The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-12-13
THE EDITORs DrEETIN,t

From the Hazleton Plain Speaker
When the 9.15 train arrived in town Tues
day morning it had attrached 10 It a
special car from which alighted dozen or
more editors who belong to the Lehigh
Valley Editorial Association. They were
met at the depot by George Naue, of the
Sentinel, and }. A. Sweeney, Of The Plain
Speaker, who escorted them to the Central
HOTEL Shortly after their arrival at the
hotel they agreed to exercise themselves
by taking a walk up to the new hospital on
Laurel Hill. Captain Raueh, the veteran
editor oil Maueh Chunk Democrat, started
out with the rest, but had only gone nalf
square when he concluded that the pave
ments were too slippery and that an old
man with rhuematic joints could not keep
up with the procession so he wisely put in
his time looking over some exchanges in
rhe Plain Speaker office. After they were
shown everything of Interest in and about
the hospital, they started back again for
the hotel, but before leaving that institu-
tion each one had a commendatory word
TO say about it. On the way back the pargs
called at the Lion Brewery and were
shown the process OF beer brewing by
young Mr. Arnold At the hotel the fol.
lowing gentlemen of the association from
down the valley registered. Capt. e. IL.
i L.
| II. +. Brown, of the Lehigh Valley Comet.
d. J. Godshalk, of the South Bethhem
Star. George Zimmerman, Of the Allen
| town Chronicle. +. e. Faust, Of the
| Weatherly Herald, o. b. Sigley, of the
| Mauch Chunk Gazette. William i Hart
man, of the Allentown Item, O. X. Mohr,
! of the SlatingtOn News, o. p. Knauss, OF
| the Macungie Progress, Edmund Randall,
of the Catasanqua Despatch; from town,
George Maue, of the Sentinel, and Dom
/ f. Sweeney, of The Plain Speaker.
Shortly after II O'Clock, the time an
nouneed for the meeting, the party gath.
cred in the parloI of the hotel and the
meetrg was called to order by the presid
ent, Capt. Rauch,
/ r. f. Stutzbach, of the Hazleton Journa
was elected a member
II was agreed to hold the next meeting o.
the association at Slatington on the secont
Tuesday of March, 1891.
After dinner they met IN the same room
and business was entered at once,
/ ID. j. GOdshalk, of the cammitlee on by
laws, reported having received copies from
other associations, and they are about tn
same as those of this association. He sub
mitted a number of articles which he tough
should be appended and they were refeue
&c a committee,
President Rauch submitted card o
prices from Harrisburg paper and It wa
/ referred to a committee
Mr. Godshalk addressed the meeting o
the matter of free advertising for ehurei
fairs,
The executive committee was instructe
to see the newspaper men OF the valley i
regard TO charging for eertain local notices
= Nj Rauch spoke Of the benefits that ha
! already been derived from an organization
/ of this kind, IL has caused a frateIna
4 feeling among the newspaper men of Oh
of the ri hest valleys in the State, that wa
! sure to be beneficial to them In many ways
\ George Maue, Dom. f. SWeeny, II. Brow
3 and others, made pointed addresses whe
v a general discussion on advertising TOO
:. place.
\ On motion of Messrs Maue aud BrowI
D. j. Godshalk was requested 10 write a
essay on advertising" and read Il 40 u
next meeting OF the Association.
d Ii was decided that the personal expen'
of each member Of the Association be pal
by himself,
On motion Corresponding Secretary
: e. Brown, who was the secretary pro ten
y Of this meeting, was requested to get q
= minutes OF the different meetings, hay
4 them printed and send copies 20 each mer
4 Der.
u AT Z D. M, editors again left for the
homes feeling that they spent both plea
ant and profitable day there.