Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-02
EDITORS OF $50 PAPERS
ARE INVITED HERE.
Board of Trade Moves to
Bring Them.
Working to Make the
Convention Greatest
Ever Held.

/ invitations were sent out yesterday
to the editors of one hundred and
fifty weekly newspapers of Georgia, a
list of the. members of the Weekly
Press Association having been furnish
ed by President Hardy for that pur-
pose, urging them all to attend the
convention of the Association in
Americas on July 1918.
With each invitation from the Board
Of Trade was sent one of the pam
phlets recently issued by that organia-
tion dealing with Amerieus and SUM
Ter county The invitation, which
will be followed up with more mat
ter relative to the convention in "a
few days, is as follows:
An Invitation.
Americus, Ga, June 1, 1910
Dear Sir:
The Weekly Press Association of
Georgia holds it's annual convention at
Americas on Tuesday and Wednesday,
July II and 13 It will be attended
by more active newspaper workers,
representing every county of the
state, than have gathered at one
Of these conventions in many years.
The City of Americus, the County of
Sumter and the Amerfcus Board Of
Trade want YOU to be among those at
tending tie convention and partakina
of the hospitality of this city on this
occasion.
Many members of the Press As3o-
citation and other newspaper editors
and Droprietors who propose to unite
with the Association at this meeting
will arrive in Americus- on Monday,
July IL, others coming in on Tuesday
mornings trains. Arrangements will
be made for the entertainment of alt
who honor Americus with their pres
ence.
The business session Of the conven-
tion viii be held on Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday morning. Tuesday af-
5ernoon will be devoted to seeing Sum-
ter county by automobile. 1t is need
less to dwell on what Sumter county
has to show the visitors. It's good
roads, the finest in Georgia, its peach
orchards Offering their most luscious
fruit when the association is here,
the, great cotton fields, the vast acre
age Of corn, the tobacco fields, the
agricultural college, these and other
things win be of interest to all who
are awake to the rapid agricultural
development Of the state. At the Coun-
try Club light refreshments will await
the party on their tour of the county
On Tuesday night there will be a
grand banque: rendered all the visi-
tors by tie City and County. Sew
eral notable speakers are expected to
be present. This will be an event of
exceptional interest.
Wednesday at noon the party leaves
for it's outing to the Gulf of Mexico.
Americus intends to do its best to
make the stay of the newspaper work
ers a pleasant memory. The doors
are wide open to every newspaper edi-
tor and proprietor in Georgia. Are
you coming? Let us know
We send herewith a pamphlet which
wilIgive you a little inkling of what
Americus and Sumter county offer
Come and see for yourself Come and
join with your brother editors of the
weekly press of Georgia in two days
of business and of social recreation.
Very respectfully,
JOHN w. SHIVER,
President Board of Trade.
THOMAS GAMBLE, JR., sec'y.
President Hardy writes the secre-
tary of the Board of Trade that lie
is in correspondence with three or
four men of national prominence and
hopes to soon announce acceptances
of invitations from them to attend the
meeting and deliver speeches at the
banquet to be rendered the Associa-
tion on Tuesday night, July y.