The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-07-25
Wednesday, July 25, 1906.
The Press Association.

The Press Association.
The State Press Association held It's annual
meeting in Charleston at the Isle OF Palms.
A large number Of newspaper men were In
attendance, and the meeting was one of the
best ever held. The place is an ideal one for
q meeting of any kind, as those who have
been there will agree. The cooling breezes
that come from the deep. the ceaseless MUIR
murings of the ocean, the smell Of the salt
the passing ships and the sight Of the endless
blue comes TO the landlubber as most agree
BILE change. To the mountains with those
who are pleased to go! The seashore for
mine, to the edge Of the boundless. where the
blue meets the blue, to the sun and wave
kissed shores Of the sea. What highway we
have here To what unknown lands do its
paths not lead! How close we are to the
great big world when we stand on the shores
of the ocean! Every thing Is full OF Interest
from the one-armed fiddler crab Of the sands
to the great ships that climb the horizon and
sink into the sea.
What q field for the imagination What
ecstacies for nature lovers! What peace and
ouietude for the weary mind! Every wave
that chsses Itself up the sandy beach brings
something to interest the curious.
suoh is the Isle OF Palms with its cool and
roomy hotel and fautless pavilion. DO you
want rest? Go there! you can get 1t.
The people Of Charleston are benind the
times, Charleston is not as most OF her Sis
ter cities are, plunging wildly for the
almighty dollar al the expense Of their life's
blood. Charleston has not lost her civic
pride in q mad groveling for money; she
stands to-day psabably the most hospitable
city Of the South! Here hft my hat to her
and make her my profoundest bow. VI was
o stranger and ye took me In" Yes, Indeed,
In this respect Charleston is behind the times
AS far as business interests are concerned
tho Old City by the Sea Is wide-awake. Able
and energetic men are at the helm and to-day
she has the best outlook Of any city in South
Carolina.
3 The report to the Navy Department showed
that the entire navy OF the United States
could be placed in Charleston harbor. The
result Of this Investigation means much for
the welfare OF the city. The strcng prooabil-
ity OF a Panamanian canal in few years,
and the fact that Charleston is nearer the
canal by 100 miles than any Gulf port. indi-
Gates that there is a future in store for the old
city that we had not dreamed of.
= We have heard much OF what Charleston
needs. One Of these things is direct line OF
boats between Charleston and Europe. II
you wish to go to England You must go a
thousand miles away to catch boat. Is that
good business for US who have one OF the best
ports In the United States? No. 1t is fact,
though. that you can't get to the Bermuda
Islands. Just q few hundred miles east OF
Charleston, without going By New York to
get there.
What is the remedy? We might borrow
the transports Sheridan, and the Sherman,
and the Logan and the Thomas, and put
them on these lines that don't pay. England
lent three of her transports to the Canadian
Pacific Railway the Empress OF Japan, the
Empress OF China and the Empress Of India
without which the Canadian Pacific Railroad
would have amounted to nothing in west
> Canada. In this way the Southern or the
Seaboard or the Coast Line m light borrow oul
transports during peace and make them SER
viceable instead of permitting them to rot al
their piers
What great thing 1t would be for Caro-.
lima If we could see advertised In the
News and Courier and the Post Excursion tc
Liverpool" or Excursion to Loudon" New
Z York could not borrow our ships because she
has lines TO all points Of the world already
but Charleston could. We could call II by
some other name than ship subsidy. We
might call 1t ship award, or ship bestowal, OF
3 ship coz oession, or ship endowment, or any
thing but the horrible, excruciating. nerve
grating Caliban and Harridan Of phrases, to
Z the Democratic ear. viz: ship subsidy. Let's
get q name OF our own and borrow the ships
e It was great pleasure to meet the men Of
the South Carolina Press. For amenity and
amisbility and good hard sense the South
Carolina Press is second to no aggregation o.
I men In the State.
President Aull is due much praise for his
sutiring work In the interest Of the meeting
He was again elected President OF the AsSo-
citation, and better president would be hard
to find.
Mr.. c. G. Langston, on account OF III health
= resigned as Secretary Of the Association. MIR
Langston's long and faithful service. and
kindnness Of heart has endeared him 10 the
Association with ties that are hard to sever
It might be said Of him as Of Abou Ben Ad-
hem, "his name led all the rest"
3 We owe debt Of gratitude to the newspa-
per men OF Charleston which we must men,
Z ton II We cannot repay. The brethren of the
Post and News and Courier did their best for
the entertainment OF the visitors and to them
is due the well DONE" Mr.. Calvin Hemphill
was especially active in the interests OF the
Association.
aN Again we lift our hats and make profound
!; bow to the City by the Sea.
May she never grow less!
The Monument.