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

saving in a 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 ne
WAS one of the officers. I do not hnd
his name recorded as member OF
the association that far back. VI
eoarse I should have known better
Shaa to say such a thing. The last
association held in Beaufort before
the one last week was in May, 1881.
The only newspaper man who was
present at that meeting and "no Is
living today so far as the record
shows is Col. Hugh Wilson, then OF
the Press and Banner of Abbeville.
And Mai. ]. C. Hemphill who wrote
,,p the meeting for the News and
Courier.
The officers elected at that meeting
were: T. B. Crews of the Laurens-
Vile Herald, president; j. b. Lucas Oh
the Merchant and Farmer, 1st VICE
president; NJ. B. McSweeney OF the
Hanpton Guardian, second; S. Il
Me,,ichampe of the orangeburg Tlmes'
shird; Hugh Wilson q the AbDevllie
Press and Banner, fourth; Chas. Pet-
~ OF the Carolina Spartan, hfth'
Tsos J. Adams of the Edgefeld Ad-
vertiser, corresponding secretary; A.
Todd of the Anderson Journal
sacretary. T. F. Greneker OF the
Newberry Herald, treasurer
There were only about twenty
members of the association present
at this meeting and Maj. Hempn'ii
saws they were met at the depot os
committee and train of nuggles
and carriages drawn by high splriteo
.orsos was in waiting, and the strang-
orc were conveyed to the Sea lsiano
hotel where comfortable quarters haa
heen provided for them" That roao
from the depot to the hotel was toli
rood then and over the toll gate a
banner was raised and the "oruS
.swa,come" and the "Pen is nigh
+;a- than the sword" were written
thereon. The supper was served gnu
the trip down the river in the filo'
Boy was taken. 1t seems to me tha'
saw that name on boat there 'ne
other day. Maj. Hemphill says tne
scenery along the river is most en-
chanting. An old Spanish fort near
Raaufort which was built in the 10Th
centurv. is pointed out with evloens
nride by those who love romance anu
antiquity, and the ruins OF a deSei..
cd house on the river bank are stiii
standing, in which some years ago
was found, hung. upon a stout nall
driven in the wall, bag containing
tho fragments of human body The
rauains of the fort are there but the
bouse must be gone and the mystery
OF the human body still unsolved'
Dat must hasten because if l get
reminiscent I will never get TO tnis
meeting Of last week. President BANKS
and Secretary Sparks and the rest olo
well when they decided to hold tnls
meeting in Beaufort. Everyone VINO
has travelled any at all over the State
Knows of the unbounded hospitality
OF the people of our coast countles
and a meeting held in Beaufort couio
not have been other than pleasant
Rnt there has been such wonderful
DEVELOPMENT in this section tha1 Tue
people among the hills should oe
hold about It. The people do not de-
pend upon rice and fish for saoslss-
ence nor for the mony which tneS
spend. And then the mobilization OF
our troops there made the visit doao
" interesting and instructive. Ine
only draw back is the time 1t taxes
to get there from this section ana
the time it takes to come home. But
the trip going was made pleasant os
the fact that the party Travelled TO-
sether and even with a wait at Al
,endale it was not tiresc ne. And then
at Allendale the committee from Beau
fort composed of bevy OF pretty girls
and handsome men boarded our spe-
cial and served most dellghV1o'
lunch and made the trip much snort
er and much more pleasant. The COM
mittee was in charge of Mr.. W. h
Richardson, cashier of the Beaufor'