The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
NOBLE INSTITUTE
 OPENS THURSDAY Successful Year Predicted for
 College At Arniston CITY STOPS BUILDING Claimed That w. H. Finn Failed to Comply With Building Ordinances
 and Erection of Structure is Held Up.
CITY STOPS BUILDING

1 Annlston, September 11.-(SpeciaI Miss Gray and Miss Moore. principals of Noble institute, Annistons school for girls, an- nounced this morning that the formal opening of the school will take place on next Thursday morning, following the 1 classification of new students on Wednes- day. and judging from inquiries received l from throughout the state. a record- breaking attendance is expected.
 This school is under the diocese of Ala bama, and Bishop c. NJ. Beckwith has returned to the city from his summer va cation at Mobile to be present at the opening, which will also be attended by pr. J. H Blacklock, rector of St. Mich ael's, and by pr. J. c. Glass. rector of Grace church, besides the parents of the local students, arrangements having been made to make this one of the most aus picious openings ever held.
 The faculty for this year is considered to be exceptionally strong. Miss Margaret Tones. an A. B. graduate of Colum- l bia, who will teach English, has already arrived in the city and the following 1 other teachers are expected on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week: Miss Mary F. Jackson of Greensboro college, mathe- matics and science; Miss s. B. Tucker, A. B. Columbia, Latin and science; Miss Moore, history; Misses Cecile and Nellie Stuart, pupils of Joseffy, plano and har- mony. voice and physical culture; Miss Aileen Douglass. violin; Miss Prfvett, primary music; Mime. Cuende. B. S.. Uni l Miss Katherine Worthington, A. B.. Womans college, Baltimore primary de- partment; Miss Gray. art and sculpture. Erection of Buildings Stopped.
 The clouds of an incipient war between the city of Anniston and William H. Finn, capitalist, are appearing on the horizon. Mir Finn owned the business houses which were destroyed on Noble street recently, and in rebuilding he failed to comply with the city ordinances, with the result that he was compelled to tear down one story of the rebuilt structure. He has now been halted again, and he announces that be- fore he will stop work again he will take the matter to the courts and fight to the end. according to a statement made by Building Inspector DeArman today.
 Mrs. curlee Dies.
 Mrs. E. l.. Curlee, Jr., wife of the An niston cancer specialist and practitioner, died suddenly at her home in West An niston after lingering illness of periton- its, for which she had been treated by her husband and consulting physicians. The remains will be inferred at Euaton ! on Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 Mitchell to Rebuild Stable. ]. w. Mitchell, whose livery stable was destroyed by fire at Oxford last night, stated today that he will rebuild on the same site immediately, the new structure to be a much finer building. He states that the damage was larger than was at first estimated, being within the neighbor- hood of $500, with insurance in the sum of $23Oo. The exact cause of the fire has not been ascerrained, though 1t Is learned that 1t originated in the loft.
 Boys Are Acquitted.
 Herbert Lynch and John Reid, the two white boys who were recently arrested at Jacksonville for shooting Into a house and iniuring an aged white lady. were dis charged in county court yesterday after noon. Bob Walker. a negro, was fined s1oO and sentenced to three months at hard labor for selling liquor.
 Annlston Is Getting Irony" During the past year Anniston has taken on the appearance of a city more rapidly than at any other period with in it's history, notable feature in this particular being the installation of the 1 large number of electric signs. The 1 largest sign of the city will soon be in- l stalled by the Anniston Electric and Gas company, the sign to stretch all the way l across the street at Tenth and Noble, "Electrcity" being the word labeled