Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-07-12
T0-NI6HT'S DINNER AN
ENJOYABLE EVENT.
Three Hundred Will Be
Seated in the Hall.
Menu and Speakers VIII
Make Evening One of
Pleasant Memories.


At 10 o'clock this morning the
Georgia Weekly Press Association will
be called to order at the Carnegie Lii
brary hall by President Hardy, Of
Gainesville.
After opening prayer by Rev. Lam
sing Burrows, d. D., there will be an
address OF welcome to the city by E.
A. Nesbit, Esq. Who will respond
to this is not known yet.
With these preliminaries completed
the association will settle down 10
the business of the opening session,
the reading of papers and the discus
sion of topics of interest to those en-
gagged in the publication of weekly
newspapers in Georgia. Many ques-
ti3ns of interest are expected to be
considered, chief among them being
the proposal that the subscription
price OF the weeklies be raised from
81 90 to $3.50 a year, to meet the in
creased expense to which publishers
are put in issuing them, the cost of
publishing a newspaper having been
greatly increased in the past two or
three years.
While it may be no concerted
action toward advancing the subscrip-
ton price will be taken it is not
unlikely that seed will be sown that
will bring forth an agreement along
this line at another convention.
The public of Americus is cordial
ly invited to attend the meeting and
listen to the arguments on the various
questions arising. All the meetings
of the association are open to the
public and hearty welcome is ex-
tended to all.
There will practically be but two
business sessions of the association.
that of this morning, lasting probably
until 2 p. m, and that OF tomorrow
morning. when officers will be elected
and the finishing touches put to the
work for which the association meets.
At $3.50 the visitors will be enter
tanned at the baseball park, and the
weather permitting, will then enjoy
an auto ride.
The dinner to the Press Associa
ton, rendered by the City of Americus
and County of Sumter, will be given
at the armory hall tonight at O'Clock.
The ladies of the Hospital Associa>
tion, who are doing the catering, were
busy all of yesterday making prepa-
rationS and will be actively engaged
all OF today The hall will be pret-
tily decorated for the event. Accom-
will be made for three hum
dred diners, it being calculated that
there will be between 200 and 225 Wis
itors and approximately a hundred
Americus people at the dinner. The
price of tickets TO nhe dinner to
Americus people has been reduced to
$1.00, Tickets can be had on applica-
ton at the Times-Recorder office. All
of the visitors, of course, will be
guests OF the city and county. The
ladies have made ample provisions for
the occasion and a delightful occa-
sion is an ticipated by all. The din
ner will be delicious repast, serv-
ed by number of sweet young ladies,
he speeches will be of a high order
of merit, and the several hours that
will be passed at the hall will be en-
joyable throughout
Rev. DIR. Lansing Burrows will act
as chaplain for the occasion and e.
A. Nesbit, Esq, will introduce the
speakers in his usual pleasing style
On the right of Mr. Nesbit, as the pre-
siding officer, will be President Har-
dy, of the Press Association, and on
the left Mayor John B. Fielder, repre-
senting the Municipality. Chairman
Frank Sheffield will represent the
county government and Judge Little
john the courts. At the speakers ta-
BILE, which will extend almost the en-
tire length of the room in front, will
be seated the officers of the associa-
tion in addition to the speakers of the
evening and some prominent Americus
gentlemen. Only at this table will
seats be especially assigned, guests
seating themselves at the other tables
as they may desire
The visitors and others participat-
ing will meet in the studio of Mr.. Bar
wick, adjoining the armory hall, short
ly before O'Clock and will march
from there into the dining room,