The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-09-28
ANN|STON FOUNDRY. GETS BIG ORDER
 FOR LAMP POSTS
City Will Hold Trade and Gala Week Next Month. County Schools Are
 Crowded

Anniston, September .)-Ge- rard Schumacher, general manager of the Ornamental Foundry company of this city, on his return to Anniston on Wednesday. announced receipt of an or der for 1s.000 white way and ornamental light posts for the city of Chicago.
 It was stated today that the plant will be kept busy for an entire year on this order and plans are now being made to practically double the present capacity of the foundry, which is devoted almost exclusively to the manufacture of white way posts and ornamental boulevard posts, this industry having become very important in this city.
 MT. Schumacher is being congratulated on this large order. Since he received contracts for white way posts for the city of Birmingham and Washington. D. C.. which cities followed Annston in es- tablishing white ways. the local foundry men have placed orders nearly all over the United States.
 A petition signed by practically every merchant in the city will be presented tc the city council tomorrow evening. ask ing for permission to hold a merchants trade and gala week here from October 16 to 21. There Is no doubt that the council will consent to the project, as it will not be like street fairs or car nivals that have proved objectionable in the past.
 During the week there will be Gov ernor's day, when Governor Henderson will be the guest of honor; a Canning Club day; School Children's day, and q Farmers Live Stock and Truck Display day. Many prizes will be offered for the several events, including a prize for the winner of the queen contest-for it has been decided that some fair lady of the city will be the queen of festivi- ties. There will also be several parades, band concerts, aerial fireworks, various shows, and amusements to entertain peo- pie from miles around Anniston every day and night of this great gala week. The merchants committee, which includes Messrs. Saks, Ullman, Gorham, Malone, Carre, Clarke and Dry, will make plans for a window display contest, for which prizes will be given, and also will ar range great dollar day, when country people as well as city people, will be able to buy many things for a dollar that have always cost much more than that sum. The stores and streets will be gorgeously decorated and illuminated and the whole town will assume gala appearance.
 When the Mechanicsville school opened Monday 200 pupils crowded into the building, which was never intended to accommodate anything like that number. The Mechanicsville school has only three teachers and Superintendent Persons says it is a sample of what other schools in this section of the county are doing in trying to take care of the children. The condition will be worse when the compulsory educa- tion law becomes effective next year, he says, unless the 3-mill tax amend ment Is passed in November.
 The DeArmonvi1le schools opens next Monday. Professor Hooper is principal of the school and is assisted by Miss Rosa Presley. The Alexandria school will open the same day with Miss En- incline Woodruff principal. The names of her assistants have not been given out yet.
 On Saturday night preceding the opening of the DeArmonville school there will be big rally meeting at the schoolhouse, which will be at tended by all parents of the district and others interested in the welfare of the school Refreshments will be served free during the evening and there will be a lecture by & we'll known educator.
 At noon Thursday the members Of the library committee recently ap- pointed by the city council, will meet in the office of Lockwood & Pound- stone and open proposals for contrac- tors who will submit bids for the struc- ture. It is believed that the contract will be awarded at this meeting. The me mbers of the committee are: R. E. Garner, W. H. Finn. J. L. Wikle, J. B. Knox and s. R. Thompson.
 Col. James Simpson and his daughter, Miss Mary Simpson, who has been matron at the Alabama Presbyterian college for several years, have an- nounced their intention of returning to their old home in Florence and make that city tLeir home in future.
 This news has been received with regret by many Annistonians, who have become acquainted and learned to love the colonel and his daughter. Their departure will not only mean distinct loss to the college, but they will be missed throughout the city.
 
 Mexican Bandits Busy
 Fl Paso, September 27.-Bandits are robbing passenger trains in the interior