The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-06-18
Proceedings Of the Fifth Annual Con-
yention of the South Carolina State
Press Association.
[OHciaL RepOTt.]


j IL DUuIIl DNshS \ 400
met at D o'clock a. NJ. today, Second vice
President, T. i. Crews, of the Laurcnsrae
Ueruht. in the chair.
journal, was elected temporary Secretary.
The President stated that his reason for as
Stunning the chair was, that the PRESIDENT, Mr.;
+. W. Dawson, OF the Chdricstoh NcHs aha
(Umic,., had resigned the office and that the
First Vice President, Mr.. X. Barnweil Rhctt,
or the Chnriest0'l Jonrndt0} Commerce II a re-
tired from jOurnalisln.. i
Upon IL call of the roll, the following oincers
and member responded; I. b.. Crews, Ldn:
r%cnsriic.. Herald, Second Vice President ana
ucling President; W. J. Mckerrall, .Mario"
Star, Fourth Vice President; I. F; G~rGlekcr,
Nrubcr'y HGntd; j. !: Hoyt; 1aPntt c%"I
Ftrn.r; b, +. bradley, PicAens Se,tttacl; JIG.
IIcnipllill, Abbcrate Medium; a. s.. Todd,
Il rderSon Journal /; NJ. b. McSwccney, Nthcty-
Sir Guardiad; NJ. l.. Bonham, Jr., Nc'00erry
.Nctcs. -.
Sir. Il. Stobo Fnrrow on behalf of the Spar
burg press, extended IL cordial welcome 10 tile
members Of the ussociution.
Mr.. FurrOw stated that Il committee o. gen.
tlcmcn from Atlanta were ut the Palmetto
Hotel, having come To invite the south caro-
linn Press Association to visit Atiapta ana 10
protirr the Inequalities OF the city, ana NOV
cd that a committee of three be appointed TO
wait upon the said committee ana upon Gov
crnor Colquitt, of Georgia, and invite them
TO attend our meeting. Motion adopted.
iu"atia Register, and Mr.. lioyt, Of the baptist
Mir. Mcswceney, Of the Nlncty-six Guardi-
an. proposed for membership In the aSSocl;l-
ton Mr.. J.. VI. Simpkins, OF the Ne%oerry
Nrus, and he was unanimously elected.
The special committee returned, accompa-
nying the committee Of gentlemen from At
lantl, when Gov. Colquitt, Mayor Chlhoun
and Col. Forcacre were respectively present.
cd, and made few feIicitous remarks, which
were responded TO by President Crews, express
sing the thanks of the association for the
courteous Invitations received.
Mr.. Farrow moved that the lnvitaiion 10
go to Atlanta he accepted. The motion sec
ondcd by Mr.. Pope. unanimously adopted.
y motion being Ipade TO appoint q commit
tee to confer with Col. Forcacre, anu arrange
the time Of departure, Col. Farrows stated that
the Air Line Railroad proposed to accommo-
date itself to the wishes Of the assoclntior,
and desired Only to suit its convenience,
whereupon the motion was Withdrawn.
UpoT motion OF MIR. Todd, the special COM
mittec previously appointed. were continucd
asa committee OF arrangements. ,
Col. Howell, OF the ATLANTA Constitution, Col.
Martin. Of the LAtunta Dispatch, and Col.
Adair, Of atlanta, being callen uponi respond
Mr.. Hcmphill, Of the IbDcriNe Medium, pro-
posed for membership Mr.. Hugh Wilson, Of
the Press and Banner, Mr.. Grcrckeri, OF the
Ncr6crry IIeruid, proposed MIR. john W.. r..
Pope, OF inc Columbia Register, and Mr.. Ear
row proposed MIR. Charles Petty, of the Spar
mnbu1y Spartan; all OF whom were uhihl-
mously elected.
Mayor Calhoun, of Atlanta, extended mn
invitation 10 the Mayor of Spurtanburg TO
accompany the excursion to the city OF At
lanta.
On motion, the association, to afford the
members an opportunity to attend the COM
mencplncnt exercises Of WoflOrd College, adj
journed at lO.l5 to meet at NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The report OF the Treasurer, Mr.. T. +. Grcn-
ckcr, of the NcuGc1vW Herald, was made as
Ir.r n,Nl tT-nc tnnniN-nfl IN III fnrInnftnns
Cash on hand at last mccting-...........sO "
Paid FOR 10 ~
Mr.. Todd proposed Sir. John {. i'uiicy. Of
the GrecnriNe Enterprise and MOudtdtaecr, for
membership. Upon motion he was unanl-
mnuSly elected.
Charleston .Ncws and Courier WAS accepted.
The committee Of arrangements reported
an excursion programme; ana list OF invita-
tons as follows:
The Mayor and n committee Of citizens from
Mcssrs. scovilIc, Sclden & Co., invite the
association to dine at the kimball House. At
lantn.
