Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-10-11
JONI S &
Charlotte Observer.

Carolina Regiment, was killed at
the battle Of Cold HarbOr. The
clouds at that time were lower
ing over the fortunes OF the Con-
federacg ard there was urgent
call for recuits. A younger broth.
or of the dead captain, John S.
Henderson, needed the call, en-
listed as a private and hurried
off to the field. He WAS but Is
wears old and that was the begin
ming of a lifetime of service to
his people and his country-the
beginning Of a career of honor,
of integrity, of usefulness, throu
Oh wears in which there we're
periods of storm and calm for the
State of his nativity, and which
closed Monday in peace and tran.
guilty IN surroundings which he
loved. In the days of stress Col
onel Henderson was firm and
rugged and true to the best in
terest of the State. He was new
err moved from his personal con-
victions. He rigidly adhered to
his sense OF right and lived to
see the successive triumph of the
things for which he stood in the
political and economics affairs
of North Carolina. Coming from
the war ColonelHenderson joined
the historic law school Of Judge
Pearson and opened a law office
when he was too young to vote.
His career as a public man began
almost Immediately, the first
high honor that was bestowed
upon him being his election, in
1875, to the State Constitutional
Convention. He was often sent
to the Legislature from Rowan
County, his last services to his
county and State having been
given as Senator in 1901 and 1903
Meantime, he had been elected
to Congress five successive
terms and was given recognition
there by being placed on some
of the important committees, in
Guiding the chalrmanshipof Post
roads and Postohices. He was
d delegate to the National Demo
cratic Convention in Chicago
| which nominated Hancock and
English in 1880 and he sent to
the recent Democratic Conven-
vention at St. Louis which re
nominated Woodrow Wilson. 1t
is pleasant, at this time, to re
| feet on the honor the North Car
DINA delegation paid Colonel
Henderson at this convention in
sending him to a seat on the plat
form.
Colonel Henderson engaged in
no undertaking that was not of a
constructive character, for his
activities were by no means con-
fined to the field of politics. One
monument stands to his sagacity
and foresight in the present de-
velopment at Badin. This great
enterprise grew out of the origi
nal Whitney power plant The
railroad town of Spencer is an
other monument to his con-
strucLive policy. He fathered
these two great developments
and lived to see the things he
hoped of them fulfilled to the
promise. The personal charac
teristics of Colonel Henderson
we're unique. He strove above
all things for soundness of opin-
ion and once his judgement was
formed it was formed to stay.
This was demonstrated in the
turbulent political days when the
Farmers Alliance made it's fam.
GUS demands on all public men
requiring them to subscribe to
certain political tenets, one of
which was loyalty to the Sub
Treasury idea. Colonel Hender-
son was one of the very few who
deied the Alliance and he made
a successful fight in a contest
which his friends thought was
foredoomed to failure. Person.
ally, Colonel Henderson was a
delightful character. He was
gifted with a keen sense of hs-
NOR, the more agreeable because
of its quality Of refinement. He
was never coarse. His character
was the same in public as at
home; the same in the political
atmosphere as in the sancity of