Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-09-28
departed Senator

memory. Brlef and simple were
home, but every honor within the
departed Senator.
The body reached here at II :55
and was carried to the residence
where the casEet was opened for a
short period for the family and
close friends to gaze for the last
time upon the face Of the Sage of
McDuffie."
| 1t was the wish of Mrs. Watson
that the funeral be as simple as pos
sibIo, stating to her friends and adj
visors that she did not wish an elab-
crate funeral service and that she is
carrying out the wishes Of the sen
ator in this respect.
Active pallbearers, all friends of
the dead senator, were Ii. r. Clary,
j. NJ. Haynes, j. G. Dunn, G.. p. c.
Colyin, LavIon Lavingo, ]. H. Cart
ledge, j. G. Stovall and l.. c. Smith.
I Thousands of floral tributes have
arrived. Hundreds of kilograms
have been received expressing SYM
pathy. The flowers and kilograms
were received from every section Of
the country.
The remains Of Senator Thomas +.
Watson were removed from Wash
ington Wednesday afternoon by a
senatorial escort.
- gN,tI HOW xzrr1,4 5lC L. ,-,,,,D,
,bers Of the Georgia delegation who
were in Washington when the sena-
tor died. They were Representa-
tives Bell, Lankford, Park and Vim
son. Senator Harris, who is in Eu-
rope, was represented by his secre-
tary, Cranston Williams. Congress-
man Charles R. Crisp, Of Americas,
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-
lima, will join the party at Thomson.
Other senators appointed on the
committee were Brandegee, of Con-
necticut; New, of Indiana; Oddie, Of
Nevada; Cameron, of Arizona, and
Shortridge, of California, Republi-
cans. ..
Prominent state officials repre-
senting the State of Georgia in for
nal capacity and hundreds of citi-
zens of Atlanta and other parts of
Georgia left Atlanta early Thursday
morning for Thomson to attend the
funeral services. Officials at the
capitol and attaches in their depart
ment raised a fund Wednesday to
purchase a handsome floral offering
to be sent to the cemetery at Thom-
son. The capitol flag was placed
at half mast in respect to the mem
ory of the dead senator.
All offices at the capitol were
closed Thursday as mark of re-
spect to Senator Watson. A request
was MADE by inc StaCe executive ue~
partment that the body of Senator
Watson be brought to the capitol to
lie in state but Mrs. Watson prefer
red that the body be brought di-
rectly to Thomson.
In the delegation which left At
Ianta for Thomson Thursday was
Julian McCurry, executive secre-
tary to Governor Hardwick; Adult
ant-General Van Holt Nash; Attor-
ney-General George M. Napier; Chas,
O. Cook, of the secretary of states
office; j. 0. Anderson, assistant
state treasurer; J. j. Brown, COM
missioner of agriculture; John T.
Boifeuillet, of the state public SER
vice. comission; Dr.. NJ. NJ. Parks,
state department of education; Judge
Alex w. stephens, court of appeals;
| f. NJ, Stanley, commissioner of la
Dor; Sam Askey, pension department
R. f. Dawson, prison commission
and T. Il. Bennett, state banking
department.