The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-02-19
THEY WILL MEET AT LAKE CITY
MARCH p TO "a AND A BIG
TIME is ANTIcIPATED-PRo-
GRAM OF UNUSUAL INTEREST
HAS BEEN PREPARED.

March % to March "a, inclusive, has
been selected by the executive com
mittee of the Florida Press Associa-
ton as the dates for holding the next
annual meeting of the Florida Press
Association at Lake City.
The executive committee met in
Jacksonville last week for the purpose
of fixing a date and arranging for a
program. There we're present at this
meeting. T. f. MeBeath, the president
of the association, and the editor of
the Florida School Exponent; I. j.
Appleyard, secretary OF the associa-
ton, and editor of the Lake City H.
dex; George W. Wilson, editor-in-chief
of the Times-Union; c. L. BittingeT,
editor of the Ocala Star; B. L. McKen-
zie, associate editor of the Palatka
Times Herald, and Fred L. Robertson,
editor of the Live Oak Crescent.
Preparing at Lake City.
Secretary Appleyard reported that
great preparations were being made
in Lake City for the reception and en-
tertainment of the Florida editors,
and that he believed that there would
be a good number of them present at
this annual meeting.
The most important part of the pro-
ceedings Of the meeting, and a fea-
ture which required considerable time
and study, was the arranging of pro-
gram. The program is lengthy one,
and is arranged so as to insure an in
teresting meeting, even If some OF
those who have been named TO lead
on important topics, are absent. In
its entirety it is as follows:
The Program.
Invocation, Rev. ]. B. Ley, editor
Christian Advocate.
Welcome address in behalf of Lake
City, Hon. Guy Gillen, State Senator
from Columbia county.
Response, c. L. Bittinger, Ocala
Star.
President T. A. McBeath's annual
address.
The Linotype in a Country Office
w. S. Johnson, DeLand.
History of Florida Journalism, Frank
I E. Harris. editor Ocala Banner.
What Should Constitute Newspaper
Libel, George w. Wilson, editor Times,
Union.
Short talks on the Primary Law, led
by w. A. Straub of the st. Peters
burg Times. with illustrations, follow
ed by JOS. HUMPHREYS, editor of the
Bradentown Journal, and Alfred 81,
Clair-Abrams, editor of the Tavares
Herald, and others.
Where and Why the Public School
n Tl1a
]. NJ. Guilliams, of the School Expon-
emit. A discussion of the same will fol
low. with the participants as follows:
E. T. Byington, Miami News; T. F. Nc
Beath, School Exponent, Gainesville;
Fred l.. Robertson, Crescent, Live
Oak: Frank E. Harris, Banner. Oca-
la: A. NJ. C. Russell, Argus, Brooks
vile.
Industrial Publications and Their
Effect on the Business Community, j.
A. Hollomon, editor Industrial Rec
ord.
The Society Column. Miss Nellie E.
Beck. staff of The Pensacola Journal.
The Circulation of a Newspaper,
Rufus A. Russell, business manager OF
the Metropolis.
Should Legal Advertising Be Open
to Competition? d. E. Thompson edi-
tor Of the st. Augusmtine Record, to
be followed by a general discussion,
in which Oliver F. Farmer of the Levy
Times-Democrat, H. w Jones of the
Chipley Banner and others will parti-
cipate.
State Fair.
The Importance of the State Fair
to the Agricultural Interests of the
state. Wallace F. Stovall, Tribune,
Tampa.
Discussion by w r. Carter, Metro
polls jacksonville; Phillip Isaac
Press. Fort Myers; E. V. Blackman.
Home-Seeker. Miami; Edward Fitz.