The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-02
ALABAMA NORMAL
 COMMENCEMENT O'Neal to Deliver the B
 calaureate. Address AID FLOOD SUFFERERS
Successor to Second Lieutenant A. B. Woodruff to Be Chosen May fl. Tonnage Shows Increase.
 Rowland Hearing Starts

Anniston, May 1.-(Special. )-Plans have been about completed for the annual con ference at the Alabama Normal college at Jacksonville, which has developed into one of the states leading institutions of learning, now having an enrolment which ranks with the largest schools and col leges fin the south.
 The baeealaureate address will be deliv- cred by Gov. Emmet o'Neal, who accepted the invitation extended by President (. ". Daugette few days ago. Rev. pr. Bapton of Marietta will deliver the com mencement sermon and Charles R. Porter of Rome, Ga, president of the State Mu- tual Insurance company, will deliver the alumni address,
 All Alabama Normal students and the people of Jacksonville are proud of the work of Mir Porter who has risen from obscurity within very few years to the rank of millionaire, if not a multi millionaire.
 Militiamen Hold Election
 At the meeting of the Pelham Guards Tuesday evening dates were set for the election to select a successor to Second Lieut.. A. B. Woodruff and for the trip to the reunion at Macon. The election will be held on May IA, the candidates for the position being Hubert Dent and John Huger. The boys have secured permission from Governor O'Neal to attend the re- union and they will leave for Macon on May 2, carrying 40 men under command of Captain Jeffers and Lieut. Ray New. Helping Storm Sufferers | The ladies of the First Methodist church of this city have raised a subscription for the relief of the sufferers from the recent storm in the Annistion district. Their i first contribution was sent to Munford Capt. A. w. Bell has contributed $50 for l.the Mississippi river flood victims
 Tonnage Shows Increase The tonnage in Anniston for the month of April shows an increase over March | and will also go beyond last year, accord ing to railway officials. who state that business conditions here are improving every month.
 Condemnation Granted As a result of the hearing before Judge J. J. Arnold in probateacour Tuesday, condemnation of land needed for the right-of-way of the Alabama Power De- velopment company has been granted, and work will begin within a short time on the construction of a high tension transmission line along the route affected. Objection to the condemnation was en- tered by several property owners and | Judge Arnold appointed a committee after | each side had submitted names to fix damages to the property resulting from the work proposed. Those who will assess the property and fix these damages are T. II. Burton j. D. Henry and T. $. Gray.
 Rowland Hearing Starts
 The preliminary hearing in the case of John Rowland, deputy sheriff under Sheriff c. T. Brooks, who shot and in- stantly killed Henry Rutledge. at Jack sonyille last month, was started in the circuit court room of the county court house before Judge ]. F. Green Wednes- day afternoon.
 There are a large number of witnesses on both sides to be examined. Their tes- timony has been very conflicting 10 the present and it is probable that the shoot ing case will be long drawn out, as there is considerable feeling on both sides, the affray having been the result of quarrel over political questions. Both the state and the prosecution are ably represented in legal counsel
 Says Dream Will Be Realized
 That the dream of Sam Noble, founder of Anniston, to the effect that this city will become a great industrial center will be realized, is the confident belief of Richard H. Edmonds, who gave out an interview just before leaving here for Bir- mingham Tuesday afternoon, in which he expressed this view. Mr. Edmonds says that iron made in Anniston Is unsurpassed and with the great advanges obtained here, including water power, this city