Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-22
VIRGINIA'S EDITORS.
Business Talked on Boats.-Four
Days of Water Travel
for Publishers.

After an afternoon and evening of
intercourse and pleasure in Richmond
at Z a. m. Wednesday of last week
half hundred scribes, with their ladies.
embarked on steamer Pocahontas for
the trip down the James. While view
ING the historic James, Mr.. Weisige,
OF the Old Dominion personally con
Quoting the tour, business sessions were
held and committees named. Norfolk
was reached in the afternoon. After
luncheon the members were given a
trolley excursion to Cape Henry and
Virginia Beach.
According to program arranged by
w. Mcdonald Lee, a former President
OF the association, some forty or more
Oh the newspaper ladies and gentlemen
boarded steamer Thursday morning
stopped an hour at Old Point and then
sailed for historic Yorktown, The com
pany was graced by the presence of
many ladies, and jovial wilkins Mat
thews, secretary of the Commission of
Fisheries, added much to the trip.
Here, under the shadow of the great
monument which commentaries the
surrender of CORVALLIS, the busiest
and final session was held.
The following officers were elected
President, Judge c. j. Campbell. of
Amherst; vice-president. Walter f.
Addison, Of Lynchburg; secretary. J.
Il. Hart, of Farmville; treasurer. e. G.
Moseley. of Danyille; historian. Miss
Bertha Gray Robinson, of Orange.
Resolutions on the loss which the
State of Virginia suffered through the
death of Senator John w. Daniel were
adopted. copy of which will be sent to
the family of the late senator. A let
ter OF sympathy was also forwarded
Rev. K. II. Beazley, treasurer of the
association, whose wife is very in.
Resolutions thanking the Virginia
Navigation Company for the use of
Their steamer Pocahontas, on which
the association made the trip from
Richmond to Norfolk; Mr.. w. T. Apder-
son. president of the Norfolk Board Of
Trade, for courtcsies extended the assoc
cation while in Norfolk; the Norfolk &,
Portsmouth Traction Co. for the use
OF their cars, and the retiring president,
Alfred B. Williams, of the Roanok o
Times, for the active work and interest
ne took while in the chair, were adopted.
Inc only tragedy that visited the
scrlbes came when John Spencer. of
the Newport News Times Herald. lost
his hat, the head piece being waited
away by the cold breezes of Chesapeake
bay. Luncheon was served Just before
Yorktown was reached. and the wav
waternelons disappeared spoke well
Tor the inward capacity of the editors.
Leaving Yorktown in the afternoon
another short cruise was taken and at
Z O'Clock in the evening the party dis
embarked at Willoughby Spit and
boarded special cars which took them
to Ocean View, where they spent the
night. At the resort the members had
dinner and whiled away the time by
dancing and taking in the amusements
that the park afforded.
Friday morning all embarked for the
beautiful town of Onancock. The ride
up the bay was most delightful. An
hour was spent in witnessing the men,
haden fleet catch thousands of fertilizer
ish. This was probably the most inter
esting sight the up-country people had
ever seen in water-life.
AT Onancock in the afternoon the
nospitable citizens, headed by Mayor
Lon" Doughty and Jno. S. Waples.
with a number of automobiles, were in
to receive the newspaper fra
'ernity, which was here augmented by
W. X. Rowe and sister and DR.. ]. b.
Hodgkin, of Irvington, and Jno. w
and son, of the Peninsula
enterprise. No place could have done
more or opened their hearts wider than
his lovely town of Accomac. The Wis.,
tors were received, domiciled and then
ilrted for miles in automobiles through
he great potato country. At D. m.
ne ladies of the town had spread in the
Saptlst church feast that the epicu-
can Lucullus might well balk at. After
MS all repaired to the beautiful old
oionial home of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ID. T.
luinby, the local editor and his boss.
iere speeches were INDUCED in, and a
eneral hand-shaking and introduction
nsued. Many prominent men from
ther parts of the county were present
welcome the guests, among them
n. Mapp. G. Walter Mapp. School
uperlntendent G. G. Joynes and Colo
Ell Roy White. Miss Marie C. Duncan
ade strike" with the bachelors of ,
he party by the dexterous manner in
hich she whisked around in her auto
obile.
In saying good night, all the press
boys" and girls" voted this last the /,
ost enjoyable of ali the very pleasant
lnual sessions.
At a. m. Saturday the bunch"
canned for Tangier Island, took a look G
the quaint but sterling "Venice of q
nerica," and then steamed for Old y
INT and Norfolk, where disarmament .
ok place. d