The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-05-25
STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Session, Held in Lutte Rock
May 1919.

May 1919.
The Arkansas Press Association cen.
vened in twenty-eighth annual session
At Little Rock May 18th. President w.
rheo. Smith presided and w. w. Tur-
ner was elected temporary recording
sec Ntary, vice w, II Culp, deceased.
The following reported present: J.
]. Beavers, Benton Democrat; c. c.
Colbnrn, Ozark Democrat; A dam Clark
and wife, Arkadelphia Standard; Dave
Craig and wife, Melbourne Register;
w. T. Echols, Cotton Plant Arkansian;
j. L. Eady, Hardy Herald; r. l.. Emer-
son, Magnolia Banner; w. w. Folsom,
Hope Gazette; w. b. Folsom, Brinlxley
Argus; A. G. Hull, secretary of state;
c. II. C. Howard and wife, Beebe Cur
rent Topics; s. s. Harris, Gurdon Times;
w. M. Kavanaugh, Little Rock, ex-
president; 7. y. Morton, Camden Her
aid; James Mitchell, Arkansas Demo
crat; w. D. Mathews, State publican,
s. A. McNish, New Lewisville Record
er; ]. M. Partridge, Fayetteville Senti-
mel; j. P. Stafford, Springdale News;
Carl Shuppe, Van Buren, Press: w.
Theo Smith, Camden Herald; John L.
Ginocchio, Commercial Appeal, Little
Rock; George Thornturgh, Arkansas
Methodist; w. s. Tobey. A. N. Kellogg
Newspaper Company, Little Rock; j.
w. Underhill, Conway Democrat; g. R.
Williams, Fort Smith Democrat; A. M.
Ward, Clarksville Herald. Z. c. Water
man, Newport News; Miss Alice Emer.
son, Magnolia Banner; Mrs. III. M. Fol-
som, Hope; w. w. Turner and wife.
Nashville News; John T. Dial, Mans
field News; Mrs. J. W. Underhill, Con-
way Log Cabin; Miss Nora Anderson,
Nashville Times; Geo. II. Trevathan,
Salem Banner-Nugget; Miss Stella
Royston, Washington Telegraph; A. j.
Wagner, Ozark Enterprise; w. M. Neal,
Helena Worlds; j. E. Wood, Mariana
Courier; p. II. Thomas, Warren Demo-
crat-News; w. P. Holmes and wife,
Camden Beacon; T. l.. Vaughan, Ark.
ansas Poultryman; Powell S. Garden,
Malvern Meteor.
Miss Fannie Scott, of Van Buren,, was
elected to honorary life membership in
recognition of valuable services rem.
dered to the press and state.
The evening session Of the first day
was greatly enjoyed.
Il IA
of welcome in behalf of Little Rock
that was a gem, agreeably surprising
his friends.
President Smith responded in happy
vein.
Representative hall was turned into
a banquet hall at 9:39 and the refresh
ments served were very much enjoyed.
Wednesdays session opened at Q
o'clock.
Following the reading of the minutes
of the previous day and attending to
some unimportant routine business H.
L. Cross, association orator, was intro
duced and read an excellent paper, cal
culated to be of great good.
q. L. Williams. of Fort Smith, was
granted permission to talk on The
Press" and offered several suggestions
of interest
Prof James Mitchell read an inter.
esting paper on 1.-The Paper and Type
Trusts" which called forth discussion,
and if the recommendations are acted
| upop will ha hana6o;.l
At o'clock the members of the asso-
citation met at the state house and in a
body were taken in carriages to the
penitentiary and shown the work being
done on the new capitol building
They also visited West End park and
witnessed the interesting exercises by
the children of the city schools From
there the party was driven to the state
blind school, where DIR. Dye, the su-
perintendent, gave an exhibition OF the
work. After enjoying refreshments at
the city p-rk and taking hurried view
of some of the residence portions of
city, the guests were taken to their va
rious stopping places.
At the night and closing session, a
paper was read by W. d. Mathews on
the subject of ''The Republican Editor
in Arkansas journalism"
Miss Nora Wood read the annual
poem which was gem.
The following officers were elected:
w. A. II. Mcdaniel, Wynne Democrat,
president; w. b. Folsom, Brinkley Ar
gus, first vice-president; j. L. Wadley,
Hot Springs News. second vice presi-
dent; w. ID. Mathews, Little Rock Re-
publican, third vice-president; John R.
Jobe, Little Rock, corresponding seer
tary; w. w. Turner, Nashville News,
recording secretary; S. A. McNish,
New Lewisville Recorder, financial sec
retary; g. Rainey Williams, Fort
Smith, orator; j. W. Underhill, Con-
way Democrat, historian; Mrs. ]. w.
Underhill, Conway Log Cabin, poetess.
On Thursday nearly all the members