The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-02-16
FLORIDA PRESS
ASSOCIATION
Will Meet This Year in PaIatka.
Editors Will be Entertained.

The Florida State Press Association
will meet this year in Palatka. The an
nual sessions of the association have
usually been held in the latter part O
April or in May, but owing to the fac
of the democratic primaries, which are
general throughout the state, it has beer
thought best by the local members o.
the association to. make an effort to have
the meeting this year postponed until
sometime in June.
The later meeting also appears to have
found favor with the officials of the
association. Hon. +. r. Mccormack oi
Live Oak, president of the association
was in Tallahassee this week where he
discussed the matter with Secretary Ap-
pleyard, and report comes that not only
these gentlemen but very strong senti-
ment among the editors of the state
favors holding the Palatka meeting at q
time that will allow the members to go
in a body TO the meeting of the National
Democratic convention at Baltimore.
This idea was first suggested by Hon.
Frank l.. Mayes of the Pensacola Jour
nal, who will likely be delegate from
the Third Congressional district to that
convention.
President Mccormack has appointed
the following standing committees of
the State Press Association for the year:
Executive-Frank L. Mayes, Journal,
Pensacola; w. a. Russell, News, Pa
latka; ]. H. Humphries, Journal, Braid
entown; M. F. Hetherington, News
Telegram, Lakeland; E. w. Inman,
Herald, Perry. The president and sec
retary are ex-officio members.
Memberships. G. Schell, Star, Lake
Butler; R. r. Tomlin, Courier, Plant
City; r. r. Carroll, Star, Ocala.
Legislative-E. S. Matthews, Tele-
graph, Starke; H. S. Mckenzie, Times
Herald, Palatka; H. A. Felkel, News,
Pensacola.
Finance-E. D. Oslin, Times, Mel
bourne; Charles H. Newell, Lake Re-
gion, Eustis; Ellis B. Wager, Star, Til
tusville.
Arbitration and GrievanceS-W. B.
Harris, Valley Gazette, Kissimmee; Lew
B. Brown, Independent, st. Petersburg;
w. B. Hare, News, Arcadia; ]. A. Cros-
by, Item, San Mateo; A. B. Newton,
Citizen, Orlando.
]. Memorials and Resolutions-W. F.
Stovall, Tribune, Tampa; R. ]. Holly,
Herald, Sanford; A. M. c. Russell,
Southern Argus, Brooksville; w. R.
Carter, Metropolis, Jacksonville; c. H.
Walton, Advocate, Titusville.
Publication-H. A. B. Mckenzie,
Times Herald, Palatka; T. ]. Appleyard,
School Exponent, Tallahassee; A. K.
Tribune, Fort Pierce.
The executive committee will be
called 10 meet in Jacksonville at the
office of the Fraternal Record, on Tues
day, February u, 1912, TO arrange all
the details of the annual meeting and fix
date for same.
The local members of the association
met on Wednesday and organized for
the necessary preliminarieS of the state
by choosing H. A. B. Nc
kenzie chairman, and Henry S. McKen-
lie secretary. Committees were also |
appointed TO make all arrangements for
he meeting. F. D. Wattles and w. A. |
Russell will arrange for badges and act |
is finance committee, and w. E. Wat |
les, M. NJ. Vickers and Henry S. Nc |
<enzie will look after entertainment
eatureS.
The opinion prevails here that by
folding the meeting in June that the
.ditorS of Florida will generally be
resent, and il is the purpose of the
ocal organization to give the visitors a
.ood time, so that they will leave the
fem City with pleasant recollections.
With this in view the aid of the Palatka
oard of trade and business men gener-
lily will be appreciated.