The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-13

ment-a community dipping vat will be built and it is known that the farmers of at least one other section are contemplating similar action. The reading course included directions for fighting the San Jose scale. tick erad- ication, pig mana cement and drain age.
 TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
 The meeting of the County Teachers association at the courthouse Satur- day was a success, although not as many attended as had been expected. About 50 were present. Papers were read by several of the teachers.
 MORE ELECTRICAL FURNACES
 Work has practically been completed on the new plant erected by the An niston Steel company to make room for the rapidly expanding business of the company and 1t is expected that during this week three additional fur naces will be placed in operation to supplement the three that are now working night and day to turn out a high quality of steel at the big Tenth street plant. Each of these furnaces. like the first three that were installed, will have an average capacity of 80 tons a day each. or 180 tons a day for the two batteries of three furnaces each.
 
 ed in steel and concrete structure built for the purpose, while the first three to be installed are located in one of the old buildings of the old car plant. While the Anniston Steel company has stored a considerable quantity of merchants bar steel, rolled in their recently constructed rolling mill, they are shipping con siderable amount. and at the present prices of steel it is believed that they are making a satisfactory profit. When the six furnaces are in operation An niston will be able to boast the larg- est electric steel plant in the world just as it was the first city fin the south to have an electric furnace. LABOR DECOYS ARRESTED Will Dunson. Charlie Morris and Sam Ivey, three negroes, who have been arrested by the Anniston police on charge of decoying labor from this city will be tried before Recorder James F. Green Tuesday. According to reports an even hundred negroes left Anniston Saturday night for Birming ham to join a party of negroes col lected by labor agents to leave Sun day evening for Youngstown, Niles and Warren, o. But for the activity of the Anniston police more would have been in the party.
 The negroes who left AnnlStOn were recruited from the pipe shops and furnaces in this city and it is under stood that they have been promised ss a day with transportation, and the job is for not sess than three months The cities they are being sent to are in the northeastern part If Ohio and are noted for the manufacture oi iron products. The negroes who are leaving, it is believed. will serve the
 purpose of the employers better than the Italian. Slovack and Polacl< labor that has hitherto been employed there,
 but which is not obtainable now or account of the war in Europe, ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Anniston council Al, U. s. T., held 8 very interesting meeting last night and selected officers for the ensuing year as follows: ". $. THf1by senior coun- : cilor; R. c. Barclift, past councillor; L. H. River, junior councillor; w G. Crutchfield, secretary and treasurer Joseph Eros, Jr.. conductor; H. T. Will Hams, page; C., G. Quinn, sentinel. Del egates to the grand council at Mobile to be held in May were as follows: R. c. Barclift and ". S. Ki1by, C. NJ Woodruff and J. S Stephens.