Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-07-03
The Gathering Of the Scribes

cal ability of the papers read and
speakers at the convention.
The attendance broke all rec
ords: over two hundred editors,
most of them with their families,
attended. The programme was
a very attractive one and the
convention was heartily enjoyed
by all who attended.
The first impressions we have
gained from meeting the editors
of North Carolina are very pleas
and delightful ones. They were
both cordial and sympathetic
and the people of Wrightsville
and Wilmington left nothing UNI
done to give the members of the
North Carolina Press an enjoy
able time. The only thing that
is to be regretted is that it could
not last longer.
The papers read along shop
lines showed rare ability and
were very instructive and prollta-
BILE. The paper read by Bion IL.
Butler of the Hoke County Times
on North Carolina Sloppy with
Opportunities; What the Press
Can do to Develop Them" was a
splendid piece of work. Mr.
Buffers optimism and belief in
North Carolina and her resources
and abilities were both encour-
aging and inspiring. Ora L,
Jones of the Sylvan Valley
News, Brevard, read a paper on
How | got Every Local Mer-
chant But One to Advertise
which was splendidly gotten up
and showed a keen knowledge of
human nature and a deep appre-
citation of the modern trend of
business methods.
The feature of the convention
was the address of Mr.. Norman
Hapgood, editor of Harper's
Weekly. Mr.. Hapgood called on
the South to rally to the support
of President Wilson's admins
tration and policies. His speech
alao contained a strong plea for
progressiveness along CONNER
cial and political lines.
Attorney General Bicket out,
lined very clearly the purpose
and scope of the new constltu-
tional amendments and made an
imprisoned plea for the support
of the press in the work of push
ing through these amendments.
OF course, there was a good
deal of politics in the convention.
it couldn't have been otherwise.
The bitterness engendered by
the recent State Convention still
and alteration over po-
litical matters became stiff at
times. Especially was this true
when the Resolutions Committee
a resolution heartily en-
dorsing the proposed constitu-
tional amendments. But this
convention was about as pro-
gressive as the State DemOcra-
tic Convention was reactionary
and the resolution was passed by
very large majority.
The matter of legal advertis-
ing was taken up and discussed
at length and a Legislative Com
mittee was appointed to press
the claims of the newspapers for
a reasonable compensation for
legal advertising before the
next session of the legislature.
The Dutch Supper was Dutch
we imagine, to suit even
the fastidious Greensboro Daily
News certainly the Dutchness
could not be question
ed. All in all, the poorly paid,
public-spirited and patriotic edi-
tors" as one speaker described
them -had a stimulating and
satisfying convention, and we
feel sure the appreciation of
every individual editor for the
avish hospitality and cordiality
If the citizens of Wrightsville,
Wilmington and Southport and
he Tidewater Power Company,
s deep and complete.
The Constitutional Amendments
The Democratic party is GER