The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL
 MEN ARR|V|NGFOR
 STATE CONVENTION
Governor Henderson Takes Steps to Thoroughly Or ganize People in the
 Food Campaign

Montgomery, April 23-(Speciai) Delegates fofs the thirty ninth annual convention of the Alabama Sunday School association began to arrive In Montgomery early Monday night. The first session of the convention will be held Tuesday morning at o'clock and because of the early hour of the meeting, there were hundreds of dele gates who arrived Monday. Among the first of the delegates to arrive was w. H. Soloman. of Livingston, as- sfstant treasurer of the association.
 Soul Winning will be the theme of the entire convention. which is expect ed will be attended by at least 24Oc delegates from every section of the state D. H. Marbury of Marbury will be the first speaker.
 FOOD CAMPAIGN
 Governor Henderson has taken steps to thoroughly organize Alabama with a view of increasing food produc- tion and regulating in every county the distribution thereof He has ap- pointed one man of known ability in every county of the state and each one is authorized to appoint two others to act with him as a central commit tee, which in turn will organize each county in the state. In a letter ad- dressed to each of these central com- mittees, Governor Henderson Monday gave an outline of the work expected of them.
 Report of the progress of organiZa- tion will be made by J. A. Wade, com missioner of agriculture, whom the governor directed on Monday afternoon to attend a conference of the federal trade commission in Washington on April 30. when the subject of food and fuel supply will be taken up in na- tion-wide way.
 FIXING OF PRICES
 The fixing of maximum and a mini mum price of foodstuffs by the gov ernment would be proper course to protect the consumer from exorbitant prices and at the same time make them sufficiently high to make it cer- tain that the farmer will get a profit from his product, is a movement sup ported by R. M Hobbie, one of Mont gcmery's leading merchants.
 DRAFT BY COUNTIES
 City and county officials will make up the lists of men subject to draft for military purposes. according to the opinion of military officials at the state mobilization camp here. It Is their opinion that this action will be taken regardless of the outcome of the several measures which are now being considered by Congress.
 Andrew Dickey of Company l. Second infantry, held in the guardhouse at the camp, tunneled his way out of the prison Sunday night where he was be- ing held pending his trial by court martial on a charge of deserting 4 reward of $50 has been offered by the camp authorities for his capture He was enlisted at Luverne.
 JONES HEADS CLASS
 George w. Jones. Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. was Mon day afternoon elected president of the First Volunteer Infantry training class The class is composed of 120 leading business men of the city and when organized Monday afternoon pledged its support to President Wilson.
 MINE INSPECTOR NAMED
 c. H. Nesbitt Monday was reap pointed by Governor Henderson as the chief miNe inspector of Alabama At the same time Hugh Lynch was reap pointed as associate mine inspector. Mr Nesbitt is from Birmin gham and his associate is from Pratt City. Both were first appointed by Governor O'Neal in 1914. They will serve three years under their most recent appoint ment