The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-27
FOUNDRY PLANT
 BADLY DAMAGED Fire Causes a Loss to Property
 of About $6000 EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETS. District Conference Carries Out Fine Programme-L. w. Grant Says
 He Is Not Candidate
 For Office.
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETS

Anniston, January 2e.-(Special 1.-The plant of the Lee Foundry company was partially destroyed by fire about o'clock last night, entailing loss of about 5000 which is said to have been covered by insurance. The fire broke out in the west wing of the plant. which Is located at Twenty-first street and Moore avenue, and was confined principally to that wing although some damage was done to the machine shops on the Twenty-first street side. This was the old Wilson Stove Foundry, but was acquired by the Lee interests and was converted principally to small pipe and fitting plant. Most of the patterns belonging to the com pany were burned.
 The first annual meeting of the Talla- dega District conference of the Epworth league last night with an address by President H. A. Locke of Birmingham The convention was held at the First Methodist church and was well attended by both delegates and local Epworth leaguers. A splendid programme, an nounced several days ago. was carried out at the morning, afternoon and evening sessions, the feature of the convention being the address by Mir Locke The afternoon session was marked by the re- port of the nominating committee, which was adopted. The following were named in the report:
 President, the Rev. l.. F. Parrish, Ox- ford; first vice president, c. Wakefield, Oxford; second vice president, Miss Verna. Foote, Oxanna; third vice president, Miss Mamie Russell, Anniston; fourth vice president, Mrs J. D. McCauley, Pied mont; secretary and treasurer, Lawrence Treadaway, Anniston
 White Plains was selected as the place for the next meeting, which will be held in April.
 It appears now that the announcement made week or so ago of l.. W. Grant of Jacksonville as candidate for rep- resentative from the Seventh district by some of his friends here was a mistake these friends hoping that in that way MT Grant might be induced to make the race. In an interview given out yes terday he says:
 "A few days ago some or my friends announced my name in the papers as A candidate for representative in the Ala pama legislature. Courtesy to these friends required that I give the matter consideration before making answer to their publicly expressed wishes in the matter After mature reflection I find that business considerations positively rorbid my making race for the place. However. l am none the less grateful to my friends who have thus sought to honor me. Please take my name from the list of announced candidates for the legislature.'
 This withdrawal removes a formida b,e candidate from the field and leaves three in the race.
 The alleged confession of Frank Brit ton to Frank Crowley of Anniston to the murder of his mother, Mrs. Lovey Burge. in Atlanta last May, for which Britton was arrested early in the week. has caused considerable discussion here and sentiment is pretty evenly divided in fs- vor Of and against him. It is believed by some that the move was made simply to gain additional respite for George Burge, who is sentenced to hang at At lanta Friday for. the crime. As will be remembered Burge was convicted prn- cfpally by the testimony of Britton who is 8 son of the murdered woman by a former husband and who swears to hay ing been in the room at the time the
 
 the case is caused by the fact that Burge formerly lived here and married daugh- ter of w. J. Sl1yes, the murdered wom- an, while here. A petition praying that the death sentence on Burge be con- muted to life Imprisonment was forward cd to Governor Brown from here The father and brother of the murdered woman, so report has it, have expressed themselves as believing that Burge is Ia md .xrrtlI arl,. an additional respite.
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 daughter of Mrs S. E. Forbes, to Mr Cobb Rheinhart of Birmingham was sol emnized at the home of the brides moth- CT on Tyler Hill yesterday. Only the family and a few personal friends were present, the ceremony being performed by Dr. J. G. Anderson former pastor of the First Presbyterian church here The couple are of for a trip to Cuba. and on their return will make their home in Birmingham
 At recent meeting of Pelham Guards, Company D, Third regiment, B. R. Saw yer was advanced to the position of captain. succeeding c. M Woodruff, who has been made adjutant on Colonel Nc Kleroy's staff. Lamar Jeffers was elect ed over x. H. Hughes by close vote now adtutant on the staff of Maj. w. r. ed second lieutenant.
 Lang Case Comes Up Tomorrow.