The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-02

Of all of the days of the year, yester- day was most significant to the men who make The Advertiser for It was the occasion of the annual dinner of The Advertiser force. Major W. w. Screws. editor-in-chief.a and Mir. Frank P. Glass. general manager, were the guests of honor of the employees of The Advertiser at a splendid banquet In the dining hall of Bastiani & Cassi- mus. on Dexter Avenue.
 The dinner was the sixth of the se- ries. each of which was gwen as an expression of the confidence and af- lection which exists between the em- ployes and between all the men who make The Advertiser. And of all the series. the last dinner was the brightest and the best. A.. S
 Someth.nR-lilxe. seventy~AEa-persons sat down to the excellent collation., and by their presence, paid trihlitet, to the men who have led in making The Ad- vertiser what it is today. The dinner was to the honor of Malor Screws and Mir. Glass. and those who assembled about the board were there to pay tribute to the peculiar and affection ate relationship which exists between the men at the head of The Advertiser and the men who follow their lead in the makingl or the greatest paper in Alabama.
 w. W. Waldo. Superintsndent of the Mechanical Department. and one of the oldest employes of the paper, was toastmaster. He discharged most cred Itably the duties of that office. To his knowledge of the men who work on the paper. to his familiarity with the diplomacy. is attributable, In a large measure. the success of yesterdays dinner. which was notable for its en- joyment and for it's lack of formality.
 As an expression of the comrade- ship between the employees and the two leaders. and as an expression of the loyalty of all the men who make The Advertiser. it has never been surpassed in the entire series.
 The Baby Advertiser celebrated it's sixth birthday yesterday. The Baby Advertiser is an office publication, not intended for general distribution, got ten out bv the men in the office. It is devoted to office news and office jokes and office cartoons. It is family paper. in which every man on The Ad- veFtiser takes a peculiar interest. The Baby has grown largely since last year. This year 1t contained twelve pages. which is larger than any prev.- ous issues. There was contained in this paper. is#led yesterday for the entertainment And benefit of the mem bers of The Advertiser force, enough reading matter for a week day issue of the regular Advertiser. and this mat ter was made up exclusively of jokes and allusions to the men who work ;n The Advertiser building.
 The leading editorial of The Babv Advertiser dealt with the significance of the day, an effort to express the sentiments and the feelings of the men who make The Advertiser and the men who lead in that enterprise. Part of that editorial said:
 We are together to pay tribute to our leaders and to our fellow workers the men who inspire by example and who teach by doing. We are assem- bled to tell them-if they need to be told-that their inspiration is the spir- 1t of The Advertisers success and that their employees are loyal because il would be treasonable not to follow such leadership.
 50 each of us today forgets his task and with Major Screws and Mir. Glass our comrades and our leaders-we re- jojce for what the old year has brought and shape new purposes for the ac- complishments of the tasks of the new year
 .'The Advertiser Is our paper WG need only their leadership and if this is vouchsafed us in the years to come and God grant that it may be-th' future shall be greater and better thar the last.
 "The new year is before us. Each mar to his post and strength and purpose to us all |"
 To yesterdays occasion there was ar added significance for every man whr works on The Advertiser. It marked the Aftieth anniversary of the residence | of Major W. W. Screws, the veteran editor. In Montgomery. Of that hall l century Major Screws has heen fol forty-threo years editor of The Ad. vnrtiser Four of these years he EDent as a soldier in the Confederate Army and during those years he was core spondent of the paper from the front, 6 circumstance which later led to his ed | itorial connection with the paper. Ma for Screws yesterday took occasion t' | sneak in a reminiscent mood. The younger men who were gathered abou | the banquet board listened with a rev erent interest to the story of the early days or the paper. And they heard witt | a peculiar interest that since The Ad vertiser was started in 1881 1t had nev