The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-19
WEEKLY EDITORS MEET
DID NOT ORGANIZE AN Assoc1A- , TIoN.
Adjourned to Assemble After Com mittee to Investigate Rountree
 Matter Has Reported.

About twenty-five editors of weekly newspapers of Alabama met in Montgom. | cry yesterday to organize an association
 The object was not accomplished, how ever, the editors Adjourning to meet al the same time and place as the Alabama
 Press Association. which association will probably have a special meeting late in October
 This action was taken by the weekly editors after they had been assured by number of editors present. members o1
 the Alabama Press Association that Pres
 ident w. D. W. Yerby of that organiza-
 ton. would be petitioned to call special
 meeting of his association. The editors assembled in the Council
 chamber of the city hail at Il o'clock and
 the following newspaper men were re- Pine Belt News. Brewton; Mrs. Julia Gillespie, Hustler. Hanceville; W. T. Weir. News. Opelika; c. G. Fennell, Dem- ocrat. Guntersville; H. Y. Brooke, Critic Luverne; J. H. Mellichamp. Republican Jacksonville; O. Safter. Journal. Monroe vile; O. c. Doster. Harmonizer, Newton; G. w. Salter. Courant, Evergreen; w. J. Peters, Enterprise; Georgiana; E. o. Nor ton, Standard. Daphne; J. H. Meigs, Ban- ner. Albertville: c. W. Robbins, Gauge Brewton; J. F.. Graves News, Brundidge I <. l.. Watkins, Harvester, Opp; J. M. Riley,
 Times. Andalusia; W T. Boriand. News Herald. Hartford: A. l.. Williams, Sift- ings. Dothan; J. c. McLendon, Journal, Luverne; O. H. Stevenson. Leader Roan-
 oke; w. C. Edler, Union. Clanton; c. J.
 Hildreth, Advertiser. New Decatur. The meeting was called to order by O.
 Salter of the Monroe Journal, and J. H.
 Meigs of The Marshall Banner was called
 Co the chair. J. E. Graves of The Brun-
 didge News. was requested to act as sec retary.
 On motion of G. w. Salter, a committee
 on permanent organization was appointed,
 consisting of G. w. Salter. w. D. Sowell
 and O. c. Doster.
 On motion of c. c. Fennell a commit
 tee was appointed to draft resolutions on
 the death of Maj. D. C. White of The
 Moulton Advertiser. This committee
 consisted of c. G. Fennell, O. G. Simp-
 son, W. T. Wear.
 The committee on permanent organza- tion recommended that the temporary of- ficers be made thei permanent officers, which was adopted.
 On motion of w. D. Sowell a commit tee of five to draft a constitution and by laws was appointed as follows: w. D. Sowell, Mrs. Julia Gillispie, w. J. Peters,
 H. Y. Brooke, and c. Salter. The presi-
 dent, J. H. Meigs was added to the com
 mittee.
 MT. Doster offered a resolution that the
 body proceed to organize a press asso-
 citation of Alabama weekly newspapers. This resolution provoked a long discus | sion, participated in by Messrs. Brooke,
 Wear. Graves. Doster, Peters, Mrs. Gillis-
 pie. McLendon, Norton. Sowell. Riley.
 Simpson, Fennell, Edler. Stevenson and others.
 The motion was lost by a vote of Il to Il, neither the president nor secretary voting.
 A motion to reconsider was adopted | whereupon a substitute by MT. Brooke was offered and adopted as follows: Resolved, That when this body adjourn
 1t be to meet on the same day and at the
 same place of meeting that President
 Yerby of the Alabama Press Association
 is being petitioned to oaiI, not later than ten days after the meeting and report of
 the committee raised to investigate the Rountree matter"
 The meeting adjourned subject to call
 of the president, and many of the editors left for their homes last night.