Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-09-02
KENTUCKY PRESS Assoc1A.
TON.
Business Meeting Held in Louis
vile Aug %, 1884.
Courier journal Aug. %.

held meeting last night in the rooms
of the Louisville Press Club for the
purpose of organizing. A very full
list of the members were present.
Col. Stoddard Johnston, of the Frank
fort Woman, called the meeting to
order, and Mr.. Urey Woodson, of the
Owcnsboro Messenger, was chosen
Secretary. Col. L. l.. Startling, Of
the Henderson journal, moved that
committee of three be appointed TO
draft a resolution expressing the sense
Of the meeting as to what the annual
dues of members should be.
Mcssrs. l.. Polk johnson and L. G.
Logan, of the Times, and Bruce
Champ, of the Bourbon News, the
committee, reported in faver of the
appointment Of Il committee of three
to present an amended constitution
and bylaws governing this subject at
the next meeting.
The motion was adopted, and the
Chair appointed Il. Polk Johnson, j.
w. Hopper and G. II. Allen.
Mr.. j. W. Hopper, OF the Lebanon
Standard and Times, nominated Col
j. Stoddard Johnston for President.
lie was unanimously reelected, and
Mr.. j. w. Hopper was selected Vice
President. Mr.. Urcy Woodson, Of
the Greensboro Messenger, was
chosen Secretary, and Mr. Hawthorne
Hill was elected Treasurer. Col. AL
len, of the Princeton Banner, was
elected orator.
Col. L. Polk Johnston nominated
Wallace Gruelle, of the Breckenridge
News, zone of the silent workers OF
the press" for Poet, and he was UNI
animously elected.
Col. johnson, j. p. Barrett, C. NJ
Meacham, Murray, +. L. McChes-
ney and II. s. Evans were then APP
pointed as an Executive Committee
and the time and place for the next
meeting was left with them. PrcSi.
dent Johnston was made Chairman OF
the committee.
Mr.. Wallace (iruelle was then call
ed on to say something about thu
"Pcnner0yal Deestrict. lie made a
neat speech IN glowing terms of the
girls OF the "deestrct" and the herb,
the staple product ofthe country.
Col. j Stoddard Johnston spoke of
the feasibility of making an excur-
sion tn Mexico. lie felt assured thai
he could take the press as far as FL
Paso, Texas, returning by way OF
New Orleans and take in the Worlds
Exposition. lie had seen Il number
of railroad men, and they had extern
died. all the couriesics in their power.
The expenses of The trip would he
small, not exceeding 50 a day, with
no cost for transportation. The
meeting then adjourned.
The following is list of the men,
bers of the Association, as organized
last night:
J. Stoddard Johnston, Frankfort
Yeoman.
James w. Hopper, Lebanon Stand
ard & Times.
c. Il. Allen, Princeton Banner.
Urey Woodson, Owensboro Mes
senger.
John ID. Woods, Frankfort Capital
ID. b. Wallace, Warsaw Indepen-
dent.
III. NJ. Caldwell ,Russellvillc Herald
Enterprise.
Edward I. Cram, Williamstown
Courier.
j. Ii. Murray, Dardstown Record.
A. N. Taylor, Fulton Fultonian.
j. II. Nc Chesney, Paris Citizen.
+. L. McChesney, Paris Citizen.
w. A. Holland, Eminencc Consli-
nationalist.
John p. Barrett, Hartford Herald,
Isaac E.McClure, Scottsvillc Advo,
ate.
w. j. Rice, Morehead Times.
James V. Pearce, New Castle Local,
L. II. Moore, Franklin Favorite.
ii. Dudley, Flemingsburg Times
Democrat.
! e. M. Meacham, Hopkinsville
South Kentuckian.
| c. w. Metcalfe, Nlcholasville Jour-
nal-Courier.
Bruce Champ, Paris News.
| w. b. Nichols, Winchester Sun.
| G. w. Short Grecnville Echo.
James j. Ragon, Greenville Echo.
Wallace Gruelle, Cloverport News.
II. NJ. Kelly, Louisville Commercial.
Hawthorne Hill, Louisville Com
mercial.
L. &. Logan, Louisville Times.
f. PolktJohnson, louisville Times,
L. G. Bishop, Dixon Record.
L. L. Hockersmith, Madisonville
Times.
ID. Il. O'Sullivan, Courier Journal.
VIZ. Walton, Stanford journal.
Dan. NJ. Bowman, Woodford Sun.
Ben Harrison, Henderson News.
| w. w. Stephenson. Harrodsburg
Democrat.
w. w. Anderson, Elizabethtowu
News.
Chas. Leigh, Paducah Standard.
j. II. Mars, Danville Advocate.
e. ID. Mccarthy, Flcmingsburg
Gazette.
II. c. Kehoc, Cynihiana Democrat.
L. O'Flaherty, Adairvillc Times