Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-09-25
NO. 80
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
F Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting
Held at Gafney. Occasion
One Of Real Pleasure
and Profit.

per makers from dlfferent parts of
the State gathered in Gafney to at
tend the 44th annual meeting of the
South Carolina Press Association.
"Old Man" Ed DeCamp, the host-in-
chief, together with the hospitality
or reception committee, met all in
coming trains and escorted the visi-
tors to Hotel Carroll, new four
story hostelry that is nearing COM
pletion. This magnificent hotel will
be an honor not only to Gafney and
Cherokee county but to the entire
Piedmont. The Carroll will be the
envy of Greenville and Spartanburg.
The managers were uniformly kind
and courteous to the members of the
Fourth Estate and in spite of the un-
finished condition of the building,
made their stay exceedingly pleasant.
While the attendance was not as
large as during some former meet
ings, yet it was representative and
composed of active men who have al
ways been leaders in the newspaper
ranks of South Carolina. Eight daily
papers, The News and Courier, The
State, the Columbia Record, The
Spartanburg Journal, the Sumter
Item, Greenville Piedmont, the Green
vile News and the Anderson Daily
Mail, were represented, besides a
considerable number of weekly and
semi-weekly papers. The members
from different parts Of the State
formed congenial company, every
one present taking an active interest
in the entire meeting of 1918.
The association met in Gaffney in
1908, consequently the members
knew in advance of the store Of good
things that awaited them from the
moment that foot was set upon Gaf-
ney. soil until the hour of their depar-.
ure arrived. Ed De Camp, big hearted, 4,
never happier than when ne is COM
tributing to the Joy and sunshine of
somebody else, and he was at his
best as host on this occasion. One
continuous round of pleasure was
planned in advance for his guests.
When they were not actually engag-
ed in business sessions or asleep he
had them on the go, or rather a.
wheel, taking in the interesting
sights of Gaffney and Cherokee coun-
ty. Mr.. DeCamp was not alone in pro-
viding entertainment for the visitors.
He holds the confidence of the Gaff-
ney people and they were eager to
do his bidding. When joy-ride was
proposed scores of men, bankers, law
yers, doctors, merchants and others,
in big new de luxe automobiles
would rush up to Hotel Carroll to
have a part in the entertainment.
Speaking of JOY rides, the climax
would have been reached Friday
when a 50-mile auto trip was planned
to Chimney Rock but this was made
impossible by the heavy rains of
Thursday night. Cherokee, like Edge
field county has hundreds of miles
of red hills that defy everything but
Ford after heavy rain.
The business sessions of Wednes-
day and Thursday, were held in the
assembly room of the Carnegie Ii
brary, an ideal place for such gath
ering. At these sessions interesting,
carefully prepared papers were read
and discussed to the profit of all in
attendance.
Wednesday and Thursday night
public meetings were held in the First
Baptist church which were largely at
tended. An attractive musical pro-
gramme was arranged for each
night, being participated in by. Gatf-
ney's best musical talent. Wednesday
night Miss Julia E. Selden OF Spar
tanburg spoke on "Illiteracy and
Night Schools" her address proving
to be very instructive and inspiring.
She was followed by Rev. Dean Crane
who is one of the pets of the Press
Association. Mr.. Crane was at his
best on this occasion. He spoke for
more than an hour and his rugged
originality, interspersed with wit and
humor, made the hour pass quickly.
Thursday night Mrs. Annie I. REM
| bert, field agent of the State Board
of Health, delivered an address on
"The Relation of the tuberculosis
Negro to the Community" Her very
excellent address was we'll received.
She was followed by DR.. Reed Smith,
Ioyoo,,+iva caoratary Oi the State