The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-05-26
ApDxsss or WELCOME TO THE mis-.
sissiPPI PRESS ASSOCIATION.
By MISS ANNIE BARKsDALE, OF
GRENADA.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Mis-
sisslppi Press Association

The pleasant and honorable
duty of delivering the "Address
OF Welcome" having been dele
gated to me, have ace epted the
task with full sense of my own
unworthiness, hut with deter
mination to do my very best, fully
conscious that he who does his
best, does well, acts nobly; angels
could do no more.
From the red hills that girt our
northern border. from where Mex
ico's Cult washes With wild wave
the shining sand, from Tombig-
bees pleasant banks and braes,
and frsm where the mighty Mis-
sissippi rolls with ccasrless gran
deur its turbid waters to the sound
ing seas, We have come, upon duty
aud pleasure bent, and to each
and every one, from North, from
South, from East to West, it is
my proud pleasure to say: Grena-
ala gladly grcets you with a well
come warm and true.
The sentiment of all our citi-
zens, from highest to Invest, from
richest to poorest, with one ac-
cord, is voiced by ME when say:
Welcome! to our honored guests,
the members of the Mississippi
Press.
Your coming together in these
annual conyocations, as we up-
initiatea understand it, is by no
means solely for relaxation and
pleasure, but that you may con-
fer and counsel together;
that experiences may be ex-
changed, improvements discussed
and ideas comrared-the results
be helpful and beneficial to each
Of ycu, and finally rebound to the
good OF your patrons, the. good
people OF our grand old State.
| believe 1t was King Solomon.
who was (with the exception of
a young College graduate) the
wisest of mankind, who said tl.at;
4'The way of the trangrtssor is
hard," and | have often wondered
if he had not the scountry editor"
in view, when he wrote "trans-
gressor. My idea of the "coun-
try editor is, of course, super
fcial, and is mainly drawn from
brief autobiographics of him that
have seen in the newspaper.
That his bed is not always one
of roses, ! feel sure, for | have
even heard of him sleeping on a
cold imposing stone, with only
newspapers for covering, and 1t
Is to cause him to forget the trials
and trlbulatlens through which he
has to pass, that these annual re-
unions are held. Then il be-
CONES the duty of the people of
our town, that Is honorcd by be-
ing selected as the meeting place,
10 make life for the day as bright
and CHEEKY as possible.
We owe much to tho editor.
Some Of us subscribe for years
and years. but patiently you wait
until our own good time to pay.
Seine of us never pay our news
paper subscriptions in money,
but we are ever ready aud willing,
nay ANXIOUS, to pay It in gratui-
tous advice as to how the business
should be conducted. So fearful
are VIC of getting something fol
nothing, that olten-tlmes when
our advice AMI assistance are re-
lcctsd We say: .sStop the paper. u
Most of you will remember
The time when Mr.. Hayseed
brought that big sweet potatoc to
your Office and proudly laid it on
your table, intimatine that it was
worth mer rtion:ng, and how
you forgot to put in your paper
next week that Mr. Hayseed had
ior'y acres of Just such potatoes.
Doom after Mr.. IL. writes you
postal saying: 81 don't want
Your old paper any longel." Thei:
mere was one lvad OF green wood
less to gladden. your back YARD
'ast winter. | have heard that
'"e subscriber who pays cabbage
ana stale fruit. getting ens dol
'ar worth Of puff for every five
ecnts worth of cabbage, is the
aataest customer to please. 1
suppose you DO sometimes have
lcw customers who pay in cash,
out thea they think they's bought
'ae paper body and soul for that
ohe or two dollars year, and
.uey expect the editor to change
nls ~; politics and religion four
''mes year, and before the year
= out hat ed tor wishes for more