The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-05-20
Next Weeks Press Convention.

land promulgated by Secretary Bentley
,4subieet TO amendment by the loca
entertainment committee, and the array
Of good things, both mental and cor
poreal, in store for the members o.
the fourth estate who attend this an
nual gathering certainly looks good
to u.s.
/ The first session OF the association
is to be held Wednesday afternoon
4 from 2 to 4 o'clock, when the proceed,
ings will include an invocation by
Rev. Father A. M. Dubourg; welcome
i addresses by Mayor W. G. Ragan
and Prof. A. J. Caillouet; response by
| o. @. Dawkins, OF the Monroe News:
roll call, admission Of new members,
appointment of committees, of1cers
reports and miscellaneous business.
At 4 O'Clock reception will be ten
dered the ladies Of the press associa-
ton by the ladies of Thibodaux at the
Y. M. B. "A. Hall, and the 'smere men
will be entertained at stag smoker
il the rooms of the Acadian Club.
At 7:30 D. m. an open air concert will
be given by the Thibodaux Concert
Band, followed by a lawn party.
Two sessions of the association will
be held on Thursday. At the morn
ing session, opening at 10 O'Clock,
Rev. J. Philson will deliver the invo-
cation. Besides the trans action Of
routine business, the program COM
prises the annual address of President
w. C. Davis, and the reading and
discussion OF the following essays:
ssWomen in Journalism, by Mrs. T.
| W. Wilson, of Homer; "Two Southern
Problems, by Frank NJ. Miller,
president of the Audubon Society OF
Louisiana; "Cotton," by Gen. Leon
Jastremski, of the Baton Rouge Peo-
| pie; Rambling Thoughts on the Edu-
cationaI Development of Louisiana, y
by Chas. Z. SchWing, Of the Iberville
South.
At Thursday afternoons session
Miss Ella Bentley, Of the Donaldson
vile Chief, will read an original poem;
Prof. E. L. Stephens, president Of the
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial
Institute, of Lafayette, win speak on
the 'sRelation of the Press to Indus
trial Education;" John B. Taylor, OF
the Lafourche Comet, will read a
paper on 1.-THE Country Publisher, y
| and Hon. John Dymond, prominent
figure in the important good roads
movement now occupying such large
share Of public attention throughout
the country, will submit his views on
the subject of the ssRelation of the
Press to Good Roads, The discus
sion of the topics presented by these
papers is expected to be an edifying
feature Iof the session. At 4:30 p. m.
the visitors are to be treated to a
carriage ride to points of interest in
Thibodau1 and vicinity. A musicale
will be given at the opera house,
commencing at I: 80 o'clock, and this
will be followed by q banquet at which
the visitors and their hosts are ex-
pected to lido great deeds " in the eat
ing and talking lines.
"a forenoon session on Friday, oren-
ing at 10 0 clock, will close the annual
meeting. Rev. Mr.. Blackburn will
deliver the Invocation, reports OF the
various committees will be submitted
and acted upon, officers will be eleeted
and next years meeting place chosen.
The president elect will then be intro
duced and will appoint the new execu-
tive committee, any fag-ends of bust
ness that may be lying around loose
will be gathered up, and the gavelWill
fall.
At 2 p. M. the representative of the
press will regretfully bid adieu TO their
hospftable entertainers and consid-
cradle majority OF the party will de-
part over the Southern Pacific for. New
Orleans, from whence about fifty OF
them will take passage on the steam
ship Excelsior Saturday afternoonfor
a sea voy age to Havana and back.
There is abundant promise that the
reunion Of the Louisiana Press Asso-
citation at Thibodaux next week will be
one OF the most interesting and enjoy
able in the history of the organization,
and the newspaper fellers" who fail
to attend will be depriving themselves
OF the best kind of a good time. No
such sin of omission shall ever be
charged up against The Chief under
it's present management.
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