The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-05-28

i prairie and pine sections or the state
the commercial and manufacturing
outlook, the educational interests and
the legislation Of the past few years
The address abounded in facts and
figures showing the wonderful growth
and development of these several sec
tions, and was listened to with pro.
found interest. In future issue oi
The LHADER We hope to give the Gov.
ernor's speech In full
! One of the finest literary features Of
the Convention was the able and elo-
quent grafton on Wednesday night OF
Joseph e. Norwood, of the Magnolia
/! Gazette, on "The Young Men Of Amer
ica." Mrs. Hobbs read her essay on
that night which was published in last
weeks LEADER, and Miss Singleton
Garrett, of the Carthage Carthagenian,
read humorous original poem.
Thursday was the busiest day Of the
Association. The unfinished program
of the previous day was taken up and
well-written papers were read by the
following prominent newspaper men:
F. r. Birdsall of Yazoo Sentinel, Fl. 7.
Crosby of Greenville Times, and r. B.
May of McComb City Enterprise.
Their papers were both instructive and
interesting. Mr.. Bolton. Smith, OF
Memphis, read lengthy and we'll
written address advocating the repeal
of the 18th amendment of the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
Reports of special committees were
taken up and disposed of, when the Sc
lection of the next place of meeting
was discussed.
The invitation of the Louisiana
Press Association, the Mayor of New
Orleans and the Progressive Union, to
meet in New Orleans next year, was,
after spirited discussion, accepted.
Oxford, Meridian and McComb City
were candidates for the next meeting,
but each gracefully yielded to the will
of the majority, and the choice of New
Orleans was made unanimous. It is
proposed that the Associations of Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana charter steam
ship for an excursion from New Or
leans to Havana and other Cuban
points. The matter of arrangements
for next meeting was referred to the
following committee, which will confer
with the Louisiana Association as to
date, etc.: ]. e. Norwood, Magnolia
Gazette; J. T. Senter, Columbus Com
mercial; F. V. Evans, Meridian Press;
J. L. Gillespie, Green wood Enterprise;
Robt. Lewis, Woodville Republican.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: J. T. Senter president, R. B.
May first vice-president, Jos. E. Nor
wood second vice. president, P. X.
Mayors treasurer, L. T. Carlisle chap
lain, Misses Katie eastman and Hattie
Whitney and Mrs. L. 7. Carlisle essay
lists, H. T. Crosby orator, VIM. Ward
poet, J. H. Duke national committee
man; J. D. McKie, j. L. Gillespie,
Robt. Lewis, J. G. eastman, J. A. Rich
ardson, Walker Wood, J. w. Bu-
chanan and Mrs. H. Fl. Butt delegates
to National Editorial Association,
which meets in Omaha.
The days session and final adjourn
ment was had aboard the Steamboat
Choctaw, Thursday afternoon, when
appropriate resolutions Of thanks to
the hospitsble people of Greenwood
and others were adopted, and the
newly elected officers formally in
stalled.
During the excursion on the boat,
the Association was presented with
gavel by Mrs. Nc G. Kimbrough, of
Greenwood, made from wood of the
live oak at Beauvoir under whose
spreading branches Ex-President
Davis is reputed to have written the
greater portion of his famous work,
'The Rise and Fall of the Confed-
eracy." 1t was suitably acknowledged
by President Senter.
A sketch of some of the numerous
interesting features of our trip to
Greenwood appears elsewhere in
separate article.
1t is now feared that DR.. B. M. Pal
mer, the eminent Presbyterian divine,
who was injured several weeks ago in
New Orleans, being struck by street