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Ule jjenilD anil jems. KaltrtJ at tfc? PostofSc* at Nnw'ifrf, 3. C.? as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, June 30, 1922 FRESS ASSOCIATION I have attended practically all of the meetings of the State Press association since the one in Charleston in 1890 when Col. Henry Watterson present and delivered his famous lec+ r\n \fon \Tr?v?l<s Thp Soil thern Press association held a meetig in Charleston at the same time which accounts for the presence of Col. Watterson at the meeting. I find in the list of those joining the association at that time Wilson G. Harvey the present governor of South Carolina. And among those occupying seats on the rostrum at one of the public meetings Col. August Kohn, but the record does not state that he became a member at that meeting-. Really I thought he was too young a man to be a member at this meeting, but he is writ down as on the staff of the News and Courier. Col. T. B. Crews of Laurens was the president. I am mentioning this to lead up to the statement nat the recent meeting at Myrtle Beach was among the most delightful of the I + AY?C + n O j- | many gatnermgs ui cue cuhuio has been my privilege to attend, and as I looked over the members at Myrtle Beach it seemed to me that I was the oldest member there in point of service, but it appears now that Col. Kohn shares the honor with me, at least to the extent that he was present as a representative of the News and Courier at this first meeting which I attended. It was a great pleasure to me to go once more to the great Pee Dee section of our state. And the little meeting and the welcome at Marion were among the most pleasant feaof the trip. I met many friends that I knew, and whom I had not seen in many years, and the welcome seemed so hearty and generous you just felt that the people meant it and that it came from the heart. And Marion :s one of those old time towns that has the appearance of restfulness, and the wide streets and beautiful green lawns give it a tone that appeals to 1 ?f A me. l ne memoers were >vcwv Pee Dee by Mr. Palmer Johnson, and a reception was held in the library which is in charge of Mrs. Ellerbe, and coffee and tea and sandwiches were served by the good women of the town. This is a fine public library and is beautifully kept, and I noticed among the books in the librae were many volumes of newspapers, and especially The State and the News and Courier, and also files of the local paper. This is a fine idea ---'?1.1- i ,-P and maKes a very vaiuauie set, ui icierence books on matters concerning the history of the state. I have often thought that some one in a town where a newspaper was printed should be required to keep files of the paper as a matter of public concern, and for reference, and this should 'oe done for the benefit of the public. I happen to have files bound of newspapers published in this county covering a period of more than seventyfive years and one or two volumes back in 1845 and 1833. Mr. Johnson in his welcome remarks stated that the Pee Dee had never before enjoyed the pleasure of entertaining and welcoming the press association. I knew at the time he was mistaken, because I was very sure that at least one meeting had been held in Marion, and I find that the 8th annual convention was held there, and a remarkable coincidence with that meeting and this last is the fact that the welcome address to the 8th meeting was delivered by Hon. J. M. Johnson, who if I am not mistaken, was my late friend Solicitor J. Monroe Johnson, the father of the young man who extended the welcome at this meeting. Or it may have been the Johnson referred to by Mr. Gaines when he said at the meeting that hp h;?H hppri tnlH bv Senator Crayton of Anders a "that there was no man in the state who would make a more excellent governor than Chancellor Johnson of Marion." This meeting at Marion to which I refer was written for the News and Courier by Maj. J. C. Hemphill, for a long time a regular attendant on the meetings of the association, and in fact the founder of the present organization and now the editor of the Spartanburg Journal. Maj. Hemphill was then a young man, and in his most excellent and poetic account of the various incidents of the meeting and the several trips that were taken, says that a young lady asked for an introduction