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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1900
Page
5
Anniston readers hear about Parker Baptist Sunday school gathering at 8:20 and 8:30 a m for bus routes. city notices list sales, plumbing ads, coal offers, and local visits. several residents travel to Birmingham and Atlanta while businesses promote cigars, markets, and services.
The Free Kindergarten Association plans a 4 PM meeting Wednesday at Noble Institute with all members urged to attend. Visitors include Mrs F J Spiller of Tuscaloosa and Mrs W Harper with her son from Hillsboro Texas accompanying Gen and Mrs George T Anderson on Wilmer street. Abbie Chambless visits Heflin for a few days. Martha Bibb visits Caroline Stevenson in Jacksonville Alabama. Helen Smith to Philadelphia for commence week with Hazel Dimmick. Smith and Dimmick also visit West Point. Lucile Love visits Judge Johnston in Anniston.
A large distillery will be built with hogs on the market and a daily yield of 120 gallons of whiskey. Work crews started today to complete erection and have the facility running by mid July.
In Western North Carolina Asheville lies between the Blue Ridge and Alleghanies in a French Broad valley two thousand feet above sea level. The region is praised for its climate and scenery, attracting pleasure tourists and health seekers with convenient schedules and low rail rates via Southern railway.
Double daily trains to Hot Springs via the Choctaw and the Little Rock Hot Springs and Western. Memphis departures 11 30 p m and 9 10 p m with a Pullman sleeper on the night train and a reclining chair car on the day train. Contacts include F D Blackman in Chattanooga H Angle in Atlanta and C J Warrick in Memphis.
A notice from Anniston Steam Laundry invites customers to submit lace curtains for laundering at low prices and oldest dirtier pieces for test cleaning, promising quicker service for the best items later. The shop lists its streets Wilson, Rose, Prop's Corner Tweilfsh and Noble streets as locations.
The Duke Brick company yard saw large crowds from dawn to dusk following Saturday morning’s explosion that killed three and seriously injured nine. Debris littered the yard as witnesses described the scene. Johnnie Cryan son of Mr. and Mrs. J H Gryan, died in the blast and was buried at Pine Grove cemetery with rites from the Church of the Sacred Heart. Lon Baker and Will Storage, both buried in local cemeteries, were among the deceased and injured.
Supt W B Knox announces promotion of B R Field to agent at Talladega replacing C Oliver who moves to Dothan. Field is current freight office chief clerk. D D Weaver becomes chief clerk. Will John becomes cashier. Will Cobbs becomes check clerk. John Williams becomes file clerk. Promotions take effect about the 15th.
In police court this morning Mayor pro tem McKleroy presided and swiftly cleared the docket. Will Moore an old offender was fined 6.90 or 14 days on the streets for disorderly conduct. Two white women and a white man faced charges for disorderly conduct with hair pulling and teeth smashing. the women paid 8.30 each and the man’s case was dismissed. Handy and Maggie Mills settled a trunk dispute with a 3 fine each.
The two week revival led by pastor Ray Jolio E Barnard drew large crowds with many unsaved believers responding. From 20 to Ti request prayer nightly, 40 additions to the church reported by last night, services at 7 30 p m and 5 p m with prayer at 3 p m.
Southern railway promotes travel to many summer resorts including Asheville Hot Springs Hale Springs Roan Mountain Tate Springs Lookout Mountain Monte Sano Lithia Springs and Virginia springs Seashore resorts are also reachable with low rates A folder titled Summer Homes and Resorts describes about one thousand hotels and boarding houses and rates Write to A Benseorer assistant general passenger agent Chattanooga Tennessee for a copy.
Wanted Twenty men to have their clothes pressed weekly at 1.00 per month by J. Levy. All kinds of hauling done promptly and satisfactorily by Edmondson and Anderson, phone 383.
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