The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-17
AS TO PRESS TRIP.
President Aull Asks For Suggestions
From Members Of the AS
sociation. M


the proposed trip Of the Press Asso-
citation to Norfolk.
In the event that there are no more
than sufficient number to fill one
car, arrangements will be made TO
have that car attached to the re
lar train with the stop-overs as in j.
Gated. Unless there is a decided pre-
ference among the editors to go to
jamestown on South Carolina day it
is probable that President Aull will
select the 22nd of July as the date
to make the trip. He would be glad
to hear from the editors, who con.
template visit to jamestown, just
as early as possible in reply to the
suggestions contained in the state
ment which he has sent out SO that
the arrangements may be perfected.
I have been authorized by the exc
cutive committee to proceed to make
arrangements for the trip of the
South Carolina Press association to
the Jamestown exposition.
have been to jamestown to Sc
cure information and look over the
field. am very much puzzled as to
the best plans for this trip. I am
sure that it should not be taken un-:
til some time in July or August; that
if we go as early as South Carolina
day, which is June %, we will find
the exposition in q very incomplete
condition. I would like to have sug-
gestions from the members of the as
sociation, and also an idea of how
many will go on this trip, SO that I
might conclude as to the best plan
for the trip.
Under the head Chow to get to
jamestown" the secretary of the Ma
tional Editorial association says.
"The best way to get there, is to get
there the best way you cam" Of
course each member of the South
Carolina association can go just as
cheap by himself as he can with the
association. There are many advan-
tages, however, in taking such a trip
together. | have had conferences with
representatives of the Southern
Railway and also with the Seaboard.
One plan | had thought Of, if we
could get rs many as 100 people in
our party, is to secure three Pullman
ears and one combination baggage
and day coach and get the railroad
to run our ears as a special : train.
Under this arrangement we could ar
range to spend few hours in Char-
lotte, several hours in Raleigh and a
day i'll Richmond. Then we could
have our cars parked at Norfolk and
retain them until we returned. On
the return trip, of course We would
come directly home. RI we went by
the Southern, we would maintain
about the following schedule on the
trip going:
Leave Columbia at a. m. and ar
rive at Charlotte about $50; leave
Charlotte at 1870 and arrive at Raj
cigh at 6 p. M; leave Raleigh at 10
p. N. and arrive in Richmond next
morning at 7 a. m.; spend the day
in Richmond and arrive in Norfolk
next morning.
BY securing a sixteen section car
we could put 80 people in each Pull
man without crowding and they
would be about as comfortable to
sleep in at Norfolk with proper wat
er and sanitary arrangements as the
crowded hotels, and we would not
have the annoyance of carrying our
baggage around or the cost of trans
ferring it. | do not think it would
be wise to undertake to furnish meals
The cost of such arrangement for
transportation and Pullman cars and
the parking, Of the cars for five days
IN Norfolk, going on a fifteen days
ticket and taking ten days trip,
would be about $500 for each per-
son if we had as many as 100 per-
sons in the three cars. If we do not
take the cars for the trip, the cost
would be about $4,000 each fol
transportation and Pullman rate, go.
ing and returning. Then rooms
could be secured for the five days in
Norfolk at $1.25 per day and up
with more than one person in a room
! I Lave numerous propositions
from hotels and rooming houses to
care for the association while it is
in Norfolk. Mr.. Snyder, Of the ex.
position. writes me that tho Pine