Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-07-12
State Editors To Meet
All Lavonia NIX Week
Convention Opening July 10 Promises
To Be Biggest and B st in History


time this week n prepare ion for Their
annual trip to the convcntion of tn"
Georgia Press Associat or TO be he'll
this year in Lavonia. with size trips
to a dozen II ar-by towns. Hal ",
Stanley, Commissioner OF Comm re
aud Labor Y no he's been in charge
OF convention arrarg men i2r y-2Ts
announced Saturday that it looked ! kr
the biggest AMI best convention IN the
annals OF the associat on al .,st e1,rV
editor in tn association having writ
ten for transportation and detailed il
formation.
The editors with their wives and a
considerab e proportion OF III ir fam
lies are expected to arrive in Atlanta
in time to take the Southern Railway
tain for Toccoa at g O'Clock on Mon
day morning July 10, the openinr
day The Toccoa Kiwanis Club W
gave them luncheon at noon that
day, and the Who'll delegation will BE-
taken to Lavonia in auton \bilcs, arriv
ing late Monday afternoon.
Lavonia to Welcome
Lavonia isn't a large town, but il
is the home of Rush Burton, editor
Of the Lavonia Times and veteran
member of the association, and his
fellow townspcople have joined him
in an enthusiastic welcome to the Ga.
Press Association. Their homes will be
thrown open to the visitors, as is the
custom in the towns which entertain
this convention and there VIII be no
hotel bills to pay.
The convention will open Monday
night with an address BY Governor
Walker one of the guests of honor and
talk on Editor and Ethics" by Mrs.
Cora Harris the distinguished novelist
A business session Tuesday will be
followed by visit to Hartwcll. where
Editor Louie Morris lives, with din
ncr given by the City of Hartwcll at
the new hotel which is the pride of
the town
There will also be visit TO the
ne'ghborlne towns of Royston, Canon,
and GAINESVILLE and then the tourists
will return to Lavonia for the night,
with a reception scheduled at the La
vonia Hotel.
Another business session is SEIZED
uled for Wednesday and barbecue
Will occupy the early afternoon. We'd
nesday evening brings the stunt nich''
under the direction Of Linton K. Starr
OF the Georgia Railway and Powet.
Company.
The convention proper will be fol
lowed by visit to the hydroclcctric
power developments of the Tallulah
region, where the editors will be the
guests OF the Georgia Railway & Pow
er Company They will spend two DAYS
visiting the big plant at Tallulah. the
new dam at Tugaloo and the lakes
which form one of the most beautiful
regions of the Georgia mountains.
Program in Detail
he program in detail was announ-
ced Saturday as follows. by William
g. Sutlive, editor of the Savannah
Press and for two years president of
the Georgia Press Association
Monday Evening $3.50 o'clock
High School Auditorium
Prayer-Rev. G. S. .Steed, Layonia
Baptist Church.
instrumental msuic.
Address of Welcome-J. II. Dortcb
Mayor of Lavonia.
Music-Vocal selection.
Response to the Address of We'll
Ccome-A. ]. Perryman, editor of Tai
bottom eNw Era.
Instrumental music
Address" Editor and Ethcs"-Mrs
Cora Harris.
Mus'c-Vocal selection.
Addrcss-Hon Clifford Walker.
Governor of Georgia.
July ~, Tuesday Morning 10 o'clock
High School Auditorium
Announcements.
Annual addresS-W. G.. Sutlive nres
ldent OF Georgia Press Association
Address, Newspaper Business Me
thods y. d. Mccartney, Central of
Georgia Railway, Savannah.
Address-W. w. Ball, chair of iour-
nalism, University of South Carolina |
Report-M l.. Fleetwood, chairman
special committee on free use of the |
newspaper space.
Announcements.
Il o'clock, noon.
10 leave by automobiles for Hart |
well, to be entertained at dinner as
guests OF the City OF Hartwel Fol !
lowed by and around the county tuor
visiting Royston, Canon and Carnes-
vile.
Tuesday Evening 2:3o o'clock
Reception by the people of Lavonia
10 the visiting editors at the L.avonia
Hotel.
July Is, Wednesday Morning,
10 o'clock
Obituary hour.
Report on Printing Press for the
Berry School-John Paschall manap-
ing editor Atlanta Journal
Womans' hour-Under the direction
OF Miss Emily Woodward, Vienna
ews, and third e-president. Georgia
Press Association.
Address, The Press and Coopera-
tion'-Charles Ousley, formerly Uni
ted States Assistant Commissioner of |
Agriculture, New Orlean Is