The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-11
ANN|STON SECTION
 IS WELL GUARDED
 BY STATE TROOPS
Cavalry Regiment With Headquarters in Calhoun Scattered Throughout
 West Alabama

Anniston, April 10.-(Special )--Anniston is now we'll guarded by 800 soldiers who arrived from Montgomery on special trains Monday night and Tuesday morn ing. The men are members of the First Alabama cavalry, but only a few of their horses have reached town. It is expected the remainder of the mounts will be fol- warded from Montgomery today or to- morrow, as dispatches state that large number of horses reached Vandiver camp yesterday from Texas. detachment of cavalry numbering about 1000 men left Montgomery yesterday afternoon, but only 300 reached this city, the balance having detrained at Calera Sylacauga and Talladega. The men who came to Anniston will guard the railroads radiat- ing from this city. All tunnels, bridges and other vulnerable points will be guarded. The men were busy at their camp ground this morning, getting shaped up for the work that will be assigned them and putting the grounds in shape for camp life. All day the road between the city and the camp site was thronged with people going to and coming rom the camp and the indications are that the site will be a popular resort for Annls- tonians.
 JUMPS FROM MOVING TRAIN
 A demented man named King, who was
 
 jumped from Southern railway train Nc. Il while the train was passing through Anniston last night. His keeper, who at tempted to hold him, was pulled from the train by King and both men rolled into the ditch,' suffering a number of bruises. The man then escaped, but later was captured on Tenth street by Detective Heron and turned over to his keeper, who left with him for Meridian at 9:5S this morning.
 OCTOGENARIAN DEAD
 P N. Boyer aged SS, who has been resident of Anniston for more than 20 years died at his home on Boyer Hill at 9 o'clock this morning as the result of 8 cerebral hemorrhage. The body will be forwarded tomorrow to Reading, Pa., for interment.
 ABERCROMBIE HOME AGAIN
 Dr. John w. Abercrombie, who has just left the national Congress as repre- sentative-at-large from the state of Ala bama, has returned from Montgomery where he attended the meeting of the Alabama Educational association. of which he is a member, and whose meet ings he has not missed in 9 years, with the exception of two sessions while he wsa on duty at Washington.
 pr. Abercrombie declined to discuss po.- itics when seen Tuesday afternoon. While he says he has received numerous sue- gestions from his friends in this particu- lar, he has no rnatured plans for the fu- ture. Education. he says. is closer to his heart than politics, it having claimed the best part of his services since he was city superintendent of schools here, state superintendent at Montgomery president of the university and representative in the national Congress. If an attra ctive proposition presents itself, he says. he will return to active educational work Had he remained in Congress, he would have become chairman of the educational committee of the House this year.
 For some time Dr. Abercrombie will be with his friends and his family here, and this summer he will be in the west for IA weeks as a lecturer with the Redpath Chautauqua people. He has been asked to talk on "The Old and the New South' and after the adjournment of the last Congress he spent several weeks at Washington studying his subject in the congressional library.
 AFTER FISH HATCHERY
 Anniston friends of Congressman Fred l.. Blackmon are very much interested in the fish hatchery bill he has introduced in the special session of Congress. He has been working for several years to get a fish cultural station for Alabama. and while the question may not be considered at the present extra session. Mir. Black mon states that he will continue his ef- forts until the measure is passed
 LABOR ENDORSES WILSON
 The central labor union of Anniston has sent telegram to President Wilson in which they heartily indorse his action in breaking relations with Germany and declaring a state of war to exist They have pledged their support to the admin