Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-12-20


Senator, responded to "The Press' In
his usually able manner. Rev. r. e
Holland did Justice to The Pulpit
at the same time making all due ac
acknowledgements to The Press. d. c.
Westehhaver highly counplimented
1.-THE Barr of this town aud State
and laid proper stress upon the neces
lsity of having good laws to lead and
govern civilization. " Martinsburg
and the Eastern Panhandle" received
Il worthy tribute from Senator Daw-
son, Of the Preston Journal; he begged
to assert without exaggeratiOn tnai
this was the Queen City of West Vir-
ginia and made another remark a.
encouraging as it is true, that in look.
ing over town it seemed to him that
we had nothing but schools and col.
leges. y. s. Grant Pitzer, young
man of this town, ably represented
| the interests of" The Working Man''
of this State and country; that while
our progress was greatly due to the
professions, we were all building upon
the foundations laid down by the
bone and sinew of the country; that
men of might and power, of influence
and ability, should never fail to rec
ognize III. rights and demands OF
labor; that without the assistance Ut
the miner, the farmer and the me-
chanic, West Virginia could never
advance as she ought to, and that with
their cooperation and encouragement
she would never fail. "Our State, !"
by S. =. Mccormick, of the Grafton
Edgte, was full of food for serious
thought. He sketched the history OF
our State. and alluded to an able argu-
ment he had recently come across Of
the late lamented Hon. C. j. Faulk-
ner, made before the Supreme Court
during the trials of her infancy. He
also noted the rapid increase of our
population, but regretted to say that
in wealth and enterprise we failed to
keep step with that growth. He
pointed out the great mineral wealth
and resources of our State, iron, coal,
wood, &c.,-h0w it was being taken
out of our State and manufactured
elsewhere and made other States
wealthy-how capitalists pass the
most inviting fields by in this State
an go away down South to invest
their money-how emigrants by the
thousands pass through our State To
accept far less advantages in the West
and build up that country; and he
asked the reason of all this! whether
it was not soon time that we demand
more liberal legislation and extend a
stronger invitation and greater en-
couragement for the location of peO-
pie and enterprise within our own
borders, and get our wealth to enrich
ourselves and not others, distant from
us and strangers to us.
After this the members INDUCED in
a little fun among themselves and
proposed resolutions and toast to
the Ladies of the ". c. T. u, re-
sponded to by Mr.. Holmes in beauti-
full and poetic language. A resolution
of thanks to the Mechanics Band was
offered and the company dispersed.
Thursday morning the editors left
for Washington and Baltimore, which
ends the Press Association Meeting
of 1884.
The next meeting of the Press As
ISOLATION will be at Charleston, some
time In Sept, 1885.
Committee on Resolutions J. J.
Peterson, w. B. Colston, G. NJ. Flem-
ing. In their report they rendered
the thanks of the Association to the
Railroad Companies, to Mayor Lam
bert, Capt. w. Ill. Riggs, Col. J. @. A.
Nadenbousch, =. A. Rohrbaugh,
Blackburn Hughes, Esqs., Hon. Geo.
F. Evans, and Others of Martinsburg
for their courtesies and kind atten-
tions; to the members of the local
press to Harry Riddle, of the G. ".
X. r., and w. Nj. Clements of the
b. & o., to Capt. r. II. Pratt of the
Carlisle Indian School for his kind
attentions; to the Ladies of the w.
c.. Il. U. of Martinshurg for their
elegant entertainment on this occa-
sion, and to all the people of this
quaint and beautiful city of Mar
tinsburg for their kind reception; to
the Mechanics Band. and the officers
of the Court for the use OF their
Court House.
The Committee on Obituaries, &.
A. Huntington, r. l.. Townsend,
John II. Reilly. reported with ex-
pressions of sorrow and regret the
deaths of three members of the AS
Sociation, the venerable editor of the
Free Press, Mr.. Gallaher; the editor
of the Fairnont Hest Vigyinian,
Mr.. Fleming ; and Mr.. Hickman of
West Unioi-all worthy members
of the fraternity and honored and
respected citizens.
The officers of the Association are !:
President, A. b. White; Vice Presi-
dent, j. E. Fleming; Recording
Secretary, E. c. Smith; Correspond.
Secretary, j. j. Peterson; Treasurer,
w. NJ. O. Dawson; Orator, P. w.
Morris Poet, HUI Maxwell.