The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-21
STATE NORMAL IS
 PUSHING FORWARD President Daugette Talks Of
 Plans For Expansion YOUNG MEN HOLD MEETING Calhoun County Democratic Executive Committee Meets Next Saturday. Politics Growing Extremely Live
 ly-Many Pay Poll Tax.
YOUNG MEN HOLD MEETING

Anniston, January 20.-(Special.)- President c. w. Daugette of the State Normal college at Jacksonville was in Anniston yesterday, and says that he Is having plans draughted for new com bination library auditorium building. which he hopes to have erected at no distant date. The demands already made on the facilities of the school for hand ling pupils since MT. Daugette was elected to the presidency, and the pros poets for increased attendance during the review term, which begins soon, makes the erection of new buildings imperative. The attendance of the school has been bull up to 490 pupils.
 There are now 43 counties repre- sented at the Normal,' MT. Daugette says about 50 having arrived since the beginning of the new year. The school has completely outgrown it's present quarters, and the new build ing is an imperative necessity"
 MT. Daugette has recently installed new equipment with the large donation received from the Peabody trustees, and feels quite proud of the acquisition of the large number of specimen inverte- brates for use in the science room, re- gently received from the National museum
 MT Daugette is president of the State Teachers Reading circle, which he is attempting to establish in connection with every school in Alabama. Good progress mas been made in this work, he says, and he speaks interestingly of the value of this collateral reading to the teachers.
 At the meeting of the Union club at the headquarters of the club in the Constantine building last night Judge H. D. McCarty, one of the candidates for state senator from the Seventh dis trict, delivered an excellent address on Your Duties as Citizens which was heartily received by the young men or club J. M Slattery also made short talk. c. D. Kline was invited to address the meeting of February 7, ana the committee on entertainment was ln- structed to issue an invitation to Rep resentative J. J. Arnold to address the club at some future date
 J. H. Edmundson, secretary, issued call Thursday for the meeting of the Calhoun county democratic executive committee at the courthouse in this city on Saturday, January 29. at 1 o'clock, at which time a primary election will probably be called. It Is said that State Senator F. L.. Blackmon. president will also call a meeting of the congressional committee soon, at which time his resig- nation will be submitted and his sue cessor chosen.
 The race for election to membership in the lower house of the state legislature from this county promises now to be about the liveliest and most closely con tested in all the county politics. Two more announce ments for the office were made yesterday from Jacksonville. these being C. D. Martin and L. W. Grant and 1t is rumored that more announcements are to come from Piedmont. Already four can didates are in the field, J. J. Arnold of Anniston and W. H. Cooper of Oxford an- nouncing several days ago, and all four of the candidates are good men and count their friends by the scores. MT. Martin was for several years one of the board of county commissioners. and Mir Grant has held seat III DOtn Drdnches ol lHe ic6- islature in years gone by MT. Arnold and MT Cooper are the present incumbents.
 As February 1 draws nearer the pay ment of poll taxes goes merrily on and each day sees greater number paid than the one preceding. Over 1000 have been paid SO far in this county. ard it is believed that by the last day Q, lich otherwise legal voters can qualify for speech in the coming elections, Calhoun county will have received more money from this source than ever before. The hot fight and the bitter feeling in the county caused by the recent amendment proposal caused those who were unable to vote on account of failure to pay poll tax to feel that they had beer imposed upon and to make the resolution never to be caught in that way again. and the col lector of taxes is busy.