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DEATH ENDS CAREER
OF COL. WATTERSOls
(Continued From Pa^e 1)
fill his place."
Fast Fading School
Henry Watterson was one of the
last of the old time personal journalists.
More than half a century his
editorials, with their brilliant, original
and phrase making composition,
attracted wide attention. They were
commented on and copiea oy me press
of the nation. Besides his power his=
molding: public opinion through his
editorials Watterson's influence is
credited with having shaped the platform
of the Democratic party in move
than one presidential campaign.
It was perhaps through an accident
that Henry Watterson pursued
journalism. Early in life he evinced
unusual musical talent and his parents
encouraged it. A mishap that
crushed is left thumb, leaving that
member stiff, caused the musical education
to be abandoned, as the piano
was his favorite instrument.
A r?af?ra1 V?or>fr fnr wrifcinfr dpvplon
ed, but even in this Mr. Watterson
was seriously handicapped as an illness
in infancy had affected his vision.
His first journalistic experience
was gained on a Washington (D. C.)
newspaper as musical and dramatic
critic. His father, Harvey M. Watterson,
for 20 years preceding the outbreak
of the Confederate war, was a
representative in congess from Tennessee.
It was during this time Henry
Watterson kid the foundations
for an elaborate knowledge of national
affairs, he spending much of his
time associating with party leaders
of that period and in close contact
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witn tne operation 01 trie guveiiiiiicm.
Watterson's course in letters and
journalism in the national capital
was interrupted just as he attainecj
his majority by the outbreak of war.
With his father, he opposed the secession
movement, but upon the declaring
of hostilities he returned to his
Tennessee home and joined the army
of the Confederacy. He served
throughout the war, except for a period
of ten months, when he estabilshed
and operated at Chattanooga,
TVio T?oKol !) sptti?-milifarv t)a
per.'
Mr. Watterson served first as an
aide to the famous cavalry leader,
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, and
later was on the staff of Gen. Leonidas
Polk.
During the campaign between Generals
Sherman and Johnston, Watterson
was chief of scouts of the Confederate
army.
The Rebel instantly achieved great
popularity- The paper was outspoken
and independent, forecasting in many
r things the Louisville Courier-Journal,
a lineal descendant to follow it within
a few years.
Abraham Lincoln was said to be
the great passion of Watterson's life.
His lecture on "Lincoln'' was delivered
in hundreds of cities and it was his
pride to tell of calling on Lincoln the
morning of his inauguration and of
standing beside him at the ceremony.
"Let no Southern man point h's
finger at me," Mr. Watterson said,
'"because I cannonixe Lincoln, for he
was the one friend we had at court
when friends were most in need."
When Watterson founded The Jour?
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nsti ne iiiaue ? pica ii?n.n/.v ...
the South. Thoroughly reconstructed
himself, he urged all to follow his
eourse in complete submission to the
federal government.
Mr. Watterson always advocated a
"tariff for revenue only," a phrase
which he cofned, and which finally
was adopted by the Democratic party.
He was an ardent friend of Grover
Cleveland during the latter's first
administration as president, but opposed
Cleveland's third nomination.
Brief Term in Congress
His service as a public official was
confined to a fractional term in congress.
He accepted a seat there in
1Q7G 7 of tlio wicVios r>f Samuel J.
1Q I V" I c* ?? *wi*vw ?
Tilden, with whom he was closely allied.
Mr. Watterson refused renomination
for the full term. Frequently
urged to run for high office, he always
refused, maintaining:
"I s'hall stay where I am. Office is
not for me. Beginning in slavery to
end with poverty it is odious to my
sense of freedom.''
From 1872 to 1892, however, he sat
oil nofirmal ronVPTltionS of the
Democratic party as a delegate at
large from Kentucky. He presided
over the convention that nominated
Tiiden in 1876 and was chairman o"f
the platform committee in those of
1880 and 1888.
Mr. Watterson opposed William
Jennings Bryan in his candidacy for
TwncirJanf i v> 1 CQ? Vm f i r* 1 QOfl Thp
?/i C.'ilUtUV in VCIW ??* - -
Courier-Journal g^ve him lukewarm
support. In 1908, however, what Mr.
Watterson denominated as the "free
silver heresy'' bein? "as dead as African
slavery," in the United States,
he became a warm supporter of Bryan.
