Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-19
Ohio Valley Editorial AssOcia-
tiOn.
FIRST DAY.


ton, which embraces upon its rolls
nearly all the editors of Southeastern
Ohio.
The Editorial Association Assem-
bled in the Council Chamber at 2 D. |
m. In the absence of the regular |
President, W. c. Hood, of Marietta,
VIM. MillikaD, of the Fayette County
Herald, .one of the Vice-Presidents
was called to the chair, and w. S.
McCollister, of the Circleville Herald,
performed the duties of Secretary
After the meeting had been organized,
the Mayor of the city, Mr.. George r.
Miller, delivered the folio wing address
of welcome:
"'GENTLEMEN OF THE EDITORIAL Con
vENTIoN: 1t affords me, as Chief
Magistrate of this city, the most un
feigned satisfaction to extend to you
a cordial welcome, and tender you the
hokpitalities of the corporation. We
have but little here to show you in the
way of manufacturing establishments.
public buildings, or striking scenery.
This county is pre-eminently devoted
to agriculture. and you see before you
q OlO( WAASA has up w supply
the wants of farming community
We ought to have the most interest
ing ancient works in the world to
show you, for you are now upon the
ground once occupied by the famous
circle and square. Owing to an un-
fortunate mistake make by the found
ers of this place, the town was laid
out upon the very site of those Won
derful works, so that of necessity they
were, years ago, entirely demolished,
and to-day no vestige of them re-
mains. The name of the city is de-
rived from the circle within which the
town was originally built. in circular
form, with diagonal streets. The
original plan of the town was so in
convenient that at an carly day the
work of changing its form was COM
menced, and at length, about 1854,
the work was finally completed CIV
ing US rectangular streets for the en-
tire city. You cone to our place at a
time when our county is passing
through a great fir ancial crisis
There are now not less than $4,000
acres of the best farming lands in the
! WOIlu upOA 6tC MAI hSG 4OA L "
show the character of our farming ng
operations heretofore, may say that a
sir g e fum now for slle contains s.
800 acres. 1t is proposed to divide
these lands into small tracts and offer
them for sale upon favorable terms
The readers of your several journ ais
need not go West for good farm s,
but can find them here in the garden
of Ohio upon terms which can not
fail to move them to make invest
ments. Finally. gentlemen, allow me
to repeat to you most heartily a vel
come, and assure you that you are
now in the midst of a warm hearted
and generous people, who fully appre
ciate the power and influence of the
press upon the welfare of the nation y
The following committees were ther
appointed: On business, on officers
for the ensuing year, and on toasts.-
tFt1crc wac -aF1Eyoi4a4ed oanmitfGai
to draft Resolutions upon the death o.
Col j. R. S. Bond, who wae the first
President of the association.
The meeting then took recess t.
Z p. IN.
EVENING SESSION.
The association reassembled in the
evening.
Mr.. Bond of the Chillicothe Ga
xette, reported on the order of bust
ness from the committee ON that sub
iect, which was laid on the table, to b
taken up in separate parts.
Mr.. j. H. Putnam, of the Chilli
cothe Advertiser, reported an appro
! pirate eulogy on j. R. s. Bond, de
ceased, as an editor and man, whic
+ was unanimously adopted.
, Mr.. Armstrong, of the Chillicoth
Register, reported the following lis
, of officers of the association durin
the ensuing year: President, Wn
NIillikan, of the Fayette County HeI
~ aid; Vice President, E. N. Alderman
Of the Marietta Register; Secretar,
H. C. Drinkle, of the Lancaster G;
l- zette. The report was adopted.
Mr.. Putnam offered a resolutiO
!, that publishers will not prepay po
,r tage OH their papers. Mr.. P. Wac
/, made remarks favoring this idea, an
le thought if any editors commenced pr
" payment it will demoralize the bus
lie ness all over the State. He thong
% it postage was prepaid it ought to
= added to the price of subscription.
in Tbs resolution was adopted.
Is Mr. Bond called Hp his resolutio
= on postage. The resolution demant
Id discrimination of rates as amor
2. papers delivered at the home offic
d, within the county of publicatio
IS within the State and outside the Stat
Messrs Bond, Wetmore, of Waverl
Alderman, Raper, of Macarthur, al
others spoke upon the resolution.
er Most of the gentlemen who spo
VS. thought that good deal of the pc
1T tai law was the result of spite.
ar Mr.. Putnam moved to amend
IN asking Congress TO enact that pape
no sent by express shall be compelled
en- pay postage rates. Mr.. Putns
as said the late postal law was pass
n. largely through the clamor of t
an great city newspaper establishment
re. and he for one felt like striking baG
nd The amendment was adopted.
DIS Mr.. Raper moved to strike out ii
portion of the resolution in regard
rates; not seconded.
rs The original resolution was th
adopted.
lie Adjourned to 9 a. m. to morrow.
IT. About 10 o'clock the editors q
me their friends, including many of I
i've handsome and most intelligent lad
the nd gentlemen of Circleville, asse
ere bled at the Pickaway house, and p
ere took of an elegant banquet. AT
Der the feast was over, Gen. Brown,
'us Athens, took the chair, and for t
hours wit and humor predominated