The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-18

The eighty-eight visitors of the
Juiata Press Association will arrive
here next Tuesday afternoon and Roa-
noke must be ready to entertain them.
The citizens will be waited on to-day
and asked to subscribe to fund to bel o
entertain the visitors creditably to Roa-
noke, and TIE TINES would have every
citizen ready to respond literally to this
call
Tho citizens committee and press
committee will meet this afternoon at
o'clock in the editorial room Of THE
Times to further perfect arrangements
for the reception AMI entertainment of
the visitors. Eve& member OF the com
mitteo is requested to meet promptly at
8 o'clock.
The following interviews with we'll
known RoanOkers, who are we'll &C
quaintcd with the visitors and the sec
ton from which they come, give some
ideas OF tie Importance of entertaining
those invited guests credicab.y to the
city: Szdf4@
James A. Mcconnell: Tho Juniata
Press Association is composed of the
best people in that section of Pennsyl-
vania. 1t VIII be the biggest kind of
an advertisement that Roanoke can
have for them to come hero. IL they
are treated nicely they will go back
Homeland puff this city up to tho skies.
II certainly think that we should
give them rousing reception. 1t will
result to Roanokes good in the end
and every dollar we spend for this re-
ception will come back TO us.
am nprSOn1llV 2puuaiDtol with
some OF the gentlemen coming here and
know that when they go off on these ex-
cursions they have good time. MIR. N. c..
bern, presi lent OF the association, is tho
editor of the Altoona Tribune and has
been for years. This is tho leading
paper of the central part of Pennsylva-
MIA and ono that has much influence.
Mr.. III. A. McPikc is the editor of the
Altoona Times. He was formerly edi-
tor of the Cambria County Herald. Mr..
McPikc is an excellent gentleman and
stands very high in the community in
which he lives. Mr.. w. p. Stevenson is
connected with one Of tho papers in
Tyrone. and is also man of very bright
intellect
The other members of the party arc
all men OF the highest standing, and we
surely must make their visit q pleasant
one"
George McCahan: Roanoke should
give the Juniata Press Association a
splendid reception. | am acquainted
with tho people in tuat section of
the country and their standing is of the
highest possible order. IL we go to
work and give them royal entertain.
ment it will do Roanoke more good
than anything else 1t will be the
largest kind OF advertisement we could
possibly have.
Salem, think, has proper appre-
citation of the Importance of this matter.
They are working to get up an excel
lent programme for the one day the Wis
itors will be there and Roanoke should
do the same. We cannot afford to have
Salem beat us in this respect"
OJames G. knepp. chief Roanoke
belongs the credit of first suggesting to
the president of the Virginia Press
Association the ACCESSIBILITY Of inviting
the Pennsylvania editors TO visit this
section OF Virginia. In conversation
with a representative of The TIMES
yesterday he said:
'Thc Juniata Valley, from which the
editorial association which will visit
our City OH the % instant takes it's
name, is tho richest section of Penn
sylvania. Citizens Of different sections
of this valley have already invested in
Roanoke, and it is mainly on their rep.
RESERVATIONS of the thrift and progress
and hospitality that the editors desire
to come and see for themselves. We
should receive them with open arms and
spare no pains or expense to make their
visit the most enjoyable annual outing
they ever have taken for many years.
Any expense we incur to this end will
return to us multiplied many times over.
They represent section of Pennsyl-
vania we ought to interest in Roanoke
by all means, and l trust we Shall be
able to do so Count on my cooperation
and stir your readers up to the impor-
lance Of extending an old Virginia
welcome"
Mayors Court,