When the storm of the European
war broke over the world. Mr. Watterson
assumed an uncompromising
'stand in support of the cause and
I (ideals of the entente allies, declaring
his belief that their cause was the
; cause of freedom and democracy and
'that of the central empires that of
I
[autocracy.
' His attitude was tersely set forth
in a single sentence that appeared at
the end of practically every editorial
he wrote on the subject for many
months: "To hell with the Hohenzol'
lerns and Hapsburgs."
Ilis scathing indictment of the German
leadership was interpreted by
many of the German blood in this
country as an attack upon themselves
and brought a storm of denunciation
about his ears. To these Americans j
.cf German bL?.)d Mr. Watterson made'
i answer that presumably they had
come to the United States to escape;
the thin?, he a.-serted, the Gorman I
rulers were endeavoring to fasten up- \
on the rest of the world and warned j
tem that if thev identified themselves
i
too closely with the cause of German s1
'rulers by giving it support, they |
Iwould later regard their course with!
; regret.
! Mr. Watterson also devoted some i
of his editoriad attention to social
questions. lie once made a savage j
i attack on Xew York society women, ;
j calling them "a flock of unclean!
Ibirds." He accused them of a fond-'
jness for display that ruined the men
i^ind a love of chamnagne and bridge
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i that eventually ruined their morals, i
Plain "Marse Henry/'
< His dashing style gave him such j
i nicknames as "Light Horse Harry" j
i and "Henry of Navarre." He was j
i more popularly called plain "Marse ;
: Henry."
i As effectively as he wrote Mr. Wat-J
iterson spoke on the public platform. '
iHis reputation as an orator reached'
I its climax when he delivered an adJ
dress at the dedication of the Colum'jbian
exposition when he appeared as
, the government's official spokesman. [
j Among the several books he wrote j
(or compiled were "Oddities of South-!
Jem Life and Character." a volume of S
j Southern humor; "The Spanish-Amer- j
i Iran War." written concurrently with j
!the events, and his latest work, "Com-;
|promises of Life," a compilation of!
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his lectures, addresses and numerous
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editorials from The Courier-Journal, j
Of his career Mr. Watterson re- j
cently said: \
"I came out of the war like many
of the young fellows of the South, a
very picked bird, indeed. In order to
j escape the humiliation of borrowing
'from a Northern uncle, whose politics j
I did not approve, I went with my;
watch to an 'uncle' who had no polltics
at all and got $50 on it. Along j
with two blanket-mates, who were as!
poor as myself, I started or rather j
j revived publication of an old susjpended
newspaper at Nashville. Nothjing
could withstand the energy and.
J ardor which we three threw into the {
! enterprise. We were working for (
jbead and had to have it. When we be-j
?an there were nine aany papers i
struggling for a footing in the little!
Tennessee capital. At the end of the1
year there were but two, and of these
ours had two-thirds of the business, j
After two years I was callcd to Louis- j
ville to take an editorial position on j
the old Louisville Journal, the paper,
of George D. Prentice. Six months;
later Walter X. Haldcman, who owned j
The Courier, joined with me in com-!
bining The Journal and Courier. In-!
cidentally this lead to the purchase of
the old Louisville Democrat, this publication
losing its identity entirely.
That is about all."
The consolidation of the three pa-:
pers was the first of the great news- j
paper combinations. It resulted in the j
first appearance of The Courier- j
.Journal, November 8, 1S6S.
In his early years he superintended
the detail c-f every department, and'
for more than 30 years "put the paper
to press" every night.
He was born in Washington, D. C.,'
on February 1G, 1840.
t
Washington, Dec. 22.?Col. Henry;
j Watterson was eulogized today in the'
j house by Representative BarkleyJ
I (Democrat) of Kentucky as a man:
whose name was a household word in .
every Kentucky home and in almost;
every American home. He declared '
; that no journalist now living and very ,
jfew who are dead exercised more in- [
jfluence on the nation than the dead |
Kentuckian, who at one time was a:
member of the house.
Representative Mann (Republican) :
| of Illinois declared that Colonel Wat- j
iterson never had been afraid to ex'ipress
his beliefs although often criticised
severely by the readers of his
newspapers. Mr. Mann said that,
Colonel Watterson and other editors'
i*'of the old sc-hool" exerted an influence
that would be felt for genera-J
. jtions. They never allowed the count-J
ing room of their newspapers, he add-!
