The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-07-05
N. c. PRESS CONVENTION


DINA Press association held at More
head City last week was one Of TIE
most delightful sessions of the as,
ISOLATION held in recent years. It is
all ideal place for an outing and the
Atlantic hotel, where the convention
was held, is conducted so admirably
not find anything to kick about.
. To begin at the beginning, the
route taken by the writer was from
Lumberton to Hope Mills over the
Virginia &Carolina Southern, Hope
Mills to Selma over the Coast Line,
Selma to Goldsboro over the South
ern, and Goldsboro to Morehead City
over the Norfolk Southern. When
we boarded the train at Selma we
found number of newspaper folks
on a special car put on for the edi-
tors at Salisbury. This car went all
the way through, and at Goldsboro,
as special compliment to Editor
L E. Britton Of the Raleigh News
. and Observer, president Of the as
ISOLATION during the past year, the
Norfolk Southern put on chair car.
The crowd Of newspaper folks was
considerably increased at Goldsboro
and at New Bern, and the trip down
was most pleasant.
The first session Of the convention
was held Tuesday evening, just long
enough after the arrival of the party
to give time for supper. The only
thing of note at this session was an
address by Mr.. Charlie Abernethy of
! Beaufort. Mr.. Abernethy spoke on
i the causes Of the present war, review
ing in approvals school-boy fashion
ancient and modern history and fill.
ing the ball room with his sonorous
voice.
! Wednesday morning at $3.50 the
editors got down to work, president
Britton in the chair. The following
program was carried out: Invoca
: ton by Rev. D. N. Caviness, pastor
of the Methodist church at Moreheac
City; address Of welcome by R. T
: Wade, editor Of The Coaster, More
head City; response by Miss Beatrice
:: Cobb, editor of The Herald, Morgan
ton; presidents address; paper
"Duty of the North Carolina Pres
II the Present Crisis"-T. w. Cham
= bliss, editor The Times, Ash,ville
paper-"Some Pratical Newspaper
Suggestiona-S. T. Meares, edito
t The Journal, Clarkton.
$ Mr.. Meares did not confine his re
: marks to practical suggestions, bu
! swung loose and entertained the aud
0 fence richly for some 20 minutes.
Several who were on the program
for the afternoon session failed t
t be present, but the following respond
n ed: M. L. Shipman, commissioner Q
labor and printing, Raleigh, histc
n rams paper; R. H. Thornton G
school Of journalism of the Stat
university, "Some Tendencies
p Modern Journalism; Miss Beatric
+ Cobb, Newspapers as a Field fc
l. Women.
t. Wednesday evening DIR. Villa,
a Laurie Hill of Maxton read his al
n nual poem, the annual Grafton we
e delivered by H. Gait Braxton, edite
n of The Free Press, Kinston, and +
'e B. Warner of the Lexington Dispatc
'e made his report on the newspril
r situation. Mr.. Warner reported SON
d success in getting paper through Il
lie Federal Trade commission at a low,
r. price than the newsprint manufa
re turers have been selling paper
the trade for some months past. Oy
ing to Mr.. Warmers work. North Ca
, DINA publishers have been able
5 get paper at a lower price than pu1
: fishers of some other States, b1
: still the price has not come an,
where near normal.
4 Thursday morning Mr.. w. C. Har
: mer, editor of the ASHORE Court
) and U. S. district attorney for Il
!. western district, talked interesting
and instructively on "The Press al
Censorship. Mr.. Hammer point
out the necessity for great cauti,
e in the written and spoken word
}. war times and said that local autho
tiles have it in their power to a
minister proper punishment for u
guarded speech often without calli1
upon the Federal authorities. He sa