Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-24

| as African slavery" in the United
| States, he became a warm support
| er of Bryan.
Mr.. Watterson also devoted some
of his editorial attention to social
| questions. He once made a savage
! attack on New York society women,
! calling them, "a flock of unclean
| birds" He accused them of a fond
ness for display that ruined the
/ men, and a love of champagne and
! bridge that eventually ruined their
] morals.
His dashing style gave him such
! nicknames as Light Horse Harry
| and "Henry of Navarro" He was
more popularity called plain "Marse
! Henry"
| AS effectively as he wrote Mr..
! Watterson spoke on the public plat
! form. His reputation as an orator
| reached it's climax when he delivered
| an address at the dedication Of the
| Columbian exposition when he ap-
/ peared as the governments official
| spokesman.
! Among the several books he wrote
or compiled were oddities Of South
! ern Life and Character" a volume
! of southern humor; 1.-THE Spanish
! American War;" written concurrent
; ly with the events, and his latest
! work. "Compromises of Life" a
| compilation of his lectures, addresses
| and numerous editorials from the
! Courier ournal.
After the War
Of his career Mr.. Watterson re-
| Gently said: ..
81 came out of the war like many
[ FIJI 1f nt1f1
a very picked bird, indeed. In order
| to escape the humiliation of Dor
| rowing from a northern uncle, whose
politics I did not approve, l went
| with my watch to an uncle who
| had no politics at all and got $50 on
| it, Along with two blanket-mateS,
who were as poor as myself, I start
ed or rather revived, publication OF
an old suspended newspaper at Nash
Vile. Nothing could withstand the
| energy and ardor which we three
| threw into the enterprise. We were
| working for bread and had to have
| it. When We began there were nine
daily papers struggling for a foot
| ing in the little Tennessee capital
! At the end of the year there but
f! two, and of these ours had two-thlrds
! of the business. After two years
was called to Louisville to take an
| editorial position on the old LOUIS
| vile Journal, the paper OF George
D. Prentice. Six months later wal
| ter N. Haldeman, who owned the
Courier, Joined with me in COM
| bining the Journal and Courier. In
| cidentally this led to the purchase
! of the old Louisville Democrat, this
publication losing it's identity en-
| tirely. That is about all"
The consolidation of the three pa
pers was the first of the great news
paper combinations. 1t resulted IN
| the first appearance of the Courier
! Journal, November 8, 1868.
In his early years he superlntend-
ed the detail of every department,
| and for more than thirty years put
the paper to press every night.
Read to John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams used to walk
along the streets of Washington with
his arm on young Wattefson )
shoulder while the boy read to him.
He sat on the knee of Andrew JACK
son. He was an amateur page IN
congress and was at John Quincy
Adams side when he dropped dead.
After the Civil war he began "a trav-
cling newspaper" He edited the
Chattanooga Rebel, a paper printed
in a wagon. Later he went to Louis
vile, KY, where he stayed for half
a century to make newspaper his
tory.
Hated Show
He hated the glossy and the
Snowy things, He used to roll
down to the CourierJOurnal offices
IN big motor car, wearing sailors
| "pea-iacket' instead of an expensive
fur coat.
On the wall of his office where he
wrote most of his editorials there
were no pictures of famous lights OF
literature. There was little more
than IN old straight topped desk,
stacks of papers crammed illogical
ly in cubny holes and ink well and
pen.
There he wrote a miserable hand,
and most of the printers had a hard
time setting up his articles. There
were no typeWriters in his day and
when they finally came into use he
ignored them and stuck to his pen
much to the disgust of the printers.
On one occasion he wrote in an
editorial the words "gilt-edge bonds"
and the printers read it guilty edge
| bonds" and that was the way it got
| in the paper. Another time he wrote
in tribute to an aged citizen of Louis
Vile who had died "he has entered
| the sleep that knows no waking"
| the printer read it ''he enter the
ship thai knows no shaking" and
thus it was printed.
Many famous jou1 nalists began
their careers under Colonel Waiter
son. Among the most prominent