The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-07-04
rENN. pkEss. AssoclATIoN
Synopsis of the Proceedings Z

The Association convened In the
hall Of the Female Academy, Clarks-
vile. on Thursday. June 21st. at IL
o o'clock, a. m. President Dickinson
in the Chair, and the following rep
resentatives present:
Brownsville Bee-W. Ivie West
brook
brownsville States-G. A, Mathes.
CIarksville Tobacco Leaf. M !.
Riley, M. V. Ingram.
Dyersburg Gazette-T. w. Neal.
Humboldt Herald Wilson Will
liams (Vice PresidenD.
Lebanon Herald-R. L. G. White
Secretary.
Milan Exchange-W. A. Wade
| Treasurer.
Morristown Gazette. K. Helms
(Vice PresidenD.
Nashville American-H. M. Doak
Vice Presidency.
Nashville Banner-Ernest Crutch-
er. f5t
Nashville Legal Reporter-James
Browne.
Paris Intelligencer-R. NJ. Dick
enson (President).
The following journals were admit
ted to membership:
GAINESVILLE Chronicle-D. F.
Wright.
Dover Record. P. Flood.
Paris Gazette-C. W. Crockett.
Houston County Review-W. j.
Humboldt Grange Journal-R.
w. Leigh.
The members of the Kentucky
Press present we're invited to seats
with the Association.
The afternoon session was occu-
pied principally by the discussion,
first Of the report of committee,
appointed at the last session. on
'the adv:sability of printing dead
matter under any circumstances. .
and, afterwards, of the general ques-
tion of patent sides.
On Friday, the following repre-.
sentatiyes were present, in addition
to those above reported:
Columbia Guardian-W. A.
Smith.
Gallatin Examiner-Fhos. Boy
ers, j. w. Brown.
Murfreesboro News-G. II. Bas-
kettle, J.eR. Osborne.
The committee on legal advertis-
ing was continued, with the addition
of Hon. Tom w. Neal.
The Secretary was instructed TO
visit the different State Press Assoc
ciatIons of the South, during the en-
suing year. and urge the organiza-
ton of a Southern, or Southern and
Western, Press Association.
Hon. e. Polk johnson, Major Sam
NJ. Gaines and Col. L. G.. Faxon 4,
as a committee from the Kentucky
Press Association, presented the
fraternal greetings of that body.
The eloquent speech of the Chairman
was received with applause, and ap'
propriately responded to by Presi-
dent Dickinson.
The proposed amendment to the
Constitution, allowing representation
by proxy. was rejected.
Art. V, sec. 5, of the Constitu ton
was amended by the addition of the
words, "wheneVer practicable
The Executive Committee was
made eG o6tciO committee on trans
portation.
A resolution diseountenancing the
use OF npatent" sides, and exclud ding
from membership publishers who use
them, was laid on the table,
A resolution reciting the adyan-
tages to publishers and job printers
to be deriyen from counting twenty
five sheets to the qpire of paper, in
stead of twenty.four. and asking the
cooperation of the press of the eoun-
try in the effort to induce manufac-
turers to putup all papers in quires
of twenty-five sheets, was adopted
Resolutions of thanks to the cor.
porate authorities and oitizens OF
Clarksville ; TO Rev. j. r. .Plummer,
DID,; TO Miss Houston and Gen.
Handy and to various railroads,
were adopted.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President, John E. Helms, Nor
ristown Gazette.
Vice Presidents, Col. Thomas
Boyers, Gallatin Examiner; DIR. d.
F. Wright, GAINESVILLE Chronicle ; r.
W. Leigh, Humboldt Grange Jour
nal. 8g.
Secretary. DIR. r. L. c.. White,
LEBANON HERALD.
Treasurer, w. A. Wade, Milan
Exchange.
An invitation from the Wing and
Chronicle and the Tribune, to hold
the next meeting of the Association
at Knoxville, was accepted.
The President announced the ap-
pointment Of the following Execu-
tive Committee
Gen. Ira p. Jones. Nashville Am
erican. Chairman; Col. w. Ivie
Westbrook, Brownsville Bee; DR..
w. A. Smith. Columbia Guardian
Major j. p. Flood, Dover Record /;
James Browne. Nashville Legal Re-
porter,
Hon. S. S. Cox Of New York was
elected to deliver the annual address,
DR.. w. A. Smith of Columbia. the
Grafton, and John w. Faxon, Esq,
of GAINESVILLE, the poem, at the next
meeting. a5ao l
After disposing of sundry minor
items of business, the Association
r. M. DICKINSON, Pres.
r. L. @. White, Sec.