Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 29, 1922, Page Page Three, Image 3
TOM WATSON' DEAD ~
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Famous Georgia Senator Answers
tbe Final Sammons.
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(J.TCE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
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Body Interred Today In Cemetery at
f Thomson, Ga., His Hems Town?
Was Most Beloved Georgia Statesman.
By Ed H. Bradley, Staff Correspondent
of Atlanta Journal.
Thomson, Ga., Sept. 26.?The little
city of Thpmson is in mourning.
News of the death of her most noted
son fell upon the people like a bolt
from the clear sky, and cast a pall of
gloom over in? emu? wiumtwv^Business
is practically suspended,
and w&ile the stores and other business
houses remain open, they serve for the
most part merely as gathering places
for men and women to assemble and
talk In subdued, respectful tones of
characteristic incidents in the life of
Senator Watson.
Already hundreds of people from the
surrounding- country are pouring in to
be on hand when the body of Senator
Watson will arrive from the national
capital.
Telegrams of condolence are being
received from prominent men all over
the United States who are sending
their messages of sympathy to the
wife of the dead senator.
Mrs. Watson, with her two small
granddaughters at the Watson home,
is surrounded by sympathetic friends
doing all In their power to lessen the
weight of the blow that has raiien j
upon them.
Messages from all pafts of Georgia j
and many adjoining states indicate
that when Senator Watson's remains
arrive Thursday there will be at the
railroad station a mighty, concourse of
his-friends and followers.
While it was generally known that
Senator Watson had been in failing
health for some months past, it was
not thought by even his,closest friends
thut his condition was dangerous. In
fact, he had intended to leave Washington
this morning on hie way home,
congress having adjourned.
. Mrs. Watson Prostrated.
Mrs. Watson had preceded him by
two or three weeks, and had come on
ahead to open up the house. She is
prostrated by the news of the senator's
sudden passing.
Even Senator Watson's most bitter
political enemies, and in the course of
his vigorous life he did not escape the
fate of making many enemies have;
.'orgouen xneir ponucai aunuuaii,; cmv
have joined with his close personal i
Mends and political followers in doing
honor to his memory, and In sorrowing
at the end of his remarkable career.
On the streets of Thomson today one
hears only the highest tributes to his
genius as a political lead, r, his brilliant
intellect and his lovable qualities
as a m m. Men who fought him most
bitterly as a po'itlcal antagonist are
quick to aoco.'d him their tribute of
praise.
"Who will take his place?" is the
question on every lip, and the answer
is.not forthcoming.
Men who have followed closely the
career of Senator Watson are at a
loss' when thtfy attempt to predict the
result of his death on political affairs .
In Georgia.
t>.,* nniitiAa Vm a ki?n fnntrnlten in
uul j;vjjuv>o ?iuo ww o
Thomson today. The people are paying
homage to Thomas E. Watson, the
num. They are leaving Until another
day the discussion of what shull become
of his political following.
Recollections of Youth.
There are many citizens of Thomson
who remember young Tntffnas E. Wat- {
son when he first returned here after 1
being admitted to tho bar. He had |
studied law in Augusta under Judge I
McLaws, having completed one year at
Mercer and then leaving that institution
to become a schoolmaster, and at
the same time to perfect himself in
law by individual study.
THERE
IN THI
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.?-felM
Here Is a troop of the victor
Sdusuipba Konml Pasha, says he
Returning to Thomson, his old homo, i
Mr. Watson plunged Immediately into !
the actual practice of law, ar.d for
fifteen years sustained a reputation as
one of the most brilliant members of
the Georgia bar.
His literary work, which won for him
undying fame as ond of the world's
foremost authors in certain lines, was
begun after he had practically abandoned
the practice of law. He had,
however, during all these years, been
a close student of literature and haa
laid the groundwork of his literary
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success by reacting uierany inuusanua
of reference works.
His "History of France," conceded to
be one of the finest examples of historical
literature extant and which is
now used as a textbook in the schools
of France, is generally regarded as his
supreme effort. Mr. Watson once remarked
to a friend that he read more
than 1,500 referenoo works before he
wrote the "History of Fiance" and the
"Life of Napoleon."
Among the other outstanding works
from Mr. Watson's pen are the "Life
and Times of Thomas Jefferson;" an
historical novel, "Bethany"; a book of
poems, and another work of prose and
miscellany.
Enters Politics.
The year 1882 marked his entrance
into the political field, when he was
?ierted to and served one term in the
C ~ BELIEVE WAR SURE*
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The Duke of Connaught makes
a farewell address to the Second
Grenadier Guards, who are being
hurried to scene of trouble on
the Dardanelles,
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ious Turkish laDcers on their way to C
will capture by torce unless the Allies
general assembly as a member of the
house of representatives. In 1889 he was I
elected to congress, defeating the late
^
Mr. George T. Harens, or Augusta. no
served one term in the national legislative
body, but was defeated for reelection
by J. C. C. Black, of Augusta.
