The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-05-24
MIR. LOGAN ENTERTAINS
A Jolly Party on Black River in Honor
of Sheriff Martin of Charleston.


of Sheriff Martin of Charleston.
We were fortunate in being the
recipient of an invitation Tuesday to
join little party on Black river to
partake of the hospitality of our
esteemed friend and fellow citizen,
Mr Walter B Logan. representative
of the Reed Phosphate Co. and
whose father, Col R C Logan, was
the founder of this paper 80 years
ago. Walter" as he is more ia
miliarly known among his host of
friends, is a genial, big-hearted fel-
low and never does things by halves.
Hence it is unnecessary to say here
that the feast provided on the oc.
casion was par excellence All
around the board we could hear
from the guests in a sort of subdued
tone of voice: Now. isn't that stew
great?" Charlie. this coffee is
simply excellent" Then on the
other hand we could hear: Gee,
but this old country ham is fine!'
Conrad. this red breast is de.
licious," or perhaps it was nice
fat trout or Dream. fresh from the
water that morning which called
forth laudations from the mouths of
the fifty or more present.
The dinner, as well as the COM
pany, was certainly one of the most
enjoyable it has ever been our pleas.
ure to attend although we have en-.
joyed q few, and cite from a good
old New England clam bake to eat
ing poi in Hawaiian islands, bird
nests in China, shark fins in Japan
and flying fish in Barbados to the
more civilized functions by our
English cousins in Nova Scotia,
Australia and British Borneo. 1t
was great-not so merely because
We were hungry and full ready to
eat. The food. however, was excel
lent. we'll prepared and admirably
served, but the company men
the good fellowship among them
was the paramount feature.
The party and accompanying feast
was gotten up by Mr. Logan in honor
of his old friend, Captain ] Elmore
Martin, for twenty odd years the
we'll known. popular and efficient
Sheriff of Charleston county.
To come in personal contact and
form even slight acquaintance with
Sheriff Martin is at once to become
enamoured with his high-toned, gen.
tlemanly character and charming
manner. He is one of the few really
charming men we have met in all
our peregrinations over this old
world. He is a self.maGe man, too,
and doubtless his success in life, and
especially the great secret of his sue
cess as a public officer, lies in the
fact of his pleasant demeanor tow
ard his fellow-man, for he is always
the same kind-hearted. sympathetic
Elmore Martin toward the thousands
who know him, including rich and
poor, young and old, representing. as
they must, races and creeds of many
kinds. 1t is really easy to recognize
genuine merit in this conservator of
the peace and dignity of Charleston.
1t was also a pleasure to the
younger men present, worthy of
special mention, to see Sheriff Mar
tin and our own beloved Sheriff
Graham, the man who has done so
much for them, and the only living
member of the Kuklux Klan in Will
liamsburg county. 'hobnobbing" TO-
gether and to hear them exchange
experiences which either come up in
their everyday lives as officers of
the law, or perhaps some amusing
incident in deer drive or a fishing
escapade. They are. perhaps, the
two best known Sheriffs in the State,
and we have yet to hear aught but
the highest praises concerning the