Jed. to determine their editorial or!
! news policies.
Washington, Dec. 22?"I knew Col.
Henry Watterson for a great many
j years." Chief Justice Tnft said today.
; "He and my father were friends. lie .'
'.was a unique figure in the political
i " >
and siK-::i] life of the country. He was
a most able journalist, picturesque,
forcible and original in every position
he took and every cause he advocated.
He was eloquent, chivalrous,
courageous in contest, an old time
leader in journalism, a charming gentleman,
a warm friend and a patriotic
American whose brilliancy, knightly
character and human nature made
;i deep impression on his fellow citizens
and won their affectionate respect.
He will long be fondly remem
bered. We shall all miss n:m muen.
H e going makes a void."
ARMS PARLEY IS :N
CRITICAL POSITION NOW
Stumbled Along Thursday With Indication
of Increasing Number
of Disagreements
Washington, Dec. 20.?The conference
on limitation of armaments
stumbled along today with every indication
of an increasing number of
disagreements rather than accomplishments.
The Root plan for regulation of
the use of submarines provoked an allclay
debate in the committee on limitation
of naval armaments, with the
United States asrain lined up on the
side of Great Britain, but with Japan
and Italy this time siding with France.
The United States and Great Britain
insisted upon immediate adoption
of the Roct proposals, \vh?ch
would have outlawed the submarine
as a weapon for attack on merchant
snipe. France, Japan and Italy contended
there were many technical
ramifications of the plan which should
be carefully considered and argued
ri-if t',m matter to
J U: lcicuiivc v/a. Uiv .. _
a sub-committec.
The sum total of the day's effort
was an agreement to the substance
of Part I of the Koot scheme, the
body of the document being referred
to a sub-committee on draft to consider
its language, form and forms
of expression. The second part, prohibiting
the use of submarines as
commerce destroyers under any conditions,
was forced over. Arthur Balfour,
head of the British delegation,
proposed an amendment to tms section,
making the prohibition binding
upon the five powers regardless of
acceptance or rejection by other nations.
Sarraut-Balfour Clash
Consideration of details of the naval
limitation program were relegated
far into the background, however,
by the sharp clash between Albert
Sarraut and Mr. Balfour over the
submarine issue and its likely effect
on the relations between France and
Great Britain. This break between
the chief delegates of the two leading
European powers was the absorbing
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circles.
The seriousness of the general conference
situation was emphasized by
a visit to the White House by Secretary
of State who conferred with
President Harding for more than an
hour. His attitude when he left the
White House, gave the impression to
his questioners that a marked difference
of opinion had arisen between
the president and his secretary of
state.
?.Ir. Harding said within the last
forty-eight hours that he hoped and
expected to see another conference
called for the consideration of the
submarine and auxiliary ship questions
if there were a failure to reach
an agreement here. Mr. Hughes said
today he saw no need for another
conference. He made it plain that
"nothing could bp gained by multiplying
opportunities for refusal." The
views of "some nations," he explained,
were final.
Keeping pace with the apparent
agreement to disagree all around, the
aircraft sub-committee formally re
nArifnyoriPO fnrlnV
puneu uu uic iu.in,iv,ni,v
i* had unanimously decided it would
r impracticable to attempt a limitation
upon commercial or civil aircraft.
For that reason, the sub-committee
also had agreed that it likewise
would be impracticable to undertake
tc restrict military aircraft. The
Ita in aviation expert on the subcommittee,
however, thought there
should be some effort to limit milifoi.,.
Hp siip-frpsted a limi
uaviUi. V - ^oc
tation upon the number of trained
military fliers in the respective countries.
Proposal Unsatisfactory
Unwillingness to accept the American
proposal to limit the size of individual
airplane carriers to 27,000
ton? and their guns to eight caliber
was understood to be responsible for
postponing: consideration or xms question
today. It had been scheduled to
come up before the committee which
considered the Root proposals, but
was side-tracked.
