The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-08
THE PRESS EXCURSION.
A MOST PLEASANT REUNION AND
VALUABLE RECREATION FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA EDITORS.
The Reception in Greenville and Interest
ing Views and Incidents Along the Route
to Cincinnati and Return.

The recent session of the South Caro-
lima State Press Association in the city
of Greenville was by far the most largely
attended and elected the greatest interest
Of any session the Association has ever
held-facts which are largely ascribable
to the extensive and agreeable excursion
which had been arranged to wind up the
meeting. Among the many attentions
and courtesies shown the members OF
the press along the whole length of the
route, it would be very difficult properly
to describe any of thom in an article Of
the length to which this sketch must be
confined.
Upon the meeting Of the Association
IN GREENv1LLE
an address Of welcome was delivered by
ex-Gov. Perry in that genuine, hearty
and elegant manner and style which have
always characterized his appearance in
public, and was appropriately responded
to by Mr.. T. B. Grows, the President Of
the Association, who eYinced great readi-
ness and precision in the remarks in
which he replied. This formal part Of
the programme over, the citizens, in CO.
operation with the journalists of tho
Mountain City, in hundred ways prac
tically illustrated the sincerity of the
welcome they had extended, and took
every occasion to add to the pleasure o.
the journalists and show them the
achievements of Greenville's brain and
vim and energy and liberal progressive
public spirit.
Invitations to the College Commence
ments were extended and accepted
though the exercises Of Furman Uni.
versity, which had two graduates with
the degree of Master of Arts, one Of
whom. was Mr.. Walter Brown, of Will.
liamston in this County, were princi'
pally concluded before our arrival.
The Greenvillo Female College COM
mencement came off on Wednesday and
Thursday, so that full opportunity was
had for attending the graduating exer,
cises of class of eight or ten accom-
plished young ladies. The Association
as body visited the College by invita-.
ton on Thursday, and witnessed the
Calisthenic drill of all the students, and
were delighted with the precision and
readiness with which the many and
varied evolutions were gone through, il
being rendered as Systematically and
perfectly as any military company could
possibly so through the evolutions o.
the drill. On tho evening Of tho same
day the graduating exercises came off in
such manner that bolh the Faculty of the
College and the young ladies have reason
to be highly congratulated. The accom-
plishments of the lady graduates as
evinced in their compositions and man
ner show them to have been efficiently
instructed and to have acquired valuable
stores of knowledge. After the COM
mencament exercises were concluded o
reception was given to the graduating
class at the College Chapel, at which the
members of the Press Association were
invited guests, and enjoyed very pleas
ant evening. Everything was in excel
lent taste, and the occasion passed off
with mono but pleasant memories to
those who were present. Throughout
the entire display Prof Townos i'm
pressed himself as most thorough and
accomplished presiding officer and in
structor, and the scholars prove that he
is ably assisted by the other members of
the Faculty, so that the Greenvillc Fo-
male College convinced tho visitors
present that it has bright future in tho
work of female education in South
Carolina.
One of the pleasant. attentions paid the
Association hero was tho carriage drive
over tho City OH Thursday afternoon,
which gave to many of the Journalists,
who were in Greenyi!le for the first time,
a new idea of tho importance of this
growing City, as it hangs upon gantle
slope at the base Of the great Blue Ridge,
almost beneath the shadow of the beauti-
full Paris Mountain. It's street railway,
its manufacinrics, its spacious business
houses, its elegant private rcsidences and
its handsome ehurclos, all impress the
visitor with the fact that it is place Of
progress, and that its citizens arc fully