The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-25
Tennessee Editors and Writers Meet.

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lon top of the CHAMBERLAIN
plateau this summer retreat wei
coined the Tennessee Press Associa
ton to it's forty-fourth annual meet
ing. Free from the crush of cities
unhampered by the activities of en-
pertaining committees, the member
assembled for their first session, ant
after listening to President Turner
opening address at once proceeded
to get down to the transaction o.
business.
Practically the entire programme
of work was clearing during the day
and the annual banquet was given
in the large dining room of the
Bloomington Springs Hotel Friday
night.
In opening the meeting President
Turner urged the newspaper men to
work with Organization" in order
that they might make success OF
their business. Organization" he
said, must be maintained in the
association for it to accomplish the
greatest benefit" Newspaper men,
he declared, boost everything and
everybody but themselves, and be-
cause they do suffer. We must get
in the habit of looking after our
own interests as well as those of
the other fellow"
Important business transactions
of the days meeting were the cleo
ton of the officers for the ensuing
year and the selection of delegates
to attend the National Editorial AS
sociation, to be held June 29 at Los
Angeles, Cal.
The election of officers was unani-
nous. Herbert Whitfield of the
GAINESVILLE Leaf Chronicle was elect
ed president. The other officers
elected we're: First vice-president,
w. M. Featherly of the Hartman
Record; second vice-president, w. T.
Loggins of the Somerville Falcon.
The following committee chair
men were named by the new presi-
dent: Credentials committee, Rut-
ledge Smith of Cookeville; legisla
tive committee, E. Albright of Paris;
advertising committee, r. l.. Sutton
of Sparta, and membership commit
tee, ]. G. Cisco of Nashville.
In honor of the past presidents
meritorious service to the associa-
ton, Rutledge Smith of the Cooke
vile Press and Rob Roy of the Alex.
andria Times were chosen secretary
and treasurer, respectively.
Edward Albright, of Gallatin, and
L. C. Rogers, of Dyersburg, were
chosen as the Tennessee representa-
tives to the National Editorial as
ISOLATION convention at Los Angeles,
Cal.
Three places are making claims
for next years meeting, Chatta-
nooga, Morristown and Epperson
Springs. In the final meeting this
subject will be discussed, but no Sc
lection will be made until the meet
ing of the executive committee in
August
In connection with the convention
of the Press Association, Blooming
ton Springs is entertaining the Ten
nessee Woman's Press and Authors
club in annual meeting.
More than rs delegates and mem
bers are attending the sessions of
the two organizations. Three new
were elected to the Au-
thors' club Friday. They are: Mrs. |
A. F. Caldwell, of Nashville, Mrs. |
Lucille Topping Howell, of Morris
.own, and Miss Julia Handman, of
Nashville.
Members of the two organizations
we're guests of Cookeville at a ban
luet. The members attended in a
body, going to Cookeville thru the
country in automobiles. Rutledge
Smith was POSTMASTER of the ban
luet.
Probably the most enjoyable fea-
.ure of the two conventions was the
ssue by the Woman's Press and Au-
hors' club of their annual paper,
The Fireless Cooker" a roas of
prominent people