The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-27
SYLACAUCA DOES
NOT WANT EDITORS
Recalls Invitation 10 Hold An
nua| Meeting in That City
POLITICS is At THE BOTTOM
.ocaI Committee Feels MIR. Conner
Should Be Allowed to Talk On
Any subject He
Chooses.
POLITICS is At THE BOTTOM
BY JOHN T. EVANS.

BY JOHN T. EVANS.
sylacauga. June 26.-(speciaL)-Alth
a sufficient sum has been raised and all
arrangements made for the reception and
entertainment of the visitors, the annual
meeting of the Alabama Press associa-
tion will not be held in Sylacauga this
year. The Commercial club at a special
meeting this morning recalled the invi-
tation extended to the association last
year when it met at Bessemer, to hold
the next annual meeting in Sylacausa-
The latter part of July has been set as
the time for the annual meeting this year.
Politics particularly, and conditions gen.
orally seem to be the cause OF the COM
mercial clubs asking the members OF the
press of Alabama 20 pay no heed 10 the
invitation extended to them to come mere,
and on the other hand to go elsewhere
for their annual meeting" The COM
mereial club is composed of the merchants
and business men of Sylcauga'
The meeting of the club here TINS
morning was largely attended. The can
was issued Saturday afternoon ana Wheh
President e. J. Smith called the meeting
IN order a majority of the members OF
the organization were present
Is Big Tax Payer.
b. B. Conner wno is supposed TO pe d
candidate for governor of Alabama Is
big tax payer of the Sylacausa muhici-
nality and the county Of Talladega' ~ 10
said that Me. Conner has something IKE
s50 600 invested In properties at S5lacausa'
There are a few sss,a in the thriving httle
town wha4. do nsS know Mr. Conner per-
sonally. SeTsrsl weeks ago when the ~
cal comniiske On arrangement for me
nress assax|sAlon meeting held a1saneesT
ing they &zszesd to sesE Nj Conner 10
,ns,. sss shefnle The editors OF
Alabama. In extend1ng me iiNi'a 49,
specihcations were made as TO the SUI,
iect or the length of his address,
was simply decided to ask him 10 inane q
talk before the meeting, the secono uas ~
session being selected as tne ellne ~, -
the talk. Thi session was TO nav Ill
held at Talladega springs bu' ~ Nc
e,.au - ha held there thia year to say the
least of It,
Discussed Conner Invitation.
Tho snecial meeting of the Commercial
c,ub this morning was lnteres'iie'
will be recalled that the executiNe - a.,
mittee of the Alabama Press assocl,,lv
haId meeting in Birmingham Prluay.
- ,,,aotinq was called 1t seems Tor the
soia nurnose of discussing the action Oh
the local committee In inviting sir. 60
,,ar "a make an address before the an
nual meeting of the association lhe
acutive committee ruled that III accoiu, +,
ance with the constitution ana bylaw " ~
The organization address coulu ios
made before the body "on political VI ee. .
tartan subjects" The executive eol'iilai, aa',,
FOO decided If Mr. Conner wanted 10 'alk
,asora tho association that he would nave
- collect .'Education' as his subject
NSa,,or n p. Johnston and Mayor-Eiece
p Mcdonald appeared peiore mo
meatine of the executive committee III
p,rn,,neham. They told the members OF
M committee that $500 had been raised
toward entertaining the delegates am anu
visitors to the convention, ana thal oyi-
acauea was anxious to entertain 'ne
newspaper men. a.,,,,, IN R,r-
r,ineham a member of the executive COM
mittee from Opelika brought up tne mat
Tor of the inconvenience to whicn tne
editors would be put in reacning oyia-
oanqa to attend the meeting shouio l.
ha held here. The resolution put pelore
The committee in Birmingham py TINS
member seems to have been iost ny "
small vote. Mr.. Johnston anu M, w
Donald on returning from Birmingham,
,r,r,adiatelv conferred with the business
men of this place. Today's meeting re-
suited a,,,
There was no opposition to the resoiu-
t,on 10 recall the invitation
After the meeting had come to close
Mayor Johnston said;
Mayor Johnston Talks.
ne,,,acanea wanted to entertain the edi-
.ors ~ Alabama and we had hoped TO
give them a pleasant entertainment. Inc
sur of $500 had already been raised to-
ward the entertainment fund ana we had
several hundred dollars more In sight.
II annears. however. that the editors did
not care to come to Sylacauga. We had
MANNED 10 take them to our marble quar-
ries and spend several nours' Iheh we
n,aro going to Talladega Springs TO spend
day Matters are all right however,
a,d Svlacauga, which Is the best little
civ in Alabama has no protest COM
ing
took the situation equally as good hu-
moredlv as did Mayor Johnston He
said:
intended
wand making their stay with us a pleas
ant one. The action of the Commercial
club today was taken In accordance with
what we understood to be the wishes OF
the editors of the state. Further than
this | have nothing else to say
Letter to Secretary Peppermlan.
The letter addressed to Secretary Pep
perman is as follows;
Sylacsuga, Ala, June %. 1906
Hon Jacob Pepperman, Secretary Ala
hama Press Association, Montgomery
Ala
NV Dear Sir: At q meeting of the Syla.
caueha Comercal club held this morn
ing called for the purpose of receiving
the renort of those who attended the
mae4ine of your executive committee, II
was unanimously decided to withdraw
the invitation extended something like 6
wear ago by the city officials, the Com
cercial club and the citizens to your as
sociation to hold its next annual meet
ing with US.
Tb,s action was taken by the club be
cause Of the fact that II appeared to us
that a larger per cent of the Alabama
| editors had reached the conclusion thai
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