The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-08-07
ALL READY FOR NATIONAL
NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION

Program For the Muskosee (okIa.)
Meeting Includes Many Topics.
The program for the annual meeting
of the National Negro Press associa-
ton to be held at Muskogee. Okla.
Aug. l7-lS. the speakers and their sub
day. Aug. II. $50 Il. H.. meeting Of the
executive committee. At 10 o'clock
President John Fl. Murphy will call the
association to order and Corresponding
Secretary Henry Allen Boyd will read
the call for the annual meeting.
Addresses Of welcome will be deliv-
cred on behalf Of the press Of Okla
homa by L. A. Bell, editor Of the Wag-
oner Okla, American: for the press
of Muskegee. Z. A. Wilson. editor of
the Visitor; on behalf Of the legal pro-
fession, Editor H. w. Twine Of the
Muskogee Cimeter; for the religious de-
nominations, Rev. r. W. Perrin, and on
behalf of the business men Of the city,
7. J. Elliott. Responses to the address
es Of welcome will be made by w. e.
King. editor Of the Dallas CTex.l Ex-
press: B. J. Davis. editor. Atlanta lGa.)
Independent. and John L. Thompson,
editor Of the Iowa State Bystander.
Subjects and speakers for the after
noon session are "Reciprocal News
Service" This subject will be discuss
ed by Joseph A. Booker. editor Of the
Vanguard. Little Rock, Ark. and Har-
risOn NJ. Chilean Of the Chisholm News
service, DenisOn. Tex. photographic
News Service" P. B. Young, editor
Journal and Guide. Norfolk. Va. and
Il. L. Smith, editor Helping Hand,
Waco, Tex. Needed Improvement For
Our Newspapers" David T. Shelton,
editor New Idea. Galveston, Tex; DR..
Il. A. Williams. editor the Royal Mes
senger. Helena, Ark. THE Newspaper
AS Sentiment Molder." J. e. Mitch
ell. editor the Argus. st. Louis. Mo-,
and H. w. Twine. editor Of the Mus
kOgee Scimitar. "Operating Newspa-
per In the West" Charles Sumner
Smith. editor Twin City Star. Mime
apolis. Mimi, and T. p. Mahammitt.
editor the Enterprise. Omaha. Neb.
At the evening session DR.. r. e. Jones.
editor of the Southwestern Christian
Advocate, will deliver special address
on what constitutes a newspaper.
Tuesdays program will open with a
discussion of newspaper circulation az a
stimulant to advertisers. Editors B. J.
Davis. George l.. Knox and Fl. A.
Clark will be the speakers. THE News
paper Business twenty-five Years Ago
and Now" William II. Steward Of the
American Baptist. Louisville. KY: G.
J. Perry. Philadelphia Tribune. THE
Outlook of the National Negro Press
Association" r. W. Thompson. Wash
ington. The report of the committees
on revision Of the constitution and
code system will close the morning
program.
Afternoon ssiOn.-"Obstacles That
Confront the Negro In the Newspaper
Business" will be discussed by 8. P.
Debow. editor OF the Searchlight. Seat,
tie. Wash: George G. Noble. City
Times. Galveston. Tex. and William
Haynes. editor Of the Herald. Austin.
Tex. How Can We Induce Colored
People to Read Journals Published by
the Race In Larger Numbers" Theo-
dore Baughman. editor Of the Plain
dealer. Palestine. Tex; D. A. Hart,
editor Of the Nashville Tenn.) Globe,
and w. e. King. editor Of the Central
| Afro American. St. Louis. The Ups
and Downs Of Newspaper Core
spondent." Charles Stewart, Chicago;
| Miss Elizabeth Jones. Pittsburgh.
Making the Newspaper Attractive"
NJ. J. Chsum. editor Of the Colored
Man. Baltimore.
In the evening w. e. King of Dal
las. Tex. and A. K. Manning Of Indi-
anopolis. Ind. will discuss Objectiona-
ble reading matter in our papers.