The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-18

represented and the writers were se.ected from the very best Alabama rn part were side by side with those
 n the extreme South, and those whose tpmes border on the Mississippi with th hhose who inhabit the piney woods on
 T TIE hTanks of the Chattahoochee.
 s paper will be a revelation to many of the citizens of the State to oI mat there are so many writers r..S.on oI.on within her confines whose iuHuons airsaH, are so good that they have creTtt9y earned reputation which Is scssAep,e enough to cause the paper to per column ''1s" o. Mucn a credit Is due the management nan Advertiser in getting out such rrstnIet ana We most heartily con- sr.t uate all connected with 1t on it's great success.--Greenville Advocate.
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 ea ne Mrontgomery Advertiser publish hr,n e; Snrlstmas cdition-iast Sunday. er rjoyahiey yus n. .ne handsomest and most ttoa apounas m most readable stories. fic- maas 1aSn history. hs rS. poetry and artistic cuts The The whols % sne h,snSsrtisers Advertisers stan artists highest productions of of the "e prin,srs M srs a shs Tn, The feature of the edition was sne nlgh-class stories by home talent, mon.tsomerians r,on. led in number. but ai- represented by catchy, well written story or poem. Waller Harper con. triouted a story, Cupid on the Via onct" which is absorbingly interesting the % .sms ranse .o to say: affected us just Frenchman or some other far away in. oividual covered with a halo of laurela
 -Cuilman Democrat
 The Montgomery Advertiser issued on the i1th inst. gigantic Christmas eoition or nfnety-two pages. Perhaps at no previous time in the history of Alabama has newspaper attempted Q mammoth scale. Every page was was filled with either arcisticaily arranTed aavertisements, we'll written fiction historical incidents or up-to-date news Items and telegraphic facts.
 The Advertiser, although & rock ribbed Democratic daily, and guilty. sometimes. of hitting hard blows where their political enemies are involved, must be given the credit for the publi- cation of flrst-class news Journal. While one of the very oldest newspa- pers In the State one can discover no evidences of dry rot in Its makeup, Every day It's readers can depend upon receiving an ample supply of news, State, out of the State, and foreign, We wish to extend to The Advertiser our sincere congratulations with the hearty wish that under the next three hundred and sixty-hve prosperous Re- publican days the publishers will wax so fat that thcy will present their read CTS with an Issue of one hundred and ninety-two pages.-Birmingham Times.
 The Christmas edition of The Mont gomery Advertiser was notable paper in the history of Alabama journalism.
 The edition consisted of ninety-two pages and in every respect came up to the promises of the publishers. Tho contributions from The Advertiser staff were all of a high order and most of the leading writers of the State were represented in the paper. Tailadcga vandiver Mayor of the city. who con- ,tributed a humorous article: Miss En- field Joiner's story, "Letitia's Seventh Christmas Eve" and tribute to Jos. nis L. Johnson. Dr. w. s. Wy man of Tuscaloosa, writes an historical article, and Capt. Richmond P. Hobson clearly sets forth Alabama's relation to the Panama Canal.
 The Advertiser demonstrated to the public that Alabama has literary talent of a high order which can write prose and poetry.-Talladega Mountain Home-
 Since receiving 1t yesterday we have from time to time been dipping with delight into that magnificent number of The Advertiser. Doubtless the Christmas number is the finest newspaper. In mechanical finish and in the variety and quality of the mat ter carried in Its columns, that has ever been issued in <his State and will compare favorably with special edi- tions of any newspaper anywhere. One feature Is noticeable and that Is that this great newspaper has given Alaba- ma writers a chance In this issue and that home talent has practically made the paper. This is encouraging to those who have for years longed to see such appreciation and help extended to our home people of talent as to hold them with us for little while. Those who made the Christmas number of The Advertiser, men of all the depart ments, business, news and literary, may well be proud of their achievement and every Alabamian ought to have a copy to file away.-Selma Journal.
 About the biggest thing ever seen around here in the way of a news paper Is the Christmas edition of The Montgomery Advertiser issued on Sun day the 11th. The Advertiser has been noted for taking many forward strides. but this Christmas edition quite "snatches the rag off the bush."(
 It is a paper of ninety-two pages, literally illustrated and crammed full of interesting matter. The usual news, comic supplement and especial Sunday articles are in 1t and in addi- stories, poems, and sketches written by Alabama people. The Advertiser staff Is represented by some very clever articles and there are produce tions from the best known writers in Alabama. Such successful story writers as Miss Lulu Judson of Bes- semer and Miss Enfield Joiner of Tal- ladega are among the contributors
 Tuscaloosa is represented in a splen- died article on how the gamblers were run out of Montgomery in the old days by Dr. wyman and Samuel Minturn Peck contributes a dainty Christmas poems. A Times-Gazette man has also a short story.
 The paper is not only huge, it is readable and delightful The Adver- tiser deserves congratulations.-Tu loose Times -GaZette.