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THOUSANDS TO GATHER AT WATSON BIER
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GREEK KING ABDICATES THRONE
ATHENS REPORTS
REVOLUTION IN
ACTIVE STATE
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Navy Seized And Europe Accepts
King’s Abdication As
Fact
LONDON, Sept. 27.—(8y As-!
sociated Press.) —Greece is in the j
grip of a revolutionary movement.
King Constantine is reported to !
have signed his abdication decree
without reservation, and at least i
part of the navy has gone against
the government. Several war- ’
ships, manned by revolutionaries, i
i»)c b heved advancing on Athens. ,
Direct advices arc lacking.
I ACCFPT FACT THAT
I Ki NG HAS QUIT
LONDON, Sept. 27.—(8y Asso- '
Press) —Abdication of King
Cocitantinc, of Greece, is accepted
E as an accomplished fact in highest
| official quarters here.
WASHINGTON DOES NOT
J UNDERSTAND REPORT.
I WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—(By
I the Asiudated Press,) —Paris idis-
K patannouncing that Vice Ad
fl 1’ ii ■! I. ..g had gone to Constant!-
fl ! ..pie to direct possible “naval op- i
■ (I'a'.imi:." i, not understood in of-!
fl fie t circles here, where it was in-t
tc*' '■ that parti', li'atiun of Amer-j
ii an war hips was not a part of the
Jr pre eiit American policy.
■ AMERICAN SHIPS ARE
■ EN ROUTE TO EAST.
K PARIS, Sept. 27.—(8y the Asso-
I Piess.) -Vice-Admiral Long,
I "( the I'nited State:-; navy, command-
|. er <J the American mtVal forces in
g: Europ '.an waters, has gone to Con- !
fl Stantir.pole to direct naval opera- j
■ tioii. should any become necessary i
■ in participation with the foreign •
K squadrons, it i. ; stated.
j RECEIVE NEWS KING
I HAS ABDICATED.
I LONDON, Sept. 27. (By the As
| ’ciated Press.) —Reuters Limited
I •‘■'ays authoritative news has been re-
Il ' ■of the abdication of King
K .'tantine of Grhece. The Greek
leet has gone,.over to’the revolu-j
■ libraries who announce that every j
■ officer and member of the. crews,
B are wholly with them, according to I
Ki a Central news dispatch from Athens.
I ACTiWTYNOTED
I IN THE MILLS
■ r WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. The
■ | ( ,f (’, onnnerce announces
■ dine to preliminary figures
K Ul ’i|>iled i.y the Bureau of the Cen-
K ’iou,- were 36,965,2.30 cotton
K , . -pinflle ■. iii place in the
■ !il '' l Stare., on August 31, 1922, of
K o-'h 32,499,.'124 were operated at
K oei during the month, compar-
' 31,975,269 for July, 31,87",-
>’ Jmie, 31,653,061 'for May,
■ A' for \pril, 31,874,496 for
c'Mt for February, 34,-
B 4 '''■■■"■' for January, and 29,930,755
-■ Align. i, 1921.'
K ' ’.alb number of active
'"'l reported for the month
■ > ()! ’!,129. Based on an ac-
H ‘l’y.i for 8.7 1 hours per
■■••••igp number of spindles
■ d 0ni,.,,,- August was ;j4,04i,-
B !i - : ' 1 per cent capacity on
, -ii> basis. This number
B ■’ '-''l''m ; verage of 32,242,-
■ Y,".".33,803,293 for Jun-.
" li May, 30,921,094 Tor
.1 I :.84n for March. 34,-
■ j,"'' lor |,f 'bruary, 35,751,715 for
B -LJ •'>■!,4lo for December,
K .'L 1,40] f (l) . November. Th?
B 'nimber o f active spindle
K s Pindlt> ip place for the
■ v.a:, 217.
