The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-08-17
THE EDITORS
H0LST0N HEADS
OF THE EAST TENNESSEE PRESS
ASSOCIATION
HELD AT CUMBERLAND GAP
VISITORS WERE GUESTS OF HON.
DANIEL COOPER SWAB

Cumberland Gap, August l2-J. A
Holston, editor of the RogersViile
Herald, wa selected president OF the
East Tennessee Press Association at
the business session of the annual
meeting, held here today. Other Of
ficers elected are as follows:
yice-President- Roger Miller,
editor of the Morristown Republican.
Secretary ry-Treasurer-E NJ. Hardy,
editor of the Morristown Sun.
Executive Committee. B. Hedge,
editor Iapyyilla Enterprise; A. q WI
lam, euIuor Cumberland Gap News;
r, p. Suite, editor lockwood Times;
II. M. Lynn, editor Cleveland Journal
and Banner; c. H. Mclnturff, editor
Greeneville Searchlight.
Membership Committee-W. D. vii.
liams. editor East Tennessee Farmer
Knoxville; w D. Lyon, editor Sulli-
van County Developer, Bluff City, and
]. B. Hedge, Maryvile Enterprise.
The fifth annual meeting OF the as
sociation, which convened here Fri
day morning, was one Of he most
successful in the history Of me organ
ization. About thirty newspaper pdb
liahers of East Tennessee and quite
a number of Representatives of ad
yertising agencies wee present. Cum
berland Gap did herself proud in the
entertainment OF tre visitors, the So
cial features oe the program includ-
ing an automobile trip to Lincoln
Memorial university, Middlesboro, Lee
county, Va, and the Pinnacle also
a trip tC Hartranf', the home OF Hon.
Daniel Cooper Swa5 where the edi-
tors were entertained while the adj
dresses made during the meeting were
all extremely Icleti, al and interest
.as.
en- Friday, br George ". iIubbell.
p,,'' ent of the i.ncGln Memorial un-
i've SHY; Jas A. liulston, editor of the
Rogersyille Herald j. A. Ely, man
ager of the American Press Associa-
ton, of Cincinnati; j. b. Hedge, Jr.,
editor of the Maryyille Enterprise;
II. w. Lynn, editor of the Cleveland
journal and Banner, and Edwin Cor
man, of the Knoxville Printers fed
GRAFTON, delivered addresses on topics
of especial interest to the newspaper
men, while f. Roger Miller, editor of
the Morisrtown Republican; h. P.
suite, editor of the lockwood Times,
and Benz Haynes, editor of the Clai
borne Progress, were heard. Col. W.
A. Henderson delivered an address
during the associations visit to Lin
coin Memorial university.
The business session was held at the
home of Mr.. Swab Saturday morn
ing, at which time the annual cleo
tion of officers took place. The edi-
tors also went on record as favoring
the proposed Bufaflo trail highway,
from Asheville to Cumberland Gap,
by way of Hot Springs, Newport, Nor
ristown, Tate Springs, Rutledge and
Tazewell. and the East Tennessee
homecoming movement. Considera-
bic time was also spent in discussing
organized development work in East
Tennessee along all lines. The CON
stitution of the association was also
amended SO as TO make the wives,
mothers, daughters and sisters of the
editors honor members of tn easso-
citation.
Invitations to hold the next annual
meeting were extended by the board
of trade of that city. after which II.
NJ. Lynn invited the association to
meet next year in Cleveland, and the
president extended an invitation to
meet in Rogersville. These invita-
tions were referred to the executive
committee.