to him and on being pre jcented she handed him a most beautiiful bouquet as "the handsomest man i in the Press association." He accept: ed the fragrant token in his .bej coming and native modesty as an evi idece of the fair charmer's excellent I judgment, but more particularly as I a compliment to the paper ne repreisented. ! | The boys must have had a great time at this meeting: at Marion. Mr. ; Hemphill says that the great Indian chief Osceola whose tomb may be founj beneath the frowning walls of Ft. Moultrie was born on the banks of the Waccamaw, and that his father was a white man named Powell. They had a trip out to lake Waccamaw which covers 27,000 acres of land which was then surrounded by a mag nificent growth of forest trees which bathed their hoary feet on the beautiful flood, and so on. It is a beautiful poem which Mr. Hemphill writes of this 8th annual meeting at Marion in June. 1882. Permit me to quote his concluding sentence in summing up the whole matter: "When the history of Press association is written no chapter will be more full of pleasing detail, happy reminiscence and romantic incident than the story " ^ ftv>w?Al /i am nn in UL lilt; ?JgJliu iiiiiiuai lunvcunuii the town of Marion and the picnic excursion to Waccamaw, the beautiful, in the leafy month of June." i ' It might be stated as a matter of interest to some if my#friend, Mr. Greneker does not object, that at this meeting it is noted that Mr. R. H. Greneker was present as the representative of the Newberry News, and Mr. T. F. Greneker as the representative of the Newberry Herald, and that I was present at the fortyseventh convention as the representative of the Newberry Herald and News. W. J. McKerrall was the editor of the Marion Star now edited by Mr. Johnson who made the welcome nt this: mpphinp", I can not help mentioning the fact '.hat I met at Marion my friends Mrs. J. C. Mace and little Jack, who used to go with us on press trips along with his late father Dr. J. C. Mace, a.^ a tot of a iboy, but now a six fooi junior at Clemson college. But I must hasten on, as pleasant as it is for me to linger at Marion. Automobiles met us at Marion and we were driven through the country a distance of thirty-six miles to Conway. This was very thoughtful for it gave us a fine country trip and cut out the long railroad ride around by Chadburn. The road was fine and especially the ten miles in Marion out to Gallivants Ferry where we cross the Little Pee Dee and enter the Independent Republic of Horry. I was in Mr. J. D. McCormick's car and in the same car were Mr. Kerr of Aiken and his daughter Mrs Fitzpatrick. As we approached the bridge across the river at Gallivants Ferry ;e noticed that a fence had been built across the middle of thp hrif]p-p with in the center and above the fence was an arch covered with evergreens and beautiful flowers and at the gates were a bevy of young ladies dressed in pure white and on the arch was written welcome to the Independent Republic of Horry by the state queen of Palmafesta. As we stopped the gates were flung wide open and the queen gave us a hearty welcome to one of her fairest provinces. Miss Flora Mae Holliday and her four maids were the young ladies to exj tend this hearty welcome. You will recall that she was crowned queen of the Palmafesta in Columbia last spring and a fair and beautiful and modest queen she is. You coulld just feel the welcome all the way along the beautiful road. And at Aynor another barricade was across the road ' and we had to stop again while a bevy of pretty girls served lemonade ; to the travelers. Miss Holliday is the ; daughter of Senator Geo. J. Holliday, ' one of the largest planters and merchants in the state. And he has a ' magnificent country home at Gallivants Ferry on the .banks of the Little Pee Dee and everything looks prosperous around about. Arriving at Conway the chamber I of commerce took charge of the pari ty and after refreshments at the ho tel so as to get the dust of the road , out* of our system and off the clothes j we were taken to the chamber of j commerce rooms where another wel[ com was extended and an elaborate j luncheon was served, the young laI dies of the town doing the serving. ; One of the features of this spread 1 apart from its fine and appetizing < ~?i:^ fVin f-ViQ'f- ovnrv+Vnnor j l-jU<lUL:cr> v> ao iriiv iav t vnuv v . vi , was grown in the republic of Horry, j extra good country ham and chicken i and corn bread and flour bread and i rice and vegetables and everything on the menu card except perhaps the cigars and cigarettes and the finest , tobacco in the country is grown in this county. Col. D. A. Spivey was the chairman of the entertainment 'committee. It seemed to me thai they had demonstrated the realization of the dream of Henry Grady in hie famous Boston speech delivered some thirty years ago, that the only thing to bring prosperity in this fair Southland of ours was to grow our own ?tnff ?r. home. an<l then manu i V V V* V v??. ?. , I ~ j facture some of the things we need, and that was long before we heard anything about the damage from the ' boll weevil. I But as I enjoyed the luncheon, as fine as it was, I could not help the reflection that after all the greatest asset of the good people of this fair part of the state was their fine and genuine and unselfish and old fashioed hospitality and the ability tc make the visitor feel and know that this welcome came from the heart and was genuine and a real pleasure for them to extend it, and after all that is said that spirit represents a civilization, or whatever you may please tc call it, that sometimes I am afraid is passing, and unfortunately. I trust that the building of highways and the development of our modern civiliza tion will never make any inroaas upon the fine spirit of hospitality and the ability to entertain the stranger which has always been characteristic of the people of this section of the state. By the way, they are planning i now to build a highway from Myrtle i Beach direct to Chicago and this will place Chicago nearer to Myrtle Beach than any other seaport or pleasure vocnrt nf this character. ______ After the luncheon we were driven to Myrtle Beach in autos or by boat a portion of the way. I went by auto a distance of twenty milec. The trip down the Waccamaw is fine and some of the scenery the best in the country. The railroad also has trains running right down to the ocean. It is a fine beach, so I am told, and looks like it was, because I don'1 know much about the ocean. friend Captain Jim Bell of the Gaffney Ledger who was in my party a good bit of the time, and I enjoyed him very much, said he was satisfied the water on the beach was not vers deep because it was so wide it could not be deep. Well, I did not go in ibut I enjoyed looking at the bathers and they enjoyed the bath. There is one thing especially I like about the seacoast and that is you can always eat well and sleep well. We stopped at the hotel there and the fare was very good and I managed to make out on fish though Captain Bell says I did not care especially for fish and hoped they would serve something else. There is a fine club house on the 1 il.. 1~ ? Deacn ana many ox me peupic wn^ live at Conway and nearby towns are members, and the club has rooming facilities and a good cafe in connection with it and this makes it more homelike and then it is right out neai the water and you get a full view of the ocean and the ocean breeze. Col. D. A. Spivey served a dinner to some twenty or more of the members of the party and his friends and it was greatly enjoyed. " ? - i i T 1 After all that 1 nave written i nave not said much about the meeting of the association. It was well attended and many matters pertaining to the craft were discussed and the same old effort of getting the members to unite and organize and work together for the mutual benefit was up, that I have heard for the past thirty years. The publishers should have some sort of busines organization for mutual * * i i* protection but it is going to oe a anficult task to get the newspapers to organize for business. The job print; ers may do so. Col. W. W. Ball of | The State read a paper on the coun, try weekly and Dr. W. W. Long of Clemson college extension department read a very interesting paper on agriculture and there was a paper on the job department, by #Mr. Denham of Charleston. All these were inter1 ' - "? T * * -i-T esting ana i enjoyed uiem uui m.