The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-08-01
PRESS ASSOCIATIONS PROGRAM

PRESS ASSOCIATIONS PROGRAM
The following outline of the pro
gram prepared for the thirty-tiftf
annual meeting of the Louisiana
| Press Association, to be held il
New Orleans Aug. 10 and II, 1914
is announced, and it forecasts VERY
pleasant and profitable time fol
| the newspaper workers who art
fortunate enough to attend. Presi
dent A. J. Frantz of the Shreve
por4 Journal and Secretary l.. E
Bentley have arranged the business
and literary part of the program
| while the entertainment features are
being devised and provided by
joint committee representing the New
Orleans press, the Association Of
Commerce and the most prominent 10
Cal dealers in printing material ano
machinery.
The Press Association is to con.
vene in the Auditorium Of the Asso-
citation of Commerce at 10 a. N. On
Monday, August 10, when addresses
Of welcome are to be delivered by
Mayor Martin Behrman on behalf OF
New Orleans, by Acting President Ed
gar B. Stern for the Association OF
Commerce, and by Governor Luther
E. Hall for the state. responses
will be made by President Frantz
and Hon. John Dymond. The re-
mainder of the opening session VIII
be taken up with the admission Of
new members, appointment of com
mittees, reading of the presidents
annual address, reports Of the Sec
rotary and treasurer and other rou-
tine matters.
During the afternoon session OF
Monday and the forenoon and after
lowing topics will be handled by the
members named and discussed ~ the
Association: Truthful News Col
umns," by Conrad J. Lecoq, of the
Pointe Coupee Banner; "HoW to
Better the Country Weekly of Louis
iana.' by Leo DeCoux of the Kent
wood Commercial; Truthful AdVer-
tising," by A. G. Newmyer of the
New Orleans Item; "What the Ad
Club Movement Means to the Coun-
try Publisher" by E. E. Edwards,
president of the Ad Club of New
Orleans; Working for Glory, Or pay
ing for the Privilege of Being Par
ish Printer by DR.. C. J. Edwards of
the Abbeville Meridional. Several
other members have been invited to
prepare papers on timely press
topics, and it is expected that Pres
ident Frantz's address will furnish
for profitable discussion of
two Or three live questions affect
ing the welfare of the publishers Of
Louisiana and the country at large.
Tuesday evenings session is to be
"a Night With the Moves at
which NJ L. Alexander, president of
-he Louisiana Conservation Com
will talk thirty minutes on
'Louisiana's Natural Resources il |
ustrated with moving pictures, and |
Or. Oscar bowling, president of the
State Board of Health, will tell |
why Candor Failed" in an address
lpropos of the present sanitary situa-
ion, also illustrated with pictures.
Reels showing the operation Of pa
Der mill and a modern newspaper of
ice will be shown.
The entertainment program is an
attractive one, comprising luncheon
N Monday between the forenoon and
fternoon sessions, rendered by the
fergenthaler Linotype Company an
uto tour of the city, at 4:30 Mon
lay afternoon, ending with a dinner
it the Southern Yacht Club, West
end, rendered by e. Palmer & Co.;
river trip to view the New Ore
ms harbor at 1 p. N. Tuesday, with
luncheon served on the boat; re-
option for the ladies from to 4
tuesday afternoon, rendered by the
Typesetting Machine
company, and a vaudeville entertain
lent, with refreshments, at which
he Graham Paper Company will be
ost, following the moving picture ex
ibition Tuesday night.
Those of the Press Association
ooked for the Havana-Panama cruise
e luxe on the United Fruit Com
any's palatial steamship ''Cartago,
ill take their departure at II a.
l. Wednesday, August II, and are
lie to return August 81.