F/ v FI3AN POLITICS IN
‘ OST AL SERVICE ENDED
1 '•GTON, Sept. 27—Parti-
B , J ' :s ’ n the management es
B “ ‘9'vwe has given way dur-
■ ( ’ , . esent “dministration to a
K personal co-operation
"■ 1-1 ■ '-.'7 „ I’ astmas ters and this de
lii.,' , , ’ Po ' tmdster General Work
I ', ad . d ’n Ssing the National As-
> ■ 1 on of Postmasters
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BABY IN DISPUTE
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SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 27.—i
With healings in the case of Harry
Poulin, charged by Mrs. Augusta I
Tierman with the paternity of her I
FEW VOL
Cl! WEB FKHT
Those Who Exercise Privilege To
day Have To Sign
Ballots
The city manager charter change
election furnkhed tv,o thrills in it
early stages today.
First, the ;.:ze of the vste, there
being 22 who .had voted up to noon (
time.
VI 111 U<
Second th./ fact that every man '
who voted was Xnr :d to sign his
ballot.
It was the first time that most '
of those who voted were forced to '
sign their ballot before turning them ,
over to the election officers.
The results will be known verj
early and also how each man or wc> ■
man voted on the matter.
Indications today were that pos- i
sibly 75 votes might be cast out of i
the little more than 300 who are 1
eligible to vote on the change.
If the charter amendment is car- !
ried it will be a big surprise to both j
sides and particularly to the charter *
change opponents who seem to be
lieve that the most of the voters are ;
voting against the change.
The election was called by Mayor
J. E. Sheppard under provisions of
the proposed new charter and only |
about one-third of those who regular
ly participate in elections were de- :
clared eligible to vote under the ;
regulations as laid down and . inter
preted by the board of registrars.
TIFT COUNTY MAN
SEEKS VOTE RECOUNT
TIFTON, Sept. 27. tne Demo-)
cratic executive committee of Tift j
county has been called to meet in !
Tifton Thursday morning at 19
o’clock for the purpose of consid
ering the petition of N. L. Coarsey, ■
of Brookfield, whO -asks for a re
count-of the votes in the Chula dis-i
trict. Coarsey was a candidate for
county commission from District'
No. 2, composed of the militia dis- ;
trict of Brighton, Brookfield. and
Chula. Tift county is divided into.*,
three commissioner districts and one ■
commissioner is elected every two
years, the districts taking the elec
tions in turn. Coarsey opposed John ,
Branch, the. present d<-midissioner
from District No. 2, and on the face *
of the returns was defeated by !
Branch by a majority of three votes.
In his petition he alleges that thirty
people voted for him in the Chula
precinct, which is the home <>f Com
missioner Branch, and that he was ■
only given twenty votes in the i
returns.
LAST OF HERRIN MEN
SURRENDER TO LAW*
MARION, 111., Sept. 27.- : (By the
Associated ‘ Press.» -With the ‘sur
render of Jessie Childers and Oscar
: Howard all 44 men indicted for mur
■der in connection with tije Herrin
killings have been placed under ar
rest. Childers and Howard are in
cluded among the eight who were' I
refused liberty under bond. Thirty i
| six have been' allowed freedom.
THE TJMWBRKORDER
iSuUPUBLJSHLD I~N THE HEART OF
child, ended, interested persons qre '
awaiting a verdiet from Judge Du
comb, scheduled -to be announced
Saturday.
ROOT PREDICTS - -
DRASTIC LAW
Believes Congress Will Act To
Prevent More Radroad
Strikes
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 27. The
early adoption by the Republican
congress of laws prohibiting strikes
which “cut off the supply of food
and service necessary to the life of
the community,” at the same time
protecting the workmen’s liberty,
was predicted by Elihu Root in an
address to the Republican state
convention.
BOIFFEULLET BELIEVES
COAL PEAK REACHED
ATLANTA, Sept. 27.—John T.
