The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1904-08-06
The Press Association at ShreVe-
port and st. Louis.

The twenty-ffth annual meet
ing of the Louisiana Press Asso.
citation was held on the 18th and
Goth of July, at Shreveport, and
was one of the most successful
and enjoyable ever held. D The
Epeople of the beautiful little
North Louisiana city-the second
in Importance in the State-were
profuse in their attentions to the
members of "the fourth estate, !"
and were untiring in their efforts
to make their all too brief stay
among them one of the most
pleasant events of their lives.
Hearty greetings, carriage and
trolley9ides, d baseball game "as
was a game" (between profess
sionals representing Shreveport
and Nashville), a delightful twi-
light musicale" dainty lunches,
and a visit to the breweries, of
which Shreveport has two, were
among the most striking features
of the meeting which marked the
first quarter Of a century of asso-
citation between the newspaper
workers of the State, and the oc-
casion will long remain a green
spot in the memory of all the par
ticipants.
The meetings were hsld in the
elegant parish courthouse, which
had been beautifully decorated
with flowers, ferns, bunting, etc.,
by the ladies of Shreveport, chief
among whom was our friend of a
score of years, Mrs. Julia Rule.
After having been called to or
der by President Holland, an in
vocation was made by Rev. DIR.
Spearing, and Col. r. G. Pleas
ants, on behalf of the city, warm
ly welcomed the Association to
the thriving little city which nes-
ties SO gracefully among its more
than seven hills. This was sup
plemented by another cordial ad-
dress of welcome-one on behalf
of the Shreveport press-from
our genial friend, Judge Cal.
Hicks, who appears to be hardly
a day older than he was when we
met him in Shreveport in the
eighties, together with Major
Burke, Catharine Cole, Addie
McGrath, George w. McCranie,
Chas. Med. Puckette, and other
brilliant lights of the profession
who, alas, no longer answer te
the roll call at our annual gath
erings. President Holland made
a brief but appropriate and heart
felt response, and the meeting
took up its routine business
Several able papers were read
notable among which was one BY
lGen. Jastremski, for so many
1 1 years the honored President o
the Association, who still has 1
warm place in the hearts of oil
its members, and one by that bril-
liant young : old gentlemen, Col
j lDymond, whose utterances alway
carry great weight and are lis
tened to with great pleasure AM
| the utmost respect. Other note
| worthy features were the pape
/ lof Miss Callahan, of our siste
town ofW ashington, which showe'
off to advantage the humorou
side Of her character, and tn
poem by Miss Bentley, of Don
aldsonyille, in which she full
upheld her we'll established CLAIM
] to the title of 'sPoet Laureate o
the Association"
y Bro. w. G. Davis, of Sodus
, was elected president for the en-
suing term, Bro. Schwing, 0
Plaquemine, 1st vice president
Miss Florence Dymond I'd vice
president, and Messrs. Bentle
) and Trimble were respectively RI
j elected secretary and treasurer
r A cordial invitation from Thibe
i daux to hold the next meeting j
G that progressive town was grat'
: fully accepted, and the olde
= members at least, who have a
ready tasted of its generous ho1
Ipitality, await with pleasurabl
8 anticipations the coming of th
f day when they will make anotht
i, brief sojourn among the friene
], aud neighbors of good old Ma
b Grisamore, the memory of who's
r kind and loyable personality wi
!. abide with them eVermore.
Ell Late. in the afternoon of I'll
{. goth the Association boarded tV
o sleeping-cars on the Cotton Be
g Railway, and after a pleasa
G journey Of nearly 600 miles we
It safely deposited the following d
n at about lao in the monst
" Union Depot in st. Louis. Sc
i eral twenty seat autos await
them there, and they we
promptly. whisked over five
six miles of asphalted streets
~ the Monticello Hotel, in a {
e lightful neighborhood near one
/ the entrances to the great ia
= where all the comforts of hol
an are ready TO hand.
= What shall we say Of the ia
tt is immense-stuDendous. II