The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-26
OXFORD BOYS PLATED.
Were First to Suggest Mckier0y io
 CoIOneIcy.


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 Were First to Suggest McklerOy foi Colonelcy.
 Anniston, April 25.-(Special )--Af- i ter drilling for some time at the arm ory Friday night. Company or oN- 1 ford adjourned for a business meetlhs. Several movements were stated for the betterment of Company l., and Captain Smith, who has been acting captain and adjutant under Lieutenant Colonei Kennedy, announced to the company that Capt. w. H. Mex leroy of Annis- ton had been elected Colonel, and that a brilliant future was assured the 5rd
 Regiment. and that Company l. should feel proud of themselves, as they had been the first company to mention hls name in that connection. When Cap tain Smith finished hisitalk, First Lieu tenant P. M. Eichelberger arose, and in a few feeling words stated that t was understood that Captain Smith
 would be the Adjutant of the Regiment under Colonel McKleroy, but that Com
 pany l. could not afford to lose him. and presented a petition signed by ev- efy man in the company, asking him to remain as captain With his voice choking with emotion, Captain Smith told the company that he would obey
 orders, but that he expected to stay
 with Company l. to the finish. This was d signal for continued cheering. and the company went wild. The mem
 bers crowded around Captain Smith,
 shaking him by the hand and prom
 ising to work with him for the upbuild-
 ing of the company.
 Dr. John H. Eager, who preached at
 Parker Memorial Sunday, is the broth
 CT of pr. George B. Eager, who was
 once pastor here. He preached in The
 morning and a night lectured on Italy, where he was missionary for many years. Dr. Eager Is now a pastor at
 Baltimore.
 In Anniston City Court Saturday
 morning Judge Thomas W. Coleman presiding, John Tony. a well known
 saloonist, was fined by Judge Coleman
 for selling liquor to a minor. The
 fine assessed was $100 and costs. Tony was indicted by the last City Court grand jury. Ose Bush, a negro, who
 appealed his case from the County
 Court was found guilty by Judge Cole
 man and fined $20 and costs. which
 amounts to about s75. The negro was charged with burning fence of a
 neighbor near Peaceburg.
 Capt James Crook, President of the Calhoun County Association of South ern Cotton Planters. has issued call for meeting of farmers, merchants and business men, to be held in the city Tuesday, May End.
 A prominent Oxford citizen who has heretofore opposed the suggestion, stated to The Advertiser representative that
 he was now in favor of union of the
 two towns and thought it would be a
 good thing for both. A consolidation or the two. suggested he, would now give Anniston a population exceeding 10000 and the next census would show it town of 3a000 people if the same increase continued. This act in itself
 would be great thing for Anniston
 and would attract attention to the
 place as no other one thing would do. The business of the two towns, as he
 suggests would merge together here and Oxford would become an ideal stl- burban section and suffer nothing in consequence of the change. The gen
 tleman says that he not only thinks
 consolidation would be a good thing,
 but he believes 1t Is only a question or few years and would like to see
 1t done before the census of 1910. This
 Is advanced thought on the part of the gentleman. He Is not only a promi-
 nent citizen and real estate owner in the town. but one of its largest mer- chants. The question may become a
 live issue within the next few years.
 Messrs. Ross Blackmon, Dr. J. L., Wlkle, James Keith, H. B. Glover, c. J. Sawyer and c. D. Kline have issued
 call for 8 meeting of citizens at the Court House at 4 o'clock next Wednes-
 day afternoon for the organization of foung Mems Business League Mir
 Ross Blackmon, when questioned by The Advertiser representative as to the p,lr- pose of the proposed league, replied: The young men of a city or commu- nlty are the greatest benefciaries of its prosperity and therefore should he
 the most active in promoting and con
 summating such projects as will bring It. Anniston Is the best little city in the country None of us will deny this but there is much work to do and much more that we must do We must get together" said he, and organize for effectual work"
 The Anniston Foundry and Machine company is to have an S5xt 900 foot ad dltlon for the manufacture of water ana gas service boxes, soil pine and nttlngs. The contract was let yester- day to c. J. HOuser and R. o. Watson
 has the contract for the grading. Work Will begin today. At present this com, pahy IS engaged in boiler making. To- comotlVe repairing and in making sheet | ron castings. For some time the ad
 dltion to be made has been, under ad Vlsement, and the decision reached
 means practically new industry for 'he Model City. The force of the com
 pahy Will be more than doubled high grade labor will be employed. and bi@b grade material will be turned o,,t fre,,, me plant, The contractor is now oet-
 ting up the inateriaI. and work win rs gin today. It will not be long untI th plant is set in full oDaratio,, t4e