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Sumter County Fair Attracts Big Crowd; Prizes Awarded
WEATHER forecast
11'or Georgia—Fair tonight and
Fiiday; moderate temperature.
1 ORTY-FOURTH YEAR—NO. 227
.U. S. DESTROYERS RUSHED TO NEAR EAST
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NEW SENATOR TO BE CHOSEN IN PRIMARY
CONVENTION IS
NOT TO ACT IN
SENATE FIGHT
Convention Cannot Usurp Pow
ers Os Neill Primary Law—
Walker Wants Primary.
ATLANTA, Sept. 28.—The
;t;<te Democratic Convention to
held m Macon October 4, wi’l
not nominate a candidate for
(Luted States Senator.
Glider the mandatory clause of the,
Neill primary law covering the ex-
K.tji, ritual ion, the present state
b. ibijeratie executive committee will
i.ir. t, upon call, and it is within rea
,n that such a call will be issued
in the n.-xt couple of days, for the
1.. ,-ting to assemble in Macon Friday
, /.nu.da; of Ihi week. The full
(ommittee, and not only the sub
committee? will be called to pass
upon the matter, and a date will be
lixed for a special senatorial primary,
in compliance with the provisions of
Hi. Will law. That special primary
will most likely be fixed for Oct. 15.
Further complying with the pro
vi ions of the Neill law, which are
■,i ■llic and pointed in cases of the
i al existing,, the committee will ar
i.:.<* that, in, the tvent of necessity,
primary will be held a week from
the date of the first one, which would
1., the primary on October 22. A
enatoria) convention then would, by
order of the present executive com
niittee, be, fixed to be held, probably
in Atlanta one week later, which
y would be October 29, at which time
K th.- result of the special primary will
he declared and the nominee of the
party be named for the general elec
tion November 7.
These dates are not definite, but
approximate, but the forecast of
what action will be taken is well
founded and it will take that course.
Split in Walker Ranks.
It is said that in the ranks of
Clifford Walker leaders sharp dif
ferences of opinion have developed
over the question as to whether the
Macon convention next Wednesday
should nominate a senator for the
mu .'.■piled (erm of the late Senator
I homas R. Watson, and a state pen
’ ion commissioner for the unexpired
Ih'ih of the late Commissioner J. W.
Lindsay, or fix a special primary
date tor late in October and let the
people nominate their own candi
dates.
It is said that Mr. Walker and
he majority of his leaders favor the
I ’ting of a special primary by the
' ention for the nomination of the
'■ciiator and the next pension
'oimnissioner. Friends of Judge G.
”■ Howard, campaign manager for
'b- Walker were active in bis be-
ll and asserted that he would
am’ly announce for the senate va-
1 > subject to any action the
''invention might take. '
. Other names mentioned frequently
1 onnection with the senate va
(j>ney were IT. H. Dean, of Gaines-
* 1 ’ • gden Persons, of Forsyth*
- tnke Andrew J. Cobb, of Athens;
• l 'm<e George, of Vienna; C. Murphy
undler, of Marietta; W. C. Ve
j|'e", Os Mou’trie; Judge Horace
' ( T of Athens, and Herbert
? 1d ... of Marietta.
" 1 .generally expected that W.
■ ‘-reen will be appointed tempor
j, \ ’he vacancy by Governor
atl ., *\' A J" 1 hl return from Can-
, n .. itv ! '!m' event of a special pri
f-y'onds of Mr. Vereen
the *
K'v'x.sr short
ATLANTA, Sent 9Q u .
ha-' Govern °r Hardwick who’
ahl rs . " ”, a nation in Canada,
U "mn Oh S T re late Sunday
* advice nioniin £. accordihg
voce.ved by Julian 11.
I,r >
‘■'"'"'as ]•• u- I* ’ l ' ' lea,h of Scnator
"■ml cut Ch V ‘ !On ’ Governor Hard
t ’ his vacation ;rip, and
Lhm P . reach Now York on
)„ ' 'A. and will probably arrive
” her Sun<la y ol ‘ Monday.
