The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-07-13
Annual Meeting OF the South Carolina
State Press Association.

Carolina Press Association eau be record
cd as most interesting and profitable
meeting to all Of the members who attend
ed it.
Last Wednesday evening hnd been set
apart for the meeting of the Association,
and the afternoon trains brought IN the
majority of the members who were pres
snt. The attendance was smaller than
usual, and, az consequence, some OF the
members seemed to be little despondent,
but at $50 o'clock President Wallace
called the Association to order In the
Opera House, and prayer was offered by
che chaplain. A number of our citizens
had assent bled to give the members cor
dial welcome 10 our city. Mayor ToIly
was on hand, and at the proper time step,
ped forward and in one of his best and
happiest speeches assured the members that
they were welcome to the most progressive
town or city in South Carolina: The
Mayor fairly outdid himself, and when lie
took his seat each member of the Associa'
ton felt that the words Of the Mayor came
straight from the heart. In his modest
and inimitable style, President Wallace
responded to the Mayors address, and
assured him that it was great pleasure to
the Association to convene III Anderson, J,
whose reputation for genuine hospitality
4 WhS kuOWu WV oSo@Ss
Thursday morning the Association con-
vened in it's" Iirst business session In the
Masonic hall, with the following officers
| in their places: President, W. 81. Wal.
lace, Newberry Observer; Chaplain, Rev.
Sidi 81. Browne, Christian Neighbor, Sec
retary, G. II. Prince, Florence Times ;
Treasurer Franz Melchers, Charleston
Deutsche Zeitung. In addition to the
officers there were about fifteen MEM
bers present. and several others came
in during the day.
n. G. Osteen, of Sumter Watchman
and W. w. Ball, Of the Laurens Adyer.
tiser, were proposed and elected mem pers
of the Association, and the usual commit
tees were appointed by the President.
"How to conduct newspaper contro-
versy" was the first topic for discussion
and was orened by Il. M. Aver, of the
Florence Times. A number Of the mem.
bers participated in the discussion, which
was exceeding interesting. Another inter-
esting feature of the morning session was
the reading of paper on 1.-THE country
editor as Journalist and printer" by
Hugh Wilson, of the Abbeville Press and
Banner. This paper gave Ghs members
some valuable suggestions, and was dis
cussed by several members. After trans
acting other business the Association took
8 recess.
at the afternoon session Mrs. Virginia
| D. Young. of the Allendale Enterprise,
| and the only female member OF the Asso'
citation, read paper on 1.-THE Star OF the
West, or what q woman may do." 1t was
well prepared paper, and strongly adVo-
Gated extending the elective franchise to
woman. None of the brethren could en-.
dorse all of the views entertained by Mrs.
| Young, but her compo .ition WAS listened
to with interest, and the thanks Of the
Association we're rendered her for the pa.
per.
After transacting other business, the
Association adjourned until 8 80 p. M,
when it reconvened in the Opera House to
hear an address from the annual orator,
Gen. e. M. Law, of the Yorkville Enter.
prise. An appreciative audience greeted
The orator and members. Gen. Laws
subject was 1.-The Use and Abuse of the
Press" and he handled it in manner
that could not be equaled. The Assocla'
ton will publish the address in its min
utes.
At the conclusion of Gen. Laws address,
the Association repaired to the Hotel Chi
quola and gathered around the festive
most Delightfully."-. The banquet was ten.
dered by the citizens, and was presided
over by j. NJ. Sullivan, President OF the
Board Of Trade. After prayer by the ven
erable chaplain of the Association, Mr.
Sullivan delivered most eloquent speech,
in which he highly compliulented the
journalists of South Carolina and the
pleasure it gave him to greet them In An
derson. he then proposed the following
toasts:
The South Carolina State Press Associa-
on-Representative of public thought
and non-partisan in character, is body
of men that asks no favors and has no foes.
Response by President W. b. Wallace.
They City Of Anderson--Progressive
and prosperous, she ever welcomes merit,
and proudly entertains the worthy guest
Response bv G. +. Tolly.
The fourth Estate
"Mightiest of tho mighty means,
On which the arm OF progress leans,
Mans nob!est mission to advance,
His woes assuage, his veal enhance,
His rights enforce, his wrongs redress
Mightiest of the mighty Is
Response by Col. ]. A. Hnyt.
South Carolina-Her safety and pros.
perity commands our utmost patriotism.
Response by Geo e Prince.
Woman-"The star in the West'-She
ever shines in her sphere, aud holds our
admiration for what She is and what she
does. Responded 10 by W. W. Ball.
After the regular loasts iupromptu re-
marks were made by several others who
were called upon. Among others Capt.
W. r. White, being called forth, said be
could not make speech, but would make
prediction, as follows: "On or about the
4th of March, 1858. Baby Ruth will draw
up chair to the table In Washington, D.
c., and Baby Mckee will bs digging bait
to 60 fishing"
The first glance at the heavily ladened
banquet tables gave evidence that Manager
White had done his best for the OCCASION.
The makeup of the menu Was certainly
original and unique, nearly every paper
in the State being named, as for Instance:
1.-THE State" brings Baked Red Snapper a
10 News and Courier; Observer" ham,
sauce "Intelligencer" Spartan Her
aids" baked turkey, "Greenville Daily
News" style"; Press and Banner leg OF
mutton, '.Enterprise and Mountaineer"
Capre Sance; "CIeve and Steve" Cream
'sBaby Ruth Fingers" etc. It was late
hour when the merry banqueters arose
from the table, and it was the general e1-
preston that most delightful evening
had been spent.
On Friday morning the members OF the
Association were given drive over por-
ton of the city, and before II O'Clock
again assembled in business session. At
| ter trapsacting some importsnt business,
the committee on resolutions, through
| Mr.. Aver, its chairman, submitted the
| following, which were unanimously
adopted:
Providence has, during the past year,
blessed our fraternity and prospered US.
Our ranks are unbroken, from them no
one has been called to lay aside his pen to
leave forever the field of earthly Iabors,
and inasmuch as We are permitted 10 as
semble thus once more In Convention.
Resolred, That we give o1r heartfelt
thanks to the gracious Rulcr of the Uni
verse for His care over US, and that as we
are about to disperse from this happy
gathering, ..,,
Resolved, That We use our most dilligent
efforts to carry into practice the principles
learned here, and to use our influence to
| build up this Association.
Resolved, That our thanks be rendered to
| the good citizens of Anderson for their
generous hospitality and kind treatment
| of us during our session in their beautiful
city, and that We gratefully return our
| thanks to the Corporation and the Board
| of Trade for their courteous invitation to
us to hold our Annual Convention here.
Resolued, That our thanks be extended
to the various railroads of the State for
their courtesy to us in the issue OF passes
and special rates for our families.