Boiffeuillet, coal administrator for
Georgia, although unwilling to pre
dict that coal prices will drop to any
extent in the near future, stated that
he was convinced that prices will not
be higher. Mr. Boiffeuillet stated,
‘‘two agencies are working for a dis
tribution of coal and the lowering
of prices. These agnecies are the
recent settlement of the coal strike
and agreements in the railroad
strjke. The miners have returned
to work and the railroads are using
all their available equipment to move
coal from the mines. This will pre
vent any coal panic this winter.” He
pointed to recent legislation au- :
thorizihg the Interstate Commerce i
Commission to divert coal cars from
mines that profiteer as an instru
ment to keep prices down to a nor
mal basis. If mine operators can
not get cars to move their coal,
naturally, they can not collect for j
it an exorbitant price, he stated.
WAYCROSS AND JAX
COINED BY ROAD
WAYCROSS, Sept. 27.—Waycross
and Jacksonville joined hands Satur
day afternoon bn the completion of
the Central Dixie Highway, when
large .delegations from each of the
•two cities met with the Folkston
contingent in a meeting to protest
against the condition of the highway
in Na: au County, Fla.
Hon. J. E. T. Bowden, representa?
five from Ware county-, and Col.
Harry D. Reed, prominent lawyer
and president of the •Waycross
Chamber of Commerce, were the
speakers for Waycross. Hon. F. O.
Miller, president of the Duval Motor
i club and re-V'cs'-ntative from Duval
* county, represented the Florida city
* PRESIDENT’S FRIEND IS
NOMINATED IN JERSEY
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 27.—Unit
ed States Joseph Frelinghuysen, a
friend of President Harding’s and
one of the administration leaders in
congress, was renominated by the
Republicans yesterday in a sweeping
victory over 2 to 1. George L.
I Record, of Jersey City, a lawyer,
i was his opponent. He has a lead of
ovpr 77,000 votes.
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 27, 1922.
WATSONDEATH
• UPSETS GEORGIA
J POUTICAL DOPE
Walker In Favor Os Free-For-All
Primary—Macon Convention
Plans
ATLANTA, Sept. 27.—Geor
' gia politics a e certainly messed :
up as a result if the death of Sen- '
; ator Thomas E. Watson. Who i
j Governor Hardwick will appoint!
, for a feXv days, whether he will |
appoint anybody, whether there
there will be a special primary to
till the vacancy or whether the 1
i convention will attempt to nomi
nate a candidate, over the protest
and advice of Governor-elect i
Clifford M. Walker, who favors a 1
primary, are questions that arc !
worrying a large number of j
political leaders in the state. I •
If the governor- appoints anybody | :
- they will only hold office
■ until the next general elec'-
tion on the first Tuesday in Novem- ;
ber, and as the senate is not in
ses ion whoever that governor might
i appoint could never, bo seated so?
the. reason that the; senate won’t i
i meet until December and' the title 1
would only be a strictly honorary :
one.
Governor-elect Walker thinks that !
the people should choose a successor i
to Senator Watsoni and to Pension
Commisisoner Lindsay. He is against
a convention nomination. Some of
his strongest friends, however, don’t
agree with him and want the con
vention to nominate. The friends
claim that as the Walker party is
in power, the party should go ahead
in convention and name a senator
and a pension commissioner.
Other Walker friends, and gover-
nor-elect himself, contend that it ,
would destroy the party if the con- * .
vention attempted to nominate. ,
Whether Mr. Walker is strong
enough to rule his own convention is ■ ,
a mooted question. Members are al- ■ j
ready showing up, and they want to * ,
override the views of their leader (
and nominate anyhow. Mr. Walker
and his closest advisers are against ;
convention nominations.
Old Committee in Charge.
Besides all this the state executive
committee named by the last con- '
vention is still in control of the par- '
ty machinery. W. J. Vereen, of 1
Moultrie, who is chairman, has de- ’ '
Mined to make any statement as to
what the committee may do ntil
after the funeral of Senator Watson |
Thursday.
