The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-22
Mps WATSON WAS
LAUGHTER OLD SOUTH
.,rr OF U. S. SENATOR DIES
VIZ c1n1DDENLY. HUSBANDS
GENDER TRIBUTE.

rr1ONrSON, Ga.-Ihe little city
thomson is in deep mourning be-
Of lHo af tne death of Mrs. Thomas
cause .o - widow of the United
F. w @ ssnator from Georgia, and the
Sat''A American woman to whom an
hf'lo;nfnlent in the senate was ever
aPPosd who passed away Unexpected
oHei'i her home a week ago..
t@I.+bough she had been in falling
A vi, for several months, her con-
heal.n was not thought to be serious
dtion 10 cause anxiety. Mrs. Wat
enous" ever a true friend OF every
son ,.a |~y for the progress and well
NOV 81 ~ the community. Ill health pre-
ialI her assuming an active role
Immunity affairs, but her gener-
IL 'oon-,ntributions and her influence as
Gus III The success of many civic en-
s y.or;ses Those who knew her init
x saPtaIv counted her as rare TREND,
n ma the hospitality of her home and
anu anu friendly charm of manner were
i,rn far and wide. Her late hus-
snUd had in her a companion and
PAN n6dant who stood bravely by. his
C !a, throughout the vicissitudes OF his
sue and who cheered him in sue
CdlVo. a,d comforted him in adversely.
CVS The marriage of Miss Georgia Dur
, daughter of DR.. George Dur
nalr,' prominent physician OF Thorn
nan ~ Thomas E. Watson was the
syI.r,,;nation of a beautiful romance to
v,b;ch Mr.. Watson very often referr-
'd His tributes to his wife IN the
w. oe.rIv half century OF their married
et ta' will 20 down in literature as
a,noog the most exquisite tributes
ever paid a woman.
Senator Watson's Tribute.
No finer tribute could be paid Mrs.
WATSON than to give here one OF the
jed;cations in one of his works, and
every word he wrote was dedicated
u The i,e one here produced was from
.ba first edition of his prose Mis-
cqIlanies," published in 1912;
I'm whose pure affection and loyal
.ori briefless young lawyer found
i i in the good year 1877, and who
MT so very long afterward, for the
course of true love, as from time i'm
memorial, did not run smooth, be-
came Mrs. Thomas E. Watson, and
T rgl,1| has ever since, walked the long
bath by his side through health and
through sickness, through. JOY and
through sorrow, through the sunlight
and through the tempest, with the
ufatering devotion OF the typical
wife. and who now turns with him
70 face the afternoon of life without
anv sort of fear, and with the peace
Of soul that passes understanding"
Svmpathizing to the utmost in ev-
ery aim and ambition of her husband,
Mrs. Watson stood as one OF the
most wonderful examples OF the loyal
heipmate.
Political storm and stress saw her
ever at his side, comforting, encour-
aging, sympathizing, and when the
dark woods Of despair seemed ready
to engulf him it was her gentle hand
and her soft voice only that could call
him back.
Her charity was so we'll known that
it was almost a custom to just ask
Mrs. Watson" when need or sickness
oppressed the unfortunate.
Truly of the "o1d south" her gong
has cast a heavy shadow over the
community which knew and loved her
50 we'll
Gentle. transformations, clinging to
the last to Hickory Hill" where so
much OF memory chung, she went
peacefully to sleep to join those whom
she had devoted her life to and whose
going had emptied life for her.
Mrs. Watson was o. years OF age,
and is survived by two grandchildren
Misses Georgia Watson Lee and
Georgia Doremus Watson.
The interment was in the Thomson
cemetery beside the grave Of her dis
tnguished and lamented husband.