™ENDS
me idem is ■ > ’ St?pL The
i>e givino- ~ ??"• ’ y K . ome a(, visers to
""'tits to two R l ' rat m- n t 0 aPP°int
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SIMPLE HONORS FOR
“SAGE OF M’DUFFIE”
’I AT “OLD HICKORY”
Body of Thomas E. Watson Laid To Rest While
I housands Pay Homage To Mejnory
THOMSON, Ga., Sept 28. (By Associated Press.) —Beneath
.I a clear sky and blazing sun, the body of United States Senator
> I Thomas E. Watson came home and was laid to rest in the soil, of
, McDuffie county as hundreds of countrymen irorn the Georgia back
wood:* united with prominent officials in paying a last tribute to his
; memory. Brief and simple were the funeral services at the Watson
home, but every honor within the province <;i the town was paid the
i departed Senator.
I 1 • 1. I 1
The body reached here at. 11 ;55 !
I and was carried to the residence i
I where the ca; Let was opened for a
I short period for the family and s
i close friend to prize for the last
time upon the face of the “Sage of I
McDuffie.’’
It was the wish of Mrs. Watson :
that the funeral be as simple as pos- I
sihl", stating to her friends and ad- ;
visor.- that she (lid not wish an elab
orate funeral service and that she is 1
carryings out the wishes, of the sen
ator in this respect.
Active pallbearers, all friends of
the dead senator, were la. T. Clary,
.1. M. Haynes, J. C. Dunn, G. I*. ('.
Colyin, LavJ-on Laving,o, .1. H. ( art-I
ledge, J. (1. Stovall and 1.. (’. Smith.
Thousands of flora! tribute.-- have
arrived. Hundreds of telegrams
have been received expressing sym-1
pathy. Tlbe flowers and telegrams !
■were received from every section of
the country. , ;
The remains of Senator Thomas E. j
Watson -were removed from Wash- I
ington Wednesday afternoon by a!
(■senatorial escort.
With the body went the only mem
bers of the Georgia delegation who
were in Washington when the sena
tor died. They were Representa
tives Bel], Lankford, Park and Vin
son. Senator Harris, who is in Eu- i
rope, was represented by his secre-;
tary, Cranston Williams. Congress-|
man Charles R. Crisp, of Americus,
joined the funeral party at Augusta
Thursday morning.
Senators in the funeral party were ■
Heflin, Democrat, Alabama; Harri
son, Democrat, Mississippi; Dial,
Democrat, South Carolina, and
Fletcher, Democrat, Florida. Sen
ator Smith. Democrat, South Caro
lina, will join the party at Thomson.
Other senators appointed on the
commitee were Brandegee, of Con
necticut; Now, of Indiana; Oddie, of
Nevada; Cameron, of Arizona, and
Shortridge, of California, Republi
cans.
Prominent state officials repre- '
senting the State of Georgia in a for
mal capacity and hundreds of citi- ;
zens of Atlanta and other parts of j
Georgia left Atlanta early Thursday
morning for Thomson to attend the ,
funeral services. Officials at tlw
eapitol and attaches in their depart
ment raised a fund Wednesday to I
purchase a handsome floral of!ering
to be sent to the cemetery at Thom
son. The eapitol flag was placed
at half mast in respect tb the mem- ■
ory of the dead senator'.
All offices at the eapitol were ■
closed Thursday as a mark of re- ,
spect to Senator Watson. A request
was made by the state executive de
partment that the body of Senator
Watson be brought to the eapitol to
lie in state but Mrs. Watson prefer
red that the body be brought di
rectly to Thomson.
In the delegation which left At
lanta for Thomson Thursday was
Julian McCurry, executive seere
| tary to Governor Hardwick; Adjut
| ant-Genergl Van Holt Nash; Attor
-1 ney-General George M. Napier; Chas,
j O. Cook, of the secretary of state’s
I office; J. O. Anderson, assistant
state treasurer; J. J. Brown, com
missioner of agriculture; John T.
Boifeuillet, of the state public ser
vice comission; Dr. AL M. Parks,
state department of education; Judge
Alex W. Stephens, court of appeals;
; E'. Al. Stanley, commissioner of la
bor; Sam Askey, pension department;
R. E. Davison, prison commission
and T. R. Bennett, state banking
department.
IRISH STILL FIGHTING.
