The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-05-26
The 18th ANNUAL
PRESS MEETING
AT COLUMBUS

The 57th Annual meeting of II
Mississippi Press Association col
: vened IN the city of Columbus, Ma
, 10. The first two days were sper
there where the real business of til
Association was attended to and
part of the last day was spent s
the A. & M. College.
/ The meeting was not unlike mos
other meetings. There was a spirit Q
good cheer and brotherly greeting.
and if any of the members had eve
fired any editorial shots at eac
other there was a very commendabl
spirit of fOrgetfulness of it at tn
meeting. In truth, what may appea
to be radical differences and violen
personal allusions in print are no
so terrific and personal as the aver
age reader sometimes thinks. 1t i
rather difficult Oftentimes to max,
positive statements about men ant
measures about which men diffel
without the use of words that ma,
appear offensive, nevertheless. M
offense is really intended. The
brethren of the Press have a kindly
regard for each other and most OF
them feel that each and all of them
are serving their communities accord
ing to the best lights before them
1t was evident from all that was said
and done at the Press meet as well
as by what is shown in the columns
OF the newspapers presided over bv
the editors at the Press meet. that
the editors present were imbued
with an earnest desire to render the
very best account of thir steward
ship.
Columbus is an ideal city. 1t is a
city not unfamiliar to the writer for
the reason that it was q part Of his
official duty for eight years while
ne was on the General College Board
OF Trustees to visit that town and
famlliarize himself with the affairs
OF the Mississippi State College for
Women. The writer had gotten To-
know great Number of the good
c1elzens there and of course was bers'
ter acquainted with affairs at the
great institution for the training of
young women than most of his fell
low editors. That part Of the report
OF the Committee on Resolutions
covers in brief the writer's idea of
columbus and its noble citizenry.
Among the many splendid citizens
o1 Columbus, none excel in excel
ence OF all that goes to the making
o1 useful and honorable manhood
Capt: Thos. B. Franklin, now past
he three score and ten mark, vet he
vigorous and alert of mind and
BODY and is as keenly alive to all
nat pertains to the best welfare Of
lis City, County and State as he was
many years ago when he was by
orce OF circumstances and the ardor
II his friends one of the real lead
rs IN the politics of the State and in
haplng many Of the policies of more |
han one Governor. The writer had |
ne honor and the privilege of serv-
ag SIX years on the College Board
! Trustees with Capt. Franklin
'nere ne got to know him intimately
nd where we got an insight into the !
many evidences of his generosity of
urse and great genuiness of his
naracter. 1t. was our good fortune
be has guest in the home of his
on and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
|. Pratt while at the Press meet.
'legance and simplicity, the old
lyle, true home spirit and modern
lethods and ideas are beautifully
lended in this home. Mr.. Pratt is
nself an upright, we'll equipped
i zen, one whose every act breathes
j. spirit of sincerity and genuiness.
, 5. Pratt is just such a daughter as
re might expect to come out of a
ONE of which her honored father
as the head. She is gracious and
entle in all things. She is bright and
ghly intellectual, all of which she
ses to care for her own household
Id to show that she gets her
'eatest JOY and comfort in caring
II her three daughters and in max
g of her home just what her good
lsband would have it. Our pleasure
attending the Press meet was
'eatly intensified by our being a
lest in this delightful home and for
e many acts of thoughtfulness of !
; members.
Editors are just like other people.
hey get about as much of the sun |
inc of life as the next one. There I
e some EDITORS you can always eX- {
ct to see at a Press Convention, I
ID especially is this true of Col. r. S
Henry. The Colonel is as hand t
me as ever and is still an arch a
itic and general adviser. Walker c
ood grows no less loquacious. John b
cGuire is as pious as ever but some
W is often accused of "pieing" 2
any things unintentionally. Will t
ght made an earnest and fair pre- S
ling officer and is conscientious n
out all he does. His address in
my respects was highly excellent. n
aude Cunningham's slogan is U
York." He believes in clean slate. 1 t
B. lines proved to be q fine host. I
s muchness was well correlated. &
inter Gillespie is an Improvement n
his splendid father, Jim. Ernest n
nth is as dignified as ever and as n