The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-08-15
THE NORTH CAROLINA PRESS AS
SOcIATION.
Interesting Comments OH it's Person
mel and Business Methods. as
Viewed by an Outsider

Marshall, a bright and talented young
gentleman who is the principal of a
flourishing school not far from Lenoir,
writes the following interesting COM
munication to the P,ogyessiOe Farmer
about the Press Association. He saays:
THE PERSONNEL.
s.What good humored and orderly
lot OF men these editors are! is your
frs, thought on dropping into their
meeting. 1t is Wednesday afternoon.
II move, SIR, said soft but clear
tenor voice in the rear, "that we 60 to
Blowing Rock instead of Hickory"
And you soon learn that the BODY is
struggling to decide whether to accept
an invitation to the complimentary hop
at Blowing Rock or the Banquet at
Hickory. "At Hickory" the pleasant
voice continued, "we see the works OF
man-what art has done, but at Blow
ing Rock nature invites us to view her
wonders and thither we ought TO go,
especially as this is Il blozoing crowd -
This brought the house down.
Next came little spat (no vinegar
in it) between our amiablc State CAr0N:-
cir Daniels, an cold fashioned Method
lst," ard Lexington Dispatch Eldridge,
an uncompromising Methodist, on the
inconsistency of accepting the compli-
ment of a hop when they must preach
against hops on their return home.
Mr.. ID. plead the custom of Governors
and Presidents in favor ofaccepting the
compliment. Mr.. E. plead consistency
against it. Mr.. d. thought refusal
to go would be the worst precedent
the Association ever set. MIR. f.
thought it would be the best one. The
Association sustained Mr.. d. and voted
to accept.
Meanwhile you have been looking
around at these knights of the sanctum
and making inquiries. You are told
Robes0niaA McDiarmid is the name
of the portly, jolly, good looking
Scotchman who has the pleasant voice.
have heard that it would split a
Scotchman's head to get joke into it.
This is not true of Mr. McD. He is
full of jokes that nearly split his head
if he doesn't get them out, and he gen.
orally splits our sides when he does
The Mayor of Boston once threatened
that he would pay 1000 year to
hear Mr.. Med. laugh. The brethren
like him, too, and made him their mex
President.
Is that Josephus Daniels? Yes, that
is Joe. A small man, weighing abou
I3o or 14o, he is much heavier thar
that when he sits down on anything OF
anybody. He has stooplng shoulders
his features are thoughtful when al rest
he wears a smile that PLAYS ceaselessly
about his mouth and is clean -shaven
inclining to be dark, but a face tina
beams with geniality and is fit nde,
to his pure heart and good conscience
He is rather halting in speech, because
of a seemingly nervous hurry, but he l.
interested himself and always get
there with his point. But IN empha
sizing everything he maintains stoop
ing posture that makes YOU wish h
zv0uM straighten up. All his move
ments on the floor are remarkabl
graceful. You will also notice hi
splendid round forehead, over whicI
r constantly falls stray lock of hi
. abundant black hair. In genia!ity G
r Countenance and the number of squar
' inches Of forehead, he doubtless lead
the Association. osephus Daniels
one of North Carolina favorte editors
-, and publishes the best secular week.
It Raleigh ever had. His head, heal
q and hand never tire in devotion t
honor, purity, justice, truth and righ
Who is that calm featured man
5 about 80 years old, with fair, rudd
; face and light brown mustache, wear
e ing a neat gray suit of faultless fit
He spoke SO tenderly and touchingl,
p you remember,o of his deceased brethre
Yates and Jones. That is .StateaiA
=, Landmark Caldwell-Joe, they ca
/! him. He is deliberate but easy an
interesting speaker and is as we'll bt
loved by his brethren as any editor
i the Old North State.
And that dressy, pleasant face
! young man-really handsome-wi,
the spectacles on? That is Chariot
y Ch, onifle Haydn. He is a great favo
8 ite with his brethren, an indefatigab
+" worker and influential member. H
speeches are short, elegantly expresse
and always listened to. He was ele'
5. ted as next years orator.
But you get tired of asking abo'
people. Looking over the assemb
you see few, very few, heads with gra
hairs, and almost none with baM hair
You see two pairs OF spectacles, one
eye glasses. 1t is quite a young, goot
looking and intelligent body of me-
The orator of the occasion and II
{ Secretary do not look to be but twent
but they impress you as men of muc
q promise. The President. HENDERsO