The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
PRESS CLUB EXCURSION.

PRESS CLUB EXCURSION
 Marion Standard: The Montgomery Ad- yertiseY >makes the serious charge that seeretafy Rountree. of the Alabama Press association. made a charge of $29oJ sleeping care fare on the recent press trip to Canada amounting In the aggre- gate to something over 5000. when the sleeping car company say they only charged $1400. Mr. Rountree has asked that a committee be appointed to in- vestigate the matter and has so notified President Yerby. This is quite a serious charge. and Mr. Rountree's friends hope that he may be able to set himself right.
 canebrake Herald: It has long been hinted that some of the publishers of the state regarded the passes issued to the members of the association as commer- cia1 assets and they were sold to persons in no way connected with any publica- tlon The small number of bona fide newspaper workers and the large num- Der of outsiders who went on the Ca- nadian trip in a measure confirm this opinion This is not the spirit in which the members of the association should treat the courtesies allowed by the roads, and not the spirit in which the excurs- ions of the association were inaugurated. No other organization would permit it's rights and privileges to be infringed up- on in such a manner and no member with the best interests of the organiza- tion at heart would so impose upon them.
 Centrevine Press: A number of the state press have vigorously opposed the promiscuous abuse of the Alabama Press | association excursions, and resolution af- ter resolution has been passed allowing none the privilege but who were directly connected with paper. The railroads who extended courtesies to the members of the press were terribly imposed upon, as well as the people who thought they were entertaining the Alabama Press as- 1 sociation. We are glad to see the Ad- vertiser and Capt. Faulkner take up the matter, as it will be the means of purify ing the association. There is no ad- vantage in belonging to an organization, when just anybody can get the same privilege for the asking. The Press has vigorously opposed the loose method adopted on the excursions. and hope, this will be a lesson to the editors to act on the square.
 Living Truth (Greenville): It is now up to Secretary Rountree of the Press asso- citation to clear himself of the charge made against him by the Advertiser. The Advertiser, in plain language. charges that Mir. Rountree ran the last press ex- cursion as a money making scheme, and that Mr. Rountree made a good round sum for his trouble. If the charges as alleged by the Advertiser are true the Alabama Press association has dishonored itself. If untrue, MT. Rountree should have no trouble to produce facts to clear himself. If MT. Rountree fails to do this the Press association of the state will stand in the eyes of the people as full of rottenness and wrongdoing as Missouri politicians.
 Cullman Democrat: We have consist ently been the friend of Mir Rountree for many years and regret his present pre- dicament. He is preiudicing his case by his silence, when the time for silence has passed. There has never been the slightest call for secrecy in these mat ters, and we can't understand why the public should not have all the facts for anybodys asking.
 Centre News: A junketing party giv- ing themselves the sobriquet of Ala hama Press association" returned some days ago from trip to the dominion of Canada. The press of Alabama was at one time organized into a potential sort of compact for the benefit of newspaper dom, but the association has been pitia- 1 bly, deteriorating of recent years in everything save numberical strength.
 Montevallo Sentined: Secretary Roun- tree of the Alabama Press association has asked for an investigation of the charges brought against him by the Montgomery Advertiser in connection with the recent Canada trip Mir Roun- tree has had the confidence of the mem bers of the association for years, and the Sentinel really hopes he will be able 10 snow that ne haS not traded upon that confidence for personal gain, and criticism, now that he has asked for an Investigation, should be suspended until the investigation has been made Let the facts be made known as they exist If MT Rountree has been dealing un- fairly with the association let it be known and the unfair dealing stopped If he has been toting fairly the amende honorable should be made
 Our Southern Home: We hope the Montgomery Advertisers ''expose" will result in enabling the country editor to go on press excursion sometime and somehow Possibly Mir. Rountree may square matters by carrying us all to the Worlds fair next summer free, gratis and for nothing
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 THE CHILDREN.
 From the Philadelphia Press.
 Each year in Philadelphia sees some 5000 children born. Of children under five years 7500 dies each year, the larger share for lack of pure milk free from dis ease-breeding germs.
 l No waste of life in the modern city is comparable to this. Herod when he slew