The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-05-27
What He Is Famous For,

ing paragraph appeared in Tn,
Pickens Sentinel:
Colonel Henry Watterson
editor OF the Louisville Courier
Journal, has been mentioned al
a candidate to fill vacancy il
the Hall of Fame. Can anyon,
tell us, offhand, what Marst
Henry is famous for?"
Well, we got our information
but we do not believe it is al
'offhand." Somebody has been
reading up" about this famous
Kentucky colonel, for which we
are glad. We know more about
him now than we did before,
and we herewith attempt to
make oGr readers better ac-
quainted with him.
The Anderson Intelligencer
says the gentleman in question
is famous Because he is Marse
Henry"
The Greenwood Journal says
he is famous for Mint juleps. "
Both these answers, we take
it, were "offhand."
Now listen to the Augusta
Chronicles testimony, which
does not sound so "offhand:"
For frankness. Hatred Of
hypocrisy. Ability. Fine rhet
oric. Nobility of character. In
dependence of expression. Keen
ness of penetration. "A link be-
tween the fine old southern jour
nalism of the years gone by and
the up-to-date newspapering of
today. "A man tolerated for the
mean things he writes; pardon
ed for the tart things; admired
for the bright things, loved for
the goM-Gespected for them all.
And honored for, maybe right
or maybe wrong, he is honest in
all these things he writes and
says"
And now comes the rotund and
able Banks of the Columbia Rec
ord who, being duly sworn, says:
Some of our papers in an ef-
fort to be facetious have com
mented upon the fact that Col.
Henry Watterson has been sug-
gested for the Hall Of Fame.
For what is he famous!' asks
one. Another replies, For mint
iuleps. Well, at any rate, he
appears to be famous.
Col. Watterson is famous,
for one thing, for having been
chief of scouts in the Confeder-
ate army, quite a service for a
young man for 23 or "a years;
he is famous for having been the
soul Of the Democratic party i'm
his state, and for nearly a quar-
ter Of century he was the mem
Der from Kentucky upon the
national Democratic iecutivc
committee; heis famol for hav-
ING twice been charm IN of the
platform committee 0 the ma
tiOnal convention and he was
president of that convention in
1876. Is that something to be
famous for-to have presided
over the convention that nomi
mated Tilden for president, anC
the world knows that Tilden re
ceived the majority Of the votes
of the people and was robbed OF
the election.
Col. Watterson is also fa
nous for having published {
a newspaper i'm the army, car
rying the outfit on the back of {
mule, and he has been famous
for having edited since 1868 Tho
Courier-J ournal, through which
he has spoken to the people fol
nearly forty years.
IF anybody believes he has
yet lost bis incisive ability to cut
right to the heart of a proposi
tion, or if anyone doubts that he
has lost his ability to put q
punch into his writing. it is time
for another guess. 1t is not be.
coming to sneer at this great
Southern citizen, who is yet a
master mind and a master soul. "
And now, dear readers, we
hope you think as much of Col.
w attersOn as we do. And he is
now more famous than ever be-
fore. For which he thanks us
We do not believe the report that say:
every time Editor Koester of the Green
vile Piedmont writes an editorial on the