The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-24
 MAY MOVE COLLEGE Alabama Synod May Buy An-
 niston Inn SPECIAL MEETING CALLED Commissioners of Calhoun Withhold Payment of Road Taxes From
 City of Annlston-L. H.
 Garfield In Bankruptcy.
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED

Anniston. March 23.-(Special. )-There will be an important meeting of the Synod of Alabama in the First Presbyterian church in this city on April for the purpose of considering a proposition from the Anniston Inn company for the pur- chase of the Inn building in this city, looking to the removal of the Alabama Synodica1 College for Women from Tal- ladega to Anniston. The following call has been issued by Moderator A. F. Car. of Mobile:
 "The legal requirements having been complied with, hereby call a meeting ot the Synod of Alabama to be held in the First church at Anniston on Thursday, April ?, 1908, at 7:30 p. m., to consider business proposition involving vast in- terests made to the synod by the Annis- ton Inn company, and take such action as the synod may deem best in connection with said proposition. The importance of this business makes it incumbent upon all members of the synod to attend this meeting"
 At the last meeting of the synod in Flor ence, the Rev. T. P. Walton, president of the college, made an address in which he stated that the college had outgrown its present quarters in Talladega. He ap- peaed for relief from the congested con ditions, and the synod promised to take steps to that effect Soon afterward An nistonians inaugurated a movement to secure the Inn building, which has been used as a woman's college for several years and is excelently adapted for that purpose.
 The Alabama Synodcal College for Women was established five years ago and has had a phenomenal growth. It las the backing of the Presoyterlan church in Alabama and is now recog- nized as one of the leading colleges for women in the state, numbering 1SJ in Its student body at the last session. It has d faculty of eleven teachers, and offers the baccalaureate and master degrees in both the literary and art departments the music department under Miss Keen fig, Mrs. Walton, Miss I4each and others Leing especially good. Dr. Walton, the r: esident is a man of fine executive ability, combined with high moral char avter and scholarly attalnments, and ms work in building up the college mas peen widely recognized.
  g. J. Foster, president; T. P. Walton, secretary; J. B. Woodland, treasurer; N. J. Anderson, Montgomery; w. H. Boyn- ton. Talladega; W. E. McIlwain, Annls- ton J. w. Stagg, Birmingham; J. W. I,urr. Jr., Montgomery; the Rev. John Mclean, Tuscaloosa
 Dr. J. G. Anderson, pastor Of the tlrst Presbyterian church in this city, Who re- ceived the call from Moderator Carr, $ antb st tip 1noval of the college, and says that 1t Will mean the expenditure of hundreds or dol lars with Anniston merchants 1T the col lege is secured, beside enhancing the ed- ucational advantages of the city.
 The commissioners court Of Calhoun county has rescinded its promise to pay to the city of Anniston the $4000 that is claimed by the city under the provision of an act of the last legislature, and the amount alleged to be due will be held by the county till the courts have passed upon the legality of the legislatures act.
 In speaking of the matter today, Com missioner Coker said: ''fhe last legis- lature did pass a law instructing every county to pay one-half of the road taxes collected from them, but our court de- cided unanimously not to pay over this money until a test case was made, which is now being done In Jefferson county.
 Alleging that he committed an act of bankrutpcy by disposing of merchandise valued at about 5000, nearly all of his personal property. while insolvent, with the intent to hinder or defraud his cred itors, a petition has been filed in the office of the deputy clerk of the United States court in this city asking that l.. H. fairfield, well known merchant of Line vjlle Clay county. be adjudged an invol- untary bankrupt. The complaining cred itors and their claims are as follows: David Rothscnild & Co.,, Columbus, Ga, s19227; Dougherty. Ward, Little company, Atlanta, Ga, s15s29; A. M. Robinson, At lanta, s707.17.
 The members of Camp Pelham, United Confederate Veterans. have adopted reso- lutions urging a full attendance at the meeting of the national veterans in Bir- Iningham in June and appointed the fol- lowing delegates: w. L. Dale, A. A. Bea1, J. T. Greene; alternates, D. Nc Eachern, J. M. Burge and J. M. Led better.