BELFAST, Sept. 28.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —Military forces
i of the provisional government are
• engaged in sweeping movements
> against the Republicans in County
- Kerry. Operations are progressing
if vigorously and the number of pris
oners is growing rapidly,
EESU published IN the Jr- ~h~E Xr T <->F~rSiSor-feT5
THAI EAN WINS
SUMTER FAIR
EXHIBIT PRIZE
Crowds Flock To Show Grounds
To View Exhibits And
See Free Acts
Thalean won the first prize for
agricultural and cemmurifiy -x
--hibits, securing the SIOO premi
ium. Shiloh won ceccnd prize of
$75 and Concord third prize of
$25, in the Sumter County Fair
contests today.
The crowds that thronged tile 1
I Sumter county fair grounds on South
Jackson street last night and today i
■ surpassed any records established !
by the past several exhibits and the |
success of the 1922 effort is as-I
sured.
One reason for this big attend
ance is due to the higl c'ass of shows
brought here by the Littlejohn circuit
and the fine community exhibits
I from a dozen nearby towns.
The free acts are on a par with
any at the stat • fair arid consist of
. five big free acts daily and evening.
Injury prevented one of the perform
i ers from acting last night but he is
on the job today.
One thousand* persons attended the
fair yesterday and it is expected
that the attendance today will run
close to 2000.
The local people have realized that
this is not only a Sumter county fair
.but that it mx.ns a great deal to
Americus to have it a success and
they are be.’mmng to patronize ’t
liberally and it s expected that they
will continue ‘a Jo so until it clc.se;;
I Saturday night.
Business "men are anxious to see
the fair a success as it means in
i' creased attention focused on Amer
j icus as a live wire business center.
• There are hundreds of visitors here
: daily from surrounding country due
' to the- fart that the fair is in prog
i ress.
I The judges completed the award- !
j ing of prizes today but all the ex
; hibits will be maintained intact up
to the final day of the fair.
The balloon acrobat made his first
1 ascension last night and owing to the
; late hour when he took off from
the ground, he made only one drop.
Tonight he w.ill make his customary
triple parachute jump.
The local committee is to be con
gratulated upon 'the success of the
exhibits and the nature of the enter
tainment as the entire fair will rank
as the best small fair in the south
east.
It is expected that 5000 persons
will visit the fair Friday and Satur
day and that all attendance records
will be broken Saturday afternoon
and evening when the climax of a
week of concentrated fun and activi
ty will occur.
The main tent at the county fair
will be the scene of the baby show
which will take place Saturday aft
ernoon, Sept. 30 at 2 o’clock. The
mothers are requested to have the
babies on the grounds at 1:30 so
that ample time will be bad for
classification before the( hour ap
pointed for the show.
Miss Ruth Clark, assisatnt secre
tary of the Fair association, will
assist Mrs. George Turpin in enter
ing and classifying the children.
Attention is again called to the
fact that prizes will be given to the
BABIES and not to the prettiest
carriage or float.
The management wilb endeavor to
get judges from stil of town and
(Continued On Page 2.)
AMERICUS, GA.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1922.
Constantine is
IMPRISONED BY
GREEK REBELS
H.'s Abdication Os Throne Oc
culted Wednesday As Navy
And Troops Revolt
p .CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 28.
(By the Associated Press.)—Former
King Constantine, of Greece, who ab
j dicat cd yesterday, isl reported im
prisoned by; the Revolutionaries.
Constantifie twice occupied the
throne of Greece. His first reigir be
gan March 18, 1913, with the assas
sination of his father, George I, and
continued until lune, 1917, when he
was forced by the demands of Great
Britain, France ami Russia to ab
dicate becdusc of his pro-Gennan
• ympathies.
He was Succeeded by his second
son, Alexander, who was nominated
i by the deposed monarch and who’
i had proposed to carry out Constan
tine’s policies, d .spite Allied demands
to the contrary. For three stormy
vears Alexader reigned in name on
ly. Then his tragic death in 1920,
* ■ f-- I
due to the bite of a pet monkey,
aghin turned the spotlight on Con
stantine, who had spent the inter-
.' vening three yeaA in exile with his ’
large familQH
A plebiscite had shown that tk?
: Greek nation insisted on the return
| of Constantine to the throne, and
while the Allied governments con
tinued to exert every pressure at
their command' to prevent his re-as- 1
cension, the former king marched
triumphantly into Athens and was
crowned in December, 1920, amid
scenes of the wildest enthusiasm.
Constantine was born August 3,
18G8, and obtained his education un
der German tutors and army offi
cers. Once, in 1909, he was dis
missed as commander of the Greek
army because of popular clamor
against him; but he became a na
tional hero in the Balkan war of
1912, when he fed a Greek army
in the capture of Saloniki from the
Turks. In consequence of this
achievement he was accorded the
popular title of ‘’The Liberator.”
