The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-09
THE NEWS OF ALABAMA.

Despite the claims of other newspa-
pers. 1t is becoming more apparent
every day that the people of Alabama
must depend on The Advertiser for
news of interest to this State.
The most interesting news to Ala
bamians on Tuesday was furnished by
the unwilling of a monument on the
battlefield of Shiloh in honor of Con-
federate soldiers of this State. The
event was in charge of Alabama Di-
vision, United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, and it drew 1000 men and
women. The Advertiser sent one of
Its best men from the home office. He
covered the news by telegraph Tues
day night. The Advertiser published
a complete story of the event on its
first page yesterday morning. No 9TH
er newspaper in Alabama had line
about 1t. In that same edition of The
Advertiser the news from twenty-one
towns and cities of Alabama was pub
lished, news furnished by our own cor
respondents. We had news in that pa
per from Birmingham, Tuscumbia, Mo-
bile, Decatur. Montevallo. Jacksonville,
Kennedy, Admission. Russellville, Sam
son. Huntsville, Scale. Eufaula. Gull
man. Sheffield, Abbeville, wetumpka.
Athens. Selma, Union Springs and Tus-
caloosa- In numerous cases we had six
and eight stories from each of these
towns or cities. Nearly all of it was
exclusive to The Advertiser. All of 1t
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our own men.
We did not regard yesterdays edi-
ton of The Advertiser as an especial
ly good newspaper, either. We are
simply using 1t as an example to write
a lesson.
We don't have to. The generous pat
ronage accorded this paper by the peo-
pie of Alabama proved to us years ago
that our achievements were appreci-
ated. We often receive letters from
good friends praising The Advertiser.
For obvious reasons they are not pub
lished.
The other day The Birmingham Age
Herald, Selling upon the praise Of one
of its friends in Talladega, boasted
that 1t published daily "one-third more
State news than all of the morning
newspapers in Alabama combined"
The Age-Herald was so busy shooting
itself full of praise that it failed to
publish the most important news in
Alabama that very day. The very day
The Advertiser published the news
from twenty-three towns and cities in
Alabama, approximating eighteen col.
umns, The Age-Herald published the
news from fourteen towns and cities
that day approximating ten columns.
That very day murder trial was in
progress at Dothan, a trial that absorb
ed the interest of the entire south
eastern section of the State. The AZ
vertiser had a staff man on the scene
and published two columns of it daily
while the trial was in progress. The
AgeHerald did not publish a line of
it. That very day a young man in
Mobile made q sensational confession
to a diamond robbery. The special
correspondent of The Advertiser sent
JUS two columns of it. The Age Herald
did not publish line of it.
Tuesday 1000 men and women of
Alabama gathered at Shiloh battlefield
and dedicated a monument to Alabama
soldiers. The Advertiser published
complete account of it. The Age-Her-
aid did not. And yet The Age Herald
brags that it published one third more
State news than all other morning
newspapers in Alabama,
The simple fact is The Advertiser is
the onH newspaper in Alabama that
makes an effort to cover the news Of
the entire State. To do 1t we employ
u correspondent in every town and city
in Alabama-eighty-s of them-in
addition to special men who are kept
busy gathering news in every direc-
ton. The Age Herald does make an
effort to cover the news'of North Ala
bama, just as The Mobile Register en-
deavors to gather the news of South
Alabama. The whole State is the ter
ritory of The Advertiser. and we cover
the whole State.
Readers of Alabama newspapers are
invited to make comparisons every day
in the year. We will not boast again.
Our achievements speak for us.