The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-13
ANNISTON

Anniston. April 1s.-(special)
 Judge John NJ. Crook has given his
 decision in the dam case, which was
 argued in the probate court last week,
 and Knox Hughes will be allowed to
 construct a dam across Coldwater
 creek. Mir Hughes filed an application
 with the probate judge sometime ago
 for permission to build dam for his
 mill on Coldwater creek, a few miles
 south of Anniston. Notice of the ap-
 plication was published and the grant
 ing of the right to erect the dam was
 contested by P. B. Bynum and M Grif- fin, who also own mills on this creek. Mir Bynum owns a mill up the strean, from the place where MT. Hughes will put his dame and MT. Griffis owns one lower down the stream. Each claimed that his property would be dama ged by the building of a new dam. The recess committee, appointed to consider all questions bearing on the subjects of taxation and revenue now before the legislature, will come to Anniston from Birmingham at 10:55 Tuesday morning and will immediately go into session in the parlor of the Alabama hotel. Chairman John E. Weakley. of Birmingham, who will come with the committee. Is president of the Anniston Water Supply com pany. Another member of the com
 mittee who will be here is A. II. Tun- stal of Greensboro who is a brother of w. c. Tunstall, solicitor of Calhoun
 county.
 John Brown, who was tried In the city court Friday and Saturday for the murder of Policeman Clarence Ket- tie, was found guilty of manslaughter Monday morning and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.
 This was one of the hardest fought | cases that has been tried in this coun- 1 ty in several years and the jury was cut on the case for A hours. Brown was with Leland Cass, who was also | given one year for the killing of Po- 1 liceman Kettle, when the shooting oc- cured.
 l Cass took the stand as a witness for the defense in the trial of Brown 1 and said that Brown did not do any | of the shooting, but he (Cass) shot 1 both officers. He claimed that he be- gan shooting only after the officers | began firing at him.
 1 This has been declared "educational week" in Calhoun county and all edu- 1 cational forces are taking on renewed 1 activity which will cuiminate in the
 great school rally to be held in An
 niston next Friday. All arrangements have practically been completed anc l the committees are working out tht details for the entertainment of the l thousands of visitors who will come here on that day.
 The subcommittee of the executive l committee which Is making final ar arrangements for the big event. held ; l meeting at the courthouse this morn l ing and several extra committees wer, appointed, and additions made to th' progfamme. President J. B. Carringtoi
 of the Chamber of Commerce has beer communicating today with MT. Under | wood and it is almost certain now tha he will come here and will make al address in the forenoon. State Super intendent of Education Feagin will als' speak in the forenoon and both speak CTS will be introduced by Harry M Ayers, editor of the Star.
 The announcement that the. trans
 portation committee of which Pres ident c. W. Daugette of the Jackson l vile State Normal school Is chairman has secured a special train to com, l from Piedmont at an early morning hour. stopping at several intermediats t. stations, has added much interest oi the part of the citizens in that end 0 the county.