The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-25
TEXAS COTTON CROP WILL BE IMMENSE Wm. Black Says Boil WeeviI is
 in Back Ground REDUCTION IS 15 PER CENT j. A. Wilkinson of Autauga Is Pleased With Support He Is Receiving In
 Race for Commissioner of
 Agriculture.

Selma, August 4.--CSpecial. )-Willam Black manager for Avery & Sons of Louisville the well-known manufacturers of Avery blows and agricultural imple- ments. was a visitor to Selma yesterday afternoon and today. He was met in Selma by Julius Policeman, formerly of this city but now manager of the Atlanta branch of the company.
 MT. Black. who is an affable and genial young man. has just come from Texas and Arkansas points and his observa- tions of the cotton crop in those states are of more than ordinary interest.
 .'The crops in Texas" said he, "are very fair. At the places I visited. and went pretty much all over the state, the re- ports given the merchants are most en- couraging and there is a feeling almost of jubilation felt among the trade
 "A remarkable thing is that you never hear anything of the boil weevil now adays. In places where two months ago direst apprehension was felt for the lit- tie pest and predictions were freely made that he would again destroy acre after acre of cotton, the insect seems to have disappeared entirely.
 T don't subscribe In the least to the predictions made by some of our over zealous bears who want to wager that the crop will not be ten millions Of course I don't look for anything like the bumper crop of last year but I think the figures will be closer to eleven than to ten millions.
 "As to reduction of acreage l believe there has been about a fifteen per cent reduction in Texas and the percentage grows less the further north you go."
 For Commissioner of Agriculture.
 J. A. Wilkinson of Autuaga Is a visitor to the city today MT. Wilkinson has sent three new bales of cotton to this city which he picked off of six acres but this is an exceptional piece of land. The crops in the main, says MT. Wilkinson are very poor, having been damaged to great extent by the rains of the past three weeks.
 Asked as to his race for commissioner of agriculture, Mir. Wilkinson said that he was receiving unbounded encourage ment, that he had visited a number of counties and found that he would re- ceive cordial support; that he paid visit to Birmingham and that his colleagues in the last legislature were uniformly kind to him and would see to 1t that he received a large percentage of the big Jefferson county vote
 MT. Wilkinson will naturally get the bulk of the Dallas county vote, having lived there and all of his affiliations being with Dallas. He would make an excellent commissioner, an officer that ranks at this time close up with the governor in the opportunities of helping the state and the people.
 Local and Personal.
 E. c. Jones, who underwent an opera tion for appendicitis in Birmingham about month ago, has sufficiently recovered as to return to his home in this city He was seized with the attack while on a business trip to Birmingham.
 Miss Add1e Barber, who has been con- fined to her home for the past six months is able to be out, much to the delight of her host of friends.
 Mrs. T. J. Rowell and children have re- turned to their home in this city after a visit to Carlowvile.
 Mrs. R. F. L. Mel returned to her home In this city this afternoon after months visit to Virginia Beach, Charlotte and Warm Springs She has entirely recoy- cred her health.
 MT. Hans Pfeiffer Is quite II at his home on King street.
 Dr. A. J. Mullen is out again after an Illness of several weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. W. J. Melton have re- turned from their bridal tour. They will be domiciled for the present at the home of Mrs, Baldwin. an aunt of the bride After October l they will go to house. keeping at the corner Of Mabry and Park man street.
 Frank J. Eagin, superintendent of the Mobile division of the Southern railway, With headquarters in this city returned this afternoon from spending his vacation In Michigan and other points During his absence large portion of his duties have fallen upon Master of Trains Frank De- were, who has only lately moved to this city from Tuseumbia.