Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-04-28
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.

which convened in Memphis April
10Th to 2lst inclusive, was the
largest meeting of that august body
ever held. 1t was purely represen-
tative body of active Newspaper men,
net a single dead-head being includ-.
ed. And Memphis entertained the
Association in a supurb and princely
manner, no conception of which can
be adequately conveyed upon paper.
The brain grows tired at the very
thought OF attempting to describe the
numerous rounds of pleasant enter
tainment, and the pencil drops ST.
lent from a tired hand before the
smallest measure of justice to the &C.
casion has been formed into words
and sentences,
No member of the Association who
attended this meeting will ever
think of Memphis again without a
thrill of pleasurable emotions in his
heart. No enlogium of ours can con-
vey an adequate idea of the genial,
generous, whole-souled, hospitality
with which the members of the press
were received, welcomed and enter
tanned on every hand. The latch
strings of every door hung upon the
outside, every hand was extended in
hearty greeting and every heart
seemed open with ajoyful welcome.
The entire hundred thousand or more
people of Memphis appeared to be
glad to see us, and all eXerted them
selves cheerfully in making prOvis-
ion for our pleasure and entertain
ment.
In our limited space it will be i'm
possible to notice at length all the
pleasant occasions of the three days
spent at Memphis, or to personate all
of the individuals to whom credit
and praise is due for attentions, cour-
tesies and efficient service in making
each member enjoy every hour spent
in the Bluff City.
The writer left McMinnville at 1885
O'Clock on the morning of 18th, going
via Decherd, Flora and Huntsville,
and reached Memphis at 8 o'clock
the same evening. BY way ofparen-
thesis, we will digress long enough to
say that the new road between Flora
and Huntsville is one of the best and
smoothest roads we have ever ridden
over, and makes the quickest and
most direct route from McMinnville
to Memphis. Close connections
are made at Decherd and Huntsville
and there is less than an hours delay
at Tullahoma. The same train or
which we reached Memphis, over
the Memphis & Charleston railroad
carried several representatives from
Nashville, and the majority of the
) East Tennessee delegation. Member
continued to arrive on every trair
reaching Memphis Thursday anC
Friday, and few even as late az
Saturday. There were in attendanc,
during the meeting, including ladies
over one hundred, not counting tn,
members of the local press and thei
| especially invited guests from thi
t and adjoining states.
. The program of entertainment wa
a long and varied one, and it woulc
be impossible to tell which was tn
: most enjoyable feature. Everything
t the local committees and citizens at
: tempted for our pleasure and com
e fort was a success; there were no fail
!, ures. The Memphis people die
e nothing by halves. They are justl,
p proud of their growing, flourishing
). thriving city, of their mammoth en-
terprises, of their vast business inter
ests and great commercial impol
lance. 1t is the distributing cente
I of one of the richest sections of cour
try on earth, and the Memphis pee
e pie are fully alive to the natural ad
u vantages of their city.
u The Press Association was calle
g to order on Thursday morning by il
u efficient President, Mr.. j. Harve
e Mathes, and in the varions bushes
l. sessions held during the three days
transacted much business of impol
lance to the fraternity, but whic
was not of sufficient public intere;
II for Us to give space to it here.
Ate o'clock Thursday afternoo
g the members Of the press, togethe
is with large number ofinvited guest
boarded the elegant floating palac,
A Rosa Lee, and enjoyed a most d,
er lightful excursion Of twenty miles II
d the Mississippi river. Returning, til
boat passed down the river in frol