The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-19
ANN|STON PLEASED
At CAMP REPORT
Maneuver Camp May Be
Again Held in Calhoun
BLACKMON FOR BILL
Second Assistant Attorney General of
Alabama Investigating Waldrep
Case-Euphians Visit Mill.
HObson in CIeburne

favorable report of the bill of Congress-
| man Fred L. Blackmon in the House
| Wednesday by the military committee
was the source of great iubilation in the
office of the Admission Chamber of Com
merce when a telegram was received from
Mr. Blackmon conveying this inrorma-
ton.
| The bill seeks to bring back to Anniston
! the troops of the several southern states
which encameed here two years ago.
permanent camp will mean much to
the entire Admission district and north
| east Alabama, and Mr.. Blackmon has
done excellent work in bringing it about
The army officers who were here la st
summer made glowing reports on Annls-
toms advantages.
Howard Seay, second assistant attor-
ney general of Alabama, was in Annis-
ton Wednesday as the personal represen-
tative of the gover-ar to Investigate the
case of Alex Waldrep, whose stay OF
execution for the murder of his wife ex-
pires Friday. He was sentenced to hang
on February 6, but the governor granted
reprieve until he could further inves-
tgate the case. The pardon board and
numerous petitioners have asked for
clemency in the interest of the con-
demned who killed his wife.
The Euphians, local club which is
studying sociological conditions, with
| special attention to child labor, were the
guests of II. f. Williamson, manager of
the "souths premier cotton mill' as the
plant of the American Net and Twine
company at Blue mountain is called
Tuesday morning. This plant employs 275
| hands, of which number 160 are attending
school. The operatives evidence a high
standard of efficiency, and have taken
readily to cooperative store recently
established The Euphians were refreshed
in the domestic science room, where a
sumptuous course dinner, prepared by the
young ladies of the mill, was served. They
also had on display excellent samples
of drawing, manual training work and
literary work.
j. II. Edmondson was reelected presi-
dent of the Admission Baseball associa-
tion Tuesday morning and L. o. Tread
away was again made secretary. Col. w.
II. McKleroy, e. L. Turner, Mortimer
Sterne, Lamar Jeffers and Hamp Draper
were made directors. Players are being
signed now almost every day.
Following his whirlwind campaign in
Calhoun, during which he made four
speeches in one day-Tuesday-Cap
Richmond Pearson Hobson, candidate for
United States senator left Admission early
Wednesday morning for Cleburne county,
following which he will speak in Ran
dolph
Captain Hobson was accompanied on his
tour through Calhoun by a newspaper
man and representatives OF the Admission
Hobson club. He was on the defensive
la,.f ,1o;, ,Fr
attitude with reference to the Brownsville
affair, the uniform bill and his attitude 4
on the race question in general. His eSS'
plantations on these questions, stated
elsewhere in the state drew forth words
of APPROVAL from some of those in the
audiences. He attacked his opponent in
the same connection for employing ne
groes in his office but denied any in
tention of bringing up the race issue him
self, stating that he knows his opponent
is sound on this question, and that Mr..
Underwood knows he (Hohson) is sound
The one new point brought out by Cap
tain Hobson i'm Calhoun was the allega-
ton that during his six years in Congress
he has had passed 90 bills, while Under
wood has passed only 19 in almost 20
years.
At Alexandria, a Hobson club was
formed with A. w. Ward and A. w.
Birmingham as president and vice presi-
dent respectively. The speaker delivered
his address there from the bed of
wagon, and at Chosea Spring he spoke
just outside the Howell Memorial taber-
nacle, conversing in a conversational way
with the $50 or more farmers gathered
under the shetering oaks. AT Blue noun
tain he spoke from his automobile.
Former Mayor H. l.. Stevenson intro
duced the speaker at Jacksonville Tues
day night. the address being delivered in
the theatre before an overflow audience.