The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-26

lished in Anniston, and provisional or
 ganization was effected.
 The following provisional officers were
 elected; George Lang, president; J T
 Gardner Jr.. vice president; s. L. Gal
 brath, secretary; Ben Spearman treas-
 uref Donald Fitzgerald, sergeant at
 arms. The directors are s, E. Hodges
 and w. F. Johnston with George Lang
 acting in an advisory capacity. On motion it was agreed that the next meeting should be held in the Alabama hotel on Wednesday, August 29, at luncA time. Dr. s. E. Rodges and Donald Fitz- gerald were appointed committee to see H. l.. Hodge, proprietor of the Ala
 bama hotel and make arrangements for the luncheon.
 The directors were requested to- ask q number of gentlemen to join the Annis- ton Rotary club and attend the next meeting.
 ANNISTON INN TO OPEN Between 50 and 60 of the leading mem bers of the Masonic fraternity attended the annual county conference of Masons l at Ohatchie this week. The work of the conference was directed by H. G. Ernest, county lecturer of this city and the | following officers were elected for the ensuing year: D. H. West, .worshipful master; D. D. Weaver, senior warden; | S. l.. Johnson junior warden; M. l.. l Gray, treasurer; A. B. Johnson, secre- tary; E. B. Littlejohn, senior deacon; w. J. Jenkins, junior deacon; J. M. Duke, and J. T. Garner, stewards; Rev. F. T. Cartledge, chaplain.
 The next annual conference will be held at Jacksonville
 Announcement was made Saturday aft ernoon of the lease by the Anniston City Land company of the Anniston Inn prop erty, situated on a knoll covering the
 block between Gurnee and Moore avenues Er rtn1 md | to the Anniston Inn Hotel company,
 which has a capital stock of $25 O00. l J. B. Carrigan Is president of the Inn company and c. R. Bell, secretary 1 treasurer. The directors are w, H. Weatherly, F. L. BIackmon. c. R. Bell, T. E. KiIby and J. B. Carrigan. Will l liam Bailey, formerly manager of the Hillman hotel in Birmingham, will be manager of the Inn, which will be i'm proved considerably and opened at once. The Anniston Inn was one of the fin- est hotels In the south when it was first built and many distinguished guests have been entertained there. The fact that 1t will be opened will go a 1 long way toward solving the problem of accommodating the large number of vis- 1 itors who will come to the city when the quota of soldiers assigned to Camp Mo Ciellan arrive.
 NEW CIRCUIT CLERK 1 Judge H. B. Merrill has announced l the appointment of A. H. Shepperd to | the position of clerk of the circuit court to succeed Lamar Jeffers, re- signed.
 1 The resignation of Captain Jeffers | followed the receipt of telegram from
 Montgomery stating that a commits.
 stoned officer could not also hold the position of circuit clerk. Jeffers re- l gently received his army commission I at Fort McPherson.
 l While the resignation of Captain l Jeffers will be regretted by hls many l friends, the news of the appointment l of MT Shepperd will receive general appreciation.
 i A. H. Shepperd has been in the serv- l ice of Calhoun county since 1889, hay- l ing been appointed clerk of the city l court in that year by the late W. F.
 Johnston, holding the position continu- l ousiy until the court was abolished on
 January 15 1917. Since that time MT. l Shepperd has been register in chan | cery. He has the reputation of being l a careful and conscientious worker, 1 and has always been ready and willing l to serve the public at all times
 INCINERATORS
 ] Tn all probability the long discussed l question of purchasing an incinerator l to dispose of the garbage collected by | the city scavengers will be settled dur ] ing the coming week. The city author 1 ities realize that the matter can be
 delayed no longer and although there
 is no money in the budget for this ex- 1 pense, some provision will have to be made to meet 1t.