The daily times., 1919-08-02

pleted three times faster than ma
ture is reproducing them.
eve are wasting our forest prod
ucts," DR.. Taylor warned, nothing
in the world is sa appalling as the
manner in which we are chopp1ng
away the very vitals of the national
life He pointed out that substan-
TALLY less paper is being produced |
than was being produced ten years
ago. He urged that the North |
Carolina Press Association set in |
motion influences for conservation !
of paper resources by the abating OF
waste, by growing more timber and
other means. On motion of w. c.
|Dowd, DIR. Taylor was rendered by
d rising vote the appreciation Of
the association for his helpful ad-
dress.
'The sex barrier is down. conven-
| tion and prejudice will not in the
next few years keep a woman from
success in whatever calling she
elects said Mrs. Caroline. Land,
| of the Albermarle News in a paper
Ion woman and the Fourth Estate"
,"Woman' said Mrs. Land "is in dan
ger of finding her gravest hind
france of her own nature. The pro-
tfession of journalism is strong with
lKipling in the belief that the game
is more than the player of the game
and the ship is more than the crew.
THE personal element is, abandoned.
IA composite sheet bearing the linn
itations of no mans nature, is the
aoothosis of good journalism. It's a
game that a woman can play. But
iii she wins it, she will be under nee
Ecessity to turn out her copy without
!the fig leaf imprint"
Mrs. Land said the times now
call for a new idea of editing, edi-
tors skilled in collecting and arrang-
ing the news. 1T is she said, "less
iiple and more that of recounting
) veraciously the various happenings
from which a reader may form his
J Estimates
III. Gait Braxton. editor of the
Kinston Free Press, in a paper on
propaganda Advertising" declared
that the time had come when the
9 newspaper publisher had to dis
, ltinguish between free advertising
and the real news of the day. News
paper men had to apply to their
business, business principles just
as with any other enterprise and the
8 propagandists had to be referred to
a the counting room for a rate card.
: Mr.. Braxton excepted the propagan.
da that is put out by various gov
fnnEent bureaus with educational
aims and appeared to have in mind
principally the business men who
sought to secure advertising in the
e form OF news matter so-called.
}. With the subject. What Is Ar
+ Adequate Price for A Weekly OF
n Semi-Weekly newspaper" J. A
r Sharp. editor of the Lumberton
i Robesonian, reached the conclusion
d lsubJect to amendment, depending or
: circumstances that the subscription,
J. price of weekly or semi-weekl,
~ ILL % LILIES LH0 cost O.
the white paper and mailing cos
combined He said, however, that i
- was a question largely to lay dowl
j. general rule. He thought a com
(. mlttee ougt to be appointed to con
n slder what would be a suitable re
lation between advertising and sub
scr1pt1on revenues. President White
mead supplemented the remarks O
ooth Mr.. Sharpe and Mr.. Braxto,
" win the declaration that the paper
uao TO make both advertising an,
subscription yield more or contin
ue tive on glory and work for moth
ing.
:. Officers for the ensuing year wer
- elected as follows:
, ! President. J. A. Sharps. Lumhe,
ton Robesonian: first vice president
n. !. Wade. Morehead City Coaste,
second v1ce-Dresident. =. F. Hurle,
r, salisbury Post, third vice presiden
Parker Anderson. Wilmington nj.
II patch; secretary-treasurer. John p
Sheriff.. Concord Tribune: histor
ian M. L.. Shipman. French Broad
dustler. orator. Miss Berthe Cobb
iMorganton News Herald. noet
u. L. st. Clair. Sanford Express
= executive committee. w. C. Hammer
=. b. Jeffries. I. S. London. San
) 3ord Martin and H. B. Warner.
BY rising vote the association
= elected DR.. William Laurie Hill noa,
emeritus.
fne association next passed to
the question of meeting place fo,
u0XC year and inrffa%;o-z - ~