The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-15
PUBL IISHERS ARE ARRIVING Southern Newspapermen
 Here Today. FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING Important Body to Be Welcomed
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The interest of Southern newspaper dom will be centered in Montxomery today. when the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association meets here for its fourth annual convention.
 Coming from thirteen States. and representing the interests of the read ing public of almost one-third of the United States. the leaders of the South ern Journalistic world will gather in the Capital City of Alabama. From as far East as Richmond, as far North as Louisville,-and from as far South and West as the State of Texas they will come and with them they will bring the interest of their hundreds of thousands of readers. who know of their com Ing.
 Seldom has a more important and in- fluential body of men visited the Cap ital City of Alabama than that which will gather in the Exchange Hotel thif morning. Seldom have so few meii meeting together in Montgomery repre- scented interests so diverse and so far reaching. In the membership of half Ia hundred which the Association in cludes will be found opponents Of the spirit of commerce and development which ts now upbu tding the New South. the moulders of Southern public opinion.
 That their merit and position Is re- cognizsd Is shown by the at1isude or
 
 Father Montgomery has taken of h,s hat in their honor. They Will De well comed in speeches by Acting Mayor Gunter for the city, by leading citizens. and by representatives cf the press. At the banquet. which is to be rendered in their honor tomorrow evening, they will be addressed by Governor Jelks, good wishes of the state. They Will be entertained with the spirit of hos pitality which Montgomery always
 ho- .fxss While they are within the city. the city will be at their disposal.
 "Some of the Notable.
 Prominent among the members m n1a. Of gomery today is Major J. C. Hemp hiil, General Manager of The Charles. ton News and Courier, the President of sociation He arrived last night, and will be on hand to take charge of the opening session at 10 o'clock at the Exchange Hotel Another notable Cabaniss, special representative. from The Atlanta Journal. and former president of the Association.
 the convention will be s. s. Rogers, Business Manager of The Chicago Eve ming News. who will reach the city to- address before the Association at the morning session of the second day. Few names stand higher in the rolls. of newspaper men Tn the country tfdu that of the Chicagoan, who, in addition to being connected with one of the largest newspapers in the United States, l is President of the American Newspa- Iper Publishers Association, the nation- tal Journalistic body,
 ] While it has been impossible to ob- 1 tain a complete list of the entire num- l Der Of newspaper men who will meet in | the convention today, letters have been received from more than thirty mem bers of the Association, announcing their intention of attending the. con vcntfon. These will come from almost every State south of Mason and Dfxons' line The majority of the visitors are not expected to arrive until this morn ing, when the opening session of the meeting will be held.
 Among those who have. signified their intention of coming, in addition to those mentioned. are Business Man ager I.aCoste, of The Charleston News and Courier; F. G. Bell, business man ager of The Savannah Morning News; w. B Haldeman, General Manager of The Louisville Courier-Journal; D.. w. Barnett, publisher of The Birmingham Age Herald; J, P. Caldwell. publisher of The Charlotte Observer; John R. Rose, Business Manager of The Char Iotte Observer: T. T. Stockton. General Manager of The Florida Tlmes-Union; Thomas W. Loyless, publisher of The