American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-06-22
The Press Convention.

We expected to publish this week
a full report of the late Press Con-
vention, but the want of space will
only permit the following extract
from the Columbus IMder
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
Col. F. T. Cooper, Summit Times,
President.
w. II. WOrthingtOn, Columbus Dem
Ocrat, LIST Vice President.
Julius o. Metcalf, Natchez Courier,
I'd Vice President.
II. Walpole, Central Star, Goodman,
Secretary.
w. J. Adams, Enterprise Courier,
Assistant Secretary.
Col. JAS. J. Shannon, Meridian Gaz.
cite, Treasurer.
Col. A. Y. Harper, Southern States,
OkOlOna, Orator.
Jas. A. Stevens, Index, Columbus,
Essayist.
Rev. Fl. J. Harris, Monitor, Crystal
Springs, Chaplain.
Tie following list Of editors and
publishers, and the journals repre-
sented by them, arranged in alpha
betical order, belonging to the AssO
citation, was read by the President!
American Citizen, Canton, John F.
BOswOrth.
Banner, Louisville, Jas. S. Harrison
Beacon, Macon, VIM. Ward.
Central Star, Goodman, J. L. Nc
Cullum, X. WalpOle.
Citizen, BrOokhaven, j. S. Magee.
Citizen, West Point, A. +. FAINT.
Copiahan, Hazlehurst, 8. II. Stack
house.
Carthaginian, Carthage, j. w. Gar
rett, proxy.
Conservative, Carrollton, H. D.
Money.
Courier, Natchez, Julius O. Metcalf
Courier, Enterprise, w. j. Adams.
Courier, Beauregard, 1. e. Nagle.
Democrat, HandsborO, *. Mayors
Democrat, Columbus, w. c. & w
FL. WorthingtOn.
Democrat, WinOna, b. F. Jones.
Democrat, YazoO, q. r. Dudley, PIX
Democrat, NatcheZ,
DeSoto Times,. SenatObia, L. d.
Oglesby.
Examiner, Aberdeen, w. II. McCar
die, proxy.
Falcon, Oxford, Henry s. Falconer
Field and factory, jackson, E. G.
Wall.
Franklin journal, Meadville, J. D.
Rurkp
Gazette, Meridian, Jas. j. Shannon
Herald, Vicksburg, w. H. McCardle
Index, Columbus, JAS. A. Stevens
Battle Fort.
Intelligencer, PontOtOc, st. Clair
Lawrence.
Independent South, Holly Springs
A. b. Upshaw, T. II. Nelson,
George NJ. GOvan.
Ledger, Corinth, Jas. NJ. NOrment.
Ledger, Newton, w. H. WOrthing-
ton, proxy.
Leader, KosciuskO, j. w. Garrett
Messenger, Paulding, John McCor
mick.
Monitor, Crystal Springs, H. J.
Harris.
Mississippi Central, Water Valley,
II. NJ. Brown.
Mail, Canton, c. r. Dudley.
Messenger, Houston, Ben. Murray
Mercury, Meridian, A. G. Horn:
Masonic Tablet, jackson, J. L. Power
News, Corinth, j. l.. WOffOrd.
Octibbeha New Era, Starkville, Lee
Stillman.
Reporter, Holly Springs, Kinloch
Falconer, 81. G. Myers, w. j. L.
Republican, Brandon, A. j. Frantz
Southern States, OkOlona, A. Y.
Harper.
Star. Enterprise, A. F. McGee.
Star, Pamela, Freeman Randolph.
Tallahatchie News, Charleston, w.
B. Marshall.
Times, Summit, Fleet T. Cooper.
Times, Shubuta, John Mccormack.
JOURNALS NOT REPRESENTED.
Advertiser, Ripley; Advocate, Lib
erty; Advocate, Monticello; Banner,
YazOo City; Courier, Water Valley;
Chronicle, Skipwith Landing; Chron,
icle, Fayette, East Mississippian,
Scooba, Gazette, Raymond, Herald,
Iuka, Orphans Home Banner, Lau-
derdale; Press, fernando, Register,
Forest; Southern Herald, Liberty;
Sentinel, WOOdville; Standard, Port
Gibson; Times, ar;Times, Green
vile.
The Committee on Advertising
and Advertising Agencies" reported
as follows:
To tie Press Associations
Your committee on Advertising
and Advertising Agencies" have
duly considered the several matters
referred to them, and beg leave to
report that the discussions upon the
subjects in the several meetings of
our Associations, together with the
experience of each publisher, demon
strates that nothing like uniformity
of rates can be established. Adver-
tisers are usually governed in the
selection of papers by locality and
circulation, and any attempt to Sc
cure a uniform schedule, even in a
single State, seems to be impracti-
table. Each publisher must be the
Judge of the value of his advertising
space, and it should be his province
alone to determine the rates and con-
ditlOns on which advertisements are
to he published by him. The pro-
life source of confusion in the bust