The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-17
ANNUAL SESSION OF |. ASSOCIATION
Editors of State Meet Here This Week-Press Club
 Plans Entertainment

Preliminary arrangements have about been completed for the entertainment of the Alabama Press association, which Will be in session in Birmingham this week. The association will hold sessions at the Civic association Thursday and Friday and on Saturday will take a trip down the Warrior river via Cordova to | Tuscaloosa.
 10th the Chamber of Commerce and Civic association as we'll as the Birming- ham newspapers are interested in mak- ing the visitors have a pleasant time. and the Birmingham Press club will have an active hand in the entertainment pans. It is known that the editors are eager to have some strictly business sessions because they have some big problems confronting them for solution during the coming year and they want to discuss these matters thoroughly among themselves. The entertainment features will be arranged in accord with the wishes of the visitors. As informally decided upon yesterday at various conferences, the association will assemble for its first session at 2:3o o'clock Thursday afternoon. supper will he served at the Civic association. probably under the auspices of the Bir- mingah Press club. For the evening the visitors will be given tickets to the va rious theatres, East Lake resorts, City clubs and such other places as they may care to attend. Business sessions will be resumed Fri lday morning at the Civic association and in the afternoon an automobile trip will be arranged to Fairfield and to the new shipbuilding industry in that section in order to acauaint the newspaper men of the state with what is being done along this line in Birmingham. After the Fair field trip, the visitors will be returned to the Birmingham Country club. where q dinner will be served by the Birming- ham Press club. Friday morning they will leave early for Cordova in order to catch the War rior river boat to Tuscaloosa. returning to Birminsham Saturday evening.
 The discussions at the coming meeting will have to uo with war condtions-not only what the newspapers can do fur ther to help in winning the war, but what steps are to be taken to meet the increasing costs of production.
 The preliminary programme for meeting of the Alabama Press association. July IS. 19 and 20. 1918, was announced yes- terday by Secretary J. H. Hard as fol- lows:
 JULY IS.
 Association convenes in rooms of Br- fulHSHdfn 1lNlC dSSOCldtiOIlt JSISTSuH County Bank building, at 2 D. m.
 Welcome address on behalf of Bir- mingham Civic association, G. R. Harsh, vice president,
 Welcome address on behalf of Brrning- ham Chamber of Commerce, Arthur C. Crowder, president
 Welcome address on behalf of city of Birmingham.
 Response to welcome addresses. by Ed natv al ha ma a Sociation.
 Enrolment of members.
 Reading of minutes of last meeting.
 Presidents address.
 Reports of officers.
 Reports of committees,
 DISCUSSION.
 .The New Postal Zone Laws As Ap- piled to Newspapers" led by E. R. Nor man. assistant postmaster.
 "The News Print Situation" by Frank P Glass. Birmingham.
 Newspaper Management From the h. slde," by A. w. McCulloch, Gadsden.
 ..Field Work of Newspaper" by Frank Willis Barnett Age-Herald.
 Adjournment for smoker on roof gar den tended by citizens of Birmingham.
 JULY 19.
 Convene at 9 o'clock.
 How Can the Newspapers Help in the War Savings Stamp Campaign" by John 
 Sparrow.
 How Can the Newspapers Help the Council of Defense" by Lloyd Hooper of Selma.
 How Newspapers Can Increase Their Revenue by Guaranteeing Their Adver- tizers." by J. A. Martin of the Progress .sive Farmer
 Adjourn for lunch.
 Reconvene at 2 o'clock.
 Essay by Miss Golson of Wetumpka.
 Ora ation Mrs. c. H. Mathis, Gadsden.
 Address, John c. Williams, historian
 Informal discussion on the economies of the newspaper
 .,The Warrior River. Its Possibilities Under Government Development" Henry peBardeleber.
 Adjourn for trip to Westfield.
 Reassemble at rooms, election Of of- fcers. appointment of committees.
 Adjourn to meet at Country club for dinner rendered by Birmingham Press club. at 730 p. m.
 On Saturday morning party will leave Birmingham Terminal station on Frisco train for Cordova, where they will board the steamer Nugent in charge of MT. Battle of Mobile and MT. Gatln of Tus- caloosa, United States engineers. and proceed down the Warrior to Tuscaloosa. arriving at that city about o'clock p. m. Parties returning to Birmingham will leave Tuscaloosa at $40 ?. m., arriving in Birmingham atN1 p. m. The cost of this trip will be approximately A and if is desired that those wishing to go on 1t notify Secretary Hard promptly as to their intention. as the space on the 1tvSait tn6