The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-05-14
STRONG APPEALS
MADE TO EDITORS
Governor Presides-Clement S.
Ucker of Baltimore, Charles II.
Barron and A. B. Jordan
Speak.

dan. president of the South Carolina
Press association, and Charles H. Bar
ron of Columbia acted as hosts on be-
half Of the South Carolina develop
haent board at luncheon in Column.
5ia yesterday to representatives OF
>*he newspapers of the state. The
newspaper men were asked to meet
IN order that they might be given
first hand information of the purpos-
rs of the Development board and OF
=: the plans for the statewide cam
2aien for which preparations are be-
ing made.
Govenor Cooper sounded the key
aote of the movement represented Dy
the South Carolina development board
svnen he said that every state should
haye a definite program. Develop
nent means not alone the wealth,
but the comfort, the health and the
happiness of the people; in short, a
better civilization and all that means.
The people of South Carolina are
now prepared to know the truth about
Ehemselves. to know exactly where
ahey stand, what they have and what
Hhey lack, and then go unitedly about
zhe task of securing those things they
reed to attain fuller life"
Among those present at the lunch
acn we're: E. H. Aull, Newberry; W..
". Ball, Columbia; E. N. Beard,
Georgetown; Harold c. sooker,
Columbia; G. P. Brown, Anderson;
". J. Cormack, Columbia; H. +.
Eldr;dge, Columbia; ]. T. Faln,
Rock Hill; J. Irby Koon, Columbia;
Fitz Hugh McMaster, Columbia; W.
sM. Oxner. Leesville; W. D. Rowell,
Bamberg; T. NJ. Seawell, Winnsboro;
doe Sparks, Columbia; w. T. Telley,
Kingstree; o. K. Williams, Rock Hill;
w. T. Walker, Lexington; ". II:
Wallace, Newberry; Jack Young,
Columbia.
Governor Cooper presided. In his
introductory remarks he announced
shat he had accepted the chairman
ship of the state executive committee
which has been formed to have active
charge of the campaign. The vice.
chairman of this committee is former
Gov. Richard l. Manning. The gov
ernor told why he had become inter-
.ested in the South Carolina develop
ment board. He had been impressed,
he said, by the character and sincerity
>of purpose of the men who had
E,sought the organization to the point
vRbeEe its own accomplishments were
nrging it to further specific activities.
1t was pointed out that the confer
.ence of some of the states leading
newspaper men had been arranged
chat the whole plan might be laid be-
Sore them for their examination, for
It was the firm conviction OF the
development board that the editors OF
the state represent and reflect public
sentiment more accurately than any
other group. Throughout the devel-
sopment Of the program and plans OF
1.Sre board, it was said, the officers
I 1noped to have the advice and counsel
, of all citizens of South Carolina who
have constructive ideas regarding the
states problems and future. Because
; the South Carolina development
! board intends to deal in specific pro-
, positions only, it is the feeling that
/ The editors can and will be of great
assistance in the patriotic undertak-
:: ing of making South Carolina known
all over the country as the finest state
In the union.
Cement S. Ucker of Baltimore
made an analysis of the conditions in
the South generally and in South
Carolina particularly, which he said
was thetresult of seven years OF study.
he recalled the marvellous progress
of the state in the last few years and
expressed the belief that this had
awakened the people to such an ex-
sent that there was now ample ground
Sor campaign Of "wakeup, cleanup
and then advertise" He declared
chat from an intimate personal
knowledge of California he could as
.:.sert without fear of contradiction
that that state in its best days did not
.3aaye one-half the basic qualities
which South Carolina has. He attri-
Sauted California's remarkable sue
cess to the spirit of determination to
szio which the present Caiifornians in
taeziteG from the pioneers and he
Mapea for like spirit in South
Carolina.
Charles H. Barron, speaking from
The standpoint of Columbia man,
soid'of his early interest in the South
Carolina development board as an
anselhsh endeavor to promote the
best interests of the state and capital
ize its potential possibilities. He
said that his more intimate acquaint-
znce with the movement had made
ann more certain of it's fundamental
soundness.
The last speaker was Mr.. Jordan,
who said he had gladly united with
1he governor in asking the newspaper
.zs1en to come to Columbia to become
familiar with the movement. He had
seen in it something every thinking
sis;1en of South Carolina had been
hoping for, and he unreservedly COM