The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-05-28

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everything was on o grand snle anu tllAt y
Association has ever held We were met ny
dc depot vs. the citizens generally ana oyI-
daily invited 10 their homes, where We Were
entertained in royal style. Ana Punh.
hacks were placed ~ our ldisposal, ire ~
charge. and even the blind ugerS niu-ep
pay from any one wearing press pa.usr
anrh generous whole iOuled and unstinteh
bosnifaIitv we had never witnessed before
Everyone seemed 10 vie with BIS n@ghDOf III
doing honor "a the Press.
pr,sident j. &. McGuire, u the Herald, and
Hon w A. Henry Of tie renuhei, hilhlVi-
talized themselves by their nn-
ceasing and untring efforts 10 make tile uel-
egnte fcel at home and the meeting success
Every little detail was down Oh tbeif b5o'
s,rarnrne and promptly attended 20. The
banquet and Ball on Thursday nlsht N"'
s'A''d De'o''o u' gBrandon Republican,
Yazoo CITY h building up rapidly. Herside
walks are the smoOtbest and her
drainage The best we ever saw. she y
now putting I'm electric lights ana wafer
works and already has ine compress
-IImndon Republican,
During our stay in YazoO City, attending
the Pres, Convention, we were the guer1 y
Kimball Hotise Of which }. ~ kihpaiI
proprietor, and w. H. kiniball, the inailagel
and We were royalty entertained. my mus
N eornparntiyely new, well furnished ana
srlcndidly managed. The table was sup
piled with all the delicacics and suDslahtiais
III the spn.On. and we take pleasure III itnonir
mendng the house 20 the travelling PunDhc.
brandon Republican.
Thr Mississippi Press Association held It's
10Th annual meeting at Ynzo0 City May i3-i2;
As "a business meeting and asocial re-ullioli,it
,yas a decided success. As 10 the cordial wei
comeand unbOunded Southern hOsplmliy
extended the members OF the press lnulVlu-
ually and collectively. the citizens 81 lhIoo,
tbe nieen civ Of the delta, placed themselves
on record second 10 none IN the Stale' DuI
ing his stay among the intelligent ana relilea
people Of YazoO City, the representative o.
Inc Progress was the guest OF that prince %
entertainers, Dr. r. J.. Dunn ana ms hospl-
table family 10 whom we are spcclally III
deblod for the most pleasant portion o. our
delightful solourn IN that beahtlIuluilu pi"-
gressiyc city.--Watcr Valley Progress
The 10th annual session Of the Mississippi
Press Association was held IN the loVely NJ
lie city OF YazOo last week, commencing on
| Wednesday, the 18th ana concluding on ~,
day the 10Th, inst. embracing three DAYS q
| nnalloyed happiness for the quill driver ~
would be an endless task ioI us to attempt Y
description Of everything done for our enteE
tainment butkuillce Ito say, this was the mos
ENJOYABLE meeting we have ever attended ~
MI and Mrs. r. G. Epperson, at whose ~
idence we were domicied do we espeelnN
desire To return heartfelt thanks Tor INC
boundless kindness extended, and we trust
TINT fortunes smile will be ever upon them.
Lawrence County Press
The representative of this paper in the re-
cent Press Convention at Yazoo city, was en-
tertained by Robert G. Campbell, ESQ,
IL that hospinble and lively little
burgh. Weekly bcgs to return Is
thanks and very highest considerations
the courtesies extended It's representatives ny
MIR. and Mrs Campbell and II bcspeaks tlat1
the Daisy that blossoms and brightens their
middle age may continue TO lend sweet ana
gentle perfume 10 their lives us they pass
along 10 the shadow of an inevitable end
Aberdeen Weekly.
The Goth Annual session of the Mississippi
Prose Association was held last week, IN
Yazoo City The convention had determiiieu
az its previous meeting to meet on me Gun
Coast and abandon the free entertainineht
system, but the cordial invitation from lqzoo
Gity decided them to make an exceptions ms
decision was wise onel Ilc members not
only had the pleasure OF seeing one Of the
mostentcrprsng and progressive ciueS ~
the State. but the additional enlpyment y
sharing the Inequalities Of her. generous, peo-
pie Every member was delighted WIN WY
home assigned, each believing that special
favor had been conferred by the ooniliiuee
on arrangements
Il would hardly be interesting to the read
er,s ~ the Times To speak in detail OF the oc-
casion. or the open Inequalities Of the citizens
| let il suffice to say the universal verdict Was
''the best meeting we ever had" The Bap-
fist Layman, of this place, was represeht9ed ny
| Dr. w A Hurt and Miss Bonner hurt
and The Times, by Mrs. MIC. Harvey The
two latter had most pleasant home. with
| Mrs Jennie Thompson to whom ana her
sister Miss Annie Ellis, they are indebted Tor
every necessary attention possible To make
their stay pleasant, Or Hurt had his home,
with Col Gilruth. one OF the wealthlest anu
most public spirited, citizens OF lazo1 MY,
Mrs Gilruth, nee Julia Dcvlin, once leading
belle of Winona, and her estimablo mother
Mrs col. Devlin did much to make his stay
leniovnble. Pleasant pictures of Iazoo Clty
and her people will ever hang ON memory
wall of all those who visited " the Gem city Of
The Delta with the Press Association Wi
mona Times
The Press Convention has come and gone
Tho editors from one end of the State to the
other last Wednesday came together IN the
foir and beautiful little city of Nazoo city,
and there spent three days IN one continual
rnund Of pleasures. The citizens threw wide
their doors for guests and made them be.
love i'm every way conceivable that they
we're welcome Yazoo City has population
~ about 5000 and is surrounded by rich
farming lands that yields an enormou
amount Of cotton and corn. The Iazoo
River flows right at the foot of the city and is
nayirable all the year round and wills bear
nnon lis bosom the largest steamers About
III 600 bales of cotton are shipped annually
frnm this point Yazoo City sits like queen
mn tho east bank of her own river with tower
mo hills to the east, standing like grim senti'
nriS Guarding, both day and night their
: n,;st,,,ss beneath. The citizens of this beau
t;n,l Town have still with them courtesies
,hst can I've found only in the Southern state,
courtesy and kindness not only OF the hand
! and smile, hut of the heart In honor o.
! the newspaper people were aiyeh magniii
N cent banquet ball and steamboat trip snT
, hthe Yazoo. In fact every thing mortal mar
Apuld expect was brought iorth ahd
sAowered ON the quill drivers OF MISSISSIPPI
= lbv the whole-soul and big hearted people d
p tbeA Queen City Of the Delta.-oNtord Globe
: SENATOR Georges supporters are no'
! coming forward with any great alacrit.
in deiense of his vote for the Dependen
, Pension Bill. That is one vote tina
s cannon he satisfactorily defended in Mis-
5 s,ssipbi. Il win be remembered tina
President Cleveland vetoed a simila
n bin in bne Of his most ringing messages
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