The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-03

.ohicers and members of the executive Pmmittee of the Alabama Press Asso- ation lost little time in denyinx the Legations made by J. A. RounSaee. Sas- ended secretary of that organization, nd denouncing him in unmeasured rms.
 The Advertiser having published the harges made by Rountree against these bntlemen in reference to the Canadian ip. offered it's columns to them for ex. anation or answer.
 Yerby Did Not Sell Passes. President w E. W. Yerby of the as- Pciation telegraphed The Advertiser as flows:
 Greensboro, Ala. Nov. g. he Advertiser. Montgomsr:
 r have no denial to make to Rountree's barge that two ladies not connected with paper went on the Canadian trip tcredited to The Greensboro Watch an. I made nothing out of the trans brtation. William E. W. Yerby.
 Greer Makes Disclosures.
 C. H. Greer, editor of The Marion tandard. and first vice president of the Bsociation makes sensational disclosures to Rountree's conduct. He telesraphed he Advertiser:
 Marion. Ala. Nov. 3. ne Advertiser. Montgomery:
 Relative to the charge of J. Asa Roun- ee, secretary of the Alabama Press As bciation. by which he attempts to in- ish to say that I denounced him in iequate terms when he printed The ixie Home from the office of The State erald, now The Age Herald, when he as business manager and I acting as hanging editor, he making no charge r said work on the books. He ap- ealed to me as a Mason not to divuige hat happened between us, personally. recognized this appeal and have re- ined the same until now.
 As to sending a representative for The arion Standard, of which I am editor hd publisher, on the Canadian trip, ! d so. I printed $S5 worth of advertising five cents per line (Rountree said large 20 cents per line,) for the Grand Funk Railroad. This work was done hder signed contract. My representa- He paid to Rountree, through me $2s charges, and also paid full fare from arion to Birmingham and return, and Il return fare from Louisville to Btr- Bingham. He could not get a ticket for turn in his own name or in my name, having to leave the party. did not Il or lend the ticket, but requested ouEtree to carry my repreSentAuNe.
 have been a member of the Alabama hess Association for about twenty years. have not missed a half dozen itinera- es Have nearly always carried with Q or sent a representative. AS my guest ey have only paid charges as made the secretary for each representative. have never made one nickel. out of ese representatives or otherwise from csc trips. I am informed that not over e real editors and publishers were on Canadian trip, who did not have with em a representative, who. under the institution. was not allowed to go hile only filed with Rountree tickets CT Louisville and Nashville Railroad applied for tickets for my representa- Ie for the entire trip in his name. eeived no tickets, except over Louis le and Nashville Railroad. My repre- ntative had no tickets at all, I do not ow whose passes he travelled on nol ither does he. But no doubt MT. Roun- ee does know all about this. since he ade the. !other preliminary arrangement
 this representative. Rountree can t divest himself of his mercenary cloak
 deceit misrepresentation, fraud and pral depravity practiced upon his pro- ssional brethren by imputing to others