The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-05-30
BILL 4HRs BEES q TO THE

The twelfth annual meeting of the Geogia
Press Association convened in Cartersvillo
on the 14th of May, with full representa-.
ton. The welcoming words were spoken
by Major c. H. Smith (Bill Arp) Of the
Atlanta Constitution staff, as follows:
"Cartcrsville," he said, receives you
gladly. She feels maguified by your pres
ence. Always hospitable to the humble as
well rs the great, she nevertheless indulges
peculiar pride on this occasion, for while
her pompous ncighbors have been spread
ing wide their philacteries over conventions
of teachers and preachers and loechers and
railroad intriguers she ranks them all in
the quality of her guests. [Applause. +
The editorial brain is the lever Of Archim-
edcs aud the press is the fulcrum. More
than million souls arc domiciled in our
State, and the power that moves them,
trains them and directs them is now before
us. The press is par excellence the public
educator. II gives more incentive to study,
more direction to thought and more food
for mental digestion than all other powers
combined. 1t establishes the convictions Of
masses upon all subjects which they are
capable of mprehending. What a won
dcrful power! And yet how silently it
works its mighty engine; how seemingly
unconscious of its strength how unassum-
lug. As we look into your frank and open
faces we are almost ready to exclaim, How
child.li aud bland p Laughter
"When the generous host meets his well
come guest upon the threshold their kindly
greetings follow in quick succession, is it
we'll with thee, my friend Is it we'll with
thy wife and childY Your presence and
your serenity indicate that it. is well, and
now, in our tune, we respond to your kind
solicitude, and answer that it is also well
with us. Our hearts beat happily and arc
warm with that abouuding hospitality which
/ charactcrizes suburban villages. Unpre-
tending towns feel all the greater honor
when visited by the giants and the notablcs
of the land. Like the country farmers
wife when visited by her city cousins, the
first impulse is to kill every kid and lamb
and turkey and fat shoat iu the ncighbor-
hood. The cook. book is ransackcd for
something rich, spicy and peculiar. Lem
ons. gclatiuc and 1avoring extracts are laid
in store. The good housewife fondly aspircs
to entertain her guests after her own
princcly fashion, and if furnished with their
usual bill of fare would duplicate it if she
could 1t may be, however, that you will
not object to slight variation from your cpl.
curiau diet, for the immortal Marccllus has
demonstrated that even quail ON toast is not
acceptable as daily dish [laughter], and
your rural brethren can tell you exactly
how long an editor can live on bacon and
green's without picking quarrel with one
or more OF his contemporaries. Laughter
and applause
But Curtersvillc has another reason fol
feeling specially honorcd on this occasion,
for, according to high authority this is not
a city Of brothcrly love, nor the abode Of
angels, nor the gate of paradise but is on
the confines of the Internal regio 1s-nigh
unto the Plutonian shorc--and the very
air VIC breathe is odorous of fire and brim
stone. Laughter.] All these pcrils you
have brcavcd to visit us.
Into the jaws ofdeath,
Into the mouth of hell
Rode the one hundred.
daughter and applauSe.l
The cx Governor is with us now, and we
arc told that when "honors arc easy" with
and that a better feeling will soon be brought
QoOul DclMcCu ilul duu IHlS llltIc DantlnS
Of the Western and Atlantic Railroad 1t
was born of her progress, and grew up as
one of her children. Her mother-ths
good old town of Cassville-died in
giving her birth that good old town that
nursed and cherished the lamcntcd Aiken
aud Trippc, and those other stars not yet
gone out-Judge Underwood, Judge
Wright, Gen. Black: Gen Wofford and the
Dcmosthenes Of the mountains, who is now
professionally engaged in treating the rag.
gcd edge Of jenkins ear. TChecrs and
laughter.] When his Excellency Joe Brown
first become our Governor, he become god
father to our little town, but she soon grew
saucy and Independent, and tie old gentle.
man turned her adrift upon the cold char.
tiles Of a way station schedule GLaugh-
ter. Then Gainesville retaliascd in a
manner that was un6lial and unbecoming.
and the old gentleman quietly told her to
so to--Pluto's home. [Laughter1 1t
seems now that he had thought she had
done so, rs he puts off all travellers here
who are seeking that tropical region
Laughter. But she didn't 90 there, gen {.
tlemen, and still lives to welcome her
friends and defy her foes. IL she is little
too Independent at times, wel ''bothing
cxtcnuatc nor set down aught in malice"
"And now, gentlemen, Christian gentle.
men, good samaritaDs, peace. makers, after
the sad recital of our alienation, we invoke