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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 :{.!{• 'f l >f if. >f. if. if. if. ts if if ts n if* if if if. if. if. ts. .v. if. v ts. .y. 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 '* - 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. I THS ROYAL PAIR WAE ED TOO LONG ■I I— MHHnHBfJ • z \ v ; 3wl! I Y -->««. WSSpmEajK WT .JWMiJWwWCBwPt ..SrZ SSIIOESjIJr •w X vMWEJ T- A - - •• ; '<-3TR? 1 W- 1 J iKa a' ■■ ' ' - ■ "-I- -raßaklifiifc. I ..... 'Wife » - JRI - w. k • A',-, t --z' .^ {JNLA- Ex-King Constantine of Greece and Queen Sophia in front of Roy/d 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 -1 =< *1 lull*/J 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 12:15 pm . . 20.15 20.42 20.49 12:30 ... 20.18 20.39 20.44 ' 12:45 20.16 20.37 20.1/ , 1:00 2023 20.23 20.25» 4 ( 1:15 20.03 20.22 20.30, | 1:30 .... .20,03 20.22 20.83 j 2:00 20.03 kSBB 2:15 ... . . 20.02 20.14 20.25 Close 20.31 20.41 20.50 2:45 20.05 20.35 20.50