The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-22
Death Of Brilliant Young Journalist.

UeaCu Oh u DruIluut 4OuuS JOuFuAllSts
Thaddeus E. Horton sleeps. No, he
is not dead. There is no death to the
truly noble and the great. The beau
tiful and delicate fabric OF mortality
may shrink and fall to shleds responsive
to the finger touch of insatiate disor-
ganization and decay, but the radiant
splendor and the FURNISHED halo sitting
in triumph upon the brow Of immortal
ity assuages the tear-dimmed eye,
brings solaco to the stricken heart, and
smoothes the ruf1ed brow of care. He
only sleeps till the summons comes to
live and live forever. AS we go weep
ing to the sunset, let US not dream that
the great orb Of day sinking below our
little horizon goes down in sea of
black and impenetrable gloom. While
it leaves us in the Pickering shadows,
in the dark groupings of despair, it goes
on to other worlds and shines through
endless ages. Still it is q mysterious
dispensation of Providence that the
sublime beauty of an ascendent lumi-
nary, following in the track Of its or
bit, is lost from the gaze of men by
slipping away like a falling meteor
from its moorlngs on the great empy-
rean sea. We are made to wonder why
so lavish in her gifts, if Natures hand
so soon mnst mar the picture she so
fondly gave? But it is not for us to
question. "Time willreveal the calyx-
es of gold" and some day, it may be
ycnder past the sunset and the night,
we shall see His plans unfold and say
that God knows best.
Thad. Horton was pure, noble and
upright gentleman, great as any poten-
tate, for he was ruler OF men; high
souled and patrician, he sc0rned to stoop
below the ethics of his profession, but
with characteristic energy. being the
architect of his own fortunes, forged
rapidly to the front and claimed the
prize, success. He was as modest as
woman, and wore with becoming dig
nifty the blushing honors heaped upon
him, yet tcourageous, brave and valorous,
heroic, manly and resolute, persevering,
hardy, and possessed of q heart OF oak.
He was cool, discreet and cautious; re-
youth the embodiment and the soul
of honor
THE ixrsAi..GENcER feels deeply the
bereavement, because it was fol this
paper that he as q youth did his first
newspaper work as it's Williamson
correspondent. II was then we saw in
him the kindling spark of literary
genius upon which we more than once
had occasion to encourage and COM
mend him. Perhaps, more than to any
other attributes was due his strong,
unconventional elementary common
sense the credit Of his splendid success
in his chosen profession, and this was
recognized in the very responsible as
signmentS always given him wherever
he has been employed. Through every
line of his work breathed the high as
pirations of his lofty soul, and after his
long vigils and patient struggling,
when he was about to realize the bright
summit of his earthly ambition, the
summons came and found him waiting
with anxious eyes to take up an assign
ment his holier aspirations had taught
him to seek.
Mr.. Horton was born in Williamson,
S. c., in the year 1865, and was the sec
Ond son Of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Horton,
of that place. At an early age he man
ifested taste for literary work. Be-
ginning as local correspondent of this
paper, he rose steadily by merit till he
became associated prominently with
the daily papers of the State. At the
age Of %, he was appointed by the
Governor to represent the State in the
commercial and industrial congress in
Paris, where he won distinction by his
letters to the Nelcs and Courier and the
paris edition of the New York HERALD.
In 1890, he went to Macon, Ca, and be-
came the news editor of tbs Telegraph,
whence he went to Allan ia and became
managing editor of the Atlanta Journal.
Two years ago he went to New York on
the Times, and at his death was the po..
itical editor of that paper, his rapid
advancement on the staff being most
phenomenal. His assignment within |!
two years to the most responsible po |
sition on the staff speaks elOquently of |
his tact and genius. He was liked by |
an who came in contact with him, and |
wherever he lived welded strong |
personal influence, by reason of his
magnetic graces and pleasing address.
He passed away at the Hahneman
hospital in New York on Wednesday
last after briee illness with typhoid
fever, and the remains were brought to
Williamson and inferred in the ceme-
tery there last Friday. Rev. w. T. Tate
conducting the funeral services in the
presence Of a large congregation of
s0rrowing friends and relatives. To
the bereaved widow and aged parents
our hearts 60 out in the loss of so low
ing husband and dutiful son. May he
rest in peace!