Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-09

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sometime, which can be cultivate
by both TO mutual profit and yet nc
to the hurt of the people but t
their advantage as well Some leg
islation at this point was bruited a
Jackson this year but deferred fo
prudent reasons till next term.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
In the way of recommendations "
have three points to offer "a sugges
tive lines of action, viz:
~ The preparation of scale of
candidate announcements in tune
with the times TO accommodate mi
nor state and large district offices
like railroad commlss ioner, prison
trustee. supreme judge etc, even
II blanket plan in plate matter
form has to be provided to take
the whole Miss. Press Associa-
ton" list of newspapers by such
districts as to price. Consider this
brethren, of the committee on
this address merely for what its
worth and no more.
" The creation by amendment
to our NJ z. A. constitution of a
Governing Board or Council"
whose duties shall not interfere
with the Executive Committee"
which, if understand correctly.
is composed of tde official family of
the association and whose duties
are defined; but such Council Shall
be created to act as governing
board" during vacation which
shall have expressed rather than
recommendatory powers modelled
something after the simll ar wheel
within wheel of some of the
great national associations of the
country. Such a board would give
authority and place responsibility
upon those who would and should
give the association the benefit Of
their councils and instead of en-
barrassing the president should
buttress with such help each adj
mlnistration. This NAV not ap
peal to the Judgement of the asso-
citation at this time as a practical
idea and is only advanced for con-
sideration.
(3) The taking of some steps
looking to planning a recommend
ed course of reading in political
economy. philosophy, logic and
history as well as classical litera-
ture" for our weekly newspaper
writer's as well as the looking for
ward to securing a chair on "iour-
nalism in our state university.
Several of the states have these
now of which ] believe the Univer-
sity of Missouri under the Pulit-
ger foundation is the pioneer.
These schools are doing valuable
service not in making editors but
in training those discovered al
ready with the born-gift who wish
to sharpen their implements at the
best grindstones the country af-
fords so like the lawyer they can
go out with their weapons on keen
edge to fight the battles of their
profession in these days Of clash
ing of highly trained intellects IN
an age of marked competitive
system of social and commercial
life. The Baptists have made an
advance step by putting such
course in at Howard College in
Ala ama which brings it pretty
close home to Mississippi as an ac-
tual operative plan.
SUMMARY
We are living in a marvellous age
of rapid fire development of the ru
raj HE of the nation, Consolidated
schools have nearly every county o.
the state now marked off into dis
tricts in which the children are CIV
en- advantages that are something
wonderful in their inspirational as
well as trailing value; good roads
mark our counties like grldirons ano
the end is not yet with the great ma
tional highways but beginning tc
trace their courses through onl
bounds; up and down these good
roads and highways throb incessant
ly the motor cars with their mes.
sages of hope and good cheer IN
overcoming the lsolations of another
day-what with it all the approving
and the generation which will press
just behind are putting the press up
on its mettle to keep up with It's
part OF the procession. So far
brethren we have made good so let
US not allow these along with the
progress in the development of the
telephone, the graphaphone and the
moving picture to out distance us in
our portion in keeping a restless
public informed
Each has its respective sphere but
that which lays on the job will find a
corresponding depreciation in APP
probation in this hurdle race. So
let us measure up to tue oft-quoted
expression that the press is the
great whispering gallery of the ma
ton and make il continue to be one
which shows imDrOvement in the