The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-06-27

. ramrod. He told his story patiently
ana sauietiy. had . picture OF that
man taken and placed Il upon the
nrst page Of the paper have the hon-
or 20 serve. and over it wrote this
caption. "A type OF the private soldier
Of the Southern Confedsracy.-
II your fathers did these things;
forttude to DO What they did. what
IL It you cannot do. IL you but ap-
preciate pour own strength
Draw lesson. then. you Alaba mians
by It.
take It thst most OF you are what
We call country editors" In my
somewhat limited newspaper career,
had experiences a. country editor IN
Arkansas then had experience In
metropolitan Journalism In the city Of
Memphis, In New York and In Chicago.
believe that have had actual con-
tact with every form and every condi-
ton of Newspaper publishing. ]
served one man whose annual expenses
for the conduct OF his newspapers were
el4.ooa.o0o. and whose pay roll for edi-
tors In one office alone was $1,000 q
week.
I served another whose weekly ex-
pense was about ,s2s and whose
and others SIS. MY personal re.
sponsibility ana my personal care and
my personal effort were just as great
under the small owner as under the big
one. / was doing Just as much good
In . relative way when I could Garry
the cirouaation In one mail-sack, az ]
was when directed sheet that every
day consumed twcnty-sight carloads OF
white paper.
<<,s,,e nos H.. .. S,.4so. 49,, 49,
to praise you beyond your deserts. In
the presence of my brother editors to-
day. II II not for me or you TO boast
that ours IL tho greatest of the pro-
fessions / have no patience nth the
lawyer who, at bar meeting. tells us
that he aud hts associates are the
sayiors Of the country and the direct
Ing brains Of humanity. have lit
tie use for the priest, preacher or rabbi
who insists that he and his profession
are the beginning and the end Of all
things.
Human society 10 founded on q sys-
TEN OF checks and balances. The man
who tolls in the field behind the pillow
and tears from the earth that by which
he can procure food and clothing and
housing and education for his wife
and for his children. is doing his part
Just as he ID that commands an army
/ vi b&Auo u nGN40L
There 10 q little furrow or q big
furrow In life for every man. and
| that mans account is made up accord
| ing to how well he plows It.
] am glad that the Interstate Com.
rnerce bill has taken away railroad
passes from state to state. 1t doe,
away with those editorial conferences
which consisted OF tunketing trips
through the country When we ooms
together now. we get down TO dis
oussing the things that we are herr
for.
What have you Alabama editors done
during the last year that has helped
your town. your county and YOU
slater First OF all. what have yos
done for your immediate neighbors'
In the old days, when geography wal
| taught TO the small boy, among tn,
first things be learned were the loca
ton OF Kamchatka. Behring Straigh
ana Canton. Then he got the boun'
daries of the United States. and then
/ possibly. OF his own state. But last o
| ali. he learned what country was b
| the north of him. east oS him, soutl
Of him and west Of HIM
The country editor should begin q
his front door. There IL his work. 4
the water in your village pure7@ Hay'
tuted from cholera fnfnntufn Uuu nav
the older ones died from typhoid7 I
i this IL 50. have you called the atten
ton OF your County Board of Health
/ to lit Have you had an analysis o
the water made? Have you locatet
| the typhoid baciilasf
What 10 the length OF your publ,
/ school termf You are probably so bus,
discussing big questions, the tariff o.
the free and unlimited coinage OF sill
YER or Imperialism that you nevel
thought about this. Have you sue
decided In adding month to the length
| OF the session?
/ Are you growing as much cotton PEI
acre IN your county as you did ter
i years asoi II you are not. there Il
/ some trouble with your soil. What Il
1T Have you told the farmer that h,
/ can send samples Of the soil to an agri
cultural experiment. station, to YOU
state agricultural college or to Wash
ington. and that he will be told exact
| ly what 10 the trouble? Find out wha
sort of crops or fertiliser improve THU
land and put 1t in the paper.