been notified, arrived shortly Yi-rc-a!i> r, and both physicians expressed optimism as to the outcome. but at 2A. M. another change came and at 2’:40 Senator Batson died. - Both physicians made attempts to restore respiration by artific means, but without success. The end was peaceful. At the bed ' f when the end came were the two physicians and Justin Reese, of ‘ homson. 1 he last thought of Senator Watson as he repalsed into un "fi t tousness following the administration of a hypodermic injection 1,1 soothe his agony was for his newspaper, the Columbia Sentinel. 1 le had been dictating editorials on Sunday and the last words h spoke were to his nurse when he asked "was the dictation ail light?" * - enator Watsons body will leave Washington at 3:15 o clock now afternoon on the Atlantic Coast Line for Thomson. Ga. will be accompanied by Cranston Williams, secretary to ‘‘ l ‘ Harris of Georgia; Miss Sarah Orr, who was Senator Watson s ta ‘V; and Mrs. Alice E. Lytle, who was associated-with him in Publication of the Columbia Sentinel. lv , 1 * l! * ' v e was in Thomson, as were his brother, W. A; , f ' a B * s^er ’ Mrs. Julie Cliatt. His wife was taken ill last . ann returned to her Georgia home in an effort to recover her ‘faith. -■ idents in the life of Senator Watson relative to his rise from freckled-faced country boy’ to the U. S. senatorship will “-leiesting. Being one'of several in a family’ of children whose i ’ lagan at the bottom of the ladder, to climb to prosperity, b"-hood days were full, of hardships barely known to the youth '-L>, hardships best known to those who lived through the dark of ; I ' ui s ’ xt ’ CS- *’ ‘ s °nly a few miles from the humble abode “ ’’hood to the beautiful home that now stands on the spacious of Hickory Hill at Thomson. ... Knator Watson was born at the old plantation home near , 1 m, -'ept. sth, 1856, was in 'his 67th year. He attend h' hign schools of Thomson,.several years, andjrom there went THE TIMES ': RECORDER IN HEART OF TURKEY ACCEPTS PEACE PLAN U. S. SENATOR THOMAS E. WATSON lie '■■a Ob • SL i"“ ‘Jm. . J ;;j p-# / -i -WAI HARDWICK MAY APPOINT VEREEN ATLANTA, Sept. 26. ——who will succeed Thomas E. Watson as United States Senator from Georgia. That is the question now agitating Georgia politicians. Speculation as to the probable successor of Thomas E. Watson in 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. impressions in official circles here, air that Governor Hardwick will ap point W. C. Vereen, of Moultrie, prominent, farmer, banker ami manu facturer, to the senate vacancy, and that the Democratic state convention which meets iii Macon October 4 will nominate a candidate to run in the November general election for the unexpired term. Mr. Vereen is the father of W. J. Vereen, chairman of the state Democratic committee. Another Political Battle. The death of Senator Watson, to Mercer University at Macon, in 1872. At an early age he developed a fondness for books, especially for historical works. At the age of 15 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 and he sought work in the city, but finding no work to do he went to Lawton in Burke county, and after despairing of securing employment there, he went to Screv i en county, where he succeeded in ; making up a small school at Little ■ Horse Creek Church. While teach | ing school he read law at night, the | blaze of lightwood knots lighting the I pages of the Blackstone which a good old farmer friend gave him. While he was teaching school in Screven county he made his first pub [ lie speech, the subject being : "Temperance.” Mr. Watson returned to his old home at Thomson in 1876, and enter ed the practice of law. His first year’, practice yielded him $212 gross, and the second and third years of hard work and assidious atten? I t-ion to business doubled his income •each year, his practice increasing un til his annual income reached $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 ; in farm lands which he now owns. In 1882, Mr. Watson was elected j 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 I they owned property, arpl was chos en by the committee on Temperance AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1922 therefore, throw.