Asheville, July 8—Featured by an address by Maurillus E. Foster, publisher of the Houston Chronicle, many remarks of visiting publishers from other states, the 53rd session of the North Carolina Press Association opened here tonight at the George Vanderbilt Hotel. H. Galt Braxton of Kinston presided. The annual poem, an ode dedicated to and entitled “The North Carolina Press,” was read by the author, J.D. Boone of Waynesville. The annual oration was delivered by T.W. Chamblish of Raleigh. The address dealt with the evolution of the modern newspapers which the speaker declared to be a public servant and worthy of remuneration commensurate with its service.
P.M. Burdette, president of The Asheville Times, welcomed the guests and introduced Mr. Foster as an annual visitor to this city. “Asheville,” Mr. Burdette stated, ”is the summer vacation spot for all North Carolina and is fast becoming the hot weather mecca for all the South.”
In a brief talk Walter C. Johnson of The Chattanooga News, newly-elected president of the Southern Newspapers Publishers’ Association, extended a welcome to the state association to call on the larger group for any assistance possible and to co-operate with the S.N.P.A. for a further solution to problems confronting publishers of this section.
Other talks were made by Wiley Morgan, Knoxville Sentinel; Josephus Daniels, Raleigh; Congressman W.C. Hammer and others.
From the front page of The Concord Times, Thursday, July 9, 1925
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