The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-31
ARKANSAS EDITORS
HAVE ROYAL TIME
FOrtieth Annual Meeting at Hope
Was Most Successful and
Pleasant.
EXCURSION IN SOUTHWEST
Pike County Diamond Mines and Toxic
Peach Orchard Attartct the
Pencil Pushers.

Arkansas editors generally are sing
ing the praises of Hope as conven-
ton city; especially those who at
tended the meeting of the State Press
Association last week, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, May %, % and
24th.
Hope acquitted herself nobly. Her
enteprising citizens We'd with each
other in an effort to Guido all pre-
vious entertainments, and 50 warm
and hospitable was their reception
that Hope will long be remembered by
the editors, with Morrilton and other
enterprising cities who have royalty
entertained the press crowd in years
past.
w. w. Folsom of the Hope Gazette
is one of the oldest members of the
Arkansas Press Association. and it is
largely through his efforts and the
esteem in which he is held that this
years meeting went to Hope.
Ed McCorkle of the Hone Star is
one of the younger members, but his
geniality and untiring energy did
much to increase the pleasure OF every
editor in attendance.
Messrs. Folsom and McCorkle, in
explaining why they worked so hard.
said their greatest pleasure was in
seeing the editors and their wives en-
joying themselves, and this seemed to
be the dominant spirit among all the
citizens of Hope.
The association closed it's fortieth
annual meeting Friday with the cleo
ton of the following officers:
President, j. II. Hand of Yellville.
First Vice President, 7. f. Wood
of the Mariana Courier.
Second Vice President, V. A. Beeson
of the Morrilton Headlight.
Third Vice President, Claud Mann
of the Malvern Times Journal
Corresponding Secretary, Earle w.
Hodges of Little Rock
Recording Secretary, T. L. Pound
of the Danville Democrat.
Financial Secretary, w. F. Turner
Of the Atkins Chronicle.
Orator, Mrs. w. w. Folsom of Hope.
Poetess, Mrs. J. Bernhard of Ark
ansas City.
1t was the most largely attended,
interesting, profitable and successful
meeting held in many years. The
second day was devoted to an Arkan.
sas Cost Congress, in which leading
printers from the leading cities par
ticipated and movement was launch.
ed to organize state cost-finding
association which will put every print
ing office on sound business system
and enable profit on all work by de-
termining the actual cost of produc-
ton OF each job. This cost congress
was addressed by Mr.. II. w Flagg, OF
Chicago, assistant secretary of the
United Typothtea of America
Secretary Earle w. Hodges was the
chief center of attration at this meet.
ing. since he, as secretary of state,
controls the disposition of state print
ing patronage. which now engages the
attention of every Arkansas editor.
The |. and r. measures, which are To
be voted upon in September, have to
be published in each county for six
consecutive weeks beginning this
week, and the publication fees amount
TO $4,000 to the county, in addition to
the constitutional amendments, No. ! !
and 10, already running and amount
ing to $4,000.
The following interesting program
was rendered during the three days
session:
Program.
Address OF welcome-For local
newspapers, w. w. Folsom; for pro
gressive league, Jas. II. Belts; for
city of Hope, Capt. ], II. Black.
Response on behalf of association
w. r. Jones, Yellyile Echo.
Presidents address,. a. Living
Bton, Russellville.
Annual oration-C. P. Newton. Eng
land Courier
publishing a Newspaper Under Diff
culties"-A. NJ. Ward, Clarksville
Herald.
benefits of Shorter Legislative
Sessions Chas J. Parker, Stephens
News.
Annual poem-AIrs Earle w. Hodg
es, Little Rock.
Saving the Old State Capitol fol
Future Generations p. Meador
Okolona Messenger, and p, S. Garden
| Malvern Meteor.