The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
ANNIsTON

Anniston, July 2.-(Special )-Deputy Collector F. F. Koerber reported Satur-
 day morning that, accompanied by John
 Draper and T. M. Self, he made a suc-
 cessful raid in the western end of Cal
 houn county Friday evening. They To-
 cated and destroyed the illicit distillery
 of A. M. Baxter, IS miles from Anniston
 and four miles from Lincoln.
 Baxter was arrested and brought to An
 niston and turned over to Deputy Mar shal Blake, who took him to Gadsden Sat- urday morning for preliminary trial be- fore Commissioner Pickard Baxter was held under $500 bond to await action of | the federal grand jury. The outfit de- stroyed by the officers was a 50-gallon copper still and 100 gallons of beer. The Calhoun County Girls Canning | club short course, which has been in ses- sion at the State Normal school at Jack
 sonvile for the past week, closed Satur- day afternoon when addresses were made l by T. J. Watt. state farm demonstration
 agent; D. J. Burleson, L. G. Prentice and
 Prof. Russell S. King.
 I Monday Prof. c. W. Daugette made a | hearty welcome address, followed by | most tempting dinner at 7:S0 o'clock Tues l day Misses Hyde, Polhi,l, Jemison, Mrs. Walsh and MT. A. l.. Young gave helpful talks on canning. Tuesday evening MT. Young and Miss Graves gave talks Miss Allie Privett Rev. A. l., ,Mlner and Pres ident Daugette told stories and gave read ings. Wednesday morning Misses Hyde, l Polhil, Jemison, and others gave talks lx tables and setting the table, demonstra- l tive Wednesday afternoon gardening was demonstrated by A. Y. Young. Thurs 1 day morning health talks, club sewing, bascketry and canning tomato soup mix lures was given.
 1 Thursday afternoon inspiration talks by bankers, merchants and business men were given, and agricultural slides were shown by Prof. King of Oxford. Thurs
 day afternoon the picnic at Oxford lake, | with Col. w. H. Finn as host, was thor
 oughly enjoyed by the girls
 1 The Little-Cleckler Construction com | pany of this city has just commenced work on a $l0O,OO0 courthouse at LaFay- cite, Ga, according to William Little, who is in Anniston today. The con- | tract for this structure was secured two
 weeks ago.
 | Besides this building the contracting l.company is building courthouse at An dalusia, which, when completed will be one of the most up-to-date and handsome structures of it's kind in the south, and is going to cost somewhere near s100,O GOO. A s25OoO jail is being built at Jack
 son, Ky.
 | Percy Mccullough of Triton. Ga, for
 merly of this city, was arrested Satur- ! day on a charge of attempting to kdnap | his own baby. Mccullough has been out of town for several months He came I here today. and getting into taxicab went to his wife's house. picked up the | three months old baby and started out. ! He was followed by his wife and moth er-in-law He managed to elude his wife but in order to free himself from his | mother-in-law's clutches, it is alleged 1 that he knocked her down. He then started on run for the railroad station. Ia rapidly growing mob in pursuit, but was headed off by policeman. I The baby. none the worse was returned to it's mother, and Mccullough was lodged in the city jail
 There has not been single alarm of fire sounded in Anniston for two weeks. This is an unusual record and is prob lably the longest period of rest the fire men have had since the establishment of
 a fire department in AnY1iston.