George Also Pro-German.
Prince George is the eldest son of
Constantine. He also was pro-Ger
man and was excluded from succes
sion by the Allied terms which com- j
pelled, his father’s abdication in I
1917. He accompanied the royal par- 1
ty to Asia Minor in 1921 and was i
a member of the staff of the Greek '
commander, General Papoulas. i
George was born in July, 1890, and .
married Princess Elizabeth of Ru- .
I mania in the Spring of 1921. The I
, only other son of Constantine is j
Prince Paul, born in December, i
1901.
While Prince George has been re- j
garded as the heir apparent since ;
Constantine’s return to the throne, I
the deposed monarch also has four
brothers who were considered eligi- j
ble for kingly honors. These in the
order of succession are Prince >
George, after whom Crown Prince
was named, born in 1869; Prince
Nichols, born in- 1882, and Prince
Christopher, born in 1888.
Christoper’s wife is the) former)
Mrs. William B. LeAds, widow of the ’
American “Tin Plate King.”
VENIZELOS HAS
NO COMMENT.
DEAUVILLE. France, Sept. 28.
(By the Associated Press.)—Former
Premier Eliptherios Venizelos of
Greece, first heard the ru-ws of King
Constantine’s abdication from a dis
patch s’iown him .by the Associated
Press correspondent yesterday eve
ning. He resolutely refused to make
any comment.
GREEKS NOW TALK
A NEW REPUBLIC.
ATHENS, Sept. 28. (By the As
sociated Press.) —It is reported that
a section of the revolutionary army
is imbued with the idea of republic
and that the accession of King
George may. be accompanied with
some difficulties. A.n impressive
pro-Venizelist demonstration opeur
- red last night. Revolutionists have
enttered the city and have occupied j
all strategic points.
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Palace. They are reported prisoners of the Greek revolutionists.''
ENTIRE NAVAL COLONY
DESTROYED BY BLAST
. '
SI’EZIA Italy, Sept. 28. (By
the Associated Pre?-.)- The entire
naval garrison of Falconara, forty
miles from here, is believed to have
been killed by an explosion caused ,
by lightning yesterday which de
stroyed within a radius
i FORD’S NAME Will!
BE mSEHTED
I BAY CITY, Mich., Sept. 28.
■ A proposal to endorse Henry Ford
I for the presidency of the United
| States has been prepared for pre-
I sentation to the resolutions commit-
I tee of the Democratic state eonven
i tion here. What the fate of the
I.proposal will be in the committee
■ none of the state committeemen
, would attempt to forecast.
> ARE YOU A BIG BROTHER
5 —HELP THIS MAN
| > <
Are you a big brother?
If you think you qualify, lis-
• j ten to these facts and then do ’ I
S something. 2
In Americus there is a clean,
, decent, efficient workman. He
I? has done clerical work and was
! formerly employed at the camo. (
He is a married man and at
home he has a wife and three lit- .
I tie tots dependent upon what ha
brings in for their daily bread.
Until a few months ago they $
had all they needed to keep life (
together.
Since he lost his work he has
gradually bad to deny them until
i today—that family is in actual
< want.
< This is a case that calls for
2 practical help.
The man needs work. Can
S you give it tb him? He is willing <1
' to do most anything that is honor- i
; able and will provide for bis $
( family.
Call 55 or 108 for further par
? ticulars, but ACT NOW. j
rRICE FIVE CENTS.
ol 10 miles. Seventy bodies have I
been recovered. Fifteen hundred
tons of explosives were store'll in
tunnels. The entire top of the hill
. was blown away. There is no esti
mate <.t the iiupiber of dead and I
wounded.
114 VOTE FOR NEW
CHY CHARTER
73 Vole Against Change In
Total Os 89 Voting In Man
ager Election
What is probably the most unique
election ever held in this section oc
curred here yesterday when 89 per
sons, out of a total registration of
about 1000 went to the polls and
voted, 74 to keep the present charter
while 14 registered themselves as
dissatisfied.
Os the 89 votes cast two were
void. The voters who went to the
poll.; yesterday were forced to sign
. their names to each ballot and while
| the board of registrars had previous
ly decided that only slightly more
than 300 of the city voters were eli
gible to take part in the election,
as it turned out but a small per
centage of the already much reduced
list took advantage of the privilege.
