The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-21
NEW $4,000 PIPE
PLANT AT ANN|STON
Calhoun Capital Backs
Standard Foundry Co.
ROAD is ACCEPTED
Military Politics Brewing at Admission.
Good Appointed Delegate-ln-
augurate Movement for
Y. M. c. A.
ROAD IS ACCEPTED
Y. M. c. A.

Admission, August 20 Special Pa
pers of Incorporation have hecn pre-
pared and viii be filed within a few
days at the office of the probate court
for the Standard Foundry company
which win have a paid in carital of
100000, owned and controlled by An
niston men, chief among whom will be
| S. r. Norris and j. B. Darlington.
The site has already been broken
in the northern part of the atty, just
west of the Rome and Selma division
of the Southern railway, betweent
Twenty-first and Twenty y-second streets
thereby also abutting the tracks of the
Louisville and Nashville.
The fact that Aniston is recognized
to have the highest type of skilled labor
of any point in the SOUTH together with
the fact that pipe can be manufactured
here cheaper, with less percentage of
breakage than any other point in the
country, is said to have actuated the
promoters of this plant, which gives
Anniston undisputed lead over the
world as a pipe center, to locate here.
1t is hoped to be in operation with
between 100 and 90 men employed by
November l.
George c. Goodrich, a prominent road
contractor of this city, has been ap-
pointed by Governor O'Neal as a dele
gate to the national good roads con-
gress, which will meet in Detroit in
October. W ft
Whether a man who is said to have
"a af
De tried and convicted now Under a
warrant sworn out then, is a question
Whlch Recorder Green reserved for de-
cision in the case of Shelley Bennett
who was arraigned' for trial "Wednesday v
morning
The visit to Admission "Wednesday bv
captain walker of Alexander city, COM
mandfng Company FL who is seekina e.
election to fill the position or major
now vacant in the Fourth regiment.
mas given rise to the discussion of
some lively political doings in military
circles Captain Walker Will be on
posed 1t is understood, by Acting Ma
1or Carlisle of Birmingham, Who was
appointed by Colonel Graves
rumor is current that Lieutenant I
Colonel Leon McCord of this regiment.
VIII soon resign and that MAJOR Ben
Noble of the First battalion and Major
Aycock of the Second will contest for
ms position In this event. Captain
Horton of Decatur will probably be
doomed to succeed to the vacancy in
the battalion command. He would be
supported, 1t is said, by local officers.
AT their session this week, the Cal
houn county road and revenue commits
sioners, who adjourned Tuesday aft
ernoon. accepted the model pipe road
which has just been completed Ly Good
rich d Crinkley in Chocolocco valley.
They also decided to make no change in
the present court of the Alexandria
highway, where work Is now under
way.
A meeting of Admission pastols S, bust
ness men and others Interested will be
held at the residence of Mrs NJ. L.
Payne, in this city, Friday evening to
discuss the question of a Y. NJ c. A. for
Admission. w. L. Stallings OF the Bir-
mingham Y. M, c. A., of which o. w.
Payne is member. will be present. and
VIII bring with him several prominent
Birmingham business men TO discuss
the matter with those here. ho are
interested