The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-14
r GHT ON BETWEEN K LEY AND M'CART Senatorial Contest in Calhoun
 Is Growing Lively SNEAK THIEVES BUSY Anniston Man Wants to Fight Beef Trust With Cabbagex-Dr. Yar-
 borough Called to Mississippi
 10 Drother's Bedside
SNEAK THIEVES BUSY

l Anniston, February 13.-(Special. 1.-The state senatorial fight between Thomas E. Kilby and Henry D. McCarty, which gives promise of being one of the most interesting political battles in this sec tion of the state, is already beginning to assume pyrotechnic features, and be- fore the date set for the primary, March 2s, arrives it is believed that the cam- paign will be red hot
 The fun began last Monday when Judge McCarty issued his platform, in which he took occasion to accuse his oppo- nent of inconsistency on the prohibition question and attack his stand in favor of amending certain sections of the Fuller state wide law, citing In that connection certain utterances of former Mayor Kil- by during the recent amendment cam paign. Judge McCarty stands on the platform adopted by the Montgomery convention during that fight, believing, he says, that the prohibition laws should be given a fair test, though he recognizes that there are many defects to the stat utes under which Alabamians are now living.
 | Colonel Kilby returned to the city yes- | terday afternoon after week spent in the country, and he resorts to recrimi- nation, as it were, in referring to Judge McCartys platform, charging him with having appropriated all of the chief blanks in his platform. with one ex- ception; that is, in regard to the use of the funds received from the hire of county convicts being used for the im- provement of the county highways, which Colonel Kilby says is one of the fore most questions now before the people of the county.
 Judge McCarty and Colonel Kilby are the only men in the race for the state senate, and that campaign has complete ly oyershadowed all others in the county except that of sheriff, which lies between D. z. Goodlett John Rowland. J. D. Henry, c. T. Brooks and w. D. Parker. two of whom will likely have to run the race on May ?, as this county adopted the majority plan.
 c. D. Martin, former county commits sioner, J. J. Arnold and w. H. Cooper incumbents, are in the race for the legis- lature, but this race does not seem to be creating exceptional interest.
 Thieves Working Overtime
 That an organized band of sneak thieves is working the fashionable residence sec tions of Anniston for all that the game is worth seems evident, and the police officers have thus far been unable to se- cure a clue as to the members in this select cult. VI. ~ They are exceptionally bold in their game and seem to be working mostly in broad daylight or Just after the even ing twilight begins. From several quar- ters come complaints of the disappear ance of numerous articles of wearing ap- parel. These complaints began during the earlier part of last week. and the latest complaint-a particularly unusual nature of theft by the way, is in regard to vanishing milk supplies. For several days during the latter part of the week persons living in the neighborhood of Quintard avenue between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets, gradually missed part of their regular supply of milk and the vendor was unable to account for the vanishing beverage. Last Friday, it seems. the thieves became more greedy and several persons in this vicinity had to drink their coffee and tea without the flavor of that palatable substance of the kind-faced old COW, while the petulant peals of hungry infants during the ear-
 Her hours of the evening caused many husband to have urgent business at the office or special work at sundry lodges. This new source of thieving is attrib- uated to the high price of food, but no one seems able to give a clue that will lead to the arrest of the perpetrators. After the Beef Trust
 Calhoun county farmers and gardners seem determined to fight the beef trust by an appeal to cabbage heads, If the success that has attended the efforts of an Anniston newspaper man to introduce this vegetable In this section may be used as a criterion. Following the re- cent address of pr. 8. A. Knapp of the department of agriculture in this city, during which he appealed for crop diver sification, J. T. Fain, editor of the An niston Star, decided to try to popularize truck farming. He began this by order ing large supply of cabbage plants from South Carolina and during the past two weeks he has sold about 10o0 900 plants, the demand proving so great that he has almost been compelled to hire special man to take charge of this de- partment of the office, or else renlunerate the employees of the paper for overwork.
 Rev. Yarborough's Brother Dying
 Dr. w. F. Marlborough, pastor of .,arker Memorial Baptist church, who recently moved to Anniston from Jackson, Miss, was called back to his old home last Saturday by the news that his brother was dying in that city of typhoid fever, this being the second visit of the kind that he has made since his arrival in this city. On the first trip his brother rallied and 1t was thought that he would survive the illness the later news that he was dying coming as a surprise to the members of pr. Yarborough's family
 pr. Yarborough's pulpit at Parker Me moria1 was occupied today by Rev. c. E. Allen, one of the professors of the Alabama Presbyterian college; and in this connection, tho members of the college faculty are proving a valuable as- set to the Anniston churches. The First Presbyterian church is without a pastor and one of the members of the faculty supplies there every Sunday. Today Rev. George Lang of the English depart ment filled this pulpit and Dr. J. w, Stagg, president, went to Montgomery to preach at one of the churches in that city.
 The Right Rev. c. M. Beckwith, bishop of the diocese of Alabama, who makes his home in Anniston, went to Gadsden yesterday for the purpose of confirming a class at the Church of the Holy Com forter in that city Sunday and to preach at fha ovantng soryica