The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-31
WARM PRAISE FOR THE CHRISTMAS ADVERTISER

matter. any every artlcl. was interest,"
 lnR ana readable. It was story Pa, Pa
 per, historical magazine. and IL VII
 pc long before another graater paPc,
 Is issued In the State. The Advertiser
 fs nfeserves to be congratulatGd 2na tnn,h h"n, .o pllmented on the effort put iortn "a
 send out this truly great Christmas
 edition.-Athens Courier.
 The 1oo-page Christmas edition of
 The Montgomery Advertiser was re, ceived in Troy yesterday. and fully did
 u justify the previous claims of The
 Advertiser in regard thereto: It was a splendid paper and was quite com Pliment to The Advertisers enterpris-
 ing management. We note that most bama production. Alabama authors.
 which is another good point about the
 paper. old Grandma, we congratulate
 you!-Troy Messenger.
 The Montgomery Advertisers Christ mas edition issued last Sunday was
 fine. it was immense. in fact it was the
 biggest and best paper ever issued in
 the South Many special articles were
 contributed by noted Southern authors.
 and among the best were "A Ruso That
 Failed" by Lorenzo Woodruff. one of the brightest young newspaper writers
 Of the State Lack of space prevents
 us from making mention of all the
 good things in The Advertiser, but it
 goes without saving that Grandma
 spread herself-Tuscaloosa Times-Ga- | zette.
 We thought we had done t; in, fac; The Advertiser said we had, and W" did not suspect that 1t held a "cold deck hlp it's sleeve. But her sun days issue has overshadow"d us for | knowledge as much, and we also a. | knowledge that the subject matter. in every one of its one hundred pages. is | for the whole South. It was master issue. which leaves nothing more to be said-hence we adopt ,he motto of | cur great State.-Mobfle Item.
 It Is one of the very best papers ev- CT published in Alabama and should be l in avery home in tho State. The ar ticles contributed were instructive and entertaining and written. in tn" main. | by A!abamians. The advertisements have ever seen in the special edition of | any paper and will be of great benefit | to the business they represented. Tn" paper was superb in every respect. and tiser. but Alabama upon having such a paper. Ono can find something i'm ing the holldays.-Hartford Journal l It was the biggest paper over issued | in Alabama. containing one hundred which reflected much credit upon Tho l Advertisers clever young artist. Frank NJ. SpanRler. The special features were well written. and this issue of Tn" l Advertiser was the best largest ard most interesting paper ever issued in | Alabama. Phil H. Armstrong. whom l The Advertiser calls it's poet -humor- ist.'" had full page. of "Driftwood." and there was a good picture of Phil. | About sixty copies of this edition of | The Advertiser were taken in Scotts- | boro.-Scottsboro Citizen.
 The general appearance of the pap-r was very neat and attractive indeed, | and shows that no pains or expense were spared in getting out one of the l largest. best and most readable papers ever presented to the reading public of l the land. The management of The Ad- vertiser is to be congrafulate1 upon I the widely diversified and highly in- | terestne articles. all of which were so very appropriate, for this particular ls- | sue Grandma" has done herself proud, | and looks just grand with her Christ mas 'doings" on, and her management | can justly pride itself of having ac- ! complished a feat in journalism that is worthy of special mention.-Ozark l Star.
 The Christmas edition of The Ad- vertiser issued on the f7th, comprises 100 pages of most interesting reading MT. Bruce Kennedy. under whose direc.- tion this enormous paper was issued, is to be warmly congratulated on the result of his labors. The issue is
 
 standpoint. as It must be financially. Interspersed with fiction. essays and articles on timely subjects, are pictures of leading Alabama writers. All the writing. indeed, in this great issue, is the work of AIabamians. The stories are appropriately and artistically illus trated and the edition is a fine example of the typographical art. r-Bessemer Weekly
 The Montgomery .Advertis ser kept it's
 and vast and embodea %Hee science, art, poetry. history fiction and traits traits of me men A'S and Women Ps Veil known o by name and 1t is a pleasure to see their faces. J. Culpepper the quaint Henry Ruffin. Mobiles quee1ix poetess: Wellington Nandiver, of Talladegh; Phil H. Armstrong;, the sweet singer and entertainer me or Masn,ngton ,,,;s pHt nihor faces of writers whose readers are glad to see them. If you sec The Advertiser us when we say 1t Is Great.-Gunters l vile Democrat. ~
 The Montgomery Advertiser certainly has cause to felcitate itself upon the success of its Christmas edition. for it 1 has issued the best paper ever pub | lished in Alabama. To fill 100 pages | with attractive advertisements hand
 
 reading matter was what The Adver- tiser undertook and carried to q most fortunate issue. Writers. local and from a distance. furnishing contribu- tions in the way of stories and splen- didly written articles on interesting subjects, made the literary feature an | especial attraction. and the other de- | partments were equally as meritorious. | With it's Christmas edition of 1905, The | Advertiser simply laid firmer hold upon it's title. The Best Paper in Alabama" 1-Clayton Record. ..@% | The Christmas edition of The Mont l gomery Advertiser was one Of Ihe larg- l est. as 1t was one of the finest and l best, papers ever sent out from an Ala | bama press. It contained 100 rages. | filled to the brm with interesting read | ing matter, and handsome advertise ! ments displaying a journalistic enter 1 prise never before undertaken in this State. The white paper alone for this | single edition cost moro than S1,001. and perhaps other expenses amounted to twice that sum, hut Grandma never permits money to stand between her peoples best interest This great Christmas edition. distributed as 1t is all the way between the oceans, will attract much attention to our Stat" and it's influence will he felt for many years to come.-Moulton Advertiser
 The Christmas edition of The Mont eomery Advertiser. which came out last Sunday. was the best paper ever oripfad in Alabama contain