-, the -tale 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 ar. effort to replace the sen ator with one of their own group. I to close the debate on the Local Op s tion Bill, which became a law. In '\ 1888 he was elector for the state ' I at large on the'' Democratic ticket ’ 1 and stumped the state for Cleveland and tariff reform. The next year Mr. Watson led the fight in Geor gia against thb jute-bagging trust. . j The success of this movement so . gratified the farmers that it created , 1 a demand that he should run for con . - gross, which he did, and was over . whelmingly elected. During one term in congress, he , worked and voted for the eight-hour . law. He led the debate on the bill , which, required railroads to put aut<>- , matic couplers bn their freight curs. On February 17, 1893, he introduced into the house and seeured-the pass , age of the first resolution which was ever passed in this country for the , free delivery of mail to the country ' people, outside the limits of cities, towns and villages. This resolution, I carrying, an appropriation Jor 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 1 century. > Mr. Watson’s loyalty to the prin . ciples of the Farmer’s Alliance plat . form, which he felt had put him in . congress, rather than adhering to ; the name of Democrat, caused his I position io be severely denounced by i organized Democratic leaders and a must hitter and-determined warfare | against him was declared. It was during the campaign of 1892 for re- i j election to congress in opposition to . : the Hon. J. C. C. Black that one of [ j the bitterest campaigns in the poli i tical history of Georgia was fought, • ! Mr. Watson was defeated. ■ j In 189 G the- People’s Party num- I EXHIBITS DRAW HUNDREDSINTO SHOW GROUNDS Ten Communties Send Exhibits —Agriculture And Live Stock Shows The 1922 Sumter county fair open ed today at the show grounds on South Jackson street and the first day’s attendance broke all previous records for the local institution. The biggest collection of free shows ever staged in this section was on the bill for today and every aft ernoon and evening- during- the week. The agricultural exhibits were al! in place, when the first of the patrons went to the grounds this morning and it shows every kind of plant, fruit and vegetable grown in Sum . ter county. The live stock exhibits were brought in today and will be com pletely installed by this . evening, showing some of the finest live stock j prize winners in the state, including i some prize hogs of national reputa j tion. Teh midway is complete with ev erything that is generally conceded is necessary to make a midway at tractive, from the circus to the bean ball tent, and the many shows oc | copy several acres of ground just ■ off the midway. This was Veteran’s Day at the I fair and a number of the world war vets took advantage of the fact to j make their presence felt and pat- I ronized the shows liberally. The domestic, agricultural and live stock exhibits are said to be j the largest and most complete in the fair’s history. The following communities have . exhibits at the fair: Andersonville, ■ New Era, Pleasant Grove, Leslie, i Huntington, Shiloh, Plains, Concord, j Cut Off and Thalean. The women’s department is also I attracting attention. The free shows will be put on both afternoon and evening. Cakes on display at the county lair will be judged Wednesday and immediately after will be on sale at the fair grounds. ‘ bered about two million voters and had fifteen hundred newspapers. A plan was made to unite the Demo cratic and People’s Party by the nomination of Mr. Bryan for presi j 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 literature, which resulted in the publication of historical works, such as “The Story of Fnance,” -The Life of Napoleon,’’ “Th.? Life and Times of Thomas Jef ferson ami "Bethany.” It may be stated that Mr. Watson’s works on Prance are considered standard and | are widely used in the study of that : country. In October 1906, the “Weekly Jef fersonian” was established and in December the first number of the ‘‘Jeffersonian Magazine” was pub- ■ lished. ] Tn the recent-state nomination for United States, senate, Mr. Watson polled a flattering vote, but perhaps the crowning accomplishment of his hfe was the successful campaign of 1920, in which, hb won the nomi nation for United States senator. Nearly all the great daily newspapers <h 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. WATSON~FUNERAI. WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY AT 1:30 THOMSON, Ga., Sept. 26.—Major I Charles McGregor, close personal friend of genattfr Watson, said he , had been advised that the body of the senator would arrive here Wed nesday afternoon at 3;30 o’clock. The .funeral ..will be held at 1:30 j o’clock Thursday afternoon. CONGRESSMAN C. R CRISP REGRETS DEATH OF WATSON Congressman Charles K. Crisp, when informed by the Times-Record er this morning, of the death of Senator Thomas E. Watson, issued the following statement: “I am inexpressibly shocked at the news of the death of Senator Wat son. He was a great historian ami a man of extraordinary intellect. “He bail 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 makers. My’ relationship was ex tremely pleasant with him and on a number of occasions he went out of his way to do me honor. 