The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-11
WORK BEGINS ON ', M. C.A. BUILDING Tuscaloosa Suffers from Wind
 and Lightning NUZUM TO BE CANDIDATE Wants to Succeed R. E. Rodes, Who Has Resigned Fron the Board Of
 Mayor and Aldermen-Com-
 petltive Examination.
NUZUM TO BE CANDIDATE

Tuscaloosa, July 1O-(SpecigL) )-Worll has commenced on the clearing of the building site for the Y. M. c. A, the location being on Broad street, between Twentieth and Twenty first avenues Sec retary Small himself is looking after this part of the work, and seems greatly re- joiced at this first tangible beginning of the new building. The contract for the concrete work, which includes the foun- dation and all walls, has been given to MT. H. c. Seaeord, who is doing quite an amount of concrete block work about town. It is expected that the contract for the wood work in the building and the heating will be let in a short time The subscription committee expects to complete it's operations this week, and everything now promises a speedy com pletion of the building. This is to be d handsome three-story structure; it Is to contain reading roms, lounging rooms, game rooms, gymnasium. swimming pool, dormitories and in fact, everything that a modern Y. M. C. A. building should. IL will fill a long felt want here and at the same time will be an ornament to the buildings of the town.
 Tuscaloosa was visited by quite a severe wind and electrical storm yesterday even ing about o'clock. The day was in- tensely hot and the storm came up very suddenly The wind reached a velocity almost equal to a tornado, and blew down a number of trees fences and awnings. Electric wires were blown or knocked down all over the city, and it was im- possible to turn on the light last night. The town was as a consequence in total darkness, except for q few candles here and there and some lamp lit stores. No serious damage has been reported here as a result of the storm.
 Announcement has been made that E. B. Nuzum will be a candidate to fill the vacancy on the board of mayor and al- derment made vacant by the resignation of R. E. Rodes some weeks ago. MT. Nuzum is quite a popular citizen and Is at the head of the cotton seed oil mills here. He has served In this capacity sev- eral times and has always made an &C., ceptable member of the board.
 Sheriff F. E. Latham returned yester- day evening from New York, where he went to investigate the identity of several men who were thought to be the prison CTS who escaped from jail here Sunday. They were not the men he was looking for, however, and he returned empty handed No clue as to the direction taken by the fugitives has been found as yet.
 At the last competitive examination held to fill the vacancy in the Tuscaloosa High school Miss Alice Ashley was chosen to fill the position. The corps of teachers at the school next session will be as follows Superintendent, J. IT, Foster; High school, Miss Anna Baker, Miss Clara Werner, Miss Alice Ashley; Stafford school: First grade. Miss Min nie Cox; second grade, Miss Louise Craw- ford; third grade, Miss Anna Moody; fourth grade, Miss Mary Werner; fifth grade, Miss Alice Walker; sixth grade, Miss Alice Wildman; seventh grade. Miss Julia Smith; Miss Bessie Smith, not as- signed; Jemson school Principal, Miss beIle OlflChldHui NlSSeS AeO1n BeVerly, Essie Burns and Jane Giliam.
 Quite jolly party left here early Mon day morning for Windham Springs, where they will have an outing for a week or ten days Among those who went were: : Mrs. George Christian, Misses Lida Wins lett. Mary Newell Majors, Juliette Ho- gan, of Los Angeles, Cal; Amaee Fitts. Bessie Strudwick, of Demopolis; Bessie Donoho, Annie Perrin and Kate Scears, of Eutaw; Messrs. T. w. Christian, J. w. Strudwick, Sam Friedman, Ed Snow, Hugo Friedman and Joe Scearcy.
 Mrs. James E. Webb is the guest of her mother Mrs. T. N. Hays. Accompanying her is Miss Willie Brown, charming young woman of Charleston.
 Mrs John Sloan left yesterday for War saw, Ind, where she will spend the re- mainder of the summer with her parents
 Miss Kathleen Nixon of Birmingham is the guest of her sister, Mrs. w. D. Part low.
 Mrs Emma Jenkins and her daughter. Mrs. J. M. Rogers, have gone to visit relatives in Atlanta, Ga.
 
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