The situation with regard to the
four-power Pacific treaty still is in an
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uncertain .sunt*, wim uajtuu ucinanuin?r
elimination of the interpretation
that it guarantees the integrity of
hov mainland. The Japanese are not
willing: to propose an amendment to
the tie:?iy. They prefer a collateral
> agreement in the form f an ex^har.ge
.' cf diplomat!,1 notes. No agreement
has been reached as yet.
Signs were multiplying. particularly
in the opinion of the Chinese delegation,
that Japan, seeing the success
of France's stand on submarines,
may decide to adept a more positive
stand against the full concessions demanded
of her for a settlement of the
questions involving China. Should
Japan pursue such a course, practically
the whole of the Far Eastern
phase of the conference would be a
failure, along with the naval limita!
t?i~m nvnerrnm.
Even the capital ship ratio agreement?the
only part of the naval proIgram
which appeared possible of saving
intact?is far from an assured
fact, it was pointed out in some con:
ference circles. France's two reservations
on beginning construction of
replacements four years earlier than
proposed and on duration of the
i agreement must be disposed of. Then,
i if the naval agreements are all em;
bodied in a treaty as forecsat by the
' American delegation, the past must be
J ratified by the French parliament, as
i well as the United States senate.
! Ratification by France cannot be re:
lied upon as certain.
In spite of the furor created by the
j Sarraut-Balfour clash, the French del!
egation apparently was not worrying
i over the prospect of strained relations
between France and Great Britain.
' It was pointed out in certain conference
quarters that it has been tradi;
tionally true that Great Britain has
greater respect and closer relations
with a nation that insists upon its
rights and has fighting weapons to
back up that insistence than for a
j weak power without fighting forces
, that surrenders its rights.
French Resent Blame
j The French bitterly resent the ob!
viously concerted effort of the other
1 delegations to blame them for the
I
wrecking of the Hughes naval proj
gram. They claim they asked only
-For submarines they absolutely need
| for national security and assert whatj
ever odium there may be properly at;
tached to those who sought to force
! 'her to accept less than she needs.
j
j It was openly intimated in P'rench
| circles that the American delegates
were believed to have been made un|
consciously to play Great Britain's
j game in joining the drive at France
! on the submarine question.
j The French naval program on which
the conference went on the rocks, it
was asserted by the French today,
i was prepared in Paris even before
the French delegation left for Am!
erica. It was laid before the AmeriI
can delegation during - the first week
, of the conference, they said, further,
Knf was nut aside until Japan's fight
WW- I ,
for the Mutsu was finished. Then
the French plead, publicity developed
I on the French position so as to place
. her in the position of having blacked
the elimination plan.
An outstanding feature of today's
: consideration of the Root plan for restriction
of the use of submarinnes to
I
i operations against war craft only
, was the development of the objection
; by certain foreign delegates that the
Root proposal virtually, would accomiplish
for Great Britain what she fail
ed in her fight for afoofttion of the
, submarine.
j Great Britain's spokesmen all along
, have asserted boldly that the submarine
was of no use whatever against
j warships. The sole value of the suf>
i marine, thev have contended, is in
, .
i Thnrnfore.
j RttcicKinjr rnertimui/ tuuc. a n?,
the foreign delegates, if the Root plan
|to prohibit the use of submarines
against merchant craft under any circumstances
should prevail without
I modification or interpretation, Great
.Britain's fi:rht for abolition of the
, under-sea boats would be won to all
. practical intents and purposes.
A British sookesman, in a confer
; erice with newspaper correspondents
i tonight, freely stated that his delegation
believed the proposed extension
of the recognized rules of warfare
would almost completely nullify the
juse of the submarine.
Silent on Attitude.
M. Sarraut told the correspondents
jit was his intention to discuss the
, Root proposal to outlaw submarines
as commerce destroyers at great
length tomorrow. He declined to
divulge his attitude in advance of his
speech before t: *? conference committee.
It is known, however, that
jthe French are annxious to clear irp
many important questions before giving
their assent to the outlaw plan.
I For example, a member of the
French delegation pointed out that
, in the event of adoption of the Root
(plan, the question immediately would
, arise when does a merchant ship
J 1 9 Alcr\
j cease 10 UK il HR'nmun, smy. .-now
i the French are concerned as to
J whether the proposed protection
j would extend to a merchant ship
loaded with or carrying- a partial
cargo of contraband.