The net result of the day’s voting
is that the charter to change the
present city government and sub
stitute for it, a city manager form,
is killed and tJC work of putting
Americus in the city manager col
umn must begin all over again.
PENSION INCREASE IS
PLANNED BY REPUBLICANS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—A pen
: sion increase of SSO to $72 a month
for Civil arid Mexican war veterans
I is planned by the Republican lead
< ; in congress. A bill providing
I for increases has passed the senate
: and Senator Bursum, Republican, of
1 New Mexico, author, says he has
1 been promised it will be passed by
I the house afftfr it reconvenes.
I
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DENBYSENDS 1
THEM TO AID
U. S.. CITIZENS <
12 Ships Included in, (irde; —. j
British Consider Situation Is
Grave
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. j
Secretary Denby of the navy an- •
j nounced today that the twelve de- |
stroyers ordereed to proceed from
Norfolk to Constantinople to pro- ‘
tect American Interests are the
Hatfield, Gilmer, Fox, Kane, 1
Hopkins, Bainbridge, McFarland,
Overton, Sturtevant, King, Barry
and Goffe. The date of the
■
departure is not announced.
Two divisions of American men
o’ war have been ordered to Con-. ,
stantinople t<; protect Americans, t
v ns officiary trii mmced at. th<- nav/;, : |
departmen 1 .
’J'wer.'“ <i« siii \i t ~ are include! rr,
the armada.
The destroyers will be aecom'pa- .■
nied by the supply ship. Bridge, au.d', ■
will sail from American waters “as
soon as possible.” Their presence ;
off Constantinople was requested by
Rear Admiral Bristol, American high' ,■
commander to the Near East. ...JH
All the vessels included in the or
der will sail from Norfolk, Va. The
announcement was made’ by Secre
tary of the Navy Denby, at a con
ference with newspaper'"nien. The
two divisions are being scut to pro- ;
tect American interests and to furn
j ish additiohal supplies sh<>til<l they
be needed, Denby said.
The destroyers will leave as soon
as they can bo made ready, probably ’
within 48 hours, for their dash to
Turkish waters, leaving the Bridge *
to follow later. This action was tak
en following the receipt of a dispatch
form Rear Admiral Bristol, Denby
said.
ENGLISH CONSIDER
SITUATION GRAVE.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —Government cir
cles took a grave view of the situ
ation at Dardanelles, which ia re
garded so critical..as to overshadow
the revolutionary developments in ,'a
Greece. The opinion is expressed
that there is a greatc.r prospect of J
lighting between the British and ■
Turkish nationalists than at any |
previous time.
BRITISH GLAD THAT
TINO HAS GONE
LONDON, Sept. 28.—(8y the As
sociated Press.)--'The second de- ,
th.ronement of Constantine brings no :
tears as he has no friends among,
the British public owing to his rc-
; puted German sympathies during j |
the war. The Crown. Prince George
has indicated his intention to aeeept
the throne, according to a me .sage
from authoritative sources.
ARREST MAN FOR MURDER
COMMUTED 44 YEARS AGO
RED SPRINGS, N. C., Set. 28.
. .Joe Kemp, chanced with killing Dan
iel McNeil! here 44 years ago, ..has
been arrested at St. Augustine, Fla., <
according to advices. Kemp is un- J
derstood to have waived requisition ‘
■ papers.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Strict middling 19 7-Be. Market
closed off 9 oints.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
’ LIVERPOOL, Sept. 28. Market
■ ; opehed 8-15 down. Quotations —.
Sales 6000 bales. Receipts 2000 -
■ j bales.
Futures Oct. Jan. March
! Prev Close .12.08 11.93 11.84
. Open — ; —•. .I
Close 11.81 11.62 11.51
NEW YORK FUTURES
Oct. Jan. March
Prev Close 20.40 20.50 20.55
Open 20.35 20.40 20.49
10:15 am 20.40 20.38 20.44
10:;’,0 20.25 20.36 20.45
10:45 20.13 20.37 20.33
11:00 ...20.10 20.23 20.3.’,
11 :15 20.07 20.33 20.43
11:30 ...20,07 20.29 20.40
11:45 ... 20.07 20.44 20.46
12:00 20.17 20.40 2f1.4!)M
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