The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-05-28
MISSISSIPPI PRESS CONVENTION,

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he Wednesday, May 10, 1886. TIL
of exercises OF the first day were hell
at in the Courthouse and the secont
Is day in the Opera House.
r. Mr.. A. i. Fox, of West Point, il
it behalf of the Mayor and citizens
i. of that beautiful little city, deliver
n ed an address of welcome, which
was most cordial and with the as
q surance that the latch-strings o
West Point hung on the outside
t. walls.
Mr.. Z. II. Dial, the late brilliant
young editor of the Meridian Ne1cS,
n responded to the address of wei.
/ come, which was II OF the happlest
efforts of his lite. Both speakers
made most fitting reference to the
r death of MisSissippi's gifted and
devoted sons, Col. A. G. Horn, the
bold and fearless nestor of the
press, aud Col. j. L. MCCullum, the
big-hearted, whole.souled, chival-
rOus and brilliant sou of Mississippi.
The ladies also paid solemn tribute
to the memory of these noble men
by having two chairs draped III
mourning, placed on the roStrum,
over which were the names Of Horn
and McCullun.
President j. w. Lambert, of the
Natchez Democrat, delivered the
annual address in the afternoon,
and the roll was called 10y Mr.. &.
w. Rogers, of the Vicksburg Her
aid, secretary. Seventy nine pa
pers were represented by about
one hundred delegates.
On Wednesday evening the pro.
gramme for the literary exercises,
was all that the most cultivated
and refined could ask. Several
beautiful choruseS were sung by the
musical ladies aud gentlemen of
West Point. The address of wei.
come was. delivered by Miss Maud
Exum, III a very easy and pleasing
style, and the response of Mr.. John
H. Martin, of the NeW MiSSiSSippiaa,
brought down the house with his
characteristic wit. The Grafton of
Mr.. Edgar S. Wilson, formerly Of
the N8w MiSSiSSippian, and the
original poems of Miss Della APP |
plegate, of the Winona Adgancc, |
and Miss Eva Frantz, of the Bran |
don Republican, needed only to be [
heard to be appreciated. 4
Thursday morning the regular
business OF the Association was )
continued until IL o'clock, when l
Mrs. Mollie Niece Smell, of Co C
.umbus, delivered an address on |
he subject of temperance, which a
vas received with great applause. II
Mrs. Smell has been connected with d
he Press Association since her e
Early %girlhood, and has done much a
II her maturer years to make our d
annual meetings a success; and, I
knowing how well she has always o
succeeded, we feel no hesitancy in o
J%espeaking a similar ucces for Il
Ter In the cause of temperance, u
which she has so nobly espoused. "
The banquet which the ladies of i
West Point spread in the Court n
rouse will long be remembered By a.
hose hungry editors, who John N
said lived at home on
the title of Colonel and free
DasSes," and be it said to the credit
f the noble ladies' who prepared q
nd had charge of the banquet, :,
the tables were filed with '
very delicacy that woman iugenui- n,
Y could suggest to satIfy the most
lstidious epicure, not one "drap" o.
f anything was offered usstronger n
han coffee and iced tea.
The concert aud ball Thursday +
light passed off as everything does
/ West Point with credit to those u
ngaged in it. G.
Our visit to Columbus Friday to
&c the girls at the Industrial Col g
.ge, was far from being the leastin- 4,
.,resting featured of our meeting, aud "
every editor did not leave them &
cling enthused 1t was not the fault
those ladies who met us there, IL
I'd so kindly showed us through I"
le different departments. So far p
J we could see everything was K
,nducted upon the principles for
hich the College vas founded, nj
I'd judging from the way the Sc
1ung editors were looking around
girls will doubtless be in IN
reat demand after awhile. n,
A few of us visited the A. and NJ. NJ
Friday evening merely to NJ