The Van Buren press., 1899-06-17

10 Stephenson no doubt kept On tell.
ing that Indian chief story all the way
to the head waters of the Niagara.
Ed. Givens' paper WAS by odds the
finest and most sensible production of
the meeting. 1t was evident that it
met general appreciation. and we hope
the advice given will be acted upon.
The orator-laureate of the A. p. A. is
McDaniels, who is always loaded with
something good and knows how to
deliver himself. He hit several bulls
eyes in his talks and we hope what he
said will be needed.
Capt. James Woods talk on legal ad-
vertising was pat, and elected merited
applause. 1t was the keynote that no
doubt will arouse universal attention
and be the means of future good re-
suits. The discussion should be kept up.
Miss Willie Hicks appeared to be by
unanimous consent the daughter OF
the association" And she merits rec.
ognition, for she is not only in face and
form pretty, but bright OF mind,
affable in manners, and always lady.
The pencil pushers enjoyed a ball at
the Arlington, even though but few
actually participated However, with
their proverbial liberality they devoted
whole Page to this particular feature,
and it was handsome Page, too-a
regular valentine. .a,v ,..,s-re'a ? d
The new president promises some
needed reforms He should have the
cordial cooperation of every member,
especially the officers. These annual
meetings should be productive of tan
gibe results. The business OF the craft
should receive the most earnest consid'
Grafton, the pleasure and picnic featurei
being made secondary.
The politician came In for a good
scoring by Gardner, Givens, Mcdaniel,
promises made by members are kept
there will in the future be no dead
heads in the advertising or subscrip
tion departments of the country papers
The rule will be not to give something
for nothing in politics.
The committee on legislation has a
world of work ahead, and il it does its
duty the results must necessarily be
felt by every publisher in the state, and
in substantial way. In no state are
the laws SO unjust to the printers as in
Arkansas Legal protection to the
fraternity in the way of rates and the
publication of Lew laws are needed,
and if the matter is properly brought
to the attention of the legislators our
claims cannot be ignored.
As convention.city Hot Springs is
all right. It has all the necessary
features to make everything and
every body comforta able-splendid ho-
! tells comnodious auditoriums. attract.
i've scenery. cleansing waters and a
hosptab1e, courteous people. The
newspaper men and their wives and
sweethearts will always look upon the
'99 meeting with pleasant recollectlons
and will be warm defenders Of the
greatest health resort in America
The formality of issuing trip passes
vas waived by Mr. Fred A. Bill, Of the
Hot Springs Railroad, and ybody
who looked hungry was allowed to
ride free. This order of things was
understood to be a plain token of well
come, and We editors all smiled and
looked happy. There is but one Hot
Springs Railroad and but one railroad
to Hot Springs. 1t is the biggest little
road, however, in this or any nther
state, and Col. Bill is its auditor. local
| treasurer and general passenger and
| freight agent He will some dsy be
''editor in chief" no doubt, and we sim
cerely wish him this honor.
There is another railroad man
| who stands in solid with our folks
"a man who has on many occasions
proven his personal interest in the well
| fare of the papermakers of Arkansas
Brainard Allison, general advertising e
agent of the Missouri Pacific and Iron
| Mountain systems. His name appears
on more trip passes than all the
other roads together, and when it
! comes to an excursion he comes do vn
here and looks after all the details. In
| fact, an Arkansas editors excursion
without Allison would be like the play
of Hamlet with Hamlet eliminated.
new man with us, but one who will
not soon be forgotten, is the representa-
, tive of the great Wabash railway, whose
system covers the country north of st.
Louis most thorougly-Mr. w. d.
Wood, who accompanied the two
| in shape for the trip to Niagara Falls.
| The mister" was soon dropped and
"Billy" was substituted, as Wood soon
''got next" In fact he put up a contest
with alison for popularity. Mr..
Wood accompanied the excursion all
| the way, arranging an elegant program
| at the falls, on the lakes, in the cities,
| etc. The Wabash was most generous,
indeed. We tip our tiles to all these
railway officials, and promise to ride
on their lines as often as possible, and
advise our readers to do likewise.
The A. p. A. has at all times had a
I true friend in Col. S. w. Fordyce, who
as general manager of the Cotton Belt,
has many times proven it. Now, as CO
receiver of the p. g., and the protector
and builder of the new road from Hot
! Springs to Little Rock, he remains in
close touch with his favorite state and
\ his favorite people. 1t was neat com