The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1898-10-08
G|AED|TORS N SESSION
PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS IN
ATLANTA.
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR ELECTED
After Transacting Business the News
paper Mon Began Their Jour
ney to Omaha.

The Georgia Press association met
in the Kimball house at Atlanta Tues
day morning in annual session. and
Tuesday evening at 8 $50 o'clock they
left by the NJ, O. & st. L. railway for
Omaha.
The excursion includes about sew
enty.fve members Of the association
and about fifty other citizens Of
Georgia.
The exposition commission will be
represented on Georgia day by Com.
missioners F. Il. Richardson and
John F. DeLacey, who accompany the
party. In the public exercises Mr..
Richardson will represent the COM
mission in an address. Mr.. John
Temple Graves, who will speak for
the state Of Georgia, also accompanies
the party, with Mrs. Graves.
The editors met at 10 o'clock, with
President Cabaniss in the chair, and
Treasurer j. w. Anderson and Secre-
taries B. F. Perry and W. A. Knowles
in their places.
The association went into the cleo
tion Of officers and by unanimous con-
sent the following gentlemen will
serve for the ensuing year:
President, Il. II. Cabaniss; first vice
president, John Triplett; second vice
president, w. A. Knowles; treasurer,
j. w. Anderson; recording secretary,
B. F. Perry; corresponding secretary,
@. II. johnson.
The old executive committe was re-
elected. It is composed of Messrs. w.
A. Hemphill, chairman; r. W. Grub,
]. W. Chapman, e. D. Russell and
Tyler M. Peoples.
The following new members were
admitted: Tribune, Buchanan; Trib-
une, Norcross; Peoples Press, Slyva-
mia; Echo, Harmony Grove; Star,
Elberton; Colony Citizen, Fitzgerald;
New South, Douglasville; Advance,
Ashburn; Courier-Sentinel, Ellijay;
Times, Locust Grove; Flowery Branch
journal.
President Cabaniss, in acknowledge
ing the honor of reelection, thanked
the society for repeated evidences Of
its confidence and said that as re-
ciprocatory favor he intended to take
the association to Porto Rico next year
and to the Paris exposition the year
afterward.
President Cabaniss introduced Mr..
G. E. Hartman, general passenger agent
OF the Western and Atlantic railroad,
and member Of the Georgia exposi-
ton commission.
Mr.. Harman was received with ap-
plause and said that oil arrangements
for the trip had been made, and that 1t
was q pleasure TO his road to furnish
transportation to members OF the Geor-
gia Press association.
Mr.. I. E. Rehlander, travelling pas
senger agent Of the Missouri Pacific
railroad, was introduced and stated
that he would accompany the party to
st. Louis and that he and other repre-
sentatives Of his system would con-
duct the party to Omaha.
Mr.. B. F. Perry stated that Mr.. B.
T. McCutcheon, Of Franklin, Heard
county, a member of the association,
had recently lost his outfit by fire, and
had no insurance, and moved an ap-
preparation OF 800, which was unani-
mously voted as gift to Mr.. Nc
Cutcheon.
The association then adjourned to
meet at 8 p. m.
President Cabaniss and Mr.. Hartman
then assigned sleeping car berths to
the members, and the association adj
journcd. The members spent the
afternoon sightseeing, and were in
high spirits when the train rolled out
OF the carshed at $50 o'clock.