The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-01
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
PROCEEDINGS OF SOUTH GA ROLINA
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Sympnsium-A Clever Scheme to Bring
Practical Matters Before tho Ass0-
ciRtion-Excellrnt Pap"rs
ana DiscusRt"ns.
Especial to News and Courier }

Harrls Llthla Springs, July u
The State Press Association is in ses-
sion here. The attendance just now
is not quite 30 large as il, previous
years, but today's arrivals have not
yet been reported. President Aull
says that it is the larg, st first days
attendance he has known.
j. II. Wharton, member Of tho
house, welcomed the association on
the part Of the management and
the good people Of Lnurens County.
MIR. Wharton took occasion to make
mention Of the newspaper governor,
who, he held, owed his deserved clrc.
tion and promotion to the press of
the State.
Fitz Hugh McMuster, Of the Char.
lesion Post, on the part Of the asso-
citation delivered most eloquent re-
sponse, which was heartily applaud
ed.
President Aull called upon Julius
e. Boggs to say few words for tho
association, and he spoke in an inim-
table style, deity Interviewing hu-
NOR and pathos with the warp of his
speech.
Today when the association met
Chaplain Sid II. Brown delivered
the opening prayer. The first work
was the reading Of tho annual report
Of the various officers.
The fret and most import report
was that Of President Elbert H. Aull,
in which he took occnsion to pay
! handsome tribute to the late Robert
Nj. Stokes, we'll known to tho mcm-
bers of the press as for many years
the editor Of the Union Times. He
stated how it Happened that no dele
gates attended the National Editorial
association, and reported the sue
cessful passage of the advertising
law through the legislature, and
other matters Of interest to mem.
bers Of the association.
The treasurer, in addition to his
financial report, wrote as follows:
Charleston, S. c., July 4, 1899.
10 tho Members Of tho South Caro-
lima Press Association:
Gentlemen-Having been troas-
urer Of this association since May IS,
1884, | am really sorry that 1 am
compelled by the state Of my health
to sever this pleasant connection.
Franz MELcnERs
Secretary G. C. Langaton submit
ted his annual report with an accu-
rate statement of the work and OK
penses Of tho executive committee.
The association then took up tho
newspaper symposium, which was a
clover schem' on tho part Of the OK
ecutive committee, which invited the
speakers.
GLOW to Buy the Stock" by James
l.. Sims, of the Times and Democrat,
was concise and business like pa
per.
August Kohn, of the Columbia bu-
reau of the News and Courier, read
paper on "How to get tho news"
Elbert II. Auil, of the Herald and
News, of Newberry, road an able pa
per on how to make tho paper read
able.
There was then general discus
sion of various subjects. Ono Of The
most interesting topics discussed wan
started by Mr.. Jones as to whether
it paid to run sermons and serial
stories Most of tho editors seemod
to think it useful and profitable to
run sermons and stories every week
Col. Hoyt, Mr.. McNIaster, Mr.. Con
zales, MIR. Sims, Mr. Jones, MIR. Boggs
and others discussed tho topic gen-
orally.
President Anil appointed the fol-
lowing committees:
Resolutions-F. H. McMaster, e..
B. DeCamp, e. G. Haynsworth, N.
q. Gonzales and II. b. Harmon.
Report Of Officers-R. II. Swoo-
roy, Louis Appelt, f. a. Gasquc,
w. M. Jones and August Kohn.
On motion Of Mr.. Stopplobein II.
B. Crews and j. A. Hoyt, Of tho as
sociation, were appointed, and Hugh
Wilson was asked to servo on tho
committee to frame resolutions on
tho death Of Mr. Stokes.