The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-17
WILL MAKE PRISON FIRE PROOF PLACE AnniStOn Authorities Take Pre-
 Cautionary Step CHURCH IS BOUND OVER Several Delegates Will Go to Inter- national Baraca Convention to se- cure Next Meeting For Bir-
 mingham If Possible.
CHURCH IS BOUND OVER

Anniston, June 16-(Special 1.-The city prison is to be fixed so that in the fu- ture it will not be possible for prisoners to even attempt to burn their way out, for work has been begun on a concrete floor for the cells occupied by the negro men.
 This concrete is to be several inches thick. consisting of layer of concrete. then bars of iron forming d network and then finished off with concrete.
 It will be recalled that only few days ago several negro prisoners pried up some boards and then attempted to burn their way into the basement so that they could escape. The smoke, however, wakened another prisoner, who gave the alarm, so that the would-be escapes were caught in the act. These were heavily fined by Recorder Green.
 The putting in of the concrete floor will reduce to a minimum any more such attempts to escape.
 Picnic at Oxford.
 The Talladega Methodist Sunday school reached Anniston at 9:20 Wednesday morning in a special train and the vis- itors were met at the union station by six special electric cars and transferred to Oxford Lake for days outing and picnic. There were 300 or 400 of the merry visitors and a carload of viands. Indica- tions seem to show that they had a good time on their visit to the Model City and it's popular resort.
 Young Man Bound Over.
 In a preliminary investigation before Justice J. F. Green Wednesday morning, A. P. Church, charged with the larceny of jewelry amounting In value to sev- era1 hundred dollars, waived examination and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury. Joe and Louie Yalo- vitch pawnbrokers, who were alleged ac- complices in the theft were discharged for lack of evidence.
 Churchs bond has been placed at s6O0 in default of which he has been remand ed to jail in the county prison, where he has languished since he was returned from Atlanta on aVrequisition by Sheriff w. c. LeGrand. The young man has been employed by local jewellers for sev- eral months It is not believed that he is of very bad character, it being al- legged that his trouble is due entirely to extravaganza and riotous living, moral turpitude having never been charged to him before.
 Will Seek Convention.
 The Anniston Baraca Bible class of Parker Memorial Baptist church, which was the first in the state of Alabama, will be represented at the Asheville inter- national convention next week and will assist the other Alabama classes in the effort to bring the next convention to Bir- mingham. The local delegates will be T. D. Hutchins, president; T. B. Adair and Professor Singleterry of the college faculty. The Philathea class will also send three delegates.
 Kappa Alpha Picnic.
 The annual picnic of the local mem- bers of the Kappa Alpha fraternity was held at Oxford Lake park yesterday even ing, chaperoned by MT. and Mrs. o. M. Reynolds, Mrs. Houston and Mrs. w. F. Johnston. Among those present were Messrs. w. A. White, Randolph Reynolds, c. H. Young, Frank Johnston, John Me Guirk, Walker Reynolds Frank Coleman, Ross Houser; Misses Lucy Houser, Mar garet Reynolds, Fannie and Nine Ander- son, Margaret and Hannah Reyonlds, son, Margaret and Hannah Reynolds,
 Mrs. John B. Knox will entertain at q house party a number of young girls who will arrive tomorrow. Among them are several of Mrs. Knox's nieces. Miss Su- san Cockrel of Jacksonville Fla, Misses Lucia and Annie Simpson of Laurens, 8. C., and Miss Marie Harwell of Nash vile and Miss Laura Kennedy of Mont gomery MT. Theodore Nelson of Bir- mingham will also be a guest at the house party for several days.