Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-24
GEORGIA EDITORS
EAT BEAR STEAK
IN THE OkEFENOKEE
IN BRYAN C0LIiER
Stiff CORRESPONDENCE of The .IOurnaN

! WAYCROSS. Ga, july 3. --AfLel
| a most suspicious opening session
| Tuesday. ZOO Georgia newspaper mer
| ana women, in attendance A. the an
nual convention of the Georgia Press
assO citation here, Wed1nsdlY mo-
| ing invaded that stronghold of the
| black bear and the red bug. the hugs
| and widely famed Okefenoket
| swamp
The annual presidents address by
G. ID. Rountree, editor of the
WrightsvilIe Headlight and presi
dent Of the press association, was
the principal feature of the Tues
day afternoon session, at which there
was a set program of speeches.
Starr and MiiIiken Admitted
A feature of the afternoon session
was the election to honorary mem
bership of Linton K. Starr, superin
tendent of public relations for the
Georgia Railway & Power company
and of r. NJ Milliken, of Jessup
for a long time active editor of the
Jesup Journal.
Mr. Starr was identified for many
years with the news department OF
The Atlanta Journal and last year
was active in arranging the enter
tainment program for the Georgia
editors in north Georgia, gaining
widespread commentator from the
editors for the diversion furnished
them. These elections were made
possible by the association changing
the bylaws SO as to admit to homo
rary membership those persons who
have been employed by newspapers
for ten years or more.
Mr.. Milliken is yet a part owner
of the Jesup Journal, but has re-
linquished the editorial direction and
is president of a Jesup bank.
The last business session of the
convention was held in the swamp,
on Billy's Island, in the exact geo.
meh'ical center of the big mOrass,
with speeches by DIR. NJ l.. Britain,
president of Georgia Tech, and L. l..
Mccall. southern district superin,
tendent of the Associated Press, as
the principal scheduled features of
the program.
A bear steak dinner, prepared
from wild bear slain in the swamp.
was serve dthe editors and was
highly enjoyed by all who partici-
pated.
The newspaper folks were SEIZED
uled tO return to Waycross late
Wednesday afternoon in time for q
swimming party at one of the prin-
cipal WayCross amusement resorts,
after which stunt night was to be
staged, with the presentation of the
Sutlive trophy and a big street
dance
Thursday morning the delegates
will leave Waycross. where they
have been most royalty entertained,
and so to Jesup to spend the day
Thursday night they will go on TO
Brunswick and on Friday will be
guests on a boat trip to Fernandina,
Fla, returning to Brunswick on
Saturday for the final round of en-
tertainment of the annual meet.
Loving Cup for Stanley
Hal NJ. Stanley, Georgia commits
siOner of commerce and labor. prince
of gOOd fellows and a man who, as
secretary of the press association
for fifteen years, has rendered the
association service of unparalleled
excellence, was honored by his broth
err editors Tuesday morning with the
gift of amagnificent silver loving
cup, a foot high and a half foot
broad set in a solid ebony base and
beautifully engraved, in token of the
love and genuine affection in which
he is held by every Georgia newspa-
per man and woman. Miss Emily
Woodward, of the Vienna News, vice
president OF the association, presented
the cup with a graceful speech in
which she paid a beautiful tribute
hi ielo Il
painstaking work for the association
during the last decade and a half.
At the conclusion, Mr.. Stanley, OBJ
ViOuslY overcome with emotion, could
only say, 81 thank you all, from the
bottom of my hear" He then took
his seat while the assembled news
paper folk rose and cheered him to
the echo.
College Loan Fund
Another feature of the Tuesday
morning session was the adoption of
a resolution, offered by w. G. SUIT
live. managing editor of the Savan-
nah Press, providing for the estab-
lishment of Georgia Press associa-
ton college loan fund to assist in
the education of worth. Georgia
boys and girls. BY unanimous con-
sent, the convention waived the
formality of referring the paper to
the resolutions committee and it was
adopted unanimously.
Tuesday mornings session was
opened by an address by p. r. Nc
Cutcheon, trOmer president, and edi-
tor of the Franklin News and Ban
ner. and a talk on my newspaper
and my community" by J. W. Nc
Whorter, OF the Winder News.
Charles ID. BOundtree. editor of
the WrightsviIle Headlight and pres.
ident of the association, who presided
announced that Editor r. A Cald-
we'll, Of the Walton News, Monroe,
Ga, who was 10 have spoken on
Unanswered Mail, Lack of Courtesy
Shown and Loss Sustained' would
be unable to attend the convention
because of the sudden death of his
son, Hoke Caldwell. The convention
unanimously adopted resolutions OF
sympathy for the bereaved editor,
which were ordered wired to Mr..
Caldwell at Monroe.
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