The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-28

The Southern Newspapers Publish CTS Association is composed of the representative newspapers of the South. At the first session of the as- sociation in Montgomery last Tuesday the newspaper folk were welcomed by Acting Mayor Gunter in behalf of the city. and by Major W. W. Screws, edi- tor of The Montgomery Advertiser, and one of the oldest and best newspaper men in the South. in behalf of the newspapers of Montgomery and Ala bama.
 The Commercial and Industrial Asso- citation of Montgomery has undertaken to increase the population of the city to 100,00 by 1910. or at the rate of something more than 25,00O a year. and with It's accustomed energy 1t has gone to work to accomplish this pur- pose. its slogan being, "1910. Mont gomery. 100. .00o!" Everybody is talk ing about 1t: everybody is doing some thing to promote the success of this undertaking When 1t was suggested that the population of Montgomery ought to be 100000 by 1910 the mer- chants and business men and people generally of the town promptly suh- scribed something over $11,000 to aid in the work, and the work is going ahead with very encouraging pros- poets. Electric railroads are being built out into the surrounding hills tn accommodate the people who arc coming. Everybody Is hopeful and active and earnest about 1t. and there is not a croker in the community. or if there is he kept out of the way of the twenty-five or thirty newspaper men who filled all available space in the city of Montgomery last week.
 The business of the Publishers As- sociation consisted in the discussion of many topics touching the conduct of the newspaper business. so that the public might have better service and the newspapers a better chance to live. The star speaker of the occasion was MT. s. S. Rogers. President of the American Newspaper Publishers Asso- citation, and Business Manager of The Chicago Daily News. He talked in a most interesting and instructive way. and answered a great many kuestfons of large importance to the members of the Association. The many topics discussed. showed. however, that the Southern newspaper men are very wide-awake to their opportunities, and that, taking one consideration with another" they compare not unfavora- bly in their methods with the newspa- per men of other parts of the country and with business men generally.
 The members of the Association were most comfortably quartered at tho Exchange Hotel. a magnificent new place, built of steel and brick and marble. seven stories in height and so situated as to command most en- chanting view of the city of Montgom- cry and the beautiful surrounding country. The entertainment provided for the members of the Association consisted of an old-time barbecue, which was served at the club house of tho Montgomery Shooting Club. about six miles from the city. The newspaper people were taken to this delightful resort bv a special train. placed at their disposal by the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad accom- panied by a military band, all dressed in green. and by a number of the most prominent and distinguished citizens of Montgomery and many of the loveliest ladies in that town. It Is unnecessary to say that the day was greatly en- joyed, and particularly by some of the more adventuresome oldish men. who insisted on coming into close com bat with a number of devoted disciples of the great American game.
 The piece de resistance of the meet ing at Montgomery, however, was the banquet given in honor of the news paper men at the Pickwfck club, un- der the auspices of the Commercial Club. It was a very delightful event, so delightful in fact that quite a num- ber of the newspaper folk did not ac- tually go home until morning. The half has not been told about the peo- pie of Montgomery and their delight ful town. and it would not be proper to tell the half of what the newspaper people did while they were there. They all left Montgomery. however deter mined to help along the 1910 move ment, but 1t must be confessed that the visitors who were there last week could not like Montgomery any bet ter If 1t had a population of million instead of 5O.0