The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-12
INSTITUTE TO OPEN
BREWToN SCHOOL SELECTS A NEW PRINCIPAL.
Government May Establish Experimeut station fin Brewton or Some Near. by Place at No Distant
 Date

Brewton. Ala. Aug. 11.-(SpeciaI,)- )- The l9O7-OS session of Brewton Instt- tute will commence on Monday, Sep tember g. Prof. Holt Andrews. son of pr. Allen S. Andrews, who for several years was President of the Southern University at Greensboro, has been elected principal by the School Board and has accepted the position. He comes highly recommended as a teach or and Christian gentleman, and no doubt under his guidance the Institute will maintain the high standard 1t has attained.
 The matriculation fee has been raised from $4 50 to $5, made necessary by the increased expenses of maintaining the school Other teachers of the fac- ulty that have been elected are, Miss M. F. Jackson, Miss Bertha Scale, Miss Mary Cockerell, Miss Mary D. Stuart and Miss Lorena Smith.
 It seems to be almost an assured fact that Brewton will have an experi- ment station established here by the government at no distant date. When Prof. D. A. Brodie was here a few months ago, making a tour of the Dis trfct, he gave it out that an experl- ment station would be established at River Falls and one st either Brewton or some other near by place, and a
 
 seems to indicate that he has decided upon Brewton. This would be a great benefit to Brewton and the farmers of the County, and If it is secured 1t will be due to. the untiring efforts of Con- gressman A. A. Wiley, who Is work ing valiantly for 1t, and through whose efforts the Washington experts made a tour of his district
 A few months ago the town authori- IL . NT.z kk,Y- rursA ,a- vile and Nashville Railroad Company in regard to repairing and improving their road bed running through the town It is said that the company agreed to raise the road bed and level 1t to the rails in such a way as to per init vehicles to cross at any point or St. Joseph Avenue. They worked or it for several weeks, putting slag along the road bed, raising the track, putting in new crossties. etc. It seems. how ever, that with the work half finished they have called off theHforce of hand! and it is said they now refuse to carry the work any farther towards a con clusion. The roadbed is torn up anC uneven and presents a worse appear unce than 1t did before the railroad company commenced what they led tht officials to believe was a move towards improving and beautifying their prop erty along the main business street O the town.
 The town Is having the electric llgh service extended to the northern linn its of the town on Bellville and Doug las Avenues and Evergreen Street. day current has been turned on whicl was gladly welcomed by large major ity of the business men and other who wished to operate fans and smal motors. Light are being placed at con yenient intervals on all the streets, am the general service very much i'm proved
 The rainy weather of the past tw weeks continues. and Is doing consid erable dama%e to the cotton and DO tato crops. Corn Is about made | most instances and the yield will b fairly good. The cane crop Is said t be backward and the acreage reduce from previous years. A good qualit of home grown sweet potatoes have ap peared on the market and comman $l60 per busfel
 Company G, 1st Infantry. Alabam National Guard. Is getting everythin in readiness for the encampment take place in Montgomery commencln | next Tuesday The boys have bee diligently drilling for some time. an expect to make their usual good snow | ing. Captain Hayes will take betwee | forty and fifty men with him.