The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-21

Home moved that the present constitu- ton and by-lews be published With the proceedings, in order that the new Executive Committee might have them at hand and more conveniently revise them. Adopted.
 Today's Entertainment.
 MT. George W. Jones, chairman of the Commercial and Industrial Asso- ciatton's Committee on Conventions, announced that a special train over the l.. and N. Railroad would leave the Union Depot at 10 o'clock, to take the Association and the Alabama Com- mercial and Industrial Association to Jackson's Lake, where a barbecue dln- ner would be served.
 A Veteran Editor and Publisher.
 Hon. Isaac Grant of The Clarke County Democrat, is one of the notable figures of the meeting. He IS we'll known here, as he has recently served four years from his district in the State Senate and has scores of friends, who are always glad to extend him cor dial grasp of the hand. From his lope experience, the reading of a paper on the subject. My Experience in Ala bama Journalism" was assigned to him and he read the following:
 By MT. Isaac Grant.
 MT. President and Members of the As
 sociation:
 During the month of April was re- Quested to write my experience in Journalism and to read 1t during the meeting of the Press Association this year. l promised to try to do so, if could find time. I did not then think of the trouble that might arise from want of material to compose such an article. But. as began to think over the matter I soon realized that this was going to be a serious matter. For though l was ripe in years of news paper experience there was a distress sng scarcity ot anything that would likely interest an audience, even of newspaper people. I will, however, say something and trust to your charity for results.
 My newspaper experience is ex- tensive in years, but as l have said, very contracted in anything that would be of interest to my hearers. Beginning at Linden in July, 1853, as associate editor of The Jeffersqnien- a six-column folio, l remained there something over two years, when 1 re- moved to Clarke County. where l have since resided. A County paper in a little town can run for years with scarcely a. wave of excitement or in- terest to mark its morotonous life. h these forty-eight years many changes have occurred in the way of type-Set- ting and in the makeup of newspa- pers. When l began the business, the local feature of County papers was not like it is now. Then very little atten- tion was given to the smaller matters especially personal locals. Now, with some these seems to be the paramount consideration. and they are eagerly sought from the various beats of the County. and to some 1t avould seem that the more silly and worthless they are the more valuable they become. will here give some specimen clip pings from a Clarke County paper:
 Guess.
 "Who had to lead his horse across the bridge while out riding with his girl Sunday afternoon.
 What sort of a team Bob MoSeley drove out while in Mobile Sunday.
 What two boys called and she was not at home Sunday afternoon.
 How many boys had dates blown away Sunday afternoon.
 Where Will Turner didn't go Sun- day evening""
 What two girls drew straws to see
  tain young man Sunday evening.
 What young man took young lady to the soda fountain after supper and then let her go home alone.
 Whose note was lost in Church Sun day night"
 Such trash as this did not get into the local columns in the sweet long ago. Fifty years ago the newspapers were not disfigured with oP IndiaS and Onntlampn- healthy specimens of humanity-res- cued from the grave by the liberal use of Peruna, Mrs. Pinkhams Vegetable Compounds. Celery Compound, Swamp Root. etc, etc. Then we would not see Royal Baking Powder extending across three or four columns in the middle of the page of a leading daily. All this is business. but 1t don't look we'll in a newspaper, or it would not have been so considered in the days long passed. The telegraph had not long been in use in the beginning of my experience, and for the looks of the thing, we displayed a column of telegraphic intelligence which surprised an old friend at De- rnopolis-a German or Frenchman, who knew we had no telegraphic con nection at Linden-and when he re- ceived the paper he remarked in won der. How did the telegraph get into The JeIIeTSOnldH. ANSoilS dil Oui Pd pers can get the telegraph into them now and without copying it from the city neighbors.
 The life was a monotonous one in those good old days, but we enjoyed it, and made a little above 3 living at the business. Occasionally, we would get to go to Mobile or Montgomery on some political occasion and would have the pleasure of seeing and hearing Percy Walker, Charley LangdOn, Judge Meek, W. L. Yancey, H W. Hilliard, John Cochran, Eli Shorter. Sam Rice, Tom Watts and others of our great orators of that era. Then we travelled on the large and very fine steamers which oiled our rivers, ard though 1t was vlow travelling. we were well cared for and enjoyed it more than we do the last transportation of the present time.