The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
TENNESSEE PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The second annual meeting of the
Tennessee Press Association met al
Nashville, pursuant to adjournment
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, June
the 9Th, in the Supreme Court room,
Capitol.
The meeting was called to order by
the President, Ira P. Jones.
CALLING OF THE ROLL.
The roll having been called, the fol-
lowing answered to their names: T. III.
Baker, Democrat; ThOs. Boyers, En-
dn,iner; j. w. Brown, Examiner; r.
M. Dickerson, Hatelligencer;; G. M.
Emack, Coffee County Democrat; +.
0. Griffith. Enterprise; A. s. Horsley,
Herald; Ira p. Jones, President, UaiOs
and american; 7. B. Kirby, Vice-Pres.
ident, Times; L. w. McCord, Vice
President, Citizen; Rolfe s. Saunders,
Archie Thomas, Record; John S.
Ward, Ladies' Pearl; w. ]. West
brook, Bee; and r. l.. G. White, Secre-
tary, Herald; J. B. Killebrew, Union
and american.
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED.
H. G. Bate, of the Laurence Journal
nominated by Col. Griffith.
J. B. Bingham, of the Southern
Newspaper Union, nominated by I. H.
Baker.
w. J. Slater, ofthe Winchester Home
Journal, by Maj. Emack.
Charles H. Brandon, of the Marshall
County Gazette, nominated by A. s.
Horsley.
HONORARY MEMBERS ELECTED.
Mrs. Lide Meriwether, of Memphis,
nominal ed by Rolfe s. aunders.
Mrs. Nellie Gaines, of Carroll county,
by Il. H. Baker.
DIR. J. NJ. Stafford, of Lebanon, by
Col Killebrew.
The thanks of the Association were
rendered to Paul & Tavel, of Nashville,
as follows;
Resolved, That the thanks of the
Press Association he and is hereby ten
dered to Messrs. Paul & Tavel for the
very elegant and appropriate seal de-
vised by DIR. White which they have
executed and presented to this Associ-
alton.
EXCURSION.
Col. Griffith moved that committee
be appointed to report on the possibili-
ty of taking Southern tour-visiting
the principal Southern cities about the
time of frost.
On motion, the Chair appointed the
COMMITTEES: Messrs. Griffith, Saunders,
Boyers, Bate and WestbroOk.
LEGAL LADvERTIsEMENTs.
The following was introduced by Mr..
PUrvis:
Resolved, That a committee of five
(the President of the Association to be
one) be appointed to draft suitable
law and memorial and present them
to the session of the Tennessee Legisla-
ture, in order to secure q proper price
for the publication of legal advertise
ments in the various presses of the
State.
Mr.. Baker expressed his views at
considerable length. He was followed
by T. b. Kirby, of the Chattanooga
Times.
Secretary White was in favor of the
repeal of the laws on the subject of le>
gal advertising.
Mr.. Boyers called attention to con-
flicting State laws on the subject. He
moved rs an amendment that ali ap-
preparation be made to have the com.
Inittee give the subject their earnest
attention. Carried.
The original resolution was then
adopted as amended.
SOUTHERN TOUR.
Mr. Griffith, from the Committee on
a Southern Tour, made the following
report:
The members of the Association to
meet on given day at Birmingham,
Ala, the new city at the junction of the
Alabama and Chattanooga, and the
South and North Alabama railroads, |
thence to Montgomery, Mobile, New |
Orleans, Pensacola, Key West, Havana
Savannah, Charleston, Richmond,
Washington, Baltimore, Knoxville and
home.
The report was adopted.
None other than regular members
will be allowed on the exclusion.
Recess was then taken at II NJ. until
2 p. N.