The committee, however, may or- i
der a state primary for both the’
senatorship and the pension commis- *
sione’s place. The convention which i
meets in Macon next Wednesday *
; could override' the executive corn- !
mittee, but it rs believed that if it
did so, there would be all sorts of 1
* complications.
Hub Dean, of Gainesville; Clark
* Howell, of Atlanta; Hugh Dorsey, I
i of Atlanta; Ogden Persons, of For- I
i syth, and Gus Howard, of Columbus, I
! who really managed the Walker j
■ campaign, all want to be senator and j
* they all want the convention to
i nominate them. Mr. Walker is in |
I great doubt as to who he would favor i
among this bunch, so he has declar- 1
* ed, and rightly so, for a primary. He
thinks it should be a free for, all .
and let those who so desire run i
for the iobs.
Candidates galore are being, men
j tinned for .the senate in event a I
■ primary is called. Among them are !
Governor Hardwick, Hoke Smith, W. .
J. Vereen, Gus Howard, Hub Dean, '
Clark Howell, Hugh Dorsey, Joe .
i Brown, Herbert Clay, Cecil Neal, |
I.John.D. Little, Alex Lawrence, Ro-j
* land Ellis, Sam Olive, Ogden Per- i
I sons, Jlidge Dick Russell, recently
i elected chief justice, Judge Render
. Terrell, Judge W. E. Thomas, B. M. *
Lucas, W. A. An- *
derson, Charles L. Bartlett, Mrs. W.
I H. Felton, Judge E. H. Callaway,
! Joseph E. Pottle and J. G. Valen
] tine.
There is a great deal of specula- *
i tion as to the attitude of Governor !
Hardwick and Former Senator Hoke i
Smith. It is known that neither ’
would oppose the other but if Sena
tor Smith should announce, it is be
lieved that Georgia would again have
a stormy campaign.
W. J. Vereen, chairman of the
.' i state committee, arrived in Atlanta
I this morning and will announce to-
CONGRESSMAN C. R.
CRISP NAMED ON
ESCORT COMMITTEE
Representative Charles R. Crisp
has been appointed on the escort !
committee of congress to attend the
body of Senator Thomas E. Watson,
to the Watson home in Thomson.
Congressman Crisp will leave here
tonight, join the party in Augusta
and continue With the congressional t
group from that point to the home '
of tine late senator. (
SIBTERFAIRIS
BEST IN YEARS
Exhibits Pleasing And Enter
tainment Are Os High
Order
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Combined with a' fine array of en
tertainment, the county exhibits at
the Sumter county fair, being held
on the show grounds on South Jack- 1
son street, presents one of the best :
community fairs .ever held in this •
section, according to those who yes
terday and last night thronged the
grounds.
Today the grounds were opened j
early, but on Thursday they will I
be opened at 1 o’clock. Th? big !
free acts, four of them, will be put
on during the afternoon and eve
ning, with the balloon ascension at
5 o'clock.
The night display including dare
devil riding high in the air and py
rotechnic ()| on fancy wire ar
range ments, witr be fifiSWlT* "each
night.
The displays by both the com
munities and by the women of the
county have attracted a lot of atten
tion and praise has been heard on
all sides.
Friday is Children’s Day and the
schools of the county will close to
allow the youngsters to attend the
fair. The children will meet at the
court house at 9:30 Friday morning
and be taken to the fair grounds
in trucks.
Special rates have been announced
on both the railroads and those com- (
ing from any part of the state may
take advantage of the excursion (
rates.'
The Littlejhon shows, the best on
the circuit, the big free acts show
ing in ths South for the first time,
the elaborate midway and the fine
arrangement of domestic, fancy and
agricultural exhibits, all tend to
make the 1922 show one of the finest
ever staged here.
It is being promoted by the Sum
ter County Fair association, the
Americus Chamber of Commerce and
many interested citizens who have
volunteered their help. The Little
john shows and other concessions
were brought here at considerable
cost and effort in order to give the
county the best possible fair and the
verdict has been favorable.
