Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-16
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John A. Park, of Raleigh, Tells
Convention Here Executive Is
All That Ais S. C.

North Carolina as a State, has the
highest regard for South Carolina, as
another State. the idea being (says
John A. Park, publisher of The Ra
leigh Times) that the only thing Sc
riously the matter with South Caro-
lima is Cole Blease.
Mr. Park is in Atlanta, attending
the Hotel Ansley sessions of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers As
ISOLATION, which began Monday morn
ing and will continue through Tues
day Mr. Park desired it known that
he, personally, had no quarrel with
Governor Blease. But he cid not mind
being quoted as to his opinion, and he
even fancied that North Carolina pa
pers might entertain more disinter-
ested and unbiased opinions than
those or their neighbor on the South.
Two Ways to View Him.
81 should say there are two WAYS OF
looking at the eccentricities of Mr..
Blease," said Mr.. Park, judicially
One is to regard him as sane and
INSCRIPTIONS; the other, as sincere
and nutty I haven't fully made up
my mind which he is. but it seems to
me he must be either the one or the
other.
Our own former Governor Kitch-
ms started a bit of scatter bore par
doning a while ago, and we referred
to him editorially as a North Caro-
lima Blease The shaft seemed to
carry a sting and | mention it mere
ly to show that Blease is rapidly
achieving the dubious distinction of
being an epithet and a term of oppr5-
brium
Another mystery 10 me is the fol-
lowing South Carolina's Governor
commands. His henchmen would
start building another Tower u
Babel if he should ask than for the
moon. His domination over his sup
porters Is almost uncanny-it sus
gests mesmerism There must be a
vast deal of personal magnetism in
the man, and it makes him all the
more dangerous
Sister State Feels Sorry
AS to his sweeping largesse OF par
dons, there are two explanations o.
that policy, too His friends say prsc-
tically nothing they stand by hi II
without argument His enemies are
Il mi
he is gaining something by the policy
or that it is the result of mbecility,"
Take it all around, Mr. Park says,
North Carolina feels quite sorry f)-
her sister on the south, with the gen
Feral impression existing that South
Carolina is an afflicted member Of the
family suffering from Blease, as it
were
Publishers, managing editors, and
business managers to the number Of
so, were gathered in the mezzanine
parlor of the Hotel Ansley at 10
o'clock when A. L. Clarkson of Hous-
ton, Texas, called the roll
Jason Rogers on Advertising.
The report of the secretary opened
the first session and was followed by
an address by Jason Rogers, pub
Usher Of The New York Globe, on
Advertising and Newspaper Deyel-
opment" Mr. Rogers spoke first on
the program at the request OF the
secretary on account Of the late ar
rival of Don Seitz, publisher of The
New York World, who featured the
Monday afternoon session with an
address on THE Editorial Ideal and
Good Business; DO They Conflict?'
Mr. Rogers spoke in a heart-to-
heart fashion, reviewing old methods
of newspaper making and the con-
sequent development of the publish
ing Of big dailies through the insti-
tuition of ken ideas in the collection
of news and the establishment of ad-
vertising clubs throughout the United
States
In relation to the collection of news
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