The age-herald., 1901-06-15
DAIRYMEN WILL
 HOLD CONVENTION Wr. Weed of c. of Ga. at Head of Movement MEETS AT ALEXANDER CITY Several Jefferson County palrymen Will Attend and Are On the Pro-
 gramme for TaIks--changes
 In Freight Rates.
MEETS AT ALEXANDER CITY

For the past few days IT. E. Weed, Georgia Railway Company, has been in Jefferson and adjoining counties seeking to interest the farmers of the country 'n dairying. At the request of many per sons interested he will call at an early date q convention to meet at Alexander City next month.
 At this meeting Mir. Weed will talk of the industry and give some interesting information regarding dairying. A num- Der of other prominent and well known dairymen of the city will attend the meeting, and several of them will be on the programme for talks.
 It was said by Mir. Weed that the creamery butter of this city was to a great extent shipped from Pulaski, Tenn, and the necessity of importing would not exist if more interest was shown in the question by surrounding farmers and cit izens. The date of the convention has not been announced yet but will be made known within the next few days.
 Change of Classification.
 Two important changes are noted in the classification sheet just issued by the Southeastern Freight Association One of these changes, effective June 16 has reference to beer shipped in carload lots This article is now in class 6. but after unday 1t will be ciassed as F freight. This change of class gives d sharp reduction in the rate.
 The other change has reference to cot ton fabrics shipped in the original, and has considerable interest to the business men of the district. From class this commodity is changed to class 1. The eff feet of the change is to increase the freight rate. At the same time many of the restrictions at present in effect with regard to description of the contents of packages are removed. This change of class is effective after July 1.
 A party of the officers of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad left here yester- day for New York where they go to attend the trial of number of cases growing out of the wreck of train 1oa-.. ed with members of the Sixty-ninth New York Regiment two years ago. Those in the party were Assistant Superintendent S. Galloway. Trainmaster Fred Kestler, Foreman of Car Inspectors T. W. More field; Foreman of Car Department in Shops J. Jacobs and Conductor J. c. Rittenberry.
 PcI<ups During Short Stops.
 l.. Sevicr, general freight agent of the Alabama Great Southern. and G. R. Browder, division freight agent of the Southern, are attending the meeting of the Mississippi Valley Freight Association at Hot Springs, Va
 The Southern will run an excursion to Atlanta on June "A.
 Travelling Passenger Agent Gardiner of the Mobile and Ohio, stationed at Mont gomery, is in the city.
 B. McCullar, travelling passenger agent of the Cotton Belt route, was in the city yesterday.
 F. W. Green, travelling passenger agent of the Wabash, and Harry Manse, travel ing passenger agent for the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific, are in the city in the interest of their roads share of the Ep- worth League traffic to California next month, With Captain P. Sid Jones of the Louisville and Nashville, these gentlemen cure the travel from this part of the South. A committee of the Birmingham branch of the league has issued a circular letter making these roads the official route to San Francisco.