The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-07-08

1880 o'clock Tuesday morning. All
the meetings were held in the audi
torium OF the college.
The following report Of the opening
meeting Is from the Daily Ledger:
1t was called to order by President
4. H. Aull at 1880 o'clock and with
Col. J. r. Bacon at the piano praise
God from whom all blessings flow"
and MY Country. 'Tis Of Thee" were
sung by the entire association. The
association was then formally opened
with prayer by Rev. DR.. A. NJ. Simms,
pastor Of the First Baptist church.
the chaplain. Rev. w. p. Jacobs. not
having arrived. Prof. H. p. Grifith.
OF Limestone College. was then pre-
sented and delivered very warm
welcome to the journalists. telling of
the wonderful growth of this Pied
mont city and the great possibilities
Of this section and also paying beau
tiful tribute to the men who made
history of Cowpens and Kings Noun
tain.
DR.. Lee Davis Lodge. in behalf OF
Limestone College. delivered an elo-
quent address extending q most corr
dial welcome. He paid beautiful tri-
butte to the old South and urged the
editors to conserve the best that wxs
In that civilization.
Both speakers paid tribute to the
vresS - point for the uplift Of
chat which was best and especially
70 the press Of South Carolina.
President Aun responded briefly to
the address Of welcome and introduc-
I'd Secretary r. I. Freeman. who al
20 voiced the appreciation OF the as
sociation for the warm words Of well
come, which had been delivered"
The addresses Of Prof. Grinith and
cf DR.. Lodge were particularly fne.
DR.. Lodge concluded his address with
an original poem OF his own. "The
Soldiers Led by Lee"
i In the afternoon Of the nrst day
| the association was given a ride
around Carney. visiting factories. oil
mill. Ice plant. &C.. and viewing the
lefty generally. Carney has four cot
ton mills. an OIL mill. Ice factory.
lime worhA two newspapers. (the
ssmi-wsskly Ledger by ID. H. De-
Camp and the Cherokee News. by
Junius Parrot. On our visit to the
Irene Cotton Mn every one was
gtvsn "A envelope containing beau
TRULY woven towel. the product Of
~ mini. - Q souvenir. AZ this mill
ws saw hundrsds Of leoms at work
naking towels, table cloths. led
sprsAAs and other articiss, oil orra-
meatsd n wevsn ngurs and lower
dseospsiena. We were shown the va
rieus manipulations Of the cotton
tson ths opsnins of ths bale to the
anishsa fabric.
Ths svsains was spsnt IN the sssd-
Inc % papsss and hearing addrss,ss
~ Niss Mary z. Names. president Of
ths' Rutai School Improvement .As,o-
citation OF South carolina. and BY 9lr.
II. p. Bogss Of the oress Observer.
Aies Nance Ia Q most earnest and
practical talk explained the need Of
Improvement in our rural schools a
we'll a the necsssity for 4 compui-
sorry education law. Mr.. Bosss Apoke
on the subject Of Protection OF
American Citisens." especially with
rsssrsnce to Mexico. and gave an ac-
count Of the murderins OF his own
brother. who was q mining expert in
Aexico; related the facts a. to the ar
rest OF the assassins, the release OF
the majority Of them and the impo.
sition Of q nominal sentence upon
two by corrupt Judge. while the
state Department ct Warrington ap-
pGared to take very little notice OF
the affair. and seemed more inclined
to curry favor with the Mexican peo-
pie than to protect our own citizens.
Wednesday was taken up with q
visit to CASTOR Shoals. where we were
told we would be shown how "greas-
Cd lightning" II being made for
lighting the city and running the va
tious manufacturing establishments
not only Of Cherokee but OF. ad1oinins
counties.
The following facts a. to what we
saw and how we were treated are
borrowed from Mr.. Kohn's account
furnished to the News and Courier:
Just about two years ago some
Pittsburg and Philadelphia capital
lists appreciatins the possibilities OF
electric power developed by a running