The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-11
Alabama Reared Young Man Who Made his way in Great Me- tropoIis Talks ModestIy of
 His ofaciaI Duties.

A graduate of the Alabama Polytech- mic Institute. three months worker on Birmingham newspaper, where he Host out; three months reporter on The New York Journal. where he again failed to make good" then year and a half in the Associated Press service of New York city. two years clerk of the New York grand jury, and now at the age of 2T years, Assistant Distrist Attorney in the most popu- 1ous of American cities, post he has held five years.
 This in brief is the story of Almuth c. Vandiver, son of Wellington Vandt- yer of Talladega, who spent last night at the New Exchange Hotel and who will leave today with his brother, Wil- liam Reeves Vandiver, to return to New York after few weeks vacation at his old home.
 The story of this Alabama boy reads like novel It is an example of the success which attends the man who has pluck and endurance to succeed. and who does not let opportunity slip. through his hands. It is a demonstra- tion of what the true Alabama spirit can do, the spirit of determination and decision when possessed by man with purpose.
 Assistant District Attorney vandiver as mere youth compared with the majority of lawyers against whom he conducts cases in the Eastern metrop- oils With less than a score and half of years upon his shoulders, and with only a tri1e over two years night study of the law as basis, he has proved himself one of the keenest live wires of the New York bar. His ad- vance has been little short of spectac- ular, and the estimation in which he Is held by men of legal prominence in rSotham is testimony to his ability in his profession.
 Flight years ago this Alabama boy left his native state. He had entered into the 5ournalistic field and at hts first effort, had been declassd unfit The Birmingham newspapers discount ed his talents Undaunted he went to New York, the seat of Journalistic td.- ent in the country, and here again, he failed to come up to the require- ments Without osition, aloe il great city, he finally succeeded In se- curing a place with the bur"au of the Associated Press there. A year and half he spent in this cmpl ,ymert. hrr- ing a part of this time he was assign ed to the task of towering" the cam paign of William Travers Jerom e' then a candidate for the office when hade him known throughout tn ecountry. Young vandiver's ability and spirits pleased the big man. When hs vas made District Attorney. he re'neDlher- ed the boy who had so faithfully won k- ed with him. A position ss clerk of the Grand Jury was vacant. Jerome otfer- ed 1t to the boy from Alabama. The place was accepted, and then, for two years under the direction of the great lawyer, young Vandiver studied law. Upon his admittance to he Dar he was appointed an assistant to Jerome
 Since then his advance has been steady During the last two years he has helped conduct some of the most noted cases in New York City. H" was associated in the prosecution of Rerthe Claiche, and of the Terranova woman. The conduct of these trials and others of equal or greater importance, has brought upon him the commcniation of the most prominent members of the New York bar.
 About a month ago Mir vendiver came South with District Attorney Je- rome. when the latter made an ac1regs before the Georgia Bar Assori ltion. He later accompanied his chief to Birm- ingham, and also entertained him at his fathers home in Talladega.
 MT. Jerome was more than pleased with his glimpse of the South" said MT Vandiver. speaking at the hotel last evening "He was surprised and He had expected to find hospitality down here, for the hospitality of the Southerner is provHrbial. But the life and energy. the teeming activity which he found in the cities he visited swas surprise to him. He realized then that the South is growing. that 1t is advancing with every day, that to be a southerner in this age means some thing for the South. little as 1t is un- derstood in the North. Is making the most rapid strides of any section of the nation.
 nF tha people of Georgia was only sec ond to the impression he received of +hs neople he met in Alabama"
 Tha young Alabamian Is a specimen of the aggressive. energetic, pushing Southern man. His very appearance Ia an Indication of the man within. Of -rore than medium height, spare, without ar ounce of superfluous avolrdupois ne has the 1.-the. quick movement of the .nan essentially active. His voice. -nhiia carefully modulated. is decisive
 a lts tones distinct and forceful. A snnooth shaven face. dark. expressive nvs9 and sharply modelled chin, are the ~SoSt prominent characteristics Of man once seen ana taiAeo "itH' nut soon to be forgotten
 Aitbough visit to his home Is uot of S.aa,ent occurrence. MT Vandiver is an Asrdent and a patriotic Alabamlan. There number of boys from this State. he says, who are making their way in RJsw york Many of them are college
 We. os his from the Alabama Poly tnabnic institute. and at stated inter yaIs they gather together for an alum
 sneaking of his visit South with Att torney Jerome. Mir Vandiver said ex- nressiy that there had been no poitti- raI significance in the trip. His chief Saa narelv been asked to attend the nnstinr of the Georgia Bar Association. Hs had wanted to meet some of the sonIo in the South. and he had wanted 7! zee something of this country. His cole mission was to address the Georgia lawyers. and his visit to Alabama was ~asrsIv an offshoot of the original plan
 S. vandiver spoke interestingly of