The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25

States, and nearby was the house in which lived the first and only Presi- | dent of that short-lived government. The war between the States. he said, had been followed by perfect peace; the | people had been compensated for that l war, because they had come to under stand one another better.
 Every patriotic American citizen. he | declared,s felt a common pride in the brave Confederate soldier. just as he 1 felt a common pride in the brave Fed | eral soldier.
 You have no monopoly" said MT |. Stone. speaking earnestly. in the E. Lee. They were great citizens of our country. and theirs is our common heritageo'
 MT. Stone then spoke of the great ness of Lincoln and declared that no greater islander could have been heaped on the people of the South than to have said they approved of his assassina- tion by Booth.
 Mr. Stone said that if 1t should fall to~ his lot to have a monument erected to his memory, he would wish no bet ter epitaph than to have 1t said that he had something to do with bringing the people of the country closer to- gether. in bonds of patriotic friendship. He closed with an eloquent tribute to
 
 to that great body of editors who had striven to develop their country.
 MT. Stone proposed toast to Major Screws, the "Nestor of the Press of Alabama" which was drunk standing.
 Other Speakers at Luncheon.
 General Rufus N. Rhodes. of The Birmingham News, and Vice President of the Associated Press. followed Mf, Stone. In his usual happy vein. Gen Ntn ist being with his fellows of the press. and at the evidences of prosperity in Montgomery
 Clark Howell. editor of The Atlanta Constitution, spoke earnestly of his impressions of Montgomery. He con- fessed to the fact that yesterday was the twenty-four anniversary of his connection with The Constitution. and admitted that he was in Montgomery for the first time. Mir. Howell said frankly, that Montgomery was q reve> lation to him. He promised that he was coming again.
 Others who spoke were c. S. DiehI Assistant General Manager of the As' sociated Press; w. J. Crawford. pub, fisher. and c. P. Mooney. Managing Ed itor of The Memphis Commercial-Ap> peal, and Howard W. Blakeslee. Allan ta correspondent of the Associated Press.
 MT. Mooney made an eloquent plea to Southern newspaper men for pol icy of advancement along commercial and industrial lines rather than xtress- ing politics. He said that the country would be better and the newspapers would reap richer rewards If the ma terial progress of the South was stress ed and less attention was paid to polit- teal demagogues.
 MT. Mooney declared that he had been more interested in what he had seen in Birmingham and Montgomery in the way of commercial and indus. trial progress than anything he had seen of a political nature in recent years.
 Let us cut out the political dema- gogues," said Mir Mooney, dropping in- to homely phrases, and pay more att tention to what Is being done in the way of building the South and its in- dustries."
 Before the luncheon was over. MT. Stone said that he craved the privilege of saving just a word for the greatest of all great newspaper men-the re- porter.
 "All of us are reporters" said MT. Stone Ut is the highest term that can be applied to newspaper men. have learned to lean on my reporters. What ever success I have acquired. has been due to the loyalty and success of the men who have served under me-"
 View of County Roads. % After the luncheon, the visitors were taken in the eight touring cars for drive about the city and over the roads of the county They viewed the Car ter Hill Road as far as the Country Club returning by the Woodley Road, and went out the Court Street exten- sion. coming back by the Norman Bridge Road.
 The newspaper men were enthusiasts tic in their praise of these fine high ways. MT Stone declared that they eoualled some of the fine roads in France.
 q wish you would say for me- said General Rhodes. of Birmingham, that the roads of Montgomery Coun- ty have been a revelation to me. It is