West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-09-12
THE EDITORS.
What Will BE Done at The Annual
Meeting.

meeting.
Welcome Editors is the phrase
that will be seen on many little
banners and streamers IN Clarks-
burg on the morning of Septem Der
18th.
The editors will dedicate the
grand new hotel on Nam street and
will be the first guests to cross its
polished floors on entering the beau
tiful dining room.
The hotel will be opened to the
newspaper men only and they will
be entertained free during the SEES
sion of the Association. The in
vitation is also extended to the
wives or daughters of the editors.
Those who expect to attend
should notify the President very
soon IN order that they may be
properly registered as compliment
tary guests. II application is made
at once to Stuart +. Reed, Clarks.
burg, w. Va, there will be no
trouble about securing railroad
transportation for editors and their
ladies. So far as is now known ex-
President Harrison will be able to
attend and deliver an address onone
OF the evenings.
Governor MaeOorkle has accepted
an invitation to be present one day
or evening. On the evening of the
18th the editors will attend the
opera at the Grand, occupying re-
served seats.
Those assigned places ON the
program at the last SESSION are ::
Senator Presley w. Morris, his
torian; Hon. Robert McEldowney.
poet and j. w. Plattenburg, Of the
Hancock Courier, orator.
The following are few of the
topics tn vt have been assigned and
on which there will be general dis
cusslon
Independence in Journalism;"
Should country weekly attempt
to deal largely in national news "
"The patent medicine 'ad' -" Glow
can West Virginia newspapers help
State development" "The use
and abuse of plate mat ter" "'Whst
is an editorial ?" sWhat news is
best for country weekly" etc.
The excursion to the lnternation-
al Cotton Exnosition at Atlanta.
Ga, is now thought to be a sure
60 and it is very probable that the
newspaper men will bo given free
transportation from Washington to
Atlanta, Ga, and return. Free
transportation to Washington over
the b. u .. and the Chesapeake Is
Ohio has already been secured. An
invitation has already been extend
ed by the managers OF the Exposi-
ton to the mem bers and their
ladies. The excursion will not
likely be arranged for date earlier
than the first of November AS it is
not best to visit the South while
the weather is warm. All the ar.
rangements will be completed and
full details can be learned mt the
Clarks6urg meeting. In fact all
who expect to go on this excursion
should be at Clarksburg and meet
the general passenger agent who
Will be present to provide trans
portatlon. Clarksburg extends a
cordial welcome TO the "knIgh;s of
the quill'' and every editor In the
State is expected here to help make
the sixth annual meeting of the
West Virginia Editorial Association
an event that will be pleasantly re-
mem bered.
The First Regiment Band will
furnish music for all occasions.
The very generous invitation ex.
tended by the Traders Company,
insures grand social time. The
Traders building is indeed tri-
umph for Ciarksburg. The struc-
ture has just been completed and
cost not far from 500, 100000. The
The carpets and furniture now be-
ing put in place. cost about Sl5, 600.
The interior is delightful, with soft
carpets, frescoed ceilings, carved
panels, ornate stairways and ele-
CANT tapestries. Thus environed.
the editors, regardless of political
Affections or sectariau animOsities
will sojourn as one happy family.
Some OF the officials of the Press
Association of other States have
been invited to be present and the
attendance of West Virginia editors
promises to be fully twice what 1T
has formerly been.
The editors should arrange to get
to Clarksburg on the trains Mon.
day night or early Tuesday morn
ing. The session Will close We'd
nesday night, as the editors are
soon to re.assembIe TO go on the
excursion, long session is not de.
sirable at this time.-FrOm CIarks-
bHrg Telegram, SeDt 6, 1895.
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