Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Newspaper Directory and History"Commandeering Advertising Space" in the newspapers was condemned by N. A.Huse, vice president of the American Press Association. He said that the governmenthas no more right to expect or demand space in the newspapers for the support of warbonds, Red Cross activities, or any other governmental function than to demand freeservice of any other business. He said it tends to cheapen newspaper space which isthe commodity offered by the publisher.Thorough support of the president and his war program was voted by the membersand also a severe rebuke to "carping fault finding that is rapidly nearing disloyalty."The officers elected were: President, H. U. Bailey, Bureau County Republican,Princeton; Vice Presidents, S. P. Preston, Gillespie News; L. R. Murray, MercantileCo-operator, Mazon; J. R. Crowley, Freeport Daily Journal-Standard; Secretary, H. L.Williamson, Springfield; Treasurer, John R. Marshall, Yorkville Record.The newly-elected first vice president, S. P. Preston, who had become one of thegreat leaders of the Association, had been editor of the Gillspie News since 190 5 whenhe established the paper. He later succeeded to the chairmanship of the Association'sexecutive committee, a post which he held for many years.1918The Fifty-Third Annual Meeting of the Illinois Press Association was held atChampaign-Urbana on May 23, 24 and 25, 1918. The President, H. U. Bailey, editorof the Bureau County Republican, Princeton, called the meeting to order. The addressof welcome was given by William B. McKinley, then Congressman from Champaign,and James E. McClure, Carlinville Democrat, made the response.Mr. Bailey gave the annual President's address. Subscription rates was the firsttopic, being discussed for the weekly and semi-weekly by E. H. Childress, Wayne CountyPress, Fairfield, and Fred B. Blazer, Aledo Times-Record; and for the daily by SenatorThomas Rees, Illinois State Register, Springfield. Verne E. Joy, Centralia Sentinel, spokeon "A Percentage System for Getting Results from Carrier Boys on Dailies, and Suggestionson Getting Foreign Advertising Without Having a Special Representative."The Thursday afternoon session opened with an address, "Heavens and Hells of anEditor's Life," by B. E. Pinkerton, Monmouth Daily Atlas. The next speaker was B. S.Herbert, editor of National Printer Journalist, and son of a former member of theAssociation, the late B. B. Herbert, who was the father of the National Editorial Association.Mr. Herbert's subject was "Running a Country Newspaper in a Large City." FrankD. Whipp, Fiscal Supervisor of the State Department of Public Welfare, spoke on "StateInstitutions."The topic of success in District Press organization work was taken up by the followingmen: Paul R. Goddard, President of the Peoria District Press Association andeditor of the Tazewell County Reporter, Washington; I. S. Dunn, President of theCentral Illinois Rural Press Association and editor of the Divernon News; George S.Flint, President of the Military Tract Association and editor of the Yates City Banner;F. A. Feare, President of the Eastern Illinois Press Association and editor of the ParisDaily Beacon; W. O. Paisley, President of the Southern Illinois Editorial Associationand editor of the Marion Daily Leader; and R. J. Peacock, President of the SuburbanPublisher's Association and editor of the Jeffersonian, Irving Park, Chicago.The newspaper in politics was discussed by A. T. Spivey, President of the SouthernIllinois Republican Editorial Association and editor of the East St. Louis Daily Journal.At four o'clock that afternoon the members were taken in automobiles to theUniversity of Illinois where they saw a special drill of the university regiment with2,200 men in uniform, and inspected the university buildings and grounds.