The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-30
The n. c. PRESS
ASSOCIATION
Held Their Annual Convention
last Week at Wsynesvills-
A Meeting Of


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| tnre. Of the "Outinx" a sueee.s-The
| Grandeur of w-.t@rn North Carolina.
The North Carolina Press Assoeia-
ton held their annual convention
last week in Waynesville, N. c.
This association is composed Of mem
bers Of the press in the State. The
meeting just held was the largest in
point Of attendance, and one of the
most interesting and instructive to
the newspaper men.
The convention assembled in the
court house and was called to order
by the president, Mr.. Whitaker, of
the Winston Sentinel. After prayer
Mr.. b. B. Ferguson, Mayor of Way
nesville, delivered the address Of
| welcome.
The adore 80 was we'll worded and
finely delivered. We would gladly
publish the grand word painting Of
the beauties of Waynesville and sur
rounding country, but space forbids
yet We cannot omit the following
extract of his speech:
"1n this Press Association every
section of the "Old North State" is
represented. Every avocation of
life, every shade Of political opinion,
every form of religious belief, has
here an able and q fearless advocate.
And We trust that in every heart
there relgns supreme, the smiling
angel of Charity, ready to forgive
and forget our inability to express
the joyful feelings of a hospitable
people, in being honored with the
privilege of entertaining the fore
most thinkers of the most American
State of ALL this union of States.
Whether you come from the dark,
gray city, where you hear the heart
beats Of men, or from the sandy
beach "where our ocean Biuebeard
locks within his sandy prisons the
white clad brides of the sea-" or
from the isolated village near ma
lures heart, where cloud piercing
mountain peaks keep their tireless
sentinels over 1.-THE Land of the
Sky" we bid you all a hearty well
| come.
"And the voice of welcome rises
from the valleys, and all "the teath-
cred songsters sing their sweetest
songs of welcome, and mingle their
melodious voices with the music of
hundred murmuring brooks and rip
ping rills, in perfect harmony.
"And these grand ole mountains,
stretching out their hands of forest
to give greetings and farewells to
the rising and the setting sun, bid
you welcome rest in their silent
shadows.
But there could be no joyful well
come without the smiles of those
whose highest mission is
ITO chase the clouds OF life's tempestuous
And strew its short but weary way with
For this to man was lovely woman given,
The last, best work, the noblest gift of
Heaven"
$50 in behalf of the bright, lovely
nymphs of Haywood-whom we
would gladly place besides the
daughters of any State or section
and exclalm "These are our jewels
we bid you welcome"
Mr.. d. A. London, of the Pitts
boro Record, responded on behalf of
the Association in a neat 81 eech.
DR.. J. Howell Way, of Waynes-
Vile, then addressed the body on
"Waynesville as a Health Resort
1t was an able paper and listened to
most attentively by the audience
At the close DR.. Way was loudly ap.
plauded.
The President then delived his ad
dress, making several timely recon
mendations for the Association t.
act upon.
At this point the meeting adjourned
until night.
In the afternoon the members o
the Association with their wives ant
daughters were invited to carriage
ride up the famous Junaluska Drive
Over one hundred partook of this in
vitation, and those whose good for
tune it was to be of the party will
8 long remember the grandeur AM
beauties revealed on the trip.
!. For four miles this drive wind
up the mountain side, circlin,
around and around, crossing itsel
In the ascent until gradually the sum
NIT is reached. Here a view of tn
famous Richland valley can be had
for miles and miles as far as the ey
can see, is the "fullness and richnes
! thereof seen, the waving wheat field
!. with their golden harvest, the gran
= pastures of rich green, in which ar
- browsing cattle, the sparklin
streams of icy water falling fror
cliff to rock until it mingles with tn
=. flowing stream of the valley, while l
the hazy distance can be seen nest
ing in the shadow of the mountai
the quiet little town of Waynesvill'
n 1t is picture that once seen wi
live forever in memory. But tn
ut writer will not endeavor to portra
the beauties and grandeur of Aatu1
d that here exists-but can only say
60 and see for yourself.
At the Night Session.
The Historian, Mr.. r. A. Deal,
Y the Wllkesboro Chronicle, read h
report, and he created much anus
" ment in many of his references al
sayings.
Or He was followed by Mr.. Dowd,
I'd the Charlotte News, who deli
ne cred the annual Grafton. MIR. Dow
had no set, prepared speech, b
seemed to have derived his inspir
ton from the afternoon drive. !
d. spoke of the progress of North Cal
as lima since the Civil War, and ma
to every North Carolinian who hea
him proud of the Old North Stat
Hon. r. D. Gilmer then spoke
, q. "Waynesville's Past. Present q
Future" The address was remal
ably good and highly applaude
The exercises were interspersed wi
music from the hotel and the rem
Ill ton of some negro songs by t
of the hotel walters. It was abe