William Watts Ball

William Watts Ball (December 9, 1868 — October 14, 1952) was a newspaper editor, journalism dean, columnist, and writer in South Carolina. He was noted for his Conservatism. The Duke University Library has a collection of his papers.

He was born in Laurens, South Carolina.

The Editor and the Republic is a collection of his speeches and articles published by UNC Press. John D. Stark wrote his thesis about him in 1961.