The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

time on. We cordially congratulate oui ! neishbor and wish for 1t the fullest meas
 chsttsnocsa 1ss Ss Ssss fines. q a0'n'sh''s m'''
 The Christmas editi0neof The Montgom. | cry Advertiser, issued on December 18th
 was was simply ply inn imIenss ss It was by far the ss was a climax in excellent newspaper
 work. seventy-six pages. with advertise met1ts. news, wholesome editorials
 artic,ss sa Of excellent eel Inherit merit tr9m literary the offering of The Advertiser to itl | thousands of readers. We eongratulate The Advertiser upon it's splendid achieve
 ment.-Clayton Record.
 l The Standard observes with patriotic pride the ample evidence of decorous en- ergy displayed in the Christfnas edition i of The Montgomery Advertiser. In this matter of exceptional merit. Free from l sensational and yellow features, the edi-
 tion Is attractive throughout. It presents | in it's usual full manner the news of the
 tries and activities of the capitol of the | State, The Advertiser has rendered dis | tinct service to the State and the people
 in such an edition.--Marion Standard. Last Sundays issue of The Montgom- cry Advertiser was the largest and best | in the history of that paper or any Ala bama paper. as far as that matter. Il was The Advertisers Christmas issue, pages. The mechanical makeup of the | editisn was strictly up to date, and the | special matter was appropriate to the oc-
 casion. As an advertising edition, 1t over- ser had ever before attempted. The paper contained 7,136 inches of advertising
 matter. the previous record having been | 4,60z The entire issue was highly credi- ( Al Az AA@u ~.-yxA A. ow~A
 to-date in every respect.-Columbus En- quirer-Sun.
 | The Montgomery Advertiser published a magnificent Christmas edition Of Its great daily on last Sunday the B inst. The edi- ! ton was one of the largest and best edi- tions we have ever seen of any news paper and is highly creditable to the | management of the paper. It contained
 the ablest writers of the country and was well gotten up. There are several articles in this, edition that are well
 worth a second perusal and there is suf-
 fcient reading matter in this paper to Advertiser is now the leading Southern daily newspaper, and is in the lead in all matters pertaining to modern newspaper uccess.-Hayneville Examiner.
 That Christmas edition of The Adver- tisers was the biggest thing we have seen.
 to be admitted to the malls: 1t was filled
 with matter that every Aiabamian read | too big to take at one sitting. We figure | that the matter contained In that issue, would last The Daily Siftings just thirty
 nine days and nights. If it were to re- produce it; we may do that when we are as old as The Advertiser, too. File the
 edition away.--Dothan Siftings
 The Advertiser. one of Alabama's lead I H-Au kAA ka morning with its handsome and enormous | Christmas edition. To undertake and sue cessfully get out such 8 paper as this edi' | ton, was indeed a credit to the manage | ment of a plant so we'll equipped even af that of The Advertiser. The seventy-siS | pages of this mammoth journal were fui | of news as well as instructive reading matter upon almost every conceivaDie | topic. Grandma is our standby, and wt take the greatest pleasure In seeing hel | do herself such credit. May her columns ever remain as they are now, an index ol the best thought of her section.-Unior
 Springs Herald.
 The seventy-six page Christmas edition l of The Advertiser was truly great pa. per. The articles were all first-class and utation The illustrations with which tho pages were crowded were good. Among canebrake citizens represented in the gal axy or prominent Alabamians were Col 1 n. of Marengo, a high tribute was paid Ala bana's War Governor" Andrew Barry
 Moore. of Perry. All in all this was the
 best paper ever issued in Alabama. The I Advertiser does nothing by halves.- C,anebrake Herald.
 The Advertiser got out it's Christmai
 edition on Sunday morning last, maklnE 1t also an Alabama Day edition. The Ad'
 vertiser always makes good paper, but this edition was the greatest in size that 1t has ever undertaken, being seventy-si1 l pages. The pages are full of business paper Is up to the highest standard oi excellence. There are many illustrations and many special articles One of these | is by Major Screws on the Panama cana conditions, and one by Will T. Sheehar on Old Cahaba are particularly pleasing There is a biographical article on Cover nor Andrew B. Moore by Col. John W du Bose, which is of historic interest, mol nor Moore's life, but because 1t covers the period of secession, a part of our history
 that is not so well known The whole | edition is one to presrve, for 1t requires ( l week of reading time to absorb r.-blr mingham Ledger.
 The Christmas edition of The Montgom
 cry Advertiser, which appeared yester newspapers ever issued in the South. Il contained geventy-six pages of matter covering almost every imaginable sub ject discussed by the up-to-date newspa
 per. It's special features and illustrations in many instances, were equal to the bes productions of the leading magazines ana demonstrated the fact that there is nc field of excellence in the art preservativ' that the progressive newspaper of tht twentieth century may not enter with tht assurance of success. The Advertiser h truly one of the great newspapers of thu country, and It's recent mammoth edition l reflects rgeat credit, not only upon those executing the work, but upon the profcs
 sion. 1t Is such powerful advocates al The Advertiser that give to the section ir throughout the country. Alabama and the | entire South should appreciate this stu pendous undertaking in Journalism.-Mo. bile Item.
 Last Sunday the promised Christmas edition of The Daily Advertiser made Itt appearance and 1t was indeed a papel l which for everything that goes to make up & great paper was a vast improvement | on anything ever before attempted by that journal, which already had a repu. | tation for getting out mammoth and mag nfficent editions. The paper weighed more than pound and contained seventy-siz pages of seven columns to the page. The l advertising patronage was also phenome- nal. for there were 300 columns of adver. tisement in that issue, ninety more col l umns than ever befgore published in one
 issue of the paper, When it is considered that this great paper was the work eX-
 clusively of the off1ce force of The Ad
 vertiser, some idea as to the efficiency of l those who labor to give the people of the
 State the best paper within her confines
 may be had.-Greenville Advocate.
 The Advertisers special edition issued
 last Sunday morning showed what Grand I s9- -I..- 2