The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-02-26
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
Governor Hayward Appoints Mr.. E.
!. Watson to the Position of I'm
migration Commissioner.
News and Courier.

Hayward is very much interested IN
the newly created department OF immi
grafton. He wishes to make it sue
cess from the jump, and he thinks
that he has succeeded in giving it the
proper start at the outset, and tonight
announced that he had appointed Mr..
E. J. Watson, of Columbia, as COM
missioner under the provisions Of the
recently enacted law.
The idea OF department OF this
kind is dear to the heart OF Governor
Hayward, and before he started in on
the campaign which resulted in his
election he advocated the establish
ment Of such : department, and in
TACT ever since he has been in pub
lie life he has been earnestly endeav-
oring in his quiet way to have such a
law enacted. Then, when the law
was passed, the General Assembly
pointed!y placed the responsibility for
the success OF the undertaking on him
and his appointee. On this account
Governor Heyward has been careful
in making his appointment. and he
feels that he has taken the frst step Tor
ward in the right direction by the ap-
pointment Of Mr.. E. ]. Watson TO the
position. Governor Heyward's pur-
pose was to ind some one who had
some experience in this. who was a
hustler, who could and would devote
his entire time to the work and who
was in no way in politics. Mr.. Wat
son has never been candidate for po-
litical preferment, and his selection by
Governor Hayward was entirely vol
untary. Mr.. Watson made no over
lures for the appointment. and it was
at the suggestion OF friends OF Cover
nor Hayward and at the solicitation
of Governor Hayward himself that
Mr.. Watson accepted the position.
For more than year Mr.. Watson
has been the secretary OF the Colum-
bia Chamber OF Commerce, and it was
in connection with that work that
Governor Heyward was impressed
with the character Of his work and
the desirability OF placing him in
charge of the newly established de-
oartment. Mr.. Watson has made a dis
tinct success OF the Columbia Cham
Der of Commerce, and there is every
reason why he should make a similar
name for himself in the department OF
immigration.
Mr.. Watson has lived all his life in
Columbia and is graduate Of the
South Carolina College of the class OF
1880. After his fraduation he went
into newspaper work and has been
associated with the State ever since
its establishment in 1891. For very
many years he was the city editor and
won an enviable name and reputation
for himself by his hard, conscientious
and effective work. Recently he was
promoted to the position OF news and
telegraph editor OF the State and he
will retire from this position to accept
his new work.
It is not expected that the new de-
partment will be ready for work until
about the 18th of March, as Governor
Heyward is anxious for the depart
,nent to be started out in good shape.
Mr.. Watson was elected secretary
of the South Carolina immigration
Association and is a member OF the
executive committee OF that organiza-
ton. And he has been in close touch
with the preliminary work that has
recently been done in connection with
this movement.
Governor Heyward's appointment is
distinctly fortunate. If there is any
possibility OF the immigration depart
rent being success and its resulting
in good for the State at large, Mr..
Watson is the right man to bring
about the result. He is young, pro-
gressive in his ideas, active, quick in
conclusions, and altogether. Cover
nor Hayward has made splendid Sc
lection and one on which he should
be congratulated.