El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-08
EDITORS ON last
DAY Of SESSION
Put in Thursday Afternoon
Working to Conclude
Their Program.
Continued From Previous Pase.D

Continued FROM Previous PREe.b
anplause After the applause had sun
! sided and started again several times
| Miss Gates gracefully bowed her a.
| acknowledgement and said: IT made a
desperate effort on the first long read
ing. and that must be all
/ Joe TayIOr'S Talk Postponed.
The Characteristics of the Countr--
/ Press" by Joe J. Taylor. Of the Dallas
News. was postponed to later session
| bv request Of Mr. Taylor.
1 Mrs NJ ". Florer. of Dallas. on the
[ program for solo, is not in attend
. Little Economies I Have Effected
in Nv Print Shop" was commenced bv
T n Jusk. of the Italy News-HeraIJ
He made a big saving in steps by ar
F, ranging the shop conveniently. sad ef-
, fects a saving by carrying all the ma
terial and equipment needed. He has
cut off 100 OF the exchanges and 200
/! ..deadheads' from his list He reads
1 carefully all the exchanges he does re-
ceive he said
Henry Edwards. Of the Troup Banner.
was not in the convention hall when
called on for his paper.
Card Index System
W L West, of the Polk County En-
terprise. of Livingston. declared tbo=e
who preceded him had left him little TO
saw about the subject He has secured
satisfactory results from the use OF
card index system in handling subscrip-
for newspaper and job printing depart
ments He closed by reading the
verses. The Newspaper Guy" which
was much enjoyed by the audience.
C. C. Cox, Of the Wolfe City Sun.
John Grundy. of the Byers Herald. and
D. ". Campbell Of the Hillsboro Mir
ror. were not present to read papers on
this subject
The piano solo by Mrs. ". D Austi1
OF Houston, was exceptionally well
rendered and made the audience clamor
in vain for an encore Mrs. Austin IS
the daughter of c. F. Lehman. of san
Antonio, treasurer Of the association.
Dramatic Scene.
The tensest. most dramatic moment
Of the convention was Wednesday al
ternoOn. when g F. Lehman. Of san
Antonio treasurer Of the association.
introduced and began reading the me-
mortal resolution upon the death OF
Col F. B. Baltic. of Cleburne. the his
torian Of the association and one Of its
most dearly beloved members. Mr..
Lehmann's emotion overcame him while
he was reading the memorial. and the
reading Of the remainder had 10 be left
to another
Passed By Rising Vote.
The entire audience felt much OF Mr..
Lehmann's sadness. for il was clear
that Col Baltic had been the personal
friend of all who have held member
ship in the association for any length
OF time. The memorial is an eloquent
one, paving tribute to the unselfishness
and the great powers of the man who
wrote the history OF the Organiza ton.
Instead of being referred TO the com
mittee on resolutions. the memorial
was adopted by a rising vote It is
signed by c. F. Lehman. J. VI. Adams.
D. r Harris, Henry Edwards, c. H
Boynton.
Capture =. villa
Col. Chas. NJ Barnes. OF san Anto-
MO introduced three resolutions which
were referred TO the committee J. P.
Chambless introduced resolution
which proposes a change in the cOnsti-
tuition. !. NJ Adams introduced res
olurion TO have the association appoint
a committee Of three to capture Pan
ton the reward OF $4,000 which stands
offered.
Excursion Over VALLEY
The recess was taken al ais. to al
low the delegates and their guests time
for the automobile ride down the val
ley TO Ysleta and around FL Paso- F.
NJ Bannell had the excursion IN charge
The business sessions of the conven-
tion close this afternoon. with the cleo
ton Of officers and the selection OF the
next place for holding the annual con-
vention There viii be banquet this
will mark the end OF the convention
proper
On 10 CIouderOft-
Friday morning the delegates and
the members Of their families viii 80
TO Cloudcroft. as the guests Of the FL
PasO chamber OF commerce The re-
turn TO Fl Paso viii be made IN time
TO catch the outgoing T & p at s:5u
.. m Secretary Harden has been busiiy
engaged in announcing that the return
-TaFH he |HeT
was at first intended Nobody is pass
ing up the opportunity TO Visit the
Roof Garden of the Southwest All
are planning to 90 and all are looking
forward 10 the trip with delight
The following members were added 70
the honorary list. Q ;. Goen, of Ell
Psso; F. A. Verney and Percy IyrelL
Of san Antonio.
New Members Total 81.
The session of Thursday afternoon
was commenced at l;le- 10 rush
through the important business 10 De
transacted. The committee on mem
bers hip reported two additional appu-
cations. which were accepted by the
Gates of the Bartlett Tribune, ana
Ed. c Bolivar, OF the Clarendon News;
These two applications bring tne loldl
Of new members TO 81. winch IS the
greatest addition that has ever oeeh
made at d convention
Financial Report Submitted.
The report Of the committee on
finance showed the financial condition
OF tn. association to be excellent The
records Of secretary Harlem and treas
urer Lehman had been carefully eN-
AHMED, the committee reported
Tells of Equipment.
The first paper on How Much Pant
Does Nv Business JUSTIFY
was read by Ed l. Manson, OF the
NcGregor Mirror. He described the
equipment Of his plant and told how
he made the equipment serve its pur-
nose. His estimate is that, for gen
eraI purposes, the cost of equipment
should be 80 percent of the annual
Il oss receipts
sam NJ. Braswell. Of the Venus EN-
press. expressed the belief that the
ought TO be selected with
the most minute care and the soundest
\ great deal OF equipment
in the ordinary country shops really
is not needed.
developing Advertising
Eerevting again 10 the morning pro-
gram. R W Barry, OF the BeeNille
Bee. read a paper on What I Do to
Develop Advertising lie emphasized
the fact that a newspaper must never
relax from a high standard. II the
is TO be held, much less
extended.