The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-06-23
THE srENoGRAPHERs,- 1AssocrA.
hon.
DETERMINATION Meeting to Take Place
Monday. July 5th, st sullivan's Is
land. ~ @.

movement has been on foot for
several months In the. upper part of
the state to- organize an association OF
"enosraphers and typewriters and
The Daily Item has been requested to
call attention OF the followers of
shorthand In Sumter to the organlza-
hon meeting which will be held on
Monday. July 9Th. at the Atlantic
Beach Hotel. sullivans Island. at 10
A. nc.
The idea has been received with
great enthusiasm on all sides, and
nearly every section Of South Carolina
VIII be represented at the coming
meeting. Several attempts have been
made In recent years to perfect an or
ganization OF this nature. but for va
rious reasons lack of sufficient in
terest In the movement prevented the
association from being actually form
ed. However. the present movement
has met With unparalleled success.
and the organizers have now COM
pleted arrangements for what is hop
cd TO be a permanent state associa-
ton In this profession.
The object OF the association Is to
endeavor TO develop greater efficiency
among the writer's of shorthand in
South Carolina, and place the profes-
sion on it's rightful plane In the COM
merclal world; to discover. II possib ole.
the various causes OF failure of
stenographers who are competent, but
who overlook the Importance Of train
Ing themselves for the higher fields of
their vocation. as a stepping stone,
can open to them. Certainly no pro-
fession has as many opportunities to
offsr Its followers as shorthand, and
the proposed association will strive to
supply the demands made upon this
profession by advocating greater
study In advanced methods for great
er speed, accuracy legibility; 1t is in
tended not so much to remind steno-
sraphers. both men and women, that
their ultimate success In shorthand
depends upon their ability to serve.
but rather to demonstrate to them
how to serve: how To do II better:
how TO labor less and accomplish
more. In a word how to become
more proficient In their own profess
sion and attain the highest state OF
efficiency.
Ia is earnestly hoped. therefore.
that the stenographers and typewrit-
ers OF somter viii avail themselves OF
the opportunities this association will
oner TO them. and cooperate with
their fellow writers all through the
State. and that everyone OF them will
let nothing prevent them from being
present at this organization meeting
and becoming active members. July
bth has been selected as a meeting
date on account OF II being holiday.
so there will be no excuse for any
stsnographer who Is. really ambitious
not being present A special dinner
will be served the members by the
Atlantic Beach Hotel at a very rea-
sonabie cost. and IL should prove a
most pleasurable day for the short
hand writer's OF South Carolina In. be-
Ing able To meet their co-workers
from other towns and discussing i'm
portant matters In person, and par
ucularly In being able to get togeth-
er and assist I'm the formation OF an
association In their profession that
will prove OF untold benefit from ev-
cry point OF view In the years to come.
Following Is a list OF stenographers
from upper part OF the State who are
deeply interested i'm the matter. and
who. with many others. will attend the
meeting: III. w. Goldsmith. Mrs. w.
Il, Risor. Greenville: Miss Helen X.
Davis. Ridge Springs; Miss Rosalie
Moore. Graniteville; Ernest l.. Allen.
Clarence Glover. Miss Addie Glover.
Aiken: Miss Marguerite Bradford,
York; James w. wingate. George
town; JAS +. Lilies. Bennettsville;
Miss ii. III. Armistead. ID. f. Blume.
W. A. Henderson, Columbia; Miss
sada seay. Eastover; Miss Olivia
kizer, ST. George; Miss Lea Nachman.
Lake city; Misses Edith Porcher and
Joe Byers. spartanburg: Misses VIII
Hanson and Lopez and ]. j. Brennan
M gurrto.