Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-14
Committee Of Newspaper Publish.
ers 10 Go 10 Washington.
IMPORTANT MEETING WAS HELD
Publishers of This Section Met In
Hagerstown on Friday and
Transacted Business OFF,
GERS Were Elected.

GERS Were Elected.
The Publishers association of the
Cumberland and Shenandoah valleys
met in Hagerstown Friday afternoon
and after affecting permanent or
ganization by electing II. +. Byrd, OF
the Winchester Star, president, and
r. G. Gordon, of the Waynesboro ze-
pher, secretary, plans were discussed
and outlined for aggressive and syste-
matte work in the section covered by
the association. On motion off Mr..
A. Nevin Pomeroy, of the Chambers
burg Repository, it was determined
to formulate q set of bylaws, simple
concise and comprehensive in order
to give strength substance and CO
hesion to the association. The cues
lions OF the duty on wood pulp and
the paper making combine were dis
cussed at some length. 1t was the
sense of the meeting that the various
members of the association use con-
slant effort to have their representa-
tiyes in congress expedite legislation
on the lines laid down the recent
message of President Roosevelt bear
ing upon this particular question. II
was believed that this legislation
could best be assured by advising
with the representatives in congress
and in pressing upon them the impor-
lance of the matter. An increase in
the subscription price to weekly pa
pers was touched upon and sugge5-
Etions made that Will be considered
more fully at later meeting.
1t was realized that in order to
make the association at all effective
It would be necessary to- have all
publishers in this territory members
If the association. In order to secure
hat end the president appointed Mr..
Pomeroy and Mr.. Gordon to see the
publishers of Franklin county, Pa;
Mr. Davis Thompson, OF the Carlisle
sentinel, for Cumberland county, Pa;
Mr.. Albert Grow, Of The Star-Inde
pendent, for Daulphin county, Pa.
| Clyde Hayes and Vernon N. Simmons,
Tor Washington county, Md; H. L.
Snyder, of the Shepherdstown Regis
er, for jefferson county, w. Va; II.
;. Byrd for Frederick and Clarke
counties, Va.
Advertising rates, foreign and do
nestle, were considered and plans
boxing to their equalization and regu
alton we're also talked over. In the
course of the discussion one of the
publishers said that the following
obituary notice was handed him for
Tree publication:
Little Johnny he has left us,
He has gone to heaven.
He was aged fourteen years,
And in height was four feet seven.
1t was decided to meet in Hagers-
own January 20, next, at II a. M,
II WHICH tlIIle u. ulHuSI VIII NC HCiu.
On motion of Mr.. Pomeroy, Mr.. Grove
and Mr.. Snyder were requested to pre-.
pare papers on the subjects OF their
own selection on newspaper publish
ing. to be read at the next meeting
These gentlemen agreed to do so Ar
effort will be made 10 have large
representative gathering at the next
Meeting in order to proceed with una
limity of purpose and endeayor all
long the line
1t was also decided to appoint a
committee of several newspaper pub
ishers to go to Washington and in
terview President Roosevelt upon the
subject of the tariff upon paper and
pulp, and to- urge the president to!
press the necessity Of some legisla
ion upon congress.