The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-11
LOUISIANA PRESS ASSOCIATION

the LOUISIANA Press ASoobie1IioA " %
held at Alexandria on Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday of last week,
and while flood conditions and other
causes combined to curtail the attend
ance below the usual average, the re-
union of the state newspaper folk
was extremely interesting and edlfy-
ing to themselves as well as the
people of the community by whom
they were Hospitality and delightfully."-
entertained.
About thirty Louisiana newspapers
were represented and many of the
editors We're accompanied by their
wives or other members of their fam
lilies, making altogether a party
of over sixty. The entertainment
features comprised vocal and in
strumental music at the opening SEES
sion; so-caIled smoker which
| was really more OF reception,
musicale, "conversazione' and lunch
con at the beautiful Hotel Bentley,
Tuesday evening, and an auto outing
Wednesday afternoon which included
a visit to the Pineville State Hospi-
tai for the Insane, tour of the at
tractive and growing city and ride
around the famous horseshoe, .
| sldrting a lovely and remarkably fer
tile section of farming country lying
west of Alexandra.
Addresses Of welcome were made
at the opening Of the convention by
| District Attorney John R. Hunter and
Secretary M. L. Alexander of the
Alexandria Progressive League, tc
| which President Robert Roberts, Jr.,
and Secretary u. E. Bentley re-
sponded for. the association. At the
daily sessions invocations to the
Deity were offered by Rev. S. H.
Werlein of the First Methodist
Church and Rev. B. L. Price of the
First Presbyterian Church.
The presentation and discussion OF
topics of technical and general inter
cst were very spirited and absorbed a
liberal fund Of information and en-
ilightenment to the participants and
hearers. The papers read and sub
iects debated embraced the following
practical Results in Journalism
by Francis Z. Knobloch, Thibodau1
Commercially ournal; 'SThe Value OF
Schools of Journalism by Miss EVE
Is. Harris, New Orleans Times-Demo
crat; boosting Home Enterprise,
by J. F. Grubbs, Vinton Booster-En-
terprise; THE Crusade Against the
Great White Plague by Mrs. I. W
Sylvester Of Alexandria; 1.-THE After
noon Daily and tie Country Weekly
IS POI HEazHF sffaif B n HEl
Item; The Country Press and tn
People, = by Mrs L. H. Moreland
Gibsland News; Prison Reform" b.
DR.. Oscar Bowling, president Louisi
: ana State Beard of Health; "Con
corning Our Cult" by Mrs. Cammill
l.. Breazeale, Natchitoches Enter
prise; us Higher Education Best TO
f Women?" by Mrs. Lottie Ate Weir
: New Orleans Public School Annals
'sThe Motion Picture Show as
, Power for Good or Evil" by Mrs
f Kate Crichton Foster Of Minden
Commission Form of Government
for Cities" BY J. r. Hornady, Birn
ihgkam (Ala.l Ledger, J.s We Smith
, Monroe NeWs-Star, and A. ]. Frantz
, Shreveport Journal; what the Stat
Should Do to Foster Agriculture,
: by Henri Z. Gueydan, Crowley Ric
s Journal and Southern Farmer.
/, Mrs. Roydan Douglas, president Q
a the Louisiana Federation of Women
Clubs, presented and advocated
memorial asking the association t
deprecate any attempt to emasculat
the child labor law now on the sta
!. tute books, and a strong resolution
in support Of this protest wa
adopted.
The report Of the committee o.
resolutions also contained indorse
ments of DR.. DoWling's views on pr
! son reform and Of the application Q
the Travellers Protective Associatlo
for an order by the Railroad Comml'
sion requiring railway companies t
have plush chairs and seats in pas
senger coaches provided with line
covers. during the summer months
and these met the unanimous approx
al of the association.
: A committee on foreign advertiser
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