The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-27
ANNIsTON

Anniston. October 26-(SpeciaI) )--In
 spite of the fact that 14 of his guests left
 to accept employment at the mines | yesterday, Warden Timmons at the
 county Jail still has 1s men to share his
 hospitality.
 The IA who left yesterday will serve
 terms ranging from three months to two years and six months, depending on their good behavioF. The prisoners were con victed for burglary. forgery. embezsle-
 ment and5igyand larceny. and Warden
 Timmons .ssid today they were the most
 well behayed set of prisoners he had ever come in contact with. | One ofothem, Charles Bonds, a negro preacher, who was sentenced to Is months
 on a charge of embezzlement, seemed 10 have a power over the rest of the colored prisoners to keep them straight. The total | of the terms of service of the men who left yesterday for the mines will exceed a quarter of century. They included nine cases of grand larceny, three of for l gery, one of burglary and one of embez- | element.
 1 Between Il o'clock and midnight last night some unknown person stole horse | and buggy from J. R. Henderson at 1 Bynum, and then drove to the Southern | 1 broke into the freight warehouse and l stole barrel of flour, a 60- pound tub of | lard and a case of lard in cans | The trail left showed that the robber | had driven toward Anniston. Early this
 morning Sheriff Borders. accompanied by
 MT. Henderson, whose horse and buggy were stolen. started in pursuit of the robbers, but lost the trail in West Annis- | ton.
 l J. R. Dennis was fined s100 end costs for reckless driving at night without light when he was arraigned in the police court | this morning. The trial was the. out growth of the accident which occurred
 on North Noble and Twenty-fifth streets l Saturday night, when a mule driven by | Ed Carter was instantly killed by being | struck with the automobile driven by 1 Dennis.
 l Thirty-three of the Canning club girls l who were in the city yesterday to attend l the circus, had an unexpected treat when they were rounded up by Mrs. Ilah Pol | gill and invited by Col. W. H. Finn to be { his guests at the circus. After the circus the colonel took the girls to a drug store and treated them to an ice cream soda,
 making their joy complete.
 The Calhoun county educational cofp- | l the very eve of the election on November l7. During the time to elapse every part
 of the county will again be visited by well
 known speakers. who will discuss the
 proposed amendment to the state constt- tution that will give the counties the
 privilege of raising their school tax to
 3 mills if the voters so desire. | The following dates for meetings have
 already been arranged and others will te made later:
 1 Lieut.. Gov. Thomas F. Kilby and Chair I man W. P. Asker, at White Plains, Fri day, ' p. m.. October 27. | Prof. H. P. Watson and Prof D. R.
 Murphy at Iron City. Saturday, 3 m.,
 October 2S; Chosea Springs. Saturday, !
 p. n., October 2S.
 l Chairman W. P. Acker and Prof. c. w.
 Daugette of the State Normal school at i Jacksonville. at Smiths School house.
 Saturday, p. m., October 2S. 1 T. V. Finley, aged 70, a native of this
 county, who was found dead on hiA
 kitchen floor yesterday morning at his
 home near Fruithurst, three or four miles
 north of this city, was laid to rest in the Jacksonville cemetery today.