The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
THE ADVERTISERS GREAT
 EDITION FOR CHRISTMAS
More Reading Than Has Ever Been Offered for Five Gents Every Department Bristles
 With Something Good.

cement possibilities of the State, the marble industry and other important subjects.
 Nor will the greatness of Montgom- cry be overlooked in reflecting Ala bama's growth and development A page will be devoted to the 100000 in 1910 movement A fine article on that subject will be contributed by. Secre- tary l. L. Gilbert of the Commercial Club.
 Moreover, the startling advances of real estate in Montgomery during the past Six years will be told in strik- ing manner. In addition to this one of the leading real estate men of the city will contribute a special article on Montgomery real estate His name Is such as will certainly give weight to the article. To help Montgomery and to draw attention to its own thriv- ling industrial life there will be spe- l cial articles on the retail business and the wholesale business of Mont- 1 gomery.
 The factories of Alebama is sub tect dealt with in a special article by ]. T. Slater of Selma. Mr. Slater Is thoroughly conversant with his sub- ject and this phrase of the industrial life of the State is given excellent Itreatment.
 Pensacola and Mobile are sister cities of Montgomery and all have much in common. The two Gulf cities are pie turesque and of peculiar interest to the people of Montgomery. The Christmas edition will contain excellent articles on both cities The Pensacola article will be written by Mayor Charles H. I Bliss, the Mobile article by Secretary Paul Wilson of the Mobile Commercial Club. ] Now, these are the industrial articles that are in sight. Several others are ! ANnnHAAnfIwv fA he A1l seeks to reflect the commercial and industrial life of Alabama as matter of prime importance to the readers of The Advertiser.
 One might think, having read so far in the program, that the edition will be q bit heavy. that while 1t will no doubt | interest the business people of the State 1t will not catch the interest and attention of all classes of people. But the industrial articles are only one of several important features.
 ! For instance. there is that depart ment made up of what newspaper men call feature stories'-articles which are not exactly news stories but which have some intrinsic worth of their own to make them more valuable. Profes- | sor J. w. DuBose the author of the Life of Yancey which has been called the best American biography written since the war, has turned his pen to | q subject that cannot fail to interest all readers of The Advertiser. He | will write on "The Settlement of the Canbrake," which is undoubtedly the most picturesque section of the state Mir. DuBose is a native of that section | and thoroughly familari with the sub- ject of which he writes.
 Dr. Eugene A. Smith, Alabana's famous geologist contributes an excel lent article on the Claiborne Deposits l Af gv Ia bama Is one of the most important in- cfdents in geological history. Because of these deposits, world famous geolo- | gists of America and Eurocs have | com to Alabama to read the story they reveal, the story hidden for thousands I article will deal with these wonderful | geological deposits and no man is so familiar with them as he.
 Dr. John W. Abercrombie, President
 of the State University, will contribute
 a thoughtful and scholarly article or
 "The Educational Need of Alabama
 Dr. Abercrombie has been closely iden-
 tined with the educational interests o, l Alabama for the past dozen years and
 he has been instrumental in assisting
 the great educational reform of the | past eight years in Alabama. He if Chairman of the Legislative Committee appointed by the educational interests | of the State. The article will be par l ticularly instructive to the members of | the Legislature which will assemble in | Montgomery in January. Among other notable developments in I the State in recent years has been the sudden growth to importance of frui' | growing. Professor R. S. MaciSintosh | State Horticulturist, and member o1 | the faculty of the Alabama Polytech- nic Institute. will write on Horticul- ture in Alabama, subject on which he is an authority, than whom there is no | better.
 Montgomery was the first city in thu world to put in electric cars. They were put in when the Montgomery 1 Street Railway system was owned and l controlled by Joseph Arthur Gabourey In the Christmas Edition Mir. Gabourey tells how Montgomery came to beat all other cities of the world in this enter 1 prise He tells of the sudden discovery 1 of electricity as motive power by Charles Vanderpoel In a Detroit work shop; he tells of his accidental meet ing with Vanderpoel in Canada after | the great discoverer had hawked his idea all over the country trying to sell 1 1t to street car magnates and being ! laughed at for his pains; tells the story of the costly and slow development O: | the idea in the city of Montgomery un- til 1t was completely successful This Is the first authentic history of the dis coyery of electricity as a motive power one of the great discoveries of the nineteenth century.
 Another article of deep interest tc the people of Montgomery is the story of the birth of the city. It was writ ten nearly fifty. years ago by J. G. l Klinck, the man who built the first house within the city. Mir. Klinck was an associate, and adviser of Andrew l Dexter, the founder of Montgomery and by Mir. Dexter was given the priv | ilege of selecting the first lot in the city. He tells of Dexters first visit to the site of Montgomery, the planning | of a great city and the difficulties its founders had to face.
 Accompanying this account of Mr | Klinck Is an article from Genera | Thomas s. Woodward. the famous Ala | bama scout and Indian fighter. Gen | eral Woodward. who commanded 6 company of friendly Indians in the | army of Andrew Jackson, describ bek the site of Montgomery and a hunt he | took on 1t in the year of 1914, three l years before 1t was plotted by Andrew | Dexter. These letters which form Q chapter of absorbing interest, were | both writton in 1858 So far as fl; | known there is only one copy of the two letters and The Advertiser is re. producing them not only for the bene- fit of its readers, but for the benefit oi Montgomery's history.
 Major Screws contributes a valuable article on "The Carpet -Baggers ane Their Relations to the State Debt O. Alabama" This Is a subject of whicl