DECLARES LAWYERS HAVE
PREYED UPON UNION
PRESSMEN’S HOME, Tenn.,
Sept. 27.—Declaring that the union
has been “preyed upon by a group
of meddlesome unscrupulous law
yers,” President George Berry, of
the Intenational Pressmen’s Union,
appeals for a concerted effort to pre
serve the stability and integrity of
the union in a report submitted to
the bi-ennial convention here.
morrow about calling the state.com
mittee together. As stated, if the
committee calls a primary, and it ■
has every authority to do so, as the
committee’s success will not be chos
en until next Wednesday, and the |
convention should endeavor to <
undo what the present committee has ’
done, Georgia will see a political
fight the like of which has never !
been seen before, as if is believed |
that there would be a bolt from the •
convention decision as was the case
when the Watson, Smith, Hardwick
forces nominated delegates to Saif,
Francisco, and the Palmer delegates ,
bolted and selected delegates of their |
own.
Governor Hardwick will return to-;
Georgia next Tuesday, the day .be- i
fore the convention 'meets and will I
probably name an honorary senator j
for the time being. This senator I
will probably be W. C. Vereen, well i
known business man of Moultrie, and 1
father of W. 'J. Vereen, chairman .
of the state committee. It is not '
believed that Mr. Vereen would go j
into a contest jß>r the full term even
if a called. j
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Body of Late Senator
Will Arrive at Home!
inThomson Thursday
Funeral Services Will Take Place At 1 :30 Thurs |
day At Old Hickory. ’ —Rev. EJ. Forester
Will Officiate. —Senatorial Escort Ac
companying Body
WASHINGTON, Sep.t. 27.—The body of Senator Thomas E.
Watson, who died 1 uesday morning at 2:30 o'clock in bis Chevy
Chase, Maryland, home, of asthmatic strangulation, today started on
its final journey, back to'the red clay hills of Georgia, which the late
Senator loved so well, and where the major portion of the active life
was spent.
I be body will he accompanied by a senatorial escort and vriil
arrive in Thomson, Georgia, Thursday. Funeral services for the late
Senator will take place in his home Thursday at noon.
The funeral train will be met, upon its arrival in, Thomson,
advices state, by an immense throng of mourners who will gather in
the little Georgia town during today and tomorrow to pay a final
tribute to the great Georgian.
■ The remains of Senator Watson
with a senatorial escort, left Wash
ington this.afternoon at 3:15 o’clock,
and will be' deposited at Thomson
Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
Because of the absence, during
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THOMAS B. WATSOM
the present recess of congress, of
Vice-President Coolidge, Senator
Cummings, Republican vice-president
protempore, and most of the sena
tors, there was difficulty in arrang
ing a committee to attend the
funeral.
Senators on the tentative list in
clude Heflin, Alabama; Harrison,
Mississippi; Dial, South Carolina;
Shields, Tennessee, and Fletcher,
Florida, Democrats, and Brandegees,
Connecticut; New, Indiana; and
Cameron, Arizona, Republicans.
Practically since coming to Wash
ington eighteen months ago as suc
cessor* to former. Senator .Hoke
Smith, Senator Watson has been a
sick man. Last Wednesday he an
nounced that he had been absent
during a vote on the bonus bill be
cause of the necessity of him mak
ing “a fight, against death.”
The passing of the senator was not
in the nature of a surprise to those
who best understood his condition.
However, his physicians Monday
thought him strong enough to make
a trip to Georgia and tickets for that
purpose were bought. At 9 o’clock
Monday night he suffered a recur
rent attack, and soon lapsed into
unconsciousness. Less than six hours
later his turbulent spirit had glided
into the mysterious beyond, all that
remained was clay.
THOMSON MOURNS
WATSON LOSS.
THOMSON, Sept. 27.—Thomson
is saddened over the death of Sen
i ator Thomak E. Watson, and while
the heart of this little town, the
birthplace of the man, is torn with
grief, telegrams are pouring in from
al] over the country, carrying with 1
them words of- consolation to the :
family. A-ipong’the telegrams, two
particularly are noticeable, one from
President ’ Harding, in Washington,!
and the other from Governor Hard- |
wick, now in Quebec, Canada.
