The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-17
WILL NOT OPPOSE
 CHILD LABOR BILL Understood Mill Men Will Leave Matter With
 Legislature
BOWIE TO BE ORATOR
Conner Men Organize in Calhoun, State E. Y. P. U. Convenes Today in Anniston-COnferenc Ad-
 j0urns at Oxford

Annlston. April 6.-(special)-H. r. Williamson, D. T. Goodwin, Scott Rob trts, ]. T.. Gardner and Newton Wilson, all managers of Anniston cotton mills. who attended the meeting of the milmen Of the state at the Chamber of Commerce building in Birminghan Wednesday, have returned home, accompanied by T. A. Rennie of Pell City.
 While the deliberations of the milmen were more or less secret, it is understood that they considered the child labor bill that is 10 be introduced at the next ses- sion of the legislature, and while they regard it very drastic as 1t stands, it is understood that there will be no organized opposition to the bill, the millmen believ- ing that the members of the legislature will have the interests of the state at heart sufficiently to cause them to pro- tect this branch of Alabama industry from injurious legislation.
 Sheriff C. T. Brooks of this city, who was arrested in Birmingham Wednesday. gave out a statement on his return here Thursday, which explains the arrest.
 The sheriff declares that he had been asked by friend to stop at certain house on his way to the station and V hen he knocked on tho door he was in suited by a man who accosted him. This gentleman, he says, also struck at him, whereupon. the sheriff says, he drew his revolver His arrest followed, but he was released on his arrival at the station.
 The Alabama Baptist Young People s union will convene in annual convention at Parker Memorial Baptist church in this city Friday evening. The programme has been practically completed, with the exception of one or two addresses, which will likely be filled by extemporaneous speakers.
 Calhoun county, which was not organ iZed for B. B. Conner in the last cam raign, is being thoroughly worked in be- falf of the former Annistonian in this fight.
 Only six men are now confined in the state and county department of the Cal houn jail. among them being John Max well. who is charged with violating the prohibition law. He is said to have been the second man In Alabama to take out a uiSlilleI 5 llcenSe, aS years ago, and he says that he paid the government $200, GOO in taxes while he was making liquor for Calhoun.
 <. J. Bowie of Brming ham, former An and congressman from the f'curth district, will deliver the Confed- crate memorial address on decoration day in this city, April 28. The address will be delivered at one of the local churches
 
 The Talladega district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. south con yened at Oxford April II, and will be in session through the 18th. Dr. S. l.. Dobbs of Talladega is the presiding elder and Judge M M. Manning of Talladega sec retary.
 Reports from the different churches in the conference show a healthy growth for this denomination.
 Many well-known divines are attend ing this conference, among whom are Dr. J. D. Simpson of Birmingham college. IT M Archibald. missionary secretary for the North Alabama conferences J. M Glenn, the editor of the Alabama Chris tian Advocate: Miss Mary Moore. presi- dent of the Athens College and others