The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-24
NEW STEEL PLANT
 IN ANN|STON NOW
 NEAR COMPLETION
Calhoun Capital Will Soon Be Largest Electrical Iron Manufacturing Center
 in the United States

Ann1Ston, January (Special) | The steel superstructure for the build 1 ing to be occupied by the Anniston Steel company has been completed and workmen are now engaged in adding
 the concrete finishings and sheet steel sidings, which will make. the build ing completely fireproof
 Arrangements are under way to combine the steel end of this industry
 with the Anniston munitions corpora ton, thus forming one large company. With six electrical furnaces operating Anniston will become the largest elec- trical steel manufacturing center Tn the United States, in addition to being the largest pipe manufacturing center in this country
 literal case of making noun tain out of mole hill, or magnifying rat into lion, or burglar, developed in this city Monday evening when a hurry call was sent to the police sta- ton with the information that bur glar was in one of the rooms at the Anniston Inn on Marvin Hill and had probably murdered a woman
 Officers Dill and G. w Rutled ge were dispatched to the scene post haste, and they found about 15 of the dwellers of the tenement armed with hay rakes, sickles, 9sections of garden hose and other improvised weapons waiting for their arrival Sure enough, 1t was evident there was a burglar in a vacant room there, but it was evident that he had not killed the woman ir the room with him for she was screaming at the top of her voice.
 Drawing their guns, the officers put up bold front, heaved their shoulders against the door and crashed into the room. There was frightened old negress in the room, and a rat, bad ly squeezed rat that had been caught in the door-jam. The crowd had summoned the policemen, and collected a great pile of weapons for burglar and they were disappointed. The rat was not arrested.
 large airship oEsdirigible was seen flying over Anniston by several citi- zens Tuesday about noon, according to reports telephoned into the office of local newspaper. Whence the ves- sel came or where it was going was not ascertained.
 Carl Freeman, negro employed by the Jamison Grocery company, was fined s10 and sentenced to 30 days inn prisonment Tuesday when tried in po- lice court, charged with embedding money belonging to his employers. It was shown that Freeman had made other collections, but failed to turn them in.
 J. c. Wheeler, who was elected one of the directors of the Alabama Auto- mobile Dealers association at the meeting in Birmingham Monday, and appointed member of the committee to audit the books of the association, has returned to this city in company with D. G. Bosworth, and R. P. Gaines, who also attended the meeting, and to- gether they have taken initial steps looking to the organization of Cal houn county branch of the state as- sociation, with headquarters in this city.
 The primary object of the Calhoun association will be to build state highway, connecting Birmingham and Atlanta by way of Anniston. Mir. Wheeler says that this is the logical route for automobilists to take when travelling between these two cities. In addition, to this he says the Calhoun association will have a social feature and will cooperate in all things look ing to the betterment of this com munity.
 The l.. H. Rivers Candy company, one of the youngest industries of this city, has just increased its capital stock to $S000 paid in, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: L. H. Rivers, president; c. E. McCary, vice president; G. M. Me Cary. secretary and treasurer. The fol- lowing directors were also elected w. H. Hanna, chairman; E. R. Davis, T. E. Elliott, J. B. Griffis, c. E. McCary, L. H. Rivers