The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
FEMALE COLLEGE WILL BE REOPENED Has Been Closed for About One
 Year CAPTAIN ABBOTT IS DEAD City Council at Tuscaloosa Provides for the Strengthening and curbing
 of Sidewalks-Bells
 Toll for Morgan.
CAPTAIN ABBOTT IS DEAD

the 1uSCalOOSd feInale college, lndl Has
 been out of operation for the past year,
 will be opened again next session, and
 inaugurated on a career that promises tp
 make of 1t an instituption of a wider
 scope and if more educational influence
 than it has ever before enjoyed
 The Rev. S. E. Wasson, pastor of the
 Methodist church here, is the man who
 has been most instrumental in re-estab-
 fishing the college, and he largely will
 outline the work in every particular and | will be in active charge of the institution
 after it has opened its doors.
 He will be known as regent, and m
 addition to the duties enumerated above
 all matters of discipline and conduct of
 the school will be directly referable to
 him. R. J. Holston will be president, and
 will have charge of the boarding depart
 ment, and will keep the accounts of the
 school
 It is stated that a splendid faculty has
 already been secured, and that the insti-
 tuition will be able to offer a course that
 will accomplish what few girls colleges
 can, that is one that measures up to
 boys colleges of like grade The fac
 ulty will not be a large one, but no eff
 fort or expense will be spared to get the 1 most competent teachers and instruc-
 tors that can be found.
 l Tuscaloosa people are especially grati fled that this old college will again be put into operation. It will be remem-
 bered that R. J. Holston bought the col | lege property several years ago, and for 1 while conducted c school there him
 self. He later, however, gave this up
 and turned the building into a hotel; It has been such for the past year; yet 1t | was always with regret that the town | people noted the change in its capacity.
 There has been a school there in the
 same building with recurrent periods of | prosperity and struggle, since lS36 and
 naturally it seemed somewhat of a pro- | fanation, or at least prosaic decline, to | finally merge it's time-honored history | into the unsentimental career of a hotel. The school will open, 1t Iis announced,
 for regular work on the 18th day of 1 September
 The whole town is saddened over the | death of Capt. J. O. Abbott, one of the | most popular and highly respected citi- | zens of this community. Several days | ago Captain Abbott sustained a severe l stroke of paralysis, and this, in the end | caused his death. His affection came up-
 on him gradually and without pain, and
 for a day or so he had begun to show signs of improvement, and it was hoped and believed by many that he would re-
 cover. However, yesterday morning he
 began to show sinking signs, and in the | afternoon he passed away
 Captain Abbott was native of Missis- l sippi, but has spent large part of his ] life in Alabama, and the past fifteen | years in Tuscaloosa. He has been in | charge of the locks on the river here,
 and although 73 years old when he died, | was as hale and capable of work as one
 much younger. There are of the im- 1 mediate family left to mourn his loss the l following: His devoted wife, Mrs. J. D.
 Abbott and these children: James Alp | bolt of this place, Eli Abbott, formerly | with the university and now in Mlnter | City, Mss; Charles Abbott of this place l and Jack Abbott of Jackson, Tenn. The ] funeral services were held at the Pres 1 byterian church this afternoon and were 1 largely attended.
 | A very interesting meeting of the Board | of Mayor and Aldermen was had at the l city building Thursday night. This was | the time set for the board to hear prop l erty-owners with reference to the side l walk paving ordinance. The bone of con | tention in this matter however, was and | is, not the matter of compulsory paving,
 but the fact that in order to lay side | walks it will be necessary to establish the | proper street and property lines on the | several streets. It has been well known | fact for some time that nearly every l property owner in the city has en- | croached on the streets, and to move | all these back would create some incon- | venience.
 Quite a number of property owners | were present and the matter was dis | cussed in a dispassionate manner. The | ordinance requiring the laying of cement | sidewalks on certain streets and avenues | was passed, but in laying these the street | committee was instructed merely 10 | merely to straighten out the street curD- 1 ings and sidewalks, and to use it's discre- l ton in the matter of moving back fences l and establishing lines This action will | doubtless solve the question of paving
 sidewalks without unnecessarily provok- ing the wrath of the street encroachers At i2 o'clock today, by order of the | Mayor, the court house and church bells ! of the city were tolled in respect to the | funeral services for Senator Morgan, | which took place in Selma. It served | to call to the mind of the citizens at
 that time the sad rites which were being
 performed in our neighboring city. l The town still continues to fill with | summer school students. This morning | there had been 235 matriculates. and | great number more are yet expected to l arrive. This goes to show the success | full work which this school has been do- | ing. After it's inauguration several years | ago, a number of other summer schools | were started all over the state, and the | presence of these was considerably felt at | the university. However, after having
 had experiences at these and at the uni | versity, the teachers of the state are | again focking back here. This year. too, | nearly every one is a nonresident and l boarder: there very few from town in | the school. and nearly every pupil makes l a new citizen for the time of Tuscaloosa. | pr. w. r. Prouty, assistant state geolo- | gist. left today for his summer field l work in the Coosa coal fields. This trip, | or one of similar nature, rather, is an | annual thing with the assistant geolosist. | pr. Prouty will be in the field until about
 the middle of November or the first of | December
 | Miss Marie Anderson of Waco, Tex, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. R. r. | Prowell.
 Miss Helen McGown has arrived from | Waco Tex, to spend her vacation here. | Miss McGown has been in the music fac uIty of Baylor university during the past l year.
 | Mrs. Herbert Kyzer of Selma and Mrs. | A. F. Moore of Summerfeld are the | guests of Mrs. J. C. Harrison Mrs. Ky ger is remembered he eras Miss Ada Bell l