The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-18
ANNISTON

1 Anniston, December 17.-(Special )-With
 the raging of the old shop building now
 occupied by Stephen Stucky at Oxford,
 which has been sold to L. B. Miller by
 the estate of the late Harry GunnelIs. l former superintendent of education in
 Alabama, there will past one of the old
 est landmarks in this section of the srace The building was built by D. P Gun
 nells several years before the civil war | It was once used as a postoffice and
 was a stopping place for stage coaches plying between Rome. Ga, and We
 tumpka. when that city was the state capital.
 The Gunnells building was also known
 as the place where Hoyt Smith worked when he first came to Oxford. Smith is
 the former Oxfordite who was educated ! by the late Prof. John L. Dodson, then
 president nf Oxford college, from which
 place Smith went east, became connected
 with the Choats in the practice of law and was later legal advisor to Queen Victoria of England, where he still holds | high favor in court circles
 meeting of the county school board was held at the courthouse Friday aft 1 ernoon, during which considerable dis cussion was devoted to the extension
 work being carried on by the State Nor | nal school at Jacksonville under the di-
 rection of President c. w. Daugette. 1 The school board also heard petitions l from districts that want state aid in the 1 construction of school buildings, there be- | ing only few schools in this county | now that do not own their buia-lngs A | part of the meeting was also devoted tn fhn fYtta aGffn Nf 1t,.,sf l The woman's rest room that has been 1 kept open here for several months un l der the auspices of the Womans club of
 Anniston and the merchants association will not be discontinued. The club was
 closed for two days this week, but was | opened again Friday, with Miss Iva Dove l Cook in charge. It has proved a draw
 ing card to the merchants and a great
 convenience to local shoppers.
 | Wesley Ray, a farmer living seven miles | ley Ray, farmer living seven miles west of this city, has been missing his cot
 ton lately and late last night he caused 1 the arrest of Sec" Bush and McGruder
 Bush, two negroes, on the charge of be- | ing implicated in the theft
 | Alter being brought to the county iail | McGruder Bush told a deputy sheriff
 he would show where the cotton was hid l ihe deputy and the negro made the trip
 pack to the Bush farm, and McGruder
 Bush led -he deputy to his barn, where
 between 800 and 300 pounds of Rays cot 1 ton was stored. The two negroes will be 1 tried Saturday in the court of common
 pleas on the charge of grand larceny 1 The postoffice at Villa Rica Ga. inst | across the Alabama state line was robbed
 last night The amount of loot obtained cannot be ascertained until postoffice inspector reaches the scene of the rob- bery.
 l A description of the alleged robber ] Who Is said to be a short, stocky built l man, wearing brown overalIs. was sent to the police of this city and to
 Sheriff Borders, and the further infor- 1 matIon was received that the robber came as far as Bynum, this county I Deputies have been sent to Bynum to 1 look for him.
 Bids for city bonds amounting to | $35,O00 will be opened Monday by | Mayor Wikle. The bonds were voted | Tor about a month ago at a local
 election, and their sale will provide for the erection of new $12,00O school | building, repairs to other schools and the retirement of a school building l debt
 l Joe w. Dodgen, Sr., a well known blacksmith of Oxford, died last night,
 and will be buried tomorrow Mr. Dodgen was the principal witness against Erwin Pope, the negro who was convicted of killing J. B. McClur- kin in 1909. Pope has since escaped
 and is still at large, but it was largely
 on MT. Dodgens testimony that he was
 convicted.