> main purpose in attending the meeting was to renew old acquaintance and to rest and enjoy the fellowship of the young members who are coming along. And to see this fine section of the state away down intc which I had never been. Myrtle Beach was undiscovered territory tc ' me. I had been to (Jonway. mere are some fine farming sections ovei this way and I did not hear much complaining about the boll weevil anc the hard times, and that was a relief In fact one of the things of which j they seemed to be proud over there I is, that 'all during the hard timet 1 *' ' ^ i i : r_ :i tnere nas not Deen a ousmess lauun in the county. They grow tobaccc and corn and cattle and a little cot ton, but these things together wit! timber, -seem to be the main indus trie?, and of course they have not fell very much the evil following th< train of the weevil. And there is i section in which trucking is a ver: important industry, ine popuiauoi is largely made up of native whites .'-and in fact I believe that the per ceil l tage of whites to others is among th< i largest of any county in the state. I i i c- rt finn JoofiAn r\ f QrvntVi Carolina J1T1C lo a iiuv ow nvn v/jl k/vuku v.-.w. ; it is making progress in the matter o j education and building nice schoo [ houses out in the rural communities , j I returned to Conway on Thursda; [ evening and by hack to Marion Fri i /^o\r mnvninop in timo fnv tVlP train j and Columbia by one o'clock an< j home at 4 o'clock in the afternoon ; Coming back in my party of the pres people were Mr. and Mrs. Walter E .'Duncan of Aiken and Mr. 0. K. Wil liams of Rock Hill. Going down fron I Newberry to Columbia I had th< . pleasure of riding with my good ol< > friend Ed DeCamp in his Packard ; He drove from Gaffney in his car a: [ far as Columbia. Sorry I could no wait to come back with him. .! The crops along the way from Co ? V. rt "Pamt AV/^nn \ 1 U ill U Id tu iUIi W1L11 CX 1UV* ; tions were looking very bad. Th< : corn was small and the cotton th< > same and not well worked. In fact th< . prospect for a crop to me was ver; . poor. From Marion on the balanc< [ of the trip the crops looked very well There has been lots of rain in am 'around Sumter and Florence. J , 11 I would be glad if the press asso . ciation would have another meetinj over this side along about the first o , middle of August and I could get of , to make the trip. It was a very de 1 * -1- iA-1 j 11 l , ngnnui meeting an xne way aiunj j and I was pleased to meet the youn] L! boys and girls who have but recentl; ; come into the association as well a , the few of the older ones who ar< , left. J E. H. A. EDUCATIONAL RALLY JULY 4 AT LITTLE MOUNTAIP I j Also Barbecue Dinner Benefit Im provement Association?Aged Confederate Veteran Passes . ! Little Mountain, June 29.?Jame 11 Middleton Bolanci was born Marcl 120th, 1841, and departed this lif June 20, 1922. He had reached th _ good old age of 81 years and thre | months. In early manhood he 'be came a member of St. Peter's E. L church, Lexington county, and re moinod -Pa itV>-fill tn tVio eamo until Viii -LUi OliX U1 WV bllC Uli Vii *1* ; ** ' death. 'i When the War Between the State began he enlisted in Company H , Holcomb Legion, Capt. J. M. Maffett the first day of June, 1861, an* served in that command until th< first day of April, 1865. Was dis charged from the service at Poin Lockout on the 23rd day of June ' 1865, and.was at that time a mem ber of Company H, Holcomb Legion ', He resided near Little Mountan all his life except the time he spen in the war. He was married to Laura Ann Jam Kohn^Nov. 25, 1866. A large fam ily was the result of this union?si: eons and two daughters, all of whon are living except one son. This hap py home was saddened by the deatl i of Mrs. Boland, which took place Ma: '14, 1891. In February, 189S, he wa: the sofnnrl t.imp. she beinf? I sister of the first wife?Lue Jam Early, who survives him. Mr. Boland was a good and qfuie citizen, a kind neighbor and a tru< friend of many. After appropriate services conduct ed by his pastor, the Rev. W. H. Ris er, assisted by the Revs. J. B. Har man and J. J. Long, his body wa: TVIni+v r?pm iaiu CW i tui/ Mil (/liV ixv/ij vv?? etery in the presence of a large ga thering of sorrowing relatives am ' fiends. , Those who survive to perpetuat< [ his memory and cherish his goo( name are: A wife, five sons, tw< daughters, twenty-five grandchildren seven great-granchildren, a sister 1 five half sisters, and a half brother 1 His body shall return to dus ' whence it came, but his soul ha: Aiior +Vi yma/ot nf rloatVi am V,I V/OCtU \J ? V J Wll 0 VA VA v*vw v.