Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-06-29
PRESS CONVENTION AT KNOX
WILLIE.

EDITORS CHRONICLE: The State
Press Convention of Tennessee, to
which / had the honor to be a dele
gate, met in Knoxville Thursday,
June 20, at 10 o'clock. In company
with Messrs. BrOaddus, Ingram and
Riley, the innocence, youth and
beauty of the press, we left Clarks-
Vile Tuesday at 8 A. NJ, arriving at
Nashville at P. NJ, where we met
other members of the association.
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock
we left for Knoxville Ella Chatta-
noOga. On board were the versatile
Doak, of the American, the pOlyglat
White Ga vest-pocket edition Of
Elihu Burritt), of the Lebanon
Herald, Wat Johnson, the operate
imprOvisitOre of the Frankfort Yeo-
man, and many other bright and
shining lights in the armament of
the art preventative in all, twenty
eight. The scenery along the route
was comparatively $3.50 until with
in some forty or fifty miles of Chat
tanoOga, where the eternal hills be-
gin, and thence on for perhaps forty
miles beyond Chattanooga the seen
cry is charming, grand. The n. &
c. road is in fine order, being laid
with steel rails on a rock ballast,
and our train sped along at the rate
of near forty miles an hour. Across
mystic rivers, over romantic noun
tains and along fertile valleys !;
through gloomy tunnels, over
frightful gOrges and. around the
mountains brow which Overhangs
the yellow waves of the classic Ten
nessee; at the feet and in the shadow
of Lookout Mountain, one of crea-
TONS masterpieces, on whose rocky
brow the eternal sunshine settles,
we were whirled along until the
brakeman, in that well known dis
tinct articulation of his, announced
Chattanooga" Here we got
supper ca, which consisted of beef
steak, bread, butter, coffee and sew
enty-five cents, after which we left
for Knoxville, a distance of ITO
miles, arriving there at 1920 p. NJ.
The press gang were met at the
depot by John NJ. Fleming and
Franc M. Paul, of the Knoxville
press, and divided between the At
kin Hotel and the Lamar House.
Your correspondent was assigned to
the latter place, whose proprietor
and attendants were extremely at
tentive. We found the Cadets An
nual Hop in full blast, and, our
badges being an open sesame, we
were invited in, and partOok."
AT 10 o'clock Thursday morning
the Convention met in Staub's OPP
era House, and, in the absence of
the President, John L. Helms, of
the MorristOwn Gazette, Col. BOyers,
of the Gallatin Examiner, called
the meeting to order. The regular
routine of business was gone through
with, but opine that it will be Of
less interest to the general readers
than to the editor
At night we heard the lecture of
Prof. Joynes; subject, "The English
Language" The University at
Knoxville has secured the services
of Prof. Joynes in the chair of bellies
lettres, and the trustees may con-
graduate themselves upon their
good fortune. Prof. JOynes has no
superior and but few equals. Van
derbilt University may have done
herself a benefit in superseding
Joynes, but it is owing altogether
to whether she has or not.
Friday morning the Convention
met again, and, after a short BUSH
ness session, called on DIR. J. G.. NJ.
Ramsey, the venerable and dis
tinguished annalist of Tennessee,
who received them with great
urbanity and had for each individ-
ual a word of welcome.
The party next proceeded to the
residence of Mrs. BroWnlOw, widow