The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-05
ED|TORs; :;;::;
Of THE WEST V|RG|NA
NEWSPAPERS IN CITY

i-"a' evening at eleVen O'CLOCK.
, following the big meeting of Re-
puOlicans held at The Kanawha
County Republican Club rooms,
twenty-eight Of the Republican news
paper editors of the State gathered
In the assembly rooms Of Hotel Ku-
haWha, Tor the purpose of organiz-
Ing Republican editorial associa.
ton and for the discussion Of cues
tons that would in all probability
come before the State Central Com
mittee at it's meeting today. The
: meeting was called to order by G..
, A. Bolden Of the Daily Mail, who
briefly explained the call that had
Deen sent out. Mr.. +. A. MacDon-
aid OF tho Huntington Herald-Dis-
patch, was called to the chair rs
temporary presiding officer and Mr..
Bolden was selected as secretary.
! This organization was made perma-
nent, and the business In hand was
proceeded with. Until after one
o'clock this morning tho editors en-
gagged III earnest discussion o. the
questions presented. At that hour
! some one awoke to the fact that
daylight was approaching, and, on
| motion, recess was had until nine
thirty O'Clock this morning.
! At this mornings session the first
j business taken up was the organiZa,
ton or The West Virginia Republic
can Editorial Association, and the
following officers were selected, all
, of whom were elected by acclama-
ton:
President, f. A. Macdonald Of the
j huntington Herald Dispatch
| wee President, Mrs Livia SimD-
son Pofenbarger Of the Point Pleas
ant State Gazette.
ary-Treasurer-G. A. Rol-
den Of the Charleston Mail,
| An executive committee of Ave
was created, and the President an
! thorlZed to name the members, ono
each from the five Congressional dis
trlcts of the State The personnel
OF this committee will be announced
| later by the President.
! Ihe purpose of the organization IS
TO bring the Republican editors an I
! hepuhlcan newspaper corresDOn6-
ehts OF the State into closer touch,
TO the end that they NAV work to.
gether to better advantage for IN,
! good or the political party they rep
resent, Tor the betterment of Iegis-
latlon IN the interest of the news
papers and for the good Of the whole
people Of the State The dues wero
MADE one dollar per annum, PAYABLE
IN aoVanc e, and every newspaper
man In attendance this morninq he
came member
The last action of the organ;zo-
ton at this morning session was
TO adopt set Of resolutions nolff1eGrni 4
| by Edltor II, c. Ogden, Of the
wheeling lntelligencer, transmittins
TO the State Committee the wishe,
OF the newspaper men there assem-
Dled upon the questions that are be-
ing considered today Mr.. Ogden.
MT. macdonald and Mr. r. Ad Hall
the~latter Of the Weston IndeDend-
.ent, were selected as a committee 10
present the memorial to the Stale
oolifhilttee. These resolutions, it
was decided, would not be given to
the press until the State Committee
h"u t"hFn dCtb)n thereon.
The Association adjourned at ten
CLOCK, to assemble again upon call
OF the president. Another meeting
Will in all proba Utility be held fol-
lowing the adjournment of the State
committee, as a majority of the edi
tors present expect to remain hcr>
until after the committee has taken
| some definite action.
prominent among the editors
present besides those named above
were the following: E. w. McKown,
or the Spencer Times, Capt. Hilleary
OF the Upshur Republican, Geo. M.
kittle Of the Philippi Republican.
II. w. Smith Of The Tyler County
Star, F.. G. Musgraye of the Mason
! Republican, w. K. Hicks, Of the
Putnam Herald, Van H. Parriott or
the Cameron Star-Tribune, Henry
II. Shinn Of the West Union ReDub-
fftcaH, Owen Tfynn OF the Clay Mes
senger, J. J. Swope Of the Mcdowell
recorder, Harry. f.. Stewart Of the
wyoming Mountaineer, VIM. w.
Smith, Of the Tri-State ENTERPRISE,
John Marshall Of the Parkersburg
Dispatch-News, F.. e. Hood of the
Fayette Journal, O. H. Booten Of
the Mingo Republican, J. G.. Gilmer
| OF the Advocate, l.. NJ. Davis Of the
Fairmont West Virginian, J. w.
White Of the Webster Republican, L.
A. Thomas, Of the Redwood Repub-
lican, Boyd FARRELL Of the Hunting
ton acknowledgement, r. r. McDoug-
al OF the Ceredo ADVANCE, and r.