The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-21
STATE CONFERENCE !. OF OLDER BOYS IS
 BROUGHT ID CLOSE
Anniston Pipe Plants Will Be Able to Meet Increase Rate on Western
 Shipments

Anniston. November 90.-( -(Special.)-The state conference of Older Boys, which has been in session at the First Methodist church in this city since Friday came to a close Sunday evening, and the last of the 300 delegates left for their homes in the S3 counties represented Monday aft ernoon. The place of the next meeting has not been decided upon, but it is said to be probable that the boys will meet next year at Birmingham or some other place in Jefferson county.
 The officers for next year will be: Frank Hamilton of Anniston, president; Adolphus Henry of Gadsden, vice presi- dent and Lest Haggars of Gadsden, sec retary. Resolutions were passed at the last session thanking the papers of the state and those who had taken part in the conference sessions for what they had contributed to make the conference a success.
 John N Marcum, a we'll known attor- ney of West Virginia, he stated Sunday evening that there are now 26,000 Older Boy chapters in the United States and Canada, and that Alabama is leading all the states of the union and the provinces of Canada in the work that has been &C., complished in this state in the past two years.
 Before packed audience the delegates marched in a body in the church and took the seats reserved for them In the center aisle. Under the leadership of Frank Hamilton president, the closing service began at ' o'clock. Devotional exercises were conducted by the Rev. k. N Matthews, after which report of the taa Ivo hoe r1 and of,1 county delegation rendered a separate report which was followed by an ad- dress by Mir Marcum. The meeting closed with farewell service, led by by John R. Hobbs of Selma This was an unusual and very effective closing, all the boys lining up around the walls of the church with hands joined and up- lifted, forming the friendship circle.
 The banquet at the auditorium Satur- day night was very satisfying to the body as the meetings are to the soul. There was a great variety of the best cooked food, and no matter how great the ap- petites of the delegates they were all satisfied.
 Anniston pipe plants will be in position to meet the new rate on cast iron pipe, pipe fittings structural iron and steel spikes, plates, billets, blooms, etc, amounting to 10c more per 100 on ship ments to the west when the new rate becomes operative on December 30. An niston is the largest pipe manufacturing center in the United States, and the stated rate is a compromise effected be- tween the manufacturers and the rail- roads before the interstate commerce commission in which local manufacturers took part.
 The 10 cents increase per 100 pounds applies only to carload shipments. On less than carload shipments the rate will be 25 cents per 100 pounds
 The Pacific coast products similarly affected shipments to the east and southeast are asphaltum, barley, beans, canned goods, dried fruits, canned sal mon and wine.
 The commission will hold five hearings in Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Fran cisco, Portland, and Spokane, beginning November 20, and ending December 14, as originally planned, but the meetings will consider only the fourth section phase of the rate situation as applied to the intermountain cities.
 Jurors were drawn this morning for the fall term of the circuit court, which convened today, Judge Hugh D. Merrill presiding. There were only two minor cases on the docket scheduled for hear ing today. One of these was the case of F. M. House vs. H. Rosen, relative to the conversion of property and the other was ejectment suit of R. F. Saunders vs. M. B. Holly. The more important cases will be held later in the week.
 Mrs. w. J. Edmondson, aged 8S, and Mrs M. A. Bowden, aged 80, two, of the best known women of Calhoun county, died at their homes near one another on the outskirts of this city near Blue noun tain Saturday evening. Funeral services ere conducted Monday. The body of Mrs Edmondson was inferred at Mount Zion and Mrs. Bowden was buried at Edge mont cemetery in this city.
 James Keith, Jr., was elected chairman of the county school board at the meet
 ing of the newly elected board and regu- lar meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month hereafter. The work of organizing and going over the figures and going over figures submitted to Superintendent Persons relative to the county schools consumed nearly all the time Of the first meeting of the new board.
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