The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-03
THE PRESS MEETING AT
BEAUTIFUL BEAUFORT


want first to apologize to my
young friend, Capt. S. H. Rodgers, Tor
saying in public meeting at the
Press Association on Thursday even
Ing that he was the only one present
there who was present when the as
soc;ation met there last, and that he
was one of the officers. I do not flnc
his name recorded as MEMBER o.
the association that far back. VI
course I should have known better
$aaa to say such thing. the last
association held in Beaufort before
the one last week was in May, 1881.
The only newspaper man who was
nreseut at that meeting and VINO IS
living today so far as the record
shows is Col. Hugh Wilson, then OF
Me Press and Banner of AbDeV1lle'
And Mai. J. C. Hemphill who wrote
up the meeting for the News and
Coarier.
The officers elected at that meeting
were: T. B. Crews of the Laurens-
vile Herald, president; ]. B. Lucas OF
the Merchant and Farmer, LIST VICE
president; N. B. McSweeney OF the
Hanpton Guardian, second; S. n
Melichampe of the Orangeburg Times
snird: Hugh Wilson q the Abbeville
Press and Banner, fourth; Chas. fet-
~ ot the Carolina Spartan, fifth;
Tsos. J. Adams of the Edgeheld Ad-
yertiser, corresponding secretary; A.
s Todd of the Anderson Journal
secretary; T. F. GreneSer OF the
Newberry Herald, treasurer
rbore wera only about twenty
-,aubors Of the association present
at this meeting and Maj. Hemphlli
saws they were met at the depot Ds
q committee and train OF nugsies
and carriages drawn by high splrlteo
horses was in waiting, and the strang-
GRO were conveyed to the Sea lsiano
bote, where comfortable quarters haa
been provided for them" That roao
from the depot to the hotel was toll
road then and over the toll gate "
banner was raised and the words
ssWelcome" and the "Pen IS mlsh-
tier than the sword were Written
thereon. The supper was served anu
The trip down the river in the Fiiot
Pow was taken. 1t seems to me that
saw that name on boat there the
other day. Maj. Hemphill says 'ne
scanery along the river is most en-
chanting An old Spanish fort near
Reaufort, which was built in the loeh
century, is pointed out with eVloens
nride by those who love romance anu
ant;ouity. and the ruins OF a DESERT
cd house on the river bank are stlii
standing, in which some years aso
vas found. hung. upon a stout nali
driven in the wall, bag containing
the fragments of human body. In7
rou.irs of the fort are there but the
boyse must be gone and the mystery
OF the human body still unsolved.
Ru+ must hasten because II L get
reminiscent will never get 10 thls
meeting of last week. President BANKS
and Secretary Sparks and the rest olo
we'll when they decided to hold TINS
meeting in Beaufort. Everyone VINO
has travelled any at all over the ota'e
Knows of the unbounded hospitality
OF the people of our coasc count'es
and a meeting held in Beaufort coulo
not have been other than pleasant
But there has been such Wonder1u'
DEVELOPMENT in this section that the
people among the hills should oe
&csd about 1t. The people do not de-
mend upon rice and fish for suoslss-
ence nor for the mony which they
snend. And then the mobilization OF
our troops there made the Visit ooao
~ interesting and instructive. the
only draw back is the time it takes
to get there from this section and
the time it takes to come home. But
tho trim going was made pleasant by