The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-26
SIX-CLUB LEAGUE
 MAY GO THROUGH Meeting In Anniston Not Lack
 ing In Enthusiasm PLAN OF ORGANIZATION Anniston Is Planning To Make Best Possible Showing When the
 Government Census Taker
 Comes Around.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION

Anniston. January 2.-(Special. )-The proposed meeting of the representatives from the different towns to be organized into a six-club baseball league at tba Alabama hotel here today was attended oniy py representatives from Talladega. o&1ord and Anniston, and 1t is believed that the failure on the part of Gadsden Rome and Cedartown to be represented was que 10 an imperfect understanding ol the exact date of the meeting. The lans from the three towns represented were none the less enthusiastic over the prospect, however, and after the meet Ing was called to order by E. D. Willett president or the local association, a com- Hittee or four was appointed to draft a lofm or organization, and adfournnan+ was taken until 3 o'clock, and the visit ing delegates and newspaper men were guests of the local association at lunch at the hotel
 On reassembling the committee. com posed of D. H. Smith, H. D. McCartv J. Ii. Edmondson and A. D. Manning or Iailadega. read the following draft of a plan for organizations
 l. mat we endeavor to organize base pail league under national association rules. class D
 - | 'hdt We request the following towns to perfect local organizations and send representatives to meeting to be held in Anniston on February % 1910. Annis- ton. Oxford Talladega, Gadsden, Rome ana Cedartown. That. in the event these towns oo not organize within reason able length of time and declare their intention to be represented at the above meeting. the secretary be empowered 10 endeaVor to interest other towns fin Geor- gia and Alabama.
 3. That each team denosit s1no ,orfei+ for franchise. and that representatives De instructed to bring certified checks and pc ready to turn same over to a duly elected and bonded treasurer to be elected at the meeting on February 2.
 4. That each town guarantees to visit ing teams s2o for each game played, or, at the option of the visiting manager, 60 per cent of the receipts Home team to have all grandstand receipts.
 ]. That the league open it's season on May 30 and close on Labor Day
 G. That monthly salary limit of each team be $500, exclusive of bench man. ager.
 '. That each team be limited to Il men, exclusive of bench manager
 8. That per cent of gross receipts of each game be sent to the treasurer of the league to be used as a sinking fund
 After discussion the report was adopted and the secretary instructed to send a copy of 1t to the newspapers of the df- ferent towns and to prominent fans at each place.
 A central organization committee was then appointed by the president. and the following were named: Hamp Draper, Oxford. chairrhan; A. c. Story, Talla- dega; Dr. M. J. Williams, Oxford; C. T. Kidd and J. M. Stillwell, Anniston.
 
 The firm of R. L. Polk & Co.,. of De- troit, Mich, has representative in An nston, who will soon begin the gathering of information for a new city directory Jerome Lomax will have charge of the work, and several local men will assist him in gathering the necessary statistics
 With the approach of the time when the census takers will start to work gathering information for publication broadcast over the land. some of the representative citizens of Anniston are beginning to wonder what steps will be taken by the city to enable her to make the showing she is entitled to- and make up for the loss in population that has been sustained by the closing of the car works some two years ago. It is said that the prospects for reopening of this plant are extremely slim, and with that plant in it's present state 1t is the opinion of many that definite steps should be taken which look to encouraging smaller industries and plenty of them to locate here Since the inauguration of the per cent idea many objections to its har- monious operation have been advanced. and it is generally believed that the best results may not be obtained by the orig inal proposition
 While no definite steps have been taken vet, it is probable that movement will soon be inaugurated which will tend to change the original plan regarding the expenditure of the funds and the prob able pulling of business in any one di- rection, and one be adopted that would prove as beneficial to one merchant as to the other. and thus to increase the value of all property.