Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-13
M. ). WATSON DIES
 OF BRIEF ILLNESS EAT HOME IN WAC0
Prominent Hotel Man, Formerly Resident Here,
 Succumbs to Erysipelas


 His many friends here, where lie resided for some time as manager of the Hotel Pines will regret to learn of the death on Friday morning. at Waco, Texas, of M. D. Watson, one of the best known hotel men in the | southwest.
 The Waco Daily Times of Friday has the following account of the death of MT. Watson:
 M. D. Watson, aged A. widely known throughout Texas because of his connection with various hotels in this and other states, died this morn ing at 11:25 o'clock at the Savoy ho- tel, which he was operating at the time of his death. MT. Watson had been ill only 8 week, having been on the streets last week greeting his friends as usual. The immediate cause of death was erysipelas.
 The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon, but the exact hour has not been decided pending the arrival of Charles Watson, an only son, who is in the government military training camp at Little Rock, Ark. Adyices from him today are to the effect that he cannot leave Little Rock until to- night. Besides Mrs. Watson and the only son, Charles, MT. Watson is sur vived by one sister, Mrs. Lillie Bigga and one brother, Cleve. Watson, botl of Lotta, S. c.
 MT. and Mrs. R. M. Mays, the lat ter sister of Mrs. Watson, live at Shreveport and will arrive this aft t0niohf tho funoro1
 PrOspered in Business.
 M. D. Watson came to Waco when "A years of age from his old home in Marion, s. c. Shortly after arriJ ing here he opened a restaurant in the Katy depot, and although his first business venture was unpretentious. his diligence and pleasing personal . ity made his place popular one with the railroad men as we'll as the gen. eral public. He next acquired con- trol of the Exchange hotel at Third and Franklin streets, which he con- ducted on a paying business until acquiring control of the McClellanl hotel. which he disprsed of after forming a partnership with T. H.. Clancy for the operation of string of hotels in the state, these being tn" Metropole in Waco, Imperial in Dal- ias and the Delaware in Fort Worth Later the Marquette, in St. Louis, was built for Messrs. Watscn and Clancy. MT. Watson later disposing of his holdings for the purpose of returning to Texas. He bought the Westbrook in Fort Worth on his return to the state later acquiring the Pines hotcl at Pine Bluff, Ark, returning to- Wa co in February, 1916, buying the Ter .minal hotel,y which he now owns, ac- 1 duiring the Savoy hotel, where he died, only short time ago.
 l Other than the business ventures above mentioned, MT. Watson has at different times been connected with various other restaurants and hotel enterprises, among them the Cosmos and Sauare restaurant, Waco, in 1916; the Boyle hotel, Houston, in 1900; Wootan Wells hotel, in 1904. 1 MT. Watson had host of friends in every city where he lived. His all times in evidence, and his by alty to his friends was a chief char acteristic. He enjoyed the distinc- tion of being the first man to inaugu- rate the 15-cent meal in Waco, and the fact that he prospered and be- came one of the best known hotel men in the South is a tribute to his business judgment.
 Friends of the family throughout Texas will join in tender sympathy to the bereaved members of the fam ily.