The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-06-09
THE PRESS CONVENTION.

incidents connected with the annual NEE
ing of the Press Association, at Aberdee
last week, would occupy more space tina
We can appropriate thereto in one issu,
On our first page we give the welcom
address BY Hon. R. o. Reynolds aud tn
response by Col. G.. D. Stands Both vii
well repay perusal They were a splendi
send-of to the exercises at the COURTEOUS
on Wednesday night The Association ha
never had a more creditably executed pr
gramme than on that occasion. After tn
addresses by Messrs. Reynolds and Stands
Miss Lizzie Cooper, of this city, execute,
a piano solo that as5onished and delighte,
the cultivated audience assembled A
Fox, Esq, of Walthall, delivered the An
nual Grafton, which abounded in patriotic
practical, common-sense sentiments ana
propositions, and which our readers viii
have the pleasure of perusing at an early
day Miss Maud Smith, of this city, reel
ted "Wilt Thou Return - from Lalla
Rookh. The matter of the poem, and the
charming manner in which it was read, elicit
ed cordial applause Our friend s d. Harper
gave, in his essay, some happy hits, on the
management of country newspaper; and
Miss Eva Frantz, Of Brandon, read, in fault
less style, a well-written poem, we believe
/ by her gifted mother, which will grace our
columns in due time. A poem, written by
Judge }. Fred Simmons, was read BY Miss
Duval in manner that elected deserved
applause. Mr.. B. c. Sims and Miss Maggie
Kidd, as vocalists, and Miss Louisa Spratt.
on the piano-all of Aberdeen-delighted
the audience with their exquisite DUETS
| and solos. After the programme proper
Mr.. Ross, of the Canton Mail by request,
recited The Sock that Baby Wore" and
judging by the applause that followed, we
suppose that sock will never wear out.
On the second day, We had the pleasure of
listening to the eloquent Memorial Address,
by Mr.. q. p. Herndon, that was to have
been delivered by that gentleman at the
unwilling of the Press Monument at Holly
Springs last summer
The hop at the Gordon House on We'd
nesday night was pronounced a grand success
by all who participated. The managers
seemed to be unremtting in their atten-
tions to the visitors. Indeed the entire
community of Aberdeen kept open hearts
and homes for the press people,
/ The Mobile and Ohio Railroad having
generously furnished special train the
members of the press and about one hun
dred and fifty of their Aberdeen friends, pro-
ceeded on Friday to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College, near Starkvile. Reach
ing there at 1920, we were received with
military honors by the students. Then fol-
lowed hearty address of welcome by Gen.
5. ID. Lee, President of the College, in which
the objects and practical working of the
institution were stated and to which Gen.
Jas. r. Chalmers, on behalf of the Press
Association, made a felicitious response.
Dinner followed; after which the visitors
walked through the building, inspecting all
the appliances for study and work At
three o'clock, the manual labor signal was
given, and the students, with their hoes and
other implements, proceeded to the grounds
and field where work was to be done-each
squad under an supervisor detailed for that
day. The students are allowed a credit of
eight cents an hour for steady, faithful work,
and some of them had labor credits last
month nearly sufficient to pay their board.
The health of students is excellent. In
their Wesson jeans uniforms, they present
ed a fine, soldierly appearance. A series of
resolutions, thanking Gen. Lee and the
faculty, and complimentary to the students,
were adopted, and the members of the As
ISOLATION voted to send their respective
journals to the College Reading Room.
The Association officers, elected at Aber-
deem, were installed into Office while at the
College, as follows: R. Walpole, Yazoo
City, President; E. ?. Thompson, Aberdeen,
1st Vice-President; J. D. Burke, Magnolia
ID Vice-President; f. 5. Wilson, Walthall,
Secretary; E. E. Frantz, Brandon, Assist
ant Secretary; NJ. B. Richmond, Pascagou-
Chaplain f. c. Morehead, Vicksburg, Is
sayist; Thos. Spight, Ripley, Orator Geo.
w Harper, Raymond, Historian and s |
A. Jonas, Emmett L. Ross, Mrs. Mollie |
McGee Smell, Mrs. B. II. Moore and Miss !
Johnnie Hunt were requested TO write /
poems.
The next annual meeting will be held at
Natchez, a very cordial invitation having /
been received from the publishers of that /
city and, in connection with same, a letter /
was read from Gen. w T. Martin express
ing the confident belief that the Natchez, |
Jackson and Columbus Railroad would be !
completed to Jackson in ample time for the
meeting.