* v..? is now resting in the shade of eter : nity's tree. ? Little Annie Louise Shealy, th< ' infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El > mer L. Shealy, died at the home o her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L } Shealy, last Friday afternoon. Th< ; child was only four weeks old a>m was a bright and Toeautiful baby, an< 1 was ill only a few days. The parent ' and grandparents have the sympath; of the entire community. Mrs. Shea 1 ly is a native of South Queensferry Scotland. She has only been in Am erica about two years. > The following program will b - rendered at the educational rally v 1 be held in the Little Mountain schoo - auditorium on the 4th of July a t 10:30, Dr. Jno. J. Long presiding: 2 Music. i Invocation. f Music. ij Address by Dr. C. A. Freed. >| Address by Supt. E. H. Aull. i Music. e Address by Pres. S. J. Derrick, t At noon an excellent barbecue I I dinner will be served by the School | f j Improvement association. During; II the entire day ice cream and cold | drinks may be had. Proceeds to be used to buy seats for the school audiy torium. The public is cordially in vited and welcomed. A special invi, tation is given to all the neighboring 3 schools, especially the trustees. The j . candidates are also welcme. s Mrs. Herman Boland and little - daughter of Williston are visiting relatives here. e Marion Counts has returned from j i j Leesville \vhere he has been visiting ' his sister, Mrs. McKendree Barre. s | Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Epting and E. t A. Wheeler motored to Columbia on Sunday to visit Mrs. E. A. Wheeler! who is in the Columbia hospital. The j - friends of Mrs. Wheeler are grateful I i I -1 to know she will be home in a few b ' days. e | Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shealy, Mrs. 3' W. A. Counts and Mrs. Kate Monts it 1 mnfnrpf! tn flnliimliifl rm Mnnrlav r j - ~ ' 9 i Mrs. Monts is spending several days . with her sister, Mrs. Lora Wheeler, i Miss Estelle Fellers of Columbia is visiting her cousin, little Ruth Feagle. ? Messrs. D. Boland and B. H. Miller y spent the week-end in Greenville. """ rj Mr. and Mrs. McKendree Barre of( F, Leesville spent Sunday with Mr. and j - Mrs. W. A. Counts. y j Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Shealy, Mr. ?,and Mre. E. E. Cumalander spepnt; ty ' SlIYI/^QU Until ATv or>/^ v?c u T 1 y UUllUUJ ?T > vil ATA 1 m UilU V 1 s'Shealy of Laurens. e Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Huffman spent Sunday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pink Summer of Peak. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Wise visited the latter's mother, Mrs. H. E. Rast ^ of Cameron last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. John Fulmer of near! i- Columbia visited relatives here Sun-' day. Miss Dorothy Huiet and Mr. Wil j bur Huiet of Greenwood and Mr. Na- j s than Wallace of Laurens were the h | guests of Miss Evelyn Wise Sunday. ej F. C. Wise left Sunday to resume e j his work with J. Regenstein Co., At- j e lanta, after spending his vacation | - with his parents. < Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Shealy andj -1 daughters visited Mrs. Shealy's sister, i s Mrs. Henry Kinard of Prosperity,! Sunday afternoon. s C. T. Huffman and Carl Wheeler "~ ?' spent Saturday evening in Columbia. ! Miss Hazel Boland and Jeff Bo^ land, Jr., of Clinton spent Tuesday ! e ( with their grandparents, Mr. and | -, Mrs. David Boland. t \f For New Pastor - To the Editor of The Dispatch-News. . j Dear Sir:?Will you please allow; 1 me a few lines in your valuable pa-! t' per? I am, in a sense, a stranger in ' j your midst, but have already been 2 made to feel at home, and to realize - that the lines have fallen in a pleas-; t ant place to us. We have been i shown that the people of this com-i ? - munity and surrounding country: * i have the ability to make one feel at I j home* 51 Having accepted the call to become i pastor of the Zion pastorate, made s vacant by the late Rev. J. A. Cromer, j we moved into the house provided as t a temporary parsonage. 11 Not being able to arrange for j housekeeping the first few days, the -' hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. D. ' . F. Efird and family was thrown open . to us and of course all who have ever s been there, and doubtless many more, j . | know by reputation, that we truly fell -.into good hands and were royally 3 ' pororl fnr Kv erring noAnla T?vi 1 VUA WU 4 W4 V J WUVJV ^ V VU A A * day and part of Saturday we spent 2 in unpacking and arranging for house i keeping. 