Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-06-14
THE PRESS MEETING.
Forty.Second Annual Meeting
in York Pleasant and Profi-
table. Beautiful Hospi-
tality Abounded.

| Some writer las Silu AL edllu
ly delights are sweeter in expecta
tion than in enjoyment" Bu5 this
is not always true. Knowing tina,
the town of York had its founding
in the good old primeval days and
that it's culture, refinement and 10
tellectual life are unsurpassed, the
newspaper makers of South Carroll
ns expected to be graciously recelv
ed and entertained in princely fash
ion. But however pleasant this an
ticipation, the realization was fal
more delightful.
The newspaper folk from the
eastern, southern and central por
tions Of the State were met at Ches
ter Wednesday afternoon by com
mlttee of representative business
men from York and when we ar,
rived at the station we found all OF
the people of the town there to meet
and greet us. All of the homes were
thrown open and as many more
visitors could have been entertained
with ease.
The attendance upon the 1915
meeting of the Press association
was the largest in several years. The
first session was held in the opera
house Wednesday night at $3.50
O'Clock, when formal welcome was
extended to the visitors by MIR. J.
G. WiIborn, the mayor. Upon re-
quest of President William Banks,
J. l.. Minis responded to the address
of welcome. This was followed by
practical talk by Mr.. j. G. Nc
Auliffe, business manager of the
Augusta Chronicle.
An entire day Of pleasure was
provided for Friday. The good peo-
pie of York arranged for an auto
mobile excursion to Kings Noun
tain battle ground and thence to
Gastonia, n. G. About nine o'clock,
aft.r all had posed for. group phot
tograph on the steps of the hand
some new court house, the visitors
and considerable number of York
people boarded about rs automo-
biles. These formed pageant of
nearly mile in- length, there being
regular intervals of about 20 PAGES
between the cars. The route select
ed was the Kings Mountain road
which followed the watershed Of
the Catawba and Broad rivers. In
passing ou, of York by this route
one passes the Episcopal orphanage.
the imposing brick buildings of
which are among the landmarks of
York, having in the early seventies
housed the Kings Mountain Militia
ry Academy which was conducted
by Colonel Asbury Coward and
General Michael Jenkins.
The battle of Kings Mountain
which was fought October 7, 1880,
marked the turning point in the
Revolutionary war. The historic
spot upon which it was fought is
near the North Carolina line, but on
the South Carolina side. Two mas
sive granite monuments have been
erected, one by the American peo.
pie and one by the national govern
ment. The spot where Capt. Fer
guson, the British commander, fell
is marked and also bis grave down
in the ravine. After the party had
explored the battle-ground they as
sembled in the pavilion, where Mr..
Rion Mckissck Of the Greenville
News, delivered an instructive ad-
dress on the battle Of Kings Noun
tain.
About the noon hour the pleasure
seekers resumed their journey, the
objective point now being Gastonia,
n. G. At one o'clock a stop was
made by the way for dinner at Lin
wood college which nestles in the
beautiful foothills, where the at
mosphere is balmy, bracing and
ozone laden. The president of the
institution told the. writer that dur
Ing his administration of fourteen
years there had been but little sick
ness. For four years physician was
not called for the students who
number about $50.
The members of York's entertain
ment committee, who were always
thoughtful and provident, reached
Linwood college in advance of the
pageant and had spread in the COL
lege dining room a royal feast, the
like of which, in both abundance
and variety, one rarely ever sees.
Whether at home or on a pleasure
excursion, the beautiful hospitality