The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-23
MIRACULOUS WAS
 HODGES ESCAPE AnniSton Boy Falls from Sec- ond Floor of Store
QUEER SHOOTING AFFAIR
Negro Was Wounded Accidentally New Electric Company May Be Ready For Business By Janu-
 ary 1-Want Early Primary.

Hodge, about 16 years old, and a son of MT. and Mrs J. T. Hodge, had a narrow escape from death yesterday evening when he fell from a second-story win dow of his fathers store on South Noble street. ihe young man was doing some work for his father, and in some way ms feet were caught on the sill or win dow and in attempting to catch himself he fell out of the window, lighting on the side of his head and shoulder. Only 8 fracture of the left arm and the dis location of his right ole resulted and his escape from death is considered mar Feious. He was taken 10 local hos pital and is resting as we'll as can be expected.
 A peculiar case Of shooting was re- ported in the city last night when an unknown negro came after doctor to attend Lon McElderry, who had been shot directly under the left eye at a dance being held about four miles west of here. It was explained by the un- known negro that the shooting was acci- dental, buts little faith was put in his story, as the place where the dance was held has witnessed some more or less serious shooting scrapes. No arrests have been made as yet
 Work In securing a right of way for the poles for the electric transmission line of the Alabama Power Development company between here and Talladega via Jackson Shoals on Choocoiocco creek. Is being pushed. and unless considerable opposition Is raised by property owners along the proposed route the company hopes to be able to transmit current by June | The company proposes to har- ness the waterpower at Jackson Shoals, turn 1t into electricity and furnish all the towns along the line current for domestic use and manufacturing purposes, and to eventually extend the line to Gadsden. R. A. Mitchell of Gadsden is president of the company, and at a recent meeting R. l.. Rand was elected general man. ager and W. F. Johnson assistant treas urere Both MT. Rand and Mir. Johnson are connected with the local plant here.
 It is believed that if the wishes of the business men are taken into consideration Calhoun county will be lined up in favor of an early primary. Conversation with several of the most prominent business men in Anniston. as well as some of the politicians, indicates that the trend of sentiment here is in favor of the pri- naries being held at an early date In or der that the business so long upset by political strife will have 8 fair chance to right ieslf. It is believed by many that politics has held sway entirely too long now, and the determination to get the coming contests settled seems gen : eral
 w. B. Merrill of Hehin, president of the First district, Knights of Pythias, has issued the following call, which is self-explanatory:
 gro the Officers and Members of the
 First District Association, Knights of
 Pythias.
 Dear Brothers: By virture of the pow CT vested in mo as president of our as- sociation, district convention is here by called to meet with Cheaha lodge No. 204, Munford, on Tuesday Morning March 29, 1910, at 10 o'clock. All knights in good standing are invited and urgently requested to attend and participate in the deliberations of the association" He goes on further in the call and enumer- ates the number of delegates each lodge Is entitled to at the convention, the whole delegation to be in attendance to- taling T1.
 MT. Merrill since his election to tho presidency of tho district has been work ing hard for a renewal of interest n Pythianism, and SO far the results havo been much better than was expected. Sew eral new lodges have been chartered. the old lodge at Hefiin, which was defunct, has been brought to life, and visits have been made by the president to every lodge in the district
 A deed recorded yesterday which car ries with 1t the exchange of 140 acres of land near Alexandria has a tendency to show that lands in Calhoun county are steadily advancing. The deed was exe- cuted by W. H. and Ida Maddox to D. P. Haynes, and the consideration was $4500. Owing to an error by the stenographer, the price was made to read $45 900 and this may be the basis for rather sen sational newspaper story, but ten times less that amount Is considered pretty good price for farm lands here, and all the parties to the deed express themselves as satisfied.
 The Sunday school of the First Metho- dist church here will hold its first an- nue honor day exercises tomorrow, and pr. J. w. Simpson, former pastor of the church and the one who Is responsi- ble for the movement here, will preside. At the session diplomas will be awarded the faithful attendants at the Sunday school service for the past year. and the movement bids fair to be 8 popular one as an inducement for increased Sunday