The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-18
COUNTRY CLUB IS ID BUILD AT ONCE Will Lay Out a Superb Golf
 Course BIG BASEBALL DIVIDENDS City League at Anniston Clears About 20 Per cent-The Union Teachers Training Class Awards
 Diplomas.
BIG BASEBALL DIVIDENDS

Anniston, June 17.-(Speoial) )-The Country club has purchased 50 acres of land east of Tyler Hill on which it will soon erect modern club house at a cost of from 5000 to $5OOO The building will have all the appointments of such places. including dancing pavilion, reception hall, kitchen and dining rooms, baths, etc., bringing it up to the standard of the times in modern equipment
 Work on the construction of the build ing will probably be begun soon after a meeting of the subscribers to the stock scheduled to be held at 10 a. m. Sat urday in the city court room, when per- manent organization will be made
 On the grounds a 9-hole golf course, equal to any in the south, will be laid off, as we'll as several tennis courts, with the view of making the place as attrac- tvie for the purposes intended as any to be found in the larger cities.
 On this same ground several thousand dollars have already been spent in the preparation of a rifle range for the Ala oaIna National Guard in which the An niston Gun club is interested and if Is
 
 completed there may be secured for Ali niston an annual encampment of subdi- visions of the United States army for training purposes, as 1t Is understood that the Chickamauga range has been aban- doned.
 But whether or not all these things are ever gained for Anniston by the in- Vestment of its citizens in the grounds and buildings there will no doubt be ample farI l., 41,., ment Of property values, not to mention the primary purpose of providing amuse- ment, for which the investment is made
 Major D. H. Smith, president of the City Baseball league, says that at a meeting of the directors last night a div idend of about 20 per cent was declared. The teams originally paid in $10 each and last night s1S0 was distributed amona them.
 The meeting was called in the office Of w. T. Owen to consider several mat ters, among which were two protests of the games won by the Pelham Guards from Oxford on account of the playing or Tap Klein, who is said to be a pro- fesisonal The protests were not allowed, but Klein was barred from playing in the future.
 A dispute over players was settled by awarding Powell to the net and twine mill and Landes to the Saks team The first player was claimed by Bass & Heard. but he appeared before the board and said he could play only when the net and twine team played and was there fore awarded to them. Landes was claimed by Donehue, who released his claim. and the player was given to Saks
 The graduation exercises of the Union Teachers Training class were held to- night at 8 oc clock at Parker Memorial Baptist church, when the following pu- pills received diplomas:
 Miss Kate Bell, Miss Virginia Bowcock, Miss Virginia Cater, Mrs. Henry Clay Davis, Mrs. Girarde D. Farrabee, Miss Edith Foster, Miss Grace Forbes, Miss Ada Galbreath, Mrs. James T. Gardner, Miss Nellie Pope Johnson. Mrs John B. Knox, Miss Mattie Annie McElreath, Miss Alberta Morse. Miss Willie Owen, Mir J. D. O'Bryant, Mrs. J. D. 0. Bryant Miss Willie Dean Privett, Mrs. John M. suI- well, Mrs. Frank Turner, Miss Claudio Weaver. he feature of the awarding Of diplomas was the address by Rev. A R. Moore of Birmingham
 The severe rains of the past few days have played havoc with the roads in the vicinity of Anniston. A gentleman who started to Oxford in his automobile yesterday morning was over two hours making the trip and then required the assistance of all the passengers to push
 However, these rains have now abated somewhat and the roads will now be put Into passable shape.
 Conductor Brooks, of the Louisville and Nashville, who runs between Birming- ham and this city, tells of having found a natural curiosity here. This was ono frog which was perfectly white. The conductor does not indulge in white top, or his vision might be attributed to that fact.