1, in common with his thousands of friends mourn his death. GIANTSWININ NATIONAL RACE McGraw Leads New York Team Through Season To Its Tenth Pennant NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—The New York Giants are champions of the National League for the tenth time in their career, eight of which have occurred under the leadership of John McGraw and since 1904. SHOPS NOW HAVE 85 PCT OE FORCES Most Os Strikers Have Returned To Work Throughout Country WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. The association of railway executives an nounced today reports from various railroads of the country showed the working forces in carriers shops Sat urady had reached 85 per cent of normal strength. ARGONAUT MINE OFFICIALS SCORED Did Net Properly Protect Men From Fire Hazard, Is Claim JACKSON, Calif., Sept. 26; —• District Attorney Netrich, question ing witnesses at the inquest into the Argonaut gold mine lire, which resulted in the death of 47 Work men, issued a signed statement criti cizing the board of directors of the mine for failure to place adequate lire fighting apparatus in the mine for the dry inflamtnable condition of the main shaft. NEW GRAND JURY FOR WAR PROBE Will Begin Activities Ir. Wash ington When October Term Begins WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.—A new special grand jury will be empanel ed early in October to continue the investigation of alleged illegal ac tivities in connection with the gov ernment's war operations. The present, grand jury which has been in recess since it handed down indictments in the Old Hickory Pow der plant case will go out of exist- I ence when October court begins. - , I WILL EXHUME, BODY OF CHOIR LEADER NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J,, Sept. 26.—-The body of Mrs. James‘Mills, found slain beside her pastor, Rev. Edward Hall, will probably be. ex humed for further examination, .au thorities *said, to settle the contro versy over the number of shots that struck her, R*, HOMEI EDITION | ' ? URICE FIVE CENTS. 1 KEMAL PASHA CONCLUDES HIS i REPLY TO ALLIES Is Quoted As Agreeing To Peace Terms of Paris Conference In Principle CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept , 26. (By Associated Press.-)—— j The reply of the Turkish Nation- ; alist government to the Allied j, peace note lias been completed, -1 and comprises an acceptance of . conditions laid down at the Paris | conference, according to Essad ] Bey, aide de camp to Mustapha j Kemal Pasha, who has arrived here from Smyrna. ARMISTICE MEETING'TO BE HELD N NOVEMBER. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 26.-- | (By the Associated Press.) An armistice conference to arrange ces- j sation of hostilities betvieen the Greeks and Turkish Nationalists will i be held at Mudania about November 1 2, provided the Angora government accepts the provisional peace terms | outlined in the note from the allies. i GREEK CABINET TO BEi STRENGTHENED. j ATHENS, Sept. 26. -(By the As- i i sociated Press.) —Premier Trianta- | fillakos is planning to strengthen his j I cabinet, still further, according to newspapers, proposing the creation t | ol a national ministry representing i all parties to serve as •special envoy I | in the entente capitals. W. D. BAILEY IS MARRIED SUNDAY Well Known Americus Business Man, and Miss Floyd WJliford Are Married ", 1 Mr. ami Mrs. John Luther Willi- i ford announce the marriage of their i sister, Miss Floyd Wjlliford, to W. D. Bailey, of Americus, which was quietly solemnized Sunday after noon, Sept. 24, Rev. Dr. Charles W. Daniel officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by the families and only a few close friends. Mrs. Bailey is well known in ’ Americus where she has visited her sisters, Mis. Eugene Hill and William F. Bailey. | Mr. Bailey is prominent in hnsi- ' ness and, social circles here. After a wedding trip North Mr. and Mrs. Bailey will be at home, 512 South Lee street. AMERICUS SPOT COTTON. Strict middling 20 1-4, cents. Down 19 points. LIVERPOOL COTTON ’ LIVERPOOL, Sep. 26. Market op* red quie. 1-1-15 down. Quotations ' 12.93. Sales. 5000 b.atles. Receipt's 3738 bale.', of Which 461 ate American. Futures Oct. Jan. March Prev. Close 1*2.32 12.14 12.04 ‘ Open 12.33 11.96 Ciose .12.20 12.04 11.91 t | NEW YORK FUTURES Oct. Jan. March Prev Close .20.93 21.00 21.08 . 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