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WEATHER FORECAST S 5 < For Georgia Fair tonight and ’ Thus day; moderate temperature. j PShTYTOURTH YEAR.—NO. 226 I __ L.——— ~ “ THOUSANDS TO GATHER AT WATSON BIER I J® GREEK KING ABDICATES THRONE ATHENS REPORTS REVOLUTION IN ACTIVE STATE I 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 ■ BABY IN DISPUTE . i / X-HW • ; \ i • /sKI ' \ ? / \v ’ ■■l! , •V -' A :'W 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 . gl 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 I ’ -1. 1' > w L v B . Jml > , / ■ wjjk 1 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 B EDITION B 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. 1 AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Strict Middling 20c. Market closed I down 34 points. . -j s 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 I 10:45 . .. . 20.60 20.71 20.80 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 ! l:l- r > 20.56 20.69 20r75 ' 1 =3O 20.54 20.68' 20.71 ’ 1:4'5 .. .20.50 20.67 2O.«() . 2:00. 20.51 20.69 20.67 ; 2:15 ... 20.50 20.61 20.65 2:30 ...20,50 20.64 20.5.‘ 2:4.5 ...:20.41 20.50 20.62 Close 20.40 20.50 2055 r Close 20.40 20150 20.55