The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-08-11
ECHoES FROM THE PRESS COZ
VENTION,

ton, and therefore will not be accus,
OF any mutual admiration" busines
says this of the editors who attende
the convention in his city:
In the past Is years this writer hi
not been privileged to attend but tw
conventions of the North Carolip
Press Association. The first was i
Charlotte years ago, and the secon
was in Winston, last summer. On III
first occasion, the Association, as
matter of course, was in its infancy
and last year at Winston the per
sonnel was entirely new. Only a few
OF the old faces were there. Tn
gathering at Winston struck the Ner
as being a most representative one
There were about fifty editors ther,
from all parts of the State. But, favor
able as that convention struck th,
Ne1s, the one that has assembled her,
to-day has increased its admiration fol
the body. The editors gathered here
In personal appearance and in genera
address, could not be eXcelled by any
State in the South. 1t is a genuinely
attractive looking body of men, a BODY
that would draw attention anywhere
There may be no bondholders in the
lot, but they all look like men who do
their duty in life and who have good
consciences. 1t is, on the whole. an
aggregation that is credit to the State
they represent.
Capt. T. r. Jernigan, of the State
Chronicle, one of the most intelligent
and conservative members of the As
sociation, as we'll as one of the ablest
of editors and highly esteemed gen.
tlemen, says this editorially:
The annual meetings of this body
are growing in interest. The subjects
discussed are important and interest
ing, and greatly aid in mapping out to
editors the true field of duty and
responsibility. The Goth session which
closed i'll Charlotte on the evening of
the 28th was in no sense an exception
to the general interest manifested. It
was an interesting session aside from
the social enjoyment and pleasure
experienced by us all. But the gates
OF Charlotte ever stand open with the
word welcome written over them, and
when this Queen City of the Piedmont
section was selected as the place for
the meeting Of the convention for this
year there was not a member who did
not know at once that hospitality
would be open handed. This was true
Turing the entire session, closing with
l princely banquet on the evening of
the 28th given by the Chamber of
Commerce, and which was most
oleasingly presided over by Mr.. Cham
oers its most worthy president. Not |
the excessive heat DOW
prevailing throughout the whole coun- |
ry Charlotte was made comfortable I
md inviting by the unsurpassed cour-
esy of its citizens, so highly appre-
lated by the members of the press,
md which will be pleasantly remem-
'ered by them.
The convention was in every way
uccess. Charlotte opened wide her
oOrs and more hospitable treatment
vas never given to any one body of
nen. The convention proper-thc
Tork in the meetings-was excep-
Ionally able and instructive. The
ration, history, poem, all were good.
he personnel of the convention was
triking-a noble, intelligent, energetic
ct of men, it was.
MIR. E. E. Hilliard, of the Scotland
'eck Democrat, a gentleman of culture
nd ability, not given to fulsome
raise, and who is in every way worthy
the honor conferred in electing him
resident of the Association. says:
The members of the North Carolina
ress Association, which now numbers
or than a hundred, we believe, are
ot a set of light heads and excuses
r editors, as has sometimes been in
mated and who attend the press
inventions just because they get a
ee ride and are glad to 60 somewhere.
Il the contrary, they are dignifed,
ell ordered, intelligent, Industrious
I'd manly men, who realize that the
sponsibility they bear to their re-
'ective communities is great one,
I'd that their work in the improve
ent and development of this grand
Old North State'' is no child's play. /
A more dignified, clever set of men
eve never met and mingled with. and
e will make these observations person.
here long enough to say that we feel
ghly honored in being elected presi-
mt Of such body of men. Y
Their fraternal feeling was shown in
special message of sympathy they
Mt to Mr.. II. A. London, editor of ,
e Pittsboro Record, who was unable
be present by reason of serious d
rsonal illnness. A spirit of friendli-
IS and helpfulness pervad6d all the
of these clever knights of {
e quill and they all went out at the
'se of the session with a higher
gard for each other and more solid
to do better work in their
yh and ennobling field of labor.
all the annual gatherings of {
cry kind by the various orraniza- \
ms in North Carolina, we know Of
ne more enjoyable to those in
'ested and who participate than the j
nual gatherings Of the editors Of the 1. =
ate. lC
The North Carolina Press Associa- t
n is no longer an unknown or
riable quantity in the mathematics I
the States prosperity and develop b
.nts; for through the Association the p
itofs from the various sections of the a
lte get new impulses for their work,
d the various sections represented in
; Association receive the benefit Of ;.
;h impulses. And in this way the /
lole State Of North Carolina has
lrned to look to the North Carolina
ess Association as means Of quick
ing the impulses for prosperity and
couring industries that broaden our