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j in ere nam snips iiiuuhk-u wui
' in<7 the world war, and the question
I as to whether or not they became yessels
of war never has bt'en settled to
the satisfaction of all nations. It is
I asserted.
I The importance of the Root plan is
.'emphasized 'in the light of a statement
by Mr. Hughes at the beginning
of the submarine debate that limitation
of the use of submarines to oper1
1 ...? v. .vultf txr?ic ^ h i?
; tltlOIlS agailllil. u .t i jj.-5 uiuv t..v'crux
of the whole issue.
i The demand of France, Japan, and
Italy for reference of the question
to a sub-committee is expected to be
renewed tomorrow.
CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
| The State of South Carolina, County
of Newberry, by W. F. Ewart, Probate
Judge:
I Whereas, R. J. McCary hath made
suit to me to grant him letters of ad|
ministration of the estate and etfects
of A. J. Hollingsworth, deceased. .
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said A. J. Holilingsworth,
deceased, that they be
land appear before me, in the court
: of probate, to be neia at auwui'mv,
S. C., on Tuesday, the 15th day of
1 January, next, after publication herej
of, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to
i show cause, if any they have, why the
i said administration should not be
: granted.
! Given under my hand this 19th day
: of December, Anno Domini, 1921.
W. F. EWA.KT,
P. J. N. C.
ANNUAL MEETING
| The annual meeting of the stockj
holders of the Commercial bank of
j Newberry, S. C., will be held in the
; office of the president on Wednesday,
I January 11, 1922, at twelve o'clock
i noon. At which time the election of
directors for the ensuing year will be
held, and the transaction of any oth!
er business that may come before the
meeting.
J. Y. McFALL,
Secretary.
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TAX NOTICE
I The books for the collection of
! state and county tax for the yeai
i 1921 will be ooen from Oct. 15th to
; Dec. 31st, 1921.
I Thncp who nrefer to do so can pay
! in January, 1922, with one percent; in
February, 1922, with tw oper cent,
: and from March 1st, 1922, to March
; 15th, 1922, with seven per cent
1 The County Auditor has made up
: tax books by school districts and it
; will be necessary for tax payers to
j give each district in which their propi
ertly is located.
! The levy for 1921 is as follows:
Mills
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j Constitutional 3
; Ordinary County 6
1 Claims 1919 and 1920 lVa
\ Bonded Indebtedness *4
j Court House Debt Vs
! Back Bonded Indebtedness M
Jail Bonds. %
; Road Bonds 3%
Lexington County Claim 14
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levied the following levies:
, Districts No. 1, No. 26, No. 52....15
; Districts No. 2, No. 13. No. 15, -
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A poll tax of one dollar is levied | i
on all male persons between the ages <
of twenty-one and sixty years except!
those exempted by law.
Persons liable to road duty may pay j
a commutation tax of $<3.00 from
'Oct. 15th, 1921, to March 15th, 1922.
C. C. SCHUMPERT.
Treas. Newberry County, j
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NOTICE AS TO DOG TAX
The law imposes a tax of $1.25 j
i per deg, the same being payable from;
Oct. 15th, 1921, to Dec. 31st, 1921. J
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,vish to pay on dog do not forget to
isk for cog: tax and receipt separately
is this tax iz not covered in your tax
receipt.
Following: is the act under which
;ax is levied:
Section 1. Annual Dog Tax Imposed?Be
it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of South
Carolina; That from and after tiie
lassage of this act there shall be leved
on all dogs, six months old or old:r,
in the State of South Carolina an
>.nrual tax of one dollar and twuatyive
cents ($1.25) per head.
Section 3. That every owner of a
lop: shall be required to collar and
ilaoe -he aforesaid dog tax upon the
said collar. Except when such dog
-hall be used for the purpose of hunting,
when such dog shall be upoa a
:hase or hunt.
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larboring cr maintaining a dog, failing
or refusing to return and-pay the
:ax aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty
3f a misdemeanor ,and upon convic:ion
thereof, shall be fined not less
than five ($5.00) dollars nor more
than twenty ($20.00) dollars, one,ialf
of which shall go to the person
reporting said failure to pay said tax,
and one-half to the public school fund
in which said derelict occurs.
C. C. SCHUMPERT,
County Treas. Newberrry County,
Oct. 13th, 1921.
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