The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-05-07
EDIT0RS T0 HOLD
 JOINT SESSION IN GULF CITY MAY 25
Program Announced For Ala bama and Mississippi
 Convention

MOBlLE, Ala, May o.-tSpeClal.)-
 Former Senator John Sharp Will Hams of Mississippi and Walter Will
 Hams, dean of the Missouri School of Journalism and president of the
 World Press Conference, will be
 prominent out t-of-the-s state speakers at the joint session of the Alabama and Mississippi Press associations at Mobile on May 24 and 25. A trip into Baldwin county will be made May 26.
 bile will be prominently brought be- fore. the several hundred delegates expected Two of the speakers will be Sydney J. Bowie and R. A. Chris tian, members of the Alabama state harbor commission. Prominent Ala bama newspaper men occupy con spicuous places on the program The full program for the annual convention is as follows: Thursday Morning Session Convention called to order by the president, Capt. W. T. Sheehan, edi tor of the Montgomery Advertiser, Invocation. Address of welcome by Mayor R V Taylor of Mobile. Response by Hon. Frank N. Julian publisher of the Sheffield Standard and insurance comm ssioner of Ala bama.
 Annual address and announcements by President Sheehan. Address by Victor H. Hanson, pub fisher the Birmingham News and the Montgomery Advertiser. Address, "The Foreign Advertising Outlook" by John Sparrow of the | Sparrow Advertising Agency, Bir- mingha m.
 Address, "The Value of the Port of
 Mobile to the State" by Sydney J Bowie. member Alabama state har- bor comm ssion. Luncheon 1 P. NJ. Mobile Rotary club; songs and we. come: John T. Cochrane presiding Short talks. Mobile ports message of appreci- ation, by R. A. Christian. member Alabama state harbor commission. Afternoon Session First executive meeting of the Ala . hama Press association, 3 D. m.. ir Parlor A. Battle House. Col Ed Doty. editor and publisher the La fayette Sun, presiding. None but | members will attend. Thursday Night Joint Session Mississippi and Alabama Press as sociations will assemble in a joint meeting at the Battle House audito- rum at S30 D. m. Edgar G. Harris and Capt. William T. Sheehan pre- siding.
 Invocation. Address by Gov. William w. Bran- don of Alabama. Address by Aaron Shapiro of Cali. forna. organizer of co-operative marketing. Address by former Senator John
 Sharp Williams of Mississippi
 Address by Walter Williams. dean of the Missouri School of Journal sm O md of Congress.
 Friday Morning Session Alabama Press association. Called to order by President w. T Sheehan.
 Address by representative of Print CTS Ink. editor and publisher of Fourth Estate. Address, Early Type Faces and
 Their Influence on Those of Today ! F. w. Bott of New Orleans. Address, The Industrial Develop
 ment of Alabama" Col. R. A. Nit chell of Birmingham. Address, New Developments ir Printing Machinery" representative
 of Dodson Printers Supply company Annual poem. Miss Mabel Yerby. Greensboro Watchman. Reports of committees and election of officers.
 Automobile Tour Friday Afternoon For Both Associations The automobiles will leave the St Francis street entrance of the Battle House at noon for a ride through the Satsuma orange groves of Mobile
 county, to one of the hunting and fishing clubs, where an informal luncheon will be served. Returning. the motorcade will ston at the. residence of Dr. Erwin Craig head, 150 St. Stephens road, where a
 reception will be held. beginning at 6:30 D. m.
 Address by E. I. Thompson, pub Age Herald and Montgomery Jour nal. and member of United States shipping board. Friday night the ladies of both as- sociations will be entertained by the Mobile branch, League of American Pen Women. Stags will be at ease. Saturday Tour of Baldwin County Program covering the visit of the m embers of the Mississippi and Ala
 bama Press associations to Baldwin
 county, Saturday. May 2s. 1923: 8 a. m., leave on steamer for east . ern shore Arrive at Daphne by boat from Mobile.
 Welcome address. Hilary Herbert Holmes. Leave Daphne at 9 o'clock sharp. EArrive at Malbis Farm at 9:30. [ Leave Malbis 945. Arrive Loxley at 10:15.
 | welcome address. Jack Randall. Leave Loxley' 10:30. Arrive Rob-
 ertsdale II o'clock. Welcome address Mayor Mulack.
 Leave Robertsdale 11:30. Arrive at Tobacco Farm 12 o'clock. Leave farm 12:30. Arrive Foley at
 l o'clock.
 Welcome address. Mayor Dumas.
 Leave Foley 1:30. Arrive Magno-
 lia Springs 2 o'clock. Fish fry. corn
 pones, hot coffee. Address. Frank s. Stone. Baldwin
 county.
 p. m.. executive sessions Missis-
 sippi and Alabama Press associ-
 ations.
 Leave Magnolia Springs o'clock.
 Silverhill. 4:30. Address by Dr
 Winberg.
 Fairhope. 5;so Supper. Address
 "Details of Fairhope visit in
 charge of MT. Gaston.
 Leave on boat for Mobile.
 MISSISSIPPI PROGRAM
 Thursday Morning, May "A
 Mississippi Press special train will
 leave New Albany over the Gulf