3 Saturday morning we had some in, timation from some of the neibhbors f that they might call on us in the af-j . ternoon, yet did not suspicion any-; t' thing more than a neighborly visit by s' a few who lived nearby. i j But about the middle of the after. noon the vanguard arrived in the per- _ son of a few individuals, to do a little ? work on the house. And by them we ea e1 were given to understand that we M - were to have more visitors later. Pe f Presently we realized a crowd had to I gathered in the house, upon the ver- G< e anda and in the yard, when one of nn [1 the men asked to be shown the way we l i. ~ 4.1. _ 1 -: 4 i XT 11.. j _ 3 iu uie luicneii. i\uw yuu generally uu s feel a kind of misgiving, when a man w< y! wants to get about the kitchen or . dining room late in the day. But , from what we saw in their hands we : - did not feel any hesitancy in showing; them the way. When there, they began depositing on the table the many kii e things they had brought, until the ha o table was filled to overflowing and a il the floor had to accommodate the ly t balance. There was quite a variety ce of gifts, such as: flour, meat, pota-, toes, lard, sugar, rice, coffee and difI ferent kinds of vegetables and canned su: goods, all of which are very useful, j There must have been at least 150 persons present, some coming from ou i * 1 Cook Light Weisfhl When the old dizzily climbim dred mark-a li will bring you r< We have a con in genuine Pain TT UlOl^UO) 1TAV/1J dines-in light ai men of all sizes Let us show yc new heat-proof lar two and thr J. H. Sumi Newbe Biff Barbecue tain School July Speeches by pror For this one day mer Fabrics, Millir greatly reduced pri< Be sure to come f tending this big sch( The W Little Moi FOR My Jewelry business . opportunity for some one Reason for selling haven't Long lease, low rent. G.C.C Sumt< I Calcium Rior lot exne """O 1? morning. A prices on mo Qnrrimar UllllUllVI ch of the congregptions?Emanue t. Hebron, Zion, Pilgrim- and S iters. Wc are indeed very gratefi every one for their donations. Ma )d's richst blessing rest upon ever ember of the pastorate, and ma i all, laboring together in His kin? im, accomplish much good in th )rld. Sincerely, H. A. Kistler. Breaking it Easy "Cheer up, sir," encouraged th idly but truthful phrenologist wh d just read the head of the son o farmer. "Your boy isn't necessari a failure. He has ability alon, rtain lines." "Could you name one?'' "We-e-ell," reluctanly, "I shouli ggest the line of least resistance. ? One ration the Soviet never rur. t of is exaggeration. 00 1 r in a t Summer Suit ] thermometer is 1 I around the hunight summer Suit slief and comfort. iplete assortment i i Beach, Tropical j lairs and Gabarid dark colors for and builds. >u some of these suits in the popuee button models. uer and Co. rry, S. C. ' At Little Moun- 4 I On Tuesday 4th. \ ninent speakers. ^ we will offer our sumlery and Oxfords at 2es. r in to see us while at)ol rally. ^iCa P A M CtE fl antain, S. C. ' ' I *_ SALE | | A ?TAM^OY?flll I Ill IKCWUClIJf. n. *YUUU6HUJ to get into a going business., time to look after two stores, i. hooper | 3r, S: C. Arsenate j cted Saturday 1 !so get our iaoot^4 r ' h. Bros. Co. 1, | Maybe Secretary Denby decided to t. take a trip to Japan before congress ? il got another chance at the navy. " y ; , y CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADy' MINISTRATION \ The State of South Carolina, County i of Newberry, by W. F. Ewart, e Probate Judge. ! Whereas, Press Nance hath made [suit to me to grant him Letters of j Administration of the estate and efifects of William Nance, deceased. s i These are, therefore, to cite and .! admonish all and singular the Kinejdred and Creditors of the said Wil?'liam Nance, deceased, that they be f and_appear ibefore me, in the Court [_ of Probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on Monday, 17th day of July, next, after publication hereof, at ill o'clock in the forenoon, to show I cause, if any they have, why the said * i Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 26th day | of June, Anno Domini 1922. 8 W. F. EWART, P. J. N. C.