Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-13
MORE EDITORS THAN
EVER GATHERED BEFORE

LVLN UAIIIlNID oil UNI
CONTINUED from First Page.)
very animated and interesting discus
sion by the reading of a paper en-
tied, The Subscription Price of the
Weekly Newspaper Must be Increased
How to Do It." Mr. Christopher
has been an advocate of increased sub
sCription rates for some years and he
told his hearers plainly that the way
to increase subscription rates was
simply to increase them. He said thai
the price of everything the printer
uses in his business, on his table o,
in his home had advanced and thai
the time had come when there was nc
money in printing a paper at 81 pc.
year.
He closed his paper with the pre-
sentation of a resolution putting the
members of the association into 8
compact to increase the price of THEN
papers tot $3.50 year, beginning with
g2e first of September.
While Mr.. Christopher's paper had
aroused interest and brought forth
much applause, when it came to COM
hitting the membership to the plan
he proposed there was some protest
There were so many objections to the
resolution as originally framed that
Mr.. Christopher finally consented to
the adoption of a resolution provid-
ing that so far as practicable the
subscription price of the newspapers
of the association be placed at $10O
At the conclution of the reading OF
Mr. Christopher's paper adjournment
was had for dinner The members of
the association assembled in front Of
the Carnegie Library Immediately at
the conclusion of the meeting and
had a group photograph taken.
In the afternoon the session was
bhief, business being cut short in or
der to permit of the visitors attending
The ball game. between Americas and
Quitman. Miss Matte Torrey, of the
Elber.on Star, paresented a bright pa
per on "Paragraphing in Georgia, -
full or snappy paragraphs itself, set
ting forth the value of the weekly pa
per Of pithy editorial comments on
local and general happenings. The
paper was in bright vein, full of
newspaper wisdom, and was greatly
appreciated by the assemblage.
Nearly all of the visitors attended
the ball game and seemed to enjoy It
At the close as many as could be ac-
commodated on the waiting automo-
biles were taken out to the Ware or
chard for a peach feast, rendered by
the Ware-Progress Orchard Company.
superintendent GIaWson had made
liberal arrangements for the coming
host in the shape of the most luscious
fruit of this widely known orchard.
Bushels of large delicious peaches,
the juiciest and sweetest of the phe-
nomenal crop of 1910, were awaiting
the onrush of the editorial gang.
Fab Justice was done to tbs feast ald
q fearty vote of thanks was rendered
the company for its courtesy. The
visit to the Ware orchard is one fea-
Iture of the meeting of 1910 that win
not 81, eddy be forgotten by those
WIS enjoyed i be committee III
charge greatly regrt.eed tina. enough
LEAFS were NC Avail bic for tie pr
pose of ira sao~-..; all the v''.>''s
AS it wos. a'ol; 80 were ;aHru to
thu orchard III the autos.
a pleasant ride of some miles over
good roads and into the city gave the
visitors some insight into the appear
ance of the country round about the
city and also Of a portion of the res
idence section of Americas.
Last night the dinner rendered che
visitors by the City of Americas and
the County of Sumter was served by
the Ladies Hospital Association at the
Armory Hall Covers were laid for
280 The menu had been laid in the
style for which the ladies of TIE as
ISOLATION are noted and the service
was equally fine. The evening proved
an enjoyable one, the speeches being
no less a feast than the menu that
preceded them. E. A. Nisbet, Esq.
presided and introduced the speak
ers. The menu and the speakers were
as follows: