Background
Ball, William Watts was born on December 9, 1868 in in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Beaufort Watts and Eliza (Watts) Balliol
Ball, William Watts was born on December 9, 1868 in in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. Son of Beaufort Watts and Eliza (Watts) Balliol
Bachelor of Arts, South Carolina. College (now University of South Carolina.), 1887. Post-graduate work, same 1888-1889, Doctor of Laws, 1919.
Studied Law School University of Virginia, summer, 1890.
Doctor of Letters, Oglethorpe University, 1937.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1890. Editor public Laurens Advertiser (weekly), 1890-1893. Editor Columbia (South Carolina.) Journal, 1894, Charleston Evening Post, 1895-1897, Greenville (South Carolina.) Daily News, 1897.
Reporter Philadelphia Press, 1898.
City editor Times-Union, Jacksonville, Florida, 1900-1902. Assistant editor Charleston News and Courier, 1904-1909.
Managing editor The State, Columbia, South Carolina., 1909-1913, editor, 1913-1923. Dean School of Journalism, University of South Carolina., 1923-1927.
Editor News and Courier, Charleston, 1927-1950, retired, now an editorial writer and columnist.
Delaware Gold” Democratic National Convention that nominated John M. Palmer for president of the United States, 1896. Lay deputy General Convention of Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1940.
Member Poetry Society of South Carolina. (ex-president), Alumni Association University of South Carolina. (ex-president), Sigma Delta Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa.
Member of the board commissioner South Carolina.
Institution for Education of Deaf and Blind, Cedar Spring, South Carolina., by appointment of governor, 1921-1934. Mason.; Club: Charleston.
Married Fay Witte, April.