The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-05-27
The Press Convention.


The annual mctt.u.s of the Mis-
>i-,lrri Press Association those
happy reunions OF the tired and
wcary quill drivers which are hailed
rs bright aud refreshing oasrs in
The dessert Of journalistic life are
something to be locked forward and
, backward To by the average news
paper man as = perpetual in>pira-
lion.
The 2l~t session Of the ASsocia.
'ion convened this year Oh May
~ h at West Point, a beautiful and
prosperous little city Of the prairie~,
whose people are lro'erhial for
their Enterprise, hospitality, culture
AMI refinement. but of whom the
editors who did rot know them per.
sonaliy found the half had not been
told 1t is enough to say that every
;hin2 in reason was done to enter.
tain the members Of the Press and
make their stay one of una!oycd
pleasure.
The Convention was called to or
der a. IL o'clock by President Lam
bert, and Secretary Rogers called
he ro,l. Seventy. five pal ers
answered, represented by about loo
delegates. The court house had
been beautifully decorated for the
occasion by West Points fair ladies
On the walls near the jpdgt's stand
to the right were three oil three,
column papers with l1.G in larga
letters, and to the left were modern
papers with larry letters, 1856. The
arch over the Judges stand was
decorated on the right with large
gold pen with fathers a. a holder.
and on the opposite side large
sword with a historic interest. H.
trryenlng between the pen and
sword were the words. is mightier
than On the judges stand were
two chairs in Grape with the name,
of McCal!um and Horn just over
them. The picture Of Congressman
Barry, Clay's fayorite son. was
,wiHging on the walls near the
SPEAKERS stand, ii that of Simeon
r. Adams Immediately over it.
After several choice selections by
the West Point Brass Band, a. F.
Fox, of West Point, extended in be
hall of the Mayor and the citizens
Of West Point an adde's of welcome
which was most cold.aI, and with
the assurance that the latch string
Of West Points homes hunL Oh the
outside walls. After a glowing tn.
butte to the press in ycats Of trials,
tribula.ions and political strife, he
made most fitting reference to
Horn and McCa,lum.
+. II. Dial, Esq, the late brilliant
young editor Of the Meridian News,
responded 20 the address of welcome
and said lie spoke for noble FRO
fession in accepting the welcome
hospitality Of q generous people,
and said welcome was the life pre-
server Of the heart, and dwelt with
great carnestness on the beauty Of
hospitality to friends and to
strangers, taking them from the
night and storm Of life and placing a
ljgh. in the window to welcome the
guest
President Lambert. in his annual
/ address congratulated the associa-
ton on its favorable condition dur
ing the past year and the outlook
for the coming year, and said no
great troubles were in the midst Of
their labors. He reviewed the res
possibility Of the press IN shaping
their litorial convictions. He sug-
gcsted an adoption Of some law Of
ethics for the association, but said
in business each mans Individuality
would manifest itself so that it
could not be regulated. The i'm
preston that it is the duty Of the
press to voluntarily contribute sup
port 20 every interest in the com
munity is wrong, and the sooner
every item outside of news is paid
for, the higher the tone and surer
The success of the press.
The Press Literary exercises took
place at the opera house, at night,
aud were decidedly brilliant. The
program was as follows Annual
Grafton, Edgar S. Wilson: address of
welcome, Miss Maud Exum; re-
Spouse, J. II. Martin; poem, Miss
Della Applegate; essay, A. NJ.
Roach; recitation, Miss Lessie
Strong; poem, Miss Eva FrantZ.