The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-02
AdUertiser Employes Honor | Major ScrelDs and Mr. Glass

tran sportation point, because of the ' Alabama river, which was the main artery of travel and commerce from | the East to the Southwest. Pony ex- | presses were the main ways Of com | inunicating news from the seat of war | and the time on horse back from Mo- | bile to Montgomery made in those | days. has never been equailed since, | From Montgomery the news was csr- | ried in a similar manner until faster ! liaes were reached.
 The Advertiser was among the first | to have particulars of what had hap l pehed. The manner of receiving and exploiting news today is the best com- | mentary on the crude ways of our I fathers The great disaster which be- | fell San Francisco few years ago was | known the world over even before the | people of the stricken city themselves | realized the extent of their misfortunes. | and now hearts are bowed down every l where because of the appalling trag- | edy that has swept away thousands of ! lives and homes in Italy. E Touch key In a telegraph ofice | and in a moment we know what is I transpiring in our own and in the most distant lands. and warm and | sympathizing hearts are at once moved | to do what they can to relieve the sor-
 row and nishaps of the unfortunate. Tt is a great misfortune for Mont ! gonery and the State of Alabama that the files of The Advertiser from its beginning in January, 1880. until the close of the war, 'e1-6ss were sestroy- | ed. It Is due to the truth Of history | to say that they were not burned by order of any Federal officer when their troops came into the city in April, 1865. The presses and other material ! of the paper had been shipped to Co. lunibus before tha troops arrived here and this property was burned in that city. The nles were left in the ofiice, as 1t seems no one was thoughtful enough to have them removed to d place of safety in this city, and they were common property for any who might choose to take them. They can never be replaced.
 Another personal reason forSniy in- terest in this day Is that It marks an. other annivefsafy of my making this city my home. Fortunate Is the man who can claim residence of 50 many years In so good a community--a city l composed of 50 many lovely women and brave and loyal men. As said at our last gathering, all but seven of the years l have lived here have been spent in connection with my duties on The Advertiser. It is a sad thought l that of all those who started out with me In those troHbious hoGrs In July. '65, not another one remains, hut true 1 and loyal souls have made me feel that am not by any means alone. We have one with us here now who began service on The Advertiser over thirty years ago, and off and on. principally on. he has been with us ever since. His name is familiar one In Alabama and the people of The Advertiser who know him best, love and honor him most He l. l. H.m of the marks which Ostlerism would indicate. He has had his share of the ups and downs the sunshine and shad- ows of this life, but in the midst of the greatest trials, he has been As gem tie as a woman and Es uncompiaining as saint Yon all know I refer to our dear, good friend, Major J. D. Bar. ron. May his years still be long ir the iand. soe.t HfeT* sta H5 iia. "The next in service came to The Advertiser in June, 1885, ana his work and worth shine forth In every depart ment Of the paper. His mastery or de-
 tails, his good Judgment. his quick per-
 ception of needs and grasping of op- portunities have been of untold value
 to ths paper the community and the
 State. It Is needless to say to you
 who know him so well that refer to Mir. F. P. Glass It is said that he
 
 but if SD, two men of opposite types
 never worked better in double harness. One or the other, in the parlance of the day may be the wicked partner but certain 1t is that there has never been
 jar or hitch between us
 There are others who have been
 with us so long as to be parts and paf- cells of the household
 "A third reason for hailing this day
 with gladness Is the recurrence of this annual gathering. No event Is looked forward to with more pleasure and not one ever gives me more genuine de- light. It Is calculated to make the public at large think that The Adver-
 tiser is big family of congenial spir- it's when they thus meet once a year, with the announced purpose of paying
 tribute to those who are the heads
 of the establishment. l know of no
 other instance in the newspaper world where employees thus honor employers.
 thank you for this manifestation of your good will and beg you to feel that i 1t is reclproeated to the full and rum ming over by Mir. Glass and myself. History shows that the leaders of armies have been most successful who could feel in their hearts that they were upheld by men true to every ob- ligation and ready to meet any call upon them. We feel that The Adver-
 tiser would not be what it is today
 without the cordial hearty co-opera.
 tion of those who have had to i'll inn portant positions in its daily life They
 have been the indispensable eogs In the wheel without which-there could
 have been no motion or progress.
 'If we could have signalized- the day by moving into the new quarters and starting into life the great 50, 900 per
 hour new press and its electrical ap- pliances and appurtenances, |. would
 indeed have been day of days for all
 of us. Again I thank you for kind words and acts and hope that the Now
 Year may bring to each and all of you
 and yours happiness and prosperity. The Advertisers Growth.
 No less hearty 6 reception was given General Manager Frank P. Glass when as the second of the honored guests, he arose to speak. notwithstanding,
 he should have held some terrors for
 the assembled employees. being, as The
 Baby Advertiser had dubbed him, the
 man who hires and fires"
 MT. Glass spoke with some feeling
 of the formation of the bushes part nership between Major Screws and himself more than twenty three years ago. when he came from Selma to aas
 sist in building up The Advertiser. He l felt a pride in the, fact that in the | twenty three years in which he and l Major Screws had been associated on 1 The Advertiser, there had never been a l difference never misunderstanding
 between them.
 | Of special interest to the assembled
 Advertiser men were the figures show | ing a comparison between The Ad- vertiser of 1902 and The Advertiser of | 1908. In 1902 The Advertiser moved