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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
7
Ethel and Elsie Cox plan a ninth birthday party today from 2 to 4 pm with many children invited. A small kitchen fire at A C Allens caused by a defective flue did minor damage. water damage was more extensive. Several community notices follow including church and society meetings and local visits.
The morning service will feature Achan's Sin and the evening talk Four Classes of Hearers. Miss Florida Pison Oxford phone 133 conducted the session. L. J. Powell recovers from illness. Mrs Slaughter and daughter of Rockland visit friends. J D Green of Alexandria and Shep Sheppard of Baltimore are in town.
Coroner reports a boy shot Dave Christopher at Burns cross roads near Bynum after finding him beating his wife with stove wood. The 11 year old stepson Claude Presley was deemed blameless for the fatal shot. The family history includes prior imprisonment and severe cruelty claims.
W J Edmondson of this city and Robert N Hart of Statesville NC met again after exactly fifty years and two hours. They parted December 18 1858 at 2 pm and reunited December 18 1908 at 4 pm. They spent a ten day visit together with close companionship before Hart departed to Lone Oak Arkansas then back to North Carolina.
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