The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

gro newspapers, UNCONVENTIONAL and
secular, will be the advanced steps
now being made by the National Ne
gro Press Association. The logical
headquarters of this Association
which held its last meeting in Chica-
go. ILL.,, in the month of August, is
Nashville, Tenn. The election of Henry
Allen Boyd as Corresponding Secre-
tary, whose duty it is to keep alive
the interests of the association, as
well as keep in touch with the hun
dreds Of newspapers now being pub
lished, will put Nashville before a
larger number of publishers, as the
Secretary is already ION the job,
sending out scores of letters not only
to the Executive Committee but to
the members and affiliated newspa-
pers. All are showing a deep inter
est in the great plans that are being
pushed for the enlargement of the AS
ISOLATION, which has for it's motto,
For the Highest Development of Ne.
gro Journalism
While the President of the Associ-
alton in the person of r. w. Thompson,
is located at the nations capital, the
Treasurer, John L. Thompson, at Des
Moines, Ia; Recording Secretary
Chas. Sumner Smith, at Minneapolis,
Mimi; Vice President, Jos. L. Jones.
at Cincinnati, O.; the Second Vice
President. Gurley Brewer, at Indian.
apolis, Ind, and the Chairman Of the
Executive Committee, N, B. Dodson,
at Brooklyn. N. Y, they are already
looking forward to the accomplish
ment of great things. The Core
spending Secretary has plans under
way, which are not altogether in en-
bryo and if pushed will near a Press
Association in reality. The purpose
of the Association is to unity and So
lidify the larger interests of the news
papers in so far as the Press is con
cerned, which have not been attempt
ed heretofore.
One of the first plans to be pushed
to a successful elimination" says the
Corresponding Secretary after, a
lengthy correspondence with the Pres
ident and the Chairman of the Exec
utive Committee, will be the com
piling and issuing of a National Negro
Newspaper Directory, a publication
that will give the name of every Ne
gro newspaper and magazine pub
lished in the United States, the party
by whom and the city in which the
publication is issued, with the name
and address, as far as can be obtained
of the Editor, Associate Editor ana
business Manager. It will also attempt
To show the amount Of capital stock
authorized and paid, if published by
a publishing company, or the amount
of capital stock invested in machinery
type and printing pa%raphernalia
owned by the paper"
The Press Association at chicago
went on record IS favoring such u
movement, thus in carrying out the
wishes of the organization, the Cor
responding Secretary and the Presi-
dent have individually endeavored to
get the plan on foot as rapidly as
possible. No.,
Other plans, according to Presi-
lent Thompson, will be the form,
ing of a plate and reciprocal
news service and Standardization
of advertising matter for the Ne
gro Press and papers throughout the
limited States. Underlying all OF
this. declares Secretary Boyd, before
many "a elapse, will come the
daily newspaper for the black man
with a complete news service that
that will handle news for the Ne
gro daily press as is being han
dled now for the white daily
newspapers. 1t is stated that the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
Companies are now willing to listen
TO propositions whereby news for the
Negro press can be handled on the
DELAYED Telegraph Plan" that is TO
saw that news of Importance o
every section of the United States is
TO be picked up and sent to the va
rious newspapers, such as they wish
bv Thursday morning Of each week,
in a way that will prove interesting
reading matter to the patrons OF the
Negro press, and thereby increase the
circulation af the various newspapers
throughout the country, In other
words there will be a general getting
together of the officers of the Press
Association, the men who do not only
publish and operate newspapers, but
those who have and are still spend
ing their tine furnishing the dope
for the press throughout the country,
the active newspaper correspondent.
The appearance of the official sta
tionery of the Association that has
Just been issued, discloses the fol
lowing officers:
r. w. Thompson, President, 90S S.
street, Washington, D. c.
Jos. L. Jones, Vice President, Gin
c%innati, Ohio.
Gurley Brewer, Second Vice Pres
ident, indianapolis, Ind,
Henry Allen Boyd, Corresponding
Secretary, 447 Fourth avenue, North,
Nashville, Tenn.
Charles Sumner Smith, Recording
Secretary, Minneapolis, MINI.
John L. Thompson, Treasurer, Des
Moines, la.
The Executive Committee is as fol-
lows:
N. B. Dodson, Chairman, 300 Berri-
nan street, New York.
Alabama-Emmett ]. Scott, Tuske-
gee Institute.
Arkansas-James R. Booker, Little
Rock.
California-Fred R, Roberts, Los
Angeles.