The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-02
rges Seaboard to Complete Jacksonville Extension.
.dANY POLL TAXES PAID
nue school Fire Causing Great h. convenience-City May Build
 Entirely New Structure.

l cusslon of the Sea board Air Line Iran
 chise and the location of several new
 plants In the city consuming the major part of the time. It was the decision of the meeting to interest itself in the con-
 struction during 1910 of the proposed line
 of the above road from Jacksonville here and bring the pressure of that entire body
 to bear to accomplish this purpose. It
 will be remembered that prior to 1907 the
 Seaboard projected an extension of it's
 line here from Jacksonville the survey
 was made and right of way secured. and
 on the expenditure of about s1O0,oo0 on
 terminal and other property the city granted a franchise for the use of the
 necessary streets. When the panic of
 1907 came on the work on the extension
 was deferred and the franchise expired,
 but was renewed on condition that by
 January, 1911 the line be completed into Anniston or forfeit the franchise and S50OO.
 The strongest influence possible will be used to induce the road to start the line before that time, and attempt its comple- ton the present year.
 In addition to the new pipe plant pro- posed by a local company, a plan was adopted to interest capitalists from Vir- einia to locate similar plant here and it is to be hoped that the men interested in the concern can be made to see the ex- ceptional advantages offered by the city. It is a well-known fact that pipe of all kinds can be manufactured here cheaper than in any other city in the United States, and it is the consensus of opinion that on these plants must Anniston de- pend 10 a great extent for future growth The city already boasts some of the largest pipe plants in the country. which include the Union Foundry, United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company and the Central foundry, and all of them continue to work up to capacity.
 From present prospects Calhoun county will pile up the largest vote at the com ing primary that has ever been boiled. The tax collectors office has been as busy as a bee hive the past few days issuing receipts for poll taxes. and the indca- tions are that the total will more than double those paid last year when 300 were received. Up to about o'clock this aft ernoon about 1850 had been paid, but this figure does not include the back taxes that had been received. Some are paying
 as much as eight years, and two to five-
 year payments are comman. Unlike the
 proverbial resolution, that made by any
 number of otherwise qualified voters at | the amendment election last year, not to l be caught again, is bearing fruit, and the
 school fund of the county will be very
 materially boosted.
 The remains of Mrs. T. F. Williams
 who lost her life at Montgomery Monday
 afternoon in an heroic effort to save the life of her child, whose clothing had caught fire, will be brought to Anniston
 tonight, and the funeral services will be
 held Wednesday morning. Mss. Will l Hams was the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R. Y. Hannon, who formerly lived l in Anniston, the mcther dying about two years ago, and the father being in charge of a church at Leeds. One sister, Mrs l E. A. Donahoo. now of Birmingham, but formerly of Anniston, also survives her. The service will be held from the l residence of Prof. H. T. Persons on North Noble street. conducted by the Rev. George Stoves, pastor of the First Methodist church, ana burial will be ' made at Edgemont cemetery.
 I AS annoSnced this morning the board ! of education at a meeting late yesterday evening decided that temporarily at least the school children from the Leighton Avenue school which was completely de- stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, will attend the Wilmer Avenue school in the Afternoon. the pupils from the latter school reporting at o'clock and being dismissed at 12:30, and the other pu- fpis reporting at F 40 and be dismissed at 5. The total enrolment of pupils attending the Leighton Avenue school lat the time of the fire. all of whom were taken from the building while the fire was raging. Is 336. No definite steps have been taken regarding the future of the school, but several schemes have been proposed. It is hardly probable that the burned structure will be rebuilt by Grace church. the owner. as the finances of that institution do not admit such an expendi- ture for the lease price, and the city will no doubt be compelled to build a new structure. is understood that one of the provisions under which the property was willed to Grace church is that the property shall be used for school purposes or revert to the original estate Whether the proposition comes from the stewards of Grace church or the admin istrators of the estate of the late Sam Noble, 1t is more than likely that the city will be asked to delegate the lot for school purposes and erect a modern building.
 A. N. Stanley of Columbus, Miss, to- day assumed charge of the undertaking department of the Anniston Furniture company. w. H. Franks. who formerly had charge of the department goes with T. s. Bagley.
 With only two days of the week past Recorder Green has had the disposition
 of three blind tiger cases on his hands and two convictions, carrying fines of
 s100 and six months on the street each
 are the result one case being continued. l In both cases disposed of pleas of guilty
 were made.
 A special edition of the Labor Advo-
 cate, setting forth Annistons general at- | tractiveness, comemrcialy and other
 wise, and giving a comprehensive his-
 tory of the place, was circulated here
 yesterday. It contains many illustrations
 and Is generally creditable.
 Local Masons are looking forward to
 the meeting of Zamora temple, Order of
 the Mystic Shrine, to be held here on February 2, with considerable pleasure.
 Already several candidates have gone through the several degrees preceding
 the Shriners and will be given this de-
 gree at the meeting on February 25 The
 local candidates for the degree will be
 augmented by several from Gadsaen, Tal-
 ladega and Oxford. an1 1t is predicted
 that the goat Is apt to be mighty tired
 and thirsty bpf0ra he gets fban, oil a,raos