‘‘Hickory Mill,” the famous Wat
,son home, was’open yesterday as
close friends of Mrs. Watson and
the family- came to say words! of
comfort. The Watson printing plant,
where Mr. Watson’s -publications
were printed, is closed and so is the
Bank of McDuffie County, of which
Mr. Watson was president. Crepe
hangs on the doors of both estab
i lishments.
Funeral announcements were
: made known late yesterday after
! noon. The funeral will be cdnduct
led Thursday afternoon at I:3Q
j o’clock, services to be held at the
I residence. and interment will follow
IHOMEI
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in the Thomson cemetery. The body
of the Georgia senator is to be laid
to rest beside the grave of his fath
er and mother. The mother and
father of Mrs. Watson are also bur
ied on the same section. The grave
of Mrs. O. S. Lee, daughter of Mr.
Watson, is in the same cemetery
but some distance away. v
Rev. E. J. Forrester, of Sparta,
Ga., formerly pastor of the Thom
son Baptist church, and a ( lose friend
of Mr. Watson, will officiate at the
funeral services, assisted by Rev. J.
T. Jakes, pastor of the Meth
odist church.
The body is to reach Thomson in
a special car, accompanied by a com
mittee of United States senators, at
11:55 o’clock Thursday morhing. The
route from Washington will be over
the Atlantaic Coast Line, railway
to Augusta, the party leaving Au
gusta on the 10:45 o’clock Georgia
train for Thomson.
DR. E. J. FORRESTER TO
PREACH FUNERAL.
SPARTA, Ga., Sept. 27—At the
request of Mrs. Watson, received
Tuesday, it has been given out here
that Dr. E. J .Forrester, recently ap
pointed a member of the state board
of education by Governor Hardwick,
pastor of the Sparta Baptist church,
and former pastor of Senator Thys.
E. Watson, and the senator’s life
long intimate friend, will preach Sen
ator Watson’s funeral. The request
came from Thomson by telegraph.
CANNOT RE-SELL COAL.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.
Steps have been taken by the In
terstate Commerce! Commission to
restrict the sale and ro-gale of coal
by individuals between "mines and
ultimate consumer.
MAY CONSOLIDATE ROADS
IN THE NORTHEAST
( WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—Hear
ings on the proposals to consolidate
the railroads, particularly in the
Southeast, will be resumed next
month, it is announced.
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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict Middling 20c. Market closed
I down 34 points. .
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LIVERPOOL COTTON
i LIVERPOOL, Sept. 27—Market'
, , I - - - - —— - »
opened quiet 9 down. Quotations
12/84. Sales 6000 bales. Receipts
8573 bales, of which 8006 ars
' American, * ,
Futures: Oct. Jan. March
Prev Close . ... 12.20 12.04 11.94
I Close 12.03 1193 11.84
NEW YORK FUTURES
Oct. Jan. March
Prev Close 20.74 20.80 20.91
Open 20.73 20.84 29.89
10:15 am . 20.62 20.74 20.82
; 10:30 20.70 20.77 20.85
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i 11 :00 20.60 20,76 20.j2
1 H :15 20.67 20.75 20. U <
i 11 ‘-"0 20.69 20.79, 20.85
i 11:45 20.54 20.74’ 20.78
12:00 20.65 20.74 20.79
12:15 pm . 20.62 20.73 20.30
I 12:30 20.62 20.74 20.73 '
i 12:45 20.60 20.78 20.','1"
1 1 :,00 20.60 20.70 20.7 a
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1:4'5 .. .20.50 20.67 2O.«() .
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2:15 ... 20.50 20.61 20.65
2:30 ...20,50 20.64 20.5.‘
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Close 20.40 20.50 2055
r Close 20.40 20150 20.55