The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-16
BY Mrs Emmitt T. Reid


IA his welcoming address. was well re-
4 eeived by the hosts of newspaper
smen and women from over the state,
4 for McAlester undoubtedly proved her.
eelf all that her citizens claim for
her. Certainly" McAlester is city
Of hospitality, that brand Of hospital
ity which radiates from the mayor
Of the city to the small bell hop in
the Busby hotel and which makes
3 the stranger within the gates" ex-
4 perience the happy combination OF
being an honored guest at home!
Newspaper people of Ardmore who
:: attended the Association were Col.
George II. Wyatt. managing editor
iof The Daily Ardmoreite; Mrs. Maude
TX. Tanner. editor of the Weekly
Ardmoreite; Col. Sidney Suggs, form
Fer owner Of The Ardmoreite; Col. and
4 Mrs. II. l.. Gregory of the Ardmore
Statesman, and the wrinr.
y 1t was the good fortune Of the
latter to reach McAlester first and
leave last of this group and in that
way came the opportunity OF seeing
more perhaps of this city "of certain
ties" and her people, than did the
others. So much more chance 10
write for that car Of coal. And yet 1t
IL not hard task to write about Nc
Alester, for there are so many good
things to tell about II. the DIFF
ficult thing, Is to decide which comes
first, and to be sure that none OF the
good things are omitted.
Outstanding Features.
There are many outstanding fea
lures of this city that were engmat
ically speaking, apparently unnotice
able, in that the perfect cooperation
Of city officials, the various local or
ganizations, and seemingly every in
| dlvidual with the officers of the
Press Association. made possible the
1 splendid success of the Goth An
] nual Convention of this body.
People like TO go to McAlester foi
this very reason, and that they do
I go to McAlester is evidenced by tn,
Conventions entertained by this city
during 1920 including, in addition
l to the Press Association, the Masonic
reunions, Order of Eastern Star, Trl
State Coal Dealers. Firemen of Ok
lahoma, State First Aid Miners Nee
and the Grand Convention Of Odt
Fellows.
Sessions of The Press Meet.
! The session Of the Press Associa
ton we're conducted in the Masoni
III Temple, certainly" one of the hand
somest and best equipped building
of its kind in the southwest
Stepping off on the right foot FIR
day morning the meetings kept tim
Throughout the two days session an
81 there was an idle moment-wel
~ one knows anything about it.
Welcomed by Mayor Pemberton VIII
told Of the many ''certainties' G
his fair city-which later we were
from actual seeing, to verify, the "a
Spciation opened with one Of tn
largest groups of newspaper folk,
was said, that had ever attende
IA meeting OF the Oklahoma Pres
Association.
A A change in the program brougf
the address Of DR.. Burris Jenkin
editor of the Kansas City Post, sche,
uled for Saturday afternoon, on tn
morning Of the opening day. and thoS
who could not be present for bot
days and had planned to be preser
at this part of the program, misst
one of the most interesting and il
spring features Of the two days NEE
praSc paWar Eraafar Than pulnit
DR.. jenkins emphasized the rel
tive position of the Press to the pu
lie, declaring that the Press wielt
L power and influence stronger eve
than the pulpit, in that it reach'
more people, daily. In recognizing tn
power he urged that the Press adhel
to the highest ideals in combattir
forces which tend to pull down az
destroy. Every phase of the press AZ
its relation and duty to the publ
and the problems confronting Il
American public today, was forcib
brought out in a comparison of tn
1 era with the past in refutation of
statement that this age is no diffe
ent than those gone before"
The speaker entered into a hume
Gus vein mere and there, but on Il
whole the seriousness of the subje
= was uppermost and in conclusion
offered but one remedy, one course
pursue which resolved itself into q
preaching of 1.-THE Golden Rule" '"T
Sermon on the Mount" and last, '"T
Brotherhood of Man" urging tn
more space be devoted to the religi,
Of Him who served mankind abo
all else-the doctrine of Jesus Chri
We Visit the Penitentiary.
Going directly from the mornl
session to the Busby Hotel, the v
n itors were met with cars and tax
TO the State Penitentiary where lunc
con was served "A la Convict" d
Y ing which the guests were enterta
Y ed by the prison orchestra and by
group of splendid singers. inmates
the colored roformatory school, follt
ed by an inspection of the institute
1t would be practically impossil
to go into minute details of the ma
interesting things seen on this tr
There was nothing of the sordid
of tragedy in evidence, on the C,
trary the pententiary presented
scene of wholesome activity. such
Is seen in the busy factories over I
country.
M In a booklet printed by the pi
on press, and presented as 81
W venir to the visitors, this statems
Is made, "The policy of the offici
OF the Oklahoma State Penltentis
Is humane and helpful rather tn
\, trying to inflict and heap upon thu
men constant reminder of their II
lS. takes" That this policy is strictly
" hered to is unquestionable, and
Dld saying, so applicable to prisons