The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-17
LOvETT TALKS wEEVIL
ENTHUsIAsTIC OVER NATIONAL CONVENTION AT SHREVEPORT.
Win Confer With Cemmissioner' Poole h Reward to Forming County and State Orwanisations
 ThrouHhOut Alabama

Win Confer With Csmmissioner Poole
 h Rewsrd to Forming County
 and State Organizations
 Throughout Alabama.
 Birmingham, Dec. 1S.--(Special.)- Dr. J. A. B. Lovett. President of the Alabama Central Agricultural College, at Blountsville, Blount County. has re- turned from Shreveport, where he at- tended the National Cotton Convention. He reports that an organization will be perfected in every county in the State of Alabama. where cotton is raised, for the purpose of fighting the boil weevil
 It is the purpose of Dr.. Lovett to have a strong organization under head way before the planting time sets in for the next crop. The necessity for prompt action. says he, Is urgent, as 1t has been demonstrated that the march of the dreaded pest into the cotton in- dustry is at the rate of fifty miles per annum, and even more rapid in periods of great storms.
 Dr. Lovett is member of the Exec utiye Committee of the National Cotton Cooperative Association. <Dr. Lovett will have the cooperation of Hon. R. R. Poole. the State Commissioner of Az riculture, in his work of organization. A separate organization is to be per- fected in each county Dr. Lovett said here today: The boil weevil Is cer- tained headed this way, and. with greater devastation that the army of sherman, he is marching to the sea. The logical thing to do by the non-in- fected districts is to prepare for the inevitable and grow a limited acreage Of cotton. in spite of the weevil. It is to be hoped that there will be unity of action on the part of the farmers, and that they will understand the plan.''
 Sewer Pipe for Park.
 The Southern Sewer Pipe Company of North Birmingham are making a ship ment of 5000 feet of sewer pipe to the National Cemetery at Vicksburg, the order being given by the park commis- sion of the Government. The drainage or the park is to be bettered, the pIac- Ing Of large quantity of piping being intended. The some company is bid- ding for big contract from New Or leans. that city to do half a million dollars worth of sewer work in the spring.
 Jordan Released.
 Chief of Police W. E. Weir this morn- ing received a telephone message from Charleston, W. Va asking as to a man named w. E. Jordan, white. who had been arrested there on suspicion of be- ing wanted for the murder committed November 31, 1903. Jordan told the of ficers In West Virginia that he was d member of the police department in Birmingham in November 1903, which Chief Weir verified. It seems that Jor- dan went to West Virginia after men to take the places of striking miners In the Birmingham district, and filling the description of a man wanted for murder, was arrested. He asked that the Birmingham officials be called up by long-distance telephone which was done. After the oficer' in West Vir- ginia had completed his questioning of Chief Weir Jordan told the Chief here about his arrest. The prisoner was re- leased immediately after the long-dis- tance telephoning.
 Jefferson County COnvicts.
 The Board of Revenue will on Monday dispose of the question of leasing out the convicts or working them on the county roads. Two bids have been re- ceived for the hire of the convicts in the mines. one from the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, and the other from the sloss- Sh effield Steel and Iron Company. The Tennessee Com pany offers about $1 per man per month than the Sloss-Shef1eld Company, and under the new plan of working the con- victs, the county will receive about 50 to 100 per cent more remuneration from the convict hire than it did last year. The State system of working convicts that is, to receive so much per ton for the coal mined, may be em- ployed also by the county, though much pressure is being brought to bear fnfa ole zA the mines. Jefferson County has an average of 300 convicts a year.
 POstonices Raised
 Announcement is made that the fol- lowing fourth-class postoffices in Ala bama have been raised to third class: Dadeville, Tallapoosa County; Clanton. Chiffon County; Bay Minette, Baldwin County: Bridgeport, Jackson County. The referees have been called on to make recommendations for postmasters at these places. H. F. Berkstresser has been recommended for reappointment at Dadeville, and F. o. Dudley for re- appointment at Clanton. The other places will be filled shortly
 Woman once Seeker.
 An interesting rumor was heard to- day in Republican circles in Birming- ham to the effect that a woman would seek the appointment of postmaster in this city at the expiration of the term of Dr. Hughes. The latter's term does not expire until the end of next year. It is stated that the petition will be sent to the Department shortly and later on signatures to petitions will be No name is mentioned as to the woman who seeks the position. 
 BiakemOre Gets Job.
 Postmaster J. w. Hughes today an that the position of Assistant Postmaster had been rendered Prof. J. T. Blakemore, vice John Towers, who rendered his resignation yesterday. Prof. Blakemore will make the bond and at once make effort to learn the duties of the ofice. He was one of the most active Republicans during the re- cent campaign and was the Republican nominee for Congress from the Ninth District.
 Civil Service Examinations.
 Indications point to d large number of young men in Birmingham and vii