The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-14
ANN|STON'S CIVIC CHAMBER DANQUETS
City's Industrial Progress Considered and Optimis-
 tic Speeches Are Made

Anniston, February 1S.-(Special)
 The majority of the members of the
 Anniston Chamber of Commerce and Ia large number of invited guests at Ftended the annual dinner of the An niston Chamber of Commerce at the
 Alabama hotel Tuesday evening, at which time the work of the past year
 was reviewed and impetus given to the campaign for new industries and other enterprises planned for this years work of the Chamber of Com merce.
 Several talks were made by members of the club and invited guests, and there was unanimity of opinion that
 Anniston is in better condition at pres ent than ever before in it's history. It 1, is generally agreed that this city will
 be able to make a strong argument in
 behalf of the location in this city Of the government armor plate plant when the United States commissioners
 having this matter in hand visit Ala
 bama.
 l Local scoutmasters and Judge Luther B. Lilies of the juvenile court are CO., operating in an effort to secure home for a 12-year-oId orphan boy who came
 to this city recently and says that he lis unable to find his sister and brother,
 who he was told are living here. Ills father was John +. Ferguson, former fly an employe at the heading mill at Anniston.
 I Since his fathers death, the boy
 claims he has lived with a farmer near
 Munford, but yesterday morning the l farmer told him he could not afford | to keep him any longer, so the boy
 started to Anniston in the hope of
 nnding his A-year-old brother, John
 F. Ferguson, Jr., and his 9-year-old sis
 ter. lie was found wandering around lOxford and the police of that city 1 turned him over to Judge Lilies. The tboy claims he has two uncles, but does
 not know where they are. One of them
 is named William and the other Willis Ferguson. Judge Lilies is anxious to locate any of the friendless boys rela- ltives and will appreciate any informa- ltion about the members of his family. iThe matter was taken up with Scout master Lloyd Rivers of the Boy Scouts,
 as it is felt that 150 or more scouts In the city could soon find all the people named Ferguson and ascertain 1T the iyounsters relatives are among them l MT. Rivers said the scouts would be turned on to the job as soon as they
 were let out of school this afternoon. iThey recently succeeded In finding sev. l eryal lost children and it Is believed they will be able to find some rela- lives or friends for young Claude Fer guson.
 1 Chief of Police Lon Phillips has de- clared war on all vagrants, including weary willles," as well as vagrant women who seek a haven in this city. As a result, police court was crowded with alleged vagrants and persons charged with drunk and disorderly con duct, Several alleged tiger cases also came up for trial.
 Alberta May, a negress, who was ar rested Saturday on a charge or vloiatine | the prohibition law, was found guilty and fined $50 and costs Tuesday. The | fine was light in consideration of this l being her first offense. Charged with 1 the same offense, Sebe Callahan, a negro, months imprisonment. Tom Sole,Y who was arranged for the same charge, was fined S1O0 and costs as well as were Susie Jones and Jemima Sole, the latter of which was discharged. The case against Shorty Marable was mol pressed. Kate Gordon was fined s10 and costs on the charge of vagrancy and Viola Heron was 11neU a SlIIlllaT dllOuIt l1Oiy ouu-
 maker who was arraigned on the same charge, was dismissed
 {, Jim Jennings was fined $15 Tuesday and sentenced to 10 days with the chaingang, when found guilty of embezzlement. It was alleged that Jim had told white man he could get some whisky for g. The white man handed him the money,
 but Jim failed to return with either the whisky or the $2 bill
 l William Fair Kline, brother of Senator | Charles D. Kline of this city, is making himself famous among lovers of art in l New York. An exlibris mug, designed by MT. Kline and exhibited at the Sal magundi club was purchased last week l by J. Sanford Saltus, a New York ar I tist and business man, for $1001. That the
 mug was far above others exhibited may ! be guessed from the fact that 9 other mugs sold at the same time, brought only
 $47S or less than half as much as the
 mug designed by MT. Kline.
 SDanish Cabinet May ResiCn