The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-22
ANNIsTON

l Annston, December 21.-(Special.)- )-One 1 of the greatest electrical displays ever seen in this city was witnessed at the ! west End substation of the Alabama
 Power company Wednesday morning l when two large transmission wires came 1 in contact and burned out the entire
 switch board that supplies Anniston with power
 l The current went off shortly before | o'clock and workmen were assigned at l switchboard At the same time efforts were started in Birmingham to make a switch change and start Anniston wheels to running with power from diff ferent source.
 The street cars were also idle for a short time, but they resumed operation sometime before noon, having been SUD- piled with power from Jackson Shoals, l through the Third street substation, which is also reserve for Oxford and the Southern Mills corporation. The cur
 rent that supplies Anniston and other towns in this district comes from Lock
 F on the Coosa river, and is transmitted from the substation in West Anniston. | Before leaving Anniston this week , | James Mitchell, president Of the Annls- 1 ton Ordnance company, announced the
 election of two additional directors, w. H, Weatherly and Wiley Afford treasurer Of 1 the Alabama Power company. The Christmas season has been attend 1 ed by several weddings in Anniston re- | cently the latest occurring Wednesday 1 evening, when Miss Annie lone Watson | became the bride of Horace Conrad | Swannell. The wedding took place at the home of MT. Hugh Park Watson, 12lz 1 Woodstock avenue, the Rev. Leon M.
 Latimer officiating.
 MT. and Mrs Ava Beach Curtis, who
 were married at the Tutwiler hotel in 1 Birmingham last Sunday afternoon l have returned from a short wedding jour- ney and are at home in their new cot | tage at No. 40 East Fifth street. MT. Cur 1 tis is a member of the firm of o. H. Par 1 ker & Co. and has resumed his duties | there.
 | Another wedding that came as sur l prise to their friends was that of Miss 1 Aleta Harbin and MT. John Dunston I which took place at the home of the 1 brides mother Mrs. Bessie Harbin, on l on Twelfth and Wilmer. The Rev. MT 1 Reynolds of Oxford officiated, which cer- 1 emony was witnessed by the immediate l families of the contracting parties They left immediately after the ceremony foi 1 Atlanta, and on their return will be
 at home with Mrs. Harbin, mother of the
 bride
 l A remarkable instance of lifelong in attention was brought to light this morn | ing, when man came in town from the
 country to order casket for his grand
 mother, who died early this morning, 1 and to make arrangements for her fu- | neral He could not tell the undertaken the name of the old lady, who was over so years old. He told of many facts in 1 connection with her life but said he had
 always known her as grandma" and if | she had any other name he had never ] known it, nor could he name all of her children and grandchildren, 'because
 there was too many of them to remem- l ber," he said, although he was one of 1 them.
 Mrs. J. w. James died shortly after Il o'clock this morning at her home, 122t l Mulberry street Mrs James was well known in the city and loved by all whc l knew her. Her death will be mourned 1 by many friends. She will be buried al
 Edgemont at 2 o'clock Thursday after
 noon, funeral services being conducted by Rev. Leon M. Latimer from the home. 1 Mrs. James is survived by her husband 1 and eleven children.