The age-herald., 1899-04-08
then adjourned.
ENDORSED PLAN
Of New England League For Advertis-
 ing the South.

At large and enthusiastic meeting of representative citizens held yesterday aft ernoon in the rooms of the Commercial club the plan of the New England News paper league was endorsed and a move ment was started to have Birmingham it- tingly represented in the Southern editions of the eleven leading New England news papers soon to be issued.
 The meeting was called to order by Pres ident Steiner of the Commercial club, who introduced c. r. King, general manager and chief of staff of the league, who brief ly outlined the plan of work which has been undertaken by the papers composing the league, who stated that three or four letters would be sent to the papers from this city exploiting the real facts as they were found, and that at the end of the tour a special edition of the papers would be issued, which would be devoted exclusively to the resources and developments of the south. In conclusion, MT. King called upon Benjamin M. Blackburn of his party, to detail the plan. MT. Blackburn responded gracefully and prefaced his remarks with the explanation that notwithstanding the fact that he was associated with the New England Newspaper league, that he was a native of Georgia, and chung with pride to the traditions of his people.
 He stated that the work which had been undertaken was the most systematic ever attempted and on an original and distinct i've plan. The intelligent people of New England, he said, were comparatively ig- norant of the resources of the south, which he explained by stating that few southern publications were read. To en- tighten these people upon industrial, so- cial, climatic and other conditions in the south was the work which had been under taken in a thoroughly conscientious and businesslike manner, presenting facts as they are found.
 If the tour resulted alone in eradicating, he said, the idea that the south was hot bed of yellow fever it would have done a great good
 The work he explained was being done at a great expense and the league only asked that a small share be borne by the south, which would be the gainer. He stated that is was the purpose of the league to issue a southern industrial addition which would reach a circulation of 6OO,OOO copies of S,O0O,OO0 readers, for which a charge of $95O page would be made.
 The proposition received the hearty in dorsement of E. w. Barrett, of the Age Herald; Rufus N. Rhodes, of the News; T. H. Molten, Maj. J.. w. Johnson, J. B. Cobbs, of the Berney National bank; J. A. Tucker of the R. G. Dun Co.,, and other representative citizens, who stated that Birmingham could not afford to be left out of the edition. Each of these gentlemen volunteered to subscribe $2S each to a found, for their respective interests, MT. Van Hoose pledging s25 each for McLester and Van Hoose and the Southern Mutual Fire Insurance company, in which he Is interested.
 At the suggestion of Mfr. VanHoose resolution was adopted giving the plan the hearty endorsement of the meeting. The following committee was then appointed to lay the plan before the people: Stickney T. H. Motion, J. A. VanIioose, w. N. Ma lone and J. B. Gibson.
 About $500 was subscribed in the meet ing, and the committee will call upon the business men this morning, accompanied by MT. Blackburn, who will present the advantages to be derived from the plan.