Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-15
NEWSPAPER MEN
AND WOMEN MEET
NORTHWEST TEXAs PRESS ".
soCliTlON GATHERS TOR
ANNUAL SESSION
BUSINESS IN AFTERNOON
banquet ~ Harvey Housc Last
wight Followed hy Line Party
~ ncandi ThcatrC--Scs-
SION To-day

piiircr and mombers of the
Norihucst Texas Press Association
assembled in lGth annual session
yetcrday forenoon m the city hall,
IN Amarillo. being called 10 order
by President Edgar = Haney OF
wichita Fail. after which the IN
yocatiou Ra. Offered by Dr r. Rob-
iuaon pastor of the POLK Street Me
tnedl.i church
hut little busiues, was transacted
iu tho forenoon session. but IN the
afternoon rcassembling at ! o.clsck
ihc convention took a business like
air from the very iirst President
Nauoy delivered bis annual address
IN which ho outlined some Of the
pr0rr rc- made bg the association ~
thI state h. history and fore
castod certain other Developments
desirable for the future tie Is in
t,lsely Interested In the work Of the
association and expressed great
hopes for continuation aud in
crease iu thc cooperative scheme of
the organization
D. {. POPE. OF Amarillo followed
Rith O. talk of "AdVertisins Free
1ul Otherwise. in which hc dealt
with advertising in It's various forms
after having defined II tie stated
tuat the newspaper whether WceHly,
daily or monthly Is the most impor-
tauI ADVERTISING medium within IL
ioritImaI, field. known today He
then vent down the list OF other ad-
k,rti-Iue mediums. but declared tnat
% new paper outranks them ALI The
newspaper was said 10y Mr. Pope
to be fo the publisher what the
iarm - 20 the farmer. and that the
uea paper men should cultivate MS
uald Tor the profits to be derived.
watching the drains closly. for the
Iauor,r Is worthy of his hire Free
advertising should not be- asked at
the uaud. OF the newspaper man,
ans more than a portion OF the crops
from the farms OF the planter. with
oui making returns Tor same Bet
or rates. better feelings NOR c1-
operation AS between the newspaper
mon wer, burdens OF the remarks
bv this speaker Numerous short
discussion, were Dased on the talk
by Nr Pope, quite a number par
uGpatinl
CYRUS Coleman OF Henrietta, sec
ratart of the ASSOCIATION spoke in
tcrpsuugly IN the Local Paper as
Reference Library telling how that
boz bias demonstrated the WORTH OF
TINS class Oi pu ,lcatlun. dealing
with all oi the history OF current
events. and then preserving file oi
tine same He opened with a tate
ment that the world always has been
Interested ~ the past. and that great
sums of money are paid ont for re-
search into hidden things OF the
long ago liencc the keen interest
iu matters of more intimate and
pro emf past This talk BROUGHT forth
a number of responses. oyidcncinR
that very concern of which tine
speaker testified
How io Improve Condition. for
lhe country Newspaper. was the
theme on Witch Sam 4 Roberts Of
rurkhutn"tt. gave an interesting
paper ln thI, paper Nr Roberts
pointed to l number of improve
ment easily within the reach oi
e'cry publisher of weekly publica
tion hc aueresled that more time
and attention bo given the physicaI
appearance of ne' paper m tho
country as This would make 10 more
appealing 10 Tho reader and also "a
NO advertiser This paper like the
ialk preceding h attracted consider
ablc attention and lead TO discus.
sion
senator " " Johnson of Mem.
phi. read paper or What a toun
trr Weekly should BE and 20 u.
close there was some discussion
moving that ,dc author had touched
q responsive chord IN the minds OF
Do. Hnsrprs One ol the strongest
thoughts .ci oui 10 this paper va
that 'ic editor should write cact
ve,t on topics claiming the rubli'
mind dealing with them fairly i'm
partially and honestly
To stand for something was th'
taiemeut which proved 20 be- the kel
mat unlocked ihe speech OF J. l.
taIdseU Df amarillo. who ocinl
granted tlD privilege OF the ilooI
taxed o0ncorning single tax DO
,lariug thai thi Dr. a something
Tor VlIcH all editor should stand
Do. u8s fo.i0ue ed in The discussion
Ht other. SOME of them drIitinl
into tno dim and distant past o.
the uSsYapor game in This grea
northwestern acrior 0f Texas
DIfdp DaDEreiI of amarillo 'niSc'
ON the Cost system giving the OK
perirnce of t.W s.l and partner %
connection win % system % correct
Iv placing costs on the products o
their plant &c. was asked numer
oua gue tiou showing that some %
the newspaper and job men presen
ar. looking to @ more definite Way ii
which 90 arrive at their profit o
Losses than through mere gues
work AZ further demonstration
Of the facts sei forth hy w COCK
rpU the deleta',- eiil visit hif es
tablishment thi. forenoon. ~ "hieI
ume DO will show RaYs and mean
through which he Increase 'he satis
factor, featuges oi sl. plant
Mrs Carloita cheney of Amarill
raye readinl a. tac closing NUN
ber on the afternoon program. NJ
same proving -o pleasing ihai sh