The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-04

Press Association has been held, Asa
Rountree has been .ousted from the
| Secretaryship and the editors WIN
| their wives, sisters and daughters are
In st. Louis to view the great expos'-
| ton.
The party of editors which left BIT.
mingham Friday night In a speciai
train of the Frisco route. was BONA
fide. For the first time In mum
! Der OF years the editors OF AlaoaHa
were able to participate In their an
\ nual excursion. No one was tnere "
| extort money from them for his per.
scnai gain. Each one of them paid
So for his trip. Last year eacn one
OF them paid Rountree $32.25 for
| trip which cost Rountree as tneir
agent about $11.
| One of the most singular things
| about this Rountree matter was the
1 manner in which some goon "eh
stood by him to the last notwithstanu-
ing his admission in writing that ne
had been guilty of misappropria'ihs
| the funds Of the members of the AS
ISOLATION and Of disappearing mat
tiers to the railroad companies one
| Of his staunchest supporters was min
| lister who never gave reasonaoie eA-
PLANTATION for his conduct.
But Rountree has been set asloe
| and the Alabama Press Association Is
In a better condition now than IT mas
been in many years Men joined .he
Association at Bessemer who SAID 'ney
had been waiting to join Just as soon
as the Association had cleared Itself
| of Rountree and his methods Inc
older members declared their purpose
TO take more interest and the indica-
| tions are that the editors now nave an
organization in which they may feel d
pride.
| Asa Rountree made a remarkable
stand at Bessemer Notwithstanding
he had. at the special meeting OF the
Association held in Birmingham last
October, declared his Willingness TO
make a complete report of his conduct
of the Canadian excursion to the an
nual meeting and to accept Whatever
| action was taken there, he appeared at
Bessemer with a proposition to drop
tho entire matter as though 1t mad
| been settled.
1t will be remembered that Roun-
| tree preferred counter charges against
| President Yerby. several or the vice
presidents and other members OF the
| Association demanding committee TO
investigate these charges. rms com
mittee was appointed but when 1t met
in Birmingham and the accused off,
GERS and members answered ready for
| trial Rountree absolutely refused to
file his charges or specify what they
| were.
| When the annual meeting was In
| session the committee reported thls
| action of Rountree and completely ex-
onerated President VERIFY and the other
officers and members who mad peen
| accused by Rountree.
a IN adOnte0
the Meeks resolution declaring that
Rountree was unworthy of member
| shin and denouncing his conduct
| Rountree offered to renew his charges
| against President VERIFY and the oth-
ers pretending that he had entered into
a compact with them whereby they
would not press the charges against
him IL he refused to press the inves-
tigation against them.
This statement by Rountree brought
Editor w. H. II. Judson of Bessemer
to his feet He was one of those &C
cused by Rountree. He declared that
the statement just made by Rountree
was "a wilful and malicious false
hood" Further he said the charges
made by Rountree were 'wilfun anc
malicious falsehoods," and he had sc
denounced them in the press of Ala
bama over his signature.
| Editor y. y. Williams VI II
Editor II. s. Doster of the Prattvillt
Progress. and President Yerby made
practically the same statement and
Rountree sat still in the face of the
helplessness of the situation.
1t should be said in passing thai
there was but a mere handful Of
sympa thizers with Rountree at tht
Bessemer meeting. The vote of 40 tC
81 on tablng the Mel harmony" oil
Nas
of Rountree's strength in the meet
ing. Many men voted for the Mel res
olution who had no sympathy witt
Rountree.
There were nearly 100 newspaper
men at Bessemer and not single MAI
or woman in the party will ever forge
the lavish hospitality of the Besseme1
people. 1t was a whole-souled welcome
the Bessemerites gave the newspaper
: people. No one could mistake it's sin
certify.
The committees of Bessemer bust
ness men were assiduous in their at
tention to the visitors and every detail
was cared for by men who seem to hav'
trained in doing that sort OF thing.
j. II. Hard, a clever, warm hearted
business man of Bessemer. was at tn,
! nedu OF tne COTnInIttccS, anu ne ldpOi "
increasingly. The visitors were assign
ed to the homes of the Bessemer peo
pie and here they received the kindli
est the most hospitable treatment
| Those who went to the hotels foun'
when they came to leave that their bill!
had been paid by the committee.
, Perhaps the most enjoyable. certain
ly the most attractive entertainment
given in honor of the editors was thu
reception at the splendid home of Mr.
and Mrs w H. H. Judson from to l.
o'clock Wednesday evening. The hos
} and hostess were assisted by thei
charming daughters. Misses Lula am
Grace Judson. and number of tn
beautiful and gracious women of Bes
/ semer. The large residence was trans
) formed into bower OF beauty and 1
great number of people availed them
selves of the hospitality offered by thu
Judson home.
The reception to the ladies of the par
ty and at the Elks' Home followed b!