The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-10
PRESS ASSOCIATION
MIR. PEPPERMAN REPORTS ON
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Alabama Member Writes of Meeting Held Recently in St. Louis and of Entertainment of the
 Newspaper Men.

For the benefit of members of the Alabama Press Association. Jacob Pep perman, member of the Executive Com mittee of the National Editorial Assocla- tion. has written the following account Of the meeting of the Executive Com mittee recently held in St. Louis Mo To the Alabama Press Association:
 At meeting of the Executive Commit tee of the National Editorial Association at the Southern Hotel n St Louis, there vile. N. Y, President; P. V. Collins Min neapolis, Minn., First President Conner T. Davis, Concordia, Kan. Sec ond Vice President; w. w. Screws, Mont gomery, Third Vice-President: R. NJ White. Mexico. Mo. Recording Secretary :; J. M. Page, Jerseyville. Ill, Correspond ing Secretary, ex-officiO members of the Executive Committee.
 Nearly all State press associations were represented by their accredited executive committeeman. The Alabama State Press Association was represented by Execu- tive Committeeman Jacob Peppermar, of Montgomery. Omaha, Neb,. was selected as the place for holding the annual con . vention of 1905 The date was fixed at the executive committee July 8. This was in accordance with wishes of representa- tiveS of Omaha.
 President I. A. Meder and others of the Tri-City Press Club of Omaha was present and gave assurances to the execu- tive committee that arrangements have been perfected with first class hotels to entertain the members of the National Editorial Association at a rate of g per day on the American plan. Moreover that three excursions from which each may choose the journey most suited io their taste, would be provided, one to Yellow Stone Park, one to Black Hill Mountains of South Dakota, visiting mountain cave mines. Hot Springs, and the famed Plunge Bath pool-and one to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and to Salt Lake City.
 The contemplated trip to the Yellow Stone Park wis discussed from various standponts. It brought out the fact that 1t would require six days ride in stages to go through that park. and further, that not at any time can more than one hundred persons be accommodated In the stages
 one hundred can be accommodated at any one time it was resolved: That dele gates to the National Editorial Conven- tion at Omaha, and their ladies, who de- sire to go through the Yellow Stone Park must notify the member of the execu- tive committee of the National Editorial Association of their respective States within sixty days, and must make a de- posit of $25 for each person as a guar antee of good faith. provided. if any time thereafter a depositor of $2o for unavoid- able reasons cannot go. said S25 to be refunded; provided further that the sev- eral executive committeeman must noti-
 
 citation the names of all persons having made such deposit and date thereof. In order that the good rule First come first served may be fairly applied to all
 The following subjects will be discussed at the annual meeting of the National Editorial Association;
 "Relations of Newspaper to the State" Newspaper Individuality" How Best to Insure q Newspaper Office Ethics of Twentieth Century Journals, '' News paper Editorials 'Is the Press Subsi- dized by Second Class Mail Matter" ''Typesetting Machinery vs. Hand Com position" The Press and Politics, How to Best Take Advantage of Rural Free Delivery Routes" Practice What We Preach-Advertise The International Press Congress" The speakers on the subjects mentioned have as yet not been announced by President Willard. but believe that the subject Newspaper Edi- torials" will be assigned to w. w. Screws, of Montgomery. and the subject, The Press and Politics" will be assigned 10 Hon Avery C. Moore. of Idaho.
 The committeeman were entertained at dinner at the Mercantile Club by the of fcials of the Louisiana Purchase EXpo- sition" The seventy-five present were seated about 1;l5 and left the tables at 11:15 o'clock.
 Walter B. Stevens. Secretary to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, an expe-