While Mr. Watson was ever afterwards ,
a poAcr In Georgia politics, he neither
sought nor held any office until his race
for the United States senate in 1920, j;
when he was elected by an overwhelming
majority for a term of six ytars. |;
Two accomplishments of Senator
Watson stand out pre-eminently in his
career. One is his record as the original
advocate of rural free mall deliv- i
ery, and the other is the. fact that he
was the first champion of legislation <
to compel the installation of safety
appliances, such as air-brakes and au- ;
tomatlc couplers, on railway equip- i
rucni. i
When Mr. Watson first advanced the <
proposal to establish rural free mail
delivery in the United States he was
ridiculed beyond measure. He introduced
and finally secured the enact- i
ment of a bill providing for an experi- i
mental project for which $20,000 was
appropriated. The experiment was
tried in Virginia und the result was to ,
establish rural free mail delivery
throughout the country.
Wins Against Opposition.
His initial effort to compel the installation
of safety equipment on railway
trains was met with strenuous opposition
from the railroad interests of
that day, but with his characteristic,
relentless championship of his idea, he
pursued his qu.st to a successful conclusion.
Among the incidents recalled by
those who know him best is that oc
asion m mo uainiiiisuituuii ui mo icit
J'vsldcnt Theodore Roosevelt, during
.'he panic of l'JO7 and 1D08, w.icn Mr.
Watson was called to Washington by
( reside :t Roosevelt for a personal eon 'di
encc.
.\lr. Watson, whom President Roosevelt
knew as an eminent authority on .
conoxnic questions, reminded the
president that under a:, almost forgotten
act of congr ss passed in 1863.
the president was empowered to issue
11 almost uniimited quantity of gold
ar.ei silver certificates.
I resident Reiosevelt in an imm? diatv '
conference with certain large fin ncial
interests of the country Informed them
. i n.u intoriinn anil ilpmn nried that the
n'.g bunking- interests take stt ps t<>
relieve the situation.
Incidents Recalled.
Banking relief was forthcoming almost
immediately and the gold and
silver certificates were not issued. The
situation had been saved by Mr. Watson's
suggestion.
Scores of incidents transpiring in the
everyday life ot the dead senator are
being recounted today as his home
people here in Thomson await the arrival
of his remains. His friends re- j
mark upon his devotion to hia family, 1
his passionate love for children and ,
his utter desolation following the death
of his son and daughter only about a
year apart about three years ago.
AYS A LE
LINE P/
REG. U. S. PAT. OF
BALANC
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D OIL CO
[NEW JERSEY)
IS."
Jonstantlnople, which their leader,
surrender the city peacefully.
ALMIGHTY "BOWED OUT."
Noted Presbyterian Minister Raps the
Colleges.
"What the times demand is not
fewer college men, but fewer colleges
that take the religious convictions out
of the youthi who enter them," assert-'
ed Dr. S. Edward, Young at the Bedford
Presbyterian church, Brooklyn,
says the Now York World of Monday.
"Practically all of our leading institutions
of learning, such as Harvard,
Yale, Princeton, Wellesley, Mount
tlOiyunr, v aesar unu ouut.ii, iregnii aa
religious educational enterprises, but
many of them have politely bowed the
Almighty out. The quarter of a million
of young men our universities and colleges
and the rather less number of
young women in like or nearly like
educational establishments will return
home de-faithed if the present tendency
continues.
"Tho trouble is not that scientific
theories supposed by many to be subversive
of Scripture truth are taught
fit these places, but that the whole
subject of ivliglon is left out or softpedalled.
"To take about one-third of the time
devoted to sports in the college or university
and about one-third of the
hours given over to social l.ife and use
these under consecrated religious
leadership would be to make our seats
of higher learning infinitely more worth
while."
Ia rm -y business hous.s there hang
picture s Oi the dead senator, some of
them shotting him with children and
si.me in characteristic poses.
LABOR OPPOSES WAR.
Annul neiiuerauu, seuieuuy UL
British Laborites, says British labor
Is opposed to war in the Near East.
and believes the only effective way
of avoiding it is by referring the
problem to the League of Nations.
He strongly opposes Britain actiny
Individually.
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Ton lashes with a whip was the
compensation Zion City law exacted
from Clarence O. Eels, Wadsworth,
III., farmer recently, when he was convicted
of striking his horse that many
times.
Eels, a truck gardener, was whipped
in the court room of Justice of the
Peace Schmilfuss. The lash, wielded
by Chief of Police Beckner, was the
samn with whieh Eels whipped his
horse.
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