The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-26
TANK EXPLOSION
 IS QUITE SERIOUS Five Men Are Injured In AnnIs-
 ton Plant SHERlFF'S RACE OPENING Boys Held for Burglary Admit That They Have Operated Under False Names - Grow Repentant.
 Ant-saIoon Field Day.
SHERlFF'S RACE OPENING


 Anniston, March 25.-(special.)- Ut de- veloped last night that the explosion at the plant of the Western Steel Car and Foundry company yesterday was more serious than at first reported. Five men. instead of three, were injured The tank was thrown several yards by the dis f charge one man being struck in it's course, and the entire rolling mill. it is said was vacated on account of the es- eaping fumes from the ammonia tank.
 Another strange feature about the ac- cident is that it is said the man who struck the tank after it was taken from the Junk heap, not knowing that it was charged, was not injured in the least. Jim Raspberry, who lives in South An niston. and Andrew Riser. who lives in West Anniston, are said to have been the most seriously hurt among the negroes, the former having been nit by the tank.
 It WAS stated Wednesday evening by the i companys physician that R. B. Ashworth. the white puddler who was rendered tenn : porarily speeches. and sightless by the i fumes of the gas, will probably recover ms normal speech, the clogging of phlegm | M his throat having been the cause of checking his Vocalization. The bandages : VIII also be removed from his eyes in q , few days, and his sight will be restored
 
 News of the death of B. H. Hill at his i home in Linevllle was received with deep regret here, where MT. Hill was stationed for some time as a deputy United States i marshal. He made hosts of friends here being a member of Calhoun lodge No 20S, 1. o. o. F. He was also a candidate for the office of chief of police of this i city at the approaching election on April s.
 The election for the office of sheriff of Calhoun county will not be held until next year, but candidates for that position i are taking time by the forelock, and the | buttonholes of the voters will have been l well worn by the time the battle of ballots i, is begun Those who win be Tn the race unless there are some changes of mind are John Fitzgerald, J. D. Henry Felix | House, w. D. Newman, F, G. Caldwell, | John Rowland and C. T. Brooks.
 According to their confession to Jailor Harmon, Wednesday afternoon, the two lads who have been held in the Calhoun SNuiity Jail Oii tHdI6tS Ol DuTBldrlZlnR the 1 store of Bass & Heard, in this city, have l been parading under assumed names | They were recently arrested at ColdWater i and gave their names as Robert Claxton and Henry Carmack, stating that they lived at Rome, Ga. Wednesday, however they confessed that their real names are Homer Caulter and Otis Hillyer, of Gi- rard and Phoenix City, Ala, respectively.
 Homer Caulter says that his father is nfb la1 claims to be an orphan, his only rela- tives being an unmarried sister at Co., lumbus, Ga, and a married sister in Tex as. The lads have realized the seriousness of the charge against them and are thor oughly penitent. It is said that cheap novels were the cause of their going as- tray.
 There was a severe wind rain and cleo tric storm in this city Wednesday even ing and night The wind reached a ve- locity of nearly forty miles an hour. Sev- eral awnings suffered accordingly, and the streets in the business section of the city were almost depopulated.
 w. B. Anderson of Hicks was here yes- terday for the purpose of sending the head of supposed mad dog to Montgom- cry, dog belonging to the family hav- ing been killed yesterday suspicion of having hydrophobia. After the dog had been killed on account of it's strange actions, Ethridge Hood, a younger brother Of Mr Anderson, allowed a drop of the animals blood to come in contact with scratched place on his hand, and this caused some uneasiness on the part of the family. While here MT. Anderson consult ed a physician as to the probable danger of infection from this cause, and he was assured that there was no danger of in- lection from this contact of blood.
 After expressing the heaS of the animal to Montgomery, MT. Anderson returned home very much relieved The Home Missionary society of the l Methodist church will hold it's annual meeting here at the First Methodist l church next Tuesday and Wednesday. l There has been a most interesting pro- gramme prepared, and delightful oc- 1 casion is anticipated.
 All who are interested in home mis- sions are invited to be present Mrs. J. l Morgan Smith, the president of this or ganzation, will be the guest of Mrs J. B. Darlington. 1he friends who met Mrs. | Morgan Smith at the recent convention | which the Daughters of the American Revolution held in the city will welcome | her with pleasure again.
  day for Anniston, and all the churches will observe this date as temperance | day In addition to State Superintendent l Rev. Brooks Lawrence, there will be pres |, ent the two Florida superintendents, the | Rev. c. L. Collins, D. D.. and the Rev. l J. J. Thomson.
 There will be a mass meeting on Sum | day afternoon in the courthouse, open to | men and women, but tickets of admission | will be distributed gratis between now and | that time, as it Is expected that there | will be a crowd larger than the capacity | of the house. Superintendent Collins of | the Florida league is to be the speaker | of this occasion and his subject will be, | Tn the Path of a Cyclone"
 George N Hoffman, president of the ! Hoffman-Corr Manufacturing company, | and a prominent man in the public life of | Philadelphia, having several times been | mentioned in connection with the mayor atty of that city, Is in Anniston on a | visit to the local plant of the Planters Manufacturing company, and when seen at the Alabama Wednesday evening he | talked interestingly of industrial condi- | tions, likewise paying tribute to the | Model City, which he considers among the | cleanest and prettiest in the south.
 While Mr Hoffman recognized a slight | general depression in the industrial world, | he believes that conditions throughout the i United States will be improved as soon | as the tariff question is finally settled. | Personally, he leans toward protection, | but he laughs at the rumor recently cur | rent that there would be an effort made | on the part of northern manufacturers | to discriminate against the southern cot l ion mill men hv exercising an influence |