Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-02
D. MEANWHILE TENNESSEE SATURDAY-AUGUST 2 1900


people of Bristol was boundless in
extent and incompatible in magma
nimity. Our every wish was gratified,
and the noble hearted people seemed
to regret that they could not do more
to fill the days and hours with pleas
ant surprises for us.
On Wednesday night large num-
Der of Bristols most prominent citi-
zens and fairest daughters assembled
at Hotel Paramount to meet and
greet the editors and ladies accom-
panying them in an informed recep-
ton, when a couple of hours were
most pleasantly passed by all in
forming new acquaintance.
THE BUSINESS SESSIONS
of the Association throughout Thurs
day were held in the dance hall of
Hotel Fairmount. A number of quite
interesting papers to the fraternity
were read and followed by instrue>
tive discussions. The business trans
actions of the meeting were not so
full, however, as usual, matters being
pushed rather hurriedly to make
time for sight seeing. The following
OFFICERS WERE ELECTED
for the ensuing year: President, G.
c. Matthews, of the Memphis APP
peal; LIST Vice President, w. G. Ia
tum, of the Obion Democrat; Ind
Vice President, A. j. Grigsby, of the
Nashville Herald; 3rd Vice President,
w. H. Scruggs, of the Sweetwater
Democrat; Secretary, Pitkin G.
Wright, of Memphis; Treasurer, r.
j. G. Miller, of the Nashville Banner.
A HARMONIPHON,
Quite a pleasant event of Thursday
afternoons session was the presenta-
ton of superfine silver harmoni-
phOn to Mr.. w. G. Tatum, the gifted
and popular editor of the Obion
Democrat, that day being the thir-
tieth anniversary of his advent into
this life. The presentation was made
with an appropriate speech from Col.
w. ]. Slater, of Winchester, and ac-
copied by Mr.. Tatum with a brief
and modest expression of his thanks.
All of Tatum's friends, and they are
legion, wish him many happy re-
turns of the day, and hope he may
find the harmoniphon effective in
soothing any incongruvial spirits
which may arise in the breasts of
either irrate subscribers or brother
editors.
THE NATURAL TUNNEL.
On Friday the Association went in
a body, by special train over the
South Atlantic & Ohio Railroad, to
the Natural Tunnel, a great natural
wonder in the mountains of South
western Virginia, near the Kentucky
line, which we, in common with
many others of the party, had never
heard of before the program for the
entertainment of the Press Associa-
ton was sent out. This tunnel j.
about forty miles from Bristol, on the
S. A. d O. Railroad, and besides
being something quite remarkable in
itself, it is surrounded by a vast eX-
panse of mountain scenery of surpas
sing grandeur. The tunnel is 91(
long, and the railroad winds through
it almost in the shape of the letter S
, AT either mouth the cliff rises in al
most a perpendicular wall to heigh
of over four hundred feet. A creek
nearly as large as Barren Fork at it
present stage, also rushes through the
tunnel with a roar like the breaking
Of waves on the ocean beach. AbOu
fifty ladies and gentlemen from Bris
tol accompanied the party out to TIT
tunnel, and carried out baggage ca
half full of good things to eat. Tit
dinner was spread out upon an i'm
} provised table a hundred feet or more
2 in length, around which all gathered
and ate until they could not swallow
: another mouthful, and the table ap
= peared to have more on it when W.
| had finished than when we begun
! We have eaten many pic mic dinners
3 and good ones, too; have feasted a
r banquets under the glowing SPLENDID
/ of electric and gas light reflected
from myriad prisms, midst enchant
, ing music and bowers of beauty il
: floral magnifcience, but for bountifu
5 provision of toothsome and dainty
. food, generous hospitality, and soliC
t enjoyment, we have never seen o
: known anything to surpass this din
, ner prepared and served by the PEG
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