The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-07-22
GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION AT WRIGHTS-
VILE LAST WEEK

vened at Wrightsville last Monday for
its thirty-second annual session. The
labor shortage had hit many editors
rather hard and consequently many
that would have otherwise attended
did not answer the roll call
The previously announced plan of
having this years convention all
business and no pleasure was exceed
ingly difficult to follow because OF
the wonderfully open hospitality of
the Wrightsville people and the en-
joyable program planned for the en-
tire three days of the session by the
hosts.
The welcome address was eloquent
ly delivered Monday night on behalf
of the citizens of Wrightsville by the
Hon. Ben Hill Moye, of that place.
Our old friend. John H. Jones, now
of the Lagrange Reporter, made re-
spouse in flowing manner. J. D.
Mccartney, of the Rome Tribune
Herald, read an Grafton on Loyalty
of the Newspapers during the period
of war, recounting few OF the many
sacrifices the newspapers OF the state
have made toward the successful pros
tcution of The conflict Editors BLY,
Su;live, of IL. Savannah Press, and
Trox Bankstons, OF Rome, and rep
resentative to the convention from
the legislature, made few enjoyable
remarks.
DR.. L. c. Hardman, State Fuel
Administrator. delivered an address
on fuel conservation at a barbecue
picnic given by the citizens OF
Wrightsville at their pretty pleasure
park, Idylwild, after the Tuesday
morning executive session. Dr..
Hartman brought out many interest
ing facts about fuel He enumerated
Georgias extensive fuel resources, in
wood and coal. Georgia is literally
covered throughout with forests of
splendid fuel woods, which when well
dried will furnish the same heat units
in three cords as in two tons of coal,
and at much less cost. Georgia has
also extensive coal lands, 40 square
, miles in Dade, Walker, and Chatooga
counties. Coal is, however, an alb
solute essential of war and the pa
+r,o
sible. 1t usually requires 250,000,000
tons of coal annually for home and
industrial fuel purposes in Georgia,
and this enormous amount must be
reduced if Georgia is to do her share
| in the successful prosecution of the
| war.
| Judge Andrew Cobb, of Athens,
was introduced Tuesday evening to
large audience at the open session
by Major Jack Cohen, of The Allan
ia Journal, as orator of the evening.
| Judge Cobb delivered wonderful pa
triotic speech, dwelling first upon our
marvellous constitution that has cov-
cred all our needs for 142 years with
only seven amendments, after the
first ten of the bill of right had been
appended. He outlined Germany
| perniclous attempt to put the world
to sleep by her development OF the
arts, sciences and education and her
efforts to bring the world to her way
of thinking through her educational
Institutions. He appealed for the full
est support from all and his closing
thought was the duty of the present
| generation to posterity-that it should
| preserve our liberties and institutions
for posterity and that it was the in
dividual duty of every citizen to see
that his personal war record would
not be such as to shame his own de-
scendants.
The closing session of the conyen-
ton was Wednesday morning when,
after interesting talks by Editors J..
| w. McWhorter, of the Vidalia Ad-
vance and Otis Brumby, of the Cobb
| County Times, all the officers were re-
elected with the addition of new
office, that of Third Vice-President,
to which Editor Rountree, of the
| Wrightsville Headlight, was elected
as sign of the appreciation of the
Association for the glorious enter
tanment they had received. The
name of Georgia Weekly Press As
ISOLATION was changed to Georgia
Press Association as a more fitting
and comprehensive title as a large
numbers of the members are editors
of daily papers. At this session a
committee composed Of Editors w. I.
Anderson, of the Macon Telegraph,
]. Kelly Simmons, of the Telfair En-
terprise, and w. G.. Sutlive, of the
Savannah Press, awarded series Of
cash prizes offered by the Mergen-
thaler Linotype Company for all
round artistic and typographical eX-
|