Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-16
TENNESSEE PRESS Association.
Proceedings OF the Recent Meeting at
Brownsville

nGONnoNAAata
(Oficial Report.l
BROWNSVILLE, June IL, lS74.-The
Tennessee Press Association convened in
semi-annual session at Lee Hall, Browns
vile, at 4;}0 P. NJ. this day. Presiden
Griffith being absent on account of sick
ness, Thos. W. Neal, Senior Viee-President
took the chair. The roll being called, the
following members were found to be pres
ent: Alexander, Boysrs, Buck, Burch,
Dickerson, Handy, Malone, Mathes, Muir
phey, Slater, Thomas, Thomas, Wade,
Westbrook, White.
j c. Childress, of the MufreeSboro
NelrS, was elected member of the AsSo-
citation.
On molten, the regular order of business
was suspended, aud the report of tn Com
mittee on Revision of the constitution and
Bylaws, was read and adopted. The fol-
lowing is a synopsis Of the report:
Art. ~, Sec. 1, of the Constitution to
read: '''rhe membership of the Association
shall consist of the periodical publications
issued in the State, which publications shall
be represented in its meetings by one or
more cftheir respective editors and pro-
prietors. In all questions required to be
dete, mined by ballot, each publication shall
be entitled TO only one vote"
Verbal changes wherever they are neces-
sary to conform the Constitution and By
laws to the above article.
An amendment, providing Tor an Assist
ant Secretary, to be appointed by the Sec
rotary.
Fixing the time on the third Thursday
III June of each year.
On motion, il was resolved that the roll
| of periodicals hitherto represented in the
| Association be called, aud that such as had
representatives present at the meeting con-
| stitute the membership of the Association
as reoreanized. Representatives of the
| following periodicals answered TO their
| names: NASHVILLE UNION AND AMEId-
| CAN, Nashville Banner, Lebanon Herald,
Springfield Record, Dyersburg Gazette,
Paris Intellgencer, Gallatin Examiner,
| Brownsville Bee, MurfreesbOro Monitor,
| Murfreesboro News, Lawrence Journal,
Jackson Courier-Herald, Milan Exchange,
| Winchester Home Journal, Nashville Ru-
raj Sun, Columbia Herald and Mail, Chat
tanoOga Times, Pulaski Citizen.
The following papers were admitted to
membership: Memphis Register, repre-
scented by Marcus J. Wright; Crockett
| County Sentinel, T. b. Fisher; Memphis
| Eclectic, Joseph Barbiere.
The persons named below were elected
honorary members L. ID. Davenport,
Lawrence county; Miss Matte a. Collins,
| y W Providence; G.. W. Davis, Springfield.
A committee, consisting OF BOyerS, chair
man, WestbrOok and Slater, was appointed
with instructions to draw UP contract, to
be signed by publishers and proprietOrs OF
secular newspapers published not less than
once week, pledging tn mselves TO pub
| lish no legal advertisements of any nature
for less than the rates charged by them to
private parties for other advertisements;
copies of such contract to be sent to
the publishes of such papers in
the State for their signatures, and
this contract to become binding upon the
members signing it when the Secretary
shall report through his paper that it has
received the signatures of four-fifths of such
newspapers in the State-such contract,
with all its signatures, to be kept standing
for at least one month in the columns OF
the papers which are parties to this con-
tract. Provided. that this contract shall
not be binding upon the papers signing IN
any county unless agreed to by all the
papers in the county.
i lit AOlAuhlAA-- INV AteltltAAo WIZ ANH1 CIV
referred to a committee, consisting of MeSsrs.
WeStbrOok, Wright and Handy. with in
| structiOns TO report tomorrow morning;
To attend the .'harvest feast" of Viii
| liam's Creek GrangC, near Brownsville, on
Saturday.
To visit the Brownsville Cotton Factory.
To visit Memphis in a special car pro-
vided for the Association by John I. Flynn,
1 n Mar,,yl,fs division
| Louisville aud Nashville and Great South
ern Railroad.
To visit the Nashville Industrial Ex-
position.
An invitation to attend banquet at the
Exchange Hotel, at o'clock this evening,
was accepted; after which the Association
adjourned until nine o'clock A. NJ. to-
morrow.
SeeOud Day.
JUNE u, 8 A. M.-The Association met
pursuant to adjournment.
The special committee TO which was re-
ferred several invitations, presented yester-
day. submitted a report accepting the invi-
tatiOns to visit the Cotton Factory, the city
| of Memphis and the Nashville Exposition,
and declining with thanks, the invitation
/ to the 'sharvest feast on account of want
| of time. The report was adopted.
| Miss Mary a. HOyt, Dyersburg, Mrs. ,.
II. Burnett, Knoxville, and Miss Locke
Rankin, Milan, were elected to honorary
membership.
The election of officers for the ensuing
year was then had, with the following re-
| suit:
President, Tom W. Neal, DyuTsbrrg Ga
zette
Vice Presidents, L. b. Kirby,
| CHATTANOOGA Times, Thomas BOyers, Cal
latin Examiner; Joseph Barbiere, Memphis
| Eclectic.
Secretary, R. L. C. White, Lebanon Her
ala.
Treasurer, W. A. Wade, MlGR EIchGAge,
The President elect appointed the follow
| ing Executive Committee: Ira p. Jones,
| UNION AND AMERICAN, Chairman; j. D.
Griffith, RunI Sun: y. b. Buck, Mlufrees-
bOrO Monitor; w. Ivie WestbrOOk, BTO1cHs-
rifle Bee; Marcus j. Wright, Memphis
Register.
Henry Watterson, Esq, editor of the
Louisville COurier-JOmndl, was unani-
mously elected to address the ASSOCIATION
at its next meeting.
Mai. Joseph Barbiere, editor of the Mem
/ EftS LfttCttCs WIS NlCNlCO " III
nual Grafton.
Miss Matte A. Collins, of New Provi-
| dence, was elected 10 read poem at the
next meeting.
Mr.. Buck presented, on behalf of the cit
liens and the press of MurfreesbOro, an in
vitation to the Association to hold its next
meeting in that city. On motion, the in
vitation was unanimously accepted.
The following resolutions were offered
and adopted:
By DR.. Mathes-Resolved, that the sim
| oere and unanimous thanks of this AssOci-
alton are hereby rendered to DIR. r. l.. c..
| White for the able and indefatIgable man
ner in which he has discharged the duties
| of his Office as Secretary.
BY Mr.. Buck-Thanking the other Off
| GERS for the manner in which they had dis
charged their duties.
By DR.. White-Res )lveC, that the Ten
nesSee Press Association recognizes, with
sincere gratitude, the generous hospitality
with which its members have been received
and entertained by the people of Browns
vile, and that their hearty thanks therefor
are returned unanimously as an Associa-
| ton. and without dissent as individuals.
Bv Mr.. Wade-Resolyed, that our Sena-
| in, CouUrnSS no 70