Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-26
THE PRESS coNvENrloN-
Preparations Started For the September
Meeting,

The newspaper men Of the city
held meeting this week and organ
lied for the work of arranging for the
coming press meeting Sept. 23-4.
The following local executive COM
mlttee was chosen, which will have
the authority to appoint other COM
mittees and make all necessary ar
rangements: Chas. M. Meacham, OF
the KENTucKIAN; Walker Wood, OF
the New Era; T. L. Metcalfe, of the
Independent, and j. L. Edmundson,
of the Banner.
The local program will be some
thing like this:
The editors will be expected to ar
rive on the Monday trains arriving at
5 a. M, 9:52 a. m. and IL a. M, and
2, sos, a. m. 10 p. m., and 1925 p. m.
The first feature of the meeting will
be the citizens reception and opening
ball at Hotel Latham Monday night
Sept. %. This will be in progress
when the late trains arrive.
On the following morning Tues
day Sept. "a, at $50 a. m, the associ'
alton will be formally welcomed tc
the city in appropriate addresses,
responded to by President Nall and
other representatives of the associa-
ton. Following these exercises there
will be a business session till II
o'clock.
In the afternoon there will be
sightseeing excursions over the city
to points of interest, including visit
to the Asylum.
At night the press banquet will be
given, probably at Moayon's hall,
which is the ouly room in the city ca
pable of seating all the crowd of say
300 people at one time. The details
of the banquet have of course not yet
been arranged. -,
The executive committee will hold
a meeting at the city court room at 8
o'clock this evening and the follow
ing gentlemen representing the bust
ness interests of the city are invited
and requested to attend and lend
their cooperation in formulating the
various committees and beginning
the active preparations for this impor-
tant event, which will do more to ad-
vertise our prosperous city than any
gathering ever held in the city: G..
M. Latham, T. M. Jones, E. B. Bas-
sett, j. T. Wall, j. II. Anderson, j..
II. Kugler, Bailey Richards, M. G.
Forbes. H. n. Alternately, Geo. E.
Gary, F. L. Ellis, F. W. Dabney,
Sam Frankel, Harry Hopper, Jno. B..
Galbreath, W. A. Wilgus, Fl. w.
Tibbs, R. G. Hardwick, Alex Cox, G..
A. Cosby, Jno. r. Kitchen, R. e.
Cooper, Bailey Waller, Thos. W..
Long, S. W. Taliaferro, G. X. WHY,
L. L. Elgin, W. T. Tandy, j. D. Rus
sell, Jno. Y. Owsley, DR.. T. W.
Blakey, John Moayon, E. NJ. Flack,
A. II. Anderson, r. H. Holland, DR..
James Rodman and such other
citizens and business men
as feel an interest in the success of
the coming meeting.
The association will perhaps bring
$50 to 200 newspaper men and ladies
of their families to the city. They
will be here from Monday until
Wednesday. The association will
leave in body on the morning of
the 25th for Atlanta to visit the expo
sition.
Hopkinsville will be expected to
entertain them in proper manner.
The editors stop at the hotels and
pay their own bills and whatever the
citizens do to entertain them will be
entirely voluntary. Our people we
are sure will sustain Hopkinsville's
reputation for hospitality and every
effort will be made to make the ball
and banquet brilliant affairs.