The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-12
CHILD BURNT ID
 DEATH AT ANN|STON
Left Alone at Table, Its Clothing
 Caught Fire
COTTON MEMS MEETING
James Crook of Jacksonville Elected President of Calhoun County As- sociation-White Man Ar
 rested for Assault.

Anniston, December 1L--(Special. )-Little Annie Brown. the two and one-half year old daughter of MT and Mrs. J. R. Brown of Wellington, was the victim of hor- rible accident at her home Friday morn ing in which she was terribly burned and from the effects of which she died Saturday at a. m She was an un- usually bright and winsome child and her untimely death cast a gloom over the entire neighborhood On Friday morn ing Mrs. Brown left the child at the break fast table alone while she went out to milk the cows. A few minutes later she heard a succession of screams and on running to the house was mortified to find the child enveloped in flames in the doorway. She succeeded in extinguishlng the blaze but was herself on fire and was only saved by prompt work on the part of her husband. who came to her asss- tance as quickly as possible. Everything possible was done for the little ones comfort but 1t was unavailing and she died Saturday, having been unconscious most of the time following the accident. It is supposed that the little one played With ire In an open grate from which her clothes ignited. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock this afternoon and the body inferred in the family lot at Union cemetery in Wellington.
 The annual meeting of the Calhoun county organization of the Southern Cot ton association was held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning in the circuit court room at the court house and was largely attended by members from every beat in the county. The convention assembled at 10 o'clock with President James Crook in the chair. A resolution was made and adopted that beat meetings in the sev- eral beats of the county on next Saturday. December 16, for the purpose of collect Ing the annual dues and electing officers Tor another year. These officers to con- sist of only president, secretary and treasurer. A resolution was adopted au- thorozing President Captain James Crook 10 appoint delegates to the state con- vention to be held in Montgomery in Janu- ary. 1906. A resolution was introduced bv Lewis Morris of Morrisville to the effect that the present board of officers be re- tained. This was unanimously carried and the following officers will again serve for a year:
 
 sonv1ile; secretary, Thomas L. Harvey of Alexandria; treasurer, Walter L. Jones of Ann1ston; finance committee, L. F. Greer or Choccolocco, R. M. Johnson of Duke and H. D. Earnest. The above finance committee will also act as an executive committee. A resolution of thanks was in troduced and adopted extending thanks 10 the officers for their efficient services the past year. The meeting adjourned at noon, subject to the call of the pres ident
 AS the sequel of a drunken row on Eff teenth street on last Thursday night Cor ooh Luke, a. White man, was arrested on warrant early Saturday afternoon by oificers Glosson and Srlf and locked up at the public station with charge of as- sault with a pistol on Louis Jackson. col ored, against him. Early Thursday even- ing two white men, one of whom if is al- legged was Dukes, followed a couple of negroes, one of whom was Jackson, along Fifteenth street and at the corner of Cobb avenue concealed themselves behind an electric light pole and opened fire with plstols on the negroes. One ball took erect near the knee of Jacksons right ieg' lnf1lcting a serious but not dangerous wound Some six or eight shots were nred but only one took effect. the others lodging In the walls of the store of | A Wallis. The police were notified of the shooting and by careful investigation so. cured evidence which it is expected will De sufficient to convict Dukes of inc shooting. The man who was with him has not yet been located.