Col. G.. J. Forcacrc, General Manager, ten
dcrs to the members OF the association and
their families the free use OF IL train en- the
Atlanta and Charlotte Airline hallway.
Major james Anderson, General Surrrin-
tendenl, tenders complimentary excursion
over the Spartnnburg and Ashcvllie Rail-
rond. |
MeSsrs. Thompson & steele tender the free
use Of their carriages ana stages 10 visit Ien-,
dcrsonvillc and Flat Rock. !
Mcssrs. Thompson IL Tanner tender the use
Of their carriages at Spartanhurg.. !
McSSIS. Simpson u Simpson Invite the aSS0-
citation To visit Glenn Springs.
An invitation from the prOprictors to visit
Limestone Springs.
IN invitation to visit Cedar Springs and the
institute at that place. /
An invitation from tho faculty ut WOlIOrd
College to attend the commencement cXcr-
ciScS Of that institution.
The students invite the association to at
tend the debates and other closing exercises
Of the literary societies and ttc annual re-
The society Of the Alumni invite the nsso-
citation to attend tho annual alumni dinner.
The spartan Dancing Club invites the
members of the association 10 attend its an
nual ball.
General anderson invites The association to
attend the parade and review OF the troops
by Governor simpson and Adjutant General
Noise.
On motion Of Mr.. Mex crall. the report Of
the committee WIS adopted and the various
Invitations accepted, and the thanks OF the
association returned for the same.
At this point Mr.. FarrUw introduced Mr..
Francis F0ntainc. who has recently establish
ell an advertising agency in New York, BoS-
ton and Atlanta.
MT. HDllLitllltS IOhc ~ IcIlSil. IilS IcIllitI M
elected considerable discussion, by the men,
bers generally, but no action was taken. For
further particulars, read tlrSt article OH local
ljlgc.
: On motion an election Of officers WAS gone
into, with the following result:
PreSident-T. h. Crews, LH,lrnS Herald.
First flre-Prcsidcnt-D. +. bradley, Pick
Gus sentinel.
Second Nicc-PrcSldent-R. NJ. Stokes, Union
Times.
Inird ENTHUSIASTICALLY. J. McKcrall, No
rion S;0,'.
Fourth Elce-President-J. T. Bacon, Edgc-
Filh vicc-rresidcnt- c. Irvine Walker,
Monthly Record.
Recording Secretary-A.S Todd, anderson
Journal.
corresponding s~ccrctary-E. b. Murray,
anderson Lutehigencer.
TrcasurcI-Tllonlas +. Grcnckcr, EcUocrry
IIcrdid.
the ;ssociation To hold its sixth annual meet
inv In the city OF Green willie, and assured the
members tina; nothing would he left undol!c
by the city authorities and citizens generally
to make the occasion us pleasant as possible.
This assurance "as conquered in by the other
members OF the Grccliville press, and upon
motion, the invitation was accepted.
Tn motion Of Mr.. Il. a.. Thompson, an invi-
tation was extended to Col. Evan Howell of
the .i;ianm Constitution, Col. j. II. Martin Of
atlanta Dispatch, Mr.. W. II. rnhcr, Of COlunl-
bia, Mr.. a.. y. Williams of the 4Nrus and
Courier, Mr.. Tillman Il. Gaines Of the S,ulh-
crd Iier0id, MIR. Il. b. Brown, representing
the anderson intciigcnce;, together with such
other representatives OF the press rs might be
in attendance; to accompany the excursion to
Atlanta.
On motion of Mr.. IIoyt, the hanks OF the
association were extended to the press Of
S~rartanburg for their cordial reception and
kindly consideration shown tho members Of
the association.
On motion of Mr.. Pope, Governor 81 mpson
and Adjutant General Noise, together with
their $ MI officers present, were invit ted and
urged to accompany the excursion over the
Air Line Road to Atlanta.
THURSDAY, juno IL.
The association met this morning pursuant
On motion Of Mr.. McLucas, n committee OF
three was appointed to wait upon Governor
simpson, Adjutant General Noise and their
staff officers and invite them to visit the Press
Association while In session.. The commlttcc
was composed of Messrs. McLucns, Wilson
and McSwccncy.
I mir. Bailey proposed for membership In the
association MIR. \. NJ. Howell, OF the Green
ellie Nc,cs, and he WIS unanimously elected.
sir. Bomham offered the following reSolu-
ton. which was unanimously adopted:
Whereas members of the Press Association
have been the recipients Of many acts OF
courtesy and kindness during their visit to
Spurtanhurg; now. therefore. be IL
Resoired, That the thnnksof tee association
are hereby gratefully rendered to land
here named the parties mentl0ncd ab0Vein
first days proceedings as extending courii-
Sizes.
DIR. T.. J.. Roach, n member Of the Georgia
Legislature, from Atlanta, was presented by
Mr.. Fnrrow, and assured the association Of n
hearty welcome to the Gate city,
Governor simpson and Adjutant General
Noise were presented by the committee and
u,arn Iptrp1ucp1 nv President Crews.