The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22
TO ASK FOR BIDS ON NEW HIGHWAY
 IN CALHOUN SOON
Paved Road, Outlined By
 Rogers, Will Pass Through County
lAnniston Bureau.l

ANNISTON, .Ala.,. Aug. 21.--In, q letter to a local newspaper today Chairman John A. Rogers of thea state highway commission announces that bids for the construction of Calhoun county's first state and federal aid road will be advertised for next week. Advertising for bids is preliminary stop to actual construction work, and the announcement from Chairman Rog- CTS indicates that a start will be made on the road in this county, this fall, according to officials. 4.e
 The Calhoun county highway, as outlined by Chairman Rogers, will be gin at the Talladege county line below Oxford, extending from there to 0xs ford and thence to the city limits of Anniston. After skipping the limits of Anniston at the brick road to Camp Mcclellan, the highway will be con tinued through Jacksonville and Pied- mont to the Cherokee county line,
 Plans call for asphalt or some other, form of paved hardsurface road which will give Calhoun county a paved high way from its lower to it's northern boundary and fill in link of an inn portant southern route. sI@
 Shot AccidentaIly-Bordeh Kirk, IT. year-old son of MT. and Mfrs. A. L.. Kirk, >331 East Seventh street, was painfully injured Thursday morning when the automatic pistol he was clean. ing slipped from his hand, fell to the floor and was discharged. The bull let entered the young mans chin and ranged upward to his ear on the left side of his face.
 Young Kirk was rushed to the hos pital where physicians stated the in-. jury probably would not prove very serious. After an x-ray picture had been made and the wounds had been bandaged young Kirk was returned to the family home, where he was reported resting we'll Thursday night 70 Children Injured-Two small .chil- dren were hurt when two automobiles c0llided on North Noble street. The children were George R. Wakely, three year-olA son of Mir. and Mrs. C.. E:. Wakely, who reside near the corner of Twenty-second strcet and Moore aye nue and Mary Tumlin, 7-year-old, the, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Fl. l. Yum lin, 2211 Moore avenue. Both chil- dren were rushed to a .loeil hospital where lC was QlScOVereu lneiE 4RJuElcs were not serious. According to repotts from witnesses, the car in which they were riding and a taxicab ran into each other just as Mir, Wakely's car was turning into Noble. Wakely's car was said to have turned over in ditch at the side of the street. .s.
 Testimony Begup-Taking testimony in the case of the city of Anniston ys,, the Alabama Water company was be-. gun this morning before Judge Hugh D. Walker in circuit court, JuNge Walker was appointed to hear this case as JudtN s. w. Tate was dis qualified on account of having acted as counsel in the case before being ap- pointed to the judgeship. The city is seeking to hold the water company to an alleged agreement to sell the local plant to. the city. k. +WOfRmahi Burned Clyde Bray em- pIoye of the Federal Phosphrus com pany, was seriously injured to- day at the plant wheH nan acetylene torch which he was using was acci. dentally tuEned upon him. He was rushed to local infirThary, where it is said he was resting comfortably.