The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-22
ANNISTON

Anniston, March 21.--(Special.) )-The return to Anniston this week by Con- gressman John w. Abercrombie, who is making this place his home again. has renewed interest in his campaign for the seat in Congress from this district as representative of the Fourth district He did not state while here, however, how long he will be in the district, but
 his friends declare that he has no in-
 tention of allowing the grass to grow
 under his feet and that he will keep
 up his campaign whenever there is no
 immediate need for his presence in
 Washing gton.
 Just when MT. Blackmon will return
 to the district is not known. He has local measures in which he is very much interested, and his supporters say he is being relied upon very strongly in lining up the democratic ana some of the republican forces for the adminrra- tion measures pending in the House.
 Barney Robers, who was here last week from Clanton, says that Blac1Smon will carry Chiffon by a safe majority, and he is said to be stronger than ever in Dallas.
 H. M. Judge, who is running from Shelby county, claims that he will carry his home county almost solidly, and he believes that he has gained con siderable strength as result of his re- dega counties.
 l Mir. and Mrs. Thomas s. Bagley have announced the engagement of their daughter, Lottie, to Thomas B. Ed wards, the date of the marriage to be announced later. MT. Edwards is sec- retary and treasurer of the Consoli dated Publishing company and mem-
 Der of one the best families in Anniston.
 The bride is the daughter of one of
 the pioneer furniture dealers of the city and the young couple are being cor dially congratulated by their many friends.
 J. B. Hobdy, agent for the Alabama illiteracy commission, states that An niston and Calhoun county estab- lished a record for the sale of il1iteracy buttons during the contest held in this city last Saturday, Anniston having sold more buttons than any other city in the state in proportion to population. Incomplete returns show that in the competition between Calhoun and Etc. wah counties to see which would sell the largest number of buttons last Sat urday, Calhoun county nearly doubled lits opponent. The amount received from the sale of buttons in Calhoun approx imates $500, whereas Etowah sold only about $250 worth of buttons.
 Workmen today started to install white way lamp posts on Tenth street between | Noble and Winner, which will greatly inn prove that part of the business section
 The city council has recently agreed that l the city would share in the expense 'of these lights on the same basis that the city is now sharing in the expense of the white way lights on Noble street. It l is believed that Tenth street white way will shortly be extended from Noble street | west to the railroad crossing as the | Tenth street section is developing rapidly | since the opening of the Anniston ord nance plant, and it is felt that the lights | will be justified.
 1 The city council has awarded to Little Cleckler & Go. the contract to build the Pine Avenue school. The bid of this firm was s12,9S5. Work will be started at once as the contract specifies that the build
 ing shall be finished by August l. | The new building will have a sewer
 system, thus doing away with the insan
 1 litary condition said to exist there at thu
 present time. The building as it now
 stands has only four rooms to whicf
 two more rooms will be added The ob
 feet of this increase, it is said, is to takt
 ] care of the increased number of pupil.
 | who will attend there when compulsory
 education law goes into effect.
 The Pine Street school was closed Sep
 tepber of last year after it had beer
 condemned by the city authorities.