The gold leaf., 1909-07-01
EDITORS In CONCLAVE.

Annual Convention of the North
Carolina Press Association Held In
HendersonviIIe Last Week-A Pleas
ant and Profitable Heeting in the
Delightful "Lake City" of the Noun
taiDs.
The North Carolina Press Conven-
ton which met in Hendersonville
last week was one OF the most pleas
ant and profitable in the history OF
the association. In the absence oil
President j. A. Thomas Of The Louis
burg Times. who was kept away on
account of sickness, Rev. j. o. A tkin-
son OF the Elon College Christian n Sun,
third vice-president, presided over
the meetings, performing the duties
OF bis office most gracefully and well.
Owing to press OF other matters
! We cannot write an account OF the
! trip. the business of the convention,
| the cordial reception extended and
elegant entertainment accorded the
editors, the beautiful Lake City" OF
the mountains, the trip to TOxa-
way and other things we have in
mind. These must be deferred ''until
our next" contenting ourselves for
the present with appending the follow
ing written by Mr. Josephus Daniels in
his letter TO the News and Observer:
regret the News and Observer has
not the space to print all the papers
and addresses delivered during the
session OF the Editorial Association.
There was some shop talk" as there
should have been, but most of the
addresses were upon topics that
vitalIy affected the whole public and
the editors chiefly devoted their dis
cussion to topics on how to help the
State go forward upon material and
educational lines The editors have
done most to create the sentiment
for public education, and in doing SO
have been educating themselves.
The discussions here showed how
much Improvement there has come
in the ability and equipment OF the
editors themselves. The remunera-
ton in North Carolina journalism in
the old time was so poor that Macon
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government of editors would be a
government of the hungry" and it
took the courage of love OF poverty
to be an editor. 1t has not yet come
to be profession for big money
making, but hard working and capa-
bic men find sufficient return i'm the
useful field to afford a good living,
and some thrifty editors really save
money every year. 1t is coming to
be Il profession where a man can live
as comfortably as any average pros
porous business man OF the cOmmu'
nifty. 1t is securing additions to its
ranks OF men OF education and capac-
ity for leadership, and the speeches
OF some OF the young editors were
revelations to those who thought |
writing alone constituted their tai
ent. The steady upgrade in the pro-
fesslOn is seen not only in the columns
of the paper, in their increased infu-
ence and their material prosperity,
but also in the ability shown by the
editors here in discussing the various
topics that concern the enlarged use
fitness Of the North Carolina news
papers. The newspaper is the voice
OF the States best progress. The ad-
vance taken by the press is not a
mere personal good to the editor; it |
is for the betterment as we'll as Of his |
community. This convention was
full of inspiration and help to the ed
itors who are striving to make their
journals better agencies for the pub
lie veal. 1t was also a pleasant out
ing i'll delightful mountain town,
and the good effects of this session
will be felt in the columns of every
journal represented here.