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EDITORS SEE SIGHTS
Georgia Delegation Disposed of Con-
vention Work on Steamship On
The Trip North

nual convention IN New York. After
deciding upon New York as site
for their next convention the Geor--
.gians chartered the steamer City OF
Chattanooga of the Ocean Steamship
company and sailed from Savannah
Saturday, April 18th.
By Tuesday, April %, when the
ship landed in New York, all business
before the convention had been dis
posed of and the members were free
to spend the rest of the week seeing
the sights of the city or in attending
to any personal business they might
wish to transact.
Wednesdays program for the visit
ing delegates consisted of visit to the
New York Stock Exchange, a trip
around the harbor on ferry boat,
luncheon on the steamship Leviathan,
a smoker for the men at Yale Club,
a dinner at the Hotel McAlpin and
visit to the Winter Garden. After the
theatre the entire delegation visited
the New York Times Annex. They
were welcomed in short speech by
Louis Wiley, business manager of the
Times. w. G. Sutlive, managing editor
of the Savannah Press, spoke on be-
half of the visiting delegates. After
ward buffet supper was served and
the delegation was shown through the
various departments of the newspaper.
Mr.. Wiley said:
"The Georgia State Press Associa-
ton: The New York Times is glad to
welcome you here.-We are very glad
that the editors of Georgia have found
the time to come up to see New
York newspaper am very sorry that
the publisher of the Times, Mr.. Ochs,
is on his way to Europe and cannot
JOIN in this welcome. He has special
interest in Georgia because he pub
fishes newspaper in Tennessee, the
Chattanooga Times, which is on the
edge of Georgia--possibly much on
the edge of Georgia newspapers. Geor-
gia is famous for many things, partic-
ular1y its great editors. We all remem-
Der that brilliant editor, the great
Henry w. Grady, who thrilled the
North thirty-five years ago by his
marvellous oratory and by his appeal
for the new prosperous South, which
has come to pass. The wealth and the
power of the new South were all pre-
dicted by Henry w. Grady many years
ago. Atlanta is a city in which you
all must have the greatest pride--At-
1anta which might possibly be called
the New York City of the South.
I am told that some of you have come
expecting warm weather and have
brought your straw hats. We have
provided silk hats for those of you
who wish substitutes. This is almost
the hour of midnight, and | think we
ought not to have long speeches. l
hope all of you read the New York
Times and know what kind of a news
paper it tries to be-a newspaper for
the intelligent and thoughtful without
comics or puzzles. We adhere strictly
to the news. and we think we cover
the news field thoroughly-at least,
we endeavor to do so. The Times
serves no interest except that of print
ing the news. 1t does not dilute its
news columns with editorial COM
ments. and its editorial expressions
are printed on the editorial page with
out fear or favor.
eft is a great pleasure to welcome
here all of you and especially the
President of your association, Mr..
Charles Rountree."
Mr.. Charles Rountree of Wrights-
vile, Ga, President of the Georgia
State Press Association, said:
"Mr Wiley. my friends; These are
the Times. We are not only having
the time of Our life, but we are having
the times of our life,, We are undoubt-
eddy happy to be here and to meet one
of the greatest newspapers in exist
ence 1 can say to you in three or
four words that never before has this
congregation of sisters and brothers
been so happy. wish now to present
to- you the Honorable w. G. Sutlive
managing editor of the Savannah
Mr.. w. G. Sutlive, managing editor
of the Savannah Press said:
"Mr Wiley, Mr.. Rountree" my fel..
low pilgrims: 1t is great treat and
a pleasure and a privilege to come
into the publication office of the New
York Times. 1t is fine to have come
into this great city and to have been
entertained as we have been. 1t is fine |
to the people who have been so kind to
us to realize, as they must, that they |
have given some of us new look at
life and new lease on life. Mr.. Wiley |
we are delighted indeed to accept your |
hospitality. 1t pleases us to know that |
it was Southerner who came into
the great State and City of New York |
and built from foundation none too |
solid the most-read newspaper in the
United States, if not on the globe to-
day. 1t pleases us to know that a |
neighbor of ours, member of neigh |
boring state, should have come here
and built this great monument OF
Southern thrift and industry and i
foresight. That this is true will be
apparent to- all who have read The |
History of the New York Times"
"A1l who have pursued this book, pub
lished few years ago by Mr.. Ochs
and his associates, must have been inn
pressed by his vision and his courage
by the fact that he built the paper |
which is the representative journal OF !
today. Mr.. Ochs has built up here /
paper which not only the City OF
New York and the state of New York
can point to with pride, but which the
entire nation has accepted as its own
"a representative newspaper Mr..
Wiley has told you that they do not
print comics or puzzles. I am aware OF |
the fact, and I know, that they do not,
because when you see an article on
the editorial page or news pages OF
The New York Times you are not
puzzled but know what it means. 1t
is written large and in such language |
that he who runs may read. The paper
stands high in the estimate OF every |
person who knows what newspaper
should be, and | say to you, gentlemen
of the New York Times, that in COM !
ing here as your guest tonight we are
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