The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-31

not only the high standing The Adver- l tiser enjoys as an advertising medium, but the enterprise and public spirit of Montgomery's business community. We 1 congratulate the editors and publish
 CTS most heartily on their magnificent ] success with this issue and assure them l that they have set new standard for
 their Southern contemporaries.-Ch l tanooga Times.
 The Montgomery Advertiser issued on | Sunday, last, a mammoth Christmas
 edition of 100 pages. The edition was
 not devoted solely to Montgomery, but was in reality an Alabama number. It 1 portrayed in attractive manner the business conditions and resources of
 the State and contained an unusually large number of articles and stories written and illustrated by members of The Advertisers staff. In every re-
 spect it was fully up to The Adver- tiesr's high standard and splendid repu- The Advertiser, to Montgomery to Ala bama and to Southern journalism. The Enquirer-Sun offers earnest congratu- lations.-Columbus (Ga) Enquirer Sun. ..#
 Alphabetically Alabama comes first in the roll of States. If also has other claims of a distinctive character. The foundation for new claim US to hold ing first place, was laid on December
 17. when The Montgomery Advertiser issued its Christmas edition of 100
 pages; Again revertIng to the alpha
 bet: The Advertiser holds first place
 under that, It, too. has other claims for being at the head of the list In
 it's Christmas number 1t carries 424
 columns of advertising. The Adver-
 tiser is well named. The Christmas is-
 sue was an abnormal anniversary ac-
 counting of Alabama. Somehow 1t is
 hard to-escape alliteration when Ala
 bama and advertising are the subjects discussed.-Houston (TeXD Chronicle.
 gomerv (Alabama) Advertiser exc.eds in ponderosity anything issued from any of the New York city newspaper offices for that holiday. and the quality of it's contents justifies the quantity. It is a travelling library made mp of every variety of literature. business re- ports and the news of the world-that of the State of Alabama and the city of Montgomery in particular being given due prominence. Under the manage The Advertiser Company, this newspa per has grown to be a power of press influence in the Southern States, and country equal 1t as a business enter prise.-Amsterdam (N. Y.) Recorder.
 The Montgomery Advertisers mag nificent Christmas edition, issued Sun day, was, from every standpoint, the best piece of newspaper work which has ever come to The Journals atten- tion. It contained loo pages and there was not poor one or a dull one among them. The work of more than fifty Alabama writers. outside of The Ad- vertiser's own staff. was represented in the edition and many of their articles were artistically illustrated. These ar ticles, aside from their literary merit, which was in itself of a high order contain a great deal of useful and in teresting information which makes them valuable acquisitions to the archives of any Southern newspaper. The Journal has always had profound admiration for the ability which has always been evident in its Montgomery contemporary, but the latter's latest accomplishment ranks not only at the head of all its previous efforts, but at the head of any work of the kind which 1t has been The Journals pleasure to receive.-Pensacola (Fla.) Journal.
 While we of the effete North and East of this great country think we are some pumpkins in the way of huge massive Christmas editions. issued hy the big daily papers. Alabama, and particularly that enterprising city of an enterprising State. Montgomery is not SO far behind when 1t tries to out do it's Northern rivals. The Adver- tiser has essayed the difficult feat of issuing a vast. unwieldy Christmas number. and, what is more to the pur- pose. ii has most successfully and most admirably accomplished it. Its edi- ton Issued on Sunday, December 17.