The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-07
B[ACKMON WILL NOT
 HAVE OPPOSITION
Republicans Failed to Name
 Candidate at Tailadega
BAD WRECK AVERTED
Anniston Business Man Writes Un- derwood Song-Aged Veteran Is Dead-Pythians Will Cele-
 brate-Inspection Public

Anniston, March 6.-(Special)-The failure of the Fourth district republic an executive committee at it's meeting In Talladega Tuesday afternoon to name candidate for Congress means that Rep resentative Fred l.. Blaclmon of this city will not have opposition in his race for indorsement.
 It is believed that Judge L. H. Key holds of Chiffon, who was made the new president of the committed, Frank l.. Vance of Talladega, the new secretary, or J. M. Atkins of Cleburne would make the race. but none of them cared to un- dergo the trouble and expense such campaign would involve, there being no chance for election in this district.
 S. P. Ingram, a well known business man of this city and an ardent support CT of the presidential aspirations of oscar W. Underwood, has put his enthusiasm into verse and then rendered 1t into song.
 By sticking to his post and keeping a cool head. Engineer Garrett of Southern passenger train No. 36, probably prevent ed a serious wreck and probable loss Ol He IutSuHN nlS1l Nutu ti tpihitNAiS rod on his engine snapped near Pell City. Conductor Cox wired for new engine and the train was several hours late reaching this city on account of the mis- hap.
 Owing to the continued activity of Post master C. R. Barker, mail Is now be- ing carried over the Kansas City special known as the "casey Flyer and this ,r al hour earlier than it has been com ing over Southern passenger No. 36
 All the land on the hill that runs paral- Tel with Main and Choccolocco streets. Oxford, has been sold. together with the timber, by E. T. Allen to l.. B. Miller Mir Miller will have the land cleared, having already sold the timber thereon, and use 1t as a pasture for stock.
 The body of S. J. McCurry, an aged veteran of the Confederate army, Com pany D, Tenth Alabama, who died at his home in Jacksonville Tuesday morn ing. was laid 1t rest in Hillside cemetery there Wednesday, The deceased was Si years of age and Is survived by his wife. He was member of the Methodist church.
 1'Iell1nlnaIX pldnS nave DteH tb0lpltltu and q programme mailed out to all lodges in the First district for the celebration of the silver anniversary of Calhoun Lodge, No. AS. Knights of Pythias, in this city next July. The celebration will last for three days, and during that time 1t is believed the biggest body of Pythians ever assembled in the city will be. pres ent.
 Both Captain John Fitzgerald of Com pany l, Oxford. and Captain Lamar Jeff fers of Company D, Anniston, have ex- tended Invitations 10 the public to be pres ent at the inspection of their companies by national guard and regular army of- ficers Thursday and Monday evening.
 Plans have been completed for the open ing of the oxford public library. which will take place the latter part of this week. following a decision reached at a recent meeting al the home of Mrs. W. W. Whitesde. The membership of the association has been greatly enlarged. A lot has been donated and il is hoped to build library building thereon as soon as the association is financially able.
 Attaches of the Calhoun county court house state that the number of witnesses jury will probably establish a record in the history of the court. The grand jury has been hard at work for over q week and some interesting developments are expected to follow their work