The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-07-09

and Of action, were made q reality.
Today tho course Of history can no
longer be turned into another chan
mol by great conquering armies, obe-
dent to tho slightest wish Of an am
bilious leader, who could trace his
ancestry from the days Of Adam, but
"Tho moving finger and tho pen,
together, rulo tho world"
In our own State the press has al
ways stood for justice and truth and
has novor been guided by passion
or prejudice. In the hottest and
most fierce political contests we havo
ever had tho press Of South Caro-.
lima has ever stood out boldly for
principles thoy beloved to be right
and just and for tho best interests Of
the people, and has in many cases
! suffered boycott when prejudice
among the people held high carni-
val rather than become ponny- a-lin-
ers and sell their birthright and
their principles for a mess of pottage.
| / wish [ had tho data and the
time to give you an idea Of the great
men who have adorned the history
of journalism in this State and tho
sacrifices and struggles they havo
ever made for tho public veal Thoy
stand the peers of any representa-
tives Of the press in the world and
have ever been in tho forefront of
the battle for human rights and hui
man liberty nd the material adj
vancement O. tho State and the moral
uplifting Of the people. They are
the leaders and the mouldors Of
public sentiment for the best good of
all the people. In patriotic devotion
to their State the newspaper workors
Of this State have no suporiors. They
have ever been modest in their de-
mands, preferring rather to serve
than to be served, and in this they
arc serving the Divine purpose in
life. The weekly press of this State
has, however, furnished two Gov
ernors for this Commonwealth and
in every position to which they have
been called they havo measured to
the full stature Of the true man and
the true woman, for we now recog-
nize the fact that in tho sphere of
| journalism our sisters are not our
interiors.
This Association was organized
twenty six years ago and has done
much 10 advance the profession of
journalism in this State. I am glad
that we have with us tonight two of
the charter members of this Associa-
ton, and one Of them, the first presi-
dent, and the other also an honored
ex-president, in the persons Of Col.
j. A. Hoyt and Col. r. B. Crews,
both Of whom are still actively en-
gagged in the profession and have
adorned it for half century.~
AS an humble member of the press
of South Carolina my hope ever is
that we may keep the profession to
the high standard set by our fathers
and ever strive to exemplify the
principles Of justice and truth, not
only in our newspapers, but in our
lives.
A NEW TOAST, NOT ON THE LIST.
Gen. j. l.. Stoppelbeln, who had
been especially active and successful
in his efforts to facilitate the work
of the Association, was down to re-
spond to tho toast, "Woman," but
was not we'll enough to respond, and
President Aull conceived the bright
idea of having Mrs. Virginia D.
Young respond to tho toast, "Man."
Mrs. Young was caught entirely IN
awares, but made decidedly one of
the best and certainly the snappiest
of all of the talks. She said she had
travelled in this country and in
Europe to considerable extent, but
in all Of her travels, she had met nc
men quite so good as those in hel
native State-South Carolina. They
differed fir other men, essentially
in their courtesy and kindness tc
their mothers, sisters and wives, O,
in a word to women. They, of all
mon, recognized that it takes two
halves to make the perfect whole
and that was what gave her hope o1