TROY EDUCATOR IS
HONORED AT MEET
ihackleford Named Official Of
National Association
TROT, Ala” March 3.—(Special
Lea sell Wire.)—Dr. E. E. Shackleford,
president of the Troy State Normal
school, has returned from Chicago,
where he attended the national educa
tional convention. He was elected
second vice president of the American
Association of Teachers in Colleges,
which meets each year in connection
with the National Educational associa
tion. This places Dr Shackleford on
the executive committee of that body.
Special Agent Arrives
E. I,. Devon, special agent for manu
facturers, arrived in Troy Monday to
escertan the exact damage done to the
"re truck in an accident Sunday and to
iperintend repairs. The truck was
imaged when the front anxle broke as
was crossing the railroad on Elm
• reet in answer to a fire alarm.
BRIDGE COMP AN Y
SELLS AN INTEREST
Tessemer Coal, Iron and Land
Company Gels Holding
Transfer to the Bessemer Coal, Iron
k Land company of a large interest
•Sn the Nashville Bridge company was
announced Monday. 11. L. Badham.
president Of the Bessemer company, be
comes a director of the bridge company.
A subsidiary of the Nashville Bridge
company is the Bessemer tialvaniziug
works, now nearing completion, which
an important new addition to the
lustries of the district.
The Nashville Bridge company is
Vitalized at $*00,000. and the invest
ment in its Bessemer plant was around
$300,000. Head offices and the orig
inal plant are in Nashville, where the
company was established in 1904.
a,. While no announcement of added cap
ital investment, coincident with the
purchase of interest by the Bessemer
company, is forthcoming at this time,
it is indicated that there may he im
portant developments ill future.
