The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-02
rHE STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION.

;hc South Carolina State Press AssO-
cation was held at Harris Lithia
Springs on Tuesday. Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of last week, and
i was one OF the most interesting and
profitable meetings ever experienced
,,y the members. From the opening
"a the close there was not dull mo-
rlcnt in its proceedings, and the mem
hers who failed to attend missed Il
oyal treat
The meetings were held in the Audi
'orium. and at the first session Hon. j.
II. Wharton, one of I.aulcnS Comniy>
most cstinablc citizens and Il mclnbrl
II the Legislature from hat County,
II behalf Of Proprietor Harris and
Manager Fox and the good people of
he County. delivered IL most cordial
ind eloquent address nl welcome to
he press gang, whcl. WAS responded
% i'll behalf OF he Association by Mr..
i'itz Hugh McMastrr, OF the Charleston
Ercmim9 Past, ana Hon. j. T.. Boggs, of
Pickens, an cN member Of the AssOcia-
tiOn, who was called upon by Pu.si-
dent Aull.
"Wednesday morning the Association
got down to business in earnest An
excellent and interesting programme
had been arranged for the occasion,
and nearly all the members who had
been appointed to prepare and read
papers on the subjects assigned them
came we'll prepared to perform their
duty. The subjects, of course, were
only Ut interest tn tho journalists, ailh
were handled in way that every
member present received new and
practical ideas about journalism. The
subjects of the interesting papers
brought out other topics, which were
generally discussed, the members Civ
ing their experience in various lines of
work, covering almost every feature of
Il printing office. The sessions c0ntin-
ncd through the four days, two and
three sessions being held each day.
On Thursday night the members of
Ilc Association and many Of the guests
nf the hotel gathered around the ban
.lnct table in the spacious dining room
and partooll Of the many good things
spread before them The banquet was
served in cnirSc> and il was >nnu-
tllollS.
At the conclusion OF the banquet he
annual address before the Association
was delivered by Col. Pleasant 4. Sto-
vail, the accomplished editor Of the
Savannah U;a.) Press, whose subject
VAS "What IN Editor Saw and Heard
i'll Mexico" Col. Stovall is Il most
eloquent and pleasing speaker. and
having taken an extended trip through
Mexico Il short while ago, the subject
matter Of his address was most enter
tanning to the large assembly who
heard him.
The Association ON Friday appointed
Il special committee to arrange for Il
trip to Cuba next February or March.
The Association concluded its work
tllat day by clcctinS the following Off
GERS III S'.i'vi tile ensuing wear: Ircsi-
dent, l.. ii. .iuli. Nrwberry: Vice
Presidents, n. &. Gonzales, Columbia.
and J. l.. Sims, Urangcburg; Chaplain,
Rev. Sidi II. Browne, Columbia; Sccre-
tary, {. {. LangstOn, Anderson: Treas
nrcr, August Kolm. Columbia; Execu-
tive Committc, NJ. B. McSweency,
Louis Applet and j. A. Hoyt, ST.
The ..n!y sad feature Of the session
WAS parting with our venerable friend,
Mai. +. Melchers, OF Charleston, who
had faithfully served the Association
us it's Treasurer for the past sixteen
years. Maj. Melchcrs has passed his
three score years and ten, and Oh ac-
count Of his feeble health declined to
serve another term. At the banquet
table Col. j. A. Hoyt, on behalf of the
Association. after a few appropriate
remarks, presented Maj. Mclchers n
handsome case of spoons rs Il testimo-
nial from his brethren. Maj. Melchers
was evidently deeply touched by the
pathetic and eloquent words of Col.
iioyt, and in accepting the testimonial
responded briefly.
Harris Springs is entertaining Il very
large crowd of health seekers this sea-
son, and the Medical Association,
Teachers Association and the Dental
Association have held their annual
meetings there during the past month.
These Associations, of course. attracted
other visitors. who are more than
charmed with the place as II resort for
health, pleasure and recreation.
The mammoth hotel sits on al hill.
and from its broad, long piazzas !,
grand view of the Surrounding section
is sprcscnted. MIR. r. l.. Fox is in charge
0f the hotel, with Mir. Claude Garrett
rs chief clerk. These gentlemen qln-
derstand dtheirbusincss, and look closely
after the comfort Of their guests. EN-
tcnsive improvements have been made
i'll the hotel the past year. Electric
lights and water works arc among the
improvements. Bcartlcn's orchestra
from Augusta has been engaged for
the season, and morning, afternoon and
evening Of each day delightful music
is rendered. ss..s.,s.--......- -....,,.s w..
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