The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-02-16
Press ASsO. closes
18th Annual Session
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that the president and the chairman
of the Executive Committee will con.
fer to hold the meeting in the most
centrally located place.
A resolution thanking the citizens
OF Nashville for their hospitable en-.
tertainment, the local committee for
it's untirirg efforts and the people in
general for the big time given, was
one of the last items of business. The
report of the committe on nomination
was received and the following de-
clared elected: Chris J. Perry, Phil
adelphia Tribune, Philadelphia, Pa,
President w. l.. Porter, East Ten
nessee News, Knoxville, Tenn, Vice
President; VIM. H. Steward, Ameri
can Baptist, Louisville, KY, Second
Vice President; Henry A. Boyd, Nash
vile, Tenn, Corresponding Secretary:
J. A. Hamlet, Christian Index, Jack
son, Tenn, Recording Secretary; Miss
Ola NJ. Walker, Atlanta Independent,
Atlanta, Ca, Assistant Recording Sec
rotary; B. J. Davis, Atlanta Independ-
ent, Atlanta, Ca, Treasurer; E.
Williams, The Brotherhood, Cincin-
natl, Ohio, Auditor; Jos. L. Jones,
Fraternal Monitor, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Chairman Executive Committee.
Prominent among those who were
in attendance at the meeting and
who were active in the work of the
Association were: Chris ]. Perry and
Miss Perry of Philadelphia Tribune,
Philadelphia, Pa; Phil H. Brown of
the Saturday News, Hopkinsville,
KY; C. H. Parrish, of the Kentucky
Home Finder and VIM. H. Steward of
the American Baptist, Louisville, KY;
JOS L. Jones, of the Fraternal Mont
tor and E. A. Williams of the Brother
hood, Cincinnati Ohio; F. M. Roberts
of the New Age, Los Angeles, Cal; D.
| P. Craig and Miss Matte Bowles of
Chattanooga Advocate, Chattanooga,
Tenn; Misses Ola M. Walker and An
ME NJ Smith of the Atlanta Indepen-
dent Atlanta, Ga, Stephen N. Gumede
of South Africa; Sir S. W. Green, Su-
| preme Chancellor, Knights of Pyth-
las, New Orleans, La; W. L. Porter,
East Tennessee News, Knoxville,
Tenn; Chas Stewart, Correspondent,
Chicago, H.; J. A. Hamlet, Christian
Index, Jackson, Tenn; and forty
proxies, with the following local
members: DR.. ]. A. Lester of the
Meharry News; Dr. C. Y. Roman of
the National Medical Journal; Mrs
Il. Landers of the Concert Quarterly;
j. A. Sharp of the M. and G. Maya
zine: G.. T. Hume of the Union-Re-
view; D. Wellington Berry, Cores
pondent. DR.. G. W. Alien of the
Southern Christian Recorder; DR.. A..
NJ. Townsend of the Rogerana; DR..
R. H. Boyd of the National Baptist
Publishing Board; DR.. w. S. Ellington
the editorial secretary; w. l.. Miller
and Mrs. G. J. White of the Nashville
Globe; ]. B. Boyd and L. X. Thomas
of the Brown Book A. n Johnson of
the Mobile Press.
The membership of the Press AS.
ISOLATION, according to the report of
!, the corresponding secretary number.
ed one hundred thirty-siX publications
/ and their combined circulation per
: week, according to statements on file
in the secretary's Office, aggregated
J one million, one hundred and thirteen
thousand copies per week. 1t is un'
; derstood that Nashville is already pre-.
; pairing for the next session to be held
in Feb, 1918. The four universities
{ visited agreed, so it is claimed, to &C
t cept an invitation to. entertain the
. newspaper men at the Ryman Audi
: forum, which holds about sever
! thousand people, next February wheI
. they meet in annual convention.