The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-03-04
NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910.

master Of the situation, and that he
had something to tell us. There was
mot a dull sentence in his whole
fspeech. He said in part:
II am sorry that I was the only
auditor that my friend, Mr.. Fulen-
! wider, had tonight, (referring to Mr..
Fulenwider's subjeet). I looked
straight at him all the time. He
looked at me once in a while. He
;; read my mind, and said just what l
! had determined to say. Of course [
| did not have the beautiful legend in
,mind that he used.
"You have given me an impossi-
ble thing to do. I have been trying
for fifteen years to get all the people
to think just as I think. I have
never succeeded yet. Have you7
! (raferring to Mr.. Fulenwider). I
keep on hammering away trying to
succeed. The people Of Newherry
'jlave convinced me that Newberry IS
alright. They can convince, the del
gates. The average person can al
ways be convinced. The crank can
not. The best way to give a good
impression of the town is to offer
our homes to the delegates and en-
tertain them well. It is harder to
; get homes for women delegates than
it is for men. It is not the men Of
the homes that object; it is the wo-
men themselves. Upon investigation
fin other conventions the fault was
that women are, as rule, harder to
entertain. Men will come in and
entertain themselves with paper
or magazine. Women expect to be
entertained. Women also possess the
faculty Of investigating the house
rather minutely. From garret to
the cellar the household belongings
are interesting to women delegates.
Then they also have the desire Of
enquiring into things. We must then
first throw open Our homes to all
the delegates-men and women.
Throw the whole house open to the
women; and invite them to come in,
and to make themselves at home,
and to investigate as much as. they
want to. Make them feel good and
happy. You can do it. It is the
Newberry spirit to do just that
thing.
"We must first think this the
place for the convention ourselves
and then We can convince those that
come. We cannot make those people
in. Laurens think this is the best
town in the State. We cannot make
people in other towns think this is
the best town in the State; but we
can convince them that this town
has about the incest people in it Of
any town in the State. This is just
what We must do.
T"One Of the first things to be done
is to be able to handle the delegates,
whether they come on several trains
Or all on one train. Be at the depot
in such numbers that you will be
able quickly and conveniently
to handle the crowds. Bad impress
sions are formed as soon as delegates
get off the train if they are not
properly taken care Of as they step
off in a strange place. See that each
delegate is taken care Of"
After Mr.. Banks address a recess
was given that each committee might
meet to arrange reports. Chairmen
from six or seven committees read
reports. The progress made was in
spring to all. There was no cause
in single report to dampep the
enthusiasm that was on every ones
face. Prospectus is about ready to
be sent out. Program is practically
completed. Mr.. Williams, Field
Secretary, is expected in the city
within a day or so. The railroads
will give reduced rates. Much Sue
cess has been had in raising the
necessary funds to attend to all the
local obligations. Let US sleep with
! the words, BARACA-PHILATHEA.