The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-06-25
rHE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
al, sol RTEENTH ANNUAL SES-
IHitoN HELD At MOREHEAD.
Members Enjoy the Breeze, the Surf
~ rn,,bir. aud the Fishing--A Pleasant
md Profitable Meeting.
Editorial Correspondence.

.t.rrauAD. y g., June 18th Accept
... IMITATION of MessrS. Cooke and
-,aB Bry-. who are managing the far
.w.s ltIantic Hotel this season, to hold
,..arnutI session of the Press Convention
.aH- delightful place and to be their
- there are forty seven editors
raLI Il happier set of men it
f b.. difficult to find. Editors tray
yl4iI,S. more than men in any other
r.- uu and know the varied com
-- aud InconvenienceS Of riding on
rail. They are therefore, the more
.ib.. %. discriminating ia their estimate
| 'a..- and pleasures and more difficult
| y. .',s-r When ! say that All are charmed
M u- famous place and all loud III
| ...gcN preston Of pleasure, 10 IS the best
| a-ttu.aDic evidence that the new prOprle
| . ARE conducting the hotel in the best
e 20. please the public
III. Association arrived ut Morchead
Wednesday night and after Il delightful
riru p:trlook of an elegant supper On the
.-. ol fare for breakfast the next morn
.-, uoticcd oysters, fish, (three klnds)
,..Iop~. clam frltters, crabs, hard and
soft. besides the good things that do not
..rIu the wafer. Now was mt that Il re
rI,t ta set before kings Two summers
4.a was IN a pleasant party at Morehoad
-.a the truc reason that induced him or
har 10 be at the Atlantic. AS may be sup
posed the reasons We're numerous. One
.u5uE man said that he wanted TO get
married and had come to find him
>acttHcart one young lady was equally
is raudid. one wanted to fish; another
came to enjoy the surf bathing and still
another was tired Of home, wanted Il
rl9ugc. etc, etc Finally all had spoken
except one young man who said 1T may
b. said that the lowest motive of all
rr.upted me to HE To the SeaShOre, but
IKE tac father of his country, | cannot
trli "a lie: came here because of the sue
uuteul fish the delicious crabs, and the
rich CLAIMS / came to get something good
to eat. All laughed hearth y-the young
women III the party thought it not compli-
mrutary to them-the young men called
h.m an Epicurean, but he had a virtue
which some of the others did not possess
be- told the truth. Like that young man
20 to Morehead for the eating and if it
a low motive that prompts the trip
then regret that my mind does not soar
into higher realms.
The CHRONICLE rarely mentions the way
hotel is kept or refers to the proprietors.
B4t there IS need OF an exception in this
Instance. The young gentlemen i'll charge,
Nessrs. Cook IL Foster Bros, are person
ally 50 popular -deservedly so-that will
bepardoned for saying Gndeed ought not
TO be pardOned if | failed to say it, that
,ace the Atlantic has been open it has not
been under better management. They
devote much of their time to entertaining
those who are stopping at the hotel, show
Ing the objects of attraction, thereby rem
derug ones stay pleasanter than when the
a a
''Gct Jhe worth of it if you can" If these
young men We're not 50 modest | would
say something about their good lO, ks and
give that as an additional inducement to
!oHnE lady travellers to go to Morehead,
butas IT is merely say that the rooms are
most comfortable and the fare as good as
the most fastidious could desire. Gray
-srrybody knows Gray-is the head waiter
aud carries himself as erect as ever The
hotel Is not Yet full-the season never at
.IuS lis height until the middle of July
hat there are some of the pleaSanteSt of
pleasant people here mostly from the
North and West. | am glad to see them
coming to North Carolina it will do them
-ooi at the same time that it helps Us.
Glt there Will be such a crowd in July
that the house viii fairly hum with peo-
.e. And it will be a brilliant crowd too,
q, am informed. Mr. Cooke told me that
@o~t OF the rooms have already been Ell
gagged and that he feared that all could
not be- accommodated. That's Il cheering
Prospect for the proplietors!
] cannot tell about the pleasant sails our
party enjoyed about the fishing fine
port; about the surf-bathing mem
0er, who for the first time stood in the
af said: 1T is the most delightful sen
,at.ou ever experienced" about the dane
N- there are a few ladies here; about
iae tales of great fish catching, &c, &c.
which combined to make the trip pleasant
Those who have visited Morehead must
imagine them ;others must come and see. ,
What the Association Did.
but give an outline of that part of the
pceedingS that may interest the public
thursday morning the Convention was
0.u.rl to order by President JAS a. Rob
Mson, who presided with credit to himsel
during the session Mr.. w. l.. Arendall
5t Norehead, III a pleasant address, wei
coined the press to Morehead Referring
,o tae dream of Gov Morehead he hoped
The meeting of the press would bring
about the fultilment of that dream, ant
that the day would soon come when More
4eld would be a city in reality as well a
a name. Mr.. Henry \. London -alway
happy and felicitous in his speeches re
4tnt IN his best style. The President ther
r.td his address 1t was full of good ant
PRACTICAL suggestions, and was adorned
H'rA the wit for which Mr.. Robinson i
noted
The following officers were elected TO
'he ensuing year: President, J. |. McRee
Raleigh News Il Observer; vice presidents
p. Eldridge, Lexington Dispatch, H
Wall, Rockingham Rocket, and G. A
Frch Shelby New Era; secretary an,
treasurer, j. H. Lindsay, Kernersvill
News u Farm; assistant secretary, J. d
Aernodle Graham Cleaner; Executiv
ommittec: W. W McDiarmid, Lumber
"n kobcsonian G. B. Green, Durham TC
'eco Plant; Josephus Daniels, Raleig
1aR0NCLE: Thad. r. Manning, Henderso
'y.d Leaf; Jordan Stone, Asheville Citizen
.4ap,aiu Rev p K. Law, Monroe Ell
+-rer and Express; Historiographer, Jol
iaA stone; Poet, Miss Hatchett, Hendcl
,9A southern Woman; Orator, Josephu
Daniels, editor STATE CHRONICLE. Th
me aud place Of the next meeting wa
.,l III the hands of the executive con
!4.t,ce
The Association had already adopted tn
moving resolutions, which were agai
.a0 after which Josephus Daniels, ed
wi Oh the CHRONICLE, delivered a eulOg
~ JAe HE Of Captain Randolph A. Sho
'ss- lhe resolutions adopted are
hhkEAs, Since our last meeting Cap
s-1Aaolph Abbott Shotwell, who since 1876
."2 Geen engaged in journalistic work
-Vh Carolina, ''has fallen on sleep,
'.5retore be it