The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-20
NO NEED FOR STRIFE.
Time and Patience VIII Heal al
 Sores.

Time and Patience VIII Heal all Bessemer RustIer.
 The utter impossibility of any one man to please each member men & or the na Alas the a same time Is being demonstrated at the
 For several years the Press Associa- mans greed, until 1t became stench to the nostrils of every decent member of the Association and a national dis fairs became so notorious that it had to be investigated and a remedy se-
 At Bessemer in 1so4 the pruning began. Then at Coden of this year an entire new constitution. based upon strict editorial basis, was unanimously The Association adjourned it's labors amid one of the most affecting scenes of good will toward men that the writer ever witnessed in the adjournmMenI Me n-oI or tracted meeting ever closed with more thorough demonstration of true brotherly love than was the adjourn ment of the Alabama Press Association
 Regardless of this harmonious state of affairs there are members who have sfiy lope and to their homes and filled their papers with vain regrets of what could have been done or what should have been done, accord ing to their several ideas.
 Even The Rustler had to have some what to say on the subject of the se- lection of the delegates to the National Editorial Assoc iatfon. This article was written while smarting under what we considered an injustice to ourself and the selfshness of one of the committee to whom we applied da,s,ca as candidade asd o 10 stopped one minute to consider the case we doubt very seriously if the aforesaid article would ever have been written, before we had time to cool of and put our second thought to work. We have considered the fact that perhaps there are StheFs 5 wno wross from m ting In our oar. As nearly two months have passed into history since the Coden meeting and we have brethren who are still hammering, therefore we come to the front once more and re- spectfully beg a halt.
 At Bessenner when J. c. Lawrence with others, agreed to try and elect him as secretary at Sylacauga the fol- lowing year. This was before Jacob Pepperman had been tried as sec renee at Golden was not in condemna- tion of Pepperman at all, but In good faith to the agreement of the year be- Eawrence I9rs Mo~ we rise uP and VigoTously protest against the unjust attack he Is making upon President Greer and Secretary Pspperman. Coming as 1t suspicion to be aroused that great deal of this has been written while smarting under defeat.
 The Hustler told MT. Lawrence that 1t had been agreed among several to give Jacob Peppermafa an endorsement of the work he has done; overlooking the mistakes he had made, if any, and AlARf Lawrence to the position. It seems that our friend Lawrence either did not believe us or the defeat at the hands of the sight of everything that may have stood in the way of the performance of certain duties that the secretary
 The Rustler now rises up in defense of Jacob Pepperman, and contrary to the expressions of our friend Lawrence and others. say that. under the circum- one of the best secretaries that could have been secured. No man could have given us a cheaper or more delightful St. Louis than he did last year. Again, had the Alabama Press Association met in Sylacauga there would have been bile. and at the various homes in Co., den for every one who would have gone and a most delightful outing at small cost would have been the re-
 
 vitation by Sylacauga when it was too late to get another place of meeting dumped just two people into Mobile and Coden where only one was expect ed. But The Rustler will say for the good people of Coden that. under these circumstances, never was more heroic efforts made by any people to entertain their guests than was made by the cit izens of Coden. and the man must have been born in the contrary time of the moon, if such thing could be, to go home and grumble at their reception by these overtaxed people. As we have said had Sylacauga not withdrawn their invitation there would have been ample room at Golden.
 There is perfect harmony in the ranks of the Alabama Press. Association re- gardless of the fact that a few ham mers have been brought forth and we believe that go per cent of the entire Ter in saving that. under the circum- stances, President Greer and Secretary Pepperman did their duty nobly regard less of the attacks made